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Badge Drop #2: The RE-BADGERING

by nicole




Can you believe it's only been a WEEK since Summer Game opened and we're ALREADY back for ROUND TWO???



Clearly we're NUTS, but we couldn't be happier because Summer Game has gotten BIGGER THAN EVER this year! Can't you feel the energy of THOUSANDS of code-hunters CLAMORING? Can't you smell the BURNING RUBBER of squillions of RUBBER-SOLED SNEAKERS? Can't you hear the NERVOUS GROANING of the AADL WEBSITE as it processes BAJILLIONS of GAME CODES??



Well if you can't hear that, how about the sound of a bunch of NEW BADGES dropping like a ton of bricks? Wait for it.


2016 Badge Drop #2
echo theme_summergame_badge(1166,1176,1171,1175,1168,1167,1174,1172,1173,1169, 1177);
?>




WHUMPF.



There it is. Isn't that a nice sound?



This week marks the drop of one of the most IMPORTANT badges of the summer--JOSIE'S BADGE! For those of you who don't know, that's your LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S badge and it's located in your LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S office, so DIRECT yourself to the Downtown LIBRARY to get the oodles of points that this badge is worth!




On top of that, we're rolling out more, more, MOAR of your FAVORITES! MOAR DINOSAURS! MOAR TROUBLESOME TRAINS! MOAR VIDEO GAMES! MOAR PARKS! And this badge drop also features the first of this year's ever-so-popular ARBOR EXPLORER badges so that you can get out and get some sun as you explore your INCREDIBLE TOWN!




And DON'T FORGET: the VERY LAST TOP OF THE PARK that AADL is hosting happens THIS SUNDAY, so stop by the AADL tent at TOP to get a code worth 500 POINTS! In the meantime, don't forget to TAG, RATE, REVIEW, and HUNT for those codes hidden around the libraries and in the catalog! And if you're just jumping in, make sure to stop by our GET STARTED page to find out what's what!



With SO MUCH to do and see this week, it would be a CRIME to make you wait even one more second so, see you next week and...




THANKS FOR PLAYING!


Comments

At last, it's up! I've already earned one badge and am well on the way to another. So excited!!

Happy to see the return of the Arbor Explorer badges. I did my first one last summer. How fun to earn points while walking around outdoors.

I think this question in the centennial badge has a mistake: "the first National Park - it was designated as such in 1972" I think you mean 1872.

Thanks for playing? NO,!! THANK YOU for making the game we love so much!

FINALLY! The summer game has started! I already have quite a few badges, and I can't WAIT to get more! I LOVE the summer game!!

Cool Badges!! Can't wait to work on them. My favourite badge so far is the national park badge. It was the first badge I did from badge drop #2.

Help: for some reason I can't locate the second code in the Little Man Mowgli badge. I have searched for as many different ways so say the pack animal and added in the clue but can't seem to locate the book. Any suggestions helpful!!

Yeah Explorer Badge. Those are my favorite! I feel a wee bit like I am on a treasure hunt!
Friend code: STOOD674

Yay badges! I was out of town last weekend and missed the first badge drop.

So excited for the explorer badges this year - those are my favorites.

I think the first two hints in the Mowgli badge got switched - the second clue seems to go with the first code and vice versa.

I'm stuck on Little Man Mowgli #2. I'm searching w****s (with and without wild boy like the hint says) and coming up with way too many options even with the youth book filters. Any advice would be appreciated.
Also, add me. PARK667

My code is OBVIOUSLY794. I had trouble with that too. Try checking the first five books with just w****s, no wild boy, then see if you find it.

@A.S.D.2003 thanks. It turns out the problem is that the clue says youth book. But filtering to youth pulls it out of the search results :(

The site has been glitchy and has told me 4 different times today that I earned Josie's badge for visiting g the 4th floor office and I haven't been there yet...

To all the summer gamer's out there I am working on the Sightseeing badge right now and I am having a great deal of trouble finding the very last code word. I have looked everywhere I can think of to find it so I am hoping some of you gamer's out there can give me one more clue to help me find the final code word.

