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Rank: Fling King with 4615 points
By welshwitch55 (@welshwitch55)

I just totally entered my scores on the wrong episode. I entered them on Facebook Friends instead of ABO. Grrrr. Went back and deleted them all. I’ll eventually get them on here. Hope everybody is having a good flinging evening. Unless you’re into March Madness. As for me- I’m ready for some football.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Slim. {user} seems to have an usual amount of high scores. Can you look see?

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

@steviep147 I think some wires got crossed. I have messaged the user and temporarily cleared out their Short Fuse board. Thanks for the ping! (I’ve removed the user’s name from your comment for their privacy.)

Rank: Gold Flinger with 9485 points
By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

just noticed another user getting many high scores suddenly, eg in the big set up but also in other episodes.

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

@vuelva I just did too. Message sent.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 9485 points
By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

i’ve come around to replaying some ‘old’ short fuse levels today, in particular 27-4, 27-6 and 27-10, and each of these seems to have significantly more points in it now (v4.1.0) than originally. in particular, 27-4: 2k up in my first attempt; 6k up within 50 attempts; 27-6: 1k up in one of first attempts; 5k up with some effort, but still 100k+ after the 1st used to be rare whereas now 103k+ is frequent; 27-10: 2k up in first attempt; 10k up with some effort but more in it. what gives? does this hold for all levels? of 26? of 27? of …?

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Agreed. I think it’s a little ingenuous of Rovio to keep doing this sort of thing. It’s difficult enough getting high scores without them randomly making it easier for others to just surpass those with ease. In the opposite direction, as it where, also making it impossible on other levels to compete. This does need sorting out. Perhaps a hint or two when they issue a new version would help. I’m not a mind reader so I have no idea which levels have been made easier or harder.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@vuelva, thanks for posting your observation. Wow, I increased my score on 27-4 by 4k on just two attempts. It was so strange because usually, I struggle to come close to my previous high. Very gracious of you to share the good news. Jim

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

Ditto on 27-6, I am able now to replica the @ernor63 reset, and combined with the approach to eliminate the pipe with yellow. Up 7k, and without much effort. Just takes a while to stop/start AB cold each time. Not sure if there is a way that does not require AB to be killed and restarted, none worked before.
After the last update, I thought 27-15 was a bit simpler to go up higher, as in a few retries, I had gone up close to 20k. Still not close to the current high, but beating my previous high.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Thank you for finding these and sharing them.

Rank: Master Slinger with 7215 points
By pjdambra (@pjdambra)

Let me add to the Thank You’s here. @vuelva. Increased all 3 levels substantially .. I’m not sure why but they gave me another 15k combined but I’m glad you posted and I saw it. Keep up the good work.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Well here we are with April almost gone and no new levels. I feel especially sorry for the Mac and PC users (I use these platforms as well but not exclusively) who have been short-changed and not received full updates on Short Fuse as yet. Very frustrating. On which subject I have just enjoyed a liberated half hour by playing without wifi switched on. Brilliant. No ads. That’s the best part but also no worries about touching the screen in the wrong place and be whisked over to the App Store. The “App Store” eh. Even when it’s typed in lower case it bigs itself up! A bit anti Apple today after handling a beautiful Galaxy S5.

Rank: Sling God with 32330 points
By asher (@asher)

@amslimfordy: a new user (kimplix) is posting quite a few impossible top scores.

Can you look into it?

Thanks.

Rank: Master Slinger with 6640 points
By E-Star (@e-star)

I think @amslimfordy deserves a little break today seeing it is his Birthday today… happy birthday my friend!!
But maybe @kimplix isn’t aware of Power up scores not being allowed in our leaderboards and a gentle nudge (read this message with the @mention) will do the trick?

@kimplix fyi scores gained with the use of a power up is not allowed in the nest (check the extra message above the leaderboards to see which restrictions each AB version leaderboard has.)

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

@asher @e-star

Scores cleared. Message sent.

Rank: Deputized with 165 points
By yodielay (@yodielay)

Hi, can someone help – I don’t see anywhere to put my score for Poached Eggs, Facebook edition, level 49. There is no “1-” or “2-” in front of the number. If I go to the “AB Friends” section it doesn’t list Poached Eggs at all. It took me forever to get three stars and eventually got it with two birds, and I wanted to compare results.

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

@yodielay Sorry, per the announcement at the top of the page:

Facebook users should not enter any scores on this leaderboard.

