Weekend Open Thread

I can’t come up with a tip on any particular game without a specific question posed, but I’ll posit a tip many people forget while playing – have fun! One thing I’ve noticed while reading this site is so many people get so angry over so many seemingly inconsequential things. Gaming is supposed to be enjoyable. Surely you’ve got things in your life that deserve the angst you output towards Pogo and their games. Or maybe directing your anger towards Pogo is a healthy release. Guess that’s another way to look at it. Smile!

Lura, I don’t have anyone to send my passes to, so you are always welcome to use mine any time to give out. You do a great job and service here and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you and try to help out!

My tip is for mini golf madness while playing for the 99 holes under par badge play all your games on warm up as its the easiest course to do it on and you can still rank up faster.

I know alot of people have trouble getting perfect on the squid round of boardwalk sea ball. I have alot of ppl asking me in the game how I do that. What I do is keep my cursor right where they come out and always get the red and yellow/orange ones first (since they are faster) I usually get them before they even get started lol. The green ones are slower so you can wait longer to hit them. I get a perfect every time. Hope everyone has a fun and safe Labor Day weekend. :)

In any word game — Boggle, Word Whomp, always look for common suffixes. For example: ed, ing, er, s. You can usually rack up a lot of words in Boggle if you have the right letters and have one of those suffixes in there!

Hi Lura, First of all, I love your site. Second, what a great thing, passes to pogo! My tip is for boggle, I have a great track record in the game and love it more than any other game… I find one word and play it out completely before moving on, such as eat, eta, ate, tea, and if there is an s you are set. With one set of four letters you can almost always get 5+ words out of it! GL to all, and have a great weekend!

My tip is for any of the Poker badges. You can do this by double browsing, using 2 computers, or finding just 1 person that is willing to lose a few tokens.
Go into the “Low Rollers” rooms. You set up a private table and you can play with just 2 people. It only costs you 1 token per hand to play.
Once the cards are dealt you just check, neither has to bet. Then all you need to do is have 1 person fold, and the other person wins the hand.
A few weeks ago I helped someone win a few poker badges and it actually took longer to set up the room than it did for him to get the first badge he needed.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

My favorite game is Monoply, I love playing against the bots. I usually find that if you can get the 3 light blue ones, the purple set next to it of lots and build houses on it, your pretty good to go once you get houses & motels on it. I usually win everytime against the bots :) Have a great weekend everyone!!

Hi everyone! Wow..Labor Day already, where did the year go?
Ok, my tip is for Mahjong Safari…Don’t worry about the time (unless its for a specific badge) and get all the single critters out of the way if possible, so you can do the double animals 2 in a row, counts more tokens than time and sometimes one can get up to 7 or 8 doubles…lots of tokens there.

WTG for the minigolf badge procurors! The back nine keeps killing me every time…
Thanks Lura for a great and informative site…

My tips are for Lost Temple Poker. There are 2 ways to help Tex get across the bridge faster.

l) When Tex goes from the second to third stop and the boulder rolls over him and is BELOW (MUST be BELOW) the level of the bridge, left click anywhere on the screen and Tex will advance one more stop.

2) This one is rare to get, but works. Tex is at the start and you get an ADVANCE 2: when Tex lands on the second stop and the boards from the bridge start to fall, click anywhere on the screen and Tex will advance one more stop.

Hey E1 great you all are having fun in pogo.Now i have a great tip on the game word whomp there is a site that can help all you not so good spellers like myself.Go to boulter.com stroll down to you see scabble words clikck on it go to buddy click it there will be a small screen come up at that time mins down on big screen keeping the little screen there type in the letters on the game that they give you to spell the hit antigram a list of words will come up for those letter.Its a great place to help.I use it when i play and omg it works.If any one needs to ask any ? about it please fell free to email me an ill take you thought the steps to help you get started.Thanks have a great day frances_cox@yahoo.com

My tip is for Stellar Sweeper. After the first block is cleared you usually open up a big portion of possibilities. You have to always think BLOCK OF NINE. Now find the # 1 that only has one block left to clear and that one you right click. When you find a number and picture it in the middle of that block of nine, if you see a 2 and can see two crystals in the eight spaces that surround it, then its safe to left click the remaining blocks, which will eventually release the gas jets for a spin. If you concentrate and doing the counting you can almost do a perfect game each and every time.

This hint may seem obvious but it may not be to everyone. I’m not the best player of Boardwalk Sea Ball but I usually get quite high scores in the Battle Boats mode (the one like Skee Ball). My hint is to take an extra half second before shooting the ball and look at the numbers at the bottom of the grid. For instance, if they are 4 5 2 5 5 3, aim the ball between the two 5s. Always take a quick look and aim the ball between the highest two numbers. You can’t have full control of where the balls go as they hit the spikes and bounce, but by taking this extra half second to check the numbers on the bottom, I usually have one of the highest scores in this mode of Boardwalk Sea Ball.

Great Idea Lura for giving away the three month passes to Pogo…My tip is on the Mini Golf Madness…on the windmill if you aim your ball right at the black center of the fan and pull back to make it go fast, usually nine times out of ten it will go through the windmill fan and give you a hole in one..did this by accident and when I had to redo the game uhmmm a few times LOL I tried it again and it worked..made it to rank 10 last nite..and got all the game badges except the 99 under par one…but heard Pogo is having problem with that badge….thanks for wonderful site Lura…gl ev1

I think the new mini items are really sweet , and the mall certainly looks more ‘stocked up’ now! As i am not yet a club pogo member (my subscriptionnran out in July), i’mm happy that the game is not a club pogo exclusive. My tip for the Mini Golf Madness is no pay attention to the hills , which if not done correctly , can add a slight curve. Also , if you get the ‘big gulp’ powerup , try and use it as soon as possible , vas this power-up is the most common to appear , and critically , the most important.

Re: Comments 10 and 12
It should be fine to use as it is just a promotional code. Use the following link and just copy and paste it. If it does give you any trouble sign in on US side of pogo but I can’t see any reason it should.

https://www.pogo.com/action/pogop/codeclaim/entercode.do

When I need to do housework I play Bingo Luau in the sharing rooms by clicking all the numbers after the game starts and going off to clean then returning a few minutes later to do the same thing…You get credit whether you click on bingo or not…This way I rank up and still have time to clean house….Also in Pogo Addiction in order to rank up all you need to do is uncover the 3 mini pogo characters (they always have a gold star on their cards) and then hit new game..You do not need to finish the game itself….

