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Badge Drop #3: Let's JAM!!!
by ohheyitselle
This Summer Game's player participation is BLOWING US AWAY and we have no choice but to JAM out!!
Down RAINBOW ROAD? We jam.
THROUGH DANGERS UNTOLD? Jamming.
The BREEZE in our hair and eating LIP SMACKIN’ GOOD ice cream that will inevitably freeze our TEEF?? Slammin’ jammin’.
LOGGING our media intake throughout the summer??????? WE WILL ABSOLUTELY JAM!!!
If you haven’t gathered from the copious amounts of JAMMING we are doing, the first of our CONTRIBUTOR TROPHY badges are dropping RIGHT NOW IN THIS VERY POST!! This week we’re starting off with LOGGING, but coming soonish to a Summer Game near you are the STAR GIVER and REVIEWER Contributor Trophies!!!!* But in the meantime........
Badge Drop #3
Have fun JAMMIN’ and THANKS FOR PLAYING!!!
*Oh you noticed that tricksy lil asterisk, did you?? Your attention to detail has earned you A SWEET LIL INSIDE SCOOP-- the much anticipated, brand new POINT-O-MATIC CONTRIBUTOR TROPHIES will drop in a few weeks so BE READY!!!!
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Badge Drop #2: No Such Thing as TWO Many Badges
by SaraP
Hello FRIENDS!!! We’re going for the GOLD and dropping no less than TWENTY-SEVEN brand new, ARTY, all NATURAL badges. That’s a lot of badges, but you get to decide IF YOU CAN (or even want) to do them ALL. There’s NO pressure (or eye contact), so only do one IF IT FITS! Maybe you’re feeling LUCKY and want to SEARCH for the X that MARKS THE SPOT! Maybe you’ve hit one too many ROAD CLOSED signs in this wild CITY and it TASTES like defeat!! Well, HONEY, it’s okay–we’re ROOTING FOR YOU! Your official SG cheer squad is UNITED in giving you every opportunity to find the FUNGI, make a LAP, CROSSWORD yourself silly, and earn the badge (or several) that SPEAKS to you! So why are you BOARD?! It’s gonna be a PIECE OF CAKE!!
Badge Drop #2
Alright, my TOOTHY little dears, you AUGHT to get going now!! And THANKS for PLAYING!
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New Summer, Vaguely New-ish Us!
by ohheyitselle
The BADGES have dropped! The BUILDING CODES are up!! The PUNS are about!!!
A LOT is the same but there IS something different about this year. We here at SG Headquarters have switched things UP!! In the grand scheme of things, it's not TOO different though-- think of it as the Summer Game equivalent of getting cute HIGHLIGHTS or letting that 5 o'clock shadow grow into an 8 O'CLOCK SHADOW.
This year, our STAR RATINGS and REVIEWS system has CHANGED!
In order to make the game as fair as possible for ALL players, we've implemented a change to switch the rewarding and badge systems for Ratings and Reviews from numerical thresholds to DAILY BONUSES (much like how the logging system works!)
We've gotten a lot of feedback over the years saying the ever-ambitious 500 reviews and 500 ratings badges are WAY TOO MUCH and... well.. WE TOTALLY AGREE!!
Starting TODAY, you'll get points for the first review and first 10 ratings of the day-- SO MAKE EM COUNT!!! After that, the reward is a JOB WELL DONE until the next day! Keep in mind the Star Giver and Reviewer Contributor Trophies will be coming later in the summer so you will be rewarded for ANY DAYS you rate and review items in our catalog!!
For those players that LONG for numerical thresholds... JUST YOU WAIT!! We have BRAND NEW Points-o-matic Contributor Trophies on the way to you later this summer so HANG TIGHT!
All that being said, here's to SUMMER GAME 2023 and as per usual, THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!!!!!!!!!!!
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Badge Drop #1: In three... two... ONE!!!!!!!!
by ohheyitselle
Can you hear the crowds SCREAMING with anticipation?
Are you wearing the PERFECT FIT for the occasion??
Have you researched so you know EXACTLY what to do and EXACTLY what time to do it???
Clearly, the MOST EXCITING event in the area is happening TODAY and NO, we are NOT referring to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour (though that is very exciting for all who celebrate)…
IT’S THE FIRST BADGE DROP!!!!!
So CHEER for your local library!
WEAR those AADL shirts from Summer Games past!!
BE READY for Friday badge drops!!!
That’s right! The Summer Game is back at it with regularly scheduled Badge Drops coming to you EVERY FRIDAY AT NOON during the summer featuring pets, Chicken, other non-chicken birds, puzzles, mushrooms, monsters, AND MORE all delivered to YOU right HERE!!!!
The summer is young and we are just getting started… So why don’t YOU?
Badge Drop #1
Have so much fun, dear players, and as per usual THANKS FOR PLAYING!!!!!
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Ready to GO!!
by ohheyitselle
The drastic change from lovely spring weather to the scorching heat of summer has dragged us here at SG Headquarters out of our SG hibernation into FULL SG MODE just in time because…
THE SUMMER GAME 2023 HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED!!!!!
