lastminutelabelchangeyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymorean entireteam by us iseating lunchat their desksbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangeSTEAMisbrokenyou'reover-caffeinatedyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)not being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"you find aregressioncheatingthesystemthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlinea P1 bugis filed onusyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlyconditionalsign-offprecheckinbecomesyourcompilerscrumon FFdaya P1investigationcomes inall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckingus isbrokenyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfwe arelockedoutyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh nopersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursthis is finedog isspammedin slacksomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/bugyour localbuild ishosedstresseatingeclipsecrashesyousubmit arisky CLsomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightP4goesdownlastminutelabelchangeyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymorean entireteam by us iseating lunchat their desksbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangeSTEAMisbrokenyou'reover-caffeinatedyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)not being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"you find aregressioncheatingthesystemthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlinea P1 bugis filed onusyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlyconditionalsign-offprecheckinbecomesyourcompilerscrumon FFdaya P1investigationcomes inall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckingus isbrokenyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfwe arelockedoutyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh nopersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursthis is finedog isspammedin slacksomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/bugyour localbuild ishosedstresseatingeclipsecrashesyousubmit arisky CLsomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightP4goesdown

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