Round Three: Points and Scoring
There are multiple ways of making a bingo where each filled square counts as 50 points.
The minimum requirements for a fill are:
Fic - 500 words
Art - medium sized (at least 320x240)
Icons - set of 10
Rec post - 10 recs (any combination of fandoms)
Podfic - 500 word fic
Picspam - 20 pics
Vids - 30 seconds
Mix - 10 songs with track list and explanation included
Meta - 1000 words
Bingos:
Straight line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) (5 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points
for example:
suicide attempt
experiments by evil scientists
de-age
self-harm
learning to be loved
group support
bruises
trust issues
deprogramming
forced to rely on enemy / rival
nausea
torture
WILD CARD
hostages
natural disasters
rejection
phobias
bodyguards
death
theft
bites
septicemia / infected wounds
loss of identity
combat
invisibility
note that the line doesn't have to go through the central square unless it's diagonal.
4 corners (5 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points
for example:
cages
severe / life-threatening illness
bodyguards
kidnapping
medication
secret identity discovered
bruises
self-harm
homesickness
broken bones
serial killers
hugs
WILD CARD
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
dungeons
asphyxiation
tentacles
insomnia
magical trouble
scars
hiding an injury / illness
electrocution
making deals with demons
cuddling
hypothermia
Parallel Diagonals (2 parallel diagonals; points dependent on which diagonals used) (5 - 9 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 - 9 fills, 250 - 450 points
for example:
body/mindswap
confession in desperate situation
attacked by a creature
falsely imprisoned
undeserved reputation
isolation
nightmares
unwanted transformation
de-age
septicemia / infected wounds
arrest
fire
WILD CARD
mistaken identity
accidents
bruises
mindswap
forced soulbonding
therapy
bullet wounds
broken bones
loss of vision
loss of voice
brainwashing
hostages
or
orphans
loss of limb / limb function
family
motion sickness
parting ways
coma
falsely imprisoned
toothache
asphyxiation
head trauma
scars
corporal punishment
WILD CARD
depression
sacrifice
side effects
telepathic trauma
interrogation
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
death
time travel gone wrong
tyranny / rebellion
fire
atonement
poisoning
Note that any parallel diagonal lines may be used, except for the corners and you cannot use the two two-square diagonals together to make bingo. At least five squares must be used.
Diamond (8 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 8 fills, 400 points
for example:
fighting
nervous breakdown
depression
Stockholm syndrome
trapped between realities
cuddling
tyranny / rebellion
toothache
cuddling for warmth
body/mindswap
minor illness
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
WILD CARD
secret identity discovered
therapy
substance addiction
combat
stalkers
assault
interrogation
counseling
moving
dystopia
eating disorders
first transformation
Crosses: X or + (2 diagonals or crossing straight lines through the center) (9 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 9 fills, 450 points
for example:
secret identity discovered
tyranny / rebellion
lost childhood
post-traumatic stress disorder
first transformation
orphans
explosion
blood loss
unconsciousness
accidents
making deals with demons
falsely imprisoned
WILD CARD
drowning
motion sickness
combat
heat stroke
headaches / migraines
loss of hearing
food poisoning
possession / mind control
humiliation
arrest
body/mindswap
bruises
or:
possession / mind control
mistaken identity
hiding an injury / illness
body/mindswap
depression
whipping / flogging
theft
attacked by a creature
torture
Stockholm syndrome
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
bites
WILD CARD
archaic medical treatment
learning to be loved
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
hallucinations
food poisoning
fever / delirium
nervous breakdown
making deals with demons
hypothermia
nightmares
natural disasters
restrained
Note that the + does not have to cross in the middle. Any horizontal + vertical line is considered a +
Border (all outside squares) (16 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 16 fills, 800 points
for example:
insomnia
head trauma
kidnapping
restrained
abuse
pandemics and epidemics
self-harm
magical trouble
burns
trust issues
hazing
suicide attempt
WILD CARD
wings
loss of voice
first transformation
undeserved reputation
surgery
fall from grace
medication
job-related trauma
serial killers
drowning
disappearing
pneumonia
Envelope (all outside squares and X through the center) (21 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 21 fills, 1050 points
for example:
assault
whipping / flogging
suicide attempt
accidents
bites
tentacles
learning to be loved
hostile climate
wings
coma
unconsciousness
lost childhood
WILD CARD
forced to rely on enemy / rival
stalkers
dystopia
lacerations / knife wounds
alien abduction
scars
humiliation
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
job-related trauma
falling
sacrifice
isolation
Blackout (all squares) (25 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 25 fills, 1500 points
for example:
bodyguards
cursed
loss of job / income
atonement
falsely imprisoned
fighting
learning to be loved
major illness
slaves
hugs
loss of vision
hostile climate
WILD CARD
brainwashing
body image issues
forced to rely on enemy / rival
trust issues
mistaken identity
disappearing
nervous breakdown
homesickness
imprisonment
captivity
drowning
minor illness
(twenty-five stories answering all prompts on the card).
