SQLBingo is still on at Pass Summit 2009; we’re less than a week away, and this should be a lot of fun. To sum up, a bunch of us SQL Tweeters are going to be wandering around Summit; if you want to play Bingo, you have to match the real person with their avatar on the card, meet the person, and get their codeword. Should be a lot of fun, but I have a few more things to add.
If you haven’t read the following posts, you may want to start with them first:
SQL PASS Twitter Bingo: The rules so far…
A basic summary of the rules for squares (with some general advice for players). I’d like to add some things to the “how to play” list, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
#SQLBingo: Meet nice people and learn their safewords.
Brent (as usual) writes a very succinct post on how to play if you’re not a square. What’s important about Brent’s list is that he lays out some guidelines for things to do BEFORE you go to Summit.
Wanna play? It takes some prep work…
It should be noted that this is a low-budget game at best; I think one of squares called it “guerrilla networking”, which I think is an awesome term for it. What it means is that we’re trying to keep the rules and the play very simple, but unfortunately, that also means that the players have to provide some of their own resources for playing.
If you are playing, follow the steps at Brent’s blog:
- Print your cards ahead of time from http://sqlserverpedia.com/bingo. (Be sure to refresh in between)
- Find the tweeps.
- Turn in a card per day when you’ve filled out a row on Tuesday, 2 rows on Wednesday, and blackout on Thursday.
You may also want to set up a Twitter account between now and then. If you’d like, you can check out sqlbingo’s profile; this is a dummy account set up by Aaron Nelson and myself to follow all of the squares. The whole point of this account is to simply give you a quick list of all of the Twitter accounts that are on the cards. You may also want to set up a search for the term #sqlbingo; remember, the squares will be broadcasting their location periodically throughout the day, and using this term will help find them.
Already a square? It takes some prep work…
Same rules for players applies to the squares; however, we’ve decided that squares are not eligible for prizes. Sorry. However, if you’d like to make it easy for your adoring fans to find you, you may want to print out a simple badge with your avatar and username on it. Just a 2×4 scrap of paper, and tape it to your standard Summit badge. If you forget, c’est la vie! It’ll just be tougher for people to find you.
Looking forward to meeting all of you face to face!
Stu
