Surf and Turf level 18 is fairly easy and can be done with one boomerang bird. Just fire him and at a medium arch and have him loop back so he destroys the bottom wood beams supporting the structure. With a few tries all the pigs will come crashing down. The score in the video below is 56,920.
Version 2022:
63k, no-birder, nothing but the quake. Took me about 2 minutes. I don’t think this score can be achieved with the use of any birds.
@BirdLeader — If Bill says you need to use the quake to get 63K, and some of the best players are at 61K. How are people getting 64K without PUs or without using facebook?
@mvnla2 see my post below.
I used the bird enlarge whatever and got over 61k I won’t post that I could only get 58k without power ups that is what I earned with my own skill..I dont see how the scores can be differentiated. Until they figure it out it puts shooters who are truly trying to challenge their skills at a disadvantage also puts all scores under suspicion. Hope they figure it out soon..
I’m still sad about this PU mess @kathy. I hate feeling suspicious every time I see a high score. Unless its a player I’m familiar with I’ll always wonder,& that’s not good. @dollarbills knowledge of PUs at least gives us an idea of what is achievable with or without them. I really don’t know how @admin are going to solve this. I’ve not used 1 yet,I just don’t want my scores messed up. I guess for now we’ll just have to trust as much as we possibly can. Heres to honest happy flinging:)!!
@JLZ666 I agree wholeheartedly ..I wish.I hadn’t tried it cuz now my score in the game says 61k I know my best is 58 so I am happy to have the leaderboard to rely on storing my ” real’ score..To. honest and happy flingin! Cheers ..just keep finging..keep flingin..keep flinging…
Ha ha!! @kathy will do!!
Personally, I think that the whole PU issue isn’t going to see any sort of satisfactory resolution without Rovio issuing an update to ABo that alters the scorekeeping routine, thus having the app track a “traditional” high score, in addition to one obtained through the use of PU’s.
If that were to happen, then BL could add two columns to the leaderboard pages, those being PU High score and PU Average score. That’s just one opinion, but it has the virtue of being reasonable without being too technologically difficult.
Having said that, it is my fervent hope that Rovio isn’t potentially spoiling the upcoming Seasons update, thus addinf fuel to the controversy.
@mvnla2 – I know my 61.8 was without power-ups. If memory serves me (it was a while ago) it was not total destruction so higher scores are possible. I remember thinking it would be hard to beat, but I often find scores are not always consistnet with seemingly equal levels of destruction. I’m on the PU fence. I won’t use them now, but it may be a necessary part of the game in the future. The fans who post here are a relatively small number o ‘addicts.’ While I may not like it, PUs are apparently a way to make the game accesible to a larger audience – and downloads drive the business.
So strange @ABeggerToo I got email notification of a comment from you but its not here
.was from you to mvnla2 and I..hmm I refreshed and all twice..oh well? I have it and appreciate the sentiment of no offense taken :) didn’t get full comment o. Notification ..I don’t know it’s late lol..I think were all on the same page as far as this conversation has gone ;)
It seems like a whole series of comments I read earlier are gone now???
@PlayDBird ..ty lol not just me..we had a whole conversation and part of it vanished ..
I meant to come back to it but yes it’s gone…
I posted a reply explaining how I wasn’t offended and appreciated the effort being shown by members to ensure the site’s intergrity by checking for false scores. I also commented that @birdleader might consider deleting the thread – not thinking it would be done before you could read it. If its not ‘erased” I’ll ask @birdleader to post the entire thread on my activity page so it isn’t plugging up the walk through section. If so, I’ll let you know when it’s there.
Doh! Sorry all. Here is the response (BTW, agree that this should be removed eventually too):
Aimed lower than in video and tried to bring boomer back to hit lower vertical beam. Many tries to finally break all 3. Some debris left, so this score won’t stay as high for long.
I also hit the bottom three vertical supports to collapse the structure. If Boomerang Bird grazes the top of the solid little wood block it should take out the vertical wood planks.
Very nice observation with destroying the lowest vertical beams! I found this strategy to yield the highest scores in a ridiculous span of time (first try).
Yes, this is not the hardest of levels and there are not a lot of alternatives.
I will say this – this was one of the harder levels to get the Feather on. Be prepared to use all the birds to get the fruit in the boxes both to the left and to the right.