Thanks so much
Lmd3577

To whom it may concern,
I am wondering if game codes from 2014 are still in use or are they expired yet? I am wondering this because there are several museum and park walks I hae yet to do that I really want to do. Also is there going to be a scavenenger hunt around the city where we visit local business to get game codes this year like in the past several years.
Thanks so much
Lmd3577

Hello! My mistake here! I added 'youth' to the book you will find, and it's not a youth book. So a general keyword search not set to any age level should bring it up quickly. Sorry about that!
- erin

FYI - A good majority of the Summer Game Shop items are currently on DISPLAY at the Downtown Library in the Youth Department Display Case if you want to see what you have to look forward to!
- erin

I can't find the last code in the sightseeing badge. I'm looking up F*********s but there are way too many options.

Unless I missed any, I've now entered all the friend codes people have posted this year. My own is FAVORITE496, so if any of you would like to add my code to earn 100 points (or 150 as a friend bonus if you already posted yours as well and I added it), please feel free! :)

@BilboJr- You have the right tv show name. Now just find the production company for that and search the production company in the catalog. The badge says to find the production company, so you will find the answer. Hope that helps!

I stopped by the "tent", but there was no tent. Went to the library like the Top people said, but you can't get the code until the concert. Bummer.

As a former Martha Cook resident, I enjoyed seeing the "Cook's Quad" badge, named after the benefactor of both the Law Quad and the Martha Cook residence :)

Thanks for adding the Law Quad explorer badge. I love these historic buildings and the peaceful, park-like interior lawn. Can't wait to explore more of A2 with the Summer Game.

This has been SUCH an enjoyable game so far! Keep it going, librarians and desk clerks!! :)

Can anyone help the first code for the Train Drain badge? I think I'm missing something obvious.

This is such an incredible summer reading program!! Thank you to all of the people who worked so hard to make the game so enjoyable and fulfilling!

KEPT773

We were confused by the first train clue, too. Try a search term related to the clue with just DVDs. Good luck!

Does anyone have a helpful hint for finding the "man hole" cover in the Arbor Explorer Badge? I feel like I scoured every patch of grass and stone for this thing, and had no luck. Needing a little help :/

Having a lot of fun collecting these with my gang of kids!

This is a great game! The badge scavenger hunts are really fun, and you learn lots of new facts about stuff you didn't know before!

I'm trying to finish some 2015 badges that I missed ladt year and having trouble with "Money Where Your Mouth Is" clue #2:
Figure out the name of the Virgin Mary's father. (J*a*h*m) In Bohemia there's a town named for him (Já****ov) and from this town's name we get a word we use to describe some of our currency. (Joachimsthaler coins became known as T****r for short, with the word "do**ar" derived from that). Figure out which money word that is and find it in the catalog.
I can't find a code in any d****r records...
Any advice?

Yay! I'm so excited to earn all of these badges! My friend code is DREAM937; feel free to friend me so we can both get points! :D

Train Drain Badge

What are we looking for first? There doesn't seem to be a specific direction/ question.Confusing.

Cool awesome badges!! Can someone please tell me how to get the second code of the train drain badge?? I don't know what I have to look for.

@Katharina Geschner

How did you get the first clue on the Train Drain badge? Ill help you with the second if I get there!

In the Train Drain badge.... what are we supposed to even be looking for on the first one?!

Regarding FRIEND CODES:

If you type in my Friend Code (GIVE746), then we each get 100 points, and you are "following" me.

Then, if I can tell what your Friend Code is, and I type it in, we each get ANOTHER 100 points, and I am "following" you.

Plus, we each get AN ADDITIONAL 50 points for being "friends" because we are each following each other.

That's a TOTAL of 250 POINTS EACH.

Some players have "edited their player info" and changed their Summer Game Nickname to include their Friend Code. If you do that, then when you type in someone else's Friend Code, and that player checks their List of Friends, they can see your Friend Code, which enables them to type in your Friend Code as well.

