Squawk! Please, DO NOT enter scores using Power-Ups. This includes the Shockwave Power-Up in "Short Fuse". For more info on what qualifies as a Power-Up score see this post. Note, if you've used a Power-Up previously you can still compete by entering your highest non Power Up score. We can tell the difference. Facebook users should not enter any scores on this leaderboard. Also, scores from modified LUA (PC) or modified game versions of any AB games will not be allowed in this leaderboard.
- Jurassic Pork
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- Total Scores Entered: 7,997 by 237 users
- Most Points Overall: 10,225,820 by jrsquonk
- Tutorial
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- Total Scores Entered: 3,074 by 241 users
- Most Points Overall: 2,376,890 by Angrychicken
- Flock Favorites
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- Total Scores Entered: 11,932 by 568 users
- Most Points Overall: 4,221,350 by Dr O'Neski
- Mine And Dine
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- Total Scores Entered: 91,845 by 2,476 users
- Most Points Overall: 6,399,952 by Desperate Dan
- Ham 'Em High
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- Total Scores Entered: 105,465 by 2,530 users
- Most Points Overall: 5,385,763 by Desperate Dan
- The Big Setup
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- Total Scores Entered: 107,026 by 2,681 users
- Most Points Overall: 4,541,708 by Desperate Dan
- Danger Above
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- Total Scores Entered: 113,497 by 2,845 users
- Most Points Overall: 5,636,992 by Desperate Dan
- Mighty Hoax
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- Total Scores Entered: 115,410 by 3,128 users
- Most Points Overall: 4,120,961 by Desperate Dan
- Poached Eggs
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- Total Scores Entered: 237,608 by 5,075 users
- Most Points Overall: 4,910,234 by Desperate Dan
- Surf & Turf
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- Total Scores Entered: 54,765 by 1,736 users
- Most Points Overall: 4,827,603 by Desperate Dan
Update on Power-Up Scores
For now, we are disallowing any and all scores entered using “Power Ups”. We will be vigilantly monitoring the leaderboards to keep them PU-free (pun intended).
To all those who want to enter their “Power Up” score, please hang tight. We plan to allow these in a separate way to allow you to brag about your PU-aided score. Hopefully this can be done in a timely manner, but please understand that this is a major and impromptu overhaul that we were not really prepared for.
Thanks for your patience in this matter.
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ABN Staff
very well then, I will erase mine. hehe!
I really think it is going to be a big fat mess. If you guys have a solution, I commend you.
Prior to today we only kept one score per user, per level. Not anymore.
Starting now we have a history of the scores people enter, which means that if you accidentally enter a score using a power up you can easily revert back by entering “-1” in the score entry field. You can go back multiple times as well (if you have history for that level). It’s important to note that undoing a score on a level does not delete it..
In theory, you can use this to log multiple scores or track your progress on a level over time. Granted, right now only one score displays, but I will be working on ways of accessing this info.
Lastly, entering “0” on the leaderboard will still remove the score, so use that wisely. If you delete a score it is no longer in your undo history.
Disclaimer: This is a brand new feature, so there may be bugs. We will work those out though.
cc. @amslimfordy, @dollarbill2208, @chicadee
Makes me sad to not have the top spot in this episode anymore :(…android update soon please!
Oh, I feel your pain @thetoddman23. My Page 1 rank is slowly but surely sliding towards Page 2. My PC has the download available but I’m too paranoid to click it yet. I’m waiting for the more adventurous amongst us to confirm there’s no bugs/glitches that may wipe my scores.
Never mind, as soon as we do play these levels, I’m sure you at least will probably get back to the top. A couple of us were working our way down through the 60’s but it’s all come to a screaming halt for now :(.
I dropped out of the top 10 too, but I just don’t have the time right now, last week of class. I will have to get back into the swing of things next week and then see where I end up after initial entry, and then try to get my top 10 spot back.
I’m sure you’ll make it back, and we’ll be in top 10 battle once again (-;
So I was playing Mighty Hoax and there was one level where I used Sling Scope to easily get my shot because I was in a rush. I got my normal 3* score but now can’t remember what level it was as it seems that there’s no indication that shows if Powerups were used in the level. Can Sling Scope scores still be counted in the ABN leaderboards? It doesn’t really improve your score in any way it just perfects the shot so you can get it quick and easy.
I would think it impacts your shot differently from how you would play it naturally. If this is allowed, how many arguments will we see for other power-ups that don’t really affect the score. In my opinion, we should all play at level ground. I’m completely ignoring the power-ups, don’t even know what they do, or how they are used, and I don’t care to know. If you keep playing clean, you don’t have to wonder if your scores are legit or not.
Pretty simply put, NO PowerUps. But you make a good point by saying scores cannot be proven to show if a Power Up was used or not. I’m really peeved that these jokers at Rovio decided to ruin the game for the all mighty dollar. It’s been a good few years of Angry Birds, but they ruined the game. 1st it was all the different formats and now these rediculus Power Up Cheats.. I’m done competeing, what’s the point. It’s no longer fair just to challenge a lead score, now it’s all the scores become questionable??
Thanks to Slim, Bird Leader and all the other guys helping out to make this a great site to play on. I’ll continue on, but not as much.
Sorry, we will be working on ways to accommodate and separate power-ups on the leaderboard. I’m quite confident now that they are indeed stored separately in your LUA file (this is the file that contains all your score history). While Rovio chose not to display a separate power-up score in the game, there actually is one. This also means that your non power-up score still exists. Both of which, is very good news. Why am I saying all this? Well, I think (hope) that at some point Rovio shows both scores in game. When/if that happens the competition factor really doesn’t change much.
@pjdambra if this is any reference to me, rest assured, I don’t ever post power up scores on the ABO side of the house, but I do enjoy using them, and posting the strats. I know I have a different way of thinking than a lot of people, so I apologize.
The reply was to the original poster, Fillmore.
I appreciate your honestly Bill, no need to apologize..
And Bird Leader, I hope your right about the dual scoring in the future.
@BirdLeader interesting to hear that the highscore file keeps track of a players highscore with and without power-ups. Personally that is the million dollar question and definitely the answer I was hoping for. I have sent several messages to Rovio in the past week and one of them I specifically asked about this exact thing. They did not answer that specific question but I was pretty confident that the info was retained.