Rank: Deputized with 165 points
By yodielay (@yodielay)

Oh I only saw the part about not using powerups. Where CAN facebook users check out scores? I’ve played on my phone but the screen is so small and with the touch screen it hurts my hand after awhile. Are there other ways to play on a regular computer?

Rank: Deputized with 165 points
By yodielay (@yodielay)

How bout a little help here, where do Facebook users go to check out scores?

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Hi Slim

I’ve flagged 18-1 because I don’t believe such a score is possible. If it is genuine then good on ’em and any chance of strat?

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

@steviep147 I think they mixed up “Cake 2” and “cake 4” is all. I’ll switch them, but I’m quite sure it was innocent. Thanks for the heads up though, as it needs correcting!

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Hi Slim

Sorry to be a pain. I’ve again flagged 4-11, because I just don’t get it. Two scores are very significantly higher than the rest. There doesn’t seem to be any “hidden” bonus scores in the level, so even assuming a zero bird total collapse couldn’t provide the over 160k. Or could it? There are two players who have such scores. Perhaps they could elaborate and put me out of my “misery”!

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

That’s Birdday Cake by the way.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Hi Slim. I’ve just flagged a few scores on Flock Favorites as the poster seems to have just a few too many top or near top positions. Can you have a look please?

Rank: Master Slinger with 7015 points
By Hemma (@hemma)

What happened to my scores.I left my nephew in-charge of my computer for one week and this happens

He told me that you had asked him how he had got them scores. He answered how he had got them, but not how I had got them. I had sent them on face-book for your records. That what I thought I had done.
I didn’t have time to write them down on how I had got them. But it took me Plenty of tries too get them.

Can you also tell me why there is no Pouched Eggs leader Board in AB Friends

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

@hemma Per our advisory notice at the top of this page and on our site FAQ:

Facebook users should not enter their scores from the original Angry Birds app (Poached Eggs, Mighty Hoax) or Angry Birds Star Wars (Tatooine, Death Star). Instead, they may enter any scores (with or without Power Ups), on the two Facebook leaderboards we have.

Rank: Well Traveled with 1505 points
By pisces377 (@pisces377)

I can’t seem to find the place to enter the 2nd half of Red’s Mighty Feathers, is it in a different place?

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

There are no scores when playing Egg Defender. Not sure what type of data you want to enter?

Rank: Hardened with 580 points
By UncaDick (@uncadick)

If the rest of us who aren’t using Google Chrome don’t get the extra 15,0000 points for ball bearings leaving the enclosure, shouldn’t those scores be treated like the ones from Facebook and not be allowed on the leaderboard? I’ve been shooting at this level for days before finally coming up with the perfect shot, leaving just two or three pieces of scrap laying around for a score of 159,760. Level the playing field!

Rank: Gold Flinger with 9485 points
By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

@uncadick you mean for level 8-15 and 50,000 points? the situation is suboptimal indeed, but not exceptional: i guess there’s a few 100k in it anyway, in total score, between playing the ‘worst’ and ‘best’ versions of all abo levels (on any platform, in any version). levelling (forbidding to enter) just because of this one level would imply unepisoding/untotalling (unlevelling the episode/total score playing field) so would seem a bit harsh on chrome players?

Rank: Pig Leader with 11290 points
By SamsonKJ (@samsonkj)

I’m pretty sure level 8-15 is the only level with this quirk. And it is 15k per ball-bearing, not 50k. I agree that it’s unfair and ridiculous, but I’ve also enjoyed playing the level in Chrome and figuring out how to eject multiple ball-bearings.

Rank: Sling God with 27155 points
By Tiffin (@tiffin)

the walkthrough page for Mine and Dine 17-9 isn’t displaying user comments correctly. the comments have lost their white backgrounds and are not anchored below the section containing the video, etc. This problem occurs in IE 11 on my PC and on a laptop and in Safari on my iPad. I’ve tried the usual IE things like restarting it, running the site in compatability mode and clearing the cache but it doesn’t make any difference. 17-9 is the only walkthrough where this problem occurs.

@amslimfordy

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By sal9 (@sal9)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, it is indeed a problem.
Cc @birdleader

Rank: Sling God with 27155 points
By Tiffin (@tiffin)

Apologies, I meant to post this on the 17-9 walkthrough page and not here.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

All fixed! Thanks @tiffin and @sal9

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By Tiffin (@tiffin)

Hi @sal9 just to confirm that the problem is resolved on both my PC (IE) and iPad (Safari). Thanks.
@birdleader

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Hi @sal9: Help please!Recording on iPad 3 – Can it still be done? I used to be able to, by using Display Recorder, but this isn’t cutting the mustard now and just gives jumbled-up images. The Cydia app tells me that my IOS is compatible but ….

