Weekly Challenges (November 11-17)

Good morning everyone. Tri-Peaks is not timed, so you don’t have to rush. You can plan out your moves. I haven’t tried Mini Golf yet, but am looking forward to playing.

my only tip would be to play both comfortably and on mini golf, if you want easiest course, warm up would be it…but if you not in any hurry, play whatever course you want, both are not timed..

Does anyone wonder what Pogo is thinking sometimes? Some badges take less than an hour. Some require so much more than that. I know Tri-peaks is a fun game and all but 35 Wild cards isn’t going to be done anytime soon.

My schedule allows me to play Pogo for about 12 hours a week . When I saw the requirement for the Tri-Peaks badge, I knew there’s no chance I’ll even try it. I’ve played the game enough to know how often wild cards come out, and how long it takes to make a pass completely to the last treasure chest.

I know Pogo wants to keep us glued in our seats, but I’ll pass. Sorry, Pogo.

I got a wild in Tri Peaks last night so that I could start out being able to use one, but this morning when I went to play, no wild card. Did anybody else have one saved only to find it not there?

I’ve been playing for just about 3 hours and have 8/35, but I really enjoy Tri-Peaks. I will probably only gain 1 ranks while doing this badge, but that’s better than none :)

I’m leaving the golf badge till last b/c I really don’t want to play that game. But I will for a badge…LOL

Good Luck Everyone!!!

Suz

I took notice of when I was receiving wild cards earlier when doing a bit of the badge and this is what I figured…..use your wild card during a hand that gets you to a chest but ONLY if you will win the hand and get to open a chest.
If you win a hand and it just puts tex in a space without opening a chest I didn’t get a wild card once I had opened the next chest. If Tex opened a chest I got a wild card from that chest he opened.

Reading that back doesn’t read right but I know what I mean…lol

i actually got 2 wild cards in one set on tri peaks

but mini golf will drive me crazy not only does it take forever to load but it freezes so much. i finally decided to only play the front holes and go to a new game at least then i dont lose so much when it does freeze

It took me about 45 minutes to get the first wild card but then I ended up getting 3 in a row on the 4th, 5th and 6th ones. Then nothing for a while so I guess we need to just be patient….sigh

Good luck!

I also got a wild card last night in TP and when i went in today it was gone… grr. Im also working on the TP badge from Solitaire Playland to clear 350 peaks and i cleared 38 peaks before i got a wild. Its sad to think im probably going to get the Premium badge before i get this weekly badge lol

I only have two days to get both badges. We leave for our vacation early Friday morning and in between packing for the trip and cleaning the house I will work on the Tri Peaks badge. I was hoping for a couple of easy badges this week, and I have a feeling I may have to wait until they are available as personal badges. Oh well, they will get done eventually. :)

Good luck on the badges this week!

Will, Domenica, and Brenda, I also saved a wild from last night and it DID save, but its gonna take awhile to get them all. I have 16 after working almost 6 hours on it. I have a feeling mini golf is gonna take a bit too, Im also doing the 50 birdies with it.

Mini Golf, play on Warm Up and do it over and over, took me like 7 games with spins…you gotta play full course to get a spin. Tri Peaks. OMG, will be almost like quick quack years ago, lol, but I have 8/35 after like 4 hours, but we do get 7 days so Ill get er done one way or another. Got in a room with such nice fun people, made it alot more fun by chatting and laughing at least. Pogo used the word CHALLENGE right this week, huh? I like challenges, but not marathons, hahahahah, but well prevail. Just keep at it, take breaks and if not, u can get it as a personal later on. Good luck all.

In Tri Peaks it took me 4 1/2 hours to finish. There were times when it took forever to get a wild. Then sometimes Id get 2 in a row. I was soooo glad when that was done. Ill see those cards in my sleep tonight.

took 5 hrs and 50 min to get the 35

I have been through tri-peaks 4 times and none of the treasures have given me a wild card. I do not mind having a badge that is hard to get, but I would like to see some kind of light at the end of the tunnel.

It’s good that Tri Peaks is one of my favorite games because patience is definitely the name of the game with it this week. I can’t play just play for hours without giving my poor old mouse hand/elbow/arm/shoulder a rest, lol. I have 15 or 16 but that was many many games. I just recently got lucky and got 3 wilds in a row but there were several times 2 or 3 games went by and nothing.

It is a little annoying to have the challenges which depend only on chance. I know this because I’ve been doing a Hog Heaven badge trying to get 5 JP spins and I’ve been working on it for 4 days already, lol. I’m pretty sure I won’t be playing that one again for a lonnnnng, lonnnnng, time.

I’ll still probably finish Tri Peaks and the personal before I tackle the golf. It was fun to do a couple of times after it came out but it’s not a game I’ll be playing regularly.

Today was the first time I played mini golf and I got the badge in 2 hours…fortunately I got a jackpot spin for 750 so that helped.

I have been playing tripeaks for 6 hours and got 17 wilds. I like this game so I don’t mind that this badge will take quite some time. That’s why it is called a challange.

Good luck all!!

This is my first time posting a comment here, but would like to say Thank you for the Mini Golf hole in one shots! Thanks to those shots and a little practice ahead of time the badge only took me 1 1/2 hours. Question, can I get in trouble with Pogo TOS by referring folks to this site to check out the hole in one shots or other game helps?? gl e1, happy golfing, off to Tri Peaks….

simone- that course has given me issues too, although i hadnt tried in a while, sounds like i wont be trying it anytime soon lol….all i can suggest is mute the sounds from the game, that will stop alot of the freezing, etc..that game has alot of graphics, so its eating at the puters memory(i think thats what it is lol)

I had a hard time with the mini golf badge because the game did keep freezing, however after almost 3 hours I managed to get it. As far as tri peaks, I worked on that badge for 8 hours today am only up to 14/35. Patience is a virtue with this one. We cant give up! Maybe thats what POGO wants us to do. Lets show them otherwise. :)

i enjoyed the tri peaks challenge ok it time consuming and took me just under 9 hrs to get the badge but i persisted and went up a rank too ( 92 ),i prefer the longer challenges to the ones where 10 mins and u got the badge,those types i feel it aint a challenge,this one u feel yes i did it.just persist u can do it gl e1.

Ugh I hate these challenges where pogo makes you never want to play the game again..then to top it off they advertise a facebook game(restaraunt city) on their banner ads. Are they trying to get rid of us or what?

Anyway I am trying to be patient with tri-peaks and I hope my comment is not taken the wrong way.Iv’e been through the game 3 times and have 1 wild so far :(

I think Pogo went abit overboard this week..I don’t expect to be done my challenges in an hour..but there are some of us that have another life.
It makes it kind of hard for some of us who work..also i am looking after my parents,and my mom has dimensea..I know that Pogo cannot just look out for me,but this is abit much,for people who work and/or have children.

With Tri Peaks if you are playing also for M&M and Premiumbadge and you need a cardstreek from 10 of more, you can use your wildcard. But did you know that you can use it andthat you can play the card whatever you want, so any card is oke on a wild card. Just figure it out and don’t know if everybody knows it, so I thougth it would better to tell it here ;-)

The personals are time-consuming but I love pogo and love the badges, so I will play a lot till I have them both. Good luck all!