Just for the heck of knowing the difference between the 56k that I currently can achieve and a super size bird pu I got over 61 k..I can imagine what the pu quake does..who..would k.ow the difference if I had entered my 61k pu score in board..who would question ‘lil ole me’ I just don’t trust the boards amymore…I will take my under averages knowing proudly I earned it without pu’s I will further judge my scores by trustworthy freinds to know if I need improvement or if I’m average among trusted scores achieved without pu’s:)
Welll I did it beat average with no power up all with my own skill just the same as video. 58400 not the highest but its an honest score achieved with skill :)..58 400 and proud if it!!:) not that this waz a very hard level anyway. ..LOL..;))
Lol @ kathy..You would know and that’s all that really matters. As long as you know in your heart your scores are earned with out PU’s. All we can do is play with integrity like we always have and hope others do as well ;-)
58160 on my third try ;-)I’m just thankful for an easy level after 16 & 17, lol;-)
Hopfully they will come up with a “seperate” scoring system that allows it to show if PU’s were used, like the ME is seperate.
Wheeeee! I don’t normally come here to comment on my own score unless I am L-ucky enough to briefly get up near the top, but I wanted to clarify that I am also in the group that doesn’t use PUs… kind of pleased with this score, and it only took a couple of thousand tries…lol
This has been an interesting thread. I’ve been too busy to weigh in. But it is very interesting that in addition to physcis, we have an ethics lesson on ABN. I decided I am happy that I haven’t figured out how to work power-ups yet. (I haven’t even tried the space eagle!) I wonder, why do people cheat in a situation like this one? I work in higher ed. We see academic integrity issues all of the time. A number of universities are now offering free “massive open online courses” (MOOCs) where thousands of people can take non-credit courses for free. They are finding scores of plagiarism cases. I must be niave, but I just wonder why? Maybe I just want to be admired by my ABN competitors…
I just want to say ditto. It’s just a game and integrity of the scores is more important than a top 10 or 100 or 200 finish. Happy slinging!
One of those levels I can see myself playing and restarting a 1000 times just to try and squeeze a couple hundred more points out of.
Lol @thetoddman23 I think I can I think I can…
Fling…pause…restart…repeat…fling…pause…restart…repeat
did anyone else have this glitch happened? http://angrybir.de/Ngdlf6
@angryperson angryboy I cant tell what the glitch is by your link?I dont recall having a glitch though
the top bricks are stuck to the rock thing, and the bottom planks are stacked on top of each other impossibly
I had this happen. I did show my wife (doesn’t impress her as she doesn’t sling), then explained it away as some ‘force’ of birds nature.
@angryperson I’ve had it too. I just hissed at it, gave the wood a scratch for good measure, and hit the most used button in AB – reset.
Not a glitch – the boards and the stones are all jammed together,holding it up. Just a strange outcome that is not unusual for AB – as Sal said in the forum.
Top score for this level is not possible, could be a typo and they put an 8 instead of a 6…
@AMslimfordy
Hrm, user has consecutive top scores. I’ll have to ask.
60010 no power ups, on iPhone. So it’s possible. I had one piece of wood, one barrel, one damaged block and all the fruit left. Did it like everyone else, same spot just lucky with debris.
No power-ups used on this or any previous level. I won’t use them, I have no idea how to use them and I really can’t be bothered to figure it out. I’ll just keep flinging the natural way… LOL
The trick to this level is to get both barrels as well, I got one so far and it raised my score 860 points, I’ll keep trying for both.
Well @Kimmiecv after an awesome score on the last level i find myself back on this controversial level where i still don’t believe the high scores my phone score still says 61k ..wish i could reset that one and only pu for the heck of seeing what COULD happen as opposed to what really happens..so i think I’ll just sit on my 58k and move along…
I meant to add that i do agree with a couple cuz they are recognized high scores ..but some i believe are pu.s and this is such a difficult level it’s hard to determine
Just didn’t want anyone to think..that i dispute them all, they know who they are anyhooo..not to beat a dead horse..see ya soon:)
Awes geez I forgot about this half of the game @Kathy!! We didn’t play it together? Hmmm I thought we did? They’re all mixed together now!! LOL ;D
Ohhh this is the one you tried a PU on? I remember you saying you’d tried one! That bites!! :/ That’s why I won’t try them, not worth mucking up my scores!! So is the top score bogus then?
