Weekly Challenges (February 3-9)

i played puck peak with no problems loading.. i used the first peak and set up for the most win and go to 1000 meters. you get 10 checkpoints that way. it is up to you which peak to use. its a fun game and addictive .. good luck to all

Nevermind…..I just went back to Pogo and it says I have 3/7. It was not updating my advances in chat so I guess don’t rely on chat for your score.

Pucks Peak reminds me of a preschool computer game to teach the kids hand-eye coordination…lol. No offense to anyone that likes it, its just not for me.

try doing P.Peak on 500 level, its easy, 6 games, and most of the shapes are squares, so no need for turning them, even for me with only the use of one hand it was easy

Is anyone else disgusted over the new games besides me? For the money I am wondering if its worth renewing my membership or just go to a free game site and play win and enjoy because its not enjoyment to suffer the headaches that I am getting from doing these challenges this week.

got this weeks badges only took 15 min for pucks peak and 40 min for perfect pair i prefered pucks peak to the other challenge but gl 2 all who are still playing for there badges.

Just finished my weekly badges and did the 2 new M&M badges also.
I guess I was lucky b/c I didn’t have any problems with Puck’s Peak loading. It wasn’t all that bad, but will only play it for a badge. But I’ll play any game for a badge…LOL

Hope it goes as fast for everyone as it did for me. Good Luck!!

Suz

I had fun with Perfect pair Solitaire, but Puck’s Peak is one of those games I just can’t get the hang of. In fact, I think there’s a typo in the word “Puck’s.” ;)
I play Pogo to relax and have fun. When a game I dislike is offering a badge, I just save myself the aggravation and skip it.
If I want to sit around piling things up and hoping the pile doesn’t collapse, I can always do laundry.

With Perfect Pair, I know it’s playing contrary to the way the game is supposed to be played. However,it is pretty easy when you are trying to play from port to port. Most ports are easily doable with one hand. Most actually require you to plan and to use the Kings to keep your hand total low. Actually found myself enjoying the strategy. You can see the map by clicking on the anchor in the blue circle at the top of the hearts. Once you get the hang of it, it’s fun. If you don’t have the right number, simply press the “New Game” to try again.

With Puck’s Peak, I really enjoy it. This game came out while Lura was on maternity leave and there was a lot of banter back and forth in the Pogo forums about it. But if you’re basing your opinions of this game on just 3 games, you’re missing out on a great game. Once you get past the first and second worlds, it gets a lot tougher. Once you get to the 4th, it’s hard! I think the volcano is the best level. If you don’t like it, fine, but you gotta get past the “baby” levels.

Plus, I like the fact that you can make it as easy or as hard as you want. If you want a challenge, play the pieces as they come off, don’t rotate them. Or don’t use the undo button. Or, make as skinny a tower as you can without it falling over. Or, don’t use any of your puck’s powers. I’m just 9,000 short of opening up the space level. I’m sure I’ll never actually play the space board, but it’s a fun game and it’s long past the stacking squares on top of each other.

Just wanted to tell Karen (post # 16)…. that is the funniest comment Ive read today!

I dont know what all the fuss is about with perfect pair soli–I didnt count kings, i just played. I didnt land on stars. I still got my badge for 7 destinations….

My problem with Pucks Peak is not a getting the game to load and run, it is that while playing the game, as I just about to reach my GOAL whether it be 500m or 1000m the game FREEZES and I have to manually shut off the computer and then restart. I have communicated with (Pogo Andy) at least three times over the course of two days last weekend trying to correct the situation. First it was to make sure that Adobe Flash Player was installed and enabled and that Shockwave was enabled, THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. Then to make sure I had the most current versions, checked that out everything seemed OK. Still NO SOLUTION. The last time was to use the links that he sent me and install the absolute MOST CURRENT VERSIONS, which I did, and this time i finally got a jackpot spin……. but when the screen showed me the breakdown of how i won the tokens that I did, LO AND BEHOLD IT FROZE AGAIN!!! I mentioned to Pogo Andy that if 100% of Pogo Members CAN NOT get the game to properly work it should be pulled off of challenge week until such time that the problem is corrected. I have one solution that I will be trying over this coming weekend, when my daughter brings home from work a mouse that can be connected to a USB port, and will try the game on her operating system (Vista) with the Firefox browser. If Im able to complete the challenge on her lap top then I will know it is not Pogos problem but MY COMPUTER.

Thank you for letting me rant; Bob

I have no problems loading pucks peak.. I use Firefox.. I also enjoy the game.. But I do have a question.. Can someone please explain to me each pucks special ability? I read the how to play section but I am still confused.. I know you click on the star when its lit up but Im not sure when to use it because I dont understand what it does.. Other than that I enjoy playing the game.. Havent started on Perfect pair yet but I will definitely use the tips from here when I play.. also wanted to say I am very happy BH is up and running again!! Congrats Lura and Welcome back :)

Bob, how annoying. It’s so maddening when games freeze or don’t work. I remember tearing my hair out over Mini Golf!

Mia, I have the same question about Puck’s Peak. I did the badge without ever using the special abilities, and even after reading about them in the help menu, I was not sure how to use them.

The game does get more interesting as the levels get harder. And I still like Perfect Pair, I just wish I did not have to rely on other players to figure out how to advance toward a badge. Or is Pogo cryptic about badge specifics on purpose?

Regarding Pucks special abilities. I have all of the Pucks and am currently maxing them up (getting 100% of their abilities).

Uplift (Scratch) – limited gravity control. He really is not too useful.

Intertwine (Sprout) – he makes a vine to hold together your pieces so that they do not fall. Vine is kind of cute.

Inferno (El Diablo) – if not used correctly, this one is dangerous. Basically, he will remove any shape of your choosing. Kind of useful but if used incorrectly, the stack will fall.

Deep Freeze (Chilly D) – I adore Chilly. He is the best one to use in all areas. If your stack starts to tumble and you want to keep it (instead of using the undo button), you can immediately freeze the stack by pressing his star. I use him the most.

Black Hole (Cosmo) – is also tricky. If you do not like the shapes that are coming up to be used, hit his star and they will disappear.

In my opinion, without the Pucks, this game would be rather boring. Have been through all of the places on the map and they tend to work extremely well in all of them. The only one I dont really use is Scratch.

A tip: if you want to rank up faster, play the mountain over and over. You still rank up, your Pucks get their abilities, and all of the areas of the map open up so you can play them if you like.

Sorry to go on and on. Good day all.

i can load pucks peak, i can play pucks peak but when i get to the goal i get an applet error. all of my stuff if current and up todate. i have been able to play this before so i know it isnt me.

pucks peak is by far the worst game pogo has ever come out with. i hope they never use it as a challenge again. i would rather play the quick quack badge 100 times then ever play pucks peak again. pogo hit an all time low with this stupid game.

angel that happened to me too so i did this trick play 500 meters only stack til u get the the 4oo meters then drop all the pieces that come up til u get all the x,s your game will end and u get the credit for it

Just tried Seans trick comment 38 and it WORKED!!!!! I am so relieved, I really appreciate the support this site gives! Thanks to all of you!

I got both weekly badges, and neither was really that hard for me. I think everyones tips here are good ones. I find doing Pucks Peak at just the 500 goal works best because the tower seems to get more unstable (for me) the higher I go. As for PP, I didnt mind the extra thinking involved…..I like playing some of the games in different ways (in leagues, I played crib, dominoes backgammon to lose – it gets your mind jumpstarted lol).

~Shel