To ev1 doing tri-peaks it took me 12hrs to complete it yesterday finally got it about 9pm Chicago time lastnight. Pogo has heard from me and am awaiting a response back from them. Have a good day ev1! Dave

I prefer my challenges to be just that – challenges, NOT frustrations. I dont mind working for my badges at all, as a matter of fact I prefer longer over shorter challenges, but I get really annoyed when the challenges are based on random events. I know I dont have to pursue every badge…blah, blah, blah if I didnt have the ability for that certain challenge I wouldnt do it. For this challenge I have the ability (I can win the dang game, I just cant get as lucky as others).

There have been many other *random* type challenges that I have found unfair over the years, but only one that had me in tears thinking I would never finish (not the ducks…hehe). That was the Pogo Bowl get 5 gold Pins I had played for 3 days with only 1 gold pin. Then I bought an MM badge where I had to get 3 silver pins. On activating that, the program did not know what NOT to give me more….LOL. Got my challenge done in 6 games. Wish I could think of a counter badge for this one ;)

I played off on most of yesterday have about 15, but havent touched Golf yet. Ill get it done by next Wednesday – but not without much resentment toward others that have better luck frustration at Pogo for doing this yet again.

For those of you just looking to get the Minigolf badge and do not actually want to play the game — throw it! Hit your ball 3x into water or fire (on those holes that have those hazards) and Take 6. For the other holes, hit your ball really short 6x and Take 6. You dont get that many points for a hole in one or under par, so just finish out the game and pray for a bigger jackpot. Even with lower jackpots, you can get to the badge without much aggravation. Im just saying…

Well, I finished my tri-peaks this morning, catching up my dailies, shying away from golf, and dreading one more thing..,the fact that as of last Christmas, I have TWO accounts (so, my family can come on and play with me). I know this is a choice, and I am not feeling sorry for myself as I am retired. But, yes this is alot and I really feel for the people who work full time jobs, have many family obligations, and feel the pressure. I am debating what I can let go (delay the second tri-P, and do a week when my load is easier) and enjoy the fact that trivial pursuit will be off the priority list and on the optional list..And yes, I do feel this fuels the computer addiction or even just the pressure to keep up challenges and is unreasonable for pogo. I too read the letters to the editor and laughed at their playing 15 minutes here or an hour…..didnt hear anyone there that completed the whole badge…walk in our shoes, pogo ! It is a challenge, but, I agree with other that it is unreasonably LONG and DIFFICULT due to the element of CHANCE.

I look forward to Wednesdays & to getting my badges. I use Pogo as a relax method but Pogo will lose their faithful folllowers due to going over board with their challenges. I play tri peaks alot & get wilds like crazy but of course this week they are set differently. I worked on this badge from NOON on Wednesday until 2:00 am achieving only 20 out of 35. I got on today about 1:00 pm and now I have 25…Still 10 left to get.
This is my point, know it’s a CHALLENGE but we all want the badge as most of us like myself collect them, I buy gems all the time & have FUN getting the badge BUT when it becomes OVER THE TOP I feel it’s unfair. We want something thats achievable within a few hours NOT DAYS, not all of us have the time or energy to work on a challenge forever. Again the word FUN is then taken away. I really feel I speak for many players so I wish when Pogo makes these challenges they take this into consideration..Furthermore my hands are so sore today from all the hours I put in yesterday & neglected my daily challenges so I made them up today but still need 10 to obtain the TrePeaks badge. I wonder if Pogo plays these challenges from step 1 thru the end????? If this does continue & the enjoyment comes to an end so may many memberships..Amen..CJ

i took the poll for what badge was fun to get and how long it took to get the tripeaks, 55% last i looked, said 6 hours or more..

I got my badge in tri peaks at last, but like i said i really like the game.
GL to all, it takes time to get it.
Now mini golf madness is a whole new ball game, so I let my better half get that one. LOL
Hope all is having a good evening.

Hi, all – just finished reading thru the messages. Why? Because I love to read all of you great folks. (OK, I’m putting off starting the TriPeaks badge. lol) I got my MGM fairly easily – thanks to a first jackpot spin of 1000! Now, why can’t I get those when its like Tumble bees or something? lol I know our dear Editor in LttE swears Pogo never tweaks the games during badge week, but even MGM got me. I play the game alot, and like it. So I’m good at certain favorite courses. Well, despite playing some of these holes tons of times, suddenly today I couldn’t sink the putt. uh huh. Even one of the hole-in-one screenshots that I use successfully every single time didn’t work – the ball just couldn’t go up the hill. lol C’mon Pogo – give me a break!

About TriPeaks – as many have said, I like the game, so perhaps it won’t feel so bad to me if it takes super long. But, I actually like QQ and that horrible badge was murder for me (and I’m pretty good at the game too). There are some challenges – as Pogo itself admitted with the infamous QQ badge – that are just bad ideas, or mistakes. I have often said on badge week – why must Pogo set this up so people end up hating the game instead of discovering a new one to love? That’s not always the case, obviously. But when it does happen, it’s just sad to me. I know that isn’t their goal, for sure.

I also know it is my choice – I hear you all and the Editor too! about how we do not HAVE to play a particular badge. I get it. It’s the truth. However, there is more than one truth. A truth: It should not only be the people who CAN play for hours every day who can earn a specific badge. A truth: These badges are part of our annual membership package, so, really, the choice to want to do them all should really have more weight in that particular argument – we paid for it already. A truth: It is reasonable for someone (like me), who has earned every single weekly challenge badge since Club Pogo began, NOT to want to miss one simply because Pogo miscalculated how long the badge would take.

If I could, I would get every single badge Pogo ever has put out. But, I don’t have the time. I don’t have the money. And, ultimately, I really don’t like some of their games enough to want every badge ever concocted (think: Freecell). I also refuse to buy some of their download games on principle alone: how dare I have to pay even MORE money to get access to items for my mini, which I thought was a Club Pogo feature afterall? So there are already things I am basically FORCED to forego. I should not also be forced to forego a badge – and ruin a perfect collection – simply because I can’t sit on Pogo all day long.

I will add that I have no problem with the idea of a “challenge” – I have said many times on here, that I rarely get to start my weeklies on Wednesday and I am often frantically trying to get them as the clock ticks down on Tuesday…..which means I obviously don’t have a cow if I can’t get the badge within 15 minutes of it becoming available. lol But I echo others who have said there is a difference between a challenge and pure tedium. And tedium is always close at hand when the badge is just a case of waiting for Pogo luck to hit.

Thanks for the forum to share my 2 cents, Lura, as always. Good luck this week everyone!

~Shel

Finally got my tri peaks badge, whew glad that is over. Mini golf was a breeze compared to that challenge. All I can say is keep plugging away, you will eventually get it. I enjoy tri peaks but that was TOUGH.
Good Luck to everyone with both badges, keep a sense of humor and then its not so bad. Also working on it with a friend helps tremendously.
Have a great Friday everyone.

I don’t mind the tri-peaks game, I have played about 6-7 hours so far and have 17 wilds used. I agree it’s a bit excessive for time, I do have a full time job and a household to take care of. But, some are long and more dependent on chance than others. (Shrug.)

However the golf game, which I think is fun to play, is driving me crazy. It typically freezes at the 18th hole. (I always play with the sound off.) I play to get as high a score as possible, so I’m careful with my shots. Putting in all that effort only to get zero tokens is frustrating. I’ve played nine games, and this has happened on three. Just enough to keep me going, and make it extra painful when it happens yet again!

