Weekend Open Thread

Wanted to be the first to say AWESOME job on the Ranks and Badges secret project!!!! Way to accomplish such a HERCULEAN task!!! It will be greatly appreciated by all….Thank you as always Lura!!! Have a GR8 weekend!!!

Great idea for discussion!
I received my rejection beta mail and was happy that at least they took the time to inform us we were not selected. I dont recall that happening before.
I applied under two different accounts and was selected on the one I seldom use. I tried to make each application opposite. Like how many computers do you have? 1 on one and 3 on the other…do you play at work? yes/no etc. The biggest surprise on my winning entry (LOL) was that I selected DSL for my internet hookup and I have read in pogos help section that they dont support DSL..go figure. I also kept my responses short like..what 3 things would you change about pogo?
1 bigger jackpots
2 more personal challenges
3 more club games
I really wonder if the whole thing is random though,who knows!

Very nice job on the Ranks and Badges page! It sounds like a lot of work went into that project so pat yourself on the back and have a glass of wine, a grande mocha, or whatever it is you prefer to drink after a job well done. Thanks Lura!

OMG Lura how the heck do you do it you have reached a lvl of AWESOMENESS noone could ever hope to achieve i cant wait for the addition of the hints you have gathered I have to agree with Jewls I visit here before I go to pogo and even leave the page up so i can see the responses lol anyways much to my surprise and delight I was picked for the beta tester I kinda got the impression they were looking for people that didnt have many or any friends that played as if they where trying to keep it as much of a secret as they could but I could be way off base but thats just what I gathered from the application thanks so much for what you do for us pogo addicts

on a side note Lura when I first started visiting the site I was kinda confused your a fan sight of pogo but you advertise a couple sites that rival Pogos shrugs anyways no biggie was just something that crossed my mind take care and good luck everyone

happy weekend everyone! just to let ya know i did get an email i was not picked for beta. but i have done it twice before. Great job lura on everything you do its great!

I couldn’t apply for this beta session so I can’t help out there. I don’t even remember what I put on the application when I was accepted last time. I remember that I didn’t think I’d get in so at the part where they as why you’d be a good beta tester, I said something like “I have no idea, I’ve never been one.” So I was pretty surprised when they picked me lol.

As for the badges and challenges: I have been happy with them recently. I suppose they have been a bit easy but when there is an easy week, I just pick a tough personal challenge. I think they offer badges for some of the games that depend on chance because they try to cover everything. Monopoly Slots is someone’s favorite game, so the badge is appreciated. I lost a few tokens while earning the badge but it wasn’t a big deal. Someone complained in a letter to the Editor that they started with 25 million tokens and lost 9,000. He or she went on to say “that is one mighty expensive badge” which I thought was kind of silly. 9,000 tokens is nothing, especially when you have millions. I understand that you can use them for mini items and entries in drawings, and I don’t mean to offend anyone that may not share my opinion, but I think it’s ridiculous to treat tokens as if they are money or something just as important.

I think I may have been turned down because I was honest about being good with computers and I said that word pogo hates – MAC! I said I use both a Mac and a PC to play Pogo, but that I prefer my laptop mac. Somehow, given that the free games STILL don’t work well with macs I’m guessing they don’t really want to support the mac platform – and with as much problems as they have when they release a game lately for windows, I’m guessing a universal release is out of the question. (Funny as it isn’t really harder to make something work under all browsers. I say kill support for IE and everyone can go to open source FF or GC! ) I’m guessing the beta wanted “everyday” users, but it is too bad as I felt I could give them more specific data in their terminology.

I applied but didn’t get in this time. Got my letter yesterday morning. I honestly think from seeing how betas with other games are that its just by chance that whoever is picked. I don’t think it matters if you have done a beta for anything before, play all the time or have a certain connection/computer. I think most games will just take a mix of it all.
And great job on the badges and ranks page! Thanks for doing all that and everything else you do here.

I had emailed Lure last night because I also haven’t received either a rejection or acceptance email and was wondering if others were in the same boat. I still haven’t gotten one.

I don’t think I receive the newsletter emails either and I’ve never received emails at the times they’ve gifted gems, but I do receive F/U emails when I buy gems or games. lol.

The “kudos” ARE necessary so just accept them graciously as I know you do anyway, because I personally know how much time and work you put into working on them….there were ALOT of hours and great effort you gave to get it JUST right and pacify everyone that comes here….And what a beautiful piece of work it is completed….
So remember its the weekend open thread and YOU always tell us that we can talk about and say whatever we want, and if thats thanking you for all your hard work…..then so be it, because the comments are relating to pogo games <:-) Muah (lol)

With that said…..

WHAT A KICK ASS JOB ON THE RANKS PAGES LURA !!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you lura for a fantastic site.