After you've made a bingo, you can make a new bingo on your card or request a new card to complete bingo on. You may also do extras using your original card. Extras are worth a unique number of points
Extras
Cross-square (parallel squares) (2 prompts) - 2 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 100 points
Any two opposite prompts separated by a square combined into one fill.
substance addiction
learning to be loved
extortion
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
whipping / flogging
undeserved reputation
hiding an injury / illness
brainwashing
taking care of somebody
hazing
minor illness
nausea
WILD CARD
therapy
hostages
headaches / migraines
isolation
nervous breakdown
loss of home / shelter
grief
fire
fever / delirium
archaic medical treatment
loss of job / income
eating disorders
Postage stamp (2x2 square) (4 prompts) - 4 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 150 points
The postage stamp is a fill that combines four adjoining prompts in the square.
For example:
rejection
captivity
abuse
mindswap
loss of voice
post-traumatic stress disorder
hiding an injury / illness
archaic medical treatment
nervous breakdown
hazing
moving
serial killers
WILD CARD
falsely imprisoned
loss of vision
surgery
secret identity discovered
pandemics and epidemics
tyranny / rebellion
planet destruction
drowning
taking care of somebody
unwanted transformation
alien abduction
confession in desperate situation
Straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) (5 prompts) - 5 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 250 points.
All five prompts in line combined into one story.
confession in desperate situation
interrogation
pandemics and epidemics
skeletons in the closet
poltergeist
phobias
depression
tyranny / rebellion
grief
hospital stay
body/mindswap
minor illness
WILD CARD
extortion
scars
corporal punishment
forced to rely on enemy / rival
burns
motion sickness
cursed
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
undeserved reputation
loss of voice
cuddling
bodyguards
Parallel lines (2 straight lines) (10 prompts) - 2 prompts per fill, 5 fills, 400 points
Parallel lines means writing five stories, each of them covers two adjoining prompts from parallel lines.
For example:
electrocution
atonement
lacerations / knife wounds
drowning
isolation
kidnapping
invisibility
forced to rely on enemy / rival
stranded / survival scenario
loss of job / income
food poisoning
asphyxiation
WILD CARD
exhaustion
scars
trust issues
side effects
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
hallucinations
mindswap
Stockholm syndrome
headaches / migraines
plane crash
eating disorders
natural disasters
Bonuses are ways to earn more points or special prizes, but do not count as a bingo or an extra.
Bonuses
One fill, all 25 prompts: if you can incorporate all 25 prompts equally into one fill, meeting these minimums, you can earn a special prize
fic: 12500 words
art: wallpaper sized (1024x768 - 1280x800)
mix: 30 songs, plus track list and explanation
icons: set of 50
meta: 15000 words
podfic: a fic of 15000 words
vids: 5 minutes
picspam: 100 pictures
rec post: 50 stories
Benchmarks: You can earn bonus points for your bingo or extra for meeting these benchmarks in a single fill.
