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Snowcember Ball 2018
	; The logo, made by Patty Sponge.
Information
Start Date	December 10, 2018
End Date	December 30, 2018
Event Coordinators	jjsthekid; Patty Sponge; Cha
Events	SpongeBob Jeopardy! ; SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune ; Dunces & Dragons ; Music Parties ; Christmas Trivia ; Whodunnit? ; Stop What You Are Doing
Skins	Everyone: ; Father Snowcember ; Squidward's Holiday House ; Bikini Blizzard Redux ; Loyal Customers: ; Sleigh Ride ; Snowball Fight ; A Very Starfish Christmas

Revision as of 23:25, 23 December 2019

The Snowcember Ball 2018 is the seventh annual Christmas/holidays event on SBC, and fifth one to use the name Snowcember Ball. It started on December 10, 2018 and ended on December 30, 2018. It contained a teams tournament between the Band Geeks (Presents), Drasticals (Fruitcakes), and Independent users (Carolers). In the end, the Band Geeks won.

General

During the event, the group names changed to general Christmas/SpongeBob Christmas related names. Cashiers and Loyal Customers became dark green and dark blue instead of blue and light green.

Managers --> Santas

Cashiers --> Elves

Fry Cooks --> Decorators

Retired Employees --> Reindeer

Band Geeks --> Presents

Drasticals --> Fruitcakes

Loyal Customers --> Snow Mollusks

Customers --> Carolers

In addition, they also got exclusive holiday badges, which can be found in the gallery below. SpongeCraft got a holiday decoration pack, added by sbl. The SBC Radio player was also made white instead of black to match the event's themes.

Snowcember Cup Scoreboard

Place	Team	Score
1st	Band Geeks (Presents)	32
2nd	Drasticals (Fruitcakes)	29
3rd	Independent (Carolers)	13

Christmas Present

For SBC's yearly Christmas present, several new iFish items were added to the store, introducing "Pets" for your character. These pets included: Holiday Snail (free for everyone, limited edition), Snail, Jellyfish, Sea Bunny, Nudibranch, Scallop and Worm.

Events

Stop What You Are Doing

The 25th edition of SWYAD was held where users changed their names to something holiday/Christmas related. Sign-ups were posted on December 3rd, 2018 and users could reserve their name for a week. Users had their names automatically changed to their reserved names at midnight on December 10th, 2018. Like the past three years, a bar shows the user's original name under their badges.

SBC Christmas Trivia Contest 2018

The seventh annual Christmas Trivia Contest was held, hosted by jjs and JCM (Round 6). There were a total of 10 rounds, with the first one being December 11th and the last two being December 23rd. The overall winner was SpongeRobert, who received a point for the independents, the Patrick Christmas collectable, the Trivia Champion badge, and a new bronze colored username.

Round 1

Date: December 11th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Characters

Winner: RDSP (Drasticals)

Round 2

Date: December 12th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Movies

Winner: BenPaz (Band Geeks)

Round 3

Date: December 13th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Music

Winner: Trophy (Band Geeks) & Goobz (Independents)

Note: This round was a tie, but the victors agreed to share the point on both sides.

Round 4

Date: December 16th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Literature

Winner: SpongeRobert RectangleShorts (Independent)

Round 5

Date: December 17th, 2018

Theme: SpongeBob Christmas Specials

Winner: Trophy (Band Geeks)

Round 6

Date: December 18th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Episodes

Winner: LocalAquatic (Band Geeks)

Round 7

Date: December 19th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Food

Winner: SpongeRobert RectangleShorts (Independent)

Round 8

Date: December 20th, 2018

Theme: Christmas Economics

Winner: RDSP (Drasticals)

Round 9

Date: December 23rd, 2018

Theme: Christmas Around the World

Winner: LocalAquatic (Band Geeks)

Round 10

Date: December 23rd, 2018

Theme: Christmas Decorations

Winner: Goobz (Drasticals)

Present Protectors

"Present Protectors" was a new roleplaying game that worked similar to Hooky. In the end, Wintermelon43 (as Squeaky the Balloon) won the game, receiving 5,000 doubloons, a point for his team, and the Present Protector badge.

