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We've reached the END! Final Badge Drop, Final Restockening, Final Secret Shop: THANKS FOR PLAYING!

by eli

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! Summer is over! When did that happen? Well, it happened while you were madly earning badges, tagging items, making lists, earning tokens, attending events, and just having a TOTALLY AMAZING TIME all Summer long! And now we're at an end. Yes, Summer Game 2012 will end tonight, Friday August 31st, at Midnight. After that you can earn no more Summer Game 2012 points, other than through codes that come with items in the shop. The Summer Game Shop will close for the season on Monday, September 17th, so get your final orders in! Any points or tokens you have left will be spendable when the Summer Game Shop reopens next July! However, any shop orders not picked up by Monday, October 8th will be canceled and returned to inventory. But, we've still got ONE LAST GASP of Summer Game 2012 goodness here in the waning hours of summer, and it starts with a JAM-PACKED SECRET SHOP, with over 45 amazing items for you Secret Shop Token Holders! Here's a clue to help you find the secret shop hidden in the AADL Catalog:

What you're looking for today is different and unique.

There's lots of others waiting just to take a starry peek.

It's not a book, it's not a map, it's not a DVD;

The hunter with his 3-star belt is here to help you see.


If you know what's going on at the Library, this should be a quick find! But that's not all our shop news; thanks to some last-minute haggling, we were able to restock some super-popular items one last time, including Umbrellas, Backpacks, both coffee sets, flashlights and more! But this time we really mean it; there will be no more restocking until the Summer Game Shop reopens next July! So act fast, these items won't last long! And finally, we are happy to offer the Summer's final BADGE DROP:

Summer Game 2012 Badge Drop #12
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Now note that none of these final Summer Game Badges are new quests; these are all based on things you've either achieved so far, or you haven't; if you want to earn 'em, you've got a few hours left to do it before all the codes expire at Midnight tonight! (note: shop codes, or codes that come with items, don't expire until October 31st, so you've got plenty of time on those.)


BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! You know we wouldn't ramp you up all Summer and then leave you hanging until next June! No way! In addition to ongoing Points-o-matic modes and more feature to come, a TOTALLY NEW GAME in the vein of last year's Treasure Quest will launch, right here, sometime on Tuesday 9/4! So keep your eyes glued to

Comments

Submitted by carcarcar on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:09pm

YES! Jason Gibner painting coming my way, I already have one in my kitchen & now another to match> YES

Submitted by jarroyo on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:12pm

I'm shocked at how quickly everything sold-out in the regular shop again. Tried for an umbrella, but couldn't get it. Still have a ton of points. I guess I'll have to be quicker next year.

Submitted by acomai on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:14pm

i found the shop but when i typed in the code it said I had already typed in the code since It is the same as last weeks and the week before code. how do i get enough secret shop tokens to buy what I want?

Submitted by VickyB77 on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:16pm

Wow, umbrellas are gone again?? Glad I was able to get a couple last week. I get to pick them up tomorrow, but it's too bad I won't be able to get any more. :-/

Found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *celebrate* I got a Mosaic necklace--the round one--but it wasn't the one I really wanted... I almost got it but after I enter the info, it said that there were no more... :( But I'm still extremely happy!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D x 1,000,000,000,000

I want to thank everyone at the library for a fantastic Summer Game! It really was "The Ultimate" - I looked forward to every Friday and the puzzles. So many of the parts of the game are so clever and very appreciated. The shop and secret shop are wonderful extras for us. You guys are great and I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!! I think I'll do Treasure Quest this year too!

Oh NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! things are already sold out! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really wanted that umbrella

Submitted by Morgsush on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:41pm

I finally got what I wanted: light switches! :D

I wish I could have gotten on of those recycled book cover notebooks though... Maybe I'll order them off of etsy...

Why aren't the Russian Nesting Doll and Sugar Skull themed mouse pads up for sale?

Morgsush, thanks for mentioning that, I've fixed those two items and they're now for sale.

As for everything else, YAAAAAAAAA you guys are crazy! 30 umbrellas sold in about 6 minutes. Coffee sets in less than 10. Sorry to any of you who were unable to purchase things you got in your cart, we'll be making some major enhancements to the shop for next year to fortify it against the SUMMER GAME PLAYER ONSLAUGHT!

And yes, that's it for this year's restocks. We can't keep up with you guys!

THANKS FOR PLAYING!

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why Why WHY!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS SOOOOOOOOOO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UMBRELLA!
Fortifying eh? WELL FORTIFY IT NEXT YEAR SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE MYSTERY ITEMS LEFT OVER!
If not, you failed

thank you Smiles! I actually wanted to return a flashlight, cuz i manadged to get the backpack set. if my order arives with extra flashlight, help me with next year's summer game and i'll give it to you. :)
NOW STAFF, FOCUS YOUR ATTENTIONS ON FORTIFYING THE SHOP NEXT YEAR!
I EXPECT HUNDREDS OF EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

AADL Summer Game Rocks!!!!!!! I am hooked! Thank you Eli, and the rest of the team whose names I don't know, for all your time, energy, patience, and creativity!!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!! Hopefully, now that this summer's game is over, you get your life back :) I look forward to meeting you one day.

