SUMMER GAME HAS BEGUN!
by eli
School is out! The weather is gorgeous! Summer Festival begins tonight! And on top, over, around and through all of it is your favorite thing to do ALL SUMMER LONG.... AADL'S SUMMER GAME at PLAY.AADL.ORG!
Get Started, Read Books, Watch Movies, Listen to Music, Go to Events, Find Codes, Solve Puzzles, Experience new things and get SUMMER GAME POINTS all along the way! And it's not just Online... you can also play the CLASSIC PAPER GAMES for Kids, Teens, or Adults, and win free new books, courtesy of the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library and the Scott and Marcy Westerman Fund, plus Temporary Tattoo sheets, mini gardening sets, coupons for free Cookies, Burritos, Bowling or AADL Zoom Lends... AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING!
On July 5th, the 2013 SUMMER GAME SHOP will open, filled with amazing new SUPER USEFUL products, including Picnic Blankets, Coolers, THE NICEST MESSENGER BAG WE'VE EVER OFFERED, and many more surprises throughout the summer! Earn points, climb the leaderboard, get stuff and have fun all summer AT YOUR LIBRARY!
The biggest new feature this year is RECRUITMENT BONUSES! On your Player Page, you can generate a Recruitment code you can give to friends and family who aren't summer game players! If a new player with a library card attached enters your code, YOU get a 500 point bonus, and THEY DO TOO! That's a big step up and it will surely be interesting to see as the summer goes on which players recruit the biggest networks! Just remember, to get the bonus, your recruit has to be a NEW PLAYER with an AADL LIBRARY CARD on their account!
We've also tweaked some other points values and will be rolling out changes during the day today. So hardcore players, stay tuned! And new players, dive in and just post a comment here for the expert players if you have any questions!
THANKS FOR PLAYING!
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Oh dear, a commenting rage?
Oh dear, a commenting rage? Sounds scary...
Well, not really a rage...
Well, not really a rage... More like a frenzy...
we commented a lot....
we commented a lot....
Yup!
Yup!
it was enough to keep me near
it was enough to keep me near the top of the leaderboard
Yep! Last year we commented
Yep! Last year we commented on everything. :D
I remember that… ahh. The
I remember that… ahh. The good ol times… But you guys ARE commenting quite a lot now… But then again, so am I.
Go to the chat thread if you
Go to the chat thread if you plan on having a conversation, please. :)
okay. What will we talk
okay. What will we talk about?
woohoo
woohoo
Still can't comment inside of
Still can't comment inside of Summer Game...
You can't?
You can't?
Yup...
Yup...
what is the regal badger
what is the regal badger clue?
I'd be grateful for any help
I'm so happy its summer!!!! I
I'm so happy its summer!!!! I also don't know how the badge drop works...... could someone explain to me or on the website??
Every friday, there is a
Every friday, there is a 'badge drop', where aadl releases lots of badges, so people can get badges and points.
After a badge drop everyone
After a badge drop everyone goes crazy and the peoples' ranks change drastically. Also chat areas like this fill up with people asking questions and giving answers.
woohoo!
woohoo!
It's nice, actually...
It's nice, actually...
The badge drops? The problem
The badge drops? The problem is that the badges aren't worth as much points, so the leaderboard doesn't change that much...
About that...
About that...
Dunno...
Dunno...
We can see your comments,
We can see your comments, though.
My recent posts?
My recent posts?
As I said, they are restoring
As I said, they are restoring yours as soon as they see them. Try commenting on the chat thread.
Fun! We`ve been enjoying it.
Fun! We`ve been enjoying it. :)
You mean Summer Games?
You mean Summer Games?
there's nothing else...
there's nothing else...
Well that's true...
Well that's true...
Is your comment problem still
Is your comment problem still not fixed?
Dunno, it didn't work
Dunno, it didn't work yesterday night.
ah well, it will be fixed
ah well, it will be fixed eventually. we must have patience...
Patience is a good thing to
Patience is a good thing to have, however I have very little of it.
Same here. I have like no
Same here. I have like no patience...
Hi! I've been playing the
Hi! I've been playing the StreetsQuest, and so far have earned quite a few points there. For some reason though they are not adding up in my shop balance. Just to give the numbers I have around 31,000 in StreetsQuest points and only about 14,000 in the shop balance. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there something going on with the point system?
@lifeisamuse: No,
@lifeisamuse: No, StreetsQuest points do not add on to your shop balance, neither do the TreasureQuest and the Points-O-Matic.
You may be able to get secret
You may be able to get secret shop tokens with them.
@lifeisamuse, only Summer
@lifeisamuse, only Summer Game points count towards your shop balance. You can do previous years' summer game quests for a discounted amount to get shop points; I believe they give 10% of their original points when redeemed now. The over-winter games were only for fun and prestige, not for shop points. I learned a great deal about Ann Arbor history by playing Streets Quest, but what I really enjoyed were the cryptographic challenges from the previous winter's game, TreasureQuest.
Yes, I really liked
Yes, I really liked TreasureQuest. :)
I never played the treasure
I never played the treasure quest... I don't have any secret shop tokens...
Yeah, TreasureQuest was
Yeah, TreasureQuest was definitely the best. I loved the difficult riddles and the fact that Eli had to make FAKE items.
I did TreasureQuest (and
I did TreasureQuest (and finished) it, but I never got the 3 secretshop tokens.
You have to manually ask the
You have to manually ask the staff for them. using email/Contact Us and you will get the tokens. I never actually used mine though....
Never? I really wanted to use
Never? I really wanted to use the Secret Shop tokens, but the things I wanted were always sold out...
that's what happened with me.
that's what happened with me.
I've never found the secret
I've never found the secret shop...
Just how hard did you try
Just how hard did you try gxl?
I must be missing something
I must be missing something on the third code of the Mrs. Norris badge. Any hints?
loved getting my free
loved getting my free burrito!
I got the zoom lens one!
I got the zoom lens one!
fine forgiveness/zoom lends
fine forgiveness/zoom lends as usual.
Yeah, they didn't have any
Yeah, they didn't have any other ones at that time.
I was at downtown, and had
I was at downtown, and had more choices than just zoom/forgiveness. I guess it's because it's the central library, and they keep it well stocked.
I got mine a long time ago.
I got mine a long time ago.
I got mine recently, thanks
I got mine recently, thanks to my dad's sudden urge to go to the library.
Yes, I saw you, I can't
Yes, I saw you, I can't believe I forgot about the geocache thing...
excited and keeps
excited and keeps interesting.
yay!
yay!
I'm stuck on clue #2 of the
I'm stuck on clue #2 of the "Jailbird Watching" badge. The answer appears to be a person's name (i.e., not a book, etc.), but no version of the person's name is the correct code. Any hints?
@agthomas are you sure you
@agthomas
are you sure you have the right person? His initials are A.C. and he killed people in Chicago. Hope that helps!
Huzzah!
Huzzah!
I cannot wait any longer!
I cannot wait any longer!
Cant wait for the summer game
Cant wait for the summer game shop to open!
Whoooooo!
Whoooooo!
just started today! I wish i
just started today! I wish i will do better this year!
i love the summer game!
i love the summer game!
Yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the first year I've
This is the first year I've participated, and I'm super excited!!!
The summer game has been a
The summer game has been a fantastic summer incentive for my seven-year old son. He's been reading enthustically and looks forward to entering the books he reads every evening.
Our whole family loves KRC!
Our whole family loves KRC!
So happy for the summer game!
So happy for the summer game!
Finally it is here
Finally it is here
I hate to see the Summer Game
I hate to see the Summer Game end because that means fall is around the corner! I really enjoyed playing the game....