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Rank: Deputized with 185 points
By obflyer (@obflyer)

i like the two Christmas seasonal ABs so far the best because of the daily level release. so much more fun seeing a new challenge every day vs having 15-20 level dumped on us all at once. just my 2cents. Merry day before Christmas Eve, all.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Well, the downside is that, as of today, Wreck the halls is complete, and I find I’m missing my morning fix of AB.

Rank: Hardened with 685 points
By CC Jolly (@cc-jolly)

Very Christmas 2012 to all Angry Birds Fans over The World :-)

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By CC Jolly (@cc-jolly)

Very nice greets from Austria

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

also from me all the best to all of you!
and as tobi: greetings from austria!!!

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

sorry not tobi (who is also from austria) but my friend ccjolly :)

Rank: Hardened with 685 points
By CC Jolly (@cc-jolly)

Thank you or (oder) Danke :-)

Rank: Champion with 3550 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Seasons greedings 1-1 is way too high. Not sure where it belongs though…

Rank: Champion with 3550 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Oh, so I guess this person used chrome to get this score. Should this be removed regardless?

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It does not belong here. There’s an extra bird, so it’s not fair to be here. We plan to create a Chrome-specific leaderboard at some point.

Rank: Deputized with 185 points
By obflyer (@obflyer)

i’m probably the last person to catch on about this, but could this be the reason i see my game center score so out of wack on Season’s Greedings? in every other episode, my score puts me in the 1000-3000 place range at most whereas in Season’s Greedings, my overall score puts me in over 14,000th place even though i appear to be above average on all but one level score on Season’s Greedings here.

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Probably not, I believe Chrome scores are outside of Game Centre. This might be more to do with the santa’s hat glitch

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Exactly. GameCenter is only for iOS.

Rank: Deputized with 185 points
By obflyer (@obflyer)

ah, i think i see what you’re talking about. i saw a YouTube clip and, even though i don’t understand it completely, i now see where there is a guy who has 8 top scores, yet is below average in 7 other levels…weird.

did they fix this? i spent a whole 5 minutes trying to duplicate the YouTube shot and even though it looked as though i hit it correctly, i didn’t see any unnatural score increase.

oh well… i have better things do to today.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Yes, the Santa’s Hat glitch was fixed quite some time ago.

Rank: Flinger with 90 points
By PigsLoveEggs (@pigsloveeggs)

Woohoo merry Christmas everyone! Good news is, I got an iPad. Even better news is I have a new console to get 3 stars on every level of all three games! It’ll take me ages though… At least a week! ;) Merry Shooting!

Rank: Hardened with 530 points
By SongFish89 (@songfish89)

Merry Christmas and Thanks to all who take the time to post scores and comments! Knowing which levels need the most work has really helped my Game Center ranking. I’m still below average on many of the levels, but I’ll be working on them . :). Best wishes for a Happy New Year!!!

Rank: Hardened with 685 points
By CC Jolly (@cc-jolly)

Also Marry Christmas and a happy new year 2012. :-)

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By blahalb09 (@blahalb09)

Does it matter if you play on chrome?

Rank: Champion with 3550 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Some levels on chrome have more birds than on the SD/HD version. A new leaderboard would be put up for chrome levels soon.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

If you play on Chrome, please do not enter your scores for Seasons Greedings.

Rank: DaBomb with 290 points
By jsking307 (@jsking307)

What fun that was now that all levels are done waitng on the next update can’t wait

Rank: Shooter with 990 points
By nascarboy (@nascarboy)

Seasons greedings 1-5 is way off.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Whoa whoa whoa, let’s calm this down.

Re: 1-5, that score has been removed, as well as their other scores on Seasons Greedings. Based on the scores that the user has entered, it is clear to me that they are using the Chrome app (Poached Eggs, Mighty Hoax, Danger Above, and Seasons Greedings were all of the scores). I have sent the user an email and explained that Chrome Seasons Greedings is not comparable to the full version, and that we plan to create a Chrome-specific leaderboard in the future.

