Help me understand the process

[pennedbyv]

Hey there , joined recently here it would be greaf if someone explains  about how exactly Arcade thing works & about Google Cloud skills boost too ! Thanks in advance btw 🙂 

[SGCODEX]

Heyy, Happy to help... So what happens is that arcade have specific events open up every month and completing these events (labs mostly) rewards you with arcade points, these points are redeemable into goodies when arcade prize counter opens(Twice a year) (Nearest one - mostly in 3rd week of December). Till then try to accumulate as many points as you can. Also Each arcade labs and trivia quiz rewards you with 1 arcade point each, whereas skill badges obtained on completing certain courses calculates as :- 3 skill badges = 1 arcade point. Try to complete the December events asap as they open up and gain at least 7 arcade points which you can redeem for goodies when the arcade mail comes ( again in 3 rd week of Dec, keep checking the Spam and Promotions Folder as well in your mail). Also for more detail you can check out many YouTube channels for the same :- Cloud Hustlers, B Tecky etc. Hope it helps 🙂

[ssavi]

Hi.. Thanks for the Explanation. Just a bit confused. As I have seen earlier, the prize counter that will open in December is for the Arcade points the participants collected until November. The points that can be collected in December will not affect the Prize Counter.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Abhishek213]

Points collected in dec too will be counted with nov points i.e total
points will be merged till dec and you will prize on the basic of the
points earned on both month.

new sessions starts in jan (fresh accounts with 0 points)

[ssavi]

Thank You ... 🙂

[PriyanJ]

Arcade: Helps to earn points to redeem when the prize counter opens. The point system is like: 3 Skill badges will give you 1 point, 1 ga mebadge will give you 1 point and 1 trivia badge will give you 1 point, you can use the calculator on the page to calculate it for you. Note: The completion badges do not work with this, only the skill badges you earn in the cloud skill boost.

Prize Counter: It is an FCFS basis which opens twice a year (Expected in June and in December). Yes, you can redeem whatever you wish if you have the points. The points are budgets. If the prize is within your budget, then you can redeem it. You need to check the mail and platforms regularly to keep you posted. The points that are not redeemed cannot be saved for later. So use it wisely or you could even donate it.

Credit System: You can get no-cost credits by simply subscribing to the arcade insider email which is available on the arcade page. That is, If you subscribe in Nov, you will get the credits next month, that is in December, you can use this to complete Trivia challenges.

Cloud Skill Boost: This platform encourages us to learn and rewards us with badges which are showcased in the profile section. You can see your position in the leaderboard or you could opt out from it.

Happy Learning 🙂