@sara and @wolfe.lindsey

For the first code in the Train Drain badge, you need to take the capitalized word in the 2nd to the last sentence and combine that with the #1 engine's name. If you don't know who *that* is, googling "Tidmouth Sheds" should provide you with that answer. Combine those two words for search and you should find a DVD with the code.

@Katharina

Pay close attention to the capitalized words in the clue and think of how real money might relate to those words. You should come up with a name to search for.

@LMD3577

Badges/Game Codes for 2013-2015 should be unlocked and able to be gotten now according to staff. If you get out there and write stuff down and have problems with it telling you that they've expired, put in a contact us with the code that's not working. I also included which badge it was from when I sent mine in. They'll get it unlocked pretty quickly for you. So go explore. :)

I'm doing a lot of badges from last year as I just didn't have the focus and concentration to do many last summer. They're still worth decent points even tho' they're not worth the full points they were.

@LMD3577

I don't know if you got the last code for the Sightseeing badge by now or not. What you want tho' is the name of the company who produced the cartoon with the dinosaur pet - Stone Age should give you enough of a clue for which cartoon is that. After you figure out the name of the company, search THAT in the catalog and you should find your code in one of the results. :)

Friend Codes are awesome when people enter them!
WONDER774
ENOUGH467
MANY776
MOVIE744
Enter them for 100 points and post your friend code for 150 more points when I enter them!

Are there points for comments this year?i don't think I'm getting points for making comments.

Edit: never mind, I see it now.

I can't find the first code for the Mowgli badge. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

(MAYBE977 is my friend code, by the way.

To all the gamer's out there,
I am working on the heightened Supense badge and I need helping the veery last code word. i do know the name of the composure they are looking for and the instrument they are looking for. My question is how do I plug the anwser into the cataloge to get the final code word. I have plughed in every way possibel and i still get hundresd of anwsers to serarch through.
Thanks for the help
Lmd3577

@Lmd3577- Did you try searching the composer's full name with the instrument? You can also try searching just the composer's name, but there will be a lot of results to look through. Hope this helps!

@Margaret Florence - I'm currently following you! My friend code (I've posted it before, but maybe not where you saw it) is FAVORITE496, so, if you enter that code, as I've already entered yours, we'll both earn 150 points including the 50-point friend bonus. :)

@jmb.mlis

It looks like the AADL lost their copy of the book between last year and now because it doesn't show up in search and if you go to the record directly There's a "AADL currently owns no copies of this item" message.

It's record 1306515.

@Lmd3577- the name of the instrument I found online was not the same as used in the clue. Try using names of similar instruments.

Hi thanks for telling me how to get the second code!! If somebody still needs help on the first code of the train drain badge I'll tell you how I got it!

- I figured out what the engine is called but I didn't find the code that way!!
- I typed in e*g*** ( word after #1 in the description of the badge) code in the catalog and the first item was the code!
- I type in code after the thing I'm searching for in the catalog because the items with the code pop up very early!!!

I hope I helped some people!!!

Hi, can someone please tell me how to get the third code of the frame up badge? That badge is a real mystery but it's fun!!!

Can anyone help me with the last clue of Train Drain? I found the names of the investigators but am stuck from there. Thanks!

My friend code is PUNCH444 :-)

@Margaret Florence

If you're looking for friend codes, check out the leaderboards (both public and staff) as well as the blog posts. There's tons of codes on the leaderboards if you haven't gotten those already. :)

I'm STEP967 if you haven't gotten mine yet.

@lizatate - I'd suggest looking in the additional "Hint" provided for that clue. If you search a few words that are capitalized in that hint together, you should come up with only one result - a DVD - which will contain your clue. You don't even need to worry about the name of the investigator if you search in that way. Just as a tip for the future, in general, I've found that capitalized words in clues tend to be crucial and make it much, much easier to find the codes.

Hope this helps!