Re: The Big Present, that score is completely legit. surfcow even explained that his score uses the Santa’s Hat glitch, not to mention he is a well-valued member of the ABN community.

If there is anything else I’m missing, please let me know in separate comments. But I will likely remove this thread soon since it has some inaccurate accusations. Fair?

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Wow, things are lively this morning. To paraphrase from a well known movie: I hate controversy in the morninh. Especially before my first shot of caffeine.

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By Laurence (@laurence)

haha, you see its 15:45 where I am, so no worries for me :)

Rank: Shooter with 990 points
By nascarboy (@nascarboy)

Well its morning for me I guess. 10:48 A.M..

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

You ain’t kiddin’. Today’s my first legitimate day of Winter Break since I had a makeup class yesterday. I’m glad I still woke up relatively early.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Yeah, the 0700 hour has been coffee time for me for nearly 30 years. I’m not at my best till my brains been kicked into top gear.

Rank: Shooter with 960 points
By fidslady (@fidslady)

ROFL. My husband always says he has too much blood in his coffee system. : ) His favorite tag line is from “Dune” -

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Oh one other thing, is there a list anyway of which levels are different in Chrome?

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I haven’t played Chrome Seasons Greedings in some time, but I had noted that Levels 1, 2, and 3 had an extra Red Bird — and obviously Level 5 was completely different (that Note level).

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Ok, cool, I’ll have a look later and make a not of which ones are different :)

Rank: Master Slinger with 5205 points
By sal9 (@sal9)

plus three bonus “present” levels.

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Hi Slim, was that Wreck the Halls 1-23 score confirmed or not? It’s a fair way above #2.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Yes, screenshot posted on the walkthrough page somewhere haha. I’m too busy ATM to hunt it down.

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Wow, OK, that’s a great score then :)

Rank: Hardened with 720 points
By bolebo (@bolebo)

Hello, I’m trying to make a statistical analysis on Angry Birds Seasons levels : best reachable score vs average, ranking vs time effort. This could help to understand on wich levels you can easely improve your scores or not (the average is not always the good value).
For that, I’ll need an extraction of each level leaderboard (CSV file for example) : is there a way to download it ?
I will try to put some examples online.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It would take a very long time, but there are leaderboards for each level, viewable by clicking the level’s name on the left.

Rank: Hardened with 720 points
By bolebo (@bolebo)

Yep sure, that’s what I’m doing. But it gives me the result 300 by 300, so it is long… Any other way to get it all on one page ?

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Not that I’m aware of, sorry

Rank: Well Traveled with 1715 points
By mvnla2 (@mvnla2)

Someone may have already asked or even answered this: Is there a way to transfer your scores from the AB game directly to the ABN leaderboard? Would sure beat entering them manually.

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Unfortunately not. Using two devices (iPad? and PC) would probably be the fastest way for you, but at the moment there is no way to extract your highscores from the game (the highscores.lua file is encoded)

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

There might be a way to automate the process, but, since the highscore.lua file is encrypted, it would require permission and/or assisstance from Rovio. I’m thinking of a server side script to decrypt/parse a copy of the .lua file we would perhaps email to ABN. From there it gets processed through .asp or .php onto the appropriate slots on the users individual leaderboards.

But, as i stated, it would reuire a combination of permission and assisstance, not to mention a great deal of work from ABN admins to make it work, so its probably best to consider it a non-starter, at least for now. In the future, however, who knows….

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Why does it come adds on a new side when I open Angry Birds Seasons?

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Sorry?

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

When I open ABS the loading page shows and so it become black. I wait and so a add come up.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Strange. Idk about this. Is it Android?

