Happy Weekend Everyone!
Truth be told, I’m not as crabby as I look. But I have been pretty busy this week! Thanks to Cinner for the t-shirt and the ‘crabby’ idea.
I was so happy to see so many of you meeting up this week in the chat rooms! I guess long badges are perfect for gathering and chatting with friends new and old!
A couple things of note this weekend:
Kat and many others wrote in to talk about the changes to the scoreboards of some of Pogo’s games. We’d covered the initial changes when it was just Poppit and Boggle, but since then a bunch more games have received the royal treatment! It looks like all of the games so far are ones that are also on Pogo’s Facebook application, so it may not happen to all of the games on Pogo, but it’s sure to happen to a few more before they’re done. What do you think of these changes?
badlokii and a few others asked about the rumors going around the Pogo community about people being suspended for “excessive chat”. Have you heard of this? Has it happened to you?
Feel free to expand on either of these topics or start one of your own. If you need badge help this is the time to ask, and if you can help someone, please do so! There’s no such thing as off-topic in the weekend open thread, so speak up and let us know what’s on your mind.
See you in the comments!
Filed under: weekend open threads

Boardwalk Sea Ball – Dizzy Ducks Badge
Cross the finish line in Battle Boats 10 times this week!

Sudoku Puzzle Blast – Cheddar Champ Badge
Reveal the 5x multiplier 3 times this week!

First Class Solitaire – Take Flight Badge
Place 50 cards in the foundation stacks in 21 days to win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
If you’d like to meet up with others to earn these badges, please use rooms that start with B or H, or Temporary Members Room 50030. Wear a badge that looks like a “B” to identify yourself and don’t forget to say hi!
Leave your tips, tricks, and hints for earning these badges in a comment below.
Filed under: boardwalk sea ball, special/super badges, sudoku puzzle blast, weekly challenges
Pogo has released the Special Edition Take Flight badge in First Class Solitaire.

First Class Solitaire – Take Flight Badge
Place 50 cards in the foundation stacks in 21 days to win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Filed under: first class solitaire, special/super badges
Pogo has released Balloon Bounce. You can play the game either by using this link to the Balloon Bounce game page, or by adding the game to your favorites.
Balloon Bounce has 50 ranks, 5 in-game rank badges, and 2 secret badges:

Rank 10 – The Invasion Badge

Rank 20 – Come in Peace Badge

Rank 30 – Across the Universe Badge

Rank 40 – Die Hard Badge

Rank 50 – Ultimate Combat Badge

Balloon Heroes Badge
Defeat 2500 aliens to earn this badge!

Boom Boom Balloon Badge
Inflate 3000 giant balloons to earn this badge!
Instead of doing a formal “Tuesday Tips Day” for this week, let’s share our tips on this fun and wacky new game! Leave your tricks, hints, and tips on this game in a comment below. Thanks.
Filed under: balloon bounce
Once again, Dr. Pepper and Pogo are teaming up to give away 2323 tokens in each of ten games every Monday between now and September 27th. The promotion is called Unrivaled Mondays and you’ll get your tokens just by opening the games.
Get your tokens now!
A few people have written in to report they have been able to get these tokens twice, once in the morning and once in the evening after 5pm PST.
Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let us all know about these freebies! We’ll post again each Monday until the promotion is over to remind you to get your free Pogo tokens. In the meantime, check out our Free Tokens page for more of these great Pogo-sponsored free token offers!
Filed under: promotions and events
Update 7/30: This album will be called Pogo Time Machine!
Pogo’s got another premium badge album in the works for us! This one’s called Pogo Future-tastic for now; future-tastic is just a placeholder for “a fantastic PBA to be released in the near future” and that probably won’t be the final name. It should be released in August and it’ll cost $5.99 or 86 gems. The badges are still being created by Pogo’s talented artists, but here are the ten challenges:
Sweet Tooth 2 – Sweet Justice Badge
Clear 600 caramel spaces in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Word Whomp – Whomp 3000 Badge
Spell 100 words that start with a vowel in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!
Pogo Bowl – Bowl-bots Badge
Get a game score of 100 or higher 20 times in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Super Spider Badge
Win 15 games with at least one unused free cell in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Jungle Gin – Triassic Tiki Badge
Win 30 hands in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Poppit! – Silver Spike Badge
Get 12 jackpot spins without using any powerups in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Makeover Madness – Miraculous Make-under Badge
Give 55 customers pink hairdos in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Turbo 21 – High Crime Badge
Get 200 ‘5 Card Gimmes’ in 3 weeks!(To get a 5-Card Gimmie, stack 5 cards without going over 21)
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!
Tumble Bees – Bees’ Revenge Badge
Win 35 games in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!
Phlinx – Pharaoh Family Badge
Drop 20 groups of 10 or more stones in 3 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!
Filed under: coming soon/rumors, premium albums
The seventieth and final Jigsaw Detective case is coming soon. Below is a sneak peek at the badge and puzzles for “My Way”. For those of you following the storyline, the badge itself is a huge spoiler, so we’ve hidden it and the puzzle graphics behind the cut. Proceed at your own risk.
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Filed under: coming soon/rumors, jigsaw detective