Spin-Off Festival 8
Spin-Off Festival 8 is the 8th edition of the Spin-Off Festival, which began May 25, 2018 and ended June 19, 2018. It was announced on May 15, 2018. SOF Tickets returned again. This Spin-Off Festival was special in that it celebrated the 10 year anniversary of when spin-offs were started on July 2nd, 2008 by tvfan95 on tv.com. Much like last year's, it was a very successful and active event, gaining SBC over 5,000 posts.
The logo for the event. | |
Information | |
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Start Date | May 25, 2018 |
End Date | June 19, 2018 |
Event Coordinator | jjsthekid |
Events |
SpongeBob Whodunnit? SpongeBob Jeopardy! SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune Dunces & Dragons SpongeCraft Tournaments Spin-Off/Lit Trivia Stop What You Are Doing |
Skins |
Spin-Off Festival 8 The Skodwarde Community |
SOF Tickets & Prize Store
For the fourth year in a row, Spin-Off Festival Tickets (aka SOF Tickets for short) returned. They showed in your posts, and there were more ways to earn them than previous years. The prize store returned again as a store section.
Some old prizes returned from previous years. Here is a list of what prizes were available:
iFish Items:
- Lollipop (25 Tickets)
- Candy Apple (30 Tickets)
- Clown Shoes (250 Tickets)
- Monkey Plush (90 Tickets)
- Jelly Donut (65 Tickets)
- No 1 Squid (150 Tickets)
- Jolly Good Rookie Donut (600 Tickets)
- Horsey (200 Tickets)
- Cotton Candy 2018 (150 Tickets)
- Clown Wig (2018) (220 Tickets)
- Clown Costume (2018) (250 Tickets)
- Steel Hoodie (400 Tickets)
- Squid Shirt (400 Tickets)
- Red Propeller Cap (200 Tickets)
- Red Racer (500 Tickets)
- It's Just Posts! (400 Tickets)
- This One's On The House (400 Tickets)
- Balloon Flower Hat (85 Tickets)
- Tiara (300 Tickets)
- Star Necklace (330 Tickets)
- Bunch of Balloons (150 Tickets)
- Mystic Guardians Shirt (400 Tickets)
- Mime Beret (100 Tickets)
- Mime Costume (500 Tickets)
- Rollerskates (60 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Unicycle (250 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Turtle Plush (80 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Community Deathmatch Shirt (400 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Miss Appear Shirt (400 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Xat Time Travelers Shirt (400 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Skodwarde Hoodie (750 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Carnival Barker Hat (100 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Carnival Barker Hat (450 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
- Carnival Cane (200 Tickets) (Loyal Customers)
Collectables:
Glovey (350 SOF Tickets) (Loyal Customer Exclusive)
Little Clown (400 SOF Tickets)
Badges:
Xat Time Travelers Badge (1,000 SOF Tickets) (Loyal Customer Exclusive)
Secret Agent Snail Badge (1,000 SOF Tickets)
Community Deathmatch Badge (1,000 SOF Tickets)
Misc.:
500 SBC Music Points (500 SOF Tickets)
Here were several methods to earn SOF Tickets this year:
- Post a new chapter of any spin-off and/or literature, and this gives you 20 SOF Tickets.
- Win events such as Jeopardy, Spin-Off & Literature Trivia, Wheel of Fortune, SpongeCraft, Dunces & Dragons, etc. Don't panic if you can't win them though, because: Whoever reaches the Top 5 spots of any event receives SOF Tickets, not just the first place person.
- Ask questions in SpongeBob Whodunnit?, which gives you 5 Tickets. Successfully guessing the culprit will also give you 500 Tickets.
- Compete in mini-games in Glove Universe Rides.
- Win the Lottery during the event, which gives you 400 SOF Tickets.
- Have them as a currency in your Glove Universe Market store.
- Have your spin-off/lit come in the top 10 for the SpongeBoard lists during the event, which gives you 25 SOF Tickets.
- Participate in the SWYAD, which gives you 25 SOF Tickets.
- You can trade your doubloons to get SOF Tickets using Karen's Doubloon to Ticket Converter 4000.
Forums
Just like the past three festivals, the Spin-Off/Lit games forum and user store forum were brought back as two exclusive forums, named "Glove Universe Rides" and "Glove Universe Market" respectively, two sub-forums under the Spin-Off Festival 8 forum. The mini-games could be found in Glove Universe Rides. After the event, "Glove Universe Market" was moved into Clubs, officially bringing back the store forum permanently.
