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Pogo Mini: Whiners walk the plank!Happy Weekend Everyone!

How long do  you think a Pogo badge should take?

The weekend open thread is a regular feature at BadgeHungry. Every weekend, we chat about the discussion topic, or anything else game-related. It’s a great place to test the waters of commenting and introduce yourself, ask for help with a game or challenge, or talk about your games and make friends.

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  2. 2 – 4 hours apiece is fine with me. The 10+ hours devotion that some of the Magic Dragonflies required was extreme as are those weeklies or M&Ms that only take 15 minutes. But I’m done with time to spare 🙂

    Good luck to all still working on them, coco

        • Actually, let me clarify. I have done nothing else the last 3.5 weeks except the Magic Dragonflies, the Solitaire Gardens GOTM badges and the two!!! additional marathons Pogo sprung on us. I haven’t done the weeklies if they didn’t match up to Dragonflies; I haven’t begun to look at the Dogs as I have 2/3 of the flowers untouched. I’ve gotten off track on my dailies with sudoku, word search and Crossword Cove again. And I had to give up Poppit! Bingo for the duration. So yes, I got all 60 done, but have a lot of catching up to do.

          coco

          • I feel your pain. I got my 60 done, but I have exactly 150 M&M Badges undone on my account, and the 8 new episodes of Claire Hart.

            But I’m also trying to finish the 30 free badges on my 2nd account. I’m sitting at 25/30 and think I will make the deadline.

            I was hoping that July would be a free month, with the exception of the GOTM, and the 5 and 10 badge Marathons. But I now see that they are advertising a brand new event for July that I’m not looking forward to, and I don’t even know what it is.

            Pogo has to give us a month off, or those that buy it all with have no choice but to stop buying it. Why spend a fortune purchasing the badges if we’re never going to have the time to do them?

            It’s just plain crazy, and I hope that Pogo starts listening to those of us that keep them in business buying badges!!

            Suz

        • CONGRATS!!! Abso–freaking–lutely awesome!!! AWESOME!!! I have two left to complete the Magic marathon; QA and Pogo Daily Sudoku. When I do, I am going to finally take a deep breath for these marathons on top of marathons have been overwhelming and quite time consuming; not able to enjoy other games I would love to play.

          Again congrats!!!

          • Thank You!!

            I honestly had my doubts last week, but can see the bright light at the end of the tunnel. I have 2 Canasta to finish and 1 Mahjong Escape on Holly’s account.

            The ME badge is just for 50 levels, so just a little over an hour using Early India, level 1.

            The Canasta is another story, and I LOVE the game. I’ve played 25 hands and only have 40 of the 70 jokers. Then I have the one to meld out first, 40 times. That took me 42 hands when I did it on my account. So I’m looking at about 65 more hands to complete both of those.

            And Good Luck with your final 2. I know you will make it!!

            Suz

  3. I think 2 hours is reasonable, but Pogo apparently doesn’t agree with me 🙂

    Suz

    • I agree 2 hours seems reasonable (not 2 days). If they want people to stay interested they have to be reasonable with their marathons. I’ve actually made it to 51 of the 60, I have one Quinns to go all the Jungle Gin & Canasta as those games don’t play well they are jerky & freeze & I really don’t like either one much & 2 Big City Adventure.

  4. No more then two hours total time. My pet peeve is those “finish ### of levels /games” badges . Seriously! 5 games won is fun 10 a challenge but 80-85 is just plain simple boredom! Some games require buying new episodes so those badges that require 1,000’s of points to get often mean play the same episodes of the HOG & repeat till done! I wish they’d have a few fun Marathons with quick easy badges but a wide variety of games!

    • So true…..excessive number of games to win and/or meet goal makes it not only boring but one become tire of the game and don’t want to play it again or any time soon.

  5. Happy Weekend everyone.

    Off topic: Does anyone else have missing albums? M&M albums 57,52, 47, 42, 37, 32, 27, 22, 17, 12 7 and 2 are missing and there are about 17 spaces where regular albums should be (I have no idea which ones are gone ). I’m at the point where I’m beyond caring but was curious if others had this problems. Since I haven’t bought a badge in years and only do the ones Pogo gives us, if I want to, I chalk it up to another example of Pogo’s inefficiency and/or carelessness.

    • They are there, just not showing. That happens to me in Chrome. I think they do show in IE. So try another browser.