I want to play, and I do enjoy the game, but the feeling of dread all the way through is beginning to take the joy right out of it for me. How sad.

If it has to freeze, why can’t it freeze somewhere in the front nine?

Lura, thanks again for this forum. It’s nice to know that others have the same issues with Pogo sometimes, and it’s not just my dumb luck! :-)

DebbieSLP- in putt putt if your game keeps freezing on the 18th hole, and you’re still trying to get your badge..why not just do the 9 holes? It may not be as many tokens but at least you’re getting something. I would be highly annoyed if this game was freezing for me on the 18th hole!

Well, they say Misery Loves Company and I so enjoy coming here to BH. Rather than feel that pogo is out-of-line, I feel like we are all in it together. The hints help so very much. The reminder to load MnM and premium badges when doing the tri-peaks was one I needed to hear. I have finished the terrible tri-peaks on one account and decided to get it out of the way in the 2nd account as well. I am at 20/35, so there is hope. Meanwhile, I have done 2 MnM badges and 2 premium ones, so there is a sense of progress. I also keep muttering to myself, this too shall pass…so, buck up. If you want the badge, ya cant go around the barrier, ya gotta go thru it. So, relax, play some good music, and come here when ya need to vent. We understand. Thank you so very much Lura for an excellent site with so many different ideas, hints, new information, tokens, and just wonderful people sharing their skills.

35 hrs? i finished in around 11 hrs in a 2 day span i was given 7 days too complete. never played the game before. my husband back home till his next deployment finished the golf in about 8 rounds.not sure of all the complaining but i swear people were just complaining about winning badges in several minutes.now on a better note a thank you too lura for her devotion and easy going attitude and hope ev1 has a great weekend regardless of wildcards or not.

i think 8 rounds in the mini golf is Just about right. It depends on the spins a little bit, heard some ppl with 1000 spins but not me. the tri-peaks was long but not impossible. i Definitely Do not believe ppl could do the tri peaks challenge in less than an hour. I think they just want to brag that they did or just hit any number up there on the poll. I also think that more people might be screaming next week b/c one challenge, at least right now, is to get gold coins in sweet tooth. I am sure that I can do it, but certainly wont be the easiest challenge since a person has to play on level 4 or 5 and wait for the coins to appear.

Been reading for a while, and now posting for the first time.

All I can say in response to this week’s challenges is that TPTB at Pogo just do not get it.

(Starting off with the shorter of the two – in more ways than one…) The only complaint I can have over the Mini Golf one is that the game clearly still has some serious issues. Upon hearing many people complain about frozen games (here and in the game room), I honestly could only sit here, shake my head, and think “Guys, this was too soon. The challenge is reasonable, but let’s get the game working right before sending everyone there to earn a badge, okay?”

The Tri-Peaks one, however, was ludicrous.

No, not all of us have all day, everyday, to sit at our computer and play the same game over and over and over to earn a badge. Only “6 to 9 hours” is a bit much. When the editor him/herself is admitting the challenge is likely to take as long as a work shift, it’s going overboard. And, of course, luck is a huge factor in this – there are people who have played over 9 hours and aren’t even HALFWAY done!

This is not the first time, either (Quick Quack, anyone? How about some Phlinx?).

What seems to fall on deafs ears is that there is a difference between a “challenge” and a “test of skill”, and a “marathon” and utter monotony. It seems anymore that these are the only kinds of “challenges” TPTB that came come up with.

I wish I could chalk it up to just not getting it, but I have read the interview with Badge Demon/Devil/Guy/whatever. After reading the interview, I couldn’t help but to shake the feeling that our frustration is a source of amusement to this guy, and he genuinely gets off on creating controversial badges and making us angry. Speaking of length, I get the feeling that I something long coming from Pogo’s staff while reading that interview – like, maybe, the longest finger on their hand?

Stay classy, Pogo.

Sure, those who are “sick of the complaints” (complaining about complaints? Funny, isn’t it?) tell us that “no one is making you do these challenges”. I don’t know about anyone else, but I have been keeping my subscription up solely to continue to earn badges and complete albums. No other reason at all. Monotonous, tedius, better pack a lunch and a dinner and maybe even tomorrow’s breakfast challenges that greatly frustrate me (not only over the ridiculous time involved, but the feeling Pogo is giving me the “We’re #1!” gesture with the wrong finger) only cause me to reconsider whether it’s worth my time and money to bother.

If their goal is to chase away members, well, then Pogo should just go right ahead and “stay the course”. Because too many more of these ridiculous marathons/prayers for blind luck to hit, and too many more games I won’t play anymore because the latest challenge caused me to hate them, and I’ll just spend $40 less a year.

Such challenges have been around since 2003, sure. But 2009 has been utterly ridiculous. I’ve been disgusted more with this year’s challenges than the previous five years combined.

The sad part is, I expect things to get worse.

It’s time for TPTB to get some perspective, learn what the word “challenge” means (hint: it does not mean playing the same game repeatedly waiting for blind luck, nor does it mean marathon gaming). I’m about done paying my money for Pogo’s brand of “entertainment” and “customer service”. They keep it up, and I’ll remove the word “about” from that last sentence.

Or, to put it bluntly: There is a difference between challenging, and just plain stupid.

Tri-Peaks this week was not challenging. Guess that means there’s only one possible answer.

Thank you Lura for this service that you provide to us Pogo nuts. I check out the weekly comments before doing the challenges to get a clue as to what is the best way to play the game, that is after reading directions earlier in week. Some games are very hard but that is a challenge. I also have enjoyed the chats during the games, yes some people are negative but most are dealing with it and joking about 6the game and that is what keeps me going for the more difficult games. I unlike many people can spend the time on long challenges but would prefer never to have this one again. 10/10 wild cards would have been enough for most people.Thanks again enjoy your site Lura

Its Friday the 13th! Hope no one had bad luck today. For Mini Golf play on a course thats easy for you, use the power-ups. Im not done with Tri Peaks yet, I think I have 15/35 wilds used. Good Luck All, keep plugging away.

I think part of the reason for the complaints is that many of us do enjoy a challenge. I certainly do, and is why I do play for the weekly challenges. But, to me, a challenge is something that requires a bit of skill. Not just luck in how fast the wilds come to you. That’s not the definition of a challenge to me. It may be the definition of how much patience do you have.

for laura (comment #86) for the warm up bade you need to play the warm up course, You need to play the full 18 holes, And you need to have a total final score of 0 or less, when you add the front nine score to the back nine score.

I’m not sure if I’ll try either challenge yet. I’m working on ranking out in a a few games instead.

But I wanted to chime in and say that I bet you Pogo makes more money on Mix-N-Match Sales whenever there’s a really challenging Weekly badge. Just think of how many different Tri-Peaks Mix-N-Match challenges I’ll be able to finish while working on this weekly challenge. They’ll probably get 80 gems out of me.

I survived the the Stone Idol badge, yay (is running naked cheering thru the house) ok, composed now…
I took a break from Tri-Peaks & went to MG & in chat someone was talking about using the ‘trick’ to get wilds in Tri-Peaks…
Apparently like Lost Temple Poker, if you click on good ‘ole Rotten Tex just as he’s bending to open the chest you’ll get a wild card… I went back in & did indeed get a wild card in the first 3 chests by clicking on him… coincidence? It worked for my last 3 games & I badged’?’