It would seem to me that Rovio would have very little issue in correcting what they unraveled when they introduced PU’s. And I would also think that this would be an easy way for ABN to speak to the integrity of the leaderboards. I fully understand that not all players are using the iOS platform, but it would certainly be a step in the right direction if players were able to upload there .LUA file to input their scores on ABN.
I’m a little sceptical to have two diffrent leaderboards/two diffrent highscores or whatever ways you comes up with. In a way it feels like we give in and accept this way of intruducing PUs from Rovio and then they can insert these power ups in all their games. Secondly how will rookies to ABO see this with different highscores/different leaderboards and diffrent strats that people will post on ABN? They’ll think we are a bunch of reactionists and it’ll all be messy. I’d rather accept that ABO is sort of ruined and fight to save the others and hope for new series with PU or other intresting features part of the game from day one.
@pjdambra, I fully agree.
It’s hard to understand why Rovio did this. They created a fantastic game, had millions of satisfied players, and then they ruin their own work.
@birdleader: The problem is not the leaderboard. The problem is that the game is not fun any more.
@chriss You’re most definitely entitled to your opinion, but IMO the addition of power ups by themselves doesn’t significantly change the core gameplay. I think the lack of differentiation between scores to be the major flaw. If you’re power up score were separate it could almost be looked at as a new challenge — albeit an expensive one — much like collecting feathers.
@amslimfordy I have never made a request before because I think you all do a great job maintaining this site. I read walk-through comments often and am somewhat disturbed by PU comments being included. It is probably more of a minor irritation, but most of us don’t use PUs and they are not allowed to be entered into leaderboards. So why are the comments even allowed? I personally do not like their presence because it seems to be validating their legitimacy. I hope I do not see a future where PU comments inundate the boards. Perhaps another venue could be found for these comments such as a forum thread?
Comments with power-up strategies are certainly allowed. I see no issues with this.
Okay. I guess the old joke applies here.
Patient: Doc it hurts when I do this. *raises arm*
Doctor: Then don’t do that
@amslimfordy Although I do NOT want to be the guy who posts things that many people do not approve of, or find controversial, because I don’t want to be the one responsible for driving people away from ABN. I’m quite sure you and Birdleader feel the same. I’m starting to see a lot of comments from a number of members regarding this bitter disapproval, and to be honest, it’s got me a little worried.
Bitter about…. posting strategies with PUs? I mean, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. It’s now a part of the game, and we are quite hopeful for an improvement in the current system.
Agree. Strats using power ups are welcome and appreciated.
@ernor63
Can you please give me a tip for Surf and Turf Level 30 to get this perfect Highscore. Do you use Power Ups? For me its unreachable without them!!?? Highest by me 94k and i have no chance getting higher!!??
i believe in 105k but nothing higher without Power Ups
I believe +130k is on without power ups. 1st Nev bomb to the back 2nd into the wheel at 1 a clock stone
@cc-Jolly
ok thanks i don`t understand enough. Can you tell a description of all 4 Birds shooting?? At moment i am 98k, so 4k higher!!??
U only need 2 birds as above.
Yes i get it with 2 birds 94k plus 20k over birds: So at moment 104.090 points
sorry 84k plus 2birds
… so i give up, Game Over. no chance. My personall Highscore 105.700 using only 2 Birds!! SORRY unreachable!!
I just went from around 95k to 107k using the last strategy @hector posted on the level. I could see me reaching maybe 110k on that level based on how much is left. Beats me how @ernor63 could get over 120k on there, would almost require complete destruction.
@cc-jolly – you can definitely do more than 105K on S&T level 30. Forget powerups, don’t think about people using them. Most people don’t, and even if some do, those powerups are not that powerful. All you need to get high scores is the usual two things: 1) good strategy and 2) persistence. No powerups can beat that. Check the walkthrough page for this level: people describe very good strategies there. Try the easiest: yellow bird to take the pigs at the bottom, then black bird – to 1 o’clock position of the wheel. If you do the 1 o’clock shot successfully, you will have a lot of fun watching all sorts of crazy things the wheel does. This level is so much fun, don’t give up on it.
Thanks @annach i will try at afternoon :-)
115.380 Yeah thanks @annach and @ernor63 for this tip :-)
I’m also disappointed that they added the power-ups.
There were millions of satisfied players. Why did they want to “make it easier to get 3 stars”? Was anybody complaining?
I don’t understand why Rovio is destroying their own game.
And now that higher scores are possible, they should have chganged the score addict threshold.
Hi @chris Please post to my Thread in Forum “For or Against Power Ups”. Thanks
Okay, I will. But everything is said there, I think.
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forum/discussion/1299/for-or-against-power-ups-in-angry-birds-original
It is because they want to get more money from in-app purchases.
Get that credit card out, as they will take all your money. First the game, then mighty eagle, now power ups. What is next?
I know I am guilty. I own AB all 4 games on iPad and iPhone, so roughly 16.00 plus taxes. plus Mighty Eagle which was 0.99, so for 8 games that is another 8 dollars. I do refuse to buy power-ups. I don’t need power-ups to gain an extra 5k (or whatever)
I got a reply from Rovio regarding the King Pig today. Its only for ipad.
And:
– You either need all eggs, three stars in all levels.
– Or a toy from Mattel called Angry Birds Magic. If you put it near the screen of the iPad, the level changes to King Pig Mode.
Hrm, thanks for the info.
You’re welcome.
I discovered Surf and Turf is not needed to three star.
I had one level in birdday, and one level in Surf and Turf which had not yet three stars.
King Pig appeared after I three stared birdday.
And you had all the other Golden Eggs I assume?
Yes, all 27.
Great. I’m going to add this to the post. Rovio told me today it was just 3-starring, but I suspect all GEs is needed as well.
I heard/read about that yet. So hope it will added to other systems also !!
Surf n Turf Level #23: 81400 = 2 stars. If I could actually break 82k I’d be able to confirm that for three stars, but at least now I can sort of indirectly confirm.
@AMSlimfordy — This may be sour grapes, but are ABO scores obtained using facebook without PUs allowed on the ABO non-facebook leaderboard? There are now many comments on the walkthroughs suggesting that what is possible in facebook without PUs is not possible in ABO 2.2.0.
If facebook non-PU scores are allowed, then I think I should enter mine, which are still a lot better than ABO 2.2.0.