Hi all and happy holiday weekend!

I have a tip, that not really mine. It was given to me by a lady that helped me get old Backgammon badges. So I don’t know if that will qualify me for the contest.

If you are playing for the win in Backgammon, your partner could leave the table after all the pieces went to the home side of both players. In this case, you are getting an automatic win. It’s fast and efficient. :)

I also would like to ask for help here. I have 2 badges left to complete for 2004 year book and they require 4 person in the room. Both are rated games and I don’t know if anyone wants to get their ranks diminished. :( The games I have left to do are: Euchre (win 5 games) and Spades (win 3 250 points games). Anyone knows how I can get help? I’m in Eastern time zone. Thanks in advance.

Thanks to the good people on this website that suggested to get 2 accounts, that helped me a lot with 2 people games that I needed for my badges :)

My tip is for Stellar Sweeper. I don’t know if many people know this but once you have some numbers uncovered you can click the number to see which ones around it it is specifying for that specific number. I do it all the time and it helps me out a lot and tend to get perfect games that way (unless of course I hit a crystal while trying to open it up at the start of the game) I also play solely on Terra once I opened it up and found that I rank up fairly fast on that one.

Happy week end!!! I have a little tip to getting red 3′s a bit faster in canasta that some may not be aware of..You need to play in a four player room, but with only two people and two bots…..ya HAVE to have two human players!
If the bots get 3 or more 3′s, one at a time, stand and switch seats….Don’t both stand together or it resets game. You will get credit for the 3′s and it really does go much faster this way….Hope this makes sense to everyone.
OH! you need to make table password protected so no one else joins game.
Happy seat jumping!!!!

I love love the new game. Been playing all the course. I wish had add more then 50 ranks hate to get this game done I won’t have nothing to do now.

Nicole#45
I have been doing seat hopping for years,
I thought everybody knew about I told alot of people that is how my friend and I ranked out in canasta both times in 2 months .Ofcourse I love the game I am helping another friend rank out now,The tip is best thing sense “slice bread”lol I can’t say it enough how much I love this site .Lura if I wore a hat it would go off for you I know it takes alot of time to keep this site going!Many thanks to the peopl that help you!

My tip is for Steller Sweeper, when playing on the Terra planet, click on one of the corners and 9 times out of 10 it’ll wipe out a ton of squares. This does work best though when playing on easy, although it does help greatly with the other difficulty levels as well.

Can you believe that summer is almost over? we did not have much of a summer here in Upstate NY. But I’ll tell you that when the weather was good…it was really GOOD!
My tip would be for World Class Solataire. Don’t use your power-ups until you’re stuck, and then just use one until you’re stuck again. Use Shuffle if a card you need is in your draw cards, and use Grab if it’s buried face-down under your red/black stacks. Hope this helps

Great website! I love keeping track of my ranks and badges here. Keep up the good work.

My one tip is on Crossword Cove: Use hints on power-up clues, they don’t reduce your payout by very many tokens and they can help you work the answer to several clues at once. Also, use those power-ups as soon as possible to get the most benefit.

Lura,
I have 7 guess passes you can have just let me know how to give them to you ,it seems everytime I try to give them away I get that many more.

I have been playing POGO before Colonel Sander was a Colonel. Anyways, my tip is when you are trying to win a badge in World Class Solitare (when you need a certain amount of tokens). The best way to do that is keep all of your powerups (peek, shuffle, etc.). You will get a perfect game and a extra 100 tokens. It will help with your total. Have a great weekend and a great Labor Day!!

My biggest tip is this… If theres a challenge u dont like or dont want to do, get ur hubby/bf/partner to do it for you. Works for me every time :P

My 6 yr old is still for hire for working on monopoly slots. He says he charges $6 an hour but when he turns 7 it will be $7 lol

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Hi, first off, I love this site. I love Badge Tracker that I keep up for my 2 accounts and my husband’s account. Thank you so much!!

For Jungle Gin, if you are playing against bots, always check Aces as low/high and then they won’t hog all of the low cards like they do if Aces are only low. Makes for a much more fun game.

On Dice City Roller. First turn go for 2 of a kind and exactly 7. The dice almost always rolls you this combo. Next tip is save your high dice for the “exactly” numbers in the lower left side. If you have an extra die or dice put it on the Straight. You’ll want to wait until you have 2 of a kind or 3 of a kind that you have nowhere else to put (if the upper right is already taken) to play on the Full House. Next tip: Once you clear a space you’ll see a star. After you get 4 stars, the next time you get it, you clear it out completely and get 50 bonus points! Get at least 800 points and you’ll get a jackspot spin.
A request. Do you like to play Jungle Gin? I am always looking for partners to play. We can set the board any way you want. I love this game. I haven’t ranked out, yet, but I love to play. I am just past beginner over into Intermediate. If you want to learn how to play, I’ll teach you. CarolsBooks is my name here and on Pogo.
A big hats off to Lura for this wonderful site. ty very, very much.
Carol

My best tip is for games and badges that require you to play against another player, make up another account and run it on a different browser. I have two pogo accounts, and play them on Firefox and Internet Explorer, which is how I get all of my Chess, Backgammon, Hearts and games like that. That is the best tip that I can think of

Mahjong Safari. Before you start matching animals, take a good look at the board. See where several matching animals are. Once you start clicking, click fast to match several animals at one time. If you pause, you won’t get the combo bonus. The more animals you match.. one after the other, without any pauses, the longer your combo’s will be, the more tokens and the more you’ll advance up the ranks. Pausing kills the combo.

Lura – if the person from UK wins couldn’t they sign on to Pogo using the American Flag and then enter the code. Sort of like a reverse of what we do to play the UK games. They would have to clear thier cookies and history before they try to sign on. I’m just not sure if there would be any differences for the account pages.

love this site you do a great job. my tip can work for all the games, i see people grumbling about how hard the games are especially if you have to say get 4000 points, i take and divide the points by number of days to get it , this tells me that i have to do so many a day in order to get the badge and you don’t get bored doing it at all in 1 day. also people grumble about losing their tokens in games such as hog heaven what i do is give myself a limit on how much to lose and once it is gone i move on to another game.

Lura, I just love the site. It has been so helpful for me.