    • You can also try refreshing your browser with the F4 key, especially if using google chrome. Or simply empty the browser cache. Google chrome is notorious for all graphics not appearing on pages displaying many items; like when I’m searching for mini items this happens a lot. When things don’t appear as expected then the F4 key usually takes care of the issue.

      Julia 🙂

  6. Well, this thread will make for some interesting reading this weekend. I’m interested in knowing what others think.
    Me? I like a badge which I can break into segments and be able to play it a few times each day for about 5 days.
    And I like to have 2 or 3 badges going at once like that, and go back and forth between them.
    Some of the recent Platinum badges suit me just fine. Most of the Dog badges are too quick.
    I like the longer ones so I can spread out my fun.

    • I agree with RyzandShyn, don’t like when they are too easy, especially if I like the game, want the fun to last a little longer. Happy 4th every one.

  7. depends in the Badge i say 3 to 4 days at most and 2 hours at least i dont want them to be Super Easy but i Also dont want them to be super hard

  8. Lura, First off let me say that I LOVE your mini!!!! 🙂 And in response to this weeks question, I feel that 90 minutes to 2 hours TOPS. Anything over 2 hours gets monotonous and boring to me. I’m sure my ADHD plays a part in that though.

  9. I think one hour at most.

    Pogo has released an average of 130 premium badges per month for 6 months this year.

    Per month that is 91 mnm, 18 pba, and 21 hog badges which totals an average of 130 premium badges.

    If you work on badges every day of the month (30 days) and you have 1 hour badges then you need to play at least 4.3 hours each day to complete all premium badges.

    If you have 2 hour badges then you need to play for badges every day at 8.6 hours per day to complete them all.

    How many players can spend that much time every day of the month in order to complete all premium content monthly.

    Julia 🙁

    • p.s. I didn’t even think about the weekly badges, so there you need more time…lol

      Julia

  10. For me 1-2 hours is fine. Really like those done in 1 hour or less.

    Hope Ev1 has a Great Weekend!

  11. I agree with most people here, 90 min to 2 hours. It seems Pogo has gone from one extreme to the other with the most recent being super long. And if Pogo is reading this I really hope they NEVER have another challenge like Sunkin Pumpkin in QA, that one was a killer!! Of all the badges released in the last couple of months, that one took the longest, at least for me it did.

    sirron1957

    • I’m down to hardly playing Pogo at all now… they pushed me over the edge with the current 60 badge marathon. I was playing all the marathons, every month for the last six months. Not anymore. Just not fun any longer.

  12. For me it depends on the challenge. I thought the RDS challenge was just right — had some trepidation but ended up enjoying it. I had to think, use the undo button and only 4 games was the right amount. Grateful it wasn’t on “hard”! And I don’t hate the game like what happens when it’s totally repetitious. Aces Up is going to be a great example of a slog — that’s just too much and I’ll never play it again.

    The challenges have changed from usually fun, to something I just roll my eyes at and silently ask “seriously Pogo?” I have to wonder if the Pogo people even play their own games. And so repetitious in selection.

    So when’s the next marathon? Sigh.

  13. how long should a badge take? Not as long as the Magic Marathon that was just finished For example, there were 6 badges for Daily Sudoku. Those 6 badges required all together how long? Marathon: badge 18 required 30 puzzles within 20 minutes…they must be thinking each puzzle takes at least 15 minutes or more depending on your skill, (and how many hints you’re going to use.) I’m going to assume each required puzzle requires 10 minutes–Play fast!

    Badges 13-18 require cumulatively–and remember, these are Mix-n-Match, so they cannot get benefits to more than one badge at a time, and only one badge can be in play at the same time.–the following:

    #13 40 puzzles
    #14 180,000 points (in my experience medium puzzles return somewhere around 5,000 points per puzzle = about 35 puzzles
    # 15 45 puzzles on easy
    #16 35 on puzzles on med
    #17 20 puzzles on hard
    #18 30 puzzles

    Total number of puzzles to complete this set of badges: 205 puzzles to earn all six badges. The question then, is how many puzzles can you do in an hour?

    If you can do a puzzle in 10 minutes, that’s 6/hour or 34 hours
    If it takes you only 5 minutes, that’s 12/hour or 17 hours
    If it takes you 15 minutes – that’s 4/hour or 50 hours

    If you find the hard difficulty puzzles are extremely difficult, I wonder how much time you took. Anyone give up?

    I started out doing the Marathon and began to realize that this is ridiculous! The 60 puzzles together, just based on “guesstimates” looks like it could take many finishing their badges could easily spend more than 8 hours/day, 7 days a week. The 6 Marathon Sudoku badges alone might be a mini-marathon.