Facebook scores are only allowed on the Facebook leaderboard. At this time, this includes Surf n Turf, Pigini Beach and the tournament. As you know, this last update forced Birdleader and Slim to completely review their approach.
You will be informed of new developments in time.
The comment on the leaderboard pages only says that scores with PUs aren’t allowed. How certain are we that the high scores were not obtained on facebook without PUs?
Mvnla2, and the reason for that is because Facebook plays WAY different than ABO. The blocks don’t hit the same, or break the same, or respond to impact from birds the same. Facebook platform in general has a huge advantage over ABO. You can blame me for this if you want, because I am pretty much the one who convinced the admins of it. But I would like to know if you agree.
I guess personal integrity… as the case for any other scores posted here.
@dollarbill2208 — I agree that ABO seems to play a lot differently than facebook, at least for the newly released S&T levels, which I did play on facebook. What I’m wondering though, is that the message only says “no PUs”. Not clear to me that people understand that it is no facebook scores.
Gotcha, I agree that clarification would be nice. ;)
Facebook scores have never been allowed on the ABo leaderboard. There are checks and balances in place to ensure this.
@AMSlimfordy @BirdLeader OK, I know you guys are smart, but I’m mystified how you could tell if someone, me for example, entered their facebook scores on the ABO leaderboard. Rest assured that I haven’t. My profile says I play on iPad, but I have played some facebook AB episodes. For earlier episodes, those that I originally played on iPhone, I have entered the iPhone score in those cases where it is higher than iPad, so checking scores against gamecenter would not help.
I suppose you want this to remain a secret, but …
After working my way through World 1 the first installment (15 levels) of Poached Eggs, I have increased my score from 1,256,000 to 1,301,000 in about a day with the power ups. And I will tell you that I worked extremely hard to get 1,256,000 the traditional way. Anyway, I’m now far and away first place on Gamecenter, except for 1,372,000 by someone else which I think is a lie, and of course DarkGamingLord’s 9,223,372,bla,bla,bla,bla,bla,bla,807.
@dollarbill2208 I was curious to see what the point increase would be between playing with and without power-ups, so I appreciate the update. 1,256k is some very impressive shooting in its own right, so I have no doubt that you are a top player. I respect the fact that you are clear about playing with the power-ups and make no excuses for it. You seem to be at peace with the recent changes to ABO in fact I would go as far as to say you welcomed them. How were you able to put the feeling that you wasted many hundreds of hours working to achieve 1,256k only to re-play them today and find a n additional 45k? Doesn’t that burn you?
I hope you don’t take me asking as anything other than pure honesty. Since the update on Friday I have been playing mental ping pong with myself trying to determine if I wanted to continue playing AB. Then I see you an elite shooter with a completely different disposition. Again I appreciate you taking the time to post and your strats that I have come across.
Oh that stupid 2^63 – 1 score :(
@donnmega, thanks, I absolutely welcome the comment, and your curiosity. I have always wanted to be an elite shooter, and Worlds 1, 4, and 17 are those for me, but I haven’t put the time in to get all of the worlds like that.
I know some purists, and high rollers, like bastieroxxor, ernor63, moonsabre, and Nev have to be absolutely beside themselves with the power ups update, but I had a feeling something like this would happen, which is why I didn’t bother wasting too much of my time on it.
As far as I’m concerned, I am cool with it. I have already tried improving my Mine and Dine World 17 levels with the power ups, and it was not to be. It would still take a lot of hard work. On those levels, I was not able to do any better, so I am completely cool knowing that people will still have a difficult time beating me.
On World 1, I had already been one of the tip top players, and I still am, so I’m cool. ;) I’m not going to get myself worked up about something that they probably shouldn’t have done, after all, they are trying to appeal to the masses, and the elite players who have dedicated a good portion of their lives in being so, are only a super small percentage of that. I can play either way. Give me a bird, and a slingshot, and I will fling him until I can’t squeeze any more points out of the level. ;)
I can understand your points @dollarbill2208, but I just can’t agree personally. We all have different opinions, and that is fine. But when you are a top athlete and take steroids, or put cork in your baseball bat, just to get a few seconds faster, or a few more homers, you have to wonder though how other feel about this. But as @donnmega said too, you are not hiding it, you are very open about it, and seem to have reached a ceiling already and are now just exploring how far you can go above that. Is that a correct assumption.
Personally, I am not going to use these. I take pride in playing pure, and while I have been a top-10 player here for a long time already (okay, I’m not now, but I have to enter my S&T 16-30 yet, and I’ll be right back up there), I still would like to get closer to the top 5 guys. It’s a shame gamecenter is now going to get warped even more, as I generally have been in the top 25 there, and we all know there are close to 10 fakes out there. I guess I can no longer use those charts for reference now, and will just have to use it as a check-off, to make sure GC stays in sync with ABN.
I can appreciate your Feelings as per game center getting warped by PUs . In the new update rovio wiped us die hard crystal players off the map . My total scores which I or any players on crystal could easily look up gone . There were more than few of the top players on ABN on this board.
@Pointdexter5 I completely dont understand if the use of pu affects the averages on boards..I refuse to use them..I am not an ” elite” player as dollar bill seems to imply those platers are the only one bothered by this im just an average joe..I strive to be as good of a shooter as you and others like enrod and manu..I know I will never get there on my little android but its a goal and I learn from your efforts ..and if I ask you guys are always right there with help and strats..Throwing power ups into it is as you said like using steroids.
I would get no self satisfaction from that. Its frustrating to know that others using these and having them mixed in leaderboard puts an average player like me at a disadvantage :(
Don’t know where I was going with this..lol guess just ty for your reply to the thread and validating my feelings on the subject..;)
I have now reached 2.85M for S&T and points are getting harder to gain I can see that 2.9M is reachable but can’t find the motivation to dig in and do the hard work that’s needed to get there. Of course the issue with PUs makes my commitment and support to the game questioned for the moment as well as my motivation.
As I am mentioned here and some of my friends too, I thought I would reflect a little about my feelings and some of my insight into the state of AB. First to Bill (@dollarbill2208) I respect that you have another view on using PU’s in an established and old game that’s been around for a long time, but I have a totally different view on it. More like DonnMega’s and others have stated. That the way they did it is a slap in the face to this community of elite shooters.