Round 1

Date: December 12th, 2018

Challenge: Find four snowballs hidden in the Snowcember Ball 2018 forum.

Winner: Wintermelon43 (Band Geeks)

Eliminated: 4EverGreen & milkmaidman

Round 2

Date: December 13th, 2018

Challenge: Unscramble eighteen Christmas related phrases.

Winner: dmandaboi (Band Geeks)

Eliminated: Trophy & SpongeOddFan

Round 3

Date: December 17th, 2018

Challenge: Find five candy canes hidden in the Snowcember Ball 2018 and Whodunnit forums.

Winner: RDSP (Drasticals)

Eliminated: dmandaboi & Goobz

Round 4

Date: December 18th, 2018

Challenge: Figure out three combinations.

Winner: Wintermelon43 (Band Geeks)

Eliminated: Hayden & Fa

Round 5

Date: December 19th, 2018

Challenge: Unscramble ten phrases.

Winner: SpongeRobert RectangleShorts (Independent)

Eliminated: Magic the veemon & NegiSpongie

Round 6

Date: December 20th, 2018

Challenge: Find six snowmen, and then find a present in a previously eliminated user's profile.

Winner: Wintermelon43 (Band Geeks)

Eliminated: SpongeRobert & RDSP

Whodunnit?

Whodunnit returned again for the event. The goal this time was to figure out figure out stole snow sculptures from a contest. The following characters were suspects: SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Squilliam, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Larry and Gary. On select days during the event, the characters came on and released their anecdote on what happened. The characters would also come on to answer user's questions as well in their topics. Users had to PM jjs who they think the culprit is. On December 30th, the culprit was revealed to be Squidward. The winners who correctly guessed (4EverGreen, Fred, Winter, LocalAquatic, Hippy, Trophy, Negi, Fa, sbl, Mythix, SOF, Cake, RDSP, DarknessDG, OWM, Hayden and Homie) received 1,000 doubloons each and a point for their teams on the scoreboard.

SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune

The first game on December 14, 2018, "Season of Winning", was a mixed themed game, which was won by Hayden for the Drasticals. The second game on December 21, 2018, "War on Christmas Is Over", was a Christmas themed game, which was won by DarknessDG for the Drasticals.

SBC Music Snowcember Parties

Tournament 1

Date: December 14th, 2018

Song: Seeya Later (Boards of Canada)

DJ: RDSP (Drasticals)

Likes: 6

Tournament 2

Date: December 21st, 2018

Song: What We Do (Freeway)

DJ: Burgerpants (Independent)

Likes: 7

Tournament 3

Date: December 28th, 2018

Song: Ima Dog (DJ Nate)

DJ: Burgerpants (Independent)

Likes: 4

SpongeBob Jeopardy!

The first game on December 15, 2018, "Aurora Borealis?", was a mixed and Christmas themed game, which was won by OWM for the Drasticals. The second game on December 22, 2018, "SOF's Christmas Jeopardy II", was a Christmas TV specials, episodes and movies themed game, which was won by magic the veemon for the Drasticals.

SpongeCraft Tournaments

Tournament 1

Date: December 15th, 2018

Game: Winter Building Contest

Winner: Patty Sponge (Independents)

Tournament 2

Date: December 22nd, 2018

Game: Snowmobile Race

Winner: sbl (Band Geeks)

Dunces & Dragons

The first game on December 16, 2018, "Snow War", was a survival game, which was won by Fa for the Band Geeks. The second game on December 23, 2018, "Tundra Racers", was a story game, which was won by RDSP for the Drasticals.

Sandy's Christmas Party

An iFish contest. Users had to submit a Christmas themed fish for Sandy's Christmas Party. The judges were OWM, Cha and Patty Sponge. The winning fish was LocalAquatic's.

Snowcember Story Contest

A story contest. Users had to submit a holiday-themed writing. The judges were jjs, Cha and Patty Sponge. LocalAquatic's story won in the end, who received 2,000 doubloons, a point for the Band Geeks and a trophy.

N-Ice Art Contest

An art contest. Users have to submit a holiday or winter themed piece of art. The judges were Patty Sponge, Cha and jjsthekid. The winning piece was from Klu, who received 5,000 doubloons, a new badge and a point for the Independents.

