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How to earn GeekGold in a hurry (& it works!)
Rich Croton
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I've seen the microbadge which is perfect for me... The trouble is, I'm new to BGG so I don't have enough bag to buy a microbadge yet. As I type I have exactly 0.00geekgold available to spend.:(

Ever the optimist, I looked into the ways to earn some bag . I'd like to share my findings in this Geeklist...
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 Step 1: Know what you want to achieve:

I'm trying to earn enough GeekGold to buy myself the "Microbadger" microbadge. It would be nice to get a bit of spare gold so I can share some wealth with others.

I just need to find some crafty ways to acheive this.
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:p I don't rightly CARE for the "microbadges", but here's a "tip" anyways. :what:
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I wish someone would just give me gold because I'm a newb! :what:
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 Step 2: The hard work method:

I can write some fantastic reviews and session reports. According to the guide, this could earn me lots of gold. But what could a 38th review of Puerto Rico really add?

There must be an easier way...
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Maybe a simple review, like maybe, "I hate Puerto Rico" will work for you. It'd probably bring the closet PR haters out of the closet. You may not actually get any gold, but you'll probably get plenty of thumbs. Maybe, then, you could do a screen capture of the thumbs and submit it as a photo to score a gold or two. After several years of Geeking, I'm almost at the Avatar Level myself. :-)
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What if he likes PR?
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I've seen some piddly session reports, but if you can *add* a strategy or test a variant, it's valuable.

Likewise, negative reviews and reviews on un-reviewed games are definitely welcome.
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Maybe a simple review, like maybe, "I hate Puerto Rico" will work for you. It'd probably bring the closet PR haters out of the closet.


You mean I'm not the only one?? Sweet!

I sympathize with your problem Rich, although I'm glad to see you got your microbadge! I'm not really a writer, and don't own enough games to take pictures of them (although I suppose I could snap a couple of the few that I do have...), so I'm not sure where I'm going to get enough GG for my coveted microbadge (a ST:TNG communicator). I may have to auction off some of my limited supply of moolah, but where's the fun in that?
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 Step 3: The artistic method:

I can take some fantastic photos and submit them to earn the gold. Only two problems here. 1) I'm a lousy photographer so the Mods will (justifiably) reject everything I submit. 2) I don't currently have a digital camera.

What other ways are there to earn GeekGold?
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You should consider photos. At least one of your games, Associations (The Game of Quick Connections), only has one photo and it's sideways. You can easily submit at least 3 photos and will get accepted as long as they aren't blurry. :)

Off course, that not having a digital camera issue can get in the way. Have you thought about doing sketches of some of the games... sort of like a courtroom artist?
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fractaloon wrote:
You should consider photos. At least one of your games, Associations (The Game of Quick Connections), only has one photo and it's sideways.


I submitted an image of the box the right way round - guess which of my four images was the only one rejected...

Reason: The image was badly cropped or not rotated.
Reason: The image was sideways or upside down.

Okay, it was a bit blurry too. I'm going to retake the picture tomorrow when it's daylight. Then resubmit it pointing out which way is up.
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Seriously, photos are the way to go. I post way too many.
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Badgerman wrote:
I like this...

Thanks for the suggestion!:D thumbsup


Didn't you suggest this to begin with? :p
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Badgerman wrote:
)(...)Thanks for the suggestion!

You could emphasis your thankfulness by giving geekgold! :devil:
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 Step 4: Crime might pay!

Now if I can just hack into the BGG GeekGold vaults and steal some...

I'd probably stand a chance if I had any real computer skills. (I only figured out Windows media player last week!) So I'll wait for Amazon to deliver my copy of Computing for Dummies before I try this.

I cant wait that long for a microbadge - what to do in the meantime?
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You know, I actually did have the opportunity to steal some GeekGold at BGG.con. Derk handed me four 100geekgold codes when I was running a Werewolf Game. I gave 2 to the Wolves who won, and then the other 2 to a player who manages the Werewolf Database Cassandra. When you play enough games on the forum there, the WW community rallies to get you an Avatar. Now, there will be 200geekgold available to help that cause.