But I also would have happily played with PU’s if they were introduced in a NEW series and in another way. I have like @DonnMega sent a lot of messages to Rovio to express my concerns and got some polite replys but of course no real insight on their plans. But they confirm that they are following the debate on ABN. PU’s could have been an interesting part in how to build a strategy for a level if they were included and limited in use. That would add a new strategic dimension to the game that would have appealed to even me, of course no charge for them. But the way Rovio did it, I will not even think about trying them.
And Bill you are right all the guys you mentioned expressed the same concerns and the posts from them that I know of indicate that they all are leaving AB now (Nev sad “I’ll put AB a side now”, moonsabre (@moonsabre), “all good things comes to an end” and Bastieroxxor (@bastieroxxor) will not download the new update.). That’s a pitty as we lose the very top elite of players and their strategies and insights. I know they are not regularly posting strats here but through their followers their strats end up at ABN quite often. This is a big loss for the whole community of elite player as well as for ABN and in the end Rovio them self. I have told Rovio this personally, and I will do the same if we don’t see any action from Rovio to restore our trust.
Thanks for weighing in @ernor63. As you can see, we’re on the same page as far as how we feel about the game. I do not know if I am considered elite on this board, but as a regular top-10 player I feel I’m a very decent shooter. School has kept me from playing as much as I have wanted, but I have finished S&T 16-30 now and should be back in the top 10 soon. I feel the PUs should have been handled the same as ME, where it does not impact the pure scores. ME is all about destruction, not about high scores. For PU, they should have done something similar, a separate score, just to see what you could reach as a max PU score. It could have added another level of competition yet.
For me this is all about seeing how high I can score, and it’s about competing with other top players. If we lose these players, it will not be as much fun any longer. I look at scores from players like yourself, and that is what I aim for. I may not get there, but I try. And I don’t mind sharing where possible. Some top players do, some do not, but that is okay.
I have not contacted Rovio yet, but if I would help if I did, let me know what is the best way to contact them. I think it needs to be clear to them that GC is a farce now, even though it’s not owned by them. It was already bad that people were able to get fake scores in there, but with PUs, these scoreboards are now going to be completely unreliable and it will be impossible to differentiate real players for PU players. ABN is my only valid way now to compare myself to other top players.
It’s a shame this conversation is not happening on the For/Against Forum thread. If Rovio is monitoring that they’re not seeing these very insightful comments from some of the best AB players.
I’m sure Rovio read this pages also. Infact they encouraged me to express my thoughs on ABN so other players could comment on them …”It might also be a good idea to post your game ideas to Angry Birds Nest forums so that other players could comment on them too. We do keep an eye on that site as well.”
To @pointdexter5 I contacted them through Rovios homepage. Look under support/contact. I consider all you guys that take score hunting seriously as elite players.
@ernor63.. If Rovio reads these discussions I wonder why they keep changing the game on such a consistent rate. The game started out as an iPhone app and then they started adding different versions for other devises that varied from the original game. These variations where all listed and discussed here on ABN.. All of that was bad enough but now they’ve gone way off the reservation with these PU cheats. These cheats are now beginning to affect the GC scores too.. That’s a lot of wasted time put in playing an Honest game.
If Rovio is just so concerned about just making more money then I have a solution that would solve all our problems. Make a new version of the game for competeing players. .. Call it Angry Birds Competition version.. Make the game exactly the same for all devises and NEVER make any changes that can affect past scores. No Golden Egg or Mighty Eagle baloney, just scoring .. Only updates allowed would be to add new levels.. I would be happy to pay for a version like this. Even if we would all have to start from scratch at least we would finally ALL be on a level playing field. After a few months all would be back to normal….
I agree with you @pointdexter5 . I’ve been working hard trying to catch up to the top players (you included) and I was almost there. It just won’t be the same without that extra push to the top. I’m just so disappointed.
@pointdexter5, you are absolutely considered a super elite player here. I apologize for missing folks, but also toddman and manumalin.
I visited angrybirds-score.com and the first thing i saw were comments blasting rovio about the update as well, and all by their elite players. In one post “angry birds has turned into a little kiddie game” with replies “i totally agree”.
I was not worried about being missed. I understand that some are just another step above the rest, so this is why I said I was not sure if I was considered elite or not. With my current total S&T score, I should be back to position 7 soon, and with classes ending today, I can finally work on improving more to further move up a bit. I also need to get my AB Space scores entered, and need to work on improving those yet too. Will be interesting to have to manage ranking for multiple games (you focus on one, get passed on the other…). And then there is seasons, which I was able to get for free during their promo a few weeks ago. Only played Atlantis so far, but decided to leave this one aside until I have ranking for both original and space up to where they should be.
Great discussion guys. I left this comment on another page, but I wanted to at least chime in here real quick. We have confirmed that the the LUA files that house your scores keeps track of standard and power up scores separately. This means that a solution to this issue is possible, so we will just have to wait and see if one materializes. While I know this is of little consolation, it at least offers a glimmer of hope to those of us who don’t use power ups. I actually have no issues with them, but there definitely needs to be differentiation between the two.
I don’t comment often but this is something I have been pondering about as well… Do I continue and trust that the scores being posted are made without the use of PUs or quit and work on my golf handicap.
I appreciate reading and knowing the thoughts of others of whom I am trying to catch or stay ahead of on this silly little game that absorbs way too much of my time. It seems that we are of a like mind and can chase each others score knowing that PUs aren’t involved in attaining scores posted here.
So, I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your thoughts. It will keep me striving for the next rung up the ladder for a bit longer.
I think that @birdleader and @amslimfordy have done about everything possible to keep bad scores out of the leaderboards, so I would go ahead and trust you’re getting fair competition. You know which players in the top 10 care, so I think you can trust these without doubt.
I’ll be chasing you again once I get my ranking back in order, so keep shooting!
That sounds promising @birdleader, but I will continue to play ABO as normal acting like there wasn’t even an update that happened (other than the PU addition) I enjoy the game and competition so much without PUs that I think we will still be able to get to the point where we can decipher whether or not a PU was used like we were able to tell Facebook scores apart. Hopefully there is a permanent solution in the near future but for right now I will just continue to do what I do.
