It's another BADGE DROP! Plus new HINT SYSTEM!
by eli
SUPER MEGA ZOUNDS! After just two weeks, Summer Game 2012 is up to 2133 players, performing 118,306 actions for a shop-terrifying 19.5 MILLION points! And it's Friday, you know what that means... a new BADGE DROP! And here it is, including our first-ever PLAYER PICKS badge, created by dedicated and resourceful Summer Game player CherylO! Check 'em out:
Summer Game 2012 Badge Drop #3 |
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echo theme_summergame_badge(230,231,232,233,234,228,227,226,223,224,225,229);
?>
Looks good, huh? So get cracking! But to help you in your cracking, based on your feedback, we've continued to add features to the badge close-up page, and as many of you may have noticed, you can now see how many of the needed codes you've got on each badge, and even click to see hints for the codes you don't have yet! Hopefully this will help players know where they are in their badge quests, let us know what you think!
So in just a few days is the opening of the Summer Game Shop, with new items, new mysteries, and all your Summer Game points available to spend! Remember, only summer game points are spendable in the Summer Game Shop. Points-o-matic points aren't Summer Game points! But no worries, they will come into play later.
One more note; if you like codes, points, and badges, DO NOT MISS KIDS READ COMICS next weekend at the downtown library! Starting off with famous Voice Actor Neil Kaplan Friday night, KRC will be so loaded with codes, points, and badges, serious summer game players won't want to miss this very special event! Stay tuned for more details, keep those points coming, and check back around dinnertime Monday for the grand reopening of the SUMMER GAME SHOP!
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Yay! Also, why the heck am I
Yay! Also, why the heck am I still up at this hour...
Hooray for new badges! (And
Hooray for new badges! (And odd timezones!)
I'm in Hawaii, which is how I can explain my being up <: It's only 6:30 here.
And I did the manga one all off the top of my head ;D (One of them is Korean, though, so it really isn't fair to say they're all manga. Korean graphic novels are manhwa.)
As always, loving the search
As always, loving the search for new badges and staying up WAY too late to look (especially since I have to work in the morning). But, the hint about the next planet over from Saturn was not particularly helpful in the manga badge - at least for me. The rest I got fairly quickly but that one had me stumped and the hint was not particularly helpful. After using Wikipedia and Google and searching for all sorts of variations on the planets around Saturn, I'll admit, I had to finally look at another player's scoreboard for help. Maybe the hint could be modified a bit to point someone who has very little knowledge of manga in the right direction? :)
Cool the clues to these
Cool the clues to these badges keep me till all hours :-)
Good Morning, Love the hints
Good Morning, Love the hints but one Hillary hint is still not working on my computer. Of course it's the last one I need to finish the badge.
I know I'm thinking to hard but someone a hint about the second part of the badge. best of.....what?
Is it kinda sad that I've
Is it kinda sad that I've read all of the manga books except for the "Jupiter Condos" one?
Not sad at all. That is the
Not sad at all. That is the one of them that I :have: read, though I knew the titles of several others. I'm not much of a manga reader.
I think I have the right
I think I have the right droopy cartoon, but there's no game code.
Edit: Never mind, I found it. I didn't know it would be in the Additional Details.
Where in the world is the game code for the "Nutter" collaboration? I'm pretty sure I have it, but I can't find the code.
(cherylo, you made the badge design?)
Edit: *sigh* I found the code (I was looking at the book on CD, not the actual book).The post-and-solve method works again...
Morgush, yeah I made a badge
Morgush, yeah I made a badge design. I'm working on a few more too. ::huge grin:: designing them takes a little more time and work than achieving them. You could try making one if you really are bored enough. I wish I had more time to work on my designs; I've got several mostly figured out, but I need uninterrupted time to finish and polish them for submission.
How do you make a badge?
How do you make a badge?
I designed the badge quest by
I designed the badge quest by deciding the theme, researching in the catalog, typing out the name, description, clue texts, codes, alternate clue text (the text that would show up if you looked at the full score card of another player who has already entered a particular code), a general idea for the badge image, and submitted it to the library summer game team. They liked my design, did the coding in the catalog and summer game databases, actually created the badge image, and any other stuff to make it real, et voila.
What I don't know but assume is that the alternate text was also used for the hint system, since I didn't check, and I did not know about the hint system upgrade being rolled out.
Spending the time to design a badge really showed me just how much work and passion get poured into the summer game, and I appreciate it all the more. It really teaches useful research skills and creative and structural thinking. AND I end up finding materials I did not know about that I want to listen to, watch, and read. A lot of them. My library stuff shelf is always too full in the summer and so is my wishlist. :-)
Eli, Andrew and other summer game staff... are other libraries doing something similar? Did you model the game from another one? Especially if this is your creation, are other libraries interested in, or doing domething similar?
PS typing this on my phone was hard. I am on vacation and the hotel I am at is currently without Internet due to storms. (I'm in WV right now.)
Seems like badge making is
Seems like badge making is very hard.
Good set of badges today.
Good set of badges today. Finished them all already.
Ugh! I can't find the codes
Ugh! I can't find the codes for the Hillary Texts badge.
What does it mean when it says ,"Hillary may or may not have kept this secretary of state’s sunglasses - find a code in a book about her." Her as in Hillary, or the secretary of State?
And what does "And when Ryan calls his girl Hillary always answers - and you find a code!" mean?
Edit: I found it.
Uh... Who is IOI-#655321? Seriously? Use the username of a Sixer? Whose username IS that, anyway?
Morgsush- her as in the other
Morgsush- her as in the other secretary of state.
And if it's sad that you've read all but one of the manga, then it's definitely sad that I've read every single one. (And who knows how many others besides :"D )
Re: Rin Thanks, I found it.
Re: Rin
Thanks, I found it. :)
I love the new badge system. I've always hated having to sort through my game card to find the different codes. Now it's neat and organized. :)
Zhengyang1022, I now know who
Zhengyang1022, I now know who you are. :)
Grace Li told me. You know, the person who always says you're cute (haha)?