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Yes. It is Android.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Well, Android is ad-based, so I’m not sure what the issue is.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

The issue is that the loading page turn to black. And so I have to wait and a add come up. Then I have to click “X”, then I come in to the page there I can click PLAY.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Not sure. Perhaps contact Rovio with your device details.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Ok.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I must ask – did you download your copy of seasons from the Amazon App Store? Is it the ad-free version? That’s where I got mine, and it occasionnally puts up a screen blocking ad, which you’ve got to physically close the ad to get back to the game. I informed Rovio of this back during Summer Pignic, and I never really did get a complete resolution of the issue. It still happens, but rarely.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

I got mine from Android Market.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Does your screen turn to black and so a add come up?

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

ABF – That’s what happens. Generally, you have to close the ad, then tap the back arrow to removed the black screen, then you’re back in your game…

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

What back arrow? I just have to close the add and then I get back to the game.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I play on the Xoom tablet, so that’s what I have to do. If you are playing on your phone, then, perhaps that step can be safely omitted.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Ok. I am playing on a LG Optimus One.

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By iamMighty (@iammighty)

Just lost all of my progress on Seasons, Original and Rio due to a virus affecting my files but somehow the activation was still there. Only if I had backed up my progress.

@Admins: You can remove my scores as I have no proof of them now.

Rank: Champion with 3550 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

That must have hurt… I really feel your pain. :(

Is there anyway I could help? Like send a copy of my saved file? You helped all of us through a lot of these levels, thought I should return the favor. :D

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Sorry to hear that, Mighty. :-\ No es bueno.

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By iamMighty (@iammighty)

I have a plan hope it works.

Is there a way to transfer your iPad scores to PC because I have pretty much the same scores on my iPad too.

Rank: Master Slinger with 5205 points
By sal9 (@sal9)
Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I’m not really up on the Apple hardware, but perhaps if the iPad has a USB, or a mini-USB port, you could then, theoretically hook your iPad directly to your PC, which should show up in Windows Explorer as a removable drive.

You might have to have DiskAid on your PC and iPad, downloadable for free, to make it work.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

You sort of can. Yes, sal9, that process works for transferring the highscores.lua file, but do NOT transfer the settings file when you do it that way. The settings files for iOS and PC are not compatible.

Rank: Master Slinger with 5205 points
By sal9 (@sal9)

by pc you mean window based ? good to know.
I’ve transfered between iPad and mac without problem.

Rank: Master Slinger with 15435 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Yes, iOS / Mac works flawlessly. iOS / PC works OK-ly.

The major issue (I believe) would be that PC’s settings file has the “Activation” requirement, which no other device has. But luckily, the highscores is the highscores, so that’s fine.

Oh, one other thing, iamMighty. You may want to start with ABo and ABR. Hold off on Seasons. The reason being, Seasons-PC does not have the Twitter/Facebook levels at this time, but they may add them in the forthcoming “Year of the Dragon” update.

Rank: Out of this World with 2945 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

I notice you’re on PC – I have a back up of mine, but unfortunately I have very little progress on PC, although I do have most levels unlocked, there’s quite a few 1 and 2 star scores, and a fair number of levels that I just used the bug to pass them!

Rank: Out of this World with 2950 points
By Kathy (@kathy)

;( so srry IamMighty ….I know kinda how u feel, I lost all my ABS a while back it stinks! Wish you gl in retreiving your scores.

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By iamMighty (@iammighty)

Mighty rises again! Used DiskAid and my tech friend over here helped me to transfer my highscores.lua to my PC and it worked! Luckily I had my settings.lua files backed up.

Again thank you Laurence,Kathy,AMslimfordy,TruckDriver and sal9 too!

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I’m glad you’re back up. Now, I’m going to have to take my own advice and back those .lua files up on my device.

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By Kathy (@kathy)

How do you back up angry bird files? My games are all on sd card.? Maybe not needed,also I have lookout mobile backup rom sprint ty:)

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By iamMighty (@iammighty)

Thanks TD and Kathy! Will start by adding my scores to Original and Rio as Slim said.

Also is reply not working here?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Looks fine to me.

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By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

That’s great Mighty!

