PopCap's Blitz competition runs from (approx) 1pm Tuesday until the next Tuesday. We are using the app, so the contest starts at 1pm EST on Tuesday, November 3rd (AFTER the scoreboard reset. If the app doesn't record your score, we cannot count it.) The tournament runs until 12pm (noon, EST), on Sunday, November 8th.

On Sunday, November 8th, at 12pm EST, Vladimir Ubercon will refresh his Blitz scoreboard page and take screenshots. The highest 3 scores on Vladimir Ubercon's scoreboard will be the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. ALL other scorers (No Score is not eligible) will be entered into a random prize giveaway.

If you are one of the top 3 scorers or win the random drawing, you will receive an email several days after UberCon so that we can verify your mailing address. Then we will mail you your prize!

Prizes are donated by PopCap, and have yet to be announced.

In order to be eligible for this tournament, you must:
1) Have an account on Facebook.
2) Have the Bejewelled Blitz app on your Facebook account.
3) Be a friend of Vladimir Ubercon on Facebook.
4) NOT be a member of UberCon Staff.
5) Be registered for UberCon.
a) If you are registered as an attendee, you are fine. The cost of the tournament is included in your weekend pass.
b) If you cannot physically attend, you must still register for an Ubercon weekend, using the discount code XIIPOPCAP. This covers the entrance fee for the tournament, $5.
c) Your contact info must be valid! If you register with an email that we cannot contact you at, then we cannot verify your mailing address and you cannot receive a prize!

In order to be eligible for the random drawing, you must fulfill all the requirements except 5. You do not need to be registered for UberCon.

*Disclaimers:
1) All decisions are made by UberCon Management and are final. The screenshots taken by Vladimir Ubercon at 12pm Sunday, November 8th are the only valid proof of scores that will be accepted.
2) If you register for UberCon using the discount code provided above, and physically attend, you will be required to pay the remainder of the weekend pass at the door price in order to be admitted or to be eligible for the Blitz Tournament prizes.

Any number of players may sign up, or arrive at game time. Up to 16 players will be chosen to play from signups present at the start of the game. You may pre-register but all players at the site will be eligible for selection. Players will be paired randomly to compete head-to-head in four preliminary matches.

In case you have never owned a television set, in each match, the pairs take turns selecting three categories out of an available six. Each category has six items that fit the category. One player will see these items, one at a time, and use verbal clues and gestures to try to help their partner (who does not see the items) correctly guess as many as possible in thirty seconds. The team that has guessed the most items correctly after all six categories have been played is the winner.

Both the preliminary and semifinals include hidden bonus categories for additional prizes if the team choosing it can score a perfect seven.

All winners of preliminary rounds move on to the semifinal matches, and, if they hit the Super 7 category, may first play in a Winner's Circle, where the game is turned on its head. Here, one player sees a progression of six categories, and must try to help their partner guess each category by only listing things that fit that category.

All semifinal winners go to the Winner’s Circle, with a chance to win double! Winners of each semifinal meet in one final match, with the winners hitting the Winner’s Circle for the grand prize!

(*) Not really $4,000,000,000. Prize amount tbd.

As always, spectators welcome!

(This event is scheduled under board games)