I’m not positive but i see no posts from them..i trust abeggartoo and thetoddman but never heard of the top scorer..I’m not going to waste my time on it..if you read posts above it was well discussed..
I got a score of 60540 then on the reset I had total collapse without a bird fired giving a score of over 62000 I am not entering that score on the board. This is just a note to remind myself, if this level is revisited in the challenge, that the collapse occurred and that explains the difference between the score I have entered and what my iPad is showing.
Hi @windwalker. Twice today for the challenge I’ve launched the first bird then noticed that the structure was already collapsing. Had I not sent the first bird the score would have been 63K+. I never use PUs in any Angry Birds games and have them disabled. I see references to “the quake” in previous postings but don’t even know what that is. This seems like a spontaneous self destruct as happens in other levels. The question is, will self destruct scores without PUs be allowed in the challenge?
Cc @mvnla2 @admins
@windwalker & @peejaydee27, what version of AB & iOS are you on?
Hi @justpast40. I’m playing AB HD version 5 on iPad Air. In settings it says version 7.1.2, but like @windwalker, I’m a bit technology challenged, so have no idea if that’s relevant!
@peejaydee27 I got the 0-birder too. First time I had allready launched the bird. Second time 62k. Third time 65k. Like with @stocktoad (further down),they all happened when I had the bird pulled back ready to launch. I tried maybe 30 resets without pulling with no self destruction. I play on android.
Now as you say the question is: will these scores be accepted?
@kelani @sweetp
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/gladvold/album/picture/13363/
@justpast40 have found I am on AB HD 5 on iPad. (Lol feel quiet chuffed at ferreting out all this info mind you @peejaydee27, it’s nice to know I’m not in a club of one)
BTW: Since suddenly several of us are getting 0-birders, has this level perhaps been changed in a recent update? I remember the Birdday Cake 4-10 challenge January 22 as another example. I see there is some discussion on the topic in the Angry Birds Leaderboard comments.
Hi@justpast40, have taken a photo of my iPad info, don’t know if that is of any use in determining the info you asked for
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/windwalker/album/picture/13364/
Hey @peejaydee27, thanks for your post, I have just seen it, I think we must be on different time zones. I see a lot of others have posted their scores so I will post mine too. @justpast40 being technology challenged I’m not sure which version I am using, if it’s important, and you can let me know how to find it, I’ll let you know.
Yes you’re right – 8 hours ahead of GMT here. Just missed out on the underdog badge again (never managed one yet!), but at least improved to 4th on the leaderboard. Happy flinging….
@peejaydee27 you did win an Underdog yesterday, everyone who beats the top score wins one.
There’s no decision on the 0-bird scores yet, but scores from self-destruction are generally allowed.
Congrats on your 1st puppy! :)
Wow! I misunderstood the info about the awarding of Puppies. I thought they went only to the player who took top spot as an improver at the end of the day. Duh!! Thanks very much for putting me right and letting me know @karen68. So happy I could yelp! :))
@peejayDee27 Congrats again, and another tip: when getting an underdog, please notify @SweetP and @Kelani when posting your screenshot and strategy. :) You can find out more about how this works by reading the first post on this page: https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/groups/badges-ranking-nominations-and-congratulations/
Per my note to @windwalker above, I have been looking out for the self destruct again, and it happened a third time. I managed to take a screen shot of it happening this time, and it clearly shows that PUs are disabled. So this is definitely a spontaneous self destruct. As 0-birders are allowed elsewhere in ABO, I’m assuming it’s ok to enter the score here in that case.
Cc @mvnla2 @admins
Sorry – didn’t attach photo links:
1. Self destruct in action – PUs are disabled:
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/peejaydee27/album/picture/13357/
2. Final score:
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/peejaydee27/album/picture/13358/
Cc @mvnla2 @admins @windwalker
I had the same thing happen as @peejaydee27 ; self destruction without any birds thrown which gave me 65,060. I will enter this as my score, but will remove it if you decide it does not count.
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/steely59/album/picture/13362/
I will leave it up to @admins , @kelani @sweetp to decide if this will earn me a puppy or not.
My best score with a 1-birder was 61,940.
