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[BUBBELS] Mystery solved

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Yowie - 21 Nov 2004 03:08 GMT
The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
hexagonal format and "down" isn't a directiont he hexagons can go neatly to,
what happens is that if the line has a gap at the left, when it moves down,
it then has a gap at the right (moving all bubbels in that line half a
bubbel to the left) and if the line has a gap towards the right, when it
moves down one, the gap is then at the left, moving all bubbel sin that line
half a bubbel to the right. The net up shot is that they move one bubbel
across in relations to the rows above and below them. If you had a realy
nice configuation that got ruined, it will return to that configuation
(assuming you have'nt popped bubbles in between it) the next time they all
march down the screen.

How did I find this out?

(I acknowledge that this is behvaiour of an addict)

I used my digital camera to take a picture of the screen before and after
each shot, and compared what happened.

Now all I need to figure out is the scoring system (its not quite as
straight forward as you'd first think), and i might feel sane again.
Bwahahahaha.

Yowie
Sherry - 21 Nov 2004 15:21 GMT
>The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
>don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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>
>Yowie

Sigh. I still can't even clear the screen. :-(

Sherry
Karen Chuplis - 21 Nov 2004 17:11 GMT
>> The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
>> don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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>
> Sherry

Me either. But I am going to start calling Yowie the Daha Master :)
Kreisleriana - 21 Nov 2004 15:47 GMT
>The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
>don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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>I used my digital camera to take a picture of the screen before and after
>each shot, and compared what happened.

<awed silence>

Theresa
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lewe - 21 Nov 2004 17:36 GMT
Yowie <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> skrev i
diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:30b849F2tv2kgU2@uni-berlin.de...
| The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
| don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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|
| Yowie

JOEL, JOEL!! can you hear me?
get her away from there - you need to shut the puter down and get her out in
the fresh air!
this is gone too long alreaddy ...
Vicky here's a cold, wet snowball to your neck to get you to snap out of it!
<zzzzzzznow>
LOL
;P
--
lewe
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Christina Websell - 21 Nov 2004 21:58 GMT
> Yowie <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> skrev i
> diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:30b849F2tv2kgU2@uni-berlin.de...
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> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> lewemi at yahoo dot se  |  cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi

Won't make any difference, lewe!  Yowie has to solve bubbels.  It's
essential for her peace of mind.

Tweed
Jo Firey - 21 Nov 2004 19:29 GMT
> The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
> don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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>
> Yowie

I knew you'd figure it out.  Wow.

I know there are extra points for bank shots.  Not sure about colors.

Let us know how it works.

Jo
Christina Websell - 21 Nov 2004 21:56 GMT
> The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
> don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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>
> Yowie

<stunned at your intelligence>

Tweed
Yowie - 22 Nov 2004 00:56 GMT
> > The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
> > don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
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> >
> > Yowie

<stunned at your intelligence>

No, not intelligence. If I were in any way intelligent, I'd not have clicked
on the d*mn link in the first place. This is just sheer bloody mindedness.

Now, as to scoring. Pop 3 and you get 30 points. Pop 4 and you get 50, pop 5
you get 60 etc etc. I haven't accounted for popping something like 10.

Now, if you *dislodge* one, its 100 points, dislodge 2 its 200 points etc
etc that combine together with your popping score. The points for each shot
are displayed briefly on the screen before being adding to your final score.

If you clear all the bubbels, your score is doubled (which is why Marina's
33k score for finishing the game is incredibly good - means she did it
*very* quickly)

However, just on occasion, it gives you slightly morepoints that I would
expect. I think perhaps if you pop and/or dislodge more than aparticular
number, the score for each extra bubbel increases.

Still trying to figure it out. Perhaps once I've figured it *all* out I can
quit playing. (hahaha. And the snowball isn't helping any, Lena!)

And, since I'm just as addicted as everyone else, is anyone keeping a tally
board? If not, I'll volunteer. E-mail me your scores, indicating whether you
finished the game with that score or not, and I'll make a tally of hte top
10 on my Angelfire site (the one that hosts the FAQ - come to think of it,
Bubbels probably needs to be mentioned inthe FAQ too. *sigh*) I'll have two
lits of "top 10" scores, one for the *highest* score for not completing the
game and another for hte *lowest* score for completing the game. I suspect
Victor will be the top of the former, and Marina will be the top of the
latter.

May Bonnie piss in the sink forever.

Yowie
Bubbeloholic No.012
Victor Martinez - 22 Nov 2004 01:17 GMT
> If you clear all the bubbels, your score is doubled (which is why Marina's
> 33k score for finishing the game is incredibly good - means she did it
> *very* quickly)

But you're starting from the premise that less points is better, which
is not necessarily true. One can look at the game both ways, the most
points is better or the less points is better. If you want points,
you'll avoid clearing colors as long as you can and you will try to
dislogde as many bubbles as possible. If you want to minimize the
points, then you do the opposite. Different strategies for different
objectives. :)

> Bubbels probably needs to be mentioned inthe FAQ too. *sigh*) I'll have two
> lits of "top 10" scores, one for the *highest* score for not completing the
> game and another for hte *lowest* score for completing the game. I suspect
> Victor will be the top of the former, and Marina will be the top of the
> latter.

My highest score not completing the game (meaning without having it
doubled for clearing all the bubbles) was a bit above 150k (I was so
close to clearing out the whole thing, I was trying to maximize my score
and ran out of time). My highest score finishing the game was about 170k.

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Seanette Blaylock - 22 Nov 2004 01:54 GMT
Victor Martinez <me@nospam.com> had some very interesting things to
say about Re: [BUBBELS] Mystery solved:

>My highest score not completing the game (meaning without having it
>doubled for clearing all the bubbles) was a bit above 150k (I was so
>close to clearing out the whole thing, I was trying to maximize my score
>and ran out of time). My highest score finishing the game was about 170k.

My high with finish was 171430.

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O J - 22 Nov 2004 11:46 GMT
Well I finally got it.  

Regards and Purrs,
O J
 
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