Okay, this is really
Okay, this is really weird.
Do you go to Clague?
Looks like all of you have a
Looks like all of you have a good start on the badges, congratulations! Wish I had that much time. Anyone notice that IOI-#655321 is in 6th place, just like RPO? Why the Sux0rs name anyways?
Re: Bookbird That's slightly
Re: Bookbird
That's slightly creepy, how it's exactly in 6th place just like in the book. Though, I don't think that was intentional...
I wondered why they chose that nickname too.
I now need help with the
I now need help with the manga. Not getting the veggie crate hint. Now Morgsush, how come YOU can change your comments? I saw the new 'comment'.
Re: Bookbird Umm... Isn't
Re: Bookbird
Umm... Isn't there an edit button? It's right under your comment.
Think of "better eat your _____ and veggies". Then think of a synonym for "crate". (Hint: The manga is about the Chinese zodiac animals.)
Oh... Well for the edit, I
Oh... Well for the edit, I was on this page 1/2 hour ago, about, and saw a 'two new comments' thing, whatever you call it. I looked and saw a red new by a comment of yours, ABOVE some other comments. Maybe there was a glitch.
Thanks for the (Hint) That REALLY helped.
For the manga mangler badge,
For the manga mangler badge, the hint should be "the next planet over from Jupiter", not Saturn. that messed me up for a while.
The Hillary Hints are NOT
The Hillary Hints are NOT working. me, Zhengyang1022?
Re: Bookbird What are you
Re: Bookbird
What are you talking about? (For the first Hillary hint, look for the book made by Shepard, Sara.)
Zhengyang1022: Thanks for
Zhengyang1022: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Now I just have to figure out the last Hillary code...
And I found the last Hillary
And I found the last Hillary one! The awful thing is that I was looking in the right place all along, I just didn't look far enough. Oh, well.
Congrats SBNB! I had a lot of
Congrats SBNB! I had a lot of trouble with the Hillary badge too. :)
Another day missed, another
Another day missed, another 77 new comments to read through. Tappan. Thanks for the hints everyone. If my computer time continues to be as is, look for me near the bottom the leaderboard.
Re: Bookbird Tappan?
Re: Bookbird
Tappan?
Something wrong with that? If
Something wrong with that? If my parents had decided on a house long ago, then I would have gone to 7th in Clague
There's nothing wrong with
There's nothing wrong with that. I was just wondering what the word "Tappen" was doing between two sentences about comments and hints.
Oh, if you go to Tappen, does that mean you know Zhengyang1022?
Most likely not, since I
Most likely not, since I don't really make an effort to get to know people unless they are in my group, or read a lot like me. I actually read so much that one day, a girl came up to me and said that she recognized me from elementary school "Your the girl that reads during recess" I quote. I also don't ask people in school about if they have a Summer Game account/username/if they participate. Is Zhengyang1022 in orch, choir, or Mrs. Wright's class?
In my ninth grade English
In my ninth grade English class, our teacher had us record all the books we read on large pieces of paper, which she hung around the classroom walls, and I had people ask me if I was "the person who read all the books in that English class" once they knew what my name was. (My teacher let us record manga, too, which meant I had even more books to my name than I might have otherwise.)
Re: Bookbird I don't really
Re: Bookbird
I don't really know... I don't go to Tappen; I just know him from Academic Games.
Re: eli Few weeks until the
Re: eli
Few weeks until the Secret Shop opens? Can't wait! :)
I heard you hinting about somewhere you could spend Points-o-matic points (something about them coming into play later)... Maybe I was mistaken?
Ok..... You know I can read
Ok..... You know I can read the things you type.
I do academic games, go to Tappan Middle School(TMS) and am in orch. (I'm going to 7th grade)I know, I'm really dumb about telling everyone who reads this my identity, but, whatever.
If you went to Clague,
If you went to Clague, Bookbird, we (meaning our team) would probably know you since all of us are huge readers.
I am not able to find the
I am not able to find the last code for Hillary badge.I tried "ryan gosling", but didnt work.
Search for Ryan Gosling in
Search for Ryan Gosling in the catalog. The code is in one of those DVDs.
I think the extreme meme and
I think the extreme meme and weird badges are the hardest...
If I recall correctly the
If I recall correctly the Weird Al bonus code is worth 1000 points and doesn't decrease.
I've had a hard time with
I've had a hard time with some of the Meme badges as well.
I had a hard time with the
I had a hard time with the art fair badge, too.
Really? You? Never though it
Really? You? Never though it was possible, because of your gigantic amount of points, and how you seemed to have advice for how to earn badges the moment someone asks and you see it before others
Well, I have trouble too. I'm
Well, I have trouble too. I'm human just like you...
Morgsush is an unhuman human,
Morgsush is an unhuman human, she's good at like everythinng...
That's what you tell
That's what you tell everything, Grace...
What? That's what you tell
What? That's what you tell everything, isn't that inproper grammar...
Sorry! Auto correct...
Sorry! Auto correct...
I spelled improper wrong...
I spelled improper wrong...
Yes you did...
Yes you did...
Any advice about the first
Any advice about the first and last Hillary codes would be appreciated. They're driving me crazy!
I can't find the final Fish
I can't find the final Fish Tank code. I thought that I had the abundant plant, but I looked through all the books that came up twice and I couldn't find it. Can someone help me?
Alumeng.ajl- Try thinking of
Alumeng.ajl- Try thinking of a generic name that refers to most plants in the ocean, regardless of species.
Rin- Thank you so much! I got
Rin- Thank you so much! I got it and now I've got all of the badges from this badge drop.
What do you think is the
What do you think is the hardest type of badge? (Like Local History Buff)
More? This game is getting
More? This game is getting addictive.
I come back after one day and
I come back after one day and there are 15 new comments. Wow.
Re: Zhengyang1022 Yes, I go
Re: Zhengyang1022
Yes, I go to Clague.