@thetoddman23 Great to hear! I wish others would be willing to do the same. Patience is a virtue. Even companies make mistakes. Let’s just hope there is a positive outcome.
@enror 63 I agree and am sorry to hear we are losing Nevada and moonsabre , bastie and
others as I stated in reply to pointdexter I look up to all you guys to improve myself :(
@ernor63 — Gaak! I hope you are wrong about some of the top players actually quitting AB! You may have seen comments that I didn’t see, but my optimism / head-in-sand viewpoint hopes the comments you quoted can be interpreted differently.
I have personally found that if any of the top players got one of the top scores on a given level, they quickly respond to a request for help.
I’m back! Order has been restored!
Psht! Now I’m even one more spot away from the top 10, thanks a lot… (just teasing) Welcome back!
Good for you @Pointdexter5 I myself have not downloaded the latest update yet (and have dropped about 40 places). I feel disillusioned after the powerups-mess and want to see what happens before I put in a real effort once again.
@haddock5 why don’t you download the update and not use the PUs? At least then you can get your extra Surf & Turf points and climb back up the leaderboard.
@haddock5, I installed the update before I knew about the PUs, but I just ignore them. The button just sits up there next to ME, so just something else in the screen. Once and a while, some PU slot machine will show up at the bottom of the machine to give you more PUs, but they don’t take over the focus from the game, so it does not really interrupt. As I have said before, I don’t even know how they work, nor do I really care.
Hope to see you back soon competing in the top 10.
@bluestar_127, sorry about bumping you down a spot, but it had to be done. The spots above you are fairly close to each other, so once you near these players, you may be able to jump two spots.
@bluestar_127 and @pointdexter5 Some time in the future I will download the update (and ignore the power-ups). But I feel I need a break right now, right before this update came I focused on improving my scores in Mine And Dine dreaming about getting in to top ten. At the moment I feel angry and cheated.
Right now I’m toying with Seasons. A new experience for me.
I hear ya, I have been playing space for a while, just focusing on getting 3-stars, not yet as much on scores. I just finished classes last night, so now my schedule is really going to free up. I have only played piglantis so far in Season, which was really fun.
I used to be the top player for Mine and Dine and held that spot for several months, then I lost it when I focused on other levels. Going to try to get my ABO up a bit more, then work on getting a nice top spot in space, and then will focus on Seasons. Big to-do list.
You’re not alone with that feeling. I’m also more into improving on Seasons than improving and revisiting the last ABO levels. (Mine and Dine & Party) But I’ m so worried that PU’s will be a part on that game soon.
I definitely feel in the same realm as most of you with the PUs as well. It’s almost as bad as the double count in Rio although it seems like it’s all dependent on how Rovio reacts to this issue. Having the separation between the scores certainly would be ideal. I’ll sit out for now of ABO until I know more.
I too am now just working on seasons and space where there are no power -ups . I would have never downloaded had I known they were added. I really liked the leader boards and competitions where is was just skill or pure luck at getting high scores. Power Ups have taken the fun away as not everyone will play by the rules. What happened to ” if it ain’t broke don’t fix it ” ? I had to give my two cents worth to at least make me feel good. I pray they don’t add anymore power ups to other places.
Bofore you update an app, it sais in the app store what the changes are. You should read before updating. They clearly mentioned the power-ups.
@amslimfordy, S&T #18 seems off, 20k above the second score, probably needs verification.
Thanks @Pointdexter5, I contact this user yesterday and am awaiting response.
@amslimfordy, did this user respond back yet. If it’s a valid score, would be nice to hear strategy.
Don’t see any possible way this is a valid score, most likely a typo.
I’m thinking they are PU scores. But I’m still looking. Just sent an email instead of a PM. I think I’ll be able to sort all of this out soon, by EOW.
Corrected by user as typo.
Just to brag a little. Finally managed to break 4.700.000 on Poached Eggs.
It wasn’t easy. Went trough all levels again and compared my results with other scores, saw which one can be increased, and earned more than 50k in last few weeks. Tactics from walkthroughs helped me in a lot of levels.
Now it’s your turn to catch me. Good luck to all. :D
That’s truly amazing, murash! I don’t think that score will ever be touched.
You do have to acknowledge that you gave yourself a big advantage by playing on G+, so it isn’t really fair to compare your scores directly with those of iOS/Android/PC/etc. users. That being said, though, from what I’ve seen, I think your skills are absolutely on par with Furpecto, ernor, bastieroxxor, and the other “elite” shooters. Who knows – maybe you’re even better than them! But, unfortunately, we’ll never know as long as the platform discrepancies continue to exist.
Well put Austin.. I couldn’t agree more …
Great job Murash. I’m now movin on to Mighty Hoax to break scores there. Leaving PE as #8, though I figure it will fall by the time I come back.
maybe not. there is a good chance that all of the great players who are going to find this site have already found it. The leaderboard is gradually getting colder with lack of activity all the time. Not saying that you won’t fall, but I think you will be safe for at least a while.
Falling in rank: yeah I hope not (selfishly). And lack of activity: I hope not too. The number of scores posted continues to go up so new blood is being added.
I think PE is tough, as it’s been played by the most players, has scores from many platforms…so sometimes you are ranked in 200th position, yet only 2k from the top score. In the other episodes, it’s not so bad, at least for now.
It’s amazing though how you can never rest once you care about your scores here. I have attempted many times to be top 10 in every episode, but once you reach that, and move on to another, you can see your name slide down. It never ends. At some point, I will have to take peace with my place and focus on seasons and space. I have good scores, some high scores in space, yet need to enter them. Seasons I just started. Just worried once I enter all of those, I won’t get anything done (-;
Kinda confused. My total score on GC is quite a bit less than it shows on here. I even went through and verified that all of the episode totals were correct on here and they add up perfectly. Does GC not include all episodes in the total for ABO?
Surf and Turf doesn’t count on GC.
Yeah you need to just deduct the Surf and Turf score to balance your scores.. My big concern now with GC scores is they probably reflect the cheat power up scores as I’m watching my ranking slip away.. ):
Hi there fellow swine annihilators, my name is WereWolf69, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I’m not new at this game, but it’s my first time on this website, oh yes, please refrain from petting me, I do bite, BTW, my special thanks to @annach, I was reading thru the comments and just happened to notice your advice for S&T 1-30, I tried it and went from 98k to almost 114k, many thanks to you and hopefully, everybody else.