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By sal9 (@sal9)

I hope you didn’t upgrade to ios8?

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

No way! On 7.0. Not been able to record for some time. Strange. Not a major problem but an annoying one.

Rank: Boss Hog with 14310 points
By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

Just curious about a few things. I’m currently still on iOS 6.1.3. I never upgraded it to the latest iOS and AB keeps running an updating just fine, so far. I was just not fond of the new User Interface look, so I just never updated. Obviously, I have a lot of outdated apps at this point, and my iPad nags me regularly to be updated. I use it only for AB at this point, so I just never seen the need for it. But I’m curious though if any changes have been seen in auto-destruct levels, or other levels based on iOS version.

I also have a question for @amslimfordy and/or @birdleader. It appears DiskAid now has changed to iMazing, and I’m not sure how well this will work after the 14-day trial period compared to DiskAid. I have always figured I should back-up my scores somewhere, but mostly just made sure I kept back-ups made through iTunes. I figured I would give it a try however, and noticed the name change and trial period. How will this impact your back-up instructions, and does this mean that after 14 days you have to pay to use the software properly?

Rank: Sling God with 21285 points
By AngryAdvisor (@lesleyg)

Hi @pointdexter5 – I just happen to see your post and thought I would share with you some info.

I am using a first generation iPad which I have version iOS 5.1.1 with no available update. Way more out of date then yours, lol ;-) Obviously my iPad doesn’t allow for some games and Apps that require higher versions…such as the new Stella. I also only use mine for playing AB. I’m not sure about the “game play” question you asked about the auto-destruct and such….

But I can help you with your backing-up question ;-) I use iExplorer which is free and pretty much the same instructions for DiskAid which I believe is noted as such in the site’s instructions. I downloaded it a long time ago, maybe a year or so and I also use iTunes. but the thing is that even now when I open iExplorer to do a back-up…upon opening it, it has their logo to the left and in a box in the middle of the screen there is a smaller box on the left that says “Buy Now” and another on the right that says “Enter Registration Code” Under these options it says “Continue in Demo Mode”. This is the one I click on and have been doing so from the beginning so I guess the “Demo Mode” is perfect for me because I only use it to back up my AB games. Even though you can do so much more with it and I guess if I was interested in backing up contact and messages and everything, I would consider actually buying it. The Demo Mode is perfectly fine for what we need it for. I’m pretty sure you only want it for the same thing. I regularly use it to back up all my games before and after an update or a “great” score.

I wonder if the new DiskAid is the same and will let you continuously have a free type demo mode after the 14 days…If not then please take a look at iExplorer. It’s very easy to use, especially after you do it once. If you need more help about it just send me a PM.

Rank: Master Slinger with 7130 points
By Kelani (@kelani)

@pointdexter5 If you go to the iMazing download page and scroll to the bottom, there is an Other Downloads section. There you can still get the old, free version of DiskAid. I re-downloaded it a few days ago, and it still works fine.

cc: @admins

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I have an iphone 4 on 7, an ipad 3 on ios 6 both of which are jailbroken and an iphone 5 on ios 8. I’ve not noticed any difference in the game play. As for backing-up I usually just let itunes or rovios own sync system (it’s improved) do it. If I needed to go further, on the jailbroken ones, I had been using Cyberduck (Mac) or WinScp (Win) to access files but these progs are no use on ios8 so for that I started to use iFunbox. I was surprised but it actually gives full access to my jailbroken devices too so Cyberduck etc may be redundant in my world now! Jailed devices have limited access of course but the prog is free, easy to use and intutive for the less savvy. I think it will do the trick no worries. I downloaded from
http://www.i-funbox.com but there are lots of sites to get it from.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I’ve had a look a imazing and it seems to me that it’s a (poorer) clone of ifunbox but with a price tag. Suggest you try both but I know where my money is. Yep in my pocket!

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

Good info. May just leave it on iOS 6 in the end. I just don’t care for the look and feel of anything after 7. Played with some newer ipads of family members, and was just not impressed. But since I use it solely for AB, as long as I can keep updating it for new levels, it’s no big deal.
Will check into these programs, as imazing had issues reading the camera library, so would be nice to find something that can drag and drop to explorer, and get to all files on the ipad.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Yes it does all of that. I always thought it was a bit of lightweight prog for amateurs but I am wrong. FYI, I just looked, my iPad is actually on 7 not 6. Can’t go any further because I will lose my Jailbreak. Thinking about it you may have something to keep hold of here. Lately I have been trying to beat my scores on Flock Favorites. Did this level come out before ios 7? If it did, it could explain why I have failed miserably to get near nearly all of them. And I mean nowhere near! I look at my scores and wonder?

