Meet the AngryBirdsNest Crew

Maintaining AngryBirdsNest.com is definitely a team effort and without the support of the amazing Angry Birds community (read: you) none of this would be possible, so from all of us, “Thank you”. Also, a BIG thanks to Rovio for giving us permission to do what we do.

Bird Leader

Bird Leader

I created AngryBirdsNest.com in the summer of 2010 as a way to give back to the Angry Birds community while helping myself conquer this amazingly addictive game. My then 3-year-old son and I played A LOT of Angry Birds and back then there really wasn’t an easy way to get help or share strategies. Having a background in web development and video games, I thought I’d approach Rovio and ask them if I could create a fan site. To my surprise, they agreed and even provided some of the very assets (artwork, etc.) you see today. I guess the rest is history. While I don’t respond to as many comments as I used to, I am still actively involved on the site on a daily basis.

Be sure to check out ABN on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and YouTube! You can also Follow Me (personally) on Twitter

SweetP

SweetP

Watch out Mad Max, SweetP is our resident road warrior! Born in Hawaii, she is the only person to have ever ridden a motorcycle non-stop all the way across the Pacific Ocean to California. When she finally hit land she was so exhausted that she just couldn’t go on, so this is where she has been ever since. Wait?! I think I forgot the part about the sharks. Oh well, moving on … When SweetP is not tearing up the road, or out on the links, she’s probably helping a fellow flinger on the Nest or attending to the daily Angry Birds Challenge. Like Mad Max before her, that’s just how she rolls! And we thank her for it.

Mighty Red

Mighty Red

Silence falls over the stadium and the arena rumbles as Mighty Red enters. The respect has been earned and the crowd knows it. Few, if any, Nesters have played as many Angry Birds games as the MIGHTY — Mighty Red. He’s completed every objective, 3-starred every level, and mastered every rank. The diamond tiers can barely hold him. He’s a God among us. Yeah, as I said, the respect has been earned.

Bernersenn

Bernersenn

You’re the man now dog! Hailing from the south of Netherlands, @bernersenn, is an adventurous spirit who is always looking for a challenge (Angry Birds or otherwise). As his name and avatar imply, he loves Bernese Mountain Dogs — which in Swiss-German translates to … wait for it … Bernersenn. In addition to being an avid flinger and Nester @bernersenn is also one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. We are all lucky to have him as part of the team!

… and a special thanks to everyone else who contributes to the Nest on a regular basis! This is what a community is all about. Go TEAM!

Huge THANKS to our Past Admins

AMslimfordy

AMslimfordy

The man, the myth, the legend. In addition to being one of our main contributors, Slim is also the chief moderator. He single handily responds to hundreds of comments each week, helping thousands of Angry Birds players along the way. It doesn’t stop there though. He has superpowers! Shhhhh… One such power gives him super news-sleuthing ability. Another allows him to store vast amounts of Angry Birds data in his cerebral cortex. Yet another allows him to understand something called “number theory”. Yeah, who knew. I just don’t want to get on his bad side.

sal9

sal9

Sal comes to us from the world of game modding. Yes, he’s l33t, so be careful. Exactly how his background in modding translates into an amazing ability to fling our cute feather friends we may never know, but we’re not ones to complain. In addition to being a top flinger Sal is also a gifted graphic designer. If you haven’t already, definitely check out the awesome Angry Birds backgrounds he has been nice enough to share with the ABN community (yes, showering us with gifts can help you become a moderator). These are just two of Sal9’s nine talents. The other seven are: shaving, chewing gum, breaking bottles over his head, smiling, putting lots of straws together to make one really big straw, tic-tac-toe, and last, but not least, jogging backwards.

