Monday, July 06, 2009
2000 challengers!
the sensei is beside himself to announce that there are now over 2000 challengers taking part in the puzzles.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
1900 challengers
the sensei is delighted to announce that there are now over 1900 challengers taking part in the puzzles.
Monday, February 09, 2009
1800 challengers
the sensei is delighted to announce that there are now over 1800 challengers taking part in the puzzles. That's another 200 new players since the launch of movigami last week.
Friday, February 06, 2009
movigami launched
the sensei has unleashed the latest challenge to test his followers. movigami is a movie quotes quiz in the same vein as the recent musigami lyrics quiz.
players have to guess the movie from the quite on the screen. sound simple? well maybe, but the quote is jumbled into a word cloud, where words that appear more frequently in the quote are larger than other words.
want to try it? head to the login page and log in to play.
players have to guess the movie from the quite on the screen. sound simple? well maybe, but the quote is jumbled into a word cloud, where words that appear more frequently in the quote are larger than other words.
want to try it? head to the login page and log in to play.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
movigami in beta test
hot on the heels of the highly popular musigami, which introduced the word-cloud concept to song lyrics quizzes, the sensei is pleased to announce his next fun challenge.
movigami, based on the same concept and style of puzzle, is a movie quote quiz. the new quiz is currently in beta test and is expected to launch by this weekend!
watch this space.
movigami, based on the same concept and style of puzzle, is a movie quote quiz. the new quiz is currently in beta test and is expected to launch by this weekend!
watch this space.
Friday, January 30, 2009
1600 challengers
the sensei is delighted to announce that there are now over 1600 challengers taking part in the puzzles. That's over 200 new players since the launch of musigami, three days ago.
Watch this space for another fun challenge, currently in the making.
Watch this space for another fun challenge, currently in the making.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
1500 challengers
the sensei is delighted to announce that there are now over 1500 challengers taking part in the puzzles, with a significant number of new players joining as a result of the launch of musigami.
musigami launched!
today sees the launch of musigami; a fun, alternative quiz to the main bimbogami challenges.
on the surface it's a simple song lyrics quiz. all you have to do is name the song from the lyrics you can see. but, as you would expect from the tricky sensei, there's a bit of a catch.
the song lyrics are represented in a 'word cloud', where all the words are mixed up on the screen. individual words that are repeated in the song appear larger then those that appear less often. oh, and all the words that appear in the title of the son'g have been removed...
have a look at the taster and you'll see what it's all about.
on the surface it's a simple song lyrics quiz. all you have to do is name the song from the lyrics you can see. but, as you would expect from the tricky sensei, there's a bit of a catch.
the song lyrics are represented in a 'word cloud', where all the words are mixed up on the screen. individual words that are repeated in the song appear larger then those that appear less often. oh, and all the words that appear in the title of the son'g have been removed...
have a look at the taster and you'll see what it's all about.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
musigami in beta testing
bimbogami is in the final stages of pre-launch preparation for the release of musigami - a new concept in song lyrics quizzes. it's intended as a fun diversion from the main bimbogami seasons, so it's a bit easier - but see if you can do it without using bimbogoogle.
all the puzzles have been prepared and beta testing is now in progress, so not long now.
launch date still tba but will be before the end of january 2009.
there will be a new taster puzzle launched at the same time.
all the puzzles have been prepared and beta testing is now in progress, so not long now.
launch date still tba but will be before the end of january 2009.
there will be a new taster puzzle launched at the same time.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
new features launched
the sensei is pleased to inform his worthy challengers of some improvements to the free puzzling experience that is bimbogami.
a slight facelift has been done to the landing area for the site; the sensei hopes you like it. this also means you can now log in directly from the landing page as well as gain quick access to the site and the new features from here too. this new style will be rolled out to the puzzle page, player statistics and hall of fame in the coming months.
secondly, and more importantly, the sensei is at last in a position to provide some free puzzling tools to help you solve puzzles, both on bimbogami and other sites, and create your own puzzles.
a newly launched 'puzzler tools' section, is accessible from the landing page. this contains the following tools:
caesar solver
this puzzler tool allows you to encode text using a caesar cipher and also helps you decode any caesar encoded text you have. this is easy to use and flexible.
scrabble solver
this puzzler tool allows your to enter up to 7 letters plus a wildcard and will provide you will a list of words that can be made from your letters. ideal for solving anagrams, word puzzles and playing word games.
random word generator
this puzzler tool will give you a random set of words. the sensei leaves it up to you what you would want some random words for, but would be delighted to hear what you use this for.
next in line for inclusion in puzzler tools will be the nonogram generator, which many have been eagerly awaiting.
if you have any comments on these tools, or suggestions for new tools you'd like to see, please let the sensei know.
a slight facelift has been done to the landing area for the site; the sensei hopes you like it. this also means you can now log in directly from the landing page as well as gain quick access to the site and the new features from here too. this new style will be rolled out to the puzzle page, player statistics and hall of fame in the coming months.
secondly, and more importantly, the sensei is at last in a position to provide some free puzzling tools to help you solve puzzles, both on bimbogami and other sites, and create your own puzzles.
a newly launched 'puzzler tools' section, is accessible from the landing page. this contains the following tools:
caesar solver
this puzzler tool allows you to encode text using a caesar cipher and also helps you decode any caesar encoded text you have. this is easy to use and flexible.
scrabble solver
this puzzler tool allows your to enter up to 7 letters plus a wildcard and will provide you will a list of words that can be made from your letters. ideal for solving anagrams, word puzzles and playing word games.
random word generator
this puzzler tool will give you a random set of words. the sensei leaves it up to you what you would want some random words for, but would be delighted to hear what you use this for.
next in line for inclusion in puzzler tools will be the nonogram generator, which many have been eagerly awaiting.
if you have any comments on these tools, or suggestions for new tools you'd like to see, please let the sensei know.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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!
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!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
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.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
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!
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!
Friday, July 04, 2008
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!
good luck to all who are taking part!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
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.
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.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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.
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.
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