#88,#89 i want to thank you for your input on mini golf,very helpful so i went back to try this ,i understand now what i have to do but it,s going to be hard i always get too much like when i have to take 6 lol, it will be quite the challenge for me but i at least know what i have to do ,thank you ever so much to all you great ,smart people

ok, i know this has been said b4, but they do NOT tweak the game, they do NOT take away things just so we sit longer…it is PURE LUCK guys/gals, just like with alot of games…NOT every single chest are you going to get a wild, its just the game

Moms & tigger…while it may be true that Pogo does not go in each week & tweak the games to play differently for the challenges (& btw that is just as much speculation on your part as it is speculation on others part that they do), it’s only because there is no need to. They games are already programed to play differently depending on which badge are activated. (See my post above regarding the Pogo Bowl gold pin challenge) It was certainly no coincidence that after playing for 3 days and seeing only 1 gold pin, I suddenly got 4 gold pins in 6 games after activating a challenge that required needing silver pins.

I don’t think the tri-peaks wilds proved any more random than usual, but you will never get me to believe that games are not *fixed* during challenges.

I am still having trouble getting into the Mini Golf game. I get as far as
choosing my coarse and nothing happens. I have tried at least 25 times to get in but cannot. I want to get this badge….What can I do
in order to play….HELP!!!!!

With all due respect to Moms & tigger, I agree with tcfox (#96, 97, 99). I have played way too many of these games during badge week (or when activating a badge) and seen the game become just slightly harder (or more random) to ever believe there isn’t some tweaking going on. (And, yes, I have read the LttE insisting it doesn’t happen also. lol) I have been in plenty of rooms — slots games are good for it — where you are playing forever for the random point of the badge, listening to everyone who already HAS the badge shout out about getting the random item every 30 seconds or so. lol (If only we COULD pay a player tokies to buy those extra items as has been joked about more times than I can count. lol lol) It just cannot be random luck all of these times. As I said way up there somewhere, I even had some of our “hole in one” screen shots not work for me this week for the first time EVER. I just laugh at it, most of the time – because, for me, it is so obvious. But there is no way they aren’t tweaked. It is really obvious on games you are good at, I think, because you really KNOW the game.

TC – took me 3 times, I think, to get that gold pin badge. I had no time when it was first a weekly challenge. And I LOVE to bowl – that is a game I wish had more ranks, and I can sit there for hours, happily. No golds. It was pathetic. And when you can’t do anything to get the badge, it begins to make even a game you love just frustrating. Can’t imagine having to do that with a game I hated.

~Shel

Frank, It may be possible for you to get 35 wilds in a week. It’s not for all of us. As I said before, many of us are getting approximately 1 wild per hour. That’s 35 hours of play. I don’t have 5 hours a day to play of tri peaks solitaire. I do have a family and work full time. I wouldn’t have even complained had we been talking 6 or 7 hours. But so far I have played 14 hours in 3 days and gotten 14 wilds.

No, I don’t believe they tweak the game either. But this challenge is very much derived on luck, not skill. I’m glad you were able to get it in a reasonable amount of time. However, anything that I have to spend as much time on as a regular full time job isn’t a game challenge. It’s nuts.

I just went to update the weekly poll on time it took to complete badges for my 2nd account. I added mine to the 6 hours or more category-this is now at 66 per cent with another 5% at chose not to pursue challenge –that is 71% of disgruntled or at least beleagured badge hunters this week. While some are focussing on the under an hour at 1%, I totally discount these as useless boasting; and wonder what pogo will think of 71% that may or may not be satisfied….

I would like to concur: My issue with the Tri-Pukes badge (I love that name!) is not that Darn! I couldnt get it in 17 minutes! Its that six hours (or more) is ridiculous in the other direction. I know somehow we have become a black and white, one extreme or the other society, but cmon Pogo. You cant come up with a good challenge that requires skill (instead of praying for blind luck) and might take a couple hours, instead of a work shift? Or days?

What has me ticked over this badge (and many other similar ones in 2009) is Pogos naive and (frankly) arrogant believe that everyone wakes up in the morning, pours their first cup of coffee, points their browser to pogo.com, and sits there all day until its bedtime.

I work on the Internet as a disc jockey. I also volunteer my time for the American Cancer Society. I dont have every waking minute of my life for a week to wear my mouse out on Tri-Pukes, or whatever the latest Do you feel lucky, punk? challenge is to complete the challenge.

My life does not revolve around worshipping at the Temple Of Pogo. The current mastermind behind challenges (who gets off on controversy and angering people, it seems – read the interview) dont get that. And Im not the only one.

Many days, I am on Pogo for about 30 minutes a day: To complete the crossword puzzle, play Trivial Pursuit, and maybe play catch-up in Word Search. There are days I just dont have the time to be there more than that.

In other words: Lets see some challenges. Not mindless marathons that cater to the people who spend 12 hours a day on Pogo.

As far as rigging challenges: It happens. I know, hard to believe, but it does. I suspected it for years, and had any doubt erased last year during that Cribbage challenge, when the computer scored four 30-point hands, when I had never seen a 30-point hand before in Cribbage – on or off Pogo.

Thats kind of like a five run home run, or a four point basket. Highest possible score is 29, not 30.

Nice try. Busted.

After reading through the comments here on a break from Tri (30/35 now-only because Im sick and home) I am starting to wonder if Pogo isnt coming dangerously close to the way WOW was? If the editor is saying that sitting in front of a SINGLE game is ok for – what did he say, exactly, 6-9 hours? – and then there is another challenge to do on top of that? Sure they can say players dont have to do it, but then those poor gamers who dehydrated in internet cafes didnt have to do that either… it is part of our psyche. I figured the famed QQ badge was just a fluke, but there have been several lately (like 100 games of poppit!) that I couldnt have done without asking a friend to play for a bit. I wonder if the Pogo legal team shouldnt be looking into this… sort of puts the whole challenge idea into a different realm. Maybe? I dunno, it might for some people with health conditions for sure!

I do know Pogo lost money on me – I was going to buy my first PBA to play this week, but Ive spent all my awake and sniffly time in Tri now.

As some above have said this was NOT a challenge, it was a Marathon. Being retired but w/ large family(none of whom live at home) volunteer work I do stay busy. I enjoy pogo for the friends I have made from all over. I played Tri-Peaks part of the time with some of them, some work so arent able to spend as much time as they would like doing their badges. I just finished my Tri-Peaks, it took me 21 hours all total! Im fairly new to BH and keeping up with my badges, have ranked out in a couple and did enjoy playing Tri-Peaks once in a while. I went from rank 4 to rank 6 during this challenge. The Mini Golf was fairly easy with the help from BH. I will be playing that in the future, found out Im pretty good at it for a great-granny. I do feel for those who dont have the time I put in to get this badge, I admit Im not the best player but I must agree with others I dont think theres anyway someone did this in under an hour. TY Lura 4 site!

LOL, I see another John here since I posted a few tips, way back. But The LTTE only pointed out that it would take too much time to tweak a game EVERY WEEK. I have been in Beta a few times …and for sake of argument, lets find where POGO would Tweak. In letters, yes to do every week. BUT in Beta (where every future badge is being tested..sorta change the #s), They could TWEAK and it would be a Running Tweak for the life of game and any challenge thats set to run or any future ones that say 15 replaced 25 wilds etc.
I agree taht after 50 ranks, my win % on say …and after 50 ranks mind you..went from 35% to 25% while a challenge.