+50 points
fic: between 5K and 10K words
art: 500x375
icons: set of 30
rec post: 30 recommendations
podfic: a story between 5K and 10K words
picspam: set of 30 pictures
vids: 1.5 minutes
mix: 20 songs with explanation
meta: between 5000 and 7500 words
+100 points
fic: between 10K and 20K words
art: 640x480
icons: set of 50
rec post: 50 recommendations
podfic: a story between 10K words and 20K words
picspam: set of 60 pictures
vids: 3 minutes
mix: 30 songs with explanation
meta: between 7500 and 10000 words
+150 points
fic: greater than 20K words
art: 1024x768
icons: set of 100
rec post: 100 recommendations
podfic: a story greater than 20K words
picspam: set of 100
vids: 5 minutes
mix: 20 songs with accompanying story (at least 1000 words)
meta: greater than 10K words
Note: All of the fills in your bingo do not have to reach these minimums to receive bonus points, just one. ex: Your bingo consists of four fics of 500 words, and one of 10,000 words. You’ll receive the 250 bingo points , as well as a bonus of 100 points for meeting a benchmark, for a total of 350 points for that bingo. If you have several fills over the benchmark in your bingo, you get appropriate number of bonuses (e.g. for a story more than 20,000 words and picspam of 60 pictures in one bingo you get 250 bonus points in total).
Points per combination
Bingo: straight line: 250 points
Bingo: four corners: 250 points
Bingo: parallel diagonals: between 250 and 450 points
Bingo: diamond 400 points
Bingo: x or +: 450 points
Bingo: border: 800 points
Bingo: envelope: 1050 points
Bingo: blackout: 1500 points
Extra: cross-square 100 points
Extra: postage stamp: 150 points
Extra: single line: 250 points
Extra: doubles: 400 points
Bonus: 25 in 1 special prize
Bonus: Benchmarks plus 50 points, 100 points, or 150 points depending on which benchmark (see above)
Winners and Prizes
During the Round
Bingo: banner
Blackout: banner
After the Round
1st place (totaled points): to be defined
2nd place (totaled points): to be defined
3rd place (totaled points): to be defined
Honorable Mentions (Mod’s Choice): banner
The minimum requirements for a fill are:
Fic - 500 words
Art - medium sized (at least 320x240)
Icons - set of 10
Rec post - 10 recs (any combination of fandoms)
Podfic - 500 word fic
Picspam - 20 pics
Vids - 30 seconds
Mix - 10 songs with track list and explanation included
Meta - 1000 words
Bingos:
Straight line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) (5 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points
for example:
suicide attempt
experiments by evil scientists
de-age
self-harm
learning to be loved
group support
bruises
trust issues
deprogramming
forced to rely on enemy / rival
nausea
torture
WILD CARD
hostages
natural disasters
rejection
phobias
bodyguards
death
theft
bites
septicemia / infected wounds
loss of identity
combat
invisibility
note that the line doesn't have to go through the central square unless it's diagonal.
4 corners (5 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points
for example:
cages
severe / life-threatening illness
bodyguards
kidnapping
medication
secret identity discovered
bruises
self-harm
homesickness
broken bones
serial killers
hugs
WILD CARD
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
dungeons
asphyxiation
tentacles
insomnia
magical trouble
scars
hiding an injury / illness
electrocution
making deals with demons
cuddling
hypothermia
Parallel Diagonals (2 parallel diagonals; points dependent on which diagonals used) (5 - 9 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 - 9 fills, 250 - 450 points
for example:
body/mindswap
confession in desperate situation
attacked by a creature
falsely imprisoned
undeserved reputation
isolation
nightmares
unwanted transformation
de-age
septicemia / infected wounds
arrest
fire
WILD CARD
mistaken identity
accidents
bruises
mindswap
forced soulbonding
therapy
bullet wounds
broken bones
loss of vision
loss of voice
brainwashing
hostages
or
orphans
loss of limb / limb function
family
motion sickness
parting ways
coma
falsely imprisoned
toothache
asphyxiation
head trauma
scars
corporal punishment
WILD CARD
depression
sacrifice
side effects
telepathic trauma
interrogation
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
death
time travel gone wrong
tyranny / rebellion
fire
atonement
poisoning
Note that any parallel diagonal lines may be used, except for the corners and you cannot use the two two-square diagonals together to make bingo. At least five squares must be used.
