The Bloated Pig - A Place for Weary Flingers Page 2530
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  • Hey @Rat, do you remember when the Solar System update went out without you noticing it? You told me that pigs would fly next time I would sit on top of the leaderboard.

    I remember that, and that's why I am happy, proud, honored, sorry and afraid to announce you that...



    Pigs fly in Cold Cuts!



    Pigs fly in Utopia!


    and



    Pigs fly in Danger Zone!




    I hope you will forgive me such an offense...
  • why sad @BPC ?
  • I'm soooo confused lol. . @sglouk not sure what you mean, private joke between You and @rat9 ,you could not have bested him? ruh roh..
    Ob I'll take something strong and go sit in the corner out of the way :/
  • @Sglouk -- Congrats! I'm sure @Rat will take notice.
  • @mvnla2 I am not convinced "the best in the world" are not here. It's hard to say when players do not update their scores. TMAMB and Asher have posted incredible ABO scores, though Asher has not yet entered all levels.
  • good night all..
  • Wow @Sglouk! You took out a full page ad. Were you scared I'd miss the siege on my kingdom? ha ha ha And I see you've trained an entire squadron of flying pigs. I'm impressed. I'll be back to play soon. I'm currently training a squadron of angry birds to attack your pigs. It should be an interesting battle.

    BTW, your attack on Danger Zone level 30 hurt me to the quick. It was my first unique Rat StRAT, my baby. Congratulations on a job well done.

    @BPC Haven't you realized that you're one of the top fingers in the world yourself? You've got my brother Alan nervous.
  • Thank you for the compliment @rat, but no, I do not consider myself a top player. I have done quite well in a small number of episodes overall, but I have never been at the top of any episode for very long. Eventually, my position sinks out of the top ten. If more players updated their scores, I wouldn't be anywhere near the top :)
  • Quick question: I can't find where to manage my subscriptions. Can anyone help?
  • @Bpc I did know how at some point, but i just tried and can't figure it out :/ I thought it was 'click on your name in the upper right and bring down the drop down menu, and edit profile ' but no that's not it. maybe @admins can help i think it's changed, Sorry
  • @kathy Yeah, I remember it wasn't alway straight forward, but I could always find my way there eventually. I remember a page with a list of all the walkthrough pages I had subscribed too. I am getting too many notices and want to clear it out.
  • also I'd like to ask if there is an easier way to delete notifications, i have 485 or something like that, probably every mention I've ever had in 5 years lol, orher than deleting one by one i see no other way. would be nice to have a select check mark or a select all button.
  • Yes @BPC , i remember that also, now i see no other way than when you get a notification from a page your subscribed to, open it and uncheck the box at the bottom of that particular page ,walkthrough, forum etc..
  • @Kathy I found an old post from @E-Star helping you on the same topic in 2013 in the BP! Trouble is, the directions still work, but I know not all of my subscriptions are showing up, only newer ones. Maybe I am losing my mind :)

    E's post:

    But if you want you can manage them all at once Kathy... just go to a page you know you get notifications from and scroll to the bottom.
    - Underneath the comment box there is a green highlighted text saying
    "You are subscribed to this post. Manage your subscriptions.
    - " Tap "manage" in that sentence and you will be taken to the page where all
    your subscriptions are listed.
    - Mark those you don't want anymore
    - scroll down to the bottom of the page and mark "delete"
    - tap "update subscription"
    - you will get a message stating it can't be reversed and are you sure
    - tap okay and voila, no more dings from those pages :D
  • Thanks @BPC I'll try that, but still need a solution to the notifications :/ ah well one thing at a time .
    And Again don't assume that your standing isn't what it should be because top scores havent updated there scores. I'm sure that if they have played and achieved a higher score they would have posted it? I'm a bit confused as to why you think they haven't?
    Your a top flinger ,proven by your boards, accept the credit ;)
  • @Kathy some players, like ernor63 no longer enter and track their scores here, believing the leaderboards are too full of "fake" high scores achieved with PUs. I don't know how many high scores were achieved with PUs, but I can remember more than a few that simply don't add up. I don't think there is much that can be done about it, unless the score is miles above second place, so I try not to think about it too much.
  • That's even more reason @BPC to be proud of your standing, above even those who have entered 'fake scores ' but i really have faith in the boards here,and believe there are enough of us true flingers that question any outrageous scores and notify admins, i for one am constant about questioning unbelievable scores and usually admins look into it asap, yes I'm a pita but that is the only way to keep the boards clean. has Enror given indication that is why he no longer enters scores? if you have achieved 7th place on Seasons boards above and beyond those who have possibly used PU to acheive 1-6 , (ihaven't checked who owns those spots, ) you have Done awesome, and if those as Enror choose not to beat all odds and discount the cheaters then consider yourself among the best !
  • Okay @kathy, I am freakin' amazing! :):):)

    His comments can be found in a rely to Dr O on the last page of the comment section of ABO leaderboards http://www.angrybirdsnest.com/leaderboard/angry-birds/. Not the first time he has indicated a reluctance to track scores here. Manu also appears to have gone, as has other previous "top ten" players. It is a shame, their scores were an aid in policing the leaderboards.

