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Looking Forward to SUMMER GAME 2012!

by andrewjmac

You've waited patiently all winter long. You've played the POINTS-O-MATIC CLICK-O-TRON and TREASURE QUEST to tide you over. Now, the plants are budding, the weather is nicer, and you feel it coming: Summer Game 2012!

But what will Summer Game 2012 be this year? Could there be codes hidden in the catalog and around the library? Could there still be badges to earn by hunting deep in the library website? Points for reading, listening, or watching media? Or for going to events, tagging and reviewing items in the catalog, or even just for checking out library items?

YOU BETTER BELIEVE THERE WILL BE!

This year's Summer Game will have all the great things about last year's game, with a healthy dose of new stuff thrown in: all new codes, all new badges, all new items in the Summer Game Shop, all new ways to earn points! AND this year there will be some new features, too: Teams! Tokens! What can those be?

You'll find out soon: Summer Game 2012 starts June 15! Be sure to get on the website the first day to start earning points, make your way to the top of the leaderboard, and try to stay king of the mountain until the game ends August 31! Earning enough points will get you ready to make purchases from the Summer Game Shop when it opens on July 2 (and for everybody who played last year, you still have all of your leftover points to spend, too). And if you missed last year's game, don't worry: you can still earn some of last year's badges and get some of last year's points when Summer Game 2012 starts.

Summer Game 2012! It's a whole new ball game! PLAY!

Comments

Submitted by Morgsush on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 2:00pm

It's going to be so confusing, trying to figure out what are badges I already did last year and the badges that are new this year.

Submitted by eli Staff on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:03am

Oh no worries, Morgsush. We'll be reorganizing the badge page completely, and it will be easy to tell which badges are from which year and which you already have and which you still need.

Yeah, why not? My kids love MLP, and even I admit it is decently written and well-executed. (That is adult for I like it but I'm not supposed to admit it. lol.). Are we talking they are not out yet and will be sometime in the next year, or are we talking something unusual?

Haha, that is very funny cherylo (in a good way). I need to agree that MLP--the new one--is much better than the old one. I can't wait for the season to come out!

Me neither! Cherylo, I never knew you were a fan of MLP:FiM. O_o
I think it's because they're working on a brony documentary right now, or something else.

Are there any other bronies playing the Summer Game?

What's MPL? I'm frustrated that people move on to other topics before I can add my opinion. Oh, and your welcome Morgsush. Q: why Morgsush, of all the other possible names? Wish I had as much extra time and more willing parents, who are not so much against Summer Game as kids on computer. Then I would have a much better chance of being in top ten. I know, obsessing, but it's fun. Alaska never had this when I was there.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a relatively new/reboot of the old series. Some of the people working on it were involved in the production of the Power Puff Girls. It is a breath of fresh air compared to the original animated adventure of the ponies.

My question is this, though, do you get to call yourself a 'bronie' (usually, a male adult fan of MLP:FiM as I have heard it) if you are not male and/or not over age 30? Has it broadened out to mean any fan of MLP?

Re: Bookbird
Well, Morgan was the name of my best friend. Also, some people call me "Sushi" (kind of sounds like my legal name). So, I just combined the two. :)
MLP:FiM stands for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, an awesome you should not judge based on the title. Seriously, it's not just for little kids. You should watch it.

Re: cherylo
Brony now has broadened to mean any fan of MLP, that's true. However, some female fans like to refer to themselves as "pegasisters."

Re: hermes birkin bags
Spamming, huh?

Submitted by 21621030304990 on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:32am

This years summer reading program sounds fun. I look forward to reading reading reading.

Submitted by Bookbird on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 9:34pm

i wish the improvements would come NOW. it's such a chore to scroll down....down....down till I get to treasure quest, which I STILL haven't completed, which is frustrating, since the tokens mush be really valuable if there's only three

Submitted by tree64 on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 3:29pm

I finished Treasure Quest, but I still haven't gotten my secret shop tokens. is there something else i'm supposed to do?

You can still play the treasure quest, I am pretty sure, even if the rewards are reduced. They are much harder quests, but lots of good hints were generated. I encourage you to give it a try if you have the interest.

I already mentioned another Jessica in one of my comments... But, she usually doesn't spend as much time on Summer Game as we do. :)

BTW, she thinks that I (and you too, Smiles) am too obsessed with the Summer Game. I disagree; I am just enjoying a game that the library has to offer.

I hoped you told him, though (and be sure to show him the comments).

Excuse me?! Look who's talking, the person who comments on almost every post I see. *cough cough*

I just have a lot of free time that I enjoy spending on the Summer Game.

Actually, now I have 59,000+ points. Just saying...

Submitted by mrsaturns on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 12:29pm

@Cherylo and Morgsush
Oh that's a good idea. I'll start doing the treasure quests.

I'm not crazy about points! I really liked finding the badges and solving the riddles in Treasure Quest. (BTW, the only you could earn points in Treasure Quest was by solving the riddles, which were REALLY fun to solve. I did it purely out of fun. Oh, and Smiles finished Treasure Quest too.)

Yep. Totally not obsessed. I have to say that some that talked (and squealed) about this for the last 2 weeks of school OBVIOUSLY doesn't care that much about the summer game.

Submitted by messa on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 9:33am

I just made my first purchase from the shop. Thank you, AADL. I'm sure I'm going to love the stuff I got. Going to keep playing though. You have a lot of awesome things in the shop.

We all like chocolate, and yes, the three-layer was my ideal chocolate. I just learned to make caramel by melting sugar. Not as sweet as factory, but nicer. Tastes like cotton candy.

Submitted by vadnala on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 11:28am

yaay!

Yeah, a lot of my friends told me that. None of them got the first one, so they couldn't get the code for a token. :(
Did you find it?
I actually solved it (because I saw Dave Roman at KRC and when I connected TB, David, and Roman together that's the first thing I thought of), but when I went to the book the shop was already moved. :(

Yeah, I found the secretshop (teenboat) but by the time I got there, only the tiles and the photography set were remaining. (But the photo set was the only thing I wanted.)

Submitted by sophas on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 11:48am

i know

Submitted by Bookbird on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 8:07pm

on the caramel, I think there are two kinds. Factory made has the other stuff, mine, i got the 'recipe' from a dessert book. caramel is also just melted sugar.

Submitted by Bookbird on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 11:35am

Also, don't leave it in your pocket on a hot day. Or any day for a long time. I did that once (I forgot it was there), and it coated my pocket in a disgusting chocolate mess.

I think the pressure is on for the summer game people to have another chocolate prize this year. I'll be disappointed if there isn't a chocolate prize, although I suppose I can just go to Schakolad and buy more. However, I only like dark chocolate, so I would be just as disappointed if it were milk or white. They're way too sweet for me.

So sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know I'm not good at grammar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Morgsush on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 11:23pm

Excuse me? My ability to forgive is very strong, thank you very much.
*goes to cry in a corner*

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