We are AWAKE. We are CAFFEINATED. THE SUMMER GAME WAITS FOR NO ONE so we are READY TO GO!! Are YOU?????
We’ve got a LOT for y’all to do. STARTING NOW you can:
-START with our GETTING STARTED BADGES!
-GO to each AADL location and collect codes! Each branch has a BIG ‘OL BANNER CODE as well as some BRANCH EXPLORER codes within each library building. CAN YOU FIND THEM ALL??? Be sure to pick up a BRAND NEW Summer Game Library Explorer’s Guidebook from any of the desks to help in your search!
-PLAY any or all Points-o-Matic modes! This option is ACTUALLY ENDLESS so CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULES, FOLKS. (Pro tip: There may or may not be some new Contributor Trophy badges for Points-o-matic coming to you later this summer!)
-VISIT the AADL catalog to rate and review some things you like (or don’t like??) WE WANNA KNOW!
-READ books, watch movies, listen to music, or download something cool from the catalog! Log your items for up to 50 points per day!
-ATTEND Events either in-person or online and find the CODES EVERYWHERE!
-CLEAR your schedule for BADGE DROPS at NOON every FRIDAY of the GAME...STARTING TODAY!
-GET HYPE for absolutely no other reason besides the fact that SUMMER GAME SEASON STARTING!!!!
Getting Started Badge Series
Stay tuned for the return of Lawn & Library codes, plus the launch of the 2023 SUMMER GAME SHOP on JULY 7TH!
Well what are you waiting for???? GET GOING and THANKS FOR PLAYING!
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COMING SOON: Summer Game 2023!
by SaraP
That's right players! SUMMER is COMING SOON. And we all know what comes with summer: buckets of iced tea! Wait, no, water balloons! Well, yes, all that AAAAAAND...THE SUMMER GAME!
Here's what's coming soon:
READING CARDS!
BADGES!
LAWN & LIBRARY CODES!
THE PRIZE SHOP!
POINTS-O-MATIC!
MORE SURPRISES THAN EVER BEFORE!
Stay tuned as we get ready, because your summer - Summer GAME, that is - is gonna be happenin' RIGHT HERE starting JUNE 9th!!!
Until then, keep cool, carry on, and THANKS for (ALMOST) PLAYING! :D
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Summer Game 2022: The Magic Numbers
by SaraP
We really autumn be working on next year's Summer Game already, but we're still basking in the last (unseasonably) warm rays of a truly glowing SG 2022. Wanna know WHY? Because Summer Game 2022 was our BIGGEST YEAR YET!!! Please pause your Labor Day weekend preparations. Lift your head up off the couch if you've been recovering from a wild first week of school. Hold off on sipping your pumpkin spiced goods or laying out your halloween decor (or posting memes about them) for JUST A SEC! We mean that - feel free to continue all those activities immediately after this PSA. Let's look at at what you fall have accomplished over the summer, dear players...
Players
We are delighted to announce that a grand total of 10,114 players scored points during the 2022 Summer Game! This is, by far, the stat that is nearest and dearest to our hearts and this year's is a RECORD-BREAKER!!! We are nerds on many levels here at SGHQ so we dove deep into the numbers over the last few years and we're gonna really fly our stats-loving flag high (brace yourself):
2022 = 10,114 players
2020+2021 (we rolled it all together because...covid. womp womp) = 7,858 players
2019 = 9,491 players
THE MATH...
(10114 - 7858) / 7858 = 0.287 = 28.7% increase over 2020/2021
(10114 - 9491) / 9491 = 0.065 = 6.5 % increase over 2019 (squeeeee!)
10114 > 10000 = MORE THAN 10,000 OF YOU!!!!
WOWZA! We couldn't have this much fun without EACH and EVERY one of you!!!
Badges
You guys blew ALL those other years out of the water!!! Players earned 300,264 badges this year. We have NO WORDS! And that's rare. We do, of course, have some numbers, though. It's an 11.2% increase over last year. In other words...er...numbers, badge earns increased by as much as wholesale inflation back in March. So you know it was a LOT. O_o
Codes
More good news! 2,162 codes were created and 1,101 of them were Lawn & Library codes!!! Folks made ALMOST TWICE as many (80.4%) Lawn & Library codes this year as they did Home Codes last year. And just how popular were all those codes of all kinds??? Altogether we're talking about 1,564,266 code redemptions. So if you need to rest your code-typing digits for a minute, that's LEGIT!
Points
It's time for the biggest, baddest, most jaw-dropping number ever mentioned in relation to the Summer Game. This past summer, players earned 233,700,673 points. You, dear players, are SUPERSTARS. You've earned 28.7% more points than any SG Cohort EVERRRRR! At least, we *think* you did. We dove deep, but we didn't dive deeper than the last time we restructured the points economy. And...fun fact...yes, we really do use the phrase "points economy" at SGHQ.
Anyway, we love UNLOCKING MILESTONES. We love BIG NUMBERS (depending on the context). But most of all, we love...YOU! Our PLAYERS!