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Obviously it can’t get to all files on the ipad unless it’s jailbroken which it can be of course with evasi0n!

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

I never have jailbroken mine as I had no need for it. Considered it, but purely for geek reasons, and I have too many projects I don’t find time for anyway already, so just left it alone.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

fair enough

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By Kelani (@kelani)

@pointdexter5 I replied to you a few posts ago but typoed your username. Just in case you missed it:

If you go to the iMazing download page and scroll to the bottom, there is an Other Downloads section. There you can still get the old, free version of DiskAid. I re-downloaded it a few days ago, and it still works fine.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Go new with ifunbox!

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

Regardless, Slim may have to update the instructions on where to download the tool, or use a different one, since the link now goes to the renamed product, which may not end up free after 14 days. I can update in two weeks.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

@pointdexter5 @steviep147 @lesleyg @kelani

On the downloads page for “iMazing”, there is still a direct link to DiskAid. I’ve played around a little bit with iMazing and DONT think it’s any better than DiskAid. I’ll see about either getting direct links or what to update our guide. I really appreciate “y’all’s’s” input — I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Just a moan about Rovio. They don’t seem to be too bothered about updating the PC and Mac versions of this do they? I did email them in June to ask. This is their reply

“News like this is announced at Rovio’s web pages or in a newsletter. In most cases we will not publish any release dates for the updates before they are ready and available. This is to make sure we can finalize the updates without external time pressure and because we do not want to give dates that we cannot always guarantee we will hit.”

I’m disappointed that I bothered to pay for these versions.

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By moondoggie (@moondoggie)

I understand your angst…but I have only paid $.99 for ABO, and have enjoyed many, many hours of enjoyment from that measly investment.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Ye me too, for the iPhone/iPad versions that is and as you say hours of amusement but the Mac and PC are the equivalent of $5 each so not quite such good value.

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By Kelani (@kelani)

@steviep147 Aside from the crazy delays and the likelihood that PC/Mac will be phased out soon, I think $5 is still a good value for two reasons: No powerups and no ads :o) Lots of mobile users would gladly pay $5 for a version like that.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I liked this email. Juat how many high scores or close are slipping under the radar? This is like 28k above what can be achieved by conventional means. Anyway. Here it is

Hi Dr O’Neski,

Uh oh! There’s a new sheriff in town. Your Top Score of 101,470 on Angry Birds Birdday Party Cake 2 Level 1 (18-1) was beaten by Happy66 with a score of 130,080. I know it’s hard to believe, so to view the score go to https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/leaderboard/angry-birds/level/826. If you think it’s a valid score why not try and beat it?! If not, flag it!

Good luck and happy flinging!

ABN Team

To disable these notifications please go to: https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/steviep147/settings/notifications

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I’ve just tried to play this on my iPad but I see Rovio is more or less blackmailing me into updating to the RED version or all my scores are zeroed. I’m a charitable person but I don’t want this forced upon me.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Correction. Not all my scores.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Sorry this doesn’t read correctly. What I mean to say is that unless I update I cannot sign in to my Rovio account which means that my scores across my devices are not synced. Anyway I’ve now paid the ransom!

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By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@steviep147, I do not use Facebook and cannot access the story behind this update so I am forced to figure out just what this update does for me on my own. So far, all that I have been able to discern is the change in screen icon, the addition of a Golden Egg, and the advertisement for the Red Feather IAP. Re the New Golden Egg – several of my other GEs have been reset as if I have never played them. Quality Control at Rovio seems to be losing its edge.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Mmm. Well I’m all for a good cause and I have donated to this along with Band Aid (again!). I really do not like the pushy-pushy attitude of this though.

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By cosmo2503 (@cosmo2503)

What’s happen with Manu Malin (not sure what his nick was) scores? Although I can’t remeber time when he (maybe she) was active on threads but surely I know who was the big boss…

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By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@cosmo2503 — you are not alone in your assessment. Manu certainly led the pack (nest) and was generous enough to share his strategies. His hints helped me a lot and his pre-PU scores always gave me insight into what was possible. Maybe Admin can reach out to him to be more active — that is, if the if the changes to ABO have not soured him too much on the game.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Manu @eweber is still about. His scores are still on the boards as far as I can see.

