Snowcember Ball 2016
 The banner for A Very Snowman Christmas. | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Start Date | December 9, 2016 |
| End Date | December 29, 2016 |
| Event Coordinators |
jjsthekid Fred Rechid hilaryfan80 |
| Events |
SpongeBob Jeopardy! SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune Dunces & Dragons Music Parties Christmas Trivia Secret Santa Program Stop What You Are Doing |
| Skins |
Everyone: A Very Snowman Christmas Sleigh Ride Loyal Customers: A Very Orca Christmas Bikini Blizzard |
The Snowcember Ball 2016 is the fifth annual Christmas/holidays event on SBC, and third one to use the name Snowcember Ball. It started December 9, 2016 and will end December 29, 2016. It contains a teams tournament between the Band Geeks, Drasticals, and Independent users, where everyone can play in it, similar to The Super Spongy Square Games and Octerror Fest 2016. In the end, the Drasticals won. Loyal Customers received a sneak peek of it on November 27th, 2016 during Customer Appreciation Weekend.
General
During the event, the group names changed to general Christmas/SpongeBob Chrismas related names. Cashiers, Loyal Customers and Customers became green, dark blue and ice blue instead of blue, light green and teal, like last year.
Managers --> Santas
Cashiers --> Elves
Retired Employees --> Reindeer
Band Geeks --> Nutcrackers
Drasticals --> Dwarves
Loyal Customers --> Snow Mollusks
Customers --> Snowmen
Nematodes --> Jerks
In addition, they also got exclusive holiday badges, which can be found in the gallery below. The SBC Music room also received a SpongeBob Christmas background. The SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune & SpongeBob Jeopardy! rooms also received Christmas decorations. For Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas, SpongeCraft got a holiday decoration pack which turned everything on the server into a winter/Christmas theme.
Scoreboard
The Drasticals automatically received one point due to their Octerror Fest 2016 win. Below was the final scoreboard on December 29th, 2016, after the Present Hunt finished.
| Place | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Drasticals | 23 |
| 2nd | Band Geeks | 20 |
| 3rd | Independent | 7 |
12 Days of Christmas Gifts
Just like last year, through December 14th to December 25th, users received if an exclusive gift if they logged in each day.
Day 1 (December 14th): A Very Snowman Christmas Skin
Day 2 (December 15th): SpongeCraft Holiday Decoration Pack
Day 3 (December 16th): Silver Bell
Day 4 (December 17th): Reindeer Hat
Day 5 (December 18th): 100 Doubloons
Day 6 (December 19th): Holiday Gary
Day 7 (December 20th): Holiday Patrick
Day 8 (December 21st): Chocolate Krabby Patty
Day 9 (December 22nd): Chocolate Dollar
Day 10 (December 23rd): Chocolate Spatula
Day 11 (December 24th): Chocolate Jellyfish
Day 12 (December 25th): Public release of Episodes Capsules & Wallpapers for Homepage
Events
SpongeBob Jeopardy!
Two games this month counted on the scoreboard. The first game occurred on December 10th, 2016, which was the Season 8 premiere for Jeopardy. hilaryfan80 won it for the Drasticals. The second game occurred on December 17th, 2016, which jjsthekid won for the Independents.
SpongeBob Wheel of Fortune
Three holiday themed games this month counted on the scoreboard. The first game occurred on December 9th, 2016, which was Christmas Animals themed. JCM won it for the Band Geeks. The second game occurred on December 16th, 2016, which was Christmas Movies themed. DarknessDG won it for the Independents. The third and last game occurred on December 23rd, 2016, which was Christmas Movies themed. Jjsthekid won it for the Independents.
Dunces & Dragons
Two games this month counted on the scoreboard. The first game occurred on December 11th, 2016, which WhoBob won for the Band Geeks. The second game occurred on December 18th, 2016, which DarknessDG won for the Independents.
SBC Christmas Trivia Contest 2016
The fifth annual Christmas Trivia Contest was held, hosted by jjs, JCM, crushingmayhem and SpongeOddFan. There were a total of 10 rounds, with the first one being December 11th and the last one on December 22nd. The overall winner was Cream, who won a point for the Drasticals, a sneak peek at a future SBC event, an exclusive Patrick Christmas icon, and a Trivia Champion badge.
Overall Scores:
Cream: 311 (Winner)
Fred: 304
JCM: 195
Hay: 164
OBAB: 40
Jjs: 30
Trophy: 30
Katniss: 19
SpongeBob's #1 Fan: 11
SOF: 6
4Ever: 2
Snowcember Snow Fort War
A forum game in the vein of Hooky and other roleplaying games from past events. Fred Rechid came up with the idea for it. The three teams (Band Geeks, Drasticals, and Independent) each had their own fort, and a captain. The original group of captains were Trophy (Band Geeks), Hayden (Drasticals), and Fa (Independent). Whichever side won each challenge got to knock off people from the opposing sides. The last person standing was Cream, who won a point for the Drasticals, 5,000 doubloons, and a Snow Fort Champion badge.