Poppitt is my favourite game. The tip is to keep hitting New Game until you get the 2 power up 2 balloons, makes it a lot easier to win the game. And, if you don’t use have to them, you get extra tokens.

Here is another tip I just thought of. If you are playing a poker game like Hold ‘em or games like that, put 3 other people in the same table (not bots) and have everyone fold except for one person. It only works for if you need a certain number of wins badge.!

Have FUN!!!

Fairly new to BH, so wasn’t sure what hint/tip I could pass along and then remembred that in First Class Solitaire if I don’t win a game in the first two tries in a room I’ve been changing rooms and almost always start winning by doing this. Thanks so much for starting this site, it has helped my % of winning games so much. I did finally get my first album finished, now have finished three. T Y’LL for your help, especially you Lura!

Here’s a tip for Lottso – If you hold the last ball ur playing that round over the spot it’s needed, it will be ‘snatched up’ automatically when the time runs out(I imagine you’ve noticed this). What you may not have noticed is that you get credit for TWO balls every time you do this, so you can get 10 extra balls every game!(Be careful you don’t go over 60 balls though, or you won’t get credit for any!) I don’t know if Pogo will consider this a cheat or not, but as someone who knows a li’l code I just luve to beat the coders!

Hi, I made the unknowing mistake of posting 2 tips in a row. If you want to combine them, please do. I was not spammingg (I promise). After I did that, something jogged inmy memory and I reread the instructions above. By then it was too late.

I’m very sorry.
Carol

Payday Free Cell tip – I have the best success hitting new game until I find the screen where the Aces are closer to the bottom. For me, it makes getting a win much easier.

Double Deuce Poker tip – keep only the 2s – your odds of adding at least another 2 or 2 more 2s will often lead you to the 4-2s and 4500 tokens for the hand.

Canasta – I play alone with bots in the 4-player rooms and that way you get the benefit of your partner bot’s 3s, canastas, no wilds, etc. in addition to what you contribute to the hand. Also allows you to finish each game faster. Works no matter what challenge you’re working toward.

Have a happy and safe Holiday Weekend!

Hi Lura. first, let me tell you that you have a great site here, I read it everyday. my tip is for Lost Temple- when you reach the bonus round- if you find an Ace,then click all the cards in that row-that will give you the royal flush

Terri, does this work every time you complete a Crossword Cove puzzle (I do them myself without the given answers)?

Carol

great site lura, i always come here for tips on games. this is my first time leaving a message, but this tip is for stella sweeper. when you start a game, i always do the right click, right click, than left click sometimes a number shows or clears a lot of area. after that i click on all the numbers, very seldom do you explore a diamond. gl.

The tip for turning off the waves in Quick Quack is to click on the game and type “anim”.

Lura, love the site. I check it first thing every morning and multiple times throughout the day. Thanks to you and to everyone who submit tips.

Have a happy & safe holiday weekend.

It’s curious that my tip in the weekend challenges thread, posted last night, gets posted above without attribution in a contest thread not 12 hours after the comment was approved.

oh lura i forgot to add i don’t need to be entered into the contest i have gotten well more than enough about 10 years worth lol.so please give them to people who need them.you don’t have to post this commet.

well I will talk about canasta thats the game I like the best. I play this way only with robots because most people pick up the piles as soon as they can, with robots they wait until they can go out all at once most of the time to catch you with a lot of points in your hand or without making any canasta’s. So I always pick up the 2 cards until I see that the pile is getting really low, then I look at the number that is in the discard pile and when it’s about 13 to 15 cards in there (sometimes more just depends) I will pick them up. This kills 2 birds with one stone, get the red 3′s to move up in rank and get all the cards to throw down. I am not very good in explaining things but maybe this will help you get the red 3′s faster by not picking up the discard cards soon. Sometimes you will get a smart robot and he will pick it up sooner then you think, and then they get the last laugh. For me this game is all about getting those red 3′s for the next rank.

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone! This is fun contest Lura! I have a few tips to share..

Squelchies: When going for the Blowfish Badge, play on medium difficulty and keep hitting “new game” until you see the blowfish on the left & right side of the game

Stellar Sweeper: Hold down the shift key and click on the numbers to remove blocks with free spaces underneath them

Turbo21: You can use the 1,2,3,4 keys instead of using your mouse

Monopoly Here & Now: I have never frozen in a game when using these settings.. whatever isn’t listed is considered “unchecked”
Play on tab level: Custom
Start with these rules: none (Select one)
Turn Timer: Slow
Bonus for landing on free parking: $5
Max number of times in jail: 3
Players can collect rent, build, trade in jail: checked
Players need “3″ houses before a hotel
Double cash for landing on GO: checked
Each player starts with “3″ properties
Total game time limit: none
Game turn limit: none
When a player goes bankrupt properties “are given to the player they owe”
Game net worth goal: none
Game bankruptcy limit: 3
Allow computer players to fill empty seats: checked
Make table private: checked

Just strategize your property deals with the bots. You basically have control of keeping the game endless when there’s you and one bot left. Good for those around-the-board lengthy badge challenges.

I tried the bloop one and it is not working for me. Please try to explain it again. Do you use the junk blocks?

nicole # 45
how does that work does the 2 humans be partners or no?
i have a tip for bloop to rank faster but its on another site with the step by step instructions.to rank faster.badgeaddicts.com go to hints and tricks select bloop and scroll down where it says game tips and the second pararaph where it says for fast ranking it shows you how to set it up very easy play with someone.not really my tip but some people may not have known.

This tip is for Lottso. Hold your last ball in the round over the spot but don’t let go until the round is over. You will get credit for an extra ball for that round. Watch out though, you can’t have over 60 balls in a game. If you go over 60 you won’t get any credit for any balls placed. So be aware of how many you are accumulating. It makes the ranks go much, much faster. It is easy to average 55-60 balls per game using this tip. Good luck, everyone.

Hope that you all have a great weekend. It is beautiful here in Ohio.

Redlion #104 & Lura #106 I too use 2 browser windows for the CC answers and TP answers. If you minimise the window with the answers in but have it big enough to see the answers you shouldn’t have to tab between windows. For CC I make the answer window long and place it down the left hand side of the screen with the game window placed alongside.
For TP I make the answer window short and fat and have the game window placed on top of it, moving the game window down a row each time I have answered the previous question so I don’t lose my place…lol
At all times I can see both windows.