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Yay…!!!! So happy it worked out for you:)

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By Trev17piano (@tnatiuk17piano)

I don’t have any highscores on any levels of angry birds seasons. All of my highscores say 259230 on them because i lost my progress a long time ago, so i bought an app called 3 stars in angry birds seasons, and they take a high score that is triple star for all the levels and place it as a highscore. What should i do?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Sounds bad

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By Trev17piano (@tnatiuk17piano)

Yea but i could do in on my Mac and call it my scores… right?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Yes

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

If all the scores were generated by the three star app, vs you completing them yoursself, then its artificial at best. From a leaderboard perspective, some might consider it something else…

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By Trev17piano (@tnatiuk17piano)

Well the thing is that i didn’t want to do them again, so if i got artificial scores, as long as they were triple star, i would be ok… until i came to this leaderboard

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Pretty much….

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Kathy – As far as i know, those mobile carrier backup plans are only good for phone contact lists and emails. i use an app called Angry Birds Backup. The developer is Pierrick O’murphy. It will back up datafiles for all three AB versions. SD cards aren’t 100% safe, as they can be lost, damaged, even destroyed. A copy of your datafiles in another location on your device, combined with a secure off device method, like cloud storage, for example, is generally best.

The reason for such varied redundancy is to combat things like laziness, complacency, and a whole host of nornal human failings, yet still have access to all that we need, or have become accustomed to on our electronic devices.

Rank: Shooter with 960 points
By fidslady (@fidslady)

Where can we find this backup app?

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

The app I mentioned can be found on the Android Market – just enter “angry birds backup” in the search box. I don’t know if it’s on iTunes, or not, should you be an iOS user.

Rank: Shooter with 960 points
By fidslady (@fidslady)

It’s not.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Then I would consider using DiskAid, or something you can get from iTunes, or Apples AppStore.

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Ok ty. I was a little skeptical of the AB backup in the market. But if you say so…
I always trust your word;) TruckDriver ty will check it out.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

So was I, at first, but it came recommended to me by someone else here at ABN, although I know don’t remember who it was.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Is it this app you mean @ TruckDriver? Does it work?

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

That’s the one. And, yes, it works.

Rank: Hardened with 740 points
By Angry birds fan 1000 (@angry-birds-fan-1000)

Ok. I use this one.

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By Kathy (@kathy)

My advice is to uninstall that app,cause it sounds fishy. Ilost all my proggress in ABS a while back also, I just started over. If you have your score saved on a different device you may be able to transfer them. Ask slim. Hope this helps

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Forgot to use reply button, meant for Tnatiuk17piano. Ssry:(

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By Trev17piano (@tnatiuk17piano)

Ok that helps a bunch! Thanks… no worries about the reply button… :P

Rank: Shooter with 905 points
By Chris (@chriss)

In Seasons Greedings, I am only below or a bit above avarage everywhere, although I played this episode when it first came out.
Are you sure that the Santa’s hat glitch was on all divices?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Why, what device did you use?

By jungleofthegeorge

Looking on the gamecenter leaderboard for Trick or Treat World 2 I noticed scores listed in the 4,000,000 point range. Is this a bug anyone’s aware of? Are these scores actually representative of the total scores or something?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

This bug has existed for a very long time, which leads us to believe that it is not repairable.

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By iamMighty (@iammighty)

@AMslimfordy: So now can I enter the leaderboards beacuase I cant really wait for the FB levels to come :P

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Not sure where to post this… I never had the ME but now I have the MD and I got total destruction in level 3.. what does that mean …to me? Lol it was rhyming so I thought I would finish it off with the rhyme. But seriously I know nothing bout this mighty dragon..he’s cool tho:)7

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By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

All you have to know how to get Total Destruction is that you have to destroy as many blocks as possible. Different levels have different thresholds so some are harder to get than others. Here’s a link to know more about the ME/MD.