    My reaction: that’s more than a full time job
    Even though it’s summer, I don’t have that kind of time.
    It’s summer, I want to be outside, not sitting at my computer hour after hour.

    Pr Chris
    SoCalSailor

    • I had to do 5 Sudoku badges, all but the second one. I just did the same puzzle over and over and copied the answers Lura provides. I click 1 then click all the squares with 1, then 2, etc. I could do a puzzle in about 1 1/2 minutes. It was still too much.

      The worst was 90 2 stars or better games in Solitaire Gardens. I had 5 badges in that game too, plus the 4 GOTM badges.

      • I sure understand doing the same one over and over…45 times (the easy puzzles badge, for instance) would drive me nuts! I hadn’t figured the 2 minute work around, so I did all 205 puzzles the hard way. Then looking at Mahjong Express with its 25 machine levels, and the hundreds of quick matches, etc. I just gave up. i’ll finish the 60 badges in the Marathon sometime, but forget the extra reward badges.

        Pr Chris

        • The puzzles never change if you use the same date and difficulty level. So it’s the same solution each time. You write it down, or take a pic of it with your phone. And then you just plug in the same numbers, over and over again.

          Suz

  14. I have to admit. This marathon totally broke me!!! I am getting closer to 11,000 badges than I ever thought I would. I’ve gotten all the badges on previous marathons, but as I said, I just can’t get them all. I think I have 53 and just shoot me, I’m done!!

  15. I’m working on that stupid Poppit Sprint badge make 4 or more power-up chain reactions 90 times and it’s taking forever. Plus, despite all the tips found here, I”m not really sure what I’m doing. Just playing as usual with fingers crossed, but this one is going to take too many hours…

    • If you use the lightning that gives you 3 in a row. Then you just have to hope that you see 1 quick enough to click it right at the end of the 3rd lightning. It’s hard to explain, but that’s the only way I’ve ever been able to get a 4 chain.

      Good Luck!

      Suz

    • I used the magnet and the vertical and horizontal PU’s that take 3 lines out when activated. Depending on how many coins you have to spend I suggest you try them. Game became reasonable when I tried this combination. Good luck

  16. Pogo has gone crazy with all the challenges they are throwing out at us now. They have made it to where I do not enjoy playing games on their website anymore to much.I only did one or two of the marathon we just did because I knew there was no way I could do all of those badges hard as they made the challenges.

    Same way with some of the new games we have. I have got to a certain level on several of the games and I have stopped playing them because it is so hard now to finish a level on them.

    Now on to the topic I think two hours is good to.

  17. I didn’t mind all the challenges this past month. It was really a challenge to finish all of them, but I did it! I don’t like “challenges” that can be finished in 10 minutes. Not much of a challenge.

  18. 1 to 3 hours with 2 hours being optum.. Enuff already with the 4 weekers.

    Have a good weekend,

    Janet

  19. A challenge should be no longer than 2 hours. I know I can not finish the marathon! I hope POGO cuts back on the marathons and challenges. I now have a lot of undone badges. Good Luck to All!

    • Aside from my long comment, above, what frustrates me no end about Pogo is that they’ll start some sort of long Challenge (the Magic one is an extreme example), so fine…I think, well with 5 hours/day maybe….and then there’s one then another challenge on top. I give up. POGO: Yes, these 60 badges are different than the 10 of the other challenge and different than the Claire Hart marathon…BUT THEY ARE ALL COMPUTER GAMES TO SIT IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER and waste LOTS of time. So, I’m working in the middle of a four week marathon, and I get added 10 or so more badges, often with a week to run…so my 5 hours/day is now 8+. Pogo needs to coordinate marathons or we end up just feeling overloaded, and not having fun and wanting more. Since they are free time, not money making ventures, they just add stress. After while. Enough.

      Pr Chris

  20. 2 hours SUPER TOPS!
    Ideal 30-60 min.
    And count me as one of the few (I guess) who really like badges that can be earn in 5 minutes or less! 🙂

    Why? Because when I work on a badge all I want is the badge in my collection not the “game time”. If what I want is to play a game for more than 5 minutes then I simply go and play that game, I don’t need a badge as an excuse to do it..

