> > 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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