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By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

Yes, however, he has not entered scores for a while — I recall that he shifted focus from ABO to Rio but Even activity there has tapered off.

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By MVNLA2 (@mvnla2)

@steviep147@eweber has not been active for 3 months! Hope all is well and that you come back.

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By bernersenn (@bernersenn)

@admins the Challenge today pulled my attention to this game. There is a second set of 15 games – for them no leaderboard is available. How come, why?

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By sal9 (@sal9)

@bernersenn Are you referring to Red’s Mighty Feathers “Egg Defender” levels? Why would we set up a leaderboard for levels without numerical scores?

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By bernersenn (@bernersenn)

@sal9 shame on me – didn’t look that far. Thanks for your response.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Does a visit to ABN earns 5 points or 10? I’m trying hard to make 7.5k by Christmas so hope it’s 10.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

And … I can see that some members have nearly 50% more points than me. I only play ABO. Does having other AB games, Rio etc, increase ones score?

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By sal9 (@sal9)

Daily visits and comments only. @steviep147

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Thank you. Maybe a happy new year then.

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By Kelani (@kelani)

@steviep147 I You get 10 points for every day you sign in to ABN, and 5 points for your first comment on each of these talkback-style pages. Forum posts currently don’t give points.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Cool. So 5 points each for this.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Morning all. Loving the new levels.

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

New levels?

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

I see Birdday party 5 should be out. There goes my Christmas break (-;

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Yep..been out all day here. You’ll have some catching up to do!

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

I have a recent screenprint of the standings, so I know the gaps in front and behind me. While traveling for Thanksgiving, I had one level where I was 40k behind, and just played it nonstop in the plane and caught up 38k. Gave me some breathing room. Now we have to create that same breathing room again, which is fun.

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By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

nice. happy birdday to AB/Rovio. quickly 3-starred them for now (more time next week). quite some variation in the levels as one would expect from the way they have been constructed, but many seem to contain swaying/unstable/self-destructing structures.

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

Cool to see @Sal9 has a level in there. That’s just neat.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Let battle commence!

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I’ve just noticed that today is my ABN third anniversary!

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By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

after the blue bird in birdday party cake 4 level 10 this week (for the daily challenge) now noticed that also the bomb bird in poached eggs 2 level 9 has more effect, in the birdday 5 release (hd on ipad). would be surprised if these are the only two old levels that have been modified.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Well done! You’ve sparked my interest again. One good turn deserves another so have a look at PE 1-7. I just gained over 6k. More to follow maybe.

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By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

neither change was my find but wanted to report it in the general comments so every could see and share. thank you for PE 1-7; it has definitely changed; got myself 3rd place for the moment in just 3 attempts. still a long way off, but these changes might even make playing for nr 1 spot in PE feasible on tablets.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

That’s great. I’ve found some more that seem to be a little easier but so far have only managed 1 or 2k so not worth reporting.

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By Pointdexter5 (@pointdexter5)

Good find, I was just n a short 1:15 flight and improved 2-9 from 42k to almost 52k and 1-7 from 47k to in the 56k range. All one-birders and just being lucky with fall-out. For1-7, the destruction of the lower-left horizontal wood board was almost impossible in the past and 55k scores seem simple now.

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By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Great. Ye these were levels that only worked on other platforms in the past. 1:15 was almost impossible. I got my previous highest score by a fluke shot over the back. And yes the wood was a no-no!

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Another that may be of interest is Big Setup 10-4.

https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/steviep147/album/picture/12950/

ps I have improved on quite a few B S levels in the past few days but I’m not sure that my gains are down to changes so I’ve not posted. I do think that the level warrants an extra look-see.

Rank: Master Slinger with 7215 points
By pjdambra (@pjdambra)

Thanks for the heads up on P-7. Haven’t played that in years and increased my rank from 147 to 13 in a short span of 30 mins. 7k increase with 5 new highs.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Hi Sal. Anything further on this?