- FAVORITE496

Love the summer game! More fun codes for ya'll ;)

SUMMER777
LOVE466
SWEET373
GREAT633
FAVORITE777

Game is great so far! I'm hoping to see something badge-wise or otherwise in the summer game regarding the unusual stuff to borrow. Especially if it has to do with the Michigan Activity Pass program. Everyone needs to know about this awesome opportunity in our state. Go to http://www.aadl.org/catalog/browse/unusual and scroll down to Michigan Activity Pass!

Still struggling with the 5th clue of Heightened Suspense, Feel like I've searched every combo of composer's name and instrument possible and waded through dozens and dozens of search results. Any advice on narrowing it down? I think we must be missing something. TRUST436

These posts crack me up. I love them. They are very Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics, Romeo And/Or Juliet, Adventure Time, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) in tone.

But aaagh more badges already! I feel so far behind.

I really like the badges categorized. It's very helpful for me to sort what I can and can't do at a given time.

@Emeline: Try searching for the composer's last name and the one word name of Hitchcock's instrument in "Vertigo" using Search By: Keyword and Material: Everything. It should yield 2 results. Hope that helps. : )

AADL,

My family and I enjoy the Summer game so much, thank you for all your hard work on it :D :D :D

It's great to share friend codes, but please just list yours ONCE on ONE of the blogs- it's frustrating entering the same codes over and over. Thanks!

@ValerieL

Thanks for the hint for the last Sightseeing code! I couldn't figure out what Stone Age had to do with anything.

I've been working on earning some old 2015 badges that I never got around to last year. I'm at the fourth code for the "Born to be Wilder" badge, and I'm pretty sure I know what the name of the person DVD I'm looking for should be about, but when I search it in the catalog, nothing comes up with a code. If anyone reading this completed that badge last year, Is it possible the library no longer owns that item, or am I missing something else?

Thanks!

EDIT: Never mind, I just found it. I was thrown off by the clue to the name and looking for the wrong person after all. :)

@Katharina

For the 3rd code of the Frame-Up badge, you need to google or use Wikipedia for a term that means "Non-Jew". There's the English version and the Jewish version - either should work to help you find the code in the catalog.

Because of my lack of time to work on badges so far this year, I vowed to stay off the leader board, but I went on today to work on friend codes and I was pleasantly surprised to see my son and I are top 25 and top 50. We have several of the more "difficult" online badges to do, we're behind on those and I need to go through all the comments and try and pick up missing friend codes from comments.

As others have noted, it's VERY helpful to all if you put your friend code in your nickname field. For example: Ajay (KNEW476) Ajay is my sons name as shown on the board and KNEW476 is his code. Note, this code has been posted since last year, so you may already have it, first time posting it this year.

Apparently, sleep deprivation and badges do not mix. I spent I don't even know how long trying to figure out Miss Piggy's home state the other day. And then today, I revisited the badge and realized that this information was given in the clue. Silly me. Sleep deprived delirium = not being able to read a paragraph without skipping entire sentences.

I'm really shocked at how low I am on the leaderboard this year. I did all of the web search badges, added all the friend codes that I hadn't last year (I earned a LOT of points last year so maybe that's why I'm not a top scorer this year) and I got codes from 1 out of the 4 libraries. Maybe if I got the codes from other libraries, I would be higher on the leaderboard. Seems like people are more competitive this year.

Hello, Everyone!
This is a pretty neat game and there are so many people playing. I have had a lot of fun playing and tracking down codes.

Feel free to add My friend code! it is: TRUTH344
have fun everyone.

Thanks Keebs23 for the tip. I emailed AADL and they unsuppressed the record :)
Now I'm working on the third code for Money Where Your Mouth is:
there's a once-common term to describe 25 cents whose origin is in Spanish money. Figure out this other name for the quarter and find it in the catalog.
HINT: Shave and a haircut…

So this is obviously "2 b*t*" but I can't find a code whether I spell out two or use 2.

Eli, could this one be suppressed too?

@jmb.mlis

Yep, that one is suppressed. It's 1325739.

The remaining items for this badge are still in the catalog search results.

@palanijr - next badge drop is tonight around 6 pm! Badges drop every Friday evening.

