Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Feb. 29, 2012: Super Dominoes and Dice Derby Badge Challenges

Super Dominoes Badge Challenge

Tile Train Badge
Win 8 games this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!


Play Buddy offers Super Domino Buddy for this challenge and I'm so glad because as strange as it may sound, I don't know how to play this game! Even so, I was impressed with this beautiful auto.


Game Difficulty: No difficulty - played against computer
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 7,203 tokens earned
Time: 1 hour 11 minutes
NOTES: DON'T click the 'play against robots' on the initial screen because it requires 500 game points to win. Instead, do what I did to speed things up: go to a room lobby, sit at a table and set the game to 250 points AND select 'Limited animations' so the games progress faster. Even so, luck is still a factor because it all comes down to how the bones fall so to speak.


Dice Derby Badge Challenge

Golden Dice Badge
Finish 230 laps this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!


Well Derby Buddy is a blast from the past because it looks nothing like the Buddies I'm used to. But don't let appearances fool ya - it completed the badge as quickly as is possible and had no hiccups.


Game Difficulty: Default
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 8,575 tokens earned
Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
NOTES: Sheesh, 230 laps is no joke. To speed things up a bit more, select the '9-lap' course before clicking 'play against robots' so that 9 laps (instead of 6) go by before the jackpot spin and final round which take up unnecessary time.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Feb. 22, 2012: Pinochle & Penguin Blocks

Penguin Blocks Badge Challenge

Air Express Badge
Complete 70 rounds with a profit of $1 or more per round this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!


Boy was I excited to see Penguin Buddy on the PB website this morning because it wasn't in existence a few days ago! Here's how it did:


Game Difficulty: 'Easy'
Buddy Settings: Increased speed to '1'; all else default
Tokens: 4,311 tokens earned
Time: 45 minutes
NOTES: I tried the 'Medium' level as well but it seemed to take longer since more food needed to be collected to earn the $1+

Pinochle Badge Challenge

Premier Virtuoso Badge
Create 10 Pinochles this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!


Play Buddy offers Pinochle Buddy for this challenge BUT oh how I wish this already autoplayed (coming soon, I'm told from PB support), as I have no clue how to play Pinochle! Instead it's a hand tracker for the Pino pros who play this game for fun (yay for them I suppose! lol).


Game Difficulty: No difficulty - played against Robots
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 0 tokens earned
Time: 15 minutes
NOTES: I chose to NOT get this badge yet - I have no idea how to play Pinochle and my feeble attempt of 15 minutes against the computers after reading 'how to play' left me dazed and confused... I'll wait for my Buddy!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Feb 15, 2012: Phlinx & Mini Golf Madness

Phlinx Badge Challenge

Sphlinx Play Badge
Drop 3600 stones this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!


I used the beautiful Phlinx Buddy for this challenge and here's its stats:


Game Difficulty: Beginner level because the puzzles are simplified and finish sooner
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 8,841 tokens earned
Time: 2 hours
NOTES: Sometimes faster is better (like when you want to farm tokens) but definitely use the default '2' speed for this challenge; it seemed like the '1' speed - while much faster - was not as smart which seemed to result in faster decision making causing less stones to drop.

Mini Golf Madness Badge Challenge


A-maze-ing Challenge Badge
Complete 8 18-hole courses under par this week!
Win this badge plus 3000 Tokens!


Thanks to Mini Golf Buddy I got this badge much faster than on my own. Stats are as follows.


Game Difficulty: 'Warm Up' course - Full course (front and back 9)
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 7,620 tokens earned
Time: 35 minutes
NOTES: Easily achieved this badge and got 8/18 holes in 1 every time