someonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)cheatingthesystemyousubmit arisky CLnot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"a P1investigationcomes inprecheckinbecomesyourcompileryou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlineyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesyour localbuild ishosedyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh noyou'reover-caffeinatedeclipsecrashesthis is finedog isspammedin slackyou find aregressionan entireteam by us iseating lunchat their desksprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangewe arelockedoutanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlylastminutelabelchangepersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeSTEAMisbrokengus isbrokenthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersscrumon FFdayP4goesdownsomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/bugyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymorea P1 bugis filed onusyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursconditionalsign-offyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinstresseatingall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfsomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)cheatingthesystemyousubmit arisky CLnot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"a P1investigationcomes inprecheckinbecomesyourcompileryou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlineyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesyour localbuild ishosedyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh noyou'reover-caffeinatedeclipsecrashesthis is finedog isspammedin slackyou find aregressionan entireteam by us iseating lunchat their desksprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangewe arelockedoutanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlylastminutelabelchangepersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeSTEAMisbrokengus isbrokenthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersscrumon FFdayP4goesdownsomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/bugyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymorea P1 bugis filed onusyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursconditionalsign-offyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinstresseatingall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourself

Release Freeze Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. someone submits a code review after midnight
  2. stress baking (and the resulting goodies!)
  3. cheating the system
  4. you submit a risky CL
  5. not being able to explain to anyone outside of Salesforce what's going on beyond that it's "a big deadline"
  6. a P1 investigation comes in
  7. precheckin becomes your compiler
  8. you QA a story < 3 hours before the FF deadline
  9. your computer automatically updates
  10. your local build is hosed
  11. you manage to reproduce a rare bug… so it turns out it's real... oh no
  12. you're over-caffeinated
  13. eclipse crashes
  14. this is fine dog is spammed in slack
  15. you find a regression
  16. an entire team by us is eating lunch at their desks
  17. precheckin takes > 2.5 hours
  18. bug filed past schema freeze that needs schema change
  19. we are locked out
  20. another team signed off early and is playing ping pong very loudly
  21. last minute label change
  22. personal record for work inbox size
  23. STEAM is broken
  24. gus is broken
  25. the cafe line is crazy long and full of sad-looking engineers
  26. scrum on FF day
  27. P4 goes down
  28. someone suggests "just check it in and give it a try" on your story/bug
  29. you've been working on this bug for 9 hours straight and you don't even know what you're typing anymore
  30. a P1 bug is filed on us
  31. you realize you were approaching this bug all wrong and you've just wasted several hours
  32. conditional sign-off
  33. your last minute check-in failed precheckin
  34. stress eating
  35. all of us are eating lunch at our desks
  36. you whisper “this is fine” to yourself