SBC Secret Santa Program 2018

The Secret Santa Program returned again, hosted by teenj this time. The event allows users to get gifts for other users secretly, with identities of the gift givers being revealed after the gifts have been given out. Sign-ups went from December 10th to December 18th. The gifts were given out on December 24th, along with the identities of the Secret Santas. In addition, all participants received the Gift Box iFish item. 10 users participated in this event.

iWish for iFish

A new event which replaced 12 Days of Christmas. The event allowed for users to request up to three previously-available iFish items, and on Christmas day, they would receive those items. In addition, every time a user took part in the event, a bottle would appear on the header of the skin Father Snowcember. 13 users participated in this event.

Present Hunt

Another scavenger hunt hosted by jjs. Just like the past three years, users have to find seven presents around the forum. Whoever finds them will receive a point for their side, 500 doubloons, and an exclusive Gingerbread Man collectable icon.

Snowcember Movie Nights

Two movies night were hosted by OWM on December 21st, 2018 and December 28th, 2018. On both nights, three movies were screened on his cytube room. For the first movie night, the three movies were: "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer", "Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa" and "The Christmas Tree." For the second movie night, the three movies were: "Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa", "We Wish You a Turtle Christmas" and "The Star Wars Holiday Special".

All-Nighter

An All-Nighter was held on December 25th, 2018, which BenPaz and Fred Rechid stayed up the longest for. Both received 1,000 doubloons for winning.

Cards Against Humanity

Round 1

Date: December 27th, 2018

Winner: LocalAquatic (Band Geeks)

Minigames

Iceberg Hop

Users have to hop across icebergs, and the outcome would be randomly generated. Users could either win doubloons or nothing.

Snowball Throw

Users have to throw snowballs at a target, and the outcome would be randomly generated. Users could either win a Snowball collectable, doubloons or nothing.

Sneaky Santa

Users have to steal presents from Christmas trees, and the outcome would be randomly generated. Users could either win doubloons or nothing.

Snow Maze

Users have to navigate through a snow maze. The first three users to make it to the end would receive 1,000 doubloons, 500 doubloons and 250 doubloons respectively. The top three winners were Wintermelon, dmandaboi and SpongeRobert RectangleShorts.

Store

54 iFish items were added to the store during the event. 21 of them were new, created by Patty Sponge, Cha and LocalAquatic, while others returned from Snowcember Ball 2017. Bold indicates new.

Everyone:

Loyal Customers:

An exclusive item, Gift Box, was also given away for those who participated in the Secret Santa.

Gallery

General

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Promotional image for event.
Discord server icon, created by Cha.
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The scoreboard.
The Who's Online image used during the event.
The SWYAD sign-up page.
The Snowball Collectable you could win from the Snowball Throw game.
The Gingerbread Man collectable given to winners of the Present Hunt.
The trophy Local received for winning the story contest.
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Local's fish, which won the iFish contest.
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Klu's artwork, which won the N-Ice Art Contest.

Badges

The badge for Santas (Managers) during the event.
The badge for Elves (Cashiers) during the event.
The badge for Decorators (Fry Cooks) during the event.
The badge for Reindeer (Retired Employees) during the event.
The badge for Presents (Band Geeks) during the event.
The badge for Fruitcakes (Drasticals) during the event.
The badge for Snow Mollusks (Loyal Customers) during the event.
The badge for Carolers (Customers) during the event.
The badge for Jerks (Nematodes) during the event.
The Present Protector badge that Wintermelon received for winning Present Protectors.
The Artist (SCB2018) badge that Klu received for winning the N-Ice Art Contest.

Skins

Father Snowcember logo.
Father Snowcember skin.
Squidward's Holiday House banner.
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Squidward's Holiday House skin.
Bikini Blizzard Redux banner.
Bikini Blizzard Redux skin.
Sleigh Ride banner.
Sleigh Ride skin.
Snowball Fight banner.
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Snowball Fight skin.
A Very Starfish Christmas banner.
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A Very Starfish Christmas alternate banner.
A Very Starfish Christmas skin.