    BTW, what does one have to do to get a badge for policing the boards? ;)
  • @BPC to achieve the leaderboard guardian badge, you just flag the bogus score and notify admins, on a consistent basis and hope someone notices your efforts and nominaes you. which is the downfall imo of the whole awarding of badges system., that the admins don't take notice until another member has nominated you for the badge:/
    there are lots of improvement in the site that could be implemented in a perfect world, but in light of that we as members must work together to help admins to recognize issues, and to recognize those who deserve recognition .

  • @BPC I've briefly read Enror comments on the link you've provided, i will look more tommorow, but my first impression is he's a spoilsport,i like pointdexter reply as well as yours, but again i didn't read the whole thing. it's late here and I'm about bedbound..
  • Hi @AmazingBPC and @QueenMa
    Still having technical problems but thought I'd pop in and say...Good Night Ma.
  • Hi Pa ;) Nighty night Pa ♡
  • Yes i know I've been slacking on The Whine Tuesday club, so be it ...
    *sets out baskets of earplugs on the bar, and tables, and one by the entrance door*
    Feel free to
    Wwwwwwihhhhhiiiiinnneee whenever Tuesday happens where you are :D
  • Nighty night Pa ♡
  • Royal Dreams Ma
  • @Kathy @BPC -- I totally understand ernor's position. There are a lot of fake scores on the leaderboards.
  • Has anyone here ever noticed that New Hampshire's flag with the State's seal resembles an AB drawing?

    http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst048.gif

    :)
  • @BPC -- Can't say that I've ever seen that flag before. Maybe it inspired Rovio. : D
  • @mvnla2 @bpc @kathy
    Well I don't understand why anyone who's a great flinger not posting their scores or their strategies.
    Not mentioning any names, but there are those who cheat, those that are suspicious, those that read our (hard worked out) strats, but never post theirs, and the just plain rude and ignorant.
    But that should never stop us hard core of flingers. Not just those in BP, but we can all think of loads that made this site what it is
  • @hunnybunny I fully agree, I do understand Enror point, But seriously There always going to be fake scores, that's a given. I think the admins And members do a great job policing the boards and weeding out cheaters. But those of us Who know we dont cheat, and most of us know the well known respectable flingers, so take it with a grain of salt.
    I mean in all actuality Does Anyone Reallly know ? I'm sure @rat9 has overcome and overtaken cheaters probably much to their surprise, and maybe they are struggling with the fact they just didn't cheat good enough lol;) Joking but really to refuse to enter scores because you didn't want to compete agsinst a cheater, to me is a cop out.
    Anyway I came to Wwwwwwihhhhhiiiiinnneee TP 1-1 there's a stupid stubborn bacon bit that floats off the parachute Who Refuses to give up!!! I almost had top score if not for himm!!!
    Whiiiiinnneee
  • @mvnla2 I had never noticed the flag either until the other day. I had just turned on the news and there was Hilary Clinton speaking with this huge image behind her. At first glance I thought she was at some sort of AB convention, but I quickly came to my senses and saw that it New Hamshire's state flag. it looks like it came right out of a Seasons or Rio level!
  • Thanks for the compliment @Ma. Cheaters just make me try harder. And I've never understood the satisfaction someone would get out of entering a bogus score. ????

    I have a hard time looking past Hillary to see the background @BPC. Her parsing of the English language mesmerizes me. ha ha But you're right about the flag...straight out of Seasons.

