Karen Pearson wrote:Jon O'Neill wrote:Karen Pearson wrote:What do you mean Jono that they should bring out a paid version? They have! I've paid my 59p for the full version and a further 2x59p for the Halloween and Advent versions. And there's just been an update to the main version which is free so I'm currently working through that.
Is that on Android?
There's a new update for Seasons as well I think, Valentine's Day ones!
No, iPhone. I'll have a look out for the Valentine's one then. Surely must be worth 59p.
Ah, that explains it then. There's no paid one on Android yet, I think.
Matt Morrison wrote:I've seen Heather playing with the boomerang toucans, not got there yet due to my own star obsessions. She absolutely hates the toucans. She also hates the eggs too, I got an updated "which are worse; eggs or toucans?" answer the other day but I've forgotten it now, I just know she despises them both, much of her hate for the toucans is based on that jungle level where you have to tuck them right in at the bottom, taking out the upside-down triangles. Here it is:
Absolutely loved that level, mainly because of my sick boomerang bird skills.
Matt Morrison wrote:Her utter hate for the eggs is a little more surprising, considering she was the one that taught me the tactic of aiming them such that you lay the explosive egg, and then ensure that the original bird that flies off at an angle crashes into another part of the level. She taught me that, which has proved essential for 3-starring several levels, but she still hates them.
Yeah, egg birds are crap. I worked that out myself, it's very useful, and very satisfying to bomb something and knock something down in a double-whammy.
Matt Morrison wrote:You love "working out the tactics to beat" a level. This is just the same as the enjoyment from working out the tactics to 3-star a level, you must be able to see that! Except that when I complete a level and see a new one, it's even more of an excitement, even more of a relief, and even more deserved.
Yeah I do see this, but let's say to 3-star that shit you've got to throw three perfect birds, in the order of 1,2,3. 1 is the hardest, you only throw a perfect bird once every 5 times. 2 and 3 are easier, you do those once every three times. So you expect to take on average 45 attempts to do this, even though you know you have the ability to do it easily. Don't get me wrong, it must be hella satisfying to see all the stars all lined up, but when there are loads and loads of levels available (I worked it out, there are about 330 levels), and you haven't even got a boomerang bird yet, let alone a fat red bird or a bomb bird (?), I think you're missing out. As for more exciting, more relieving and more deserved, well, if I threw my phone into the Thames, walked barefoot to Kings Cross and offered my sexual services to wonky-eyed, wonky-toothed heroine addicts for 10p a pop for a year until I had enough money for another one, THEN played it and got 1 star in every level, I sure would be excited, relieved and feel like I deserved it. But those emotions are neither here nor there. Each to their own I suppose, I've never been one for completing actual computer games, although I did complete GTA San Andreas and it felt pretty good.
Matt Morrison wrote:Haha yeah. Good stories. I remember when Heather had been on Facebook and excitedly told me about an exchange concerning the noises between you and Jack. She was so proud of telling me, and it was such a far cry from her disgust at the game to begin with. And yeah, further to her disgust with those toucans, man, the pain and the stress she went through to complete 6-10 (the jungle level above), it was painful to be in the room, I felt so bad for her. She did a face like an orgasm when she finally completed it (at least, I think that's what it looks like).
I tend to do comically aggressive but heartfelt fist-pumps and mouth "fuck yeah, get the fuck in, COME ON" when I complete a level I've taken twenty or thirty goes at, even on the train. People think I'm insane until they see Angry Birds on my phone.