Bring on the BINGO!
We just went about normal biz and got one line!
:D
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Bring on the BINGO!
We just went about normal biz and got one line!
:D
https://image.ibb.co/dRZQEw/2_B6_B7_..._C954_DDD4.jpg
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We figured we could do at least 1 bingo, maybe 2, but we got 3!! A little patience goes a long way. Right now we are in first place, but there are a few teams that look like they are playing normally and doing all 320s. That’s ok, the 3 extra columns of rewards are very good.
I already forgot this week was bingo... out board doesnt look so good XD
Nice job MomsCarols :thumbsup:
Thank you hobbitly. I have to credit my hoodmates, as well. Both of them did and always do an amazing job of helping to decide goals and strategy for each type of derby we do. And then making it work.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobbitly
My hat goes off to anyone completing a Bingo derby, especially those in larger NH’s.
I was surprised by the prizes for it also. All 3 lines had really good boosters to pick.
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So the moral of this thread is large hoods are *@*@*#$&*! Not one bingo on here that is more than two of a task.Quote:
Originally Posted by GpoppyZ
Really hard to get the tomato juice one. Need to trash all day longAttachment 207613
I am confused why all of your derbys say 1/1? Is it because you are all in small neighborhoods? We got one bingo but it says they are all 4/4
YTTH
We are a large hood with few opted in. We had only 5 opted in this week.Quote:
Originally Posted by YTTH
when we had 9 opted in, our requirements were 9 of each which was not doable.
Thank you for the explanation. Congrats to all on the derby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wuss You A Merry Christmas
YTTH
I do hope things have improved for at least some.Quote:
Originally Posted by YTTH
How many of you were opted in and needed to do 4 of each?
We had 11 opt inQuote:
Originally Posted by Wuss You A Merry Christmas
This is the first time I've gotten more than 1 line. With a doable Bingo card, a lot of trashing, and a lot of luck getting the right tasks, I was able to do 3 lines. I had to give up getting a trophy (the trophies have gone to NHs doing all 320s), but the rewards are much better than the usual trophy prizes.
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Originally Posted by LuvHayDay
That looks great!
i don’t mind not finishing top 3 for bingo derby for decent prizes and a little extra work. I am afraid that what we have seen so far has scared off too many derby doers. Maybe this is a ray of hope and maybe they can make it better for all sized derbies :smirk:
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3xbingo just moments ago. I hope the picture shows.
16 opted in, "only" about 1500 tasks trashed to get all the tasks we needed.
It's funny the message on the right "get even more rewards next time" ?? 😂
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Originally Posted by SusannaLovelyPigs
Well, that is all really great... maybe they will add blackout bingo. You are pretty close XD
Thanks! I agree that it’s better to get decent prizes than to finish in the top 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wuss You A Merry Christmas
In my opinion, the biggest problems with the Bingo derby are that most of the Bingo cards have too many rare tasks, and SC hasn’t programmed those tasks to appear often enough on the task boards. I realize that the larger NHs have a problem when they have to complete several of a rare task—and they don’t get enough of that task. I have a similar problem playing solo when I need to complete one of each task, and some of the tasks never appear at all. (That happened to me in the first two derbies.) But I don’t think the main solution is to reduce the number of tasks required, because that won’t help if we still have too many rare tasks and can’t get enough of them on the task board. As others have said, I think SC needs to make changes in the Bingo cards and the appearance rate of all Bingo tasks.
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Originally Posted by LuvHayDay
Indeed... glad it is not my job :saywhat:
We had no chance of getting 1 line thus bingo never mind 3. Task were just not appearing and not just 1 task there were 4 or 5 different ones. Think we gave up around Friday night. Never mind onto the next one.
* 9 of 16 opted in to this Bingo Derby
* we trashed 539 tasks
*we reached three lines the third time
*we had to do tasks with very few points (250) to reach Bingo
* we are in the CL and we are sure to be in the top three.
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All (most) credit goes to my hood mates.
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We got three lines, but there's only two of us. It does take quite a bit of planning. We don't care about placing (although we're currently in first) since the prizes are blah most of the time, but the bingo rewards made up for it!! Plus we're trying to get the achievement knocked out. ;)
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How did u get 3 lines? My hood is actually having an argument over it..Quote:
Originally Posted by MomsCarols
Horizontal, vertical, diagonal. What do you mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockyma11
If I understand your question, you need to notice which square connects all 3 lines. In this case it’s the truck. Then you need to save that square until the very end, after all other squares have been finished. This is because the Bingo ends as soon as you finish one complete line. By leaving the connecting square open until the end, you finish all 3 lines at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockyma11
Our town is not liking bingo at all! We need 8 of each to complete a row and they never show up. We have only been able to complete one row and then the prizes really suck!!