SBC Music Snowcember Parties
Tournament 1
Date: December 9th, 2016
Song: All I Want For Christmas (Mariah Carey)
DJ: hilaryfan80 (Drasticals)
Likes: 6
Tournament 2
Date: December 16th, 2016
Song: The Night Santa Went Crazy (Weird Al Yankovic)
DJ: Fred Rechid (Band Geeks)
Likes: 8
Tournament 3
Date: December 23rd, 2016
Song: Synth Buttons (Regular Show)
DJ: Hayden (Drasticals)
Likes: 5
SpongeCraft Tournaments
Tournament 1
Date: December 10th, 2016
Game: Winter Building Contest
Winners: Band Geeks (More and spongeboblover)
Tournament 2
Date: December 17th, 2016
Game: Arctic Race
Winners: spongeboblover (Band Geeks)
Tournament 3
Date: December 26th, 2016
Game: Present Hunt
Winners: Homie (Independent)
SBC Secret Santa Program 2016
The Secret Santa Program returned again, hosted by jjs. 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 9th to December 17th. The gifts were given out December 23rd, and the identities of the Secret Santas were revealed.
Squidward's Christmas Party
Another iFish contest. Users had to submit a Christmas themed fish for Squidward's Christmas Party, and whoever had the best will be voted by the moderators (crushingmayhem, tyeamwork and Fred Rechid). The winner was Sandy's fish, who received a point for the Drasticals, 1,500 doubloons, 20 reputation points (aka likes), and a half off a store item of choice
Snowcember Story Contest
The Snowcember Ball Story Contest called for users to submit a canon or non-canon written work involving the cast of SpongeBob in one way or another. If at least one SpongeBob character is not featured, the person may not qualify. Users could use an existing spin-off, or create a completely separate entry. Creations also must also be at least 500 words. The deadline to submit an entry was December 26th, and voting began afterwards, lasting until December 29. The winner was "Plankton's Story" by DiabolicalGenius, which received a point for their side, 2,000 doubloons, 20 reputation points (aka likes), and a half off a store item of choice.
Stop What You Are Doing
The 17th edition of SWYAD was held where users changed their names to something holiday/Christmas related. Sign-ups were posted on December 2nd, 2016 and users could reserve their name for a week. Users had their names automatically changed to their reserved names at midnight on December 9th, 2016. Like last year, a bar shows the user's original name under their badges.
Present Hunt
Another scavenger hunt hosted by jjs. Just like last year, users had to find seven presents belonging to SpongeBob characters around the forum. Whoever found them received a point for their side, 500 doubloons, and an exclusive SpongeBob & Patrick Christmas 2016 icon to display in your store items.
Cards Against Humanity
A Christmas themed Cards Against Humanity game was held on December 27th, 2016, which JCM won for the Band Geeks.
Store
All of the items available in the iFish Store were returning items from Snowcember Ball 2015. Eight new ones were added on December 16th, 2016. Here is a list of what was available:
Everyone:
Loyal Customer Exclusive:
There were also some iFish items given out during the 12 Days of Christmas, which can be found above.
Gallery
General
Promotional image for the event.
The SWYAD sign-up page.
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The scoreboard.
Banner for the Snowcember Story Contest.
The SpongeBob & Patrick Christmas 2016 prize, given as a prize to whoever completed the Present Hunt.
The badge given to Sandy for winning the Snow Fort War.
The Trivia Champion badge, given to Sandy for winning the Trivia Contest.
The Patrick Christmas item, given to Sandy for winning trivia.
The badge for Santas (Managers) during the event.
The badge for Elves (Cashiers) during the event.
The badge for Reindeer (Retired Employees) during the event.
The badge for Nutcrackers (Band Geeks) during the event.
The badge for Dwarves (Drasticals) during the event.
The badge for Snow Mollusks (Loyal Customers) during the event.
The badge for Snowmen (Customers) during the event.
The badge for Jerks (Nematodes) during the event.
Skins
A Very Snowman Christmas's banner.
A Very Snowman Christmas
Sleigh Ride's banner.
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Sleigh Ride
Bikini Blizzard's banner.
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Bikini Blizzard
A Very Orca Christmas's banner.
A Very Orca Christmas
Jeopardy!
The room during the event.
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Board for the December 10th game.
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Board for the December 10th game.
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Board for the December 17th game.
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Board for the December 17th game.
Wheel of Fortune
The wheel in Game 47.
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The room during the event.
Dunces & Dragons
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Map for the 11th Dunces & Dragons game.
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Map for the 12th Dunces & Dragons game.
Music
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SBC Music during the event.
SpongeCraft
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Site of the first tournament.
Trivia
- It is the first Snowcember Ball where every game counts for the teams event (not just SpongeCraft).