Snowcember Ball 2023
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Start Date | December 11, 2023 |
End Date | December 27, 2023 |
Skins |
Everyone: Snowy Seahorse Frozen Tundra Loyal Customers: Christmas Cookies |
Snowcember Ball 2023 is the twelfth annual Christmas/holidays event on SBC, and tenth one to use the name Snowcember Ball. It began on December 11, 2023 and concluded on December 27, 2023. This edition introduced a "Snowball Contest" where each game and activity rewarded users snowballs similar to Octerror Fest's Candy Contest. Whoever had the most snowballs gathered by the end of the event received prizes, along with 2nd and 3rd place.
General
During the event, like previous years, the group names changed to general Christmas/SpongeBob Christmas related names. Loyal Customers became dark green instead light green.
Managers --> Santas
Cashiers --> Elves
Fry Cooks --> Decorators
Retired Employees --> Reindeer
Loyal Customers --> Snow Mollusks
Customers --> Carolers
Nematodes --> Jerks
In addition, they also got exclusive holiday badges, the same used in previous years. They also show on Discord next to usernames.
The forum category names were changed:
Krusty Krab --> Krabs a la Mode
Jellyfish Fields --> Sand Mountain
Atlantis --> Santa's Workshop
Bikini Bottom Arcade --> Snowball Showdown
On Discord, the category names were changed:
SBC --> SnowBC
Tangy Bobby --> Frozen Tundra
Fake News Media --> Fruitcake Island
Christmas Present
For SBC's yearly Christmas present, it was announced that sbl and DarknessDG were promoted to Manager and Fry Cook respectively. A new badge titled "Loyal Shopper" was also added to the Badge Store.
Snowball Contest
Events
Stop What You Are Doing: Holiday Edition
The 48th SWYAD was held during the event. Like past Snowcember Balls, the theme was to change your username to something holiday themed.
Jackbox
Game 1
Date: December 11th, 2023
Game: Job Job
Winner: WhoBob
Game 2
Date: December 18th, 2023
Game: Survive the Internet
Winner: dmandaman
Christmas Trivia Contest 2023
The twelfth edition of Halloween Trivia, using Kahoot. Each individual round winner would receive 1,000 doubloons, 300 experience points and 20 snowballs. The overall winner in the end was SBManiac with 34,056 points, who received: additional 30 snowballs, 400 experience points, Christmas Trivia Champion badge, free color change and Snowman Patrick collectable.
Overall Scores:
- SBManiac: 34,056
- Appy: 26,317
- WhoBob: 19,968
- Yummy: 21,621
- Carotte: 16,413
- Dman: 14,771
- SOF: 7,596
- Mythix: 6,633
- Prez: 6,355
- Fred: 5,819
Round 1
Date: December 13th, 2023
Theme: SpongeBob Christmas
Winner: SBManiac
Round 2
Date: December 13th, 2023
Theme: Christmas Music
Winner: SBManiac
Round 3
Date: December 14th, 2023
Theme: Christmas Movies
Winner: dmandaman
Round 4
Date: December 19th, 2023
Theme: Kwanzaa & Hanukkah
Winner: Carotte
Round 5
Date: December 20th, 2023
Theme: Christmas International
Winner: Carotte
Round 6
Date: December 21st, 2023
Theme: Wild Card
Winner: The Appetizer
Note: This round was a mix of various themes from past trivia contests. It also used Kahoot's Holiday Mode, which doubled points for whoever answered a question correctly first.
Cards Against Humanity
Game 1
Date: December 15th, 2023
Winner: WinterArcanine
Game 2
Date: December 22nd, 2023
Winner: WhoBob
SBC Music Parties
Party 1 Raffle Winners (December 15th)
500 Doubloons: Yummylesecond
Christmas Light Collectable: DarknessDG
5 Snowballs: Salmon
Party 2 Raffle Winners (December 22nd)
500 Doubloons: Prez
20 Experience Points: ExKizuna and Yummylesecond
Christmas Light Collectable: dmandaman
5 Snowballs: Fred Rechid & WhoBob
SpongeBob Pictionary
Game 1
Date: December 16th, 2023
Theme: Mixed Christmas
Winner: DarknessDG
Discord Activities
Game 1
Date: December 16th, 2023
Game: Letter League
Winner: Yummylesecond
Game 2
Date: Decembr 23rd, 2023
Game: Blazing 8's
Winner: WhoBob
SpongeCraft Frontiers: Snowball Showdown
The third official SpongeCraft Frontiers event was held on December 23rd, 2023 at 7pm EST. Users had to hide and run around a snowy mountainous area while throwing snowballs at each other. If someone was hit by a snowball, they would be eliminated from that round. There were also several targets hidden around and whoever hit those would receive extra points. Meko1432 was the winner in the end.
Christmas Discord Party
A Discord party was held on December 25th at 7pm EST. There was a raffle, with the following prizes and winners:
- 10 Snowballs: Meko
- 5,000 Doubloons: ExKizuna
- 100 Experience Points: SBManiac
- Snowman Patrick Collectable: SOF
- SBC 2024 Sneak Peek #1: Salmon
- SBC 2024 Sneak Peek #2: Winter
SBC Secret Santa Program 2023
The Secret Santa Program returned again. The event allowed users to get gifts for other users secretly, with identities of the gift givers being revealed after the gifts have been given out. Like last year, this year allowed users to pick gifts that aren't limited to SBC's store. Gift options included: donating doubloons, donating experience, Discord Nitro gifts, and making a photoshopped image. The gifts were given out on December 22nd, along with the identities of the Secret Santas. 9 users participated in this event.
Snowcember Story Contest
Users had to submit a holiday-themed writing. The judges were Trophy, OWM and sbl. WhoBob's "The Lobsterrection of Jesus Christ" won, who received 1,000 doubloons, 200 experience points and 20 snowballs.
Snowflake Hunt
Whoever found six snowflakes hidden throughout the forum received: 400 doubloons, 200 experience points, 25 snowballs and an exclusive Patrick Snowman collectable. The fifth and sixth ghosts required users to do a jigsaw puzzle and the flash game Gift Lift.
Minigames
Reindeer Racing
A new miniagme. Users had to see how far their reindeer would fly, and they could receive either: a Christmas Ligt collectable, doubloons, experience points, snowballs or nothing.
Snowman Builder
Users have to build a SpongeBob character snowman, and they could receive either: a Christmas Ligt collectable, doubloons, experience points, snowballs or nothing.
Gone Sledding
Users have to sled down a mountain, reaching a certain point, and the outcome would be randomly generated. Users could either win a Christmas Light collectable, doubloons, experience points, snowballs or nothing.
Trivia
- This had the smallest Christmas Trivia Contest yet with only 6 rounds.