Hi @werewolf69 — Welcome! You’ve found the absolutely best AB fan website. Hope you enjoy it here and start posting strats on the walkthrough pages. You might want to read FAQs, Glossary, and Badges and Rank under About on gold bar at top of page. Also check out the Forum and start posting your scores on the leaderboard (good way to figure out where it’s easiest to improve). Oh yes, join in the daily challenge under Community.
Thanks for the warm welcome, I will check out all that you mentioned, but for right now I’m just going to post scores on the leaderboard, I can already see that I’m not as good as I thought I was, but there’s plenty room and time for improvement, just reading thru the comments already netted me 26k more on S&T 1-30, and I love to read, so I’ll probably catch a few more useful tips, and hopefully provide some of my own to the community.
Hey @WereWolf69 Welcome to the nest:) be sure to explore the walkthrough pages! Plenty of freindly people here to help:) also check out the forum look for the Bloated pig stop in and have a drink ( provided your of age) we also serve non alcoholic drinks and yummy food:) hope to see you around ;)
Thank you very much for welcoming me, a rabid werewolf, to the pigpen, I’m 60, do you think I’m old enough to drink? I’d rather not, alcohol and I don’t get along very well, (I know you’re figuratively speaking of course), but nonetheless I enjoy good company, see you soon.
@werewolf69 I’ve got you by a year. I always have a glass or two of wine or a beer with my dinner, one of life’s little pleasures that I’d hate to give up; sort of like Angry Birds, but not nearly as addictive! I wonder if any “recovering” AB players go to AA meetings?
Hey glad to meet you oldies here. I’m celebrating my 63th tomorrow 9/3.. Love my wine every night..(:
Hey hey @pjdambra Happy Birthday:) glad you can join us:) head over to The Bloated Pig ( found in forum) happy to buy you a glass of wine for birthday. Wishes ..we may even be able to bake a cake ..gotta check with the chef..;) you got 10 years on me..but I’m feeling it lol…
@pjdambra, Boy, am I happy, so far everybody that’s written to me (with the exception of @Kathy) is older than I am, that makes me feel like a kid again. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU and may you celebrate many many more.
@amslimfordy, looks like somebody went crazy on 17-9, 50k above previous high. Coud be a PU score.
Thanks.
Nice to meet you, I can remember wayyy back when I was a teenager and I made friends, I always looked forward to being the eldest in the group…Nowadays, I’m actually glad that I’m not always the eldest and look forward to hear people tell me that they are older than I. So, in essence, you’ve made my day. As far as alcohol goes, I do at times fall prey to its lure, but, it’s TEQUILA that makes me HAPPY!!! Also, Angry Birds make me scream, yell, curse, cry, laugh and keep me glued to my recliner 24/7, how’s that for dedication to a once considered silly game of birdies and piggies? Talk again soon.
WereWolf69
@werewolf69 — If you want someone to be notified of your comment; use the @username (the name in parenthesis). Also, helps if you use the reply button to keep threads intact, even if there are intervening messages. Of course, we all make mistake, and think we’ve hit the reply button, when we haven’t.
Sorry about the mix-up, I was in the Mentions section and hit reply from there and was redirected to the comments column, since I had already hit Reply, I assumed it would automatically find its way to the correct thread. The reply was originally meant for @snoid
@WereWolf69 not sure who your reply was to @Snoid or myself.
but I make a mean ‘ Vampires Kiss ‘ LOL I get along with tequila alright ..not so much with others;)
Hope to see
you soon ;)
@Kathy, it seems we’re very much alike, I’m not very good at socializing in person either, but, sometimes I make an effort for events that are mandatory in life, BTW, I’m in Miami, Florida, where are you? Talk again soon.
@WereWolf69 I am just south of Boston MA…seems like we do have aot in common. Check out forum and enter your location on the map..its fun to see where fellow members do you mind if I freindship request ?
Not at all. But the forum will have to wait, I’m concentrating on The Big Setup right now, I just got a 3rd place high score on 10-1 83,270 so I want to see if I can get a few more like that.
Hey @Kathy, wassup, where you at? Haven’t heard from you in a while. I was expecting to see a friend request from you, but it never materialized. Well, I hope you’re having a good time nonetheless. see ya ’round.
HEY @WereWolf69 srry about that..didn’t mean to. Welcome and ditch..been busy at work..and looked for you on members list to friend..couldn’t find ya….I will.try again not sure..duh actually just thought of it I can probably click your name and do it..srry also.if mvnla2 came across a little harsh..she means well really;)..
@werewolf69 Yes, the recliner is also an essential element of the game in my book! It’s funny how your perspective shifts over the years; you go from being the youngest in a group to being the oldest, but you’re still the same age inside. I think we’re all stuck with a self-image formed when we were around 17-20. I live in Tucson, where it may be hot, but it’s usually dry, and you can find some very fine tequila!
Hey @Snoid, how you been? I’ve been tackling Mine & Dine and I’ll tell you, from all the AB episodes I’ve been playing for the past year, these really suck your pride right out, maybe my reflexes aren’t what they used to be or the game designers at Rovio are having a laugh on us, whatever the case may be, I hope a pigeon craps on one of them sometime. Enough ranting and raving, yes, a nice big bottle of Tequila and a fat ugly woman that’ll look better and better after each shot. Talk soon.
Hello @werewolf69. I remember that I really hated Mine & Dine, too, and thought that I wasn’t getting anywhere on it. However, I just checked, and my rank here on ABN for that world (#111) is better than my rank on any other level of AB original. That surprised me. I expect it to go down a notch soon when you finish the level! Just keep plugging at it, and eventually the luck will be with you. I probably start each game at least 500 times before I get a score that I can live with. On most of those tries, I hit reset as soon as I can tell that I’m not going to improve my score, but an hour or two is common. I’ve got far too much time on my hands.
What’s up @Snoid, Wow, it’s almost as if I’m hearing myself, I go through the same crap day in and day out with these nasty little boogers, you got it right sometimes there’re episodes that just won’t let you 3 star it, much less get a high score, so generally after an hour or 2 being stuck on the same episode, I just leave it for a while and do another one in the meantime, usually when I come back to it, it’ll magically give me a great score from out of the blue, you know, you’re aiming for one thing and the bird goes somewhere else and annihilates all the boogers at once. I also know more or less if the game’s going anywhere and hit replay if the score doesn’t rise as it should. For now I’ve been posting all my Space scores, so I’ll be getting back to Mine and Dine pretty soon. It’s a good thing that I’m divorced, otherwise my wife would probably accuse me of cheating on her with birds & pigs as well.