Diamond (8 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 8 fills, 400 points
for example:
fighting
nervous breakdown
depression
Stockholm syndrome
trapped between realities
cuddling
tyranny / rebellion
toothache
cuddling for warmth
body/mindswap
minor illness
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
WILD CARD
secret identity discovered
therapy
substance addiction
combat
stalkers
assault
interrogation
counseling
moving
dystopia
eating disorders
first transformation
Crosses: X or + (2 diagonals or crossing straight lines through the center) (9 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 9 fills, 450 points
for example:
secret identity discovered
tyranny / rebellion
lost childhood
post-traumatic stress disorder
first transformation
orphans
explosion
blood loss
unconsciousness
accidents
making deals with demons
falsely imprisoned
WILD CARD
drowning
motion sickness
combat
heat stroke
headaches / migraines
loss of hearing
food poisoning
possession / mind control
humiliation
arrest
body/mindswap
bruises
or:
possession / mind control
mistaken identity
hiding an injury / illness
body/mindswap
depression
whipping / flogging
theft
attacked by a creature
torture
Stockholm syndrome
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
bites
WILD CARD
archaic medical treatment
learning to be loved
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
hallucinations
food poisoning
fever / delirium
nervous breakdown
making deals with demons
hypothermia
nightmares
natural disasters
restrained
Note that the + does not have to cross in the middle. Any horizontal + vertical line is considered a +
Border (all outside squares) (16 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 16 fills, 800 points
for example:
insomnia
head trauma
kidnapping
restrained
abuse
pandemics and epidemics
self-harm
magical trouble
burns
trust issues
hazing
suicide attempt
WILD CARD
wings
loss of voice
first transformation
undeserved reputation
surgery
fall from grace
medication
job-related trauma
serial killers
drowning
disappearing
pneumonia
Envelope (all outside squares and X through the center) (21 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 21 fills, 1050 points
for example:
assault
whipping / flogging
suicide attempt
accidents
bites
tentacles
learning to be loved
hostile climate
wings
coma
unconsciousness
lost childhood
WILD CARD
forced to rely on enemy / rival
stalkers
dystopia
lacerations / knife wounds
alien abduction
scars
humiliation
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
job-related trauma
falling
sacrifice
isolation
Blackout (all squares) (25 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 25 fills, 1500 points
for example:
bodyguards
cursed
loss of job / income
atonement
falsely imprisoned
fighting
learning to be loved
major illness
slaves
hugs
loss of vision
hostile climate
WILD CARD
brainwashing
body image issues
forced to rely on enemy / rival
trust issues
mistaken identity
disappearing
nervous breakdown
homesickness
imprisonment
captivity
drowning
minor illness
(twenty-five stories answering all prompts on the card).
After you've made a bingo, you can make a new bingo on your card or request a new card to complete bingo on. You may also do extras using your original card. Extras are worth a unique number of points
Extras
Cross-square (parallel squares) (2 prompts) - 2 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 100 points
Any two opposite prompts separated by a square combined into one fill.
substance addiction
learning to be loved
extortion
forced to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
whipping / flogging
undeserved reputation
hiding an injury / illness
brainwashing
taking care of somebody
hazing
minor illness
nausea
WILD CARD
therapy
hostages
headaches / migraines
isolation
nervous breakdown
loss of home / shelter
grief
fire
fever / delirium
archaic medical treatment
loss of job / income
eating disorders
Postage stamp (2x2 square) (4 prompts) - 4 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 150 points
The postage stamp is a fill that combines four adjoining prompts in the square.
For example:
rejection
captivity
abuse
mindswap
loss of voice
post-traumatic stress disorder
hiding an injury / illness
archaic medical treatment
nervous breakdown
hazing
moving
serial killers
WILD CARD
falsely imprisoned
loss of vision
surgery
secret identity discovered
pandemics and epidemics
tyranny / rebellion
planet destruction
drowning
taking care of somebody
unwanted transformation
alien abduction
confession in desperate situation
Straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) (5 prompts) - 5 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 250 points.
