Stadium Journey arrives in FanCake Rewards!

As fans, sports are our religion, which makes stadiums our temples of worship, right?  Perhaps no one feels this way stronger than FanCake's newest reward partner, Stadium Journey.

Stadium Journey is a print and digital magazine that showcases the world's great facilities of competition.

Each Month Stadium Journey takes a thematic look into a particular league or sport, allowing readers to better familiarize themselves with the sport infrasctruture and culture around the world.

Get an entire year's digital subscription to Stadium Journey magazine by using your FanCake credits!

FanCake Has Got Your Mother's Day Gift Covered.

Looking for a little something extra this week for Mom? Me too, and we've got you (and me) covered.

The FanCake rewards lobby is pleased to introduce two gifts that have "Mom" written all over them.  Users can now redeem their credits towards Starbucks and Sephora rewards!

There's a limited supply* (not to mention a limited amount of time until Mother's Day) so act fast!



*One redemption per person per gift

FanCake now featuring Playoffs Forecast for 2013 Stanley Cup!

We started a new campaign earlier this month called the "2013 FanCake NBA Playoffs Forecast" which allowed users not just to play the individual games of the NBA Playoffs, but also predict the postseason in its entirety.

Well good news hockey fans, we are proud to offer you the "FanCake 2013 NHL Playoffs Forecast"!

It will work the same way as the NBA Forecast room.  You can predict questions that pertain to the entire playoffs, and individual round, each series as new questions added everyday!

Expect to see new questions added 24 hours before the each day's games start, beginning with the first set of questions at 8:00p ET on Monday, April 29 (OMG, that's TODAY!)

In addition to featuring every 2013 NHL PLayoff game, we will also be providing special match-up trophies given out during the first goal of each game. Can you catch all 15 series trophies?

Don't just watch the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, predict all the action this year in Fancake!

The NFL Draft Returns to FanCake!

Last year, we introduced the NFL Draft to the FanCake experience. Users were allowed to make a few different instant predictions and there was a series of trophies keying in on cliché draft moments.

Well it's that time of the year again, and in addition to instant predictions and cliché draft moments, FanCakers will have a lot more to draft questions to sort through in 2013 FanCake NFL Draft!

We will be featuring two days of the event, starting Thursday at 8:00p ET on ESPN when the first round of the draft will be conducted. Action continues Friday at 6:30p ET on ESPN when the second and third round take place.

Don't just wait for your team to make their pick, predict along with all the drama and excitement of the NFL Draft in FanCake!

"NBA Playoffs Forecast" and More Comes to FanCake for the Postseason!

The NBA season is in the books and now it's time for the players and FanCake users alike to step up their game! Similar to the play on the court, the gameplay in FanCake is about to reach a new level.

Catch every NBA Playoff game in FanCake this season, all the way up until the Finals end in June.  But it won't just be business as usual in the app, check out what we have in store for the postseason.

1) 2013 FanCake "NBA Playoffs Forecast"

First and foremost, we are proud to introduce the FanCake "NBA Playoffs Forecast".  This event item will be at the top of the lobby starting Friday, April 19 and remain all the way to the conclusion of the Finals.

So what is this "NBA Playoffs Forecast"? It's your chance to not just predict plays from individual games, but make forecasts about the entire playoff schedule.

Examples include:

Playoffs Forecasts:
Who will win the NBA Finals?
How many total games in the 2013 NBA Playoffs?

Round Forecasts:
How many Series Sweeps in the 1st Round?
How many total wins for 8-seeded teams?

Series Forecasts:
How many games will the MIA/MIL series go?
How many Overtime Games in the LAC/MEM series?

Daily Forecasts:
What will be today's lowest scoring game?
How many series will end today?

"NBA Playoffs Forecast" will go live in the FanCake lobby on Friday, April 19 at 3:00p ET, giving you exactly 24 hours to make your first set of pick before the first game tips off on Saturday.

After the playoff action every evening, we will be adding new questions that will be playable up until the next day's first tip. Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for updates of when new questions hit the "NBA Playoffs Forecast" room.


2) Match Up Trophies

Leading up to the finals, FanCake is making collectible match-up trophies for each series. Check into a game to catch each series' collectable trophy, but be alert! These babies are only going out during the first made three point field goal of each half!