E-Star

E-Star

If you need an honest answer that comes with a free smile E-Star (E*) is your gal. Permanently happy, and a gadget geek at heart, E-Star has taught herself how to play Angry Birds on two iPads simultaneously, all while teaching young children that pigs really are green. Seriously, who knew?! When she is not mentoring our future world leaders on the benefits of having an asterisk in their pseudonym, she can be found annihilating pigs in Angry Birds Seasons (of course capturing every second on HD video). While breaks are rare for E*, she does occasionally jump up, put her game face on, then run around her iPad while doing the ‘Vogeltjesdans’.

Kelani

Kelani

Despite the Hawaiian name, @Kelani hails from the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In addition to being a Master Flinger, Kelani is a jack of all trades who knows so much random trivia that people in The Bloated Pig simply call him, “Keloogle”. He’s also a musician / composer that plays the keyboard, guitar, trumpet, and vibraphone (Google it!). As a young child he thought to himself, “Why stop there?”, so he’s also a competitive chess player and has been an extra in a number of Hollywood blockbusters, including: Dawson’s Creek, Carrie II: The Rage and The Patriot. When Kelani isn’t laser focused on Angry Birds, hacking Linux, or building something with a rudimentary lathe, you’ll probably see him munching on Mentos. He’s so addicted that @e-star likes sending him surprise packages of varieties that are only available in the Netherlands. There’s something else I’ll have to Google!

Comments (255)

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8920 points
By antwan83 (@antwan83)

Thanks for an amazing website!

Rank: Master Slinger with 6960 points
By iamMighty (@iammighty)

Hats off to you all guys :)
Thank You for this website again.

Rank: Champion with 3070 points
By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

Thanks for your wonderful backgrounds and thank youfor the website! I might have only one full chapter with 3 stars if I did not know about this place

Rank: Avian Overlord with 18070 points
By trishohara (@trishohara)

Thank you for this wonderful website and community

Rank: Champion with 3915 points
By marc987 (@marc987)

Thanks ABNCrew for making AB more than just another game!..

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8570 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Best angry birds web page ever… Awsome work, you guys. Keep it up! :-D

Rank: Gold Flinger with 9295 points
By georgerxtx (@georgerxtx)

Awesome work guys.

How do you capture the walkthroughs??

Rank: Master Slinger with 6700 points
By wanda (@wanda)

Thanks for the behind the scenes peek. You guys do a great job!

Rank: Sling God with 36170 points
By catsnbirds (@catsnbirds)

Thanks for the brief intro to the ABN crew! I love being part of the nest, chirping away with my fellow crazy birders. The community adds so much more enjoyment to the game!!,

Rank: Champion with 3890 points
By crysjoe (@crysjoe)

Thank-you to a great fan site.
Much appreciated from the other side of the globe, Singapore

Rank: Pig Leader with 12140 points
By sunshine (@sunshine)

Really COOL!!! Thanks for your help and fast response!! I must go and play!!

Rank: Pig Leader with 12140 points
By sunshine (@sunshine)

How do you post a pic? How do you find your rank for badges? I come to the site daily (sometimes more than that), it looks like I’m loged in.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8570 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

You could post your desired picture in a image-sharing site, then link it here.

Mouse over your profile pic. to see the number of points you have. You’re actually 5 points away from being Deputized. Congrats!

Rank: Pig Leader with 12140 points
By sunshine (@sunshine)

Thanks for the help!!!! Have a great day. :)

Rank: Pig Leader with 12140 points
By sunshine (@sunshine)

Thanks again for your help. I needed to log out & login before I received my 5 points.

Rank: Sling God with 26055 points
By sal9 (@sal9)

You’ll also find more info about rankings and points here => Badges and Ranking

Rank: DaBomb with 360 points
By stopshootinme (@stopshootinme)

THE BEST FAN SITE ON THE INTER WEB

By Archibald

What did the drowning number theorist say?

log log log log log

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Very nice, haha. The only mathematical joke I really know is:

Yo mama’s so fat, she contradicts Whitney’s Embedding Theorem.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8570 points
By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

I don’t get it… haha

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

A human being is a 2-dimensional (Hausdorff, second-countable) manifold. Whitney therefore says a human being can be smoothly embedded in 4-dimensional space.

