conditionalsign-offa P1 bugis filed onussomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightprecheckintakes >2.5 hourswe arelockedoutyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursP4goesdownanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlyyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineerslastminutelabelchangeyour localbuild ishosedall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyousubmit arisky CLnot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"someonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/bugeclipsecrashesa P1investigationcomes inyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangestressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)cheatingthesystempersonalrecord forworkinbox sizestresseatingyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh noyou find aregressionthis is finedog isspammedin slackgus isbrokenSTEAMisbrokenyou'reover-caffeinatedscrumon FFdayyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlinean entireteam by us iseating lunchat their desksprecheckinbecomesyourcompileryou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymoreconditionalsign-offa P1 bugis filed onussomeonesubmits acode reviewaftermidnightprecheckintakes >2.5 hourswe arelockedoutyou realize youwere approachingthis bug all wrongand you've justwasted severalhoursP4goesdownanother teamsigned off earlyand is playingping pong veryloudlyyourcomputerautomaticallyupdatesthe cafe lineis crazy longand full ofsad-lookingengineerslastminutelabelchangeyour localbuild ishosedall of usare eatinglunch atour desksyousubmit arisky CLnot being able toexplain to anyoneoutside ofSalesforce what'sgoing on beyondthat it's "a bigdeadline"someonesuggests "justcheck it in andgive it a try" onyour story/bugeclipsecrashesa P1investigationcomes inyour lastminutecheck-infailedprecheckinyouwhisper“this is fine”to yourselfbug filed pastschemafreeze thatneeds schemachangestressbaking (andthe resultinggoodies!)cheatingthesystempersonalrecord forworkinbox sizestresseatingyou manageto reproduce arare bug… soit turns out it'sreal... oh noyou find aregressionthis is finedog isspammedin slackgus isbrokenSTEAMisbrokenyou'reover-caffeinatedscrumon FFdayyou QA astory < 3hours beforethe FFdeadlinean entireteam by us iseating lunchat their desksprecheckinbecomesyourcompileryou've beenworking on thisbug for 9 hoursstraight and youdon't even knowwhat you're typinganymore

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