Each round we will roll out a new lineup of Match Up Trophies, see if you can collect all 15!

3) Conference Finals Playmakers

Once the playoffs are down to four teams, we will introduce special trophies for each team that are triggered based on a specific individual play.

Could it be a Steph Curry three pointer? How about a Serge Ibaka block?

I don't know yet (and I wouldn't tell you anyway:), so you'll have to have to be in the 'Cake to find out!

4) Finals Moments

You may remember our Finals Moments campaign from last season, where we designate a specific  moment each game and release a jackpot-credit-value trophy when it happens. If the series goes to seven games, we release all of them!

Expect a blog post before the finals with details!

Support GM Bryan Mcwilliam and the Bay Street Bruisers!

FanCake has had more than 3,000 games featured since its debut in October 2011.  Those games have been operated live and manually by over 125 GameMasters.

Simply put: We love our GMs here at Fancake.  If you haven't had a chance to get to know some of the GameMaster community through playing in the app, then you are missing out dearly.

Our GameMasters are as unique and diverse as the sports we feature in FanCake. They come from all corners of the states, north of the border and even across the pond. They display unrivaled passion for the sports they love and undying compassion for the people they love.

Today we celebrate longtime FanCaker Bryan Mcwilliam, who has been GameMastering for over a year.  Here's a picture of Bryan looking really happy:

It may not surprise you to know that Bryan is from Toronto, Canada, as all Canadians are seemingly pleasant and joyful people. But that (along with playing FanCake) isn't the only reason why Bryan is happy.

Bryan, or "Flyin' Bryan Killman" as he is better known in the industry, is a co-manager of the Toronto Roller Derby's Bay Street Bruisers.  Now to those of you who are unfamiliar with Roller Derby, please examine the video below. This is real, and way cooler than that awful film with the guy from American Pie.

Bryan says while it is just as crazy as it sounds, it's one of the more rewarding experiences he has had. "It's like having 20 sisters,"Bryan explained to FanCake. "We don't always get along but they're my family and I admire and respect everyone of them."  

And how can you not respect them, just take a look at the Bruisers' roster:

Ames to Kill - Audrey Hellborn - BelleFast - Biggley Smallz - Canadian Psycho - Dawson - Scarcasm

Foxy Sinatra - Furious Georgia - Getcha Kicks - Hailey Cooper - Junkie Jenny - Monichrome - Taranasaurus Rex - Rhage InA Cage - Robber Blind - Sinead O'Clobber - Speedin Hawking - Tomy Knockers - Rainbow Fight - Lexi Con - The Derby Nerd (Manager) - Flyin' Bryan Killman (Manager)

The Bay Street Bruisers have enjoyed success with Bryan at the helm. They are the reigning 2012 Roller Derby Association of Canada Eastern Champions and have an 10-1 lifetime record.

Now it's time to meet the team:

There's Bryan in the top left, looking happy as all hell. It's as if he's just won a lifetime supply of Trix or something.

As a result of their on-rink success, the Bay Street Bruisers have scheduled a road tour to take on the Bleeding Heartland (Bloomington, IN), Brew City Brewers (Milwaukee, WI) and Tri-city TKO's (Ontario).

The team held an auction in March to help make this trip possible, but now FanCake users can do their part by redeeming credits towards the Bay Street Bruisers travel fund! The fund will be used to help pay for car rentals, gas and lodging for the team.

With NBA and NHL playoffs coming to FanCake, they will be plenty of credits to be had. Play the games live, earn credits and help make this Roller Derby trip a reality!

Netflix and Spotify Arrive in the FanCake Rewards Catalogue!

Just when you thought cake couldn't get any better, we're throwing you a corner slice loaded with frosting.

We are proud to introduce Netflix and Spotify to the FanCake rewards catalogue!

What does this mean? Well for an easy 25,000 credits, you can earn one free month to Netflix.  Not only does that mean you get a 30-day free-for-all on all your favorite TV shows and movies, but the timing couldn't be better as Arrested Development makes its return in May exclusively on Netflix!

For the same 25,000 credits, you can also unlock a $10 giftcard to Spotfiy.  That's good for two months of unlimited access (listen on your desktop or laptop, millions of songs, no ads) or one month of premium access (allows use on any device, able to download and listen offline). It's your classic win-win.

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