February has just begun, and we’re feeling competitive. And you know what that means, time for another competition! It’s time for the Eyewire Winter Games! So start doing finger stretches, polish your spectacles, and make sure you have the mental fortitude to play hard, win big, and accumulate masses of points, badges, and bragging rights when you take home the gold at the Eyewire games!

The Games kick off on February 7th at noon EST. We have a variety of Eyewire challenges in store for you including a Relay, Bobsled Buddy challenge, and a marathon to see if we can complete a whole cell in just 26.2 hours!

Login for Trivia from nkem’s @inquizator on the hour every 3 hours at the following times US EST: noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, midnight, 3am, 6am and 9 am every day of the winter games on eyewire.org.

Check out a full schedule of events on the interactive calendar or scroll down for overviews:

(You can click on any of the calendared events to go to the description of that event). All times US EST.

Many events are based on points earned — remember that you can earn double points by playing the Starburst Challenge.

Relay

DURATION: noon, Feb 7 – noon, Feb 9th

DESCRIPTION:

3 players over 3 hours

start any time within 48 hour window

most points wins

one hour per player, players must play back to back, sum scores

*If for any reason your partners don’t show up, we’ll allow you to reschedule*

PRIZE: 6K for each player on 1st place team; 4K for 2nd place; 2K for 3rd place.

Signup here. Full event description.

Buddy Games

DURATION: midnight, Feb 10 – midnight Feb 12

DESCRIPTION:

2 players, 48 hours

most combined points wins

PRIZE:

bonus of the sum total of points scored between you and your buddy over 48h

each member of winning team earns +25K points; 2nd place: +15K; 3rd place: +5K

Sign up here. Full description.

Trivia Days

In addition to trivia every three hours, we’re hosting four special trivia events.

DURATION: Feb 13 at 10 am and 10 pm; Feb 20 at 10 am and 10 pm. 60 minutes each; a question every two minutes.

DESCRIPTION:

the @inquizitor asks a question every 2 minutes

private message your answer using /msg inquizitor YOUR ANSWER GOES HERE.

Short answer – no need for complete sentences

PRIZES:

1st correct answer wins +300 points; 2nd correct answer wins +200; 3rd wins +100

Full game description.

Girls vs Boys Valentine’s Special

DURATION: 1-4 pm, Feb 14

DESCRIPTION:

ladies vs gentlemen

most points wins

PRIZES:

each player on winning team earns +7K points.

top player on each team wins +1400 points

Declare your team here. Full description.

Winter Hunt

DURATION: 12:01 am, Feb 15 – 11:59 pm Feb 16 (48h)

DESCRIPTION:

hunt for mergers (what?) on neuron called The Hunt

message @nkem_test with coordinates

PRIZES:

win +1,000 points for each merger you successfully identify

top players will be promoted to scouts. some scouts may be promoted to order of the scythe

Full event description. Get the 101 on previous hunts here.

Evil Cubes

DURATION: 12:01 am Feb 17 – 11:59 pm Feb 23

DESCRIPTION:

complete 10 of GrimReapers most sinister cubes

win by accuracy

PRIZES:

most accurate player wins +6,000 points; 2nd place wins +4K; 3rd wins +2K

all players who complete all cubes win +1K points

Full event description here.

Cube Race

DURATION: 12:01 am Feb 18, 24h

DESCRIPTION:

do as many cubes as you can and win lots and lots of bonuses

PRIZES:

20 cubes: 1,000 points

50 cubes: 2,000 points

100 cubes: 4,000 points

150 cubes: 8,000 points

200 cubes: 16,000 points

Every Additional 50 cubes: 2,000 points

Most cubes wins +3K, 2nd wins +2K, 3rd wins +1K

Full event description here.

Marathon

DURATION: 9:47 pm, Feb 20 – 11:59 pm Feb 22

DESCRIPTION:

complete a full neuron in 26.2 hours. seriously.

PRIZES:

if we complete the neuron…

Top ⅓ of all players will receive a gold badge and 20,000 points

Middle ⅓ of all players will receive a silver badge and 15,000 points

Bottom ⅓ of all players (must have completed at least 20 cubes to qualify) will receive a bronze badge and 10,000 points

Full game description here.

10K Challenge

DURATION: 12:01 am Feb 23, 24h

DESCRIPTION:

score 10K points

PRIZES:

win a bonus of however many points you scored in 24h

Full event description here.

Special Happy Hours

DURATION: Feb 12 and Feb 19, 2 – 4 pm

*Special Rules for these special Happy Hours*

Score over 1000, get 500 point bonus

Score over 2500, get 1000 point bonus

Score over 5000, get 2500 point bonus

Score over 10,000, get 5,000 point bonus

Every 1,000 points over 10,000, win an additional 500 point bonus

Additional 3000 for top player, on top of other bonuses

Additional 2000 for 2nd top player, on top of other bonuses

Additional 1000 for 3rd top player, on top of other bonuses

Full Happy Hour Descriptions here.

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See you at the podium!