new bimbogami challenge

the sensei is pleased to announce that work has started on a new concept for a mini-challenge series for the puzzling population on bimbogami.

it's a little bit different from the traditional bimbogami 'season'-type questions. something that will be quicker to play, and will hopefully provide an interesting diversion while season 3 is devised.

the new concept will likely be set in a similar format to the standard challenges; comprising 5 rounds of 8 questions. the sensei can reveal that the title of the first mini-challenge will be 'musigami', further details will remain under wraps for now.

musigami launch date tba. watch this space!

1300 challengers

the sensei is pleased to announce that there are now over 1200 challengers taking part, with over 200 of them taking part in season 2.

oops - forum problems

in the never-ending quest to stem the continuous flow of spam into the forum, one of the sensei's minions caused a bit of a 'forum event' yesterday.

as a result *everyone* on the forum was banned for a time.

the problem has been resolved by re-winding the database, however a number of days posts and pm's have been lost. anyone recently registering on the forum may have to do so again.

bimbogami apologises for any inconveninece caused.

1200 challengers

the sensei is pleased to announce that there are now over 1200 challengers taking part, with over 200 of them taking part in season 2.

1100 challengers

the sensei is pleased to announce that there are now over 1100 challengers taking part, with over 100 taking part in season 2.

we have a season 2 winner!

the sensei is pleased to announce a winner for the season 2 challenge.

the puzzlefiles team , consisting of: aki321, bethfay, manda, sparkplug, thehirsuteone and vetti were first past the post at 21:02 bst tonight, taking a total of 1 day, 23 hours and 46 minutes to finish the forty puzzles in their quest.

close on their heels were the crackerjacks, consisting of: cenarius, chantilly, hatfielder and potjegetikt, completing the last question at 21:30 bst, taking 2 days and 28 minutes.

still hard at it are the other two teams that started at the same time: thejpgs and the internationals.

check out the hall of fame for the latest on all the finishers.

the sensei bows slightly in respect of your puzzling prowess. well done to all taking part!

bimbogami season 2 live!

bimbogami season 2 has been live for one hour now and the race is on, with a significant number of the hard-core puzzlers going for that #1 slot in the hall of fame.

good luck to all who are taking part!

bimbogami facelift

no, it's not cosmetic surgery for the sensei, you can see he is a young guy and not in need of any rejuvenation work.

the site has had a bit of spring clean, and the elements re-jigged a bit in readiness for the launch of season 2.

fear not, if you've already registered, you won't need to register again for season two, just turn up at 9:00pm bst on friday 4 july and click the season 2 link when it appears.

1000 challengers!!

the sensei is delighted to announce that bimbogami has now passed the 1000 registered user mark. with only 17 teams/solo players past the post in the 10 months since the launch of season 1, the sensei is pleased that he has provided a good challenge for his users.

with the upcoming launch of season two of the challenge, on friday 4th july at 9:00pm (bst), he is happy that he managed to surpass this significant milestone.

season 2 is coming...

the sensei is pleased to announce that bimbogami season 2 is almost ready. it has been a while coming but the launch will be on friday 4th July 2008 at 9:00pm uk time.

all challengers, old and new, are most welcome to take part in this new challenge. just log into the site after the launch time and season 2 will be available for play.

new players will need to register beforehand and will be able to play season 1 too. note: you need to register separately for the forum, but can use the same userid and password.

users that are already registered do not need to re-register - your existing user id will still be active.

if you plan on playing as a team, that's not a problem, but please let MorFF know via a pm on the forum beforehand so he can group your user id's for the winner's enclosure.

900 challengers

the sensei is pleased to announce that there are now over 900 challengers taking part.

800 challengers

the sensei is pleased to announce that there are now over 800 challengers taking part.

bookmark bimbogami

the sensei has added social bookmark links to the site to allow his puzzling pupils to spread the word to the masses. the first links cover the main bookmarking sites: delicious, digg, reddit, facebook and stumble upon.

the sensei would encourage his disciples to use their favourites to pass on the challenge.

new feature: bimbochat

the sensei is very excited to announce a first in online puzzling.

his new orange-themed imbochat room allows puzzlers to interact with each other and also his puzzler support minions.

it's easy to use - just click the link from the top menu and a little chat room will appear. type your message and confirm your nickname and you're off.

please note that, like the forum, the chat room is not manned 24x7, but have a look in - you never know!

play the game, get the t-shirt

the sensei is pleased to announce that the first in a line of bimbogami themed merchandise is now available.

you can now prove to the world that you have taken part in the sensei's challenge (and get a good quality cotton t-shirt too).

more merchandise is currently on the drawing board. so to see what the fuss is about, just head over the the bimbogami shop and see what is to be had.

700 challengers

the sensei is pleased to announce that there are now over 700 challengers taking part.