You can get 3 lines by starting at a corner and going horizontal vertical and diagonal but finishing with the corner that is the common denominator
You don't have to have 3 corners to get 3 bingo's. Finished this with Strongman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weege
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So prize wise it seems the best neighborhood number to have its 7? You get all horseshoes on a normal derby and a reasonable number to complete on a bingo derby. It's amazing how quickly it scales against more people in the bigger neighborhoods.
YTTH
Here’s ours :
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3 lines and first place in derby - 11 players playing
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... solo player.. 3 bingo lines...
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27 people in derby, 26 being active, I would go for playing bingo but the other neighbors dont want to do bingo and as you can see, cant do these tasks on my own. So no bingo.
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I agree that to get a bingo line one needs patience. I have a hood of 30, with 27 opted in. We got one bingo line in each of the bingo derbies, but it’s been very hard, I don’t see us ever getting more than one line in a derby. Just barely got one in this last derby. We need 9-10 of each task, but are playing with the same size task boards with the same refresh lag time as hoods of 1 person. Large hoods are definitely at a disadvantage. And all bingo boards are not created equal, lol, would have loved to have had some of the bingo cards that people have been sharing. But maybe the grass is always greener on the other side. :D Congrats to all of the tripple bingos out there!!
Actually congrats to all bingos, single and double in addition to triple!
Agreed but I suspect that is intentional to offset the limited number of prizes small hoods can get as regular prizes. The bingo sort of evens it out for effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hop88
As for them not being equal, you don't really know how many tasks folks had to trash to get any of those easier tasks. It doesn't matter how simple the task is if you never see it pop up as a task.
Solo player.
I got a Triple Bingo & came 5th. Top 4 all did 10x320 and likely didn’t do the Bingo aspect, or maybe one line - they finished really quickly.
Those of you saying it’s easy doing it Solo, give it ago.
No one else trashing the board when you’re unable to be online working driving, sleeping.
No one else to share the slow tasks with (sheep, goats, strawberries...)
No one else to split same machine tasks with
No one else to make core ingredients
No one else to crop share with.
No one stop Townies
Doing all 10 tasks as Bingo tasks, no room to change your mind about which lines you’re going for once you’ve started, unlike big hoods needing less than 50% of their tasks.
Task board tied up with tasks you can’t start, so not able to get as many new tasks as hoods where tasks can be taken leaving a free spot.
...and that’s just off the top of my head.
I’ve been in a big hood, I understand the difficulties, I’m not saying it’s easy, but I’m getting annoyed with bigger hoods saying Solo players have it easy. We don’t.
...as for it making up for not getting all the horseshoes every week, not really no. I get 4 horseshoes per week. I do 10x320/400 tasks every week (except Bingo where I’m forced to take lower points) but get HALF the rewards players in big hood get doing fewer tasks and/or fewer points. It’s an unnecessary penalty against players who chose to play solo - but that’s really for another thread.
I don’t mean to be argumentative, and I do understand how hard (sometimes impossible) the bingo derbies are for large hoods. But I’m concerned about multiple posts here saying that small/solo hoods have it easier—because SC may read this thread and make adjustments accordingly. (There’s a precedent for this. After reading all our comments about the first bingo derby, Nick posted that they made some changes because some hoods had it too hard and some had it too easy. His comments are in post #4 in this thread: https://forum.supercell.com/showthre...oints-Derby%21). So, as a solo player, I want to point out some of the ways that smaller hoods are at a disadvantage. I’m not saying we have it harder than large hoods—just that there are disadvantages for all sized hoods.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hop88
As a solo player, one big disadvantage is that in order to get a triple bingo, I have to be in the CL, I have to pay diamonds for the 10th task, and all 10 tasks have to be bingo tasks. Larger hoods have more people working on the 10 tasks needed for a triple bingo, so they don’t have to be in the CL and don’t have to buy a 10th task.
Also, to use your example of a hood with 27 people where you need 9-10 of each task, that means you need a total of 90-100 tasks to get a triple bingo. That’s only 3-4 bingo tasks per person (compared to my 10). I’m not saying it’s easy—or even possible—to get that many of the right tasks to come up on your board. But that part isn’t easy for solo/small hoods either, given the rarity of many of the bingo tasks and the low appearance rate for them on the task board. Out of the 3 bingo derbies so far, there was only one where I was able to get more than a single bingo—and I struggled for every bingo line in every derby.
Another disadvantage for solo players is that we have to choose between doing bingo lines and getting a trophy. In every derby there are always at least 3 players going for perfect scores, so if I decide to take any bingo tasks of fewer than 320 points, I’m giving up any hope of a trophy. On the other hand, a couple of people in larger hoods posted in this thread that they got 3 bingo lines AND a trophy—and one of them took first place. The way the bingo derbies have been set up so far, I can’t imagine a solo player getting a triple bingo AND first place.