HTH

My tip for Boggle Bash is : when you think you’ve found as many recognizable words as you can, start typing different combos of letters. I usually pick up a few extra points this way!

Happy Weekend All, nice contest good luck to everyone. Here’s some tips for Mini Golf. Use the power-ups, the Mulligan lets you replay your last shot, Zoom In is cool because you can see where to shoot. Hope these tips help. :)

i don’t have a tip right now, but wanted to let everyone know that beta letters are going out now, so keep an eye on your mail box, including your spam. the email will come from Pogo Beta Program ( betainfo@fun.ea.com ), if you want to put that in your contacts.

Just a note that pogo beta invites have gone out…

ok the way to get a 200+ is shoot from between 2 and 3 on the left and shoot it towards the left of the head pin once u get closer to the pins right click u possible get a strike.

Ok I have a couple of hints…one for hole in one badge on mini golf. (I haven’t seen it posted yet) Sept 1st works the best for now. The first hole is Leo and is very simple to get a hole in one. After doing so just hit new game and you will still get credit. You can get this badge in no time.

Heart shoot the moon……keep hitting new game until you see a hand you think you can win and play. I shot the moon 3 out of 4 games this way. Make sure you uncheck must take jack of diamonds to shoot the moon. One less you would have to get.

When setting up table games to play the bots check the box that only lets beginners join. It makes the bots easier to beat!

Can’t think of anything else at the moment…..great work on the site Lura

Another Canasta Tip

Play against the bot, and set your game for 2 canasta’s and 2 cards. Play in “Beginners” and the bot won’t pick up until the 10th card, so you can keep picking up on 9 or 11, depending on who goes first. If the stack gets frozen, and you can’t pick it up after 10, play whatever cards he has already played–he won’t pick up anything he has previously discarded. You can really rack up tokens this way.

Cheryl

While I’m posting away I have to say I was just refered to this site recently. I have had several “mini” strokes (TIA’s) and minor strokes over the last year and get so frustrated because somedays I cannot remember how to spell a word. Since I was a Composition Instructor before my strokes (and have a MA in English) this disability was putting me in tears. Then, someone told me about here. NOW when I am having trouble understanding what I read or spelling a word I can pull up the answers and get the spelling. This site has really made my life enjoyable once again.
Thank you Lura for this wonderful site. I haven’t played around with it, just used the crossword cove tab, but I plan to move around in here a lot more.
Cheryl

Hi all….Happy weekend..My tip is for Boggle.If your not the best typer, you can click on the first letter of your word and then drag your cursor to all the other letters..It works well and seems faster, (for me anyways..LOL).On average I get 70-80 words per game sometimes more..Hope this tip helps…..Have fun!

Maybe this is not applicable to all, but noticed on mini golf that when ball is really close to hole, if you dont overshoot a little, it doesnt sink – maybe is just my puter, or maybe might help others…Lura, cant thank you enough for this site.
Also, a laugh…Mom is 83…my daughter puts up MJ white dragon badge for her she tells me on phone that she doesnt see any dragons; so I ask if she sees red, green, white dragons after discussion, she says oh, you mean those dollar signs? LOL…anyway, Pogo is keeping her mind active…
R.

Heres a tip for Addiction. Dont look @ it as a card game as much as its more of a puzzle. Before moving any cards look for where you can see a sequence, then only move cards that will expand it. Sometimes l even put off moving a card so l can clear more space behind. l usually put the 2s in place last. Unless moving a card will help, leave it. Dont use the power ups until you are ready to go out, and become one with the undo button.

Does anyone have some hints for mini golf? l cant seem to get the Scorpio even Raid wouldnt help.

Hi E/O And Happy Week-end to all, and I think this is great Lura. I Love Pogo and I love all the games. I can’t say if I have a great tip but I will try, I will offer to say when I play Canasta the most It’s my fav… I play the bot a few games first, and know that on the tenth draw the bot woll meld out with usually three canastas no wilds, and will never discard a wild card first until I do.

Notice that the bot will follow your suit in discarding until the ninth discard and a black three then he will meld . I also use no chat in Canasta breaks concentration…lol.

Hog Heaven is a good game to gather alot of points if you use the bonus boxes from right to left and use all halos to add up alot of points at one time to reach higher levels.

Really like your site. You have done a lot of work and think ya did a great job.

I usally just sit back and read the comments here. I help a lot of folks and and ready to do so here too.

Two tips:

Soduku puzzle blast = To turn off cursor light hit the escape key to toggle off and on.

Word craft = If really stuck click hint button twice and it’ll change to pass.
You can type your words in this game too. Have fun all.

you don’t have to add this one to the long list…. It’s another way to do chess. If for some reason John’s ever stops working.

Make sure you stay with white peices and move 1st.

E2 to E4
G1 to F3
D2 to D4
C2 to C4
B1 to C3
D4 to D5
C4 to D5
A2 to A3
C3 to D5
D1 to D5
F1 to D3
E4 to E5
D5 to E4
E4 to H7
H7 to H8 Checkmate

It’s a few more moves than John’s

My Tip is for Boardwalk Sea Ball. An easy way I found to get the Squid Swarm badge is to aim just ahead of the squid. Use the tip of the arrow and put it right in front of the squid. Hope this helps.

Hi everyone.. hope your weekend is a safe but enjoyable one. I found on the thousand island solitaire .. in order to win the games.. if i started trying to get the highest priced ship first then it usually worked best for me…i got my badge in alittle more than 30 minutes by doing that.. i then tried that while doing a friends and got hers fast too.. hope it works for you too.. thanks

hi lura,great site,thank you to you and all your helpers.I’ve submitted this tip before but prior to this thread,so bear with me for the repeat.

Tip is for boardwalk seaball – ducks – perfect score. If you haven’t noticed 1s and 5s are the rarest numbers here,they only appear in 2 colours yellow & red. Therefore it is better to start your “streak” hitting the 1s and 5s FIRST,much easier to get a perfect score this way as every other number ie 2,3 & 4 appear in EACH colour at least once.good luck everyone

my tip is 4 mgm play warm up course to get the 50 holes in 1 badge i love the graphics in that game they are awswome im rank 10 there got the hole in 1 badge and i got the warm up i was in love with the pogo 10 year course badge i have finally made it to rank 40 in sweet tooth 2 i love the pogo 10th birthday mini items ty for a great open thread for this week Lura big happy birthday to dear pogo hope the next 10 brings u joyful experiences

Happy weekend everyone. My tip is for pinochle. When you are trying to get the ratings badges, play against players that have higher ratings than you. If you win, you get more rating points. I use to pick the partner that had the highest rating thinking it might be easier to win, but if we won, I only got a few points. I finally sent pogo an email and they explained it to me. Wish I had known this before.