Re: eli
No problem! I ended up getting the russian nesting doll mouse pad, so I'm happy. :D
Summer Player Game Onlsaught, huh? That sounds like a band name... :)

Re: VmT
See? Summer Game is TRULY as awesome as it looks. Now I'm not the only one who's addicted... :D
I'm just so happy that I also got my friends doing it, not just Smiles. Go Team I'm Still Thinking of a Team Name!

Submitted by VmT on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:37pm

Hey Eli! I sent a note from the AADL site because I can't get into my Summer Game account. I get an error message when I try to go to My Player page, and another error when I tried to send a note using Contact Us. Thanks!

Submitted by VmT on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 7:02pm

So, I couldn't get into my account to play at 6:00. But my awesome son, who has been playing with me all summer, bought me the items I wanted (that were available:) How sweet is that!?!

He didn't get the umbrella or backpack he wanted, but he got one of the recycled notebooks.

Great 'almost end' to the Summer Game!

Submitted by cherylo on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 7:21pm

While I am disappointed that the items I was interested in (umbrella, art print, etc.) I was not able to get because they went out of stock between the time that i added them to cart and tried to check out, I truly appreciate the summer game staff. This game is a fantastic entertainment and education event, and I have enjoyed it very much. Congratulations on dealing with demanding and exacting fans of all ages while delivering fantastic content and programs.

yes thank Summer game staff. I laughed I cried I stayed up until 12:30 for the secret shop. Loved every minute of it.
Next year I'm going to stay in town for the Comic festival . Lost my place on the leaderboard with that event.

I feel like there should be a huge ceremony for eli and all of the Summer Game staff... Maybe we should get them all a gift or a card or something...

You don't have to thank me for playing, eli; thank YOU and all of the Summer Game staff. All of the players could never have played this game without you guys.

THANK YOU! :D

Wow... I feel like crying now...

At least there's still Treasure Quest! Yays! XD

Summer Game: it's not just for Summer anymore. That should be your catchphrase... ;)

I completely agree with Morgsush, though i'm still not very happy with the out of stock. really staff, YOU SHOULD HAVE PREDICTED IT. There were soooooooooooooooooooo many more players, and more points for them to spend.

Submitted by Juliettie on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 7:31pm

Whew. That was a wild ride. Thanks, Eli, Erin, and crew for lots of fun. Some of us stay-at-home parental types really enjoy this kind of puzzling more than should be legal. And I'm doing a happy dance because I got the Houghton pics that we saw him draw at KRC. Wheeee! :)

Submitted by Knabozny on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 7:57pm

thanks for making this awesome summer game and all of your hard work!!

Submitted by rimpopu on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 8:20pm

Thank you to everyone in the summer game team for putting together such a wonderful, entertaining, educational package. Loved it every bit. I completely agree with Juliettie. I enjoyed it as much as my kids :) My umbrella in the shopping cart never made it to checkout. No regrets. I got a lot more than what I was hoping for at the beginning of the summer. Can't wait for the next stage of the game to begin!

Submitted by Naverick22 on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 8:30pm

Yes! I just bought the best (in my opinion) and the most expensive item on the last secret shop! It was worth saving my points through the whole summer! Whoo... Now that's over with... Now I only have high school to look forward to. 4 more days peeps!

I wonder what I'll look like drawn comically...

Submitted by Naverick22 on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 8:38pm

eeeeyup, I'm starting 9th grade... anyone want to give some advice about Huron?

Submitted by carcarcar on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 8:49pm

Thank you so much AADL staff! I probably won't be in Ann Arbor next summer to play the summer game, but I continue to promote the heck out of it while I'm still in town! It was so much fun & kept me entertained all summer.

One suggestion for next year might be that users aren't allowed to buy 10 umbrellas at a time, or 5 coffee sets at a time. I think that might help with the "onslaught". :)

Thanks again! & I'm looking forward to Treasure Quest 2.0

Submitted by alumeng.ajl on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 8:50pm

How can there be 21 people with the Master Badgesmith badge? By my count only 12 people created badges this year. Are there more people who created them who's badges aren't coming out till next year?