I was chosen for the beta testing and honestly cant remember what I wrote only one thing I do remember how many hours do you play pogo a week, well I as that seems all I do about 5 hours a day, maybe that helped.

Its a good game I think you will all like it.

Lura – Please add me to the group that think you did a wonderful job with the game ranks section. I always like to know what’s required for advancing in ranks, and usually you can’t find the info on Pogo’s site.

Mbpmorris – Thanks again for that great tip on Poppit last week. I was at rank 29 when I finished last week’s badge. After spending many hours in Poppit since then I have finally reached rank 50.

Did anyone notice that there was a letter to the Editor this week about a topic we discussed a few weeks ago? Someone wrote in that they had completed 15 badges in 1 day and wanted to know if it was a record. The Editor has asked that people email him with the most badges won in a single day. This is only for the first time you won a badge, doesn’t include badges you have redone. I sat down this morning and went thru 55 pages of badges and discovered that I had earned 15 badges in a day last September. Guess I need a life outside of Pogo :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!!

I got my rejection letter. I was picked a couple years ago and it was fun. I worked on suduko puzzle blast, golf solitaire and pogo addiction solitaire. I realy have no clue why I was not picked this time but my best friend was picked so I am thrilled for her.
Lura awesome love the badge tracker.
Have a great weekend all

I too like this discussion idea. Picks may be random, but still interested to hear what people that were chosen had done. Maybe there’s a clue there.
I got the rejection email.
NOT chosen, what I did:
1. First time applied
2. Kept answers short. (Like Ede #3 who was chosen)
3. Mentioned Group Challenges (Read in Pogo they have them, never noticed one tho)
4. Play often (don’t remember what I put, maybe 30 or 40 hours a week)
5. No children in household
6. Know I answered their Pop Quiz correctly.

I loved the Halloween background minis.

I’m among the many who have applied and been rejected.Oh well will try again next time.
Great job on the game rank section.
Have a great weekend everyone.I also grab my coffee and come here first thing in the morning.

Vics, I was picked and worked on the same games you did. I didn’t get picked this time, I wonder if there is a conection.

The more I read this thread the more I think the whole beta selecting process is random. Maybe there’s some sort of checklist…50 who don’t work, 100 who play at work, 75 with no friends on pogo, LOL.
Guess I’m the only one not feeling the Halloween mini release. The backgrounds aren’t as detailed as in prior releases but maybe they had more on their plate with designing all the costumes. I am looking forward to spooky slots though and hope they add ranks since there was such a big stink about not doing it last year.

I must be the only one who doesn’t get why being accepted into beta testing in such a big deal. Do you get paid for this gig? What if you’re stuck testing a game you hate? Guess I’m just content to play the games I like and wait for new ones to come out whenever they come out. I’ve never applied for the “job”.
P.S. Great job on the new section! From looking at other sites and now yours, I guess there’s no knowing how much of what it takes to get from one rank to the next in Poppit except watching your percentage creap up. I’ve never seen it mentioned anywhere.
Oh, and btw, having ranked out in MS and netting 1.3 million overall, it’s a time and endurance thing. If you keep with it, you can win and usuallly win big overall. For the short time it took to get this week’s badge, most players probably wouldn’t have gotten to a winning point. And altho I can see the point of those who ended up actually losing tokens after winning the badge, here’s a hint: KWITYOURBELLYACHIN – it’s just a game. LOL

Hi Lura, the screen shots in mini golf are great, will you be comming out with more? they sure do help, thank you for doing it, and the great site

Congrats to all who got in on the Beta testing. I got my usual rejection letter lol. Oh well, maybe next time.

Janet: I had the same problem with that badge. Someone here told me to mail pogo about it and they would give you the badge. That was my plan till after 2 weeks of trying my Husband finally got it. He said on the little screen on the top left hand corner to keep clicking twords the hole after you swing. That’s how he ended up getting it.

Candi: Because its fun to get to play the games before everyone else does! Its fun to work with everyone else and try to find those bugs… and since it doesnt affect your stats (they dont get transferred to your main account) it doesnt matter if you win, lose, how many games youve played.

I got accepted as a Beta tester. I do not remember all of my answers, but I typed a good deal. I -do- remember on the questions about how to change pogo that I answered:
1. Focus -more- on games and -less- on social networking
2. Make a page where someone can go to and view all of their current ranks and stats in each game, instead of having to go into the game to view your stats.
3. Make reading Pogo news mandatory ;)

I think it might have to do with “first come, first serve” for certain demographics. Im sure they only want so many players between different age brackets, backgrounds, etc… So even though you may be qualified, if all the slots were filled before they got to your application that may be why you got rejected.

Or not, Im just blabbing, lol

Sunnydde thats cool that we were beta testers at the same time. I have no clue how they pick and choose the testers. I will apply the next time they offer it.