This BIG Summer Game is over, fall is here (in practice, if not temperature), and now we're taking our annual big break so we can drop all new values into our SG Fun equation for you in June of 2023!!! THANKS FOR PLAYING and for being THE MAGIC in all those magic numbers that happened this year!! :D
XOXO,
Summer Game Headquarters
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Badge Drop #12: THE LAST DROP
by ohheyitselle
Is it ALREADY the end of August???? Is it ALREADY time for the coveted COMPLETIONIST BADGES to be REVEALED and AWARDED??? Can that possibly be??? Here at Summer Game Headquarters, it certainly feels like the time has FLOWN by, but some of you players have been spending the past 3 months…
Looking at piles of LEGOS,
Recalling TOYS of the past,
Fostering GARDENS of OLD,
Putting on your RED-colored glasses,
Taking note of CHICKEN’S wild adventures,
Becoming one with the CRYPTIDS,
Perusing and pondering ART,
Completing so many CROSSWORDS and AADLEs
Exploring UNEXPLORABLE places,
Spotting SEQUELS and joining SUPERGROUPS,
ALL WHILE traipsing all around the LIBRARY, CITY, and PARKS!!!
If you caught BADGE FEVER this summer and waited with bated breath every Friday at noon when the badges dropped all so you could devour badges upon badges until there were no more badges left to do… then BAD NEWS! You may ALREADY BE DONE WITH THESE COMPLETIONIST BADGES!!!! Feel free to sit back and relax this go around. Maybe enjoy some iced tea! Or a scone! Or a pat on the back!!! (Note: all pats on backs must be self distributed. Summer Game Headquarters is not responsible for any back patting injuries sustained during this time.) Heck, you may even want to attend the Game Over Gala this Sunday from 3-5pm at the Downtown Library!!! You can find more information about that HERE!!!!
If you HAVEN’T caught BADGE FEVER… then GOOD NEWS!! You still have time to get codes and earn points before Summer Game 2022 ends on Sunday, August 28th at 11:59pm!!!! While you’re at it, you should ALSO enjoy some iced tea!! Or a scone!!! Or a pat on the back (Note: see above back patting disclaimer)! Because we here at SG Headquarters support a ~Little Treat Lifestyle~ and YOU ALL DESERVE LITTLE TREATS!!! Heck, you may even want to TREAT YOURSELF by attending the aforementioned Game Over Gala!!! Some may even say the Game Over Gala is OUR NON-EDIBLE TREAT TO YOU!!!
SPEAKING OF LITTLE TREATS- You’ll have until the end of the day on Monday, September 5th to spend your hard earned points in the Summer Game Shop! PLEASE NOTE: Some shop items may take longer than anticipated to arrive due to supply chain issues, but they WILL arrive this fall!!!
But that’s enough rambling, HERE ARE THE COMPLETIONIST BADGES!!!!!!!! (Plus one badge for the GAME OVER GALA- did we mention it is ON SUNDAY??)
BADGE DROP #12
We’ll be back for Summer Game 2023 starting in June 2023!!!!
AND THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT!! What a Summer Game this has been! From the very bottom of our hearts here at SGHQ... THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!!!!
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Badge Drop #11: Wonderful Golden Times
by SaraP
Well, folks, it’s been a WACKY and WONDERFUL summer. Our FUN IN THE SUN is slowly fading into a GOLDEN memory. Our FLIGHTS of fancy are getting a wee bit AADLEd. But, WAIT A MINUTE!!! This ship still hasn't sailed! We’re IMPRESSED by your Summer Game panache and we know you’ll still be traipsing AROUND all week, searching for those last elusive codes. So, despite the fact that the TIME has *almost* come for us to call it quits for the season, we here at SG Headquarters have not DESERTed you!
Let us be totally clear: we will never truly desert you, Dear Players. It’s just an issue of summer V. not-summer. Summer’s end is now nigh and the Summer Game GOES with it! Sunday, August 28th is the last day to play the game! After that, you’ll still be able to spend points in the Summer Game Prize Shop through Monday, September 5th!
Until then, here you go!!!...
BADGE DROP #9
And, as always, THANKS for PLAYING!!!
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Badge Drop #10: It's Not Over Yet!!!
by ohheyitselle
It’s week 10 of the Summer Game which can only mean one thing… THE END IS NEAR-ISH!!
No need to panic though, dear players, we here at SG Headquarters try our very best to be the HOSTS WITH THE MOST and we REFUSE to say the Summer Game is over until it’s OVER! You still have time to sink your teeth into the SWEET TREATS of badges, you can still TOY around with CROSSWORDS and AADLES, HECK- you can even FEAST YOUR EYES on a whole array of LAWN AND LIBRARY CODES!
Speaking of Lawn and Library Codes…
While there is a little over two weeks left of Summer Game 2022, you have until Monday, August 15th at 11:59pm to create your Lawn or Library Code!! You’ll still be able to collect Lawn & Library Codes until the very end because, as we mentioned earlier, IT’S NOT OVER TIL IT’S OVER!!
In the meantime…. HERE ARE YOUR BADGES!!!
BADGE DROP #10
Enjoy and THANKS FOR PLAYING!!