Events
Stop What You Are Doing
The 23rd Stop What You Are Doing happened during this event, lasting from May 26th, 2018 to June 1st, 2018. Users could become a spin-off or literature character of their choice. Anybody who participated in the SWYAD automatically received 25 SOF Tickets.
SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune
Several games counted for the event. Like last year, in addition to the normal prizes, the first place winner received 300 SOF Tickets. However, in addition to that, all members in the top five of each game received tickets. Second place gets 250, third gets 200, fourth gets 150 and fifth gets 100. The first game, "A Festive Spin Off" on May 25th, 2018, a general spin-off themed game, was won by magic the veemon. The second game, "Festival Legacy" on June 1st, 2018, a Spin-Off Festival themed game, was won by Fred Rechid. The third game, "Steel of Fortune" on June 8th, 2018, hosted by Steel Sponge, was a tribute game to Steel's spin-offs and literatures which was won by Homie. The fourth and last game, "Wheel Time Travelers" on June 15th, 2018, hosted by JCM was a tribute game to Xat Time Travelers, which was won by Fred Rechid.
SpongeBob Jeopardy!
Several games counted for the event. In addition to the normal prizes, the first place winner received 400 SOF Tickets. However, in addition to that, all members in the top five of each game received tickets. Second place gets 300, third gets 200, fourth gets 150 and fifth gets 100. The first game, "Spin-Off Showdown 5" on May 26th, 2018, a general spin-offs and literatures themed game, was won by Trophy. The second game, "One-Off Memories" on June 2nd, 2018, was a one-offs spin-offs and literatures themed game guest hosted by Steel Sponge, which Hayden won. The third game, "Skodwarde Edition III: The Naughty Trilogy" on June 9th, 2018, a tribute game to Skodwarde, was won by Team Skodwarde (Hayden, Homie and JCM). The fourth and last game, "A Victory and Farewell to Riffing" on June 16th, 2018, a tribute game to Jjs' Riffing Theater 3000 was won by Fred Rechid.
SpongeCraft Tournaments
Tournament 1
Date: May 26th, 2018
Game: Park Ride Building Contest
Winner: jjsthekid
Tournament 2
Date: June 2nd, 2018
Game: Park Ride Building Contest
Winner: ZaidCatDog
Tournament 3
Date: June 9th, 2018
Game: Item Hunt
Winner: jjsthekid
Tournament 4
Date: June 16th, 2018
Game: Glove World Hide and Seek
Winner: jjsthekid
Cards Against Humanity
Tournament 1
Date: May 27th, 2018
Winner: Hayden
Tournament 2
Date: June 3rd, 2018
Winner: WhoBob
Tournament 3
Date: June 10th, 2018
Winner: Honest Slug
Tournament 4
Date: June 17th, 2018
Winner: WhoBob
Dunces & Dragons
Several D&D games counted during the event. In addition to the normal prizes, the first place winner received 350 SOF Tickets. However, in addition to that, all members in the top five of each game received tickets. Second place gets 300, third gets 250, fourth gets 200 and fifth gets 100. The first game, "Ruler of Glove Universe" on May 27th, 2018 was won by Patty Sponge. The second game, "Homophobia: The game" on June 3rd, 2018 was a tribute to Homophobia: The Miniseries which magic the veemon won. The third game, "Spin-Off Survivor" on June 10th, 2018 was won by Trophy. The fourth and last game, "Total 4EverGreen!" on June 17th, 2018 was a tribute to Total Cartoon (series) which Hayden won.
SpongeBob Whodunnit?
Whodunnit returned again for Spin-Off Festival 8. The goal this time was to figure out figure out stole Patrick's lollipop. The following characters were suspects: Patrick, SpongeBob, Old Man Jenkins, Skodwarde, Monroe, Scooter and Bubble Bass. 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 June 19th, the culprit was revealed to be Monroe. The winners who correctly guessed (SOF, Wintermelon, Hayden and NegiSpongie) received 2,000 doubloons each and 500 SOF Tickets.
Spin-Off/Lit Trivia Contest 2018
A 7-round trivia contest in similar fashion to past trivia games. The first round was on May 28th, 2018 and the last was on June 18, 2018, which was a CDCB's Bikini Bottom Adventures tribute game. The overall winner was JCM, who received 1,000 SOF Tickets and the Spin-Off Scholar badge.