Vics, Sunnydde and I were obviously in the same “class” of beta testers a few sessions ago. I also remember mahjong safari and sudoko puzzle blast in the group of games tested. We had a lot of fun thanks to the variety and quantity of games we got to test. I really enjoyed it and I waited a while and then applied again this time and was accepted. I am happy to be involved again and am having a lot of fun in this testing site. I believe the selection process is random.

And Lura – great job on this site and the addition of the ranks which mesh so nicely with the badge tracker section. Don’t be so modest – all the kudos are well earned and it’s obvious the undertaking was a huge job for you and anyone who assisted. Thanks for making this a “go-to” site for all things Pogo.

I was disappointed in the mini release alos but not becuse it was old items because almost all of the stuff needed gems to get what about those of us who can’t afford to get gems we don’t get any mini stuff

I was kinda disappointed that most of the items that were re-released were mainly gems and have become increasingly disappointed that a lot of the newer stuff is basically only attainable through purchasing gems. I realize that Pogo is a business and that they need to make money and that this is a way to make money, but the vast majority of subscribers are on fixed incomes and can’t spend money constantly on gems on top of the $40 for the yearly subscription. I would like it if Pogo would allow us to cash in our tokens, that we can’t really use, unless on slots games, for gems.

I didn’t get accepted this time around and will be applying for the next round betaing. My guess is that I was involved with it this time last year and therefore they didn’t want to have me do this round of beta. Don’t know how I could improve my application.

thank you you so much that helped alot I tryed to type pogo bowl on the side bar search but nothing came up thanks so much I even bowled my first Turkey and I got the badge I needed again thanks much

I wanted to say Thank You Lura for the awesome work you did with the Rank and Badges page, hell of a work!! Wow !
I have two questions, in Yahtzee it says how many rank points you need for a new rank just wonder how many games or spins do you need to get one rank point. Second question, does anyone has any tips for Jigsaw Detective ? Seems to me that we need to solve a million puzzles for each case if you play on easy or medium and playing in hard mode …well I dont even want to try that lol. Thanks

Happy Weekend Everyone! I’ve never applied for the beta testing. I’m getting excited for Battleship and hoping it’s not a download/ buy game.
Also there’s the annual wait for Spooky Slots, it would be nice if there were new ranks and badge or at least a weekend challenge. We’ll see.

nessa – In Jigsaw Detective, if you try to play on the ‘hard’ difficulty level, you’ll find that you can’t progress thru the case like we could before. It used to take 17 puzzles on ‘hard’ to finish a case but now we’re forced to play on ‘medium’ and it takes 29 puzzles per case. I never play on easy, but I’m sure someone else can answer how many it takes on that level. (my guess would be between 50 and 60.)

does anyone know why you cant do the past months puzzles like you can the crossword cove and trival pursuit and word search kinda wish i could catch up on those as well since I took almost a 2 year gap off

To Smarty59 Not sure how that would work using 2 computers and shop for free at the mini mall although I didnt try it. Do you go in at the same time under the same name….. Anyhow sounds like everyone is having a good time on pogo this weekend. I just love this site and it just keeps getting better and better. Didnt apply for beta testing but maybe next time. Have a great weekend all.

i would have made a good beta tester i applied 2 times and didnt get either of them im looking forward to next year to reapply and this time i hope i get it. i hope others have fun

lynnette

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Nessa — Yahtzee you earn credit towards your rank by getting Jackpot Spins. I found it best to play under tab Classic mode/Fast Room because you only need 225 points to get a Spin vs. Wild mode you need 250 points. Hope that helps.

I play jigsaw detective on medium. I dont want to play on hard as you have to rotate (right click) to get the piece in correct position. On medium. there is a series of 10 boxes, each box represents 3 puzzles. Iit shades about 1/3 each time) , for a total of 30 puzzles. Each case includes 5 “clue” puzzles and 25 from previous cases or case files. After 60 cases, these are repetitve and get old, most of us dont let the computer pick these. we go back into the main page and pick one of our favs to do. I recently added a second account and am so very overwhelmed at the thought of starting these puzzles from scratch, and have put off starting. They are easier badges to get than jigsaw treasure hunter, but jig treasure has a far greater variety of puzzles and you may enjoy these as well. I enjoy playing both, but sure do wish there was more variety in puzzles saved in jig det. GL whichever you choose and just have fun playing.