Happy Weekend All! Lura, LOVE this site and have been starting to depend on it for clues and info. Thanks for telling us about the 99 badge, folks were complaining about it and being able to tell peeps what the situation was helped cut out some of the whining.

Bob, your tip for stellar was close, but here’s another: l play tetra (the one that looks like Earth), click in the middle to the left and that usually will open an area. Find an exposed crystal with the #1 next to it, then right and left click @ the same time and it will expose all the non crystal #s in that grid. When we had to do the badge for 100 pg, l ended up doing it for 14 other folks. Would never have been able to do it wo that aide.

it is both world class or first class i have found those pesky kings under the larger piles more often then not…and my ratings went up as well as i got though first class ranks much faster once started clearing the other piles first

What an amazing site!!

I have a tip for bowling and I get a strike 99% of the time… not sure if it has been posted, I have looked through all these, but so many great tips and may have missed it so sorry if it has…

What I do is, there are dots at the start of the lane, i go 2 dots over to the left and the first darker board (so the 2nd board) to the left of that dot, i place my ball there, and I line the bottom of my cursor arrow to the left line of that board and to the bottom of the screen page. I aim in between the head pin and the pin to it’s left (not sure if it’s the 2 pin or 3.. sorry not a bowler lol). Now you will notice that each time you play, the pin set up is a little different, sometimes the pins are closer together. So to compensate, when they are close, i bring the mous back just a tiny bit so it’s night right up against the pins, if they’re further apart I put it closer to the back of the boards… I hope this helps everyone out there ;)

hi lura,

i love the mini golf madness its awesome after you get use to it.

I want to suggest multiple tips under one umbrella: Prioritize! If your goal is a badge, know what its requirements are and focus on that. However, if you are working on ranks, don’t overwork OR underwork. For example, for Hangman Hijinks (thanks Lura and Company for the list) or Wonderland Memories, play on easy. Only spins or cookies count in those. For Phlinx play on the highest difficulty you can complete games in since only those spins count. For Pop Fu, Poppit, and StackEm, which have such a heavy penalty for playing easy, if you rank at all, develop skill and play on the level that does advance your rank.
This may seem obvious to those of you who ranked out, but how often are you in a room with someone who whines about this (and everything else)!

Makeover Madness: Buy as many robots as possible, ignore the mindreaders as they make the women crabbier. If you can build your skill to Holy Cow, you will knock off 246 of them each completed week and the only way I can do it is with the robots…watch that $6000 maximum and buy more robots! Clear enough?

Penguin Blocks: Play on expert, sacrifice some fish. Let the penguins have the less valuable or far away fish if you can build combos and max your monies that way. I average about 65 weeks a retirement this way.

Beaker Creatures: Perfect does not only mean everything matches–it also means that NOTHING at all matches. This has made a huge difference in my game in there.

Ride the Tide: RTT is not your goal, your goal is to beat the dealer. So quit when you are far enough ahead (If I hit a 6-9 on cards 3+) that his odds are to stop, since he has to on 5-10s, or bust.

I realize many of these sacrifice tokens, but until I can take them to the grocery store, ranking up is preferable in my world!

As always, thanks and praise to Lura…you do an awesome job!

My tip is for Jigsaw Treasure Hunter, I helped a very good friend and co-worker get a badge in this way She had to do the one where u needed to complete a puzzle on normal in 8 min. or less. By going into the unlocked puzzles you can choice your puzzle and if u pick one that has an easy pattern and one that u have completed before it is a lot easier to complete it in the time limit. My friend was trying it without doing it that way and was having a hard time. Also with mini golf this morning I was in room and it seemed like it was not awarding badges for the completing a course at or below par someone in room did not get hte Flora and Fauna badge and I did not recieve the Astro Blast badge even tho I won game with a -1 score (showed in Stat) but no Badge

i never used to be good at pogo bowl untill i found this tip site http://www.pipstips.info i went from a 150 bowler to a 250 bowler .hope this site helps others as its helped me.

I would be interested in helping Ayli with her badges, please look me up or send me a message, veda2006.

I have a tip for Stellar Sweeper for getting the Spin Badges or the Spin Gas badges. One is to play in the biggest field available and click to open large spaces, it seems that i always get the most spin gas by doing that, but be careful, if u lose a shield, the game will replace the shield instead of giving spin gas. Also if you right and left click at the same time on a number, it will clear all the areas around the number if you have cleared enought spaces around it.

I love Monopoly slots but wish the dice would come up more often. It is a good game. Sometimes I may play for 45 minutes and never get the dice. Can this be fixed where they will come up more? I also like the Mini Golf just be glad when I can get better at it.

I absolutely love playing games on Pogo.

WOW! some really good tips! Didn’t see one for Pop It.. I like to start at the top right or left corner and work across. It seems to leave fewer *orphans*. I also will use the power ups at the end of the game if it will allow me to leave five or fewer balloons. Happy weekend everyone!

Hi everyone! Stay safe this Labor Day Weekend, as you all know there are alot of people having parties and drinking. Lura tyvm for this site! You do an awesome job and I love it! I have a tip for monopoly slots that I don’t know if everyone knows it or not. Instead of always hitting the spin button with your mouse, you can just hit the space bar! It makes it so much better on our wrists!! LOL corpul tunnel!! Have a wonderful weekend! And let’s not forget about Sept 9th for the most people online! Let’s break the record!!!

Hi Everyone, I do have a question, what and how do you use those “hot keys” for slot games? Great tips everyone. Lura, thank you so much for time in doing this for all of us. Also, thank you to everyone offering tips and comments. Be Safe!!

Here’s a couple for Boggle Bash.

When you are playing a game and you need t get up to get coffee, use the bathroom, answer the phone, etc. and you want to stay in the room you are in, always make sure you type in a word or two at the beginning of the round or you will get booted for inactivity.