@palanijr - I believe the badge drops usually occur Fridays around 6:00. (Although they're often not on the dot, so don't be surprised if you have to wait a half hour or so before it shows up.) So hopefully there will be a brand-new set of badges to get started on by this evening. ;)

Hello friends! I'm stuck on a couple badges and I was wondering if anyone could help me.

The first is the 5th code on the 2015 Green Gabbler badge. I can't find the biography they want. Is it still there?
The second is the 4th code on this year's Vexing Hexers badge. I'm searching kiln in the catalog and can't find the code. Is this right? What should I be searching for?

Please help if you can! Thanks!
KEPT773

@madglynm

For the Vexing Hexers badge, that IS what you want, but try filtering by materials other than books. Hope that helps! That one took me awhile to click through, too.

Friend code PUNCH444

@sharmas

I think not only are there some who are more competitive, but that there are also a lot of people working together to make sure they get all branch codes, event codes, the A2CAF codes/badges, etc. I haven't really looked at people's scorecards as to how they're making their points, but I know for me, it made a huge difference last year when I realized rating things from my checkout history was worth so much more than just rating something randomly. Plus, those friend codes really help add up too. I think I'm up to like 20,000 pts just from friend codes and about 9000 pts just from rating things on my checkout history. So that's a little less than half of all my points right there.

It always evens out a little as the game gets into a rhythm too. I hope that even tho' you're not high on the leaderboard, you're still having fun. :)

Thank you for your help on the 3rd code of the frame up badge!!! I'm really excited about the next badge drop!!!

New Badges have begun to appear :)

For the super-impatient among us, you can go to the Badge List now and look for new badges, appearing one at a time.
I just became the First Person to earn the new badge, "Octopuses Aren't For Wusses." (Great title!)

Thank you AADL for the Summer Game!

(HERE949)

@betsywil

That's a great tip for new players, BUT remember that we're still tinkering behind the scenes right up until 6(ish) and the newest badges aren't really, truly, 100% guaranteed to work until the Badge Drop happens! So if you feel like you just can't wait for the drop, the badges you discover early on the Badge Page might not be fully functional until the Badge Drop officially announces them! Happy gaming! ^_^

Thanks; good to know.

And thank you for the expanded Leaderboard.
Can you tell us how many people are playing (so far)?

@ValerieL- I see what you mean and I do agree with you. Although I may not be as high on the leaderboard as I was last year, I'm still having great fun doing the badges! :)

P.S.- Thanks for the hint about rating items from the checkout history!

@sharmas

I thought the same thing about the leaderboard, but I think it was similar last year too. My hypothesis is that some people got a lot of points initially from the event codes and badges. I started out in the 200s this year, and now I'm up to the top 50 by just doing what I normally do.

Frivolous comment first:

Thanks for getting "I Am The Walrus" stuck in my head!

But seriously, the game codes are witty, funny, and pun-tastic. This is my 3rd full summer playing I think - whichever year I started, I just caught a little bit of it. Maybe it's just me, but I remember last year as being when the game codes themselves really became amusing.

Great work (and a LOT of it), Summer Game crew!

A Hamilton badge in the Musicals badge category would be awesome!

@Gabriela Valderrama - I was thinking the same thing! With almost two months remaining to the game, my hopes are high that during that time they'll drop a Hamilton badge. :-)

@irishlaced - Agreed, Miss Piggy is THE BEST.

Wait, so is Rowlf. And Janice.

Okay, my THREE favorite Muppets are Rowf, Janice, and Miss Piggy.

And Gonzo. Especially with Rizzo for their banter.

Right, among my favorite Muppets are...

This game brings together families and work colleagues in a jolly hunt for code puns while providing plenty of creative conversation starters in the lunchroom or at home at the dinner table.

<strong>@jiac</strong>

They are super easy but that makes them more kid-friendly. :) I just sit back and enjoy the easy points made from those. :)

at the photo booth tonight I was chatting with a woman that shared she and her family visited a national park for the first time this year because of the Summer Game!
YAY!

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