OK Ill be quiet..LOL

You will run into streaks where you get no wild card for 2-4 times across the top but use it even if you are going to win the hand.Would like to comment on trivia the answers for the Uk are not the same anymore for the same date but last year i’ve seen this about a week or 2 ago.You’ll have to get your own now thank you everyone great site tc and hag weekend

mindy #108 – I have heard of people not getting some of the MGM badges until they start the next course (or maybe even finish another course). But if you still don’t have it, definitely write to Customer Service. That is one of the easier things they can check on – they just look at your stats, and voila! Good luck.

Pat #104 – Do you switch rooms after doing one artifact (full run across top) every time, whether you have gotten any wilds or not in that room? I have been finding even when I change rooms, I have to play the stupid game at least 2 times, often 3, before anything starts to show up. And, last night, I got a wild and didn’t use it, so I would have it for tonight — I thought, let me start off with one, maybe more will come. lol Well, ty Pogo – first time ever they didn’t save my WILD card. So, lost that one — and in this challenge, losing one is a lot. lol

Kathy P #110 – tc #55 – any particular type of premium I should be trying for? Or is just about fooling Pogo into not knowing which badge to make harder? lol

John #115 – You made my night. TY for posting that!! (Don’t ever stay quiet. lol)

Lastly, I don’t remember who said it, but someone mentioned the possibility of clicking right on the chests to get a WILD. Glad it worked for you, but nada for me. lol

~Shel (still on the 3rd artifact for this night with no wilds yet)

I’ve been following this thread since I think page 1. Have posted a couple comments. I have to applaud Madonna and Gecko. Sure, the weekly challenges should be challenges. But this is still just a game. There are more important things in life. And yes, once again, I know we don’t have to play for badges, but for those of us that like to, spending work shifts worth of time is more than ridiculous. I think it was Gecko that pointed out many of the recent challenges have been unreasonable. As someone that does work full time and have a family, I haven’t been able to get many of the badges that took less time than this. The crossword one, the poppit one, the phlinx one. Seems like pogo wants everyone to have a raging internet addiction. I would be much happier with a “challenge” that was actually a challenge. One that relied on skill rather than random luck. (Can’t say too much on the crossword one. While I love word games, crosswords I don’t do all that well. At least that one was skill though. I could have done it had I had more time that week. I didn’t.) But this weeks is sheer random luck. And that is true whether you believe pogo tweaks games on badge weeks or not (which, like one person pointed out, financially wouldn’t even make sense. And if you ever want to know why a company does something, the answer is always money.)

Sheljin #119-Yes I reactivated old TriPeaks premuim badges I had and already completed. It seemed to worked. Anything to try and speed it up.

To Sheljin-Yes, I changed rooms after i received the artifact and jp spin. I also avoided using the wild if there was not a chest available, even if i would have got a win. I saved it only for a chance at a chest. Then, if I was approaching a chest, i would use the wild whether i needed to or not. It often resulted in another wild. And, no, I did not leave a wild on the screen. If I clicked off, it was after using the wild.
Another thought was about number of games won. Someone had posted a drop from 35 % to 25% or something like that. I checked my average wins and it was more than twice that…so, some of you who are getting fewer wilds may also be getting fewer wins, and this you cant blame on chance—this IS the SKILL part…So, it really is dependant on Both. Just like the chance increses for a jp spin on QQ the better you play the game, it is true for tri-peaks as well. So, don’t put all the blame on pogo, pls.

i didi get my tripeaks badge on wed but i also activated some other badges to do along with it This weekend i have played 9 games and have not had a wild card yet. My stats have remained the same over the weekend so my win loss is about the same. I run from 54 % to 59 percent wins. I do have winning and losing streaks but that has always been true in that game for me. I looked at my stats and i am at a 57% win this afternoon after the last game i played and ye to get a wild card to help finish up my premium badges. That is not what i normally get at all and i have been playing this game a lot more lately to try to get though a few ranks. That is not the normal for this game for me at least.

gl to those who are still needing to get though the badge. I do think there are fewer wilds this weekend. I KNOW there are fewer for me.

I finished the Tri-Peaks badge for the 3rd time this afternoon….did mine and did it for 2 close friends. They both work and have families…. a life outside of Pogo….LOL I will admit that by the time I finished the 3rd one even I was getting tired of playing that game, and I really enjoy it.

I was surprised that there were more people who didn’t try the golf badge. I would have thought that more would have passed up the TP badge b/c of the time involved.

Congrats to everyone that has finished their badges and Good Luck to those still trying to finish them off.

Suz

Hello all.. Again :)

Can’t really complain about the tri peaks.. It hasn’t been that awful like I thought.. I seem to be doing pretty good.. Started off playing for about a hour or 2 and only got 3 wilds.. but started up again tonight and have been playing alittle bit over a hour and I am up to 11/35.. I am determined to finish because I like to collect badges and I am trying to complete my 2009 album.. already short a good amount of badges and didn’t want to add another one to the stack.. Thank you all for the tips.. I am trying different ones out and they seem to help.. Esp. the one about holding on to your wild until the 3rd chest..

Anyways I’m here to see if anyone is having the same problem as me.. The game is running fine..except when I finish the complete artifact (across top) and get to the last chest it freezes on me so I don’t get a artifact.. The one that counts towards your rank.. I was 3 artifacts away from my next rank and it froze twice on me.. and it still says I need 3 more to my next rank.. is anyone else having this problem.. I figured by getting this badge I would move up a rank or 2 but with it freezing on me I’m getting nowhere!! Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem or if it just me.. If I am not making sense I will explain again :)

If anyone still wants tri-peaks badge find an empty room. Got 7 wilds in one hour to finish…and I do believe finished forever…but I said that about quack too. gl

Hi all-

Got my Tri Peaks badge yesterday, it took about 5 hours total. I was very fortunate, and had 19 within two hours. :)

Good luck all!

mini golf madness was so easy im not to worried about tri peaks im leaving it and doing it at a later stage as a personal

Well, Linda…if you’re so BORED, perhaps you should clean your house, do laundry or take care of the people you love because I know I have a life and don’t want to spend ETERNITY trying to get a badge. What a mean spirit you have!

Good Morning Lura, I am so happy to see that you responded about the recent messages that have been posted. I have stopped making any comments to the posts in the Weekend Forum or in other areas. It just seems that some people have gone over the top in their messages. We are all individuals and play these games at our own pace and ability. The prizes arent dollars they are tokens or gems so if someone chooses to play 24 hours a day 7 days a week that is their choice. But either way thank you Lura and maybe if these posts get nicer I might consider contributing but until I will not contribute.

It just seems to me that the people that managed to get this badge in as little as 6-8 hours aren’t realizing how frustrated others are that they have put in the same amount of time and WAY more for the same badge & are perhaps only 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through it. Long challenges aren’t the issue here. Had the challenge been to reach the gold chest 35 times, that would have been a nice long skill based challenge. Everyone would have had to reach the gold chest 35 times, period. This week some folks had to reach it (depending on how lucky they were) at the least 12 & at most, well, who knows.