@snoid, @werewolf69 It’s funny how this is different for so many people. M&D has been my favorite episode in AB Original, and my scores there are better compared to any other episode. I had the nr 1 ranking there for over half a year, but then got bumped all the way to number 9 when I focused on other episodes. I have been spending most of the evenings the past week on this, and am back in spot 3. I want my lead spot back! Use the walkthroughs, ask for tips and it will all work out, and if a level frustrates you, move to another one and revisit it later.
I’ve also been working on Mine and Dine and I agree it is one of the favorite episodes. There are so many easy points in these levels that it keeps me motivated to grind away. Hoping to hit 5.9 mil soon and give you a run for your money @pointdexter5 lol.
Hello @Pointdexter5, Actually, I think that for some unknown reason (or known only by Rovio), AB behaves differently on a PC platform. I’ve noticed that my Birds don’t carry the same amount of momentum as the ones in the walk-through videos nor do they cause as much damage, I always have to improvise somehow to take up the slack, and there’s where I lose points in the end, by having to use 1 more bird. On the easier episodes I don’t generally have this problem, only when they are more complex.
These pigs in Mine & Dine are superpigs, I have to do each level at least 5 times each before I’m able to just come within reach of the average scores, and, for now, it seems that these green boogers won’t let me go any higher. Does anyone here remember in the old days, miners would take canaries down with them and when the canary died everybody would get the hell out of the mine.
@werewolf60 — You only have to do each level 5 times to get to average? Wow! Think of where you’d be if you did it 100 times like the rest of us.
I was trying to make myself look a little better, truth is, I’ve had episodes where I’ve had to do them 100 or more times, and that’s just to 3 star them, then another 50 or so times more to raise the scores. BTW, I just one birded M&D 15-11, got 121,990 for my effort, not a great score, but high enough to make me feel better about myself.
Please don’t change my pseudonym, WereWolf69 is the correct form, thank you.
You’ve jinxed me with your sarcastic comment, please let me count the ways to thank you…..I can think of about 100 of them, and none of them start with kind words. Well that’s the way the ball bounces, go to the Bloated Pig and have a brewsky on me.
Hi @mvnla2, Hey, I’m sorry if I sounded angry, I wasn’t, it’s just my way of compensating for the grief these little green boogers cause me by not dying when they should. I’m really a very laid back kind of person and enjoy life one day at a time. Talk soon.
@WereWolf69 — No offense taken. I missed your previous comments, probably because you didn’t mention me by name. I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic either; I really admired the few times you tried each level, As for your pseudonym, it was a typo. BTW, wouldn’t you like the werewolf in Harry Potter better; much more friendly.
Hi @mvnla2, I’m glad everything’s fine between us, as for the werewolf, have you ever seen the movie An American Werewolf in Paris? or Underworld or Bad Moon? I’m usually the hungry one! Although, instead of people, I eat rabbits and deer, and occasionally a big fat pig, good for a big strapping werewolf such as myself.
@WereWolf69 — Not into those movies, or any horror movies, for that matter. Glad to hear that you’re one of the nicer werewolfs.
Is anyone els having trouble with their GC accounts? I was curious to see how far I’ve plummeted because I don’t use those Power Ups. Seems I’m not on there at all anymore! Has anyone else noticed that their scores have dissappeared?
@bluestar_127, mine is still there. I was expecting it to be a lot worse, but still ranked in the neighborhood of where I used to be. I’m in the iPad/AB HD rankings, not sure what the non-HD rankings look like.
Thanks @pointdexter5. I don’t know what gives! Is there anyone out there with an iPhone Game Center App who wouldn’t mind checking if they can see me? Pretty please? I should have around 29,840,000 points…
@bluestar_127, I just noticed I finally broke the old magic 30 million point, as GC still does not include all episodes. Been trying to get my nr 1 spot back in mine and dine. Watch out!
Maybe @amslimfordy can check if something is up with GC for iPhone.
Not sure what you mean. GC does not include Surf & Turf, I believe.
I was mentioning you (@amslimfordy) to see if something was up with GC got iPhone. @bluestar_127 posted a question about this yesterday, which is on the board right above this question. The question is not related to S&T, but just about rankings disappearing from GC for iphone and the possible PU impact.
Oh sorry, let me take a look.
@bluestar_127 I see you currently at 143rd with 29,840,790. I have included a screenshot (taken from iPad but viewing iPhone app).
Thanks you two, I really do appreciate your effort. I don’t know what’s going down on my phone. My GC account doesn’t show my scores anymore! It also only shows that I have 5 friends but I had close to 200 I think. Very strange.
Finally! After 3 days of screaming, cursing and going stark raving mad, I finished Mine & Dine. There were some really great episodes in it, I tried & tried & tried for hours on end to achieve the 1 birder spectacular finish in 17-6, but, alas, it was not meant for me, although I did manage a 2 birder instead, but at a sacrifice in score, almost 139k. As far as I’m concerned, this M&D has been the most challenging and difficult of all the AB games, and I’ve played them all including Facebook & Google Chrome. Now I have only Ham ’em High left to play, so I’m taking a breather for a couple of hours and concentrate on posting the rest of my Seasons and Rio scores, again, not so great scores, but eventually I’ll bring them up to par with the Pros on this website. (Wish me luck).
Incredible! Now, Mine & Dine seems like a walk in the park, this Ham ’em High is going to eventually land me in the loony bin, and to top it off I have anemic Birds. I’m beginning to consider buying an i-Pad and starting over again. (God, what am I saying?) I want to become a true basketcase. My addiction to these birds is so strong that I stopped going to the Casino, so now I still curse and scream but I don’t win any money, nor do I lose any, what a tradeoff. Only a crazy old Cuban would do this. Coño!!!
I’m confused here. I got:
– 76,170 on 9-8, while the current Top Score is only 71,270.
– 97,420 on 9-12, while the current Top Score is only 80,640.
As far as I remember, I never touch “The Big Setup” since they release PU feature.