    Off topic, I’m not sure I like your mini Lura. I know I’m one big whiner on this site but I don’t really want to walk the plank 😟 😢
    Is just that sometimes I feel like this is the only place where is Ok to vent and share our opinions and frustations. I know it can be annoying for other BHers who read the comments but …nvm 🙁

      • Oh! no no no! I didn’t mean to say that your mini was specifically “About Me” (I’m not that pretentious) but about whiners in general and I just happen to be one of them and a big one too lol 🤣

        I wonder if back in 2011 Pogo gave us motives s to whin and complain about, I doubt it.
        That WOT topic about profiles sounds like a cool one, maybe we can have it again one day. 😀

    • nessa said:
      Ideal 30-60 min. … really like badges that can be earn in 5 minutes or less!
      Why? Because when I work on a badge all I want is the badge in my collection not the “game time”. If what I want is to play a game for more than 5 minutes then I simply go and play that game, I don’t need a badge as an excuse to do it..

      Nessa, I agree with this statement 100% and then some… I spend my money to buy badges because my goal is to collect the badge. I don’t need pogo to infuriate and frustrate me. Enough with that all ready. I play games because I enjoy games period. I can set my own goals and pleasures.

      And may I add that I don’t want freaking power-ups and all the extra game bloat.
      I just want well designed games that require only my skill and not my pocket book.

      Julia 🙂

  21. It depends on the game. They could have set next week’s Aces Up! badge to go on forever and I wouldn’t mind in the least. But throw a looong hidden object weekly badge at us and it’s tedious if you don’t buy other episodes. (I know, I know…that’s the whole point.)

    I skipped the last couple of sprints and marathons and whatnot because they were too long and there were too many games I don’t care for. I don’t buy badges in games I don’t want to play or challenges I don’t want to bother with. The only badges I try like heck to knock out are the weekly badges. And you know what? I figure if I survived the Quackadoodle Badge fiasco, I can survive anything Pogo wants to throw at us.

  22. I don’t mind playing a weekly over a couple of days as long as there is a short one , a couple of hours, combined with a longer one. I have no idea why I used to feel I had to get them done the minute they came out. We have a week if we choose to do them. I just finished MG weekly today as I wasn’t going to complete 25 games in one day. Much more relaxing breaking it up. Pogo can give me as many free badges as they want and if I like the games I’ll do them. If I don’t, oh well, they can sit, no stress and no pressure.

  23. At this point, I vote for less than an hour or as quickly as possible. I just want play and catch up with my friends. The challenges are so boring in most of the new games. I know I have no intention of ever purchasing additional magic badges again unless they change the requirements.

    Wishing everyone a great weekend!

    • I agree with your comment also. And may I add the monthly platinum badges as being totally ridiculous
      However, I am and will continue to be a badge collector. I buy it all because I collect badges – simple as that.

      Julia 🙂

  24. Thanks for asking Lura. 5 minutes. LOL Seriously I think 90 minutes to 2 hours for any badge is enough. The more badges we get the longer they become.

    The Magic Marathon has been the hardest and longest for me so far. I am now down to 2 badges left to do. I am sitting on 58/60, but it has been a struggle to keep up with doing that and the 10 game Marathon in the middle of that also. I nearly forgot about GOTM and only done that recently.

    It is easy to forget things lately with so much going on.

    Somehow I don’t think July will be any easier. Maybe I should rephrase that. No months in the future will be any easier. lol

    It is good to get a lot of FREE badges but too much of a good think can be bad for you. As a result my M&M badges are not getting done although I do try and team up a few when I can but a lot of the time I forget that also.

    I am forgetting a lot lately and it is not Alzheimer’s Disease. lol

    Wishing everyone a lovely weekend. 🙂

  25. I agree with most of you, 1 to 2 hours. I also break up the requirement into daily sessions and do a bit each day. I no longer sweat the marathons, if I finish them that is great, but if not, so what. The only albums I concentrate on are the weekly, since my goal is to complete one..
    As an aside note, I wonder when we will find out what the new reward system is? I have not heard a peep. I am thinking it will be presented when the new site is rolled out.

  26. I know that Pogo has been making all challenges more challenging. I think they went a little far. I am at 56/60 badges from the Magic Marathon and just skipped the last one. It has been fun, but many of the challenges were way too long.
    Daily – 15 min.
    Weekly – 30 min to 2 hours
    mix and match – 2 to 6 hours depending on the time limit
    Marathons – they should figure no more than 90 min. a day.