Me too!! Wait Morgsush, is
Me too!!
Wait Morgsush, is Zhengyang1022 the kid on the bus (when we came back from nationals)?
He's James (the kid Grace
He's James (the kid Grace thinks is cute :) ).
Ok, this is getting really
Ok, this is getting really weird. You know this is open to public, not a private chat room. (You went to AG Nationals? What did you win?)
The Hillary badge. Grrr....
The Hillary badge. Grrr.... hoping "post and solve" works now because I've been banging my head against the keyboard on this one. I believe the sunglasses one should be easy. Only two choices, one more likely than the other, yes? I feel I've looked at every *&#$ material aadl has in the catalog on both these talented ladies and yet I find no game code. Am I looking for a game code in the usual "gamecode" spot or am I looking for something else? Am I to be looking in the catalog? Anyone with a small hint? I like to solve these with a bare minimum of hints, but I can't figure out where to go next on this one...
pk on Sun: It is in the
pk on Sun: It is in the normal gamecode spot and it's in the catalog. I think that there are enough hints. Look closely at the gender, and then look at a list of all the secretaries of state. There aren't that many that qualify.
The only thing I won was one
The only thing I won was one of the small silver equations trophies and a ling triangle thingy. (We got second in eq and won our division in ling)
I hope they don't delete this comment.
Hey guys, thanks for all your
Hey guys, thanks for all your comments! We're thrilled to see the community building here... but let's keep the conversation on-topic. That means talking about the summer game and badges and such. And please don't talk about online vs. offline identities unless it's your own, that's just good online manners.
And cherylo, thanks so much for your badge, we can't wait to see what else you come up with! To answer your questions, we developed the Summer Game here at AADL! We share the code that runs it for any other library to use for free, and we are always happy to answer questions from other libraries, but there's nothing else out there quite like this!
Thanks, Eli, for reminding us
Thanks, Eli, for reminding us all to stay on topic and in good manners.
Thanks to you, cherylo, for the badge - that was fun to solve! I appreciate how hard you all work to make the badges since I don't think I could manage to make anything this great.
The new features are wonderful (even if some of the hints are bit too obvious). Especially appreciate being able to see exactly how many more things I need to figure out to get a badge. Makes it way easier to track.
Just love the new layout for
Just love the new layout for the badges now - with hints and info and how far we are along! Great job as always. I'm also struggling with the Hillary one!
I showed this thread to my
I showed this thread to my sister and she knew who all you Clague people are. (This comment is totally not creepy at all.)
Also, doing AG is awesome. My sisters are both lame, and refused to do it, even though I told them they should. AG can actually be (somewhat) helpful in high school. (Not very much, but a little bit.) Ling can definitely help you become a future Grammar Nazi.
Maybe I'll try my hand at making a badge. It sounds like it could be quite interesting c: (Now to just pick a topic for it...)
thanks for the confirmation,
thanks for the confirmation, alumeng.ajl I did finally get it. For anyone else stuck on the Hilary badge, sunglasses code here's another hint. Nickname. If you use the full name (edit: a mis-spelling will get you some items on this person, but not all), the catalog item will *not* appear in your list. This explains all my headbanging of the last few days.
Has there been any thought
Has there been any thought about sorting the team page by player average, rather than total team score?
I wish I could make my own
I wish I could make my own badge, but I don't have any ideas...
Re: emeloche It shows the
Re: emeloche
It shows the player average on the leader board, but it doesn't rank the teams that way. I agree; they should have a separate leader board based on player average.
Re: pk Try looking at the
Re: pk
Try looking at the staff's player pages. There are some hints there that you can't get on the badge's page.
Being able to see team
Being able to see team rankings by average would be nice. (I'm really only saying this because then my team would go from #8 to #2, since there are only two people on it ;D )
Re: Rin Haha... mrsaturns,
Re: Rin
Haha...
mrsaturns, what's your name on the leader board? I can't find shy boy anywhere...
Yeah, I also agree with
Yeah, I also agree with people about the rankings by average.
Yeah, I was gone for four
Yeah, I was gone for four hours and there were 20 new comments.
Well, I'm in Hawaii at the
Well, I'm in Hawaii at the moment, so my time zone is six hours off from Michigan. Thy means that while I'm asleep there are always a lot of new comments posted...
I feel bad for you.(Imagine a
I feel bad for you.(Imagine a random person seeing that you posted a comment at 1:00 am)
Somehow, I don't think being
Somehow, I don't think being in Hawaii is a valid reason for pity. (And even if I was in Michigan, I'd probably still be posting at odd hours.)
Thanks for the suggestion, M,
Thanks for the suggestion, M, - I did get the sunglasses bit in the Hillary meme (check previous comment if anyone is similarly stuck). I'm still working on the Ryan one. I feel I know what it ought to be (and it's not) so I probably have a bad assumption somewhere.
I try not to use the staff pages since the hints there are often extremely obvious ones. Some of them seem like they're just one small step away from saying, "Type this gamecode in: " I enjoy the challenge of the puzzle and try to figure it out with minimal hints. Not always possible. But I'll go at least until the next badge drop before I look at staff pages. It's only Sunday.
And I try really hard to believe in "post and solve" since it often does work. As I think cherylo said, it gets you re-thinking all you've done to date and re-examining your previous assumptions.
Re: pk The staff page tells
Re: pk
The staff page tells you what Ryan they're talking about.
Wow. I go away for like, 3
Wow. I go away for like, 3 hours, and I am #7 on the leaderboard and there is 11 new comments.
Did you see the team
Did you see the team leaderboard lately, and "The People who are on a team just to be on a team" team is winning, (probably because they have 24 players, but the PA is only about 20,000). (Just another reason to support ranks by averaging the points)
That is so unfair!!! We
That is so unfair!!! We really need a leaderboard based on team averages.
I don't read Manga, so the
I don't read Manga, so the Mangler badge was tricky. I ended up guessing an alternative for one of the words, and googling it with the other word to see what I came up with. That worked pretty well.