1-birder for 62180, not a puppy but 250 points away, by aiming low over wall & literally activating as late as possible just over fruit crates. Only the 3 boxes with fruit remained & the 1 fruit near large pig, so it looks like if you can destroy everything as I did & the piece of fruit a puppy is possible without the 0-bird self destruct.
To PC players ( @uncle-b take note)…..If you have ever thought about downloading BlueStacks so you can play the latest games, this might be a good time. I played today’s challenge on the PC and the results were unremarkable at best. I couldn’t even improve my previous score. So…. I went to BlueStacks (even though I had to beat 17 episodes to get to this one) The difference in the game was very noticeable. When Rovio updated AB they must have changed how this level works. On the PC version, the wood is seemingly stuck to the permanent structure with glue. In the updated android version, a collapse of the wood is MUCH easier to attain. In fact, I had 3 self destructs like @peejaydee27 did. Unfortunately, the first one only ended up with a score of 57K and with the other two I had already flung the next bird before I noticed the collapse. I don’t know if it is a coincidence, but all three of the self destructs happened when I had the next bird pulled back and ready to fire.
The @justpast40 method, by the way, doesn’t really work very well on the PC, but does work very well on the android version.
Thanks for the heads-up @Stocktoad. The very first thing I noticed was that BlueStacks is 100x better than the other emulator I had previously tried and was so disappointed with that I uninstalled it the next day.
I find it a bit odd however that I can’t seem to find a “zoom in/out” feature on it for the AB screens ~ an I overlooking something? Haven’t seen any signs yet that Level 18 is about to self-destruct but perhaps it will surprise before the Challenge ends. Back to waiting…..
Thanks Again !!!
@uncle-b – I too have been looking into Bluestacks for my pc, as I recently upgraded from a Windows XP to a Windows 8.1 desktop. Even after following the ABN instructions on how to move my progress from the old pc to the new one, I have had no luck getting my old stats into the new machine.
While doing some research about Bluestacks, I came across a listing from 9-30-13 that might help you with your “zoom in/out” dilemma. Try going to Section 6.Control & Settings in the link below.
Hope this helps.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-run-bluestacks,review-1912.html
By the way, this is for a Windows PC.
Thank You @meanguy!
It looks like a great tutorial that will be quite useful.
@uncle-b you may have figured it out by now, but to zoom in and out you need to use the up and down arrows on your keyboard. You my have to hit the down a few times, but it does work.
Thanks @Stocktoad ~ No, I had not learned that yet. I put “Stacks” to bed for the night and went back to the PC version to play the next Challenge. But I’ll give it a try first time I have it open again ~ and a quick read of the tutorial seems to suggest that “Control +” and “Control -” also zoom the screen view.
Current top score is from a 0 birder as described above.
@whoosher, congrats! To earn the Underdog Badge (puppy), you’ll also need to post a screenshot of your score in your AB Nest Album and give a shout out to @kelani and @sweetp who are our Challenge Moderators. More info is in the FAQ for the Underdog Challenge: https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/about/faq/#challenge
Less than an hour to go before this one is done and the next Challenge starts.
@gypsybird Screenshot is in my album I think.@kelani @sweetp
Thanks @whoosher. You got the Badge so it worked. Congrats again and to the others who managed to beat the odds on this one.
@gypsybird Thank you. Where can I find it?
@whoosher, To check for the winners of each challenge, look at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Agot3R5wMgordFFkaDlaTEFfTXdiSFJhZnVoS2xjVEE&single=true&gid=0&output=html.
Then you look on your profile page and look to the top right corner of your info – to the far right of your name. See the little bulldog? They used the dog from Surf N Turf for the Underdog Badge.
Well I finally got a Self-Destruct on the level ~ there really isn’t much sport in it though.
Thank You to @Stocktoad for encouraging me to install the BlueStacks android emulator which is what the self-destruct occurred on.
Should it be decided that the self-destruct scores will not be awarded the Puppy, there would be no disappointment on my part as I am actually in support of that decision. However if Puppies are to be awarded for the self-destruct score it would not be refused and to that end I submit the following screenshots:
Hello o o @Kelani and @SweetP
For Puppy #9 ~ Screenshots after the Self-Destruct and of the “Level Cleared” Screen:
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/uncle-b/album/picture/13366/
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/uncle-b/album/picture/13367/