Points And Scoring
POINTS AND SCORING
[Adapted fromhc_bingo , with thanks and praise.]
If you're competing in the bingo round, you'll be happy to know that there are several ways to make a bingo - and to earn extra points! Make sure you check out the rules before you read this page. Once you have the basic rules down, it works like this:
1. Complete a bingo, as described below, in which each square filled counts for 50 points.
2. Once you've completed a bingo, you can either request a new card - or you can compete for extras on your current card.
- You can't complete extras until you've completed a bingo, and they don't count toward a bingo - they just flesh out your points.
- If you are using one of the squares you made bingo with for an extras combination, you must create another fill for that same square. For example - just say you used the "serial killer" square in your bingo, and then want to use that square again to make a postage stamp extra. You must use the prompt again, and create more content for the prompt "serial killer".
TYPES OF BINGOS
STRAIGHT LINE [horizontal, vertical, diagonal] - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points.
The line does not have to go through the central square unless it's diagonal.
Example:
FOUR CORNERS - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points.
Example:
PARALLEL DIAGONALS [2 parallel diagonals; points dependent on which diagonals used] - 1 prompt per fill, 5 - 9 fills, 250 - 450 points
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.
Example:
DIAMOND - 1 prompt per fill, 8 fills, 400 points
Example:
CROSSES: X or + [2 diagonals or crossing straight lines through the center] - 1 prompt per fill, 9 fills, 450 points
The + does not have to cross in the middle. Any horizontal + vertical line is considered a +.
Example:
OR
BORDER [all outside squares] - 1 prompt per fill, 16 fills, 800 points
Example:
ENVELOPE [all outside squares and X through the center] - 1 prompt per fill, 21 fills, 1050 points
Example:
BLACKOUT [all squares] - 1 prompt per fill, 25 fills, 1500 points
Twenty-five stories answering all prompts on the card
Example:
EXTRAS
CROSS-SQUARE [parallel squares] - 2 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 100 points
Any two opposite prompts separated by a square, combined into one fill.
Example:
POSTAGE STAMP [2x2 square] - 4 prompts per fill, 1 fill, 150 points
The postage stamp is a fill that combines four adjoining prompts in the square.
Example:
STRAIGHT LINE [horizontal, vertical, diagonal] - 1 prompt per fill, 5 fills, 250 points.
All five prompts in line combined into one story.
Example:
PARALLEL LINES [2 straight lines] - 2 prompts per fill, 5 fills, 400 points
Parallel lines means writing five stories, each of them covers two adjoining prompts from parallel lines.
Example:
BONUSES
Bonuses are ways to earn more points or special prizes, but do not count as a bingo or an extra.
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 word
art: wallpaper sized (1024x768 - 1280x800)
fan/original mix: 30 songs, plus album art, track list and explanation
icons: set of 50
meta: 15000 words
vids: 5 minutes
picspam: 100 pictures
other: contact a mod
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
picspam: set of 35 pictures
vids: 2 minutes
mix: 20 songs with album art and explanation
meta: between 5000 and 7500 words
other: contact a mod
+100 points
fic: between 10K and 20K words
art: 640x480
icons: set of 50
picspam: set of 60 pictures
vids: 3.5 minutes
mix: 30 songs with album art and explanation
meta: between 7500 and 10000 words
other: contact a mod
+150 points
fic: greater than 20K words
art: 1024x768
icons: set of 100
picspam: set of 100
vids: 5 minutes
mix: 20 songs with album art and explanations
meta: greater than 10K words
other: contact a mod
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).
WINNERS AND PRIZES
During the Round
Bingo: banner
Blackout: banner
25-In-One: special prize
After the Round
1st place (totaled points): TBA
2nd place (totaled points): TBA
3rd place (totaled points): TBA
Honorable Mentions (Mod’s Choice): banner