Nice poem there, Kathy :D

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Thanks kart…gl in games today:)

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By Kathy (@kathy)

:( why does the average keep going up? I am having hard time making average as it is I. Guess i am Just not a good Shooter;( just when I make ,it it changes…I give up almost:( gl everyone ty for help:) and listening to my whining..:(

Rank: Well Traveled with 1940 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

It’s simply more people posting higher scores. When I initially posted all of my YotD scores, only five were below average. This morning, taking a second look at the leaderboard, I found that all but two were above average. Discouraging yes, but that’s how it goes…

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Below average, I mean. Sorry for the goof.

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By Laurence (@laurence)

Yeah, on YotD I had #1 spot for about a day and a half – I’m now 81! Still got a couple of reasonable (top 10ish) scores, but they won’t last long either! Oh well, got more important things to worry about than angry birds ATM (mainly Maths exams – maybe I’ll get Slum to give me a hand! :p) :)

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Thanks guys:) at least I don’t feel so alone…I will keep trying. GL with math exams Laurence
.I think slim would be a great help:)

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By loox (@loox)

Hey guys and gals,

Is there a list somewhere that indicates which of the Seasons Greedings levels *had* the santa hat glitch?

If so, it would help me avoid wasting my time to score higher on those levels. I use the leaderboards, “off high score by” and/or the “rank” filters to determine which levels to revisit. Love the new filter by “rank” feature, by the way…

but since the Santa hat glitch no longer exists, the filters are less useful for the AB: Seasons Season Greedings levels since some scores and ranks are the result of the prior glitch.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)
Rank: Fling King with 4785 points
By Habanero (@habanero)

Just a quick flag that I, for a while at least, just gave up playing AB. Got fed up with the “ping one bird into concrete block x and replay a gazillion times until you get a high score” type levels. Stopped playing after Level 6 as all is 100% random in Year of the Dragon… and don’t get me started on that “Mighty” Dragon!! Think that in particular was the last straw for me… may just finish off Rio whenever the last episode of that comes out.?

Best wishes to all shooters and to all you great guys at ABN.

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By Kathy (@kathy)

:( so srry to hear that Habanero…gl in rio. Hope to se you back again:) surely u will be missed by all

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By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Very sorry to hear that Habanero, we all hope to see you soon… :)

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By Laurence (@laurence)

It truly is a sad day that Habanero gives up on AB :( But I must agree the MD is very annoying! Hope to see you back soon – well need your help for Rio :)

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Sorry to hear that, Habanero. Take care mate.

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By Chris (@chriss)

You don’t want levels that depend on luck. And you din’t want levels in which you have to hit a specific block.
May I ask you what else you guys want?

By the way, the very first level (level 1-1 in AB original) already depended on luck weather you get 2 or 3 stars. This was part of the game from the beginning on. So I wonder why you give up only 3 years later.

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By ChaosTsar (@chaostsar)

That’s an easy one — I’m simply bored with the game now. I don’t mind having to hit a certain block or following a certain strategy, but what I do mind is having to replay a level — using the exact same shot and same trajectory — over and over and over and over again until the planets align and you end up with a competitive score. Perfect examples would be the two most recent dragon egg levels. I don’t find that particularly fun or challenging, and it is getting to the point where I would rather go do something else.

And again, let me emphasize that I still think all three AB games are excellent games, and I continue to recommend them. For me, though, the thrill and challenge and level of enjoyment is rapidly disappearing. This is not mean as an attack on Rovio, either — for less than $10, these games have given me a crazy amount of good playing time, and I am always amazed that they continue to update these three versions at no extra charge. Personally, I don’t think they should change a thing — the only issue I have is personal enjoyment, and when I stop enjoying a game and get burnt out, then I move on to other things.

By Chris

I still don’t understand you.
Of course the two new dragon eggs levels are not at all challenging. That’s what most of eggs levels are not.
But you cannot gain anything by having a highscore in these levels.
I played them ONCE and that’s it.
What sense does it make to play them again and again?