Also this has been mentioned several times but I thought I would add it again, if you are trying to get your 10 letter badge, go to “all words” and scroll down to “8 letters or more” and write down the 10 letter words you find. Also during open chat just ask others what word they had to get their badge. Most are very proud of the badge and are more than happy to share the word they used.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

WOW, so Many Comments this Weekend!!
Im TRYING to get thru them all, but MAN OH MAN

IF my tip has been done by anybody or EVERYBODY already knows it, i apoligize in advance……

Its a Tip fo Turbo 21.

For some reason that game is tough for me….can never seem to get the Jp spins…..
But i found a much quicker way to get the 21′s w/o having to actually play thru the game and struggle..
I did this when i went for the 1200 21′s MnM i think it was recently…

U can use the one two three and four keys….for each column…..
so if you press two or three of them really quick, each game will only last a few seconds…….took me not even a half an hour to get That many 21′s…….and even a Rank…haha…….
its the way i will Ever really rank up in that game…….u dont even have to use EVERY column, just two or three, and u get at least 2-7 21′s each game….
thanx for baring my message if you already knew this..

ciao for now
Richie!!!!!~

Happy long weekend all!!

First I want to mention that I was chosen as a beta tester – I received the email yesterday and promptly started playing the new game.

I have not read the comments above yet so I am not sure if anyone mentioned the tip that in Monopoly Slots you can use the space bar rather then the mouse and it makes the game go a little faster.

Have a great weekend everyone – I will now start reading all of the comments.

In Poppit, you can use the weight powerup more than once. First once you get the weight powerup drag it to a place where its needed and let the balloons fall. Then pick it back up and while holding it in place right click which is undo and place it in another place (you will not see it on the pointer) then pop 3 sets of balloons (no more or less otherwise it wont work) and after the 3rd set is popped right click again and an outline of the weight will be on the right and you can use it all throughout the game.

My Game Tip is for “Wonderland Memories.” It’s pretty low-tech, but it actually works.
When the screen is showing all the kinds of cookies, I use my left hand to place my splayed fingers directly on my monitor’s screen, on as many cookies that are all of one kind, to mark them. Then when the screen snaps back to the covered cookies, I can get several, “Nice Find” messages and often can get an “All Showing.” It’s dumb, but it works!
Vic

I dont know if this tip is in this longggg list of tips ……If you play trivial pursuit and crossword cove on the american site and the uk site you will rank up faster and get lots of tokens…..

Hi Lura and all
my tip is for canasta….I love the game, and play against the bots.
99 out of a hundred times the bots will hold their cards so they can go out when they meld….catch them red handed all the time…just make sure you put the setting to 2 canastas needed to go out.

Hi Lura, I love your site and generally check it every day to see what’s new.

My tips are for Lost Temple Poker, Aces Up and Qwerty. In Lost Temple, when Tex advances to the 2nd skull and the boulder comes rolling for him, wait until the boulder rolls off the bridge, then click blank space below the bridge. Tex will advance 1 more space.

In Aces Up, when you’ve arranged your aces or your single cards and later find that you’re stuck, use undo to go back and rearrange those single cards. That can make the difference in being able to clear the board.

In Qwerty, I play against a bot at beginner level. I make long words using most or all of my tiles using an anagram site. Then for my last move, I connect to the bot’s grid and go out. I always play to 1,000 points for max tokens.

Good luck everyone.

A few tips/tricks that I use that aren’t necessarily game specific are:

I play Trivial Pursuit (both sides) then Crossword Cover using Lura’s answer page. After each game, don’t close the game window… just go back to Pogo’s page and click the next game’s link, it’ll load in the opened game window and you don’t have to keep moving the window. I usually set up for the next game’s link while the game is loading. Also, I type all but ONE letter in the crossword games then click ‘Submit’. If it says you have ’1′ incorrect, hit ‘Cancel’ and you know you don’t have any errors. If there is more than ’1′, then you have time to go over the puzzle again for any typos. Once you have it ready to type that last letter, I use the 12+ minutes for each puzzle reading all of the recent posts, comments and free tokens (using right click and ‘open in new window’). Just don’t forget to check the clock occassionally and type the last letter once 14 minutes have passed… I haven’t lost any tokens yet by playing this way.

Another ‘trick’ I use is… my ‘Favorites’ list only contains games that I still have to rank out in. When a new game is added to Pogo, it’s added to my favorites; once I’ve completed a game, I remove it from the list. That way, when I don’t know what game I’m in the mood for, I can easily look at the list and aim for the ones which jackpot is over $2500… to me, there’s no sense in my possibly winning a jackpot that I wouldn’t get maximum payout for. LMAO! (like that’ll ever happen!!!)

Great thread. I’m looking forward to checking out your tip section. I don’t have a tip to share yet, and don’t really need the free pass (I’ve won 4 already)… but if you’re coming on to share a tip you can find out if it’s already been posted by hitting CTRL-F to search the page for the name of the game.

Tips for Boardwalk seaball:

Boats is a crap shoot since the balls occasionally have their own minds. But I try to shoot straight down the side as much as possible as the ball falls more quickly. Depends where those pesky 1s and 2s show up.

For the ducks, I start with green and blue because they only have 3s and 4s. I do all 4 3s first, then the 4s in whatever colour sequence matches. Then I do yellow starting with the 4 of course, and end up with just all the reds to quickly shoot.

Coral can be iffy as well. I don’t follow any set strategy besides trying to avoid those bumpers as much as possible.

On the clam round, aim but don’t shoot until you make sure it’s not red. Try to get the 25s and 50s if they are open, while grabbing a 10 or 15 when you have a spare second waiting for them to open.

For the squids, hang to the left side and try to shoot as quickly as possible, getting red and yellow first of course.

hi all,

LOL, I have 1 humerous tip for boardwalk sea ball: quit looking for a way to tilt the machine when you ball gets stuck at the top of the 1st puzzle!! LOL, my ball always gets stuck up there!

Ok, now this is a serious one for same game. I had real hard time with the bottom row of ducks, tilll someone told me to not throw the ball so hard!! Just make sure your arrow is green and then go for it. Works great on the clams too. Also on ducks, don’t forget to get all 1 color at a time.

LOL, sorry no idea if this has already been said, I’m too tired to read all 183 posts at this time!!

In Yahtzee, Super Yahtzee rounds are played after every 12th yahtzee in a room so you’ll get this one faster by playing in full rooms. This helps with some of the badges.