I think it would be great if
I think it would be great if we could search for terms in our player ledger. I've been trying to add info to catalog entries and it would be useful if I could see whether I've already written a review for an item or only rated it (for example).
The quick and dirty method
The quick and dirty method for that would be to use the find function of your browser. You would have to check each page, but that's better than skimming the pages yourself.
But I have a LOT of pages,
But I have a LOT of pages, and I don't want to really spend all of my time doing that.
The Summer Game IS supposed
The Summer Game IS supposed to be opening today, right?
Why hasn't it opened yet? (Must. Get. Chocolate. :) )
In the badge post, it says
In the badge post, it says the Summer Game Shop will open up around dinner time! :)
I think control f is a useful
I think control f is a useful function(command) for finding specific reviews.
I don't believe the shop is
I don't believe the shop is going to open today! :)
Thank you so much for adding
Thank you so much for adding the hints! It's really been a great help. I've also discovered the Treasure Quest badges & am doing those now alongside the Summer Game. I've been keeping busy! I'm stuck on the Belgian Key because I can't crack the code for the Belgian Gate...
Awesome job, AADL staff!
How do you find the first
How do you find the first code for the Science Fiction is a Team Sport badge?
I can't wait for the game
I can't wait for the game shop to open!!!!!!!!!
Re: ColeenT Try to find an
Re: ColeenT
Try to find an item in the catalog where the author of Coraline and the maker of The Voodoo Child collaborated. (Hint: I'm pretty sure the item is under the author of Coraline's name.)
Did I ever mention how much I
Did I ever mention how much I hated duplicated comments? Now I have to edit this comment... Ugh...
I can't wait until the shop opens (go chocolate)!
Re: Bookbird
When you edit your comments, it gets posted as a "new" comment.
When you accidentally
When you accidentally duplicate comments, you should always edit them before anyone sees it.
I am stumped on the first
I am stumped on the first game code for How Beautifully Blue the Sky badge. I think the hint provided for this item is referring to the fact Frederick was supposed to be a ship pilot apprentice but that isn't helping me find any dvds (other than the Pirates of Penzance dvds that have the later codes). I've already found all the other game codes for this badge but can't seem to figure out the first one! Can anyone give me another clue?
Search the name of the
Search the name of the red-capped guy and pilot in the catalog (_____ pilot).
I hope there is a lot more
I hope there is a lot more items (and buttons!) in the shop. :)
Morgsush, how much Naruto do
Morgsush, how much Naruto do you read??
Working furiously on the
Working furiously on the shop, hang in there guys... there will be 6 new items (although you probably already know what they are if you've looked closely around play.aadl.org ) but lots of mysteries.... but no chocolate yet! The Giga Chocolate Victory Package will return soon, but it's not an opening day item. Stay tuned!
-eli
6 new items! :) (Happy!)
6 new items! :) (Happy!)
Re: Zhengyang 1022 A lot.
Re: Zhengyang 1022
A lot. :)
Actually, I read a lot of it online.
Re: eli
When does the chocolate get put up for sale?
Yay! I just checked the shop,
Yay! I just checked the shop, and the upgraded version is so much easier to use!
I can't wait for the mystery items to come out. :)
Oh, and hooray for two pages of comments!
I know this is SOOOOO two
I know this is SOOOOO two weeks ago :) but I cannot find Charlie Brown's sister in the catalog...hints?! I've searched her full name & come up with nothing...maybe I'm looking too hard.
cchaffee- Try searching just
cchaffee- Try searching just her first name, not her full name. (This one took me a long time for exactly the same reason.)
I really hope that there are
I really hope that there are new things in the store (like cute stuffed animals).
/random comment that is
/random comment that is totally relevant because it refers to the first sentence of this post.
Did you know that the word "zounds" was originally pronounced something like "zoonds" (rhymes with wounds), rather than "zownds" (rhymes with sounds)? This is because it originated as "God's wounds", which shortened to "', which was then spelled how it sounds. I can only assume pronunciation changed as the origins of the phrase were forgotten because more words that end in -ounds are pronounced "ownds" than "oonds". (In fact, I can't think of any besides wound meaning injury.)
I always remember such random things from the books I read...
Struggling with Hillary Meme
Struggling with Hillary Meme code #2 - Find one hidden in a memoir by another one of the best secretaries of state of all time. Any hints - there have been many....
ssmyth- Just search for
ssmyth- Just search for "secretary of state memoir" and it should be easy to find. :)
Rin - thanks so much!! I had
Rin - thanks so much!! I had searched all around that - but not that! Sometimes it's easy to over think....
Look at the AADL shop!
Look at the AADL shop! They're starting to upgrade it! :)
OK, guys, the shop is open
OK, guys, the shop is open for business! Watch for a post shortly, and let us know if you have any trouble! Enjoy!
-eli
Shop is open now!!!
Shop is open now!!!
.... And 2 pages of comments!
.... And 2 pages of comments! :)
Awesome! Now to just see what
Awesome! Now to just see what all those mystery items are...
Yay! Excited for the shop to
Yay! Excited for the shop to be open. Looking forward to seeing what the mystery items are.
There are 2 badge pages. 1 of
There are 2 badge pages. 1 of them is a list style page(ipad friendly) and 1 is the well known one with hints. Could there please be hints on the list page(you get to it by going to your scorecard and clicking to show all badges)?
This is off-topic but this
This is off-topic but this seems to be the most likely place for a reply.....are the points-o-matic points worth regular Summer game points? I know that the Treasure points aren't, but what about points-o-matic? Thank you!
Re: alumeng.ajl don't think
Re: alumeng.ajl
don't think so, also, you can just contact the staff on contact us, which is conveniently located just below the Summer Game Shop, on left hand side of the page.
You can always contact us,
You can always contact us, but the only things you can spend in the summer game shop are summer game points. Pointsomatic or treasure quest points can't be used for summer game shop purchases. Now, for the secret shop, that's another story... but that's still a few weeks away. =)
Sorry I was off topic.