The joke is that “yo mama” would be so large that she could not be smoothly embedded into 4-space. HA, burned

Rank: Hardened with 565 points
By Austin (@austin18)

Slim, how ’bout this one:

Yo mama so fat, she’s got more chins then a Hong Kong phone book. lol.

Rank: Master Slinger with 6760 points
By username12345 (@blahalb09)

Have you guys ever heard of the “find x” joke? http://i44.tinypic.com/a2f7zq.jpg

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

*SMH* Yeah, I’ve seen that a few times.

I prefer the proof that 1=2: Confuse your parents

Rank: DaBomb with 355 points
By Kun Parekh (@kun-parekh)

The ‘1=2’ joke is actually wrong because cancelling x-x on both sides actually is (x+x)(x-x)/(x-x) which is (x+x)(x-x)/0 which is undefined. This leads to 1=2. Various algebraic identities can also be used to prove 1=3, 2=4, 1=6 etc.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Yes, I know that. But most people forget that you aren’t allowed to divide by 0 and claim that “proof” to be true.

Rank: Master Slinger with 7205 points
By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I think y’all need to work on some new jokes. :-)

By Jeremy James

My g/f has Rio on PC, she has completed first four main stages and we had an internet outage last night, then when we got internet back, all the main stages are locked except the first one with each one having to be completed but it shows 3 stars already. We have tried reinstalling the game a few times already with our key and the same result. Is there another place to download Rio or how do we fix this issue. We all know that it is time consuming to just get that far, please help!!

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I need a little more information from you before I can properly help.
1) Where did you download the app from?
2) So all levels are locked (except 1-1), but the pre-existing score is still there?

By Jeremy James

This is what we got to d/l the game in our email: You can download the game from: {direct link}. Please follow the installation instructions here http://shop.angrybirds.com/pages/pc-installation-guide.

Once installed, click “Activate Full Version” button, and enter the activation key into the pop-up dialog. Note that the key is case sensitive.

If you have any questions, please see Frequently Asked Questions here http://shop.angrybirds.com/pages/pc-faq.

Sorry, not 1-1, the main stages menu at the beginning, the other ones are locked even though smugglers den is complete. We did purchase the game and have the key in our email.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

OK, so you got your app from download.angrybirds.com and you have your activation key. That’s a good start. Just so we don’t spam over this page, I’m gonna write you an email and we can communicate from there. I have a few other questions before we can work towards an actual resolution.

By Cconley777

This site and you guys are the VERY BEST! Thanks for all the fabulous tips and help you have provides all of us crazies.

Rank: Hardened with 625 points
By eabluebird (@eabluebird)

Without this website, I wouldn’t be so great at angry birds! Thanks so much!

Rank: Pig Leader with 12140 points
By sunshine (@sunshine)

Welcome! Enjoy, everyone is very helpful! :)

Rank: Fling King with 4870 points
By Harrystar6 (@harrystar6)

this website is awesome! keep up the great work!

By Dylan

This site is amazing! Without you guys i would had a lot of trouble with Go Green, Get Lucky. Those Irish pigs are a lot tougher then the normal ones! (Sorry if i offend anyone.)

Rank: Hardened with 735 points
By Bob (@nnll14)

I am like FugiToast, I am going to start making computer products and the small business is going to be called banana even though aim allergic to bananas.

Rank: Champion with 3550 points
By hristaki032 (@hristaki032)

I like this site just how I like Angry Birds.Big THANKS to Bird Leader end to everyone who help all the fans.

Rank: Master Slinger with 6760 points
By username12345 (@blahalb09)

Does Fujitoast really save baby seals?(because i know everything about slim and BL are true)

Rank: Master Slinger with 6760 points
By username12345 (@blahalb09)

I’m guessing not.

