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Bill Stock - 08 Dec 2004 23:54 GMT

It's a Bast*rd Cat Trick!

I haven't played in a while, as I've gotten too close to the end, too many
times. But I decided to try it again this afternoon, despite having a
nagging headache. The first few games were rather pitiful, as I wasn't
taking particular care, just firing away. Then it happened, the last game. I
only had a few bubbles left, when the screen became swamped again. But wait,
there are only three colours. I kept playing and the screen filled up
several more times, with the same three colours. But with only three colours
and the same three coloured shooting bubbles coming up, it was pretty easy
to clear the screen again. Then I got a five minute timer on the screen and
a few bubbles later, I had a screen of green bubbles and a green shooter
bubble. YAY, IT'S OVER!

This had been a strange game, not much like most other games. It took very
few shots to get to the end game. But I still had a decent score. Then I
looked over my shoulder to discover I was being watched by a hungry cat. It
turns out that Smokey had influenced the outcome, so she could finally have
her supper!

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Cheryl - 09 Dec 2004 00:09 GMT

> I kept playing and the screen filled up
> several more times, with the same three colours.

This is the part that got me to keep playing. Once I found out that
you eliminate colors to get to the final reward (lol) it became
easier to figure out how to win. But, even then, I've gotten down to
two colors just to have the banner come up that says "game over".
Waaaa!

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Bill Stock - 09 Dec 2004 01:23 GMT

> > I kept playing and the screen filled up
> > several more times, with the same three colours.
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> two colors just to have the banner come up that says "game over".
> Waaaa!

Yeah but, I could swear I've had two or three colours left before and I
haven't seen this. But then I've also seen bubbles change colour in mid
flight. :) I wonder if the colours in the gun affect the # of colours
spawned when the screen fills up again?

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 09 Dec 2004 00:56 GMT

> It's a Bast*rd Cat Trick!

I've been saying that all along. Bonnie and Clyde invented it, to
distract Bev so they could pee in her sink, or run away and give her
heart failure, and play all sorts of other nasty, naughty kitty pranks.

You've noticed that by now, Bubbels has evolved into an international
illness, with people all over the world distracted away from not only
their lives and responsibilities, but more importantly, the evil-doings
of their feline masters. Is this merely so they can play pranks? Or is
something more sinister at work here? Is it an international conspiracy?

> This had been a strange game, not much like most other games.
> It took very few shots to get to the end game. But I still had
> a decent score.

The theory now is that a "decent score" is a *low* score. The fewer
shots it takes you to get to the end, the more skilled you are, no?

> Then I looked over my shoulder to discover I was being watched by
> a hungry cat. It turns out that Smokey had influenced the outcome,
> so she could finally have her supper!

A temporary state of affairs, I'm sure. Right now, you're still
necessary, so you'll have to be taken away from your game to tend to
her needs. But sooner or later, cats will have finally achieved their
objective, and you will be left to deal with screens that NEVER clear.

Hey - maybe every time we pop bubbels, it releases *energy*. That's
it!! The cats have created and appropriated a new *energy source*! It's
like The Matrix, except that instead of lying in pods while our bodies'
energy is harvested, the entire human race will be popping bubbels, to
provide power for the Feline Empire. This whole thing has just been a
test run. Seems to be working quite well...

Joyce - spy for the Resistance

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Bill Stock - 09 Dec 2004 01:38 GMT

> > It's a Bast*rd Cat Trick!
>
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> of their feline masters. Is this merely so they can play pranks? Or is
> something more sinister at work here? Is it an international conspiracy?

I've heard the PLF is behind the conspiracy.

> > This had been a strange game, not much like most other games.
> > It took very few shots to get to the end game. But I still had
> > a decent score.
>
> The theory now is that a "decent score" is a *low* score. The fewer
> shots it takes you to get to the end, the more skilled you are, no?

OK, more precisely, a fairly high score for the apparent # of shots taken.
But then I seemed to have experienced some 'missing time' during this game.
Mothership interference?

> > Then I looked over my shoulder to discover I was being watched by
> > a hungry cat. It turns out that Smokey had influenced the outcome,
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> provide power for the Feline Empire. This whole thing has just been a
> test run. Seems to be working quite well...

It's actually a communication system. Each time a bubble is broken a high
pitched sound occurs, that is well above the human auditory range. I managed
to decode a couple of these messages, some gibberish about "John has a long
moustache" and "... wounds my heart with a monotonous langour". Nothing to
worry about I'm sure, just some silly cat game.

> Joyce - spy for the Resistance

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Cheryl - 09 Dec 2004 01:44 GMT

> It's actually a communication system. Each time a bubble is
> broken a high pitched sound occurs, that is well above the human
> auditory range. I managed to decode a couple of these messages,
> some gibberish about "John has a long moustache" and "... wounds
> my heart with a monotonous langour". Nothing to worry about I'm
> sure, just some silly cat game.

Bubbels goes very well with pOpcorn and pOptarts.

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Bev - 09 Dec 2004 02:05 GMT

> > It's actually a communication system. Each time a bubble is
> > broken a high pitched sound occurs, that is well above the human
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> --
> Cheryl

The bubbels code is extremely interesting. For instance, I have found
that when Bonnie is watching I might as well give the game away as her
vibes are disruptive, i.e. sitting on the keyboard, scratching my face,
biting my hand etc. Clyde simply relies on placing his large fat self
on essential wiring, thereby short-cicuiting the whole thing. FSP is
the most bubbel orientated - she is not a high powered persian and
relies on beauty to distract me. Who could resist those golden eyes,
that delectable stubby nose, that long fur (smothered in burrs), those
sweet, loving meows as she begs for her food. Inevitably I shoot a
wrong bubbel while looking at her and I am undone, sigh.

Bev

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 09 Dec 2004 02:44 GMT

>> Is this merely so they can play pranks? Or is something more
>> sinister at work here? Is it an international conspiracy?

> I've heard the PLF is behind the conspiracy.

PLF?

Joyce

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Bill Stock - 09 Dec 2004 02:50 GMT

> >> Is this merely so they can play pranks? Or is something more
> >> sinister at work here? Is it an international conspiracy?
>
> > I've heard the PLF is behind the conspiracy.
>
> PLF?

http://www.ipussy.co.uk/revolucion.html

> Joyce

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 09 Dec 2004 07:35 GMT

>> PLF?
> http://www.ipussy.co.uk/revolucion.html

Ah, of course. Thanks for clearing that up.

Joyce

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