Rank: Master Slinger with 6640 points
By E-Star (@e-star)

Hi @steviep147 is see you forgot to add the @mention for @sal9 to make sure he gets notified. Sorry I am not in the loop of this conversation, so I can not help.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Estar advises that I do this @mention @sal9

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

Thanks guys, there were indeed changes made on various levels – We will try to generate a list for everyone.
cc: @admins @mvnla2

Rank: Gold Flinger with 9485 points
By to mock a mockingbird (@vuelva)

picked some `random’ levels to test over the past few days, and that seems to indicate many have changed indeed (but don’t know exactly when; hadn’t played most of them for quite some time). in fact each level i played seems to have changed at least a little bit, in particular: s&t 15 (much easier; see discussion there); ff 4 (hitting the red crashes through the wood block below the tnt which just falls down instead of being tossed to the right by the impact as before; which was surfcow/jrsquonk strategy)); ff 11 (yesterday’s challenge; before the leftmost pig of the bunch would frequently `escape’ from the pit and expand underneath the left structure, but not anymore (scoring is lower because of it i think)); da 8-6 (seems to have been stabilised; not even a partial collapse in 50 resets); da 7-7 (not sure, but could easily improve a few k; by doing the same as before improved already on my second attempt and then again 4 times in half an hour of play). will leave it at this experiment.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@vuelva — there should be a special badge for Nesters who highlight these opportunities! I jumped over 7k in just a handful of tries on Surf and Turf 15. I’ll try the ones that you and the others in this thread cite and pass on any that I discover in my search.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

Update — No new easier levels found yet after replaying nearly all of Poached Eggs. I’ll keep looking but it’s hard to tell whether any of my improved scores can be attributed to a version change or whether my earlier attempts were just sub-par.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

Poached Eggs 3-16 seems to be easier. See comments by Pointdexter and Moondoggie in the walkthrough for specifics of the strategy. I was able to increase my score by 11k.

Rank: Avian Overlord with 18845 points
By Jim (@whoosher)

Check out the self-collapse on S&T 18.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I’m waiting! Thanks in anticipation @whoosher

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@whoosher, do you have more details? I did a hard restart and tried 50 games with no self-destruct. The top pig occasionally rolls to the left with no damage or points. The vertical wooden beam in the center very occasionally shifted a little bit clockwise but not far enough to initiate any collapse or even any vibration. Do you recall how many times it took to occur or how long you had to wait?

Rank: Avian Overlord with 18845 points
By Jim (@whoosher)

I think I played for about half an hour. Apparently (judging from the earlier posts) this was a very recent challenge.
I tried just resetting a few hundred times, but nothing happened except the top pig rolled as you noticed. Then I just started playing and after a few times the plank under the box (?) dropped down and then it all collapsed.

Rank: Avian Overlord with 18845 points
By Jim (@whoosher)

@jwgardenwiz I’ve posted a reply

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Ye it just happened to me after about 30 mins of play. Not much of an increase in score though.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)
Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@Whoosher, thanks for the detail. I’ll gove it a try. and update the thread with my results.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 8810 points
By jwgardenwiz (@jwgardenwiz)

@Whoosher, well it took a while — several hundred restarts — before I got a collapse but the results were disappointing. Score was just a hair above my previous high. I kept trying and was able to get collapses more quickly with scores of 61 – 63k. I quit trying after the 63k score. Thanks for highlighting the opportunity.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

I keep getting these. “Uh oh! There’s a new sheriff in town. Your Top Score of 119,900 on Angry Birds BirdDay 5 30-12 was beaten by MattieBlond with a score of 124,510. I know it’s hard to believe, so to view the score go to”. Usually these claims are doubtful. Thanks to common sense at ABN.

Rank: Gold Flinger with 7960 points
By Mike2567 (@mike2567)

Funny … I haven’t been getting those messages. ;-)

Rank: Avian Overlord with 18845 points
By Jim (@whoosher)

I have just found an embarrassing problem. I was checking the total scores shown for each episode on my IPad with those I entered on ABN and found that on Ham em High my ABN total was significantly higher. Looking at the details I find that 19 of the 48 scores I entered were higher (usually by a thousand or two) than shown as high score on my IPad. I am sure I did get those scores and that they appeared as “new high score” but they aren’t there now.
Any comment? I’d hate to do it all over again.

Rank: Sling God with 35795 points
By Dr O'Neski (@steviep147)

Hi Jim @whoosher. You are not alone. I (in retrospect probably foolishly) removed a significant high score some time back because of this. I use three platforms, iPhone & iPad (two versions SD and HD) and they are all cross connected through the Rovio sync. I believe it was this, in it’s early stages that lost this high score and some others as well. I stopped using it for some time but I now think it’s ok again. Up to you what you do. I wouldn’t worry about it too much though. If you got the scores then you got the scores.

Rank: Avian Overlord with 18845 points
By Jim (@whoosher)

Thanks Dr O’neski. For the time being I’ll just let them stand.

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