But it was SOOOO tempting to keep them.

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Also, Derk was offering 300geekgold to lynch Aldie. The wolves ate him in hopes of reward.
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arkibet wrote:
Also, Derk was offering 300geekgold to lynch Aldie. The wolves ate him in hopes of reward.


I was in that game, and I was *so* tempted to nominate him... but I decided that having the right side win was more important.
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 Step 5: Begging:

"Please guvnor, spare a little GeekGold so I can buy a microbadge."

Whilst waiting to learn how to hack, I can always try this method. It's a shame that it's so undignified.
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Begging also has a fairly high effort/return ratio. Problem is, it (generally) only works once.
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 Step 6: Even more devious means:

Now all I need is for 3 geeks to send me 5 GeekGold each...


No!!!


I must not start pyramid schemes (even if the cause is just!)
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I don't know, this one just made me chuckle! :D
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I wanted to use this game here:
Pyramid Scheme: Legend of the Pharaohs

But it doesn't have any photos!:(
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Badgerman wrote:
I wanted to use this game here:
Pyramid Scheme: Legend of the Pharaohs

But it doesn't have any photos!:(


Geeklist games and images don't actually have to match. You can enter the game ID and then enter whatever Image ID you want. (e.g. You can look up whatever image you want first and copy the ID, then enter the game you want, then paste in the ID.)
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Somebody ran a GG contest where the winner was promised gold gathered in a lottery for guessing the correct release date of a game that still has yet to be published. IIRC... Don't how that one turned out.
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 Step 7: Know your limits:

Okay, trying to earn 1500 gold is probably a bit much. So if you see that this thread has already earned me the 15.00 GeekGold I need, don't feel obliged to tip me!
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NOOO tip for you!

At least not from me.

It's because I've used up all of what little GG I've generated. I feel your pain...
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 Step 8: The quest for other ways to earn GeekGold:

If any of you have tried and tested methods of earning GeekGold please share them with the rest of us.
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http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekmod.php

Slow, but unending.
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Yeah, Geekmodding is probably the surest way to earn GeekGold. Slow, but steady. You can be as harsh or lenient a critic as you want to be, too.
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Luke the Flaming wrote:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekmod.php

Slow, but unending.


This is a good suggestion. I started modding images and am averaging 1.5 GG per day...

Not too bad as a long term solution.
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 Hmm... you could sell yourself on the BGG corner for 5 geekgold a minute...

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Well.. while he probably couldn't get 5 GG/ minute.. he might get five BGG'ers to pay 1 GG/minute :devil:
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kfritz wrote:
Well.. while he probably couldn't get 5 GG/ minute.. he might get five BGG'ers to pay 1 GG/minute :devil:

Oooh!

That's not what you said in your GeekMail!:laugh:
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Hmm... you could sell yourself on the BGG corner for 5 a minute...


Oooohhh, how much for all night, darling? :kiss:
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 I can't think of any way (breasts) to earn GeekGold quickly. If I could (breasts), I would certainly add it to this list. Let me think... (breasts)... nope, nothing is coming to me.

Sorry I couldn't really contribute. I tried my breast!
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I was after advice on how to get bag not thumbsup

Although that could be my next quest...
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 Write an article on strategy for one of your favorite games.

At the bottom of the page, hit the checkbox marked, "This is a good post - please consider it for GeekGold award (Pending user moderation - post will be hidden until approved. If it is not awarded geekgold, it will not be posted to the forums.)"

There is a definite shortage of good strategy articles.
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 You could always auction off some games for GG :)
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I know my wife would approve of this suggestion.:shake:
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Badgerman wrote:
I know my wife would approve of this suggestion.:shake:

Auction off your wif.. no, wait a minute - wrong idea, very wrong idea zombie
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BAD Simon! Bad Simon. Um, bad ...

how would that work?
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There isn't enough bag in the whole of BGG to buy my wife.

