P4goesdownyou'reover-caffeinatedyou find aregressionyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymorecheatingthesystemstresseatinga P1 bugis filed onusconditionalsign-offan entireteam by us iseating lunchat their deskswe arelockedoutyour localbuild ishosedyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlinethe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlygus isbrokennot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"a P1investigationcomes inSTEAMisbrokensomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightpersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh nosomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/buglastminutelabelchangescrumon FFdayeclipsecrashesstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)you realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyousubmit arisky CLbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangeyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfprecheckinbecomesyourcompilerthis is finedog isspammedin slackyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesprecheckintakes >2.5 hoursP4goesdownyou'reover-caffeinatedyou find aregressionyou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymorecheatingthesystemstresseatinga P1 bugis filed onusconditionalsign-offan entireteam by us iseating lunchat their deskswe arelockedoutyour localbuild ishosedyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlinethe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineersanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlygus isbrokennot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"a P1investigationcomes inSTEAMisbrokensomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightpersonalrecord forworkinbox sizeyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh nosomeonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/buglastminutelabelchangescrumon FFdayeclipsecrashesstressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)you realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyousubmit arisky CLbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangeyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfprecheckinbecomesyourcompilerthis is finedog isspammedin slackyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesprecheckintakes >2.5 hours

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