someonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/buganother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlywe arelockedoutyour localbuild ishosedstresseatingyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlineyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh noprecheckinbecomesyourcompileryou'reover-caffeinatedstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)an entireteam by us iseating lunchat their deskscheatingthesystemyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymoreP4goesdowna P1investigationcomes inSTEAMisbrokenthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursscrumon FFdaythis is finedog isspammedin slackyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfyousubmit arisky CLnot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"gus isbrokena P1 bugis filed onusbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangeall of usare eatinglunch atour deskspersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeyou find aregressionlastminutelabelchangesomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightconditionalsign-offeclipsecrashessomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/buganother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlywe arelockedoutyour localbuild ishosedstresseatingyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlineyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh noprecheckinbecomesyourcompileryou'reover-caffeinatedstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)an entireteam by us iseating lunchat their deskscheatingthesystemyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymoreP4goesdowna P1investigationcomes inSTEAMisbrokenthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursscrumon FFdaythis is finedog isspammedin slackyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfyousubmit arisky CLnot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"gus isbrokena P1 bugis filed onusbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangeall of usare eatinglunch atour deskspersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeyou find aregressionlastminutelabelchangesomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightconditionalsign-offeclipsecrashes

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