@alumeng.ajl - Some of those might be staff. They didn't always announce when a badge was created and submitted by a staff member (that is a staff member outside the regular summer reading game team staff). Like I created the Sonic's World badge but as a staff member, they didn't specifically say that when they released it. :) So perhaps that accounts for some of it. :)

And YAY for having so many things in the secret shop! I was out at dinner with family and I've had a migraine all day so I didn't even think about it until now when I was thinking of putting in something that I watched and I was still able to get something. :) Yay! :)

Can't wait for whatever version of the Treasure Quest they have this year. So excited! I think even if I ever move from Ann Arbor, I'll still play, even if it means not turning in points for stuff! :) So much fun! :)

I really should have created a badge, even if it would be soooooooooo easy. :) the 21 must have been a glitch. a lot of them happen near summer end.......

I guess this would be hopeless/useless, but what are the codes for mallets creek?

need help with the big score badge. don't have ANY leads, sort of

Bookbird - I don't want to just give them away on here. If you wanna find me on Facebook or something (my full name is Valerie Long), I'd be willing to help you out that way, but I don't want to just post them on here for the whole world to see. That defeats the purpose of 'em. :)

That pretty much goes for anyone. I'm willing to help a bit with branch codes but not by posting 'em here for just anyone to see. That being said, if you have absolutely no branch codes, I'm not giving you ALL of them. But if you need just a few, I'm willing to help if you find me on Facebook or something like that.

I'm not doing all that great on the Big Score badge myself so not much help there. :-/

I don't have a facebook. now PLEASE someone help me with the barefoot, big score, or local color before it's too late! Barefoot: searched barefoot, but too many results. Bigscore: can't find the part. Local color: I was told to search purple rose and the hunter on old news, not working

@Bookbird - I think the Local color one is all on the "Observer: Then & Now" database. I found just searching the color itself brought up most stuff pretty easily.

The "barefoot" one is in a video. Not too hard to find if you narrow it down to video.

Sorry that you don't have Facebook. I don't feel comfortable just throwing out my e-mail address for everyone to see. :-/

Submitted by Naverick22 on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 9:57pm

If your Awesome equals to "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic", then yes (I watched every episode up to date...Don't Judge me).

If not, that's all I got.

Also, thanks vlong.

Judge? Bronies and pegasisters don't judge! And I happen to know many Summer Gamers are fans of the show.
You've watched every episode up to date? Me too! :D

I can't wait for Season 3! It's sad how it's only thirteen episodes this season.

Who do you think is best pony?

Submitted by Morgsush on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 10:04pm

Why yes, it does seem that way, doesn't it?

Bookbird, what part of the Big Score do you need help with?

I'm on my way to the airport right now. :) Ann Arbor, here I come!

Submitted by andy101 on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 11:17pm

Summer Game 2012 was terrific, but it ends too soon... and umbrellas are out of stock.

Submitted by VickyB77 on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 11:34pm

Thanks to everyone who helped out this year! Your clues and guidance helped keep what little sanity I had at times.
And "Thank You So Much" to The Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library for all our wonderful goodies!! It helps me justify all the hours and hours and hours I've wasted ... errr, SPENT ... playing the game. ;)
And a **MAJOR** "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU" to the AADL staff for putting together this awesome (and yes, even frustrating at times) game to entertain us all throughout the summer. You guys are awesome!!!

Submitted by VmT on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 11:39pm

Please help with the name of the ship for Luciosoma Spilopleura. I've been trying to get that one on my own, but I've spent too much time on it and only have a few more codes to get all the Fish & Ships. Thanks.
This series is hard...

Submitted by gxl on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 11:52pm

8...

Submitted by Morgsush on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 11:59pm

1!

Submitted by gxl on Sat, 09/01/2012 - 12:00am

0...

Submitted by Morgsush on Sat, 09/01/2012 - 12:00am

1!

It's like a goodbye celebration--a sad one. But we now have next year and a treasure quest like thing to look forward to...

Submitted by VickyB77 on Sat, 09/01/2012 - 12:02am

Awww, he hit the button!! :(
Oh well, I guess it's time to get some sleep. Might help make up for all the time lost playing on here. ;)
G'nite all!!

Submitted by willow on Tue, 09/04/2012 - 10:12am

The Summer Game has been so much fun, we should do it all year long! Anyway please stock lots of umbrellas next year. I logged on at 6:30 and they were sold out. Even your staff members were apparently hoping to win one. Come on! Bring on the umbrellas!

By the way, could the library please consider having graphic design classes so we can make stuff one tenth as cute as the summer games stuff?

Submitted by messa on Tue, 09/04/2012 - 6:12pm

Sadly, I was never able to get anything from the Secret Shops, no matter how quickly I found them. I'm not complaining though. I got a lot of nice things through the regular shop. Just saying you have to be really, REALLY quick, I guess.

Submitted by Katharina Geschner on Fri, 08/07/2015 - 6:19am

This is the year I joined the summer game and I and my friend had lots of fun visiting birds of prey events from the science center and visiting other events and librarys. This was Awesome!!!!! Thanks AADL!!!!!!!!!

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