I have nothing against long challenges – as a matter of fact I prefer them, but waiting & wishing for the Pogo gods to smile on me is not a challenge….jmo

Personally, they shouldn’t turn it into a special edition badge; they should keep it as a regular badge. Those of us who actually earned it as a regular badge should have it count towards our 2009 badge album and those that didn’t, shouldn’t. Its not fair for those of us that have take the time to earn the badge.

I agree with Melissa, They should have kept this as regular weekly badge and quit listening to the whiners. This is rediculous to think all they have to do is whine and get their way. Just goes to show you how they act in person and in real life challenges.

I agree with others… Getting badges is optional.. Yes we all pay to play club pogo.. but I pay because of the games club pogo offers versus what Pogo has.. I also enjoy the ranks and yes badges.. But I have many badges incomplete due to not having time that week or not liking the game.. Recently though I have decided that this year I will complete the whole 2009 album.. Which means I will have to go back to play badges I did not like.. But I can tell you this.. I won’t let it get me stressed out or upset.. If I absolutely can’t complete a badge for whatever reason I will just leave it at that.. I come to play for fun and relaxation.. Not to be stressed out or mad.. because I have plenty of stress in my everyday life to add pogo to it..

The badge has made people go crazy! It seems that every room I go into or every forum I see it has people arguing about that badge or complaining.. Yes it is a long badge but if it makes you that upset.. simply don’t get it.. I’m sure almost all of you have at least 1 badge in your album you have not completed for some reason or another.. Instead of everyone getting mad remember we are in this together.. It is good to vent to each other but not in a hurtful way..

On other note I have mixed feelings about them turning this badge into a special edition badge.. Its fine with me.. it just sucks for others who have put off this badge for a later time because like they said it won’t be coming back and it won’t be available for a weekly challenge.. I know some people who have decided to wait until later and now have less than than a day to complete it.. So to those of you that are trying to finish it on your own will Good luck.. But remember its not life or death it is only for fun and if you find yourself getting mad or upset over it simply don’t do it.. I hope to hear from others soon.. Telling us of ways they made it through the badge.. Playing non stop..taking breaks.. playing m&m badges.. and what tips and hints they used.. Happy Playing!!

i saved the Cirque Tripeaks to do with this challenge as well as a MM (Temple of the Moon); the MM was more irritating than the weekly, as the 3-wins-in-a-row criteria re-set after the gold chest, regardless of how many wins you had.

guess i had more luck than others as i had no formula, other than trying to play smartly and quickly (choosing cards that gave me more plays, chainingchainingchaining). i played a few hours here and there, and managed to do 3 of these over the past 6 days. now we all have pretty Special Edition badges! i think the thing that helped me most was just keeping a calm and cheerful mindset. the minute i felt burned out, i just pet the kitties or read a book.

golf gave me no issues. for some silly reason, im good at those point-and-shoot games. i chalk it up to that archery merit badge in girl scouts, LMAO.

i just finished friends peaks and only took a couple of hours, as i was getting wilds left and right, but one tidbit if i may, it didnt show as a special edition lol..do i truly care?NO because its a weekly badge, why should it be considered spec edition, yes was special to get, since took forever for me on my other name lol…i took breaks, sometimes not…i sometimes had sound on too, kinda helped for some reason lol, also i just played..the game seems to get me in a trance and i get lost and just keep on truckin

I agree with homeless dog. I wanted to wait. I decided to work on some sweet tooth badges to finish up some premium badges and mix and match. I guess I should have concentrated on tri peaks. I only have 11 out of the 35. Hubby has 23/35 of his. He has spent at least 6-7 hours on his so far. I dont think they should make it a special edition badge. I dont think either of us is going to get it..

This badge was not hard and was totally doable. A lot of people just want the weekly challenges to be easy and fast to finish. That is not the object of the challenges. Us true and blue Pogo fanatics like a good challenge, and particularly the ones that actually take some brain power to complete. But I am glad that Pogo is at least letting us keep the badge. I am so sick of the whiners and complainers.

I agree with Barbara Post #158, pogo needs to NOT make this a Special Edition badge but leave it as a personal 2009 badge. This way those that aren’t able to finish at this time will know that it’s going to take time and plan for doing it later when they schedule allows. I know that this is a badge that I truly earned and Don’t want it turned into a Special Edition badge. I have been back to play the Mini Golf Madness game since getting my badge there, found it to be a fun game to play. Looking forward to this weeks challenges as am pretty good at both Sweet Tooth and Pogo Bowl.

Okay, now I’m getting a bit upset.

Right after Lura made a post, urging everyone to realize that there are real people with real feelings posting and reading here, there have been a flood of cheapshots posted, blaming “whiners” for Pogo’s rotten decision with this challenge (and I’ll touch on that shortly).

What part of “real people with real feelings” seems so hard to understand? No, I’m not going to name names. Those of you who felt it was okay to start calling people names know who you are.

Those of us who do not feel like working on challenges should be a full-time job (27 hours?!) brought up very valid points, I feel. We did so without hurling a single insult at anyone who had no objection to this challenge. Why you feel the need to upset us, I don’t know. But I think it’s absolutely uncalled for – especially after Lura brought up that very issue herself.

Would you have liked it if we blamed everyone here who said “Pogo thinks they can get away with this because some of the people say they want longer challenges. Thanks a lot!”? No? So why is it fair to attack us?

Do unto others as you’d want done unto you.

Furthermore, after the infamous Quick Quack fiasco a few years ago, we were told – on no uncertain terms – that Pogo realized they blew it, and would pay attention to what their members said in the future concerning challenges. Since then, they have refused to do so, and have crossed the line into giving us the finger at times.

What The Powers That Be at Pogo fail to understand is that without us, there is no Pogo. They lose their members, they lose their jobs, because there is no way that here in 2009 they can keep that site running off advertising revenue alone.

What that means is Pogo needs to drop the attitude, and compromise. They need to hold to their end of the promise to listen to members when it comes to challenges – which they have failed to do so. Yet again.

That said, Pogo’s decision on this challenge is a slap in the face, and a one-fingered salute. This is not a solution, or a compromise. This is Pogo acting like a bunch of bullies, saying “You want to complain? I’ll show you!”

The appropriate way to have handled this challenge, one where people legitimately found themselves playing for 4-5 hours a day, for SEVERAL days, would have been to do the same thing with Quick Quack a few years ago: Extend the deadline, admit this challenge was too much, and this time around start truly paying attention to what they ask for in challenges.

This, however, is a slap in the face to those who worked to complete the challenge in the first place. “Congratulations, losers. You went through all that for nothing! Gotcha!”

And, to boot, this is a slap in the face toward those who became frustrated the first time around, and had plans to make another attempt when they could activate this as a personal challenge. “Nope. Get it by the 17th, or it’s gone forever. No soup for you!”

In other words, to those of us throwing people like me under the bus for speaking out, DON’T BLAME ME. This is not what ANYONE wanted, and this is a “solution” that accomplishes the unthinkable at Pogo: It screws EVERYONE over.

This isn’t a solution. This is an insult. Please direct your hostility toward those who deserve it for this hair-brained decision: The staff of Pogo.

Anyway, between the insults from Pogo’s members, and repeatedly having Pogo’s staff spit in my face, mission accomplished. I will not be renewing my subscription when the year I purchased through Coke’s rewards program expires in January 2011.

Enough is enough. Pogo’s staff has made it clear they could care less what their members think, and I’ve had it with the insults and blame whenever Pogo does something like this.