Just had to comment to mmklima…thank YOU so very much for bringing up the matter of your clock running fast and how to solve it. I was going crazy trying to figure out why my clock was running fast every day and never noticed that it was just when I played Detective. Guess I wasn’t a very good detective myself. Anyhoo, thanks for solving my dilemma. I’m not sure how to switch to Firefox and I do have IE8, so I think I’ll just have to grin and bear it during Detective days. Lura, this site is so informative and fun and interesting, and it’s awesome how everyone wants to help each other. I’ve learned so very much since joining your site. Keep up the excellent work y’all! Mari

Firefox (it is actually Mozilla Firefox) is just another browser (like IE and all their versions). You can have 2 (or even more) browsers on your computer. (just remember the memory they take up.)

Remember the postings (on this site somewhere) that you can “double brows”? This is how you do it. It’s fun playing games against myself. (have to use another pogo account to play in the other browser.)

I downloaded it from the pogo help section. But you can probably find it another way. Only thing that bugged me about getting Firefox was, that my computer made it default browser. So, now, all my desktop shortcuts use Firefox.

It really isn’t that much a difference. Just POGO supports Firefox and I haven’t had any trouble with the games with it.

Lura,
Great job on the game ranks; I used to go to the other site, but since that home page was redone, there are all these annoying pop-ups that just appear block the page. I thought about applying for the beta testing, but decided no because I would be the one to get a game I dont understand LOL…Thanks for a great job I just finished, after 3 days of going blind, the M M Poppit for 5 perfect games – will never do that again…have a great weekend all.
Ro : )

I have applied to be a Pogo Beta Tester the last 3 times the opportunity arose. So far I have NOT been selected. Kind of makes you feel like the last kid waiting to be picked for a team. ;->

I know I have always applied the first week the the invites went out. I think I’ll wait for a couple of weeks before I try again. Maybe they had enough applicants of my age group since I am in the over 50 crowd. I’ll make a note next time I apply and see it makes any difference. It would be interesting to know if they use a true random selection or go by key words and/or demographics.

Lura thank you for all your hard work not only with the Ranks & Badges pages, but with making Badge Hungry a fun and informative daily read. Thank you to everyone who posted here with their tips and hints. You have made playing the games a lot easier.

Thank you Susan I never really played it that much im trying to find games I havnt seen or played much I will defintly check that out, just like before a couple days ago I never played Golf Solitrare I figure its golf it has got to be bad but accually I really really enjoy it ive gotten disappointed inmyself ive been a member of pogo well since before pogo was pogo I switched my orignal name but for along time I was more into my 360 and playstation 2 then I was with pogo and I decided to come back and sheesh i wish I never left ive only got 420 something badges for all them time ve been with them anyways sorry for my drivle although there maybe a couple games that are not for me I love pogo and for what they do for the community and Badgehungry is def the best community within pogo just my two cents

I love BadgeHungry. It has helped me immensely.
I have a request or food for thought: I love the Mini Golf Hole In One Shots and I refer to them often. What I’d love to see on here also are screenshots of tee offs… of all the holes, which will help get Par or just below Par.
I know there are a lot of Holes that will never be Hole in Ones, but this would help us get ranks!
Thank you.

Cindy4764-

I was unaware that there were ever gems GIFTED to us lolol… has that ever happened??!

Once upon a time in a faraway world, there was a jackpot spin. To this day Im not sure that it wasnt a figment of my imagination, but that JP spin did say that I won 5 whole gems!
Not much you can do with 5 gems, but its the thought that counts, right?
Have a good week all!

I am new and I just opened the badge tracker and now I know why everyone is thanking you for all your hard work, Lura. What a task and what an accomplishment. Thank you.

ok found it its hole 6 called not so fast it has 3 arrows pointing to the spot you need to hit my mistskr its not 3 diffrent spots I aapoligize its hole 6 warm up think its aug 11 or which ever the date is at the bottom

Also, when gems were first introduced, they gave all members at that time (I may be wrong, but I think im right) 20 free gems. All I know was that a good friend hung on to hers for the longest and didnt spend at mini mall. Lo and behold, some gem badges went on sale for 10 gems and she was able to get 2 free. So, they are capable of awarding freebie gems…..

First, I wanted to say that you did an AWESOME job with the badges and ranks pages. I was totally blown away!!

There is one thing though. I started the Qwerty Silver World rank a while ago (did not look at first) and find that I still need 800 letters to my next rank. According to the ranks page, I should only need 600 to complete the rank. Once I complete this rank and move on to the next one (X), I will make sure I leave a posting about how many I need.

Thank you so very much for having this site. I love it.

I assume Battleship would be free, seeing as all the Hasboro games have been for all pogo members so far… cant imagine they would randomly make one Club pogo only.

I wont 5 gems in a jackpot spin once and got those 10 gems from updating my billing information. Since I now have 30 months free club pogo (thank you subway!) I am more likely to spend some gems on mini items and MnM badges… I really didnt before.

does anyone that plays mini olf know why it seems all the diffrent weeks has the exact same courses as the rest?