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By iamMighty (@iammighty)

Whatever is written here is true! Even I didnt believe it at first ;)

Rank: Explosive with 2325 points
By MUFC (@mufc)

This side is wery nice. Thanks for the great side. :)

Rank: Gold Flinger with 7655 points
By Chicadee (@chicadee)

Thanks for the site and all the work you’ve all put into it. When I first started playing I googled for help/info but didn’t find this site or anything useful! As I kept playing, I wanted some information about the Golden Eggs so did another search but this time entered “Angry Birds Golden Eggs” and fortunately this site came up as the first entry.

I don’t know if you know this but if you just google “Angry Birds”, this site doesn’t come up until the 4th page! I don’t know about everyone else but I rarely look at more than 2 pages when searching for anything.

Since you are sanctioned by Rovio, couldn’t you get them to link you as a helpful site etc.on their webpage? The only thing they have at present is a note to say look at YouTube. This site is a lot more helpful than YouTube.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

No, that’s Google’s search algorithm. Very unfortunate that we’re on the 4th page, but we are pretty high if you add basically any word to “Angry Birds”.

Enjoy the site :)

Rank: Hardened with 735 points
By Bob (@nnll14)

If I search AMslimfordy, on google, I gt this site. Just did it to get here to post what I was gonna say.

Rank: Pig Leader with 10760 points
By PdB (@playdbird)

I found this interesting so I tried it.

The Nest came up on the third Google page, so you all are getting some traction ;-)

Rank: Hardened with 735 points
By Bob (@nnll14)

You guys really help. I don’t know what to do about AB whiteout you. I really want to tip one of you in any way you ask.

Rank: Master Slinger with 5655 points
By Angrybirdy0420 (@angrybirdy0420)

You guys are AWESOME!!! I’m so glad I found this site. It has helped me countless times. Thank you for taking valuable time out of your busy day to keep this up and running.

Rank: Sling God with 45310 points
By Kathy (@kathy)

You all know how much I love this site…thanks! And thanks for the history above…its pretty cool to know how it all began…fuji doesnt even like cinnamon toast? Anyway great to know a few fun facts about Founding Feathers:)

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Temporary avatar change. I feel it is necessary. That was exhausting. Over 10 GB worth of video used to finally get the feather in Danger Zone 5.

Videos will be online tomorrow.

Rank: Master Slinger with 5690 points
By Peatree2 (@peatree2)

And who knows how many eagles… :) Finished that one just now… phew!

By Wrasheed

It’s April 10. Then I was commenting. Why it always say:
Your comment is awaiting moderation

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Your commenting history suggests that it requires administrative moderation.

Rank: Debriefed with 1465 points
By massive eagle (@massive-eagle)

hi!!
what do you use to record the walkthrough videos?
please respond ASAP!
thanks a ton!
:D

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

On iOS, video capture requires a jailbroken device.

Rank: Slinger with 1200 points
By hog popper (@hog-popper)

what about pc?

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

There are hundreds of recorders for PC.

Rank: Champion with 3295 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

One tip, from personal experience, I wouldn’t recommend CamStudio (at least the free version). I use it, but need an extra piece of software to convert the files. I’m thinking about changing! :)

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Oh boy do I second that one. CamStudio is Hulk-ish, and not in the awesome-green-unstopable-force kinda way, but in the bulky, slow, kills everything it touches sort of way.

I’m using HyperCam right now. It’s a bit minimalistic, but it’s OK.

Rank: Debriefed with 1465 points
By massive eagle (@massive-eagle)

unrelated.
how come some users’ @ username is different than their username (without the @)

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Not quite right. @ is precisely the person’s username. The “other name” that normally appears is the person’s nickname.

Members are not required to have their username and nickname match, though it is preferred for simplicity.

Rank: Master Slinger with 5510 points
By pianistrevor (@tnatiuk17piano)

I use a couple things to get recorded video in 720p60. First I use an HDMI cable to connect that to a video conversion box and that goes into another box with a flash drive, which I then transfer onto my computer, edit it, resize/correct aspect ratio, then compress it and voilá!

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