It’s also annoying to listen to the AB music for 16 hours. It’s also boring to watch the titel screen for 2 hours. And it’s also boring to play eggs levels again and again. But normally people don’t do things like this. It’s not what the game was made for.

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By ChaosTsar (@chaostsar)

Sorry you don’t understand, but I’ve pretty well explained it as well as I can, so I’m just gonna call it a day on this comment thread.

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By Habanero (@habanero)

Hi Chris,
I’ll try to explain too as I am on exactly the same wavelength as Chaos Tsar.

“Trick or Treat” Level 3-10 (well most of Trick or Treat to be honest) is a good example of where you are simply NOT going to get a really good high score by simply pinging 1 bird into the stack and watching how everything shakes down. You have to work at the tactics and angles like crazy… Trick or Treat just does not cough up lottery scores with a simple one bird fling like Dragon Level 6 (and at least 5 of the first 6 Dragon levels I played)

You mentioned AB original Level 1-1. OK, this is about as simple as levels comes right? But the tactic for Dragon Level 6 is exactly the same!! The only difference being whereas that single shot in AB 1-1 gives a score of 30K plus or minus a couple of thousand, in Dragon Level 6 somebody pinging their first ever Angry Bird could get 190,000 points!! (not a pop at the high scorer here at all, who may be ace, but a novice really could get that score in 3 minutes and an expert could not match it after hours (or days) of play. And it is the hours of playing the level like a sort of “ping 1 bird and watch” lottery that Chaos Tsar is probably referring to. There has always been an element of luck but it was never really 100% luck before.

Angry Birds is still the best game on the planet but what Chaos Tsar said about the same shot, same trajectory over and over until the end of time and just hoping is our best attempt at explaining our disappointment in Dragon. I am still keep my fingers crossed for the final Rio board though :-)

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By ChaosTsar (@chaostsar)

I’ve been having the same thoughts, Habenero, although I haven’t quite decided to pull the trigger yet. For me, there are just too many level now that are dependent on luck only, and that just bores me to tears.

I still think AB is a great game, but I guess I’m just starting to get a bit bored with it all. I guess we’ll see how much longer I last.

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Srry to hear that as well ChaosTsar..don’t want to lose 2 great shooters, hope u stick around for awhile. I don’t understand why you guys think this level is boring..guess you both got to experienced lol.me on the other hand..find it very challenging cuz I suc at shooting thought I was getting better…but not I guess:( take care hope maybe the next update will be more challenging and bring u guys back:)

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By sal9 (@sal9)

Sometimes taking a break avoids burning out the candle.
Some levels do require a good dose of luck, but you very well know that skills still rule.

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By mvnla2 (@mvnla2)

Glad to see that Habanero and Chaos Tsar are still playing, even if not posting.

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By Habanero (@habanero)

Thanks mvlna2 and Kathy and Laurence and Slim … am playing more to “complete” than “compete” now for the reasons previously posted… I think Chaos Tsar explained it far better than I did. “one simple shot, same trajectory, repeat for days until planets align” etc etc …

I collected all the “Puny Dragon” Koi as well but hope I never see that thing again as the Mighty Eagle Rules OK :o)

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By natureswrath (@natureswrath)

I’ll have to agree with Habanero here. I remember when I first came to this site and seeing people like yourself and ChaosTsar posting big scores on levels and thinking “Wow, that’s some crazy skills”. It’s certainly went in a different direction since then, this episode especially but tbh the Christmas episode wasn’t a lot better really. There is the odd level where skill>a lot of tries but they seem to be getting fewer and further between. I really enjoy seasons and have recently moved from “complete” to “compete” but am thinking I may revisit some of the older episodes so I can really get a feel for what it used to be like.

I can see how 1-6 was the final straw. I am actually the high-scorer on that level but must admit that I did spend a good couple of days doing nothing but playing the level. The really bad thing is that before I hit 192K the highest score I could manage was 181K… over 10K difference simply because the planets aligned. I think perseverance should pay off on a level but I don’t think that it should be the deciding factor, as it seems to have become more recently.