Overall Scores:
JCM: 217
Hayden: 179
Fred: 136
Teenj: 81
Jjs: 47
SOF: 40
Magic: 18
Ticket Hunts
Just like the ticket hunts the past three years, three hunts for SOF tickets were held May 29th, June 5th, and June 12th respectively. The first three people to find all six tickets would receive 300 SOF tickets, but if others had found tickets and didn't make the top 3, they'd still get some. The top winners of the first hunt were Hayden, SpongeOddFan and teenj12. The top winners of the second hunt were Homie, teenj and Hayden. The top winners of the third and last hunt were JCM and Hayden.
SBC Music Party
A music party was held June 15th, 2018. HawkbitAlpha won the night with 7 likes for "Amphetamine [Bandslam]". He received 1,000 doubloons and 300 SOF Tickets.
Creation Glory
A story contest where users could post brand new ideas for spin-offs or lits (cannot be an already existing work). The judges were Steel Sponge, Fred Rechid and jjs. The winning story was "The Death of SpongeBob Community" by WhoBob, who received 1,000 SOF Tickets and 1,000 Doubloons.
The Spin-Off Contest
A mini-GCA's where users nominate and vote on works posted during the event in three categories - Best Creation, Best New Creation, and Best Episode. The winners received 500 doubloons, 500 SOF tickets, and a GCA trophy.
Best Creation: Mystic Guardians by jjs
Best New Creation: The Prince and the Sponge by NegiSpongie
Best Episode: DJ Patrick (The Lost Episodes)
Mini-Games
During the event, there were exclusive mini-game topics in the Glove Universe Rides forum, officially made by the staff. These were ways to earn more SOF Tickets. The Daily Spin, Spin-Off Shuffle, Balloon Pop, Ball Throw, and Whack a Character from Spin-Off Festivals 6 and 7 returned, but two new ones were also added.
The Daily Spin
Users had to spin a wheel, which contains the slots: D'oh!, GOSH DARNIT DALE, "You lose, you get nothing, good day sir!", 25 SOF Tickets, 50 SOF Tickets, 75 SOF Tickets, 100 SOF Tickets, 1 Doubloon, 25 Doubloons, 50 Doubloons, 75 Doubloons, or Extra Spin. If you landed on D'oh, GOSH DARNIT DALE or "You lose, you get nothing, good day sir!", you'd get nothing, but if you land on the others, you would get those prizes. You could only spin once a day. Like last year, there are 12 slots on this wheel.
Balloon Pop
Users had to throw darts at spin-off/lit balloons, containing different SOF Ticket values or nothing inside them at all. Your dart can hit or miss depending on the generator's outcome. You can only play once a day.
Spin-Off Shuffle
Users had to pick a hat identified by the name of a spin-off/lit, and it will be shuffled around, having a prize under it, ranging from SOF Tickets, Doubloons to nothing. You can only play once a day.
Ball Throw
Users had to toss a ball at a spin-off/lit bottle, and if it successfully hits, they will get either SOF Tickets, Doubloons, or nothing. You can only play once a day.
Whack a Character
Users had to whack one, two, or three different spin-off/literature characters, and if their hits don't miss, they will either get SOF Tickets, Doubloons, or nothing. You can only play once a day.
Spin-Off Striker
Users had to strike a mallet against a target, and their hit can reach five tiers potential tiers, giving them one of the following from lowest to highest: 5 SOF Tickets, 10 SOF Tickets, 15 SOF Tickets, 25 SOF Tickets, or 30 SOF Tickets. You can only play once a day.
The Great Spin-Off Maze
Users had to navigate their way through a maze by rolling dice. There were many hidden traps related to multiple spin-offs and literatures that would slow down progress. The top three users to make it to the end first would receive 1,000 SOF Tickets, 500 SOF Tickets and 250 SOF Tickets respectively. The first place user was Homie, the second place user was Hayden, and the third place user was 4EverGreen. Everyone else got 25 Tickets for participating.
SBC's Top 20 Best Spin-Offs & Literatures Ever
Just like last year, another countdown list was held in celebration of ten years. Only the best list returned this time. The best countdown was hosted by SOF. Anyone who submitted a list to SOF received 90 SOF Tickets, and anybody whose work ended up on the list received 500 SOF Tickets. The following users submitted lists: SOF, jjs, Clappy, teenj12, SpongeBob's #1 Fan, JCM and Renegade the Unicorn.
1. Skodwarde
2. Mystic Guardians
5. SBCinema
7. JCMovies
8. SpongeCraft
9. Doody Era
11. Storm Racers
12. Squid
13. Spin-Off Action
15. Star City
16. Adventures in the Underground City
17. Miss Appear
18. One-Time SpongeBob Characters: Where Are They Now?
19. Underwater Survivor: SBC Style
20. Post Fiction