Sorry I was off topic.
Thanks for all the replies
Thanks for all the replies guys. I had heard about the secret shop for the Treasure Quest but I wasn't sure which category points-o-matic would fall under. Again, Thank you!
My secret powerup from last
My secret powerup from last year's Zelda badge still works when I go into the shop. Yay!!!!
My secret powerup works too!
My secret powerup works too! :)
can someone please explain
can someone please explain how you're supposed to win these badges? ive just starting the summer reading program cause ive been busy and now i go on and have no clue how to win these.
i started with the manga mangler and i know the answers to all of the mistranslated titles, but now what? where do i get the codes and where do i put the codes when i find them?
plzplzplz help!
You search the title of the
You search the title of the book in the CATALOG and click on them. You may have to look in every volume but if you find the right one, there should a GAME CODE on the left margin (you may have to scroll down a bit). Once you find it, you can either copy it, go to your player page, click I HAVE A GAME CODE and paste it there. Or you can click on the game code (it should be clickable and that will lead you straight to the Game code thing).
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! and
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
and thank u for the very quick reply :)
here are some cookies: O O O
Zeineb E- Go to the catalog
Zeineb E- Go to the catalog and find the items, then on the left side of the page, near the bottom, there will be a game code. Click it and you're good! It will most likely not be on the first result when you search, though.
(Haha, Smiles already posted.)
and thank YOU for also
and thank YOU for also replying and for also doing it so quickly
*applause*
...I went to
...I went to clague.
...Talent show...Chinese yo-yo... enough said.
...Figured it out?
I'm goin' to bed. Good night!
I used to do Chinese yoyo
I used to do Chinese yoyo when I was in middle school. Then I quit and spent all my Chinese school free time reading books. (Now all I can do is ma yi shang shu or whatever you call making the yoyo go up the string.)
Re: Rin It's Ma Yi Shang Chu
Re: Rin
It's Ma Yi Shang Chu which means "Monkey goes up" where Ma Yi means monkey, Shang means up, and chu means to go. However, today we call it "monkey up the tree".
Currently, I'm a Yo-Yo teacher (actually, assistant) since september 2011 when I was 13 (Now I'm 14). I'm going to assist again at a camp called ACA in canton.
Re: Naverick22 Is your last
Re: Naverick22
Is your last name [someone else's personal information removed] (I have a feeling I know who you are)?
Naverick22- I do know
Naverick22- I do know Chinese. And ma yi shang shu is monkey up the tree. (It's also the name of a type of food, although I've never eaten it.)
And there are too many of you [someone else's personal information removed]. I can't keep straight which of you is which.
what is the name of
what is the name of Giuseppe's ship?
Go to Giuseppe's wikipage and
Go to Giuseppe's wikipage and ctrl F "Guano". (Hint: It's also the name of a very famous opera by Bizet.)
I need hints!
I need hints!
Re: imracon Hints about what?
Re: imracon
Hints about what? If you need hints about any badge, you can ask me, or you can look at a staff's player page (or just look at the badge's page).
Re: Morgsush Yep.
Re: Morgsush
Yep.
So, would your first initial
So, would your first initial happen to be A (and would you happen to live in my neighborhood)?
Re: Naverick22 Did you get my
Re: Naverick22
Did you get my hint about Giuseppe's ship?
Re: Morgsush Yes and Yes
Re: Morgsush
Yes and Yes
Wow. That was unexpected. I
Wow. That was unexpected. I never knew you were THE [someone else's personal information removed]!!
Can someone help me with the
Can someone help me with the manga mangler? I just don't know what a telepathic person can also be.
Smiles- Think of a four
Smiles- Think of a four syllable synonym for school and search that in graphic novels.
And the graphic novel was
And the graphic novel was made in 2005
Re: Rin ...Then disregard
Re: Rin
...Then disregard What I said before.
Re: Smiles
What do you call someone who can predict something correctly? and the other word starts with acad- (if you haven't figured it out already)
Happy Fourth of July
Happy Fourth of July everyone!!!
Re: Smiles Think of a synonym
Re: Smiles
Think of a synonym for "Telepathic" and "School"
Hint: Think of Gakuen Alice. What does Gakuen stand for?
Re: Smiles What is a person
Re: Smiles
What is a person who is telepathic called? Phy.... and another word for school. (Aca....) Then when you find the two words, you search it on the catalog. (It's made in 2005)
may the 4th be with you...
may the 4th be with you...
Re: Smiles 1st word is the
Re: Smiles
1st word is the blanks
...Someone you can predict the outcome or the future is _________.
...Espeon is _________ type.
...Victini is fire and _________ type.
2nd word is the blanks.
...Khan __________.
...The __________ awards.
...Marine Military __________.
that is all.
Wow. Nice work, though you
Wow. Nice work, though you just (basically) gave Smiles the answers.
what's the last code for the
what's the last code for the droopy badge?
Re: Naverick22 Just look
Re: Naverick22
Just look search "World's Greatest Animation" in the AADL catalog, and the code is in the Additional Details
Thanks guys! The hints really
Thanks guys! The hints really helped a lot!
Happy Fourth of July! I
Happy Fourth of July! I really wish I tried to sneak some minutes yesterday, sooooooooooo many comments. Going to the famous waterfall tomorrow. Personal request, everyone try not to add another hundred comments to here, or any other place (I don't know what these are called), by the time I get back. As much I like reading through comments, 100+ is not what I really like, as it reminds me of how (not so)often I manage to get on.
Bookbird- Get a smartphone
Bookbird- Get a smartphone and then go on whenever you feel like it! (Following the AADL summer game is definitely the best reason to get a smartphone...)
/is using her iPhone right now c:
Lost last phone, family wants
Lost last phone, family wants house, college, parents not want me glued to electronics+books. Etc
I wish I could get a
I wish I could get a smartphone. :P
Which famous waterfall?
You are very welcome, Smiles.