However, I also couldn’t remember how I did those since it’s AGES ago.
So what should I do?
Should I just leave them (and other levels with the same case) blank?
Thanks in advance.
Well, first welcome to the Nest :D
Those scores are indeed very high.
How many other scores are in a similar situation?
We will have to ask for some sort of verification ( i.e Game Center id, screenshots)
@Amslimfordy is the person who will contact you for this.
Thanks
Thanks for the reply sal9.
I can post the Game Center ID, and level screenshot.
But current screenshot though. Not the moment when I got those scores.
Unless I re-do those levels and try to match my scores, which might takes weeks since it took me 1-2 weeks (average) per level.
What device are you playing on? Maybe I can look into this a bit further. In particular that score on 9-12 seems way out there
Thanks for the reply AMslimfordy.
I think we better forget about it. This is all about proof and there is no way I can prove them since it was long time a go. In fact, when I opened 9-12, to try figuring out how I did it, I completely forgot about the level. I don’t even remember I have even played that level. Haha.
So forget about it bro. I’ll leave the score empty. And I will also do the same with the other levels that I couldn’t prove. Leave the score boxes empty.
Thanks anyway, AMslimfordy. :)
Regarding platform: I play AB on iPhone.
Regarding the PUs: I hate them. There are some days that I didn’t play AB, and up until today I got total 28 unused PUs.
Regarding Game Center (mentioned by sal9 above): I’m at #347 under Hery Cyd.
If you would like to forget it, that’s your choice. But if you are using an iPhone, I may be able to look into this more. Let me know. It’s up to you.
Hi AMslimfordy,
I am terribly sorry for the late late late reply.
Regarding my 9-12, don’t bother with it.
Too troublesome. I won’t put my score in anyway.
I have put in the average score, 67,500.
Thanks for the offer, AM.
I’m trying to improve my scores on M&D, but it won’t let me, it only gives me scores lower than what I have, weird, isn’t it? Most other games I’ve played usually improve your scores the more you play them, but Rovio seems to have a sick and demented sense of humor and to top it off, they laugh and sneer at you through their pigs, ironic, isn’t it?
Congrats Manu for hitting 6 million in Mine and Dine, I see a lot of room for improvement but those 1 birdie levels are eluding me.
@eweber
Thanks @thetoddman23. This was some hard work.
@eweber what is your total for world 17? Have you reached 1.9 mil? That seems to be a huge barrier. I have 1,886k or so. And I haven’t perfected worlds 15 and 16 yet, due to some burnout.
I am at 1 899 560, couple more level I should play but I leave it alone for now…
In my attempt to regain the nr 1 spot in M&D, I noticed @eweber came back to play. I passed your old score and the previous nr 1, and still have some levels where I can improve. It really is just luck and patience on these levels at this point. Hope to see you near the top soon. Guess you won’t let me have one episode (-;
@thetoddman23
@pointdexter5, you have been doing some great shooting. I am envious of your score on 17-12. I am letting you catch up on M&D, for now ;)
Manu (@eweber) Congrats! Pretty impressive line-up at top of M&D. Me, I’m near the bottom, but admire all the skill it take to get to the top.
@eweber congratulations manu great flinging..hard work indeed :)
Well, it looks like my second time around with M&D I’m going to improve my scores as well as my ranking, thank god, it’s about time.
It certainly looks like I’ve improved my ranking and scores, but there are still 5 or 6 episodes that need work on them, gotta keep slinging!!!
I’ve done just about all I can do with M&D, there are about 6 episodes that no matter how many hours I put into them the scores won’t budge, so now I’m off to S&T and hopefully catch a tan while killing some swine and increasing some scores.
I’m finished with S&T, I went from about 600th in rank to 144th, that’s good enough for me, these games take up more of my day than life itself. I’m off to Ham ’em High now, another one that desperately needs score raising.
Looks like I’m doing pretty good with HeH, I’ve gone from 838th in rank to 563rd and I’m only about halfway through.
I’m finally done with HeH, went up in rank to 298th, considering I was at 838th I’d say that’s a good rise.
I’m now going to try the last 15 episodes of S&T and see how I do there.
I finally finished the last 15 episodes of S&T and episode #38 was a nightmare that took me 3 days to 3 star, and all the other ones are 3 starred as well, also I’ve gone up in rank from 144th to 49th, but I know that won’t last long.
Well, I finished with Bad Piggies and it’s been fun and a nightmare at the same time, it seems as if Rovio is hellbent on creating the perfect killer pig, and when I say killer I mean killer of us, the players.
There’s one episode in particular, #38, which forced my girlfriend to call 911 because I had a “rage” attack and was throwing my computer, TV, and stereo out the window 20 stories up. Fortunately no one was hurt, but I spent the weekend at the hospital calming down and then had to go buy a new TV, Stereo and Laptop that “hurt” my wallet a lot.
Correction, I’m referring to episode #38 of Surf & Turf, not Bad Piggies.
I hope you’re just joking.
Come on Slim! There’s a new level and nowhere to post.
On a serious note; ha ha only joking; I am cynical but I think Rovio wants us to buy Bad Piggies. Anyway can anyone beat 1,308,090! It shouldn’t be difficult, only two 3* ‘s.
Dear friends i have played all AB , rio ,seasons and space and all of them are 3 starred but the problem is when i install a new version of windows they all resetted to zero , so how can i avoid that
It’s a good idea to backup your progress before doing anything with the registry on your computer.
Pointdexter5, Ah ha! It worked. Thanks for your assistance on saving a screenshot. Now, I just have to figure out how to move the screenshot from my iPad to my PC, cuz I’m the farthest from an IT expert and I don’t have gmail set up on my iPad.
When you connect the iPad to the computer, you should be able to browse the content of the iPad for the images folder, and drag them to your hard drive. Not knowing the type of machine you are using, cant really go too specific. I have never tied to use iTunes to do this, just use windows explorer, which works easiest for me. Hope this is helpful.
@Lul2all You don’t have any e-mail on your iPad? If you have e-mail on your computer, you can also set it up on your iPad. (Can’t give you detailed instructions, sorry). You might want to do this for the future, if not now.
@AMSlimfordy — Any idea why you apparently can’t upload a photo directly from your iPad to ABN?
@Lulu2all — Sorry, mispelled