    Speaking of Seasons, I've heard y'all talking about how levels have gotten easier since the last update. I haven't flung much lately because I haven't felt well, but I recently played three or four levels in Space for the first time this year. Each one was easier than it used to be before the update. They modified DZ-22 so much you can get a large boulder down the chute now instead of a small wood or concrete ball. All my hard work to attain high scores has been for naught. No offense meant @Sglouk, but I now have a better understanding of how you caught me. Please don't get me wrong. You're an awesome flinger and I'm not trying to take anything away from your accomplishments, but you didn't play the Space I played. But we all have the same update and I'll be flinging at the "New and Improved" Space soon. See ya at the top.
  • @Rat
    I had not noticed, but I'll check. Btw, just got 96k on 2-5 (tip: wait several hours before firing IB).
  • @BPC Lol yes it does look like an angry bird drawing hee hee
    @sglouk which episode in space are you working on? someone buzzy just stole one of my trophies in RP Mirror, not you. it was Bird Maniac :/ I'm sure lots of my trophies will be taken :(
  • @Kathy
    Old (non mirror) version of Cold Cuts. There is a new instability in CC 2-5 that should allow a 120k one-birder, possibly a 130k 0-birder.

    @mvnla2 I'll post about this instability on your thread when I have a better Internet connection.
  • @rat I feel for you
    Seasons Cherry Blossom 1-5
    My best puppy ever. I was the only puppy winner. I beat a top flinger, with the world's most difficult Seasons shot, involving little red having to shoot upwards and slightly bend to the right.
    Karen68 and AngryChicken decimated my score with a couple of birds when Seasons got easier.
    There's a whole word of easier levels out there.
    I think Rovio just played it in to the hands of the old timers, made us revisit, not waiting for updates. While they get on with all the Epic stuff that we don't play. Not a bad ploy
  • OMGiraffe There's 643 Seasons levels that may or may not have got easier, and 345 Space.
    and @bonneypattycat has found loads in ABo
    Good luck all...
  • @Hunnybunny May your CB 1-15 trophy RIP. Another victim of the update.

    @Sglouk How does one discover the need to run a level for two hours before flinging? Did it show signs of instability early or did points accrue that gave you pause? I'm seeing nothing early on to indicate waiting. I wonder if it's another device dependent glitch. I fling on an ipad Air. How about you?
  • @Rat
    Intuition!
    A level with moving parts is more likely to harbor an instability.

    Got 112k today, with latest iOS version (non HD).
  • @Rat
    You must wait much longer than 2 hrs, maybe 8, till central circle bursts.

    I tested also on PC v2.0.0 (Beak Impact update), and the instability was already there.
  • Thanks @Sglouk. It ended up taking 12 hrs, with no point increase during the last 4. But it must have been building up a lot of pressure because when it exploded, it EXPLODED! A zero-birder for 137,990. Whoo hoo!

    Edit: It's your move @Sglouk. Long live the King.

    cc: @Mvnla2 It's DZ-4 all over again. Wait long enough and you can get a zero-birder on Cold Cuts 2-5 too.
  • Happy Friday:D
    Have a Fantabulous Day everyone ☆☆☆☆☆☆
  • Lonely I'm so lonely i feel like i could cry :(
    Ob I'll have some kinda tropical drink when you have a moment /
  • @rat9 no move yet for me. With one or two attempts per day, a 0-birder might take a week.

    I have found however the reason of the instability: from time to time the left and central circles collide, and contact happens at the leftmost wooden block of the central circle. This is enough to very slowly damage it, and points come from this damaged block. When score reaches 1150, it seems that the block always breaks, triggering the explosion of the circle. I posted a vid of the last moments before the explosion on the 2-5 walkthrough page.
  • @Sglouk The sad part is, even if you get a zero-birder, the odds are not good that it will be as high scoring as mine. I used all my luck for the week that day. The last four or five segments even bounced around on the planets surface scoring points and almost disintegrated. I was surprised that they didn't. I almost had a clean sweep.

    Btw, I could have told you where the points came from on the first and only day I ran CC 2-5. I thought you knew. It's really obvious. And I'm so sorry you've felt the need to run this level twice a day for the last week. It's a good thing you have two devices. I only have the one ipad so I had to get a high scoring one-birder on my first attempt. You can't imagine the pressure that put on me to do great quickly. ha ha ha ha ha I couldn't afford to tie up my only stress reliever. The whole time I'm pondering how to shoot the second bird. You don't want to wait ten to twelve hours and then flub the second shot. Problem was, I never got to shoot the second bird. Still haven't. Never will. ha ha

    Anywho, just wanted to say thanks for the tip again. And congratulations! You've gotten some impressive scores. Not Rat impressive, but flinger impressive none the less. he he

    They can't be in love @Hunnybunny. I think they're cousins. Two of the ugliest...

    Oh! I forgot to tell you Ma. He likes to be petted on his furry spots. Good luck finding them.
  • Ackkk Pa !! What is it? I do feel sorry for the poor thing lol
    Nice Flinging @sglouk You have more patience than I, i hate waiting..nice job:)
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