I have completed the Tri-Peaks badge 3 times this week and I’m now working on it a 4th time for another friend.

The first time it took me 14 hours of play over 2 days. I redid 17 premium badges while doing it. I needed something that showed progress after every hand to keep me interested. And I took lots of breaks, even if it was only 15 minutes to read the latest on BH. Once I finished mine on Thursday I told a couple of friends that I would do theirs….I actually like the game….still :)

I started the 2nd one on Friday and finished it on Saturday, after about 8 hours of play. I took a little break and starting working on the 3rd one and finished that by Sunday. That also took me about 8 hours of play. Taking short breaks made it easier and kept me from burning out on the game.

I played in the same room while doing all 3 and found most people to be very pleasant. Almost everyone was chatting and trying to buy wild cards or swap their artifacts for one….LOL

I don’t think they should have changed it to a Special Edition badge without giving more notice. There could actually be a lot of people that don’t see the notice, not everyone goes onto Pogo each and every day.
If they wanted to do this they should have made the announcement earlier or they should extend the badge for another week. That would give everyone a chance to complete it. I can understand that some considered waiting to complete it when they had more time….a long holiday weekend, or even when on vacation. Not everyone has the time that I do to play games.

Good Luck to anyone that needs to complete the badge this evening.

Suz

Wow, lots of news, lots of thoughts…..

I want to answer a few of these postings, but first I will answer about my own experience.

I finally got my badge this morning before work. I have worked on it daily since Thursday. I absolutely took way longer than the 6 hours which Pogo chose to list as the top time for this challenge, but gave up trying to keep track after the first night. I cannot play for 6 hours straight, hardly ever. So, trying to keep track of the 30-60-90-120 minutes I was able to hop on & off over the last four days was just too much work. lol

Perhaps if I had been able to sit for the 6 hours, I would have finished in just one sitting. We will never know. I also tried all the suggestions -clicking (we called it, errr, *kicking* Tex in our rooms) while he knelt there, all vulnerable. lol I tried changing rooms – after each artifact, and then tried changing rooms after I found a few Wilds, but started coming up empty again. I tried re-doing an old MnM badge – I got it done fairly quickly without it apparently helping with the Wilds at all, as was the case with the “hints” – but it was fun to try them. lol

As I expected, the last 5 wilds came much faster than the first 30. In the category of “I know what I know from observation and experience in Pogo, but I know I won’t convince all of you” I find that alot of Pogo’s weekly badges suddenly become “easier” on Monday & Tuesday. I have had friends say that such & such a badge took many hours, and I end up getting it in just a few, because I often procrastinate, especially with games I’m not overly fond of.

So, anyway, I had hopes that once I had 30, that maybe I would luck out with the last 5. I did, with the last 3 coming in one artifact — only the 2nd time all week that I got 3 wilds in one game.

I play this game well (for the purposes of reporting here, not bragging). My win percentage is about 60% and it did not fluctuate more than is normal for regular play in this game. Therefore, I believe I had the “skill” for the supposed “skill” portion of this game, but it did not help me get this badge sooner.

I also like the game – had it on my cell phone for awhile – I find it generally very relaxing. It is one of the Pogo games I play when I don’t necessarily have a badge to do, but just want to play something fairly mindless before bed. But, like the QQ badge (a game I also don’t mind), I don’t foresee myself playing TP again any time soon. Thanks, Pogo, for ruining a game for me, at least for awhile.

I do not feel like I “whine” but I have had what I feel are legitimate concerns about this badge and I voiced them. I was in quite a few rooms where others did the same, but very often it was with humor. I met some very nice people and since so many of Pogo games lately don’t seem to have “chatters” anymore, it was nice to have that as a common bonding experience to help pass the time. I guess I’m trying to say, you CAN do both: Have legitimate concerns about a badge and/or the game, but still be able to (mostly) have good humor while doing it. They are NOT mutually exclusive.

~Shel

Some thoughts about posted thoughts – just sharing, not attacking. lol

Lura, thank you for what you said about remembering there are really REAL people behind the screens.

Linda #138 – There is no way you did the original QQ challenge in an hour. I, too, like the game and am good at it and that was an atrocious challenge, and I believe actually physically impossible to get that many games done in just an hour. I felt really badly for the people who were NOT as good at the game as I was, but I did not finish that in the first week. I was happy when Pogo extended the time for that badge. More on that later. I will also say I’m sorry you are “bored” on Pogo unless challenges are long, but – for me – I like other Pogo games, I have played in leagues, I have friends I hang out with in different games we all like. I would add, I don’t believe Pogo owes you a way to stay occupied 24/7 and I certainly don’t want them taking my choices away to do so.

Pat #142 – I generally agree with all you said, including the fact that you weren’t feeling particularly proud of getting this week’s TP badge. It was what it was. However, I admit that it appears I resented the time spent on it more than you. I ended up playing nothing else after I got the MGM badges (did the MnM birdie one also)…not my dailies, or any of the games I play for fun. I don’t mind a challenge, and I definitely have no problem with it taking all week, on & off. But I shouldn’t have to give up the games I love all week to get a badge. That’s how I look at this one.

Mia # 153 – I appreciate what you said and the calm, thoughtful way in which you said it. But I still believe that earning badges – especially the weekly badges – is one of the key elements of joining Club Pogo. It certainly is one of the main reasons for my membership.

Christy #160 – Totally agree with what you wrote, especially about being able to express an opinion without being labeled a whiner, lazy, etc. I also agree with you completely that winning TP is not just a skills game – so it was not like this badge was “half skills”. Sure, could you be really bad at it? I suppose so. lol But, I think I’m really good and there are definitely hands I just can’t win because that is what solitaire is – a game, not a sure-fire winnable process.

Deb #161 – I am a true & blue Pogo fan, too. I believe a true fan cares enough about the object of their affection to want to help better it when things go wrong. This challenge went wrong. We have a right to express our opinions about it without someone trying to say we’re not real fans. Same with politics – but, don’t worry, Lura – I won’t go there. lol Except to say — Americans fought for their right to free speech and they should continue to fight against anyone who wants to limit it.

Philly #164 – Excellent suggestion.

Madonna #165 – Brava. Completely agree.

Pogo should NOT be making the change they are making, at least not in the way they made it. More later, however, because I have to run again!

~Shel

Yes but it makes me mad, fr those who have finished it already and didnt whine about it. It was a trying number of wilds but not unreacable. i got mine on Thursday afternoon. So we are only going to get one weekly badge for the week of November 11 thru November 17? Is that fair?????
I don’t think it is fair to those of us who work and all and still got it.

Okay I worked for HOURS to finish Tri-Peaks as I did for the Duck badge.
I have only one personal left and it is Pebble Beach Golf and have tried for months to get it and just can’t.I have begged for help but all I get is “you don’t have to play a game unless you want to”Why not give me a break and change it to Mini Golf Madness or even a Special Edition badge?PLEASE

Yikes. If someone tries really hard to get the Tri Peaks badge and doesn’t get it in time, they can’t try again? Dang that stinks. Pogo can’t extend the time frame so everyone can have a chance to get it? I already got it after HOURS and DAYS of playing. Good Luck to all the players still trying to get the badge.