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By natureswrath (@natureswrath)

P.S. Just broke 2 million points on YotD…

I think it is time to hang up the hat on this episode. I know Nev has smashed my score out of the water but I simply can’t replay any of these levels again. Merely the thought of those firecrackers gives me night terrors >.>

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Congrats on your yotd score nature..miss you around here:(… I have had to restart…so I am in rio jungle…lost all my progress but ffind I have improved greatly since I first started.thanks to you guys who set the goals pretty high :) hopefuly the new update will b more challenging for you top shooters:)

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By Laurence (@laurence)

@kathy – when did you lose all your sores? :( I finally got my phone back yesterday, and had lost mine but fortunately I had a relatively recent back up, but I’m going to head through Rio soon getting average in all the worlds, so I may meet you in the jungle :)

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Lost progress a little over a week ago..the sprint wiped out my phine..and sd card partly..didn’t work so I got new phone…still having issues…don’t know why.gotta go to sprint again tday or tomorrow.hope to see you in te jungle:)

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By Laurence (@laurence)

ouch, that must have hurt! got to work on the den first though! :)

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Ya not too bad, I was going to redo anyway to improve…and my scores still on boards so I have a referrence point:) thank god for the nest:)

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By foley200 (@foley200)

Congrats on the 2 mil!
I think I’ve given myself mental health issues trying to achieve it. I’m only a mere 930 off it, but I can’t see where the extra few points are gonna come from. I might have to leave it for now to avoid a breakdown.
Ps. What score did Nev hit? Didn’t realise he was shooting again.

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By natureswrath (@natureswrath)

If you head over to Angry Birds Alumini NS GO INTO THE YotD section you will see he popped up again. I haven’t totaled up his scores for each level but what I will say is that he would be 15K+ higher than what I am sitting on… I spent huge amounts of time on every level and I don’t think I beat his score on a single one O.o

Tbh breaking the 2 million was a slog… I honestly couldn’t wait to see the end of those freaking firecrackers >.>

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By Just Joan (@just-joan)

WOW, just read this. Habenero, you are an AB hero. Sorry you are feeling this way. I hope you will not quit completely. Agree with koi/dragon thing. That is a Chinese torture test for sure. We all look forward to your brilliant scores and methods.

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By djmgar (@djmgar)

I’m sure I missed this sometime or somewhere, but I can’t seem to find the answer online anywhere. I just got Seasons for the Mac. I don’t find levels 16 thru 18 (Twitter levels?). I find plenty of walkthroughs. Are those levels not available on the Mac version? If not, really limits my scores on the leaderboard. Thanks for any info.

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By djmgar (@djmgar)

Oops. I meant to say in the Easter Eggs! world.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Twitter / Facebook levels do not yet exist in Mac/PC, but perhaps in a future update.

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By djmgar (@djmgar)

Thanks. I’ll wait patiently… :-)

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By blahalb09 (@blahalb09)

When I refreshed this page all of the avatars went to the old anonymous picture. When I refreshed this page again, all the avatars were back to normal. Why did this happen?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Avatars are one of the last things to load on this site. Perhaps your page stopped loading before it reached the “load avatars” stage.

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By Kathy (@kathy)

I don’t know if has already been suggested, sure its probably been thought of, how about a column on the leaderboard to show if you have the me or md? :)

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It’s a very good idea. A small problem is that we don’t have a whole lot of room to expand horizontally, but we will keep in in the back of the mind :)

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By Kathy (@kathy)

Cool! Understandably space is limited. I have no clue how to run or design a website..I comend you guys on your hard work and efforts
And ty for this site to help all of us ab addicts.:)

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By sunshine (@sunshine)

Kathy, question…are you having trouble reopening levels 3,4 and 5 after using MD in year of the dragon? (I’m asking because you use an android also)

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