  27. two hours
    if they are labeled “hard or challenging” they should be for purchase and let the buyer beware 🙂

  28. I agree with all those who think 90 min.. to 2 hrs. tops for a badge. I actually like the ones that take less than an hour! We just don’t have enough hours in a day to complete all the badge marathons, plus the weeklies, plus the game of the month, etc., etc. Have a great weekend all, and enjoy summer!

  29. I think the weekly challenges should be no longer than 2 hours tops!! Any more than that becomes a boring slog. Lately they have been ridiculous.

    Have a great weekend!

    Cher 🙂

  30. these 60 badges were hell I never got to do them all, most of the games were the same and very hard, even the dailies are long it took me 36 games to get 6 shells 1 time plus using power ups, I think they should mix the games up in them maratons, I reached 8000 badges yesterday

  31. I think it should take no more than 4 hours. As far as all of the badges, I don’t push that hard anymore. I still have weds challenge to do (I’m not good at trivia) I’ve finally hit 7000 badges. I have soo many badges to do and not a whole of time. I don’t worry about tho. I’ll get it done at some point. Have a great weekend all.

  32. I don’t like them when they are longer than 2 hours. I hate feeling I have to be at the computer for hours completing a badge. It gets frustrating and irritating. 2 hours seems very reasonable to me.

  33. I actually prefer the badges to take an hour or less, two hours being the max.

    I decided a long time ago that I did not need to buy every badge. I still like collecting badges, but it’s no longer an obsession of mine. Plus, with all the free badges Pogo has been giving out, I have been buying less. For the Magic marathon, I only did the 30 freebies. It is much more relaxing (still somewhat frustrating since they were long.) I did buy all the dog badges because I thought the artwork was adorable.

    Happy Independence Day to all fellow Americans!

    Happy Weekend, all!

    jw

  34. This is a little off the subject but can anyone tell me where to play mahjong escape and have tiles to match after you get the gold ones. I have been playing in india and get about 4 each game . At this rate, I will still be playing next year. Thanks for any help you can give me. Lizz

  35. I’m not sure if someone new is making up all the challenges within the last few months, but they have been a nightmare for me.. Way too long! Especially with all the marathons going on at the same time. Gads! This dragonfly marathon is the worst I’ve seen on Pogo in all the years I’ve been playing. I have 50 done as of today, but doubt I will get all 60 and at this point don’t give a rats rear.
    I can’t catch up my albums anymore. Not sure what Pogo’s point is other than more money for badges, mostly in games that entice us to buy power ups.
    I don’t like to complain too much, after all , I don’t have to play or buy anything I don’t want to. However, I have always bought all the badges and completed them. I am wondering how many will actually finish all 60 dragonfly badges on time. I know a few have done so already and I give them a big WTG!!
    If Pogo ever puts out another marathon like this, they can have it. I will never spend the time or effort again. I have done little else but dragonflies for weeks now… No housework and with all the matching tile badges, my eyes are going bonkers.
    I wish I could force the people at Pogo to try to do all these badges so they could totally understand what they are giving us to do.
    I do love my badges – BUT – they have become way way too long. Two or three hours should be tops for a badge.
    I’m overwhelmed and totally stressed out with this current marathon.
    Pogo is not fun anymore. It’s a job!
    Sorry for ranting. I love you Badge Hungry.
    STAR

  36. Byzantine #16: The gold tiles are row 3,column 6 and row 5, column 10.Uncover those two and one tile beside each and all the rest are after the gold.

  37. what is GOTM? I did all the 30 free badges we got. but I can’t afford to buy 30 badges!

  38. I look back at MANY of the Weekly Challenges in 2003- 2006 and recall how >very long< they took to complete, often requiring starting over.

    We were new to the concept of a set of challenges and they gave us extremely difficult challenges many weeks for years.
    If you have those first 3-4 years' badges, you know what I mean. Do X number of bonus screens in Pop Fu ( the coins and dead fish bonus) without getting a dead fish. Or to do certain things in the Bonus Round in Pop Fu ( a certain score, finish all bonus levels with no mistakes, etc).

    Almost all required luck plus skill and we were new players in almost all the games. We got minimal tokens for completing the badges, but we did them, because we didn't know things would get easier overall, if not shorter in some cases.

    Some people say a Mix and Match collection that isn't complete is a Mix and Match badge collection that's worthless.

    I've always felt that the Weekly badge albums were the most important to finish up completely every year since 2003, even if the challenge was so quirky that I had to read the directions several times to do exactly what was required.

    Therefore, I can't answer the question easily.
    I think the option to do marathons or group challenges are made in such a way as to be totally up to the