Mini Golf Madness – FYI – The 99 holes under par badge is actually 999 holes under par. There are a few that have gotten it already. Just thought to let you guys know. :)

Here is my tip: On word whomp wackdown, take a print screen of the window when it first starts. then pause the game. paste into a word doc. Study the board from Word, then go back to the game, unpause, type in the word, pause the game, go back to word. The list appears in alphabetical order so you know about what the first letter is that you are missing.

Regarding the spins; the question was posed to the Pogo editor awhile back & it was said the there is nothing you can do to determine the spin amount; it is ‘puter determined within a split second after you finish the game…so just click on it when it starts; saves time unless you like looking at it LOL

In Lost Temple Poker, when in the bonus room and you find the hand with the A that is the hand with the Royal Flush and thus the most points.

htfish #202…I just tried it….it gave me 694 out of a supposed 4,775…I went out, came back in, and it was the same….694.

i have a tip …i have a hard time seeing in pool and mini madness golf to make shots ….what i do is use a index card to line up shots….in golf i take the time to line up different shots to make sure i take the least strokes and i do make more hole in one that way…and in pool it helps to get a private room with the timer off to use the index card to line up shots as well and i do win a lot of games………..

Lura this is great i have been reading this site since you started and i read everything that is here this my first time and i did not want to repeat …..and i know this is new thank you again for all the hard work that you do

THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS PLAY THE GAMES HAVE FUN ALL THAT IS WHAT POGO IS A VERY FRIENDLY PLACE TO MEET FRINDS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME ,,AS TIPS JUST REMBER TO BE FRIENDLY AND MAKE FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Hey guys awesome site, im a new member but ive been trying to read all the posts and tips I really enjoy the site, btw im on quite a bit if you guys see me in the rooms say hey I try not to be rude sometimes my kiddies play so if I dont respond I apoligize as for tips for the diffrent games not sure if this one has been said about the keno pop one but here goes i like to stagger the numbers along the edges either side to side or top and bottom doesnt really matter if it sarts looking like im not getting abythhing 2 or 3 times in a row I just change sides but I either stagger them like place one in the corner skip a spot place another skip a spot place another just like that for two rows or I place 5 in a straight line the make another straight line of 5 next to it or shifted by one space higher or lower to try and maximize the space i did that for awhile and I was getting 4-8 balls very often now im ranked out in it well hope that helps someone.

pss again great site sorry for the rambling im just excited cause I accually got picked for beta tester anyways say hey in the rooms and good luck guys

Fier6666

My tip is for Beaker Creatures. After you pick 2 you can scan the other creatures to find the best match. The lights at the top will light up and show you whether you have 2, 3 or 4 matches. Just roll over them with your cursor, it really helps when you are having a hard time finding a match.

Thank you for a great site! I enjoyed playing the crossword cove game – i normally suck at crossword puzzles LOL…. I’m having so much fun this weekend. You are awesome.

MY TIP IS FOR WORD WHOMP WHACKDOWN…

the gola is to get all the words ..you NEVER have to use the MIX Up button !!EVERY single word is in the screen you begin the game in..this saves TONS of time hitting the mox up when its compleltey uneeded. also dont forget to add S~~ ED~~ ES~~ ING~~ Y to make more words
also THANKS SO MUCH for your site I sooooooooooooo enjoy it and after logging into Pogo its the first place i go for news on whats going on in Pogo!( and crossword cove help and tp help!!)
gggggggggggg to those whose tips win!!

the new game mini golf madness is awesome i am already addicted. but there are problems with it getting badges though i have over 200 holes under par and havent got the 99 hole under par badge.

TIP on mini golf madness hole #3 on warm up course hit it as hard as you can to the hole on the top and hole #8 of warm up course pick the tee furthest to the right and shoot it to the far left for chance at hole in 1
hole #9 of warm up course pick the hole at the bottom and it will go to the hole

not sure if its been said or not but in Stellar Sweeper you can shift left click a number after you uncovered the gem near it. Like if there is a gem with a 1 beside it if you hold down the shift key and left click it will clear every box the 1 touches. Be sure to find the gem first though, because if you dont you might end up breaking one.

My Tips

For mini golf the hard course seems to be medium and the medium courses are hard. Dont be turned off by the header of hard on the golf course its a lot easier then the two medium ones in my opinion. I have gotten under par on the hard courses and have yet to get under par for both the medium ones. Also dont be afraid to hit the par 6 button and try and make it up on the other holes.

Monopoly Slots as someone mentioned before hit the space bar for the same bet and spin. I have heard that betting one line makes the game go faster, however you mileage may vary as I always play max lines.

For Tri Peaks solitaire always save the wild card for the last card, that way you wont waste it on a losing hand.

Those are my tips and also I got into the Beta with pogo.
This web site is great and I hope you have a safe and happy weekend.

thank you Michael!

Lura, I have a question, i do not understand, and i am blonde lol, about what you said about the trivial pursuit UK starting Sept. 1, i have done all the archieved thru the UK site, so I guess that doesnt apply to me? thank you , Nan

Laura just love your site.I come to your site as soon as I log into pogo. I have not seen this tip yet, it is for Dice City Rollers. Go into a room by yourself,make sure you are in a room with the auctions and when u bid if u only click on 1 token amount and wait for the timer to run out the game will uncover the rest for you.Also you will get a jackpot spin no matter what your score is. Is easy way to get ranks faster,and tokens.Thanks again for all your hard work

hi e1 i just got my hole in one badge and my warm up badge. it was not easy but i have a couple tips. #11 stay as close to the left the ball will go past the water and the windmills, when i figured this out i received hole in ones lol only after practicing a million times. and on the the last hole #18 use the big gulp power up hit the ball toward the right hole. first shot hit it light second shot hit it good and hard it will go into hole and come out into the big hole u made with power up. good luck e1 also thank you e1 for the tips. i have many i tried and many i will use in the future. thanks again:)

Always try to switch up letters in word games! As in Word Whomp/WWW/WWU, Boggle.

on boardwalk seaball.. on the squid round
always shoot for red first then gold then green.. the red moves the fastest , then yellow and green the slowest..

These are for Thousand Island Solitaire.
There are 2 face up card piles at bottom. Only the one on the left can place cards, however… I always move the number card to the right pile and open up a second pile. With 2 numbers showing you have more leeway as to how to use the cards whether you are going for treasure chest limits or to win the game. If you want to use the one on the right, just click it and it will move to the left and be able to use.
Also, if you don’t remember what hazard cards you have not used in your open piles, place mouse on cannon but DO NOT CLICK. Just mouse over the cannon and you will see what is beneath the top card.