(She has a habit of looking over my shoulder when I'm on the computer and might see this!):devil:
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 You could moderate pictures, sessions and reviews. This seems like a fairly consistent method of acquiring GG.
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How do you get involved in this?

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Look at the top bar on any page... click on "misc", then click on "geekmod" in the sub menu. Then click on the category you wish to mod, probably best to start with "images". Then correctly guess whether the image will be rejected or acepted by an unspecified majority of other modders, and if it is noy an image, award the author a certain amount of gg depending on the quality of submission.

Then watch the hundredths of gg roll on in!
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 Cold hard cash gets you all the GG you'll ever need. Go for the whole nine yards, Avatar, GeekBadge, ÜberGeekBadge, at least ten Microbadges, and put $100 up for auction.

Why bother contributing when you are just a few mouse clicks away to showing everyone what a great guy you must be having all the fancy cadgets?
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 Step 1: Run a Math Trade.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: PROFIT!
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 After working hard at modding, reviews, session reports, etc. I got tired of waiting for my bag to fill up with geekgold. So, I posted an auction in the Bazaar for $7.77 via paypal. It netted me 48 geekgold, which was enough to get me over the top. Exchange rates seem to hover around 6-8 geekgold/$.
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Hah! Inflation at work! When I was a New User, the going rate was 2-3GG = $1! And there weren't no spiffy New User badge nor Microbadges, neither!
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 You can also get some geekgold by adding ebay auctions to games.

Just pick a game, you find not overpopular (all auctions will be added yet) and not unpopular (no auctions at all and if some, noone will click 'em), preferably some, you like yourself, and slide it's page right down to where ebay auctions are. Click Add link and do your best to find a lot of it.

Was doing this for quite some time before I found out GeekModding, now I mod more, than I ebay, but still I do both. Hopefully, I'll get my Avatar before Christmas.

Of course, feel free to drop me some geekgold. :cool:
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You've just illustrated one of BGG's biggest problems. Your only viable alternatives are to submit Puerto Rico's 38th review or to take lousy pictures. Thank you for having the restraint not to.
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I recommend working for it and writing session reports.

If you want easy gold, try Gaia.
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Ahh to have the time to work on the Geek. Children, wives, moving, being in a country with a hot civil war... all these things make it so difficult to write reviews!

One day I shall have an avatar, ONE DAY! (I've only been at this for a year and a half, after all!)
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Rusty567 wrote:

Because you have to have actually played a game to write a review? For the average non-thrifter, there are very few (if any) games we've played that don't have a review.


So, you're a non-thrifter, eh? Why not join us?

Hey, if you like fluorescent lights, sticky tile floors and screaming toddlers - have I got a Guild for you!

(Does Guild recruitment pay in bag?)
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Rusty567 wrote:
Ed_the_Red wrote:
There are plenty of games without any reviews at all - why not do a few? It's not too hard (I did my first couple fairly recently) and worthwhile. Even a fairly short and basic review will garner 3GG or so, and you may get tips as well. Similarly strategy articles for games lacking them, assumign you feel confident enough to write one (I don't feel I'm sufficiently good at any game to do so)


Because you have to have actually played a game to write a review? For the average non-thrifter, there are very few (if any) games we've played that don't have a review.


OK, a fair point - though many games could use more useful, well thought out material. Badgerman lists quite a few games that he ownsd which don't have much (if any) material, including several reviewless ones. There are one or two in your collection as well (Knightmare Chess 2 for example). Even a review pointing out the massive flaws in a game can be useful - perhaps especially so. Unless you're trying to sell it of course!:p

I am perhaps fortunate in having accumulated a large number of games over the years and so have a stock of unreviewed and forgotten games I could write about. Though my wife may not agree that this is a good thing, she seems to feel that one could keep clothes and other such fripperies in cupboards!

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