hc_bingo_lj_backup | Round 8: Bingos, Extras and Achievements

There are multiple ways of making a bingo, each one requiring minimum of 5 filled squares.

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) with short explanation for each
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.

for example:

imprisonment	poisoning	comfort food or item / feeding someone	eating disorders	accept injury to protect someone
toothache	self-harm	abuse	archaic medical treatment	arrest
food poisoning	explosion	WILD CARD	hunger / starvation	loss of home / shelter
robots / androids / AIs	healers	Stockholm syndrome	accidents	caught in a robbery
nervous breakdown	kidnapping	combat	haunted	learning to be loved

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.

for example:

self-harm	heart attack / heart trouble	humiliation	stalkers	touch-starved
mutation	stranded / survival scenario	corporal punishment	explosion	electrocution
group support	drugged	WILD CARD	estrangement	culture shock
hunger / starvation	rape / non-con	loss of identity	Stockholm syndrome	scars
fever / delirium	job-related trauma	magical trouble	head trauma	mercy killing

Parallel Diagonals (2 parallel diagonals) (5 - 9 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 5 - 9 fills.

for example:

CPR / rescue breathing	body / mindswap	runaways	sensory deprivation	taking care of somebody
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding	imprisonment	minor illness or injury	coma	secret identity discovered
lacerations / knife wounds	food poisoning	WILD CARD	family	sex pollen
attacked by a creature	fall from grace	deadline / time bomb	stranded / survival scenario	forgiveness
assault	humiliation	toothache	headaches / migraines	nervous breakdown

body image issues	on the run	branding	pandemics and epidemics	hospital stay
forced marriage	comfort food or item / feeding someone	hostages	betrayal	estrangement
toothache	CPR / rescue breathing	WILD CARD	backrubs / massages	restrained
assault	unconsciousness	homesickness	motion sickness	loss of hearing
captivity	falsely imprisoned	asphyxiation	forced to rely on enemy / rival	abuse

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.

for example:

moving	side effects	caught in a robbery	loss of powers	accidental mating for life
archaic medical treatment	loss of home / shelter	phobias	loss of job / income	hypothermia
loss of identity	secret identity discovered	WILD CARD	tyranny / rebellion	washing / bathing someone
alien abduction	forgiveness	grief	witch hunt	poisoning
whipping / flogging	touch-starved	hiding an injury / illness	undeserved reputation	robots / androids

Crosses: X or + (2 diagonals or crossing straight lines through the center) (9 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 9 fills

for example:

brainwashing / deprogramming	unconsciousness	haunted	blood loss	sacrifice
corporal punishment	begging	protecting / losing precious object	attacked by a creature	forced body modification
unwanted transformation	culture shock	WILD CARD	heart attack / heart trouble	nightmares
bodyguards	blackmail	family	atonement	magical trouble
mistaken identity	robots / androids	forgiveness	headaches / migraines	restrained

or:

sacrifice	trust issues	self-harm	medication	imprisonment
telepathic trauma	natural disasters	sex pollen	brainwashing / deprogramming	mercy killing
septicemia / infected wounds	forced soulbonding	WILD CARD	protecting / losing precious object	orphans
loss of identity	asphyxiation	loss of hearing	hospital stay	haunted
slaves	runaways	fighting	exhaustion	betrayal

Note that the + does not have to cross in the middle. Any horizontal + vertical line is considered a +

Confetti (alternating squares) - 1 prompt per fill, 12 or 13 fills

for example:

blackmail	scars	unwanted transformation	amnesia	dub-con
apocalypse	difficult / unexpected pregnancy	interrogation	forced to face fear	insomnia
drowning	restrained	WILD CARD	disappearing	group support
cuddling	caught in a robbery	headaches / migraines	grief	forced marriage
sensory deprivation	hospital stay	sacrifice	secret identity discovered	loss of job / income

Border (all outside squares) (16 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 16 fills

for example:

tyranny / rebellion	mutation	hostile climate	amnesia	captivity
minor illness or injury	major illness or injury	loss of voice / forced silence	theft	mistaken identity
exhaustion	trust issues	WILD CARD	hostages	post-traumatic stress disorder
secret identity discovered	hugs	on the run	stalkers	unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
lost childhood	haunted	corporal punishment	caught in a robbery	loss of hearing

Blackout (all squares) (25 prompts) - 1 prompt per fill, 25 fills

for example:

difficult / unexpected pregnancy	culture shock	comfort food or item / feeding someone	estrangement	assault
lacerations / knife wounds	loss of hearing	depression	stranded / survival scenario	motion sickness
medication	forced body modification	WILD CARD	touch-starved	robots / androids
magical trouble	insomnia	interrogation	drowning	mutation
extortion	heart attack / heart trouble	hugs	caught in a robbery	grief

(twenty-five fills 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

Cross-square (parallel squares) (2 prompts) - 2 prompts per fill, 1 fill

Any two opposite prompts separated by a square combined into one fill.

deals with demons	accidents	trust issues	family	hospital stay
healers	head trauma	interrogation	backrubs / massages	unrequited pining
estrangement	depression	WILD CARD	septicemia / infected wounds	corporal punishment
telepathic trauma	loss of hearing	rape / non-con	bodyguards	exhaustion
on the run	betrayal	mistaken identity	headaches / migraines	rejection

Postage stamp (2x2 square) (4 prompts) - 4 prompts per fill, 1 fill

The postage stamp is a fill that combines four adjoining prompts in the square.

