Articles & Advice
How Do I Play Sounds in Basecamp 3?
11th March 2016
Here at BLISS we’ve been using Basecamp 3 for the past few months and we have to say we love it!
We feel that Basecamp 3 is a great improvement on version 2, and our team now use it to stay organised across all our on-going projects.
BC3 has loads of fantastic project management and communication features but the icing on the cake is that it’s fun to use.
Team BLISS have recently been having a lot of fun with one feature in particular: the sounds in Campfires & Pings.
The Campfire sounds are triggered by typing /play followed by specific keywords and who doesn’t love a celebratory Nyan Cat or a quick “DOING IT LIVE”?!
As I’m a bit of geek, I wanted to know all the /play commands but couldn’t find much documentation online.
So, I decided to write my own:
The Basecamp 3 Campfire Sounds Cheat Sheet
Please note: These commands only work within Campfires and Pings.
Type this: | Hear this: | See this: |
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/play 56k | 56k modem dialing |
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/play bell | Ring-a-ding-ding |
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/play bezos | Jeff Bezos laughing |
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/play bueller | “Bueller, Bueller, Bueller” from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off |
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/play butts | Samuel L Jackson saying “Hold on to your butts” from Jurassic Park |
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/play clowntown | Classic clown music | ![]()
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/play cottoneyejoe | “If it hadn’t been for Cotton Eye Joe, I’d be married a long time ago” from The Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe |
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/play crickets | Crickets chirping |
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/play dadgummit | Bill Dance saying “Dadgummit” from Bill Dance Outdoors |
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/play dangerzone | “Highway to the Dangerzone!” from Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (Top Gun soundtrack) |
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/play danielsan | “You’re the best, around, nothing’s going to keep you down!” From Joe Esposito - You’re The Best Around (Karate Kid soundtrack) |
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/play deeper | The BWONG chord from Inception |
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/play drama | Law and Order Sound Effect |
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/play flawless | “I woke up like this, I woke up like this” from Beyoncé - Flawless |
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/play greatjob | A man saying “Great Job” |
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/play greyjoy | Ramsay Bolton playing a trumpet at Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones |
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/play guarantee | Man saying “I guarantee it” from 1988 Men’s Warehouse Commercial |
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/play heygirl | “Hey Girl!” from Lumpy Space Princess |
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/play horn | Sad tune on the horn |
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/play horror | “The horror, the horror” from Apocalypse Now | ![]()
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/play inconceivable | “Inconceivable” from Princess Bride | ![]()
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/play letitgo | “Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back any more” from Frozen | ![]()
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/play live | Bill O’Reilly shouting “DO IT LIVE” | ![]()
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/play loggins | “Are you gonna wait for a sign, your miracle, stand up and fight” from Kenny Loggins - This Is It |
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/play makeitso | Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek saying “Make it so” |
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/play noooo | Darth Vader from Star Wars saying “Nooooooo!” |
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/play nyan | The start of the Nyan cat music |
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/play ohmy | George Takei saying “Ooooh My” from 3rd Rock From the Sun |
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/play ohyeah | “Oh oh tick-a-tick-a” |
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/play pushit | Intro to Salt-N-Pepa - Push It |
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/play rimshot | The 'I just made a joke' drum sound |
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/play rollout | “Roll out, roll out, roll out” from Ludacris - Roll Out |
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/play rumble | “Let’s get ready to rumbbblllle!” |
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/play sax | Some smooth sax |
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/play secret | The secret area sound from The Legend of Zelda |
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/play sexyback | Intro to Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back |
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/play story | Paul Harvey saying “And now you know, the rest of the story” from The Rest of The Story |
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/play tada | Horns fanfare |
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/play tmyk | NBC’s The More You Know jingle |
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/play trololo | The Trolololo song |
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/play trombone | Sad trombone |
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/play unix | “It’s a Unix system, I know this” from Jurrasic Park |
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/play vuvuzela | A vuvuzela |
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/play what | “Ooooohweeee, what up with that, what up with that” from What Up With That on SNL |
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/play whoomp | “Whoop there it is” from Tag Team - Whoop There It Is |
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/play wups | “Wups!” |
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/play yeah | “Yeeeeehhhhhhh” from The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again (CSI Miami Intro) |
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/play yodel | “Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here’s my number, so call me maybe” from Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe |
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I hope the cheat sheet above helps you improve your Basecamp 3 sounds game.
Remember, with great power comes great responsibility - use the sounds sparingly for the greatest LOLs value and least co-worker annoyance. Have fun!
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