You are very welcome, Smiles. Always a pleasure to help.
I can't wait to see what you
I can't wait to see what you can do with points-o-matic!
ag will probably be able to
ag will probably be able to buy everything in it lol. He/She has 300,000+ points.
I really should get started
I really should get started on Points-O-Matic. (I only have like 1500 points)
Me too. I've been neglecting
Me too. I've been neglecting Points-O-Matic ever since the Summer Game began.
I never knew there's going to
I never knew there's going to be a shop for the point-o-matic. I've got 195130+ points to burn!
Urg... Lucky you...
Urg... Lucky you...
...And my little brother has
...And my little brother has over 840000 points....WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
...He's Player 3567.
For the Weirding way badge,I
For the Weirding way badge,I can't find the notes that are supposed to drive me off a cliff.
Re: mysterio Think of a
Re: mysterio
Think of a certain kind of book that helps a lot of students... In the catalog, they have yellow and black stripes on the covers. Hint: Cliff ____ (the second word is five letters long and starts with an "N").
Re: Morgsush Pokemonfan12 is
Re: Morgsush
Pokemonfan12 is #3567, but he's a private page. If you want approval that he's the real deal, you're going to need to ask Eli or Andrew. If you don't think he's my brother, then we need either of the 2 guys to say whether the player number really is pokemonfan12. Because otherwise, how would I know the player number of his account?
Re: Morgsush Pokemonfan12 is
Re: Morgsush
Pokemonfan12 is #3567, but he's a private page. If you want approval that he's the real deal, you're going to need to ask Eli or Andrew. If you don't think he's my brother, then we need either of the 2 guys to say whether the player number really is pokemonfan12. Because otherwise, how would I know the player number of his account?
...delete this copy. There was a temporary glitch on my laptop.
Thanks for the hint,
Thanks for the hint, Morgsush, but I still haven't figured it out.
I also need help on the last
I also need help on the last Hillary Texts code.
mysterio- For the last
mysterio- For the last Hillary code, try searching Ryan and Hillary Texts on Google. Then, when you find Ryan's full name, search for him in the catalog.
mysterio- (It should be on
mysterio- (It should be on the first page.) Looks like you already edited your comment c:
For the Weirding Way badge, search for the name of the book and "Cliffs" in the catalog. (It has to have the s, which threw me off for a bit.)
thnx
thnx
which book?
which book?
The book that was the answer
The book that was the answer to the other questions for the Weirding Way badge.
found it thnx
found it thnx
So you now understand my
So you now understand my clue?
Yeah now I do.
Yeah now I do.
YAY!! :DD
YAY!! :DD
I LOVE the old newshound
I LOVE the old newshound badges. It's fun to see all those old photos and stories.
I'm confused. how did
I'm confused. how did cherylo create a badge?
3 pages of comments! YAY!
3 pages of comments! YAY!
marisal- I think she
marisal- I think she collected all the pieces needed, made codes and wrote hints, and then submitted it to the summer game people.
AADL is going, like, crazy
AADL is going, like, crazy now with all the KRC messing up the leaderboard.
My standing just keeps going
My standing just keeps going down ;^;
I really need to catch up.
I really need to catch up.
I do too, especially with
I do too, especially with Points-O-Matic.
Luckily, I have been able to
Luckily, I have been able to go to KRC. :)
But, I've been neglecting my Points-O-Matic. The other guy has nearly twice as many points as me. :P
I loved the Manga Mangler
I loved the Manga Mangler badge. I thought it was really clever :3
You have 400000+ points. I
You have 400000+ points. I think that's a lot.
Yeah, I agree, I have
Yeah, I agree, I have literally nothing compared to 400,000 points :P
I didn't go to KRC yesterday
I didn't go to KRC yesterday because I was coming home from the falls. Unfair if I missed stuff because of that.
I need help finding the last
I need help finding the last Fish Tank Tales code.
Ugh! I don't have any
Ugh! I don't have any internet at home and I don't get to go to the library much!! I going to drop so low!!
I finally remembered
I finally remembered Points-O-Matic once eli mentioned a store for Points-O-Matic points. Then I started playing it, and got 5 badges for it. That's how I got up to 400,000 points. It wasn't really that hard...
I saw you at KRC Bookbird! I
I saw you at KRC Bookbird! I don't think you noticed me though... You just walked by me and I waved to you. I think you talked to Shoto/Smiles, though.
How many hours a day do you
How many hours a day do you do AADL Summer reading game, Morgsush?
Do you count going to the
Do you count going to the events doing the Summer Game?
Um, if you want to make
Um, if you want to make yourself sound more obsessed.
Enjoy it. I would spend
Enjoy it. I would spend several hours per day on it if I didn't need to go to work and have other obligations, counting the reading, watching and listening as well as other activities related to the game. Actually, I think I average 1.5-2 hours per day anyway. :D. There is nothing wrong with enjoying activities like this as long as you don't neglect responsibilities to do it. Enjoy the ability to do something you like when you have the freedom to do it, I say.
Well I was going to the
Well I was going to the library a lot the past three days (because of KRC), but it's not what I usually do. I usually spend about 30 minutes to an hour on the Summer Game, actually.
really? what do most of your
really? what do most of your points come from then, other than game codes? (if you want to keep it a secret, i would understand)
@Tree64 - simply keeping up
@Tree64 - simply keeping up with the running conversation on these threads helps immensely with points since you get 50 pts for every post/reply you make. I don't know if that's what the rest of 'em are getting ALL their points from but it is a HUGE help. Some people have thousands and thousands of points just from posts/replies. :)
On a different note, I'm also loving having these hints available for the harder clues AND having the code count for each badge. That helps so much! Nice work Summer Game Staff!
I also really like the badge
I also really like the badge page and hints. It is really helpful to be able to see what codes you are missing from a badge.
Thanks Summer Game Staff
I was talking to ilyjtwya and
I was talking to ilyjtwya and getting help. How can you recognize me if you never met me Morgsush?