For example:

hypoglycemia / low blood sugar	trapped together	gaslighting	estrangement	mistaken identity
scars	moving	post-traumatic stress disorder	stalkers	undeserved reputation
wings	forced body modification	WILD CARD	rejection	runaways
poisoning	mercy killing	group support	coma	on the run
nervous breakdown	rape / non-con	food poisoning	first transformation	toothache

Straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) (5 prompts) - 5 prompts per fill, 1 fill

All five prompts in line combined into one story.

stalkers	survivor's guilt	major illness or injury	CPR / rescue breathing	body image issues
dub-con	unwanted transformation	bodyguards	interrogation	tyranny / rebellion
falsely imprisoned	learning to be loved	WILD CARD	body / mindswap	lost childhood
amnesia	torture	headaches / migraines	purgatory	washing / bathing someone
alien abduction	fighting	nausea	exhaustion	fever / delirium

Parallel lines (2 straight lines) (10 prompts) - 2 prompts per fill, 5 fills

Parallel lines means writing five stories, each of them covers two adjoining prompts from parallel lines.

For example:

exhaustion	minor illness or injury	grief	forced to hurt somebody	unconsciousness
branding	pneumonia	abandonment issues	loss of job / income	moving
rejection	electrocution	WILD CARD	captivity	poisoning
forced to rely on enemy / rival	tentacles	dub-con	deadline / time bomb	on the run
homesickness	fire	first transformation	stalkers	hypoglycemia / low blood sugar

Each type of bingo and each type of extra bring you a separate banner on posting to the comm.
All bingos and extras within one card let you qualify for achievements.

Achievements

Achievements are given out at the end of the round. There are Competitive (where you compete with other players), General, Loyalty, Content-based and Special achievements; there will be also some secret ones only announced at the end of the round.

All achievements are reached within one card (for example, if you're aiming for a largest wordcount achievement and have one card with a 90k total wordcount and another with a 5k total wordcount, only the 90k will count towards the achievement).
Several achievements can be reached at once.

If you are aiming for any General, Content-Based and Special achievements, please add a line listing them in the end of the post, otherwise your bingo or extra won’t qualify for the achievement.

Competitive achievements

1. The Longest Journey achievement: Highest combined wordcount per one card.
2. After Bingo achievement: Most extras submitted per one card.
3. One-and-Only achievement: First to submit a bingo in Round 8.
4. King of the Mountain achievement: Maximum total amount of achievements collected.

General achievements - each of these achievements has a separate subachievement if reached for a Blackout bingo.

1. Multimedia Bingo achievement: Each fill is done in a different media: fic, art, meta, vid, etc. For bingo types with more than nine fills you can repeat several media types as long as all nine are represented.
2. Single Media Bingo achievement: Each fill is done in the same media, excluding fics.
3. All the Worlds achievement: Each fill is done in a different fandom.
4. Steadfast achievement: Each fill is completed in the same fandom.

Loyalty achievements:

1. Passion achievement: Completed at least one mini-challenge.
2. February-to-May achievement: Completed all four mini-challenges.
3. Forget-Me-Not achievement: Posted at least once during amnesty.

Content-based achievements - each of these achievements has a separate subachievement if reached for a Blackout bingo.

1. Crosstime Saloon achievement: Submitted an all-crossover bingo.
2. Tune In achievement: Each fill in a bingo is a part of interconnected series.
3. Strange New Worlds achievement: Each fill in a bingo is an AU or fusion.
4. Librarian's Delight achievement: All the fills are created for book fandoms.
5. Drawn and Animated achievement: All the fills are created for anime/manga/manhwa/comics/cartoons fandoms.
6. Green Screen achievement: All the fills are created for movie fandoms.
7. Serial Pleasures! achievement: All the fills are created for tv series fandoms.
8. Gamer's Glory achievement: All the fills are created for videogames fandoms.
9. Keepin' It Real achievement: All the fills are created for RPF fandoms.
10. The World's a Stage achievement: All the fills are created for theater/opera/musical fandoms.

Special achievements

1. 25-in-1 achievement: One fill covering all the prompts on the card. This is the only achievement you can get without a completing a bingo beforehand, and you can request a new card after posting your fill (if you like!).

Minimum requirements for this fill:
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

2. Extra! Extra! achievement: Submitted any extra in Round 8.
3. Catch 'Em All achievement: All types of bingo (from line to blackout) submitted for one card, with new fills for each new type of bingo.
4. Extracurricular achievement: All types of extra (from cross-squares to parallel lines) submitted for one card, with new fills for each new type of extra.
5. Fearsome Catcher achievement: All types of bingo AND all types of extra submitted for one card, with new fills for each new type of bingo and extra.