All five prompts in line combined into one story.
confession in desperate situation
interrogation
pandemics and epidemics
skeletons in the closet
poltergeist
phobias
depression
tyranny / rebellion
grief
hospital stay
body/mindswap
minor illness
WILD CARD
extortion
scars
corporal punishment
forced to rely on enemy / rival
burns
motion sickness
cursed
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
undeserved reputation
loss of voice
cuddling
bodyguards
Parallel lines (2 straight lines) (10 prompts) - 2 prompts per fill, 5 fills, 400 points
Parallel lines means writing five stories, each of them covers two adjoining prompts from parallel lines.
For example:
electrocution
atonement
lacerations / knife wounds
drowning
isolation
kidnapping
invisibility
forced to rely on enemy / rival
stranded / survival scenario
loss of job / income
food poisoning
asphyxiation
WILD CARD
exhaustion
scars
trust issues
side effects
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
hallucinations
mindswap
Stockholm syndrome
headaches / migraines
plane crash
eating disorders
natural disasters
Bonuses are ways to earn more points or special prizes, but do not count as a bingo or an extra.
Bonuses
One fill, all 25 prompts: if you can incorporate all 25 prompts equally into one fill, meeting these minimums, you can earn a special prize
fic: 12500 words
art: wallpaper sized (1024x768 - 1280x800)
mix: 30 songs, plus track list and explanation
icons: set of 50
meta: 15000 words
podfic: a fic of 15000 words
vids: 5 minutes
picspam: 100 pictures
rec post: 50 stories
Benchmarks: You can earn bonus points for your bingo or extra for meeting these benchmarks in a single fill.
+50 points
fic: between 5K and 10K words
art: 500x375
icons: set of 30
rec post: 30 recommendations
podfic: a story between 5K and 10K words
picspam: set of 30 pictures
vids: 1.5 minutes
mix: 20 songs with explanation
meta: between 5000 and 7500 words
+100 points
fic: between 10K and 20K words
art: 640x480
icons: set of 50
rec post: 50 recommendations
podfic: a story between 10K words and 20K words
picspam: set of 60 pictures
vids: 3 minutes
mix: 30 songs with explanation
meta: between 7500 and 10000 words
+150 points
fic: greater than 20K words
art: 1024x768
icons: set of 100
rec post: 100 recommendations
podfic: a story greater than 20K words
picspam: set of 100
vids: 5 minutes
mix: 20 songs with accompanying story (at least 1000 words)
meta: greater than 10K words
Note: All of the fills in your bingo do not have to reach these minimums to receive bonus points, just one. ex: Your bingo consists of four fics of 500 words, and one of 10,000 words. You’ll receive the 250 bingo points , as well as a bonus of 100 points for meeting a benchmark, for a total of 350 points for that bingo. If you have several fills over the benchmark in your bingo, you get appropriate number of bonuses (e.g. for a story more than 20,000 words and picspam of 60 pictures in one bingo you get 250 bonus points in total).
Points per combination
Bingo: straight line: 250 points
Bingo: four corners: 250 points
Bingo: parallel diagonals: between 250 and 450 points
Bingo: diamond 400 points
Bingo: x or +: 450 points
Bingo: border: 800 points
Bingo: envelope: 1050 points
Bingo: blackout: 1500 points
Extra: cross-square 100 points
Extra: postage stamp: 150 points
Extra: single line: 250 points
Extra: doubles: 400 points
Bonus: 25 in 1 special prize
Bonus: Benchmarks plus 50 points, 100 points, or 150 points depending on which benchmark (see above)
Winners and Prizes
During the Round
Bingo: banner
Blackout: banner
After the Round
1st place (totaled points): to be defined
2nd place (totaled points): to be defined
3rd place (totaled points): to be defined
Honorable Mentions (Mod’s Choice): banner