Would be great if someone had a tip on how to remember all these wonderful tips when we would like to apply them.

This was a great idea Lura even if there wasn’t a contest involved.

Thank you.

hello ev1 can someone tell me how to get rid of the scrabble letters u dont need will they disappear when more room is needed or can u delete them??? and also how come the daily code doesnt work for me anymore? it tells me i have used it the max number of times (i thought it was DAILY – is there a max?) LOL thanks for any help

chris(#181) ty for the tip in reusing the power up in pop it maybe now i can FINALLY get that weekly one that requires you to pop ALL the balloons cause i cant seem to do it

victoria (#183) that is funny what you do with your fingers on the screen LOL one time i actually put masking tape on my screen to mark where the cookies where to get an ALL SHOWING badge LOL my friend thought i was crazy but hey it worked :) (if there werent enough cookies of that type in the area i kept “clearing” the cookies in that area until there was a cookie to turn them all over)

oh my goodness well i wont be using it dont want to take any chances ty for letting us know does anyone else have any tips to popping ALL the balloons??

to make games run faster be sure to shut all programs off. this way you wont have things running in the background and everything will run faster

Thanks for the info about the poppit tip. I never heard that before, but I will not use that anymore.

I havent heard anything about the mysterious extra badge is Beaker Creatures in some time. Has Pogo eliminated that badge?

A tip for when for almost any game on Pogo. Decide if it is a badge that is your goal or rank. In some games it is possible to rank out and never win a game ie First Class Solitaire. Also, Pinochle ranks by the random deal of how many pinochles your are dealt (queen of spades and jack of diamonds). You just have to finish unrated games to rank in Pinochle. If you want the in game badges, then rated games are necessary. Those require people, not Pogobots.

Have fun which is the most important thing on Pogo!

evelyn you have to go to an actual room, not click to play with bots on the game page, and once u go to an actual room and click on a table, u can set up table that way

the only tip i can think of is when playing lottso do not leave your cursor where the balls drop it is to avoid losing your balls

THANK YOU TIGGER! ROFLOL… I knew there had to be a simple solution. I’m going to give it a try.

When playing Crossword Cove, I always play on HARD level and wait at least 15 minutes after finishing the puzzle, before clicking the submit button. This way you are going to get the maximum amount of tokens for the game. I can still do other things on other open IE tabs while I am waiting for the time to pass. The UK site, for some reason gives fewer tokens on their puzzles, so do the US one first, and then the UK one. It takes a little longer this way, but you get the full benefit of the maximum tokens too. Everyone have a great weekend and a safe one.

another Jan, There is no secret badge in Beaker creatures

Hope everyone’s having a great weekend! Here’s my tip:

In the Duck Shot round of Boardwalk Sea Ball, the distribution of ducks is always the same. It goes:
Reds – two 1′s, two 2′s, one 4, one 5
Yellows – one each of 1, 2, 4, and 5
Greens – one 2, two 3′s, one 4
Purples – one 2, two 3′s, one 4

The best strategy for getting a perfect every time is to stick with one color at a time, only switch colors when you’ve cleared all the ducks of the color you’re working on. For switching between groups, there are no 1′s or 5′s in green and purple, and no 3′s in yellow or red. 2′s and 4′s are available in all colors. So if you always save a 2 or 4 for the last duck of a color, you won’t run into the problem of having no matches available in the other colors.

Hope this helps some of you out! :)

hi everyone!
Love playing games at pogo except when playing with sore loosers who get mad in scrabble, qwerty or boggle bash because they start accusing me of having a cheat program. Oh well it takes all kinds.
TIP for those needing to win card badges–see if you can play against robots. Go into a room and set it up the way you need –points, oklahoma gin–etc.
Then make it a private game. Once game starts you are playing against the robots. I find its easier to win.
TIP for scrabble or qwerty–set up your own game table–do not allow watchers!! I used to allow that but after loosing a couple games to someone with way lower ranking than mine, I realized the watcher and other player were probably using an instant messenger program.
LOL that kind of makes me sound like I am a poor sport but just wanted people to be aware of the ways others can cheat.
HAGD!!!

Loved all the tips everyone.
My only tip is, for heavens sake, give LURA a break. She’s running this terrific site and also has to weed thru every comment. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, take a moment and read thru. Do it while your waiting for your tokies on Xword Cove. Not trying to be mean, but think of Lura.
Love you Lura.

rock, the glitch was fixed LONG time ago….i asked pogo for the badge simply by stating i tried and tried, couldnt get it and alas, they gave me the badge/tokens for it

Happy Labor day weekend all. I can’t believe the kids have a day off less then a week after school started LOL

I thought of another tip..in mahjong safari make sure you try and work out the purple stars first. The power ups sure help when you get stuck at the end.

Shelly I believe this has been fixed
Also I have another game tip that I haven’t seen mentioned, this time for Lost Temple Poker. If like me you aren’t worried about losing tokies but want to get ranks go into the game and bet 1. Hit deal then weight down the enter key (either by holding it or like me use a bottle of nail varnish…lol) This will auto deal for you for 50 games/hands until the free game which you have to play manually.

Ayli you can look me up anytime on pogo that you need help China19594

I was also wondering how you guys got so many passes for free pogo? I cannot win to save my life!!

Wow, everyone is posting some really helpful hints!

I’m not sure if anyone is going to find mine helpful, but it’s just a little trick to make the game go by faster:
Penguin Blocks – you rank up by getting Bob to “retire”, and you “retire” by earning money. A helpful trick to making a bit more money is to connect blocks with fish on it BEFORE you send Bob to them. This is easier in “Easy” mode, where you have more time before the penguins get to the fish. Use the blocks to connect two or three fish (when they’re connected the ice they’re on turns pink) THEN connect Bob to any part of the pink ice. Bob will move to the fish any penguin is closest too, then the next one. It’s a combo, and you make a little bit more money for each fish he collects in a row. This helps you get to the next “upgrade” in the game, and closer to retirement.

Happy Gaming Everyone!

PS FORGOT THIS ONE LOL

For the mix and match where you have to bowl a turkey you can purchase this badge AFTER you bowl the turkey and activate it BEFORE the game is over and you will still get the badge!