The hints on the badge page
The hints on the badge page are really useful. :)
Most of them
Most of them
Some where not very helpful,
Some where not very helpful, too. But overall, I think the badge page was really good. :)
It's definitely much easier
It's definitely much easier to use. I no longer have to dig deep in my player page to see how many badges I have completed, or started.
Yeah, and it shows how much
Yeah, and it shows how much more codes you need to get.
Yeah, that's really helpful
Yeah, that's really helpful too. Especially when players ask for help; I no longer need to dig deep in my player page to find the hints/clues.
It's useful especially in
It's useful especially in that case. (For the harder badges or codes)
Yeah, it is.
Yeah, it is.
It helps so much since I
It helps so much since I usually have no clue which code I'm missing.
Thanks for the pointers,
Thanks for the pointers, vlong.
Who, me? I definitely don't
Who, me? I definitely don't have thousands of points for comments. :)
Re: Bookbird I saw you at
Re: Bookbird
I saw you at KRC, so I think I'll be able to recognize your face again.
Re: tree64
I also read, watch, and listen. Plus I go to events (I've been going to a lot of them recently) and I add to lists.
Re: Morgsush Yeah, you
Re: Morgsush
Yeah, you probably have about 15000 points for comments.
OK, Morgsush on both
OK, Morgsush on both recongnition and events, good for you. Wish I could go to more events, but unless I finish my work, and get lucky, unlikely.
Lately, my parents have been
Lately, my parents have been letting me go to events. I have no idea why they're being so lenient now...
LUCKY!!! Maybe they think the
LUCKY!!! Maybe they think the prizes will be worth it. Wish it was the same for me. Maybe next year, if I'm still here.
Nah, I think it's just
Nah, I think it's just because it's convenient (I carpool a lot with my friend to these events).
I think too little happens at
I think too little happens at Mallets Creek, a lot in downtown. If it has to be downtown, WHY couldn't it just be on Sunday? it seriously limits my attending events
Well, there's the player
Well, there's the player meeting at Malletts Creek, along with the clay animation workshop right after...
The meeting at Malletts is a
The meeting at Malletts is a really good idea (I think) and then there will be an event! :) (Plus, I don't go to many events)
I hope I can see lots of
I hope I can see lots of players there! :)
Me too! :)
Me too! :)
I'll finally be able to meet
I'll finally be able to meet other players...
I know a LOT of summer game
I know a LOT of summer game players! (mainly because of KRC)
I only know nine (counting
I only know nine (counting me)... *sobs*
And only four are active...
Meaning? I know only 2, and i
Meaning? I know only 2, and i don't think Smiles/Shoto counts, because we only had one conversation. I need help with Cherlyo's Badge. I tried the books, see no gamecode
which clue do you need help
which clue do you need help with? the first one?
I only know six.... (and
I only know six.... (and only two of them actually play AADL) :(
Well I only know 4.
Well I only know 4.
Do all of them actually try
Do all of them actually try to get points?
Only four players I know are
Only four players I know are actually active.
Re: Bookbird Which part of
Re: Bookbird
Which part of the badge do you need help with?
(Hint: If you're on the Nutter part, look for the Book instead of the Book on CD. That's where I got stuck.)
Well, all of the players I
Well, all of the players I know are pretty high. There's tree64, cherylo, Smiles, and Bookbird.
Well, they're not very high
Well, they're not very high on the leaderboard, if that's what you mean. They're below the 100's in ranking.
You guys all seem really
You guys all seem really interesting people. I wish I could meet you folks once. Too bad I can't come to player meeting this weekend.
You can't? Aww...:( When ARE
You can't? Aww...:(
When ARE you free? Maybe we could have another player meeting, or I could just try to meet you in a library. You seem like a pretty interesting person too. :)
What's your closest branch?
West branch
West branch
I get annoyed sometimes when
I get annoyed sometimes when events are downtown. It's often so frustrating to try to drive to that branch, then I have to pay for parking while I'm there.
I agree, there are so many
I agree, there are so many events at downtown, and they're like major point events, like KRC.
cool badges
cool badges
the badges are so cool. its a
the badges are so cool. its a fun way to earn points
yay
yay
As far as I know, the only
As far as I know, the only person I know who plays the summer game is my sister. She, however, knows all of you Clague 8th graders. (That definitely doesn't sound creepy. At all.)
Sure it's not creepy... How
Sure it's not creepy...
How does she know us, if you don't mind my asking? From Academic Games? School?
She's also going to be in 8th
She's also going to be in 8th grade at Clague this year. (She doesn't comment here, though.)
Is it Ok to tell us her first
Is it Ok to tell us her first name? I go to Clague and I may know her... :D
Does she go to the Academic
Does she go to the Academic Games practices?
Niu Niu. And no, she is lame,
Niu Niu. And no, she is lame, so she doesn't do AG. (I am very disappointed in her.)
NIU NIU? I KNOW HER!!! She
NIU NIU? I KNOW HER!!! She invited me to her ninja birthday party, but I couldn't come... :(
So you're her sister? I'll have to ask her about you...
Got cherlyo's badge. still
Got cherlyo's badge. still need to catch up...... on a LOT
On what badges?
On what badges?
Need any help?
Need any help?
Not yet, but soon. I just
Not yet, but soon. I just know that.
Okay, just tell us if you
Okay, just tell us if you need any help. ^ - ^
OMG! Niu Niu's sister?! That
OMG! Niu Niu's sister?! That is so cool!
I know, right? :D
I know, right? :D
I would have never guessed
I would have never guessed though...
Me too... So you have a
Me too...
So you have a romance-book problem, eh?
I can't figure out the last
I can't figure out the last code for the Fish Tank badge.
Find orbital points on
Find orbital points on Wikipedia, but don't search the article name. Find another name for it...
I realized some codes have
I realized some codes have clues to extra points. Do <em>those</em> points decrease?
Yes, the bonuses decrease
Yes, the bonuses decrease (like Treasure Quest).
But it's only once a day.