This just really gets me upset , I accepted the challange , I accomplished it not only for myself but for my better half as well so I managed to get the Tri peaks Badge twice ! . I am now going to be one challange robbed of a yearly because of all the whining about having to put more effort into something then a short 15 mins .. *sigh* I am feeling robbed . I know I have done many challanges that I do not like just to get the badge . But I put the effort in none the less with little bitching. Now because everyone dosen’t like to have to put forth the extra effort on something the rest of us are screwed in a way. This is just wrong , come on people you have a week to get these things done !

I think Pogo has lost it. Just leave the TriPeaks badge alone and extend time. Like they did for that Duck one. Pogo not only made this badge a marathon now they are robbing the people who got it.

Thats Completely Bogus…..I want the Badge…and planned on getting it the next chance that i can….just had an Off pogo week..
they shouldnt change it and make it disappear FOREVER…….Now that it exists, i dont want it taken away b4 i have the chance to get it…

thats not right either…why not leave it somewhere, that we can still activate it and let those who would like to still earn it, earn it……..

Boooooooooooooo
I dont have Enough time to get it now………….
NO FAIR NO FAIR…………….
Ugh

@Karen
Haha! I so agree!

On the other hand,
I don’t find it wrong, If you had an off week, so be it.. be happy you they are being kind and not making you sit through such a hellish badge.
Secondly, I got this in 5 days off and on, and at times ate supper late for it, trust me (people who skipped it or were busy) be happy you didn’t do it!

The Avatar is ugly, and I hope they change that at least… they should be rewarding us with 50 gems or such LOL.

Moms #182 – Thanks for saying that, Suz. I was starting to think I was totally missing something. We have the badge – why aren’t we most concerned about those who were unable to get the badge, and may never get it?

I also don’t get the – pardon the word – “whining” about losing a weekly badge (that isn’t actually going anywhere – you still won it). This is why Pogo made this mistake – again. They hear a bunch of complaints, they react, they come up with a (bad) solution, then they just hear a new set of complaints – this time from the people who claim to loathe whiners.

I don’t mean to downplay anyone’s feelings, but I’m not understanding the “hurt” that Pogo has supposedly done with this decision to people who have the badge already. Did you want to be able to brag you got a badge others couldn’t? I’m sincerely curious.

The people who have the right to be outraged now are the ones whose *choice* was taken away. They saw a badge they could not do this week, and made the choice to do it later as is their right. Pogo took that from them. They are the wronged people in this saga, period. If it were me (and it very nearly WAS me), I would be furious!

Having a badge become a special edition does not take away your “accomplishment” – you still did it, the badge’s wording doesn’t change, you still got it in a week. Where is the insult? the hurt?

Pogo will add another badge to the yearly album……or they won’t. Who cares? It is still going to be considered “complete” whatever number they give us. Is the album somehow damaged with 103 challenges rather than 104? I don’t think so.

In the whole history of the Club, to the best of my knowledge, there have been only TWO BADGES Pogo has ever had to adjust for this reason. Two! That’s a pretty good track record. Yes, there are complainers almost every week about something – but almost every time, Pogo says – oh well (or something equally unhelpful lol) and leaves well enough alone. So, to act like Pogo is “constantly” giving into a “handful” of whiners who want all their badges to take just “15 minutes” is just a little off-base and a great big exaggeration.

The reason Pogo did anything this time is simple: The volume of people affected. Congrats to all of you who keep saying it was “doable” and perhaps got it in 5-6-7 hours. But are you just not believing all the many other people, like me, who took much longer than that? Obviously, Pogo has ways to monitor the truth of this situation and they have acknowledged the badge took…..too…..long. The fact that you got a random/luck badge in 5 or 6 hours just means you were lucky this time. Pure & simple.

This challenge was flawed. Pogo *should* acknowledge it, and I applaud them trying to fix it. But they made another mistake, ironically due to the outrage which erupted *after* the dreaded QQ badge was revised. Then they had people outraged for having their original badge somehow “demeaned” because there was no indication that they had suffered thru and gotten the original version in just one week. I’m sorry – but, to me, you all want credit for being able to sit in a game for however long it took. That isn’t a badge, that isn’t a challenge. It is just having the time to sit there, and choosing to use your time that way.

BTW, there are people who would say the original QQ badge was “do-able” too. I have friends to this day who get totally steamed at the fact that anything with that badge was changed for “lazy whiners” who just couldn’t get it done. I shake my head at the idea that they think having a life that allows you to sit on Pogo all day long (and I don’t mean that as an insult – these friends *do* have that that ability and choose to play all day) somehow should be rewarded and a legitimate badge goal. There shouldn’t ever be a badge that takes that long – or it belongs, as was said above, in a MnM or an album – where you purchase what you are willing to do at the extremes of game-playing.

IMO, Pogo made the decision *not* to extend the time for this badge directly because of the 2nd wave of QQ whiners, the ones who were mad that their “accomplishment” was diluted. Who even looks back at these badges? I have to admit I have never once looked at someone’s profile for the purpose of seeing if they did the dreaded QQ badge during the original week. If that was an important stat to me, I guess I would also have the original date memorized and could therefore easily tell if someone’s QQ badge was an original or not.

Pogo made a mistake. There is no way to easily fix it and please everyone at the same time. So, the goal should be to do the least amount of hurt. For me, the most hurt is suffered by those who will be unable to ever get the badge at all, through no fault of their own. For those of you who did get it, no one can take that away from you – can they?? You know what you accomplished.

Continued good luck to those still trying………

~Shel

I actually really like this idea! Maybe not for this badge (personally, I didnt find it too difficult) but for badges like this. It was brought up in a letter once how it wasnt fair that the Quick Quack (yes, THAT badge) challenge had been first extended and then changed once it went past, which allowed people to earn it fairly easy. There should have been a way to denote who earned the badge under what rules, but of course, that wasnt possible.

Thats how I feel with this one. For the people who completed it, its like an extra little something else… for working hard the whole week and getting the badge done, we are being rewarded with no one else being able to earn the badge. I understand everyone has different reasons for not completing the badge, but in my experience (from personally knowing a lot of players) it was simply lack of trying.

I did realize one thing after the challenge was over that I failed to take into account when I was figuring up how much was luck and how much was skill on the Tri-Peaks game. And, just because I am who I am, I wanted to clarify. If you are level 5 or above or above, I understand you play with cards face up, rather than face down. Since I have only played the game one other time for another badge, I had only played a few games before. I went from level 0 or 1 to level 4. Close to level 5, but a couple of artifacts shy. If you were playing past the level where you play with cards up, I will say that would add some element of skill. You would have the opportunity to plan ahead and count some cards. I am wondering how many of those attributing some skill to that game were playing with cards face up and had forgotten that it is all luck when you play with the cards face down. Even with the cards face up, there would be a large amount of luck in what was left in the deck, and if there were wilds in a chest or not continued to be all luck. But I will give credit where credit is due. Certainly playing that way would add at least some element of skill. Thanks for allowing me to clarify that point.

I always enjoy Tri Peaks Solitare and most of all the games on Pogo and when it becomes a challenge well that is great! But when Pogo makes hard to make your badge and at times even though you sat in front of your PC trying to get and still don’t make well that is just very upsetting to us. It is very unjust for the ones that did make thier badge and lose it because Pogo decided to change it to a special badge.
When a new badge becomes way too hard of a challenge to make then it just isn’t worth the effort and fustration not to mention the hours and hours in font of our PCs.