Again, I’m not saying that small/solo hoods have it harder than larger ones. I’m just trying to balance the comments about how large hoods are at a disadvantage. I think the truth is that getting bingos—especially double or triple ones—is often impossible for hoods of all sizes, because most of the bingo cards have too many rare tasks, and SC hasn’t programmed those tasks to appear often enough on the task boards. The larger NHs have a problem when they have to complete several of a rare task—and they don’t get enough of that task. I have a similar problem playing solo when I need to complete one of each task, and some of the tasks never appear at all. (That happened to me in the first two derbies.)
I’m sure others will disagree with this, but I don’t think hood size is the biggest issue here. I think the main issues are the often-impossible bingo cards and the programming that doesn’t give us enough of the needed tasks. And those problems affect all hoods, regardless of size.
We got three lines but it was not easy. Three people opted in but one task only appeared at the end.
I agree that perhaps the biggest issue, regardless of hood size, is of tasks simply not appearing - it doesn’t matter how easy the task is if it never shows up.
It sounds like playing bingo derby in a solo hood has its unique challenges, many of which I hadn’t thougth about, especially If one’s goal is to get triple bingo and also place in the top 3. Or as mentioned by LuvHayDay, it can still be a challenge to just get one bingo line in a solo hood. My goal is just to get any bingo line to go towards the achievement. I haven’t tried bingo derby as a solo hood, but can compare my experience in my large main hood with that of my baby farm in a small hood. My baby farm is in a hood of 2 people, and getting a single line in bingo derby with 2 players is a completely different experience compared to with 27 players.
Congrats to those needing 5/6 tasks who managed to get lines - looks like none of us needing 9/10 tasks are posting good news stories here though.
i agree with previous posters, it isn’t a case of being easy for solo hoods, that obviously brings its own challenges, but it does look achievable for small to medium sized hoods and unachievable for large hoods (unless you get a freak board with a lucky line). Why is it so hard for SC to see how imbalanced the bingo derby is against large hoods
We managed a 3-bingo derby and came in 3rd place... I have to admit, the prizes were underwhelming for the effort involved.
The first place NH did all 320 tasks so it didn't seem they were interested in the Bingo.
I was really hoping for two lines, but those tasks didn't show up. So I just completed the one goat milk task that was needed for a one-line bingo.
I think smaller hoods have an advantage here. But you know, you win some and you lose some, like they wont get all horseshoes, so Im okay with it. I would love to see more bingo tasks pop up and 320 points if possible.
And to the people thinking its not harder in a large group.. try tossing 1000 tasks in a week and still not getting the tasks to make a bingo. If you need 27 people on board of the bingo train it is just much harder, cause we have also only a 16 task board and 26 more people looking for tasks.
I trashed 964 tasks in order to achieve 3 lines bingo, solo member in my neighborhood..but that's life, that's how the game is.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobbitly
We try everytime to go for bingo too.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobbitly
But the tasks just dont show up that many.
So I dont think it isnt a matter of not wanting to go for bingo
But we refuse to take lower tasks to get a bingo coz its simply not worth it.
Greetings from The Netherlands:)
Yes, and now do 964 x 27 members, so it is harder for bigger groups. You can say thats how the game is, and that is fine, cause I say it too, but you cant deny it isnt harder with a very big NH. Ideal for bingo would probably be a 3/4/5 people NH I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeonTri
Whenever bingo derby happens, we have a bingo exodus. Our hood of 30 offshoots into 3 hoods to make things more doable.
Main hood: even when 1 selfish newbie left at start of bingo, The hood was still able to get gold at CL with 5 tasks to do per tile
2 smaller hoods: comprised of 4-5 members at rookie league only requiring 1 task per tile.
We get our achievements, leave the nh (Some have baby farms manning the hood). Go back to the mothership. Were happy coz we dont damage the gold wins as well and no bickering occurs
It is not harder for bigger groups... it is hell and virtually impossible, I agree with you...SC REALLY needs to take a look at this....Quote:
Originally Posted by hobbitly
Someone should make a poll about if a neighborhood with 20+ members has been able to make 3 lines bingo...Or 2 lines
We tried for our first bingo derby. I forgot to take a final picture but we made it! Triple Bingo, and we STILL came in first! I don't know how that was possible, I think the other teams were still on Christmas Vacation. I was just hoping we would stay out of bottom 3, so I kept expecting to really plummet in the final days. Anyways, it all worked out. We wanted bingo for the achievement award. Even those not in the derby recd the award, as long as they were in the NH at the start of derby. Which was all good. They all still help the derby players with things like trees and bushes to water, helping with boats, sending away town ppl etc, so it was cool that they got it too. I would rather do that than if they try a bingo derby just to get the achievement, even though they don't really have much time, and then not finishing tasks etc. So it was all good :) Attachment 207696