But it's only once a day.
Like, if a bonus code was 500
Like, if a bonus code was 500 points, and it was found on Saturday (after the badge drop), it would be only worth 490 points or something.
how wonderful. so if I want
how wonderful. so if I want extra I should start right away? decrease for the orange code too?
Oh... So that's how it works?
Oh... So that's how it works?
(I think)
(I think)
So true...
So true...
But it's hard, I have all the
But it's hard, I have all the (catalog, not review and points-o-matic)badges from the newest badge to get, AND various badges from the other badge drops! How many bonuses are out there? I have the orange and the weird Al. What else?
I am glad that I came back
I am glad that I came back and read this post (even though it was weeks ago). I am afraid that I have been skipping over the bonus codes because they are frequently harder. So now I know what I am missing out on.
Thanks
I wish it would show
I wish it would show somewhere which badges have bonuses and which don't... *hint hint* :)
Like a special marking on the
Like a special marking on the hints.....
Yeah...
Yeah...
Bookbird Yeah, whenever you
Bookbird
Yeah, whenever you see a bonus code, you want to get that first.
yay :)
yay :)
Yay for what? The badges?
Yay for what? The badges?
Four pages!!!
Four pages!!!
Spelling Nazi
Spelling Nazi
Gomen!!
Gomen!!
Is that another Japanese
Is that another Japanese word?
Hai, that's sorry in
Hai, that's sorry in Japanese!
And Hai means yes. Grace
And Hai means yes.
Grace you've been spouting too much Japanese near me; it's rubbing off onto me!
But I thought you were in
But I thought you were in China... (Oh well)
Morgsush is in China!! And I
Morgsush is in China!! And I think I have obsessive Japanese disorder...
Yes you do...
Yes you do...
but your not japanese, are
but your not japanese, are you.
No, I'm not. I wish I had
No, I'm not. I wish I had talent for learning languages, I so want to speak Japanese and Korean. :(
After that, then what?
After that, then what?
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
After you learn to speak any
After you learn to speak any language, like Japanese and Korean, what other talent would you wish for?
I actually don't know, world
I actually don't know, world domination?
Nope, I'm Chinese.
Nope, I'm Chinese.
If you DO dominate the world,
If you DO dominate the world, gxl, can I be the princess of the world?? You can queen but there will probably be no King (Richard is the only boy that could be a "royal" in your terms).
Sure! James is pretty royal
Sure! James is pretty royal too!
Yeah, yeah. And just so you
Yeah, yeah. And just so you know, I like light blue, green, and sometimes pink gowns. My favorite color is green and I want Oceania.
I want Asia, Europe, and
I want Asia, Europe, and North America. Africa has diamonds...and I don't know what South America has sorry I don't know much about South America.
By "royal", do you mean cute?
By "royal", do you mean cute? (Kawaii, cutsy wutsy kitten-and-puppy cute?)
Hai, kawaii desu!!! I wonder
Hai, kawaii desu!!! I wonder what wold happen if Zhengyang1022 and Richard read this comment...
Morgsush, you can be a
Morgsush, you can be a semi-princess, be married to a semi-prince, and live on a semi-island.
Semi-princess?!?! Who would
Semi-princess?!?! Who would be semi-prince then? Huh? Does Morgsush even like someone?
I dunno. Maybe the
I dunno. Maybe the semi-prince can be Richard. Or would you rather have Richard be King? Or will you make your dream come true by making him my betrothed?
No, he can be your prince
No, he can be your prince charming.
I'm feeling extremly awkward
I'm feeling extremly awkward from this conversation... Let's switch to a new topic, okay?
Why am I a semi-princess?!? And why do I only get a semi-island?!? The Semi Princess goes on strike. Humph.
Zhengyang1022, if you do not want to be scarred for life, listen to my advice and don't read the comments. Just click the back button or quit this tab. YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION.
See? gxl's dream is to have
See? gxl's dream is to have Richard and I betrothed!!
Ugh... Sure it is... Are you
Ugh... Sure it is... Are you sure that's not your dream?
I doubt Richard plays Summer Game, so this warning will only be toward Zhengyang1022. GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU ARE SCARRED FOR LIFE. You do NOT want to read this disturbing conversation about two maniacs planning to take over the world.
;)
Zhengyang1022, you won't be
Zhengyang1022, you won't be scared for life, you can be semi-prince-charming with Morgsush. You two are 1st and 2nd on the leader board.
@gxl--Who will be
@gxl--Who will be King?
@Morgsush--Hmm. Good question... Of course it's my dream--it's something I've dreamed of since I first met him... <strong>NOT<strong/>
There will be no king.
There will be no king.
So if I'm FIRST on the
So if I'm FIRST on the leaderboard and he's SECOND, we turn out to be semi's? But someone who's NINTH gets to be a princess?
I'm telling you, I'm going on strike. *pouts* :D
I asked first. :p And since
I asked first. :p And since gxl is the Queen of the world, what she says, counts.
Yes, all will listen to me!!
Yes, all will listen to me!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm not even in the top 10, I think...
Nice evil laugh..... :)
Nice evil laugh..... :)
What do you think about being
What do you think about being semi prince?
........
........
Bad?
Bad?
I warned you! Now you are
I warned you! Now you are scarred for life...
Plus, he's no second anymore, Twinkle is. So are you saying that Twinkle should be my semi-prince (even though s/he might be a girl)?
I think Twinkle is *****(?)
I think Twinkle is *****(?) or *****(?).
No, that's tree64. (I don't
No, that's tree64. (I don't know how I know that)
I think tree64 is ******...
I think tree64 is ******...
Then Twinkle would be
Then Twinkle would be *****?!?!?!
why don't we drop the topic.
why don't we drop the topic. Also, while on learderboard
<strong>I'M SO MAD!!!!!!! I WAS #20 AND THEN SOMEONE NAMED JIM BUMPED ME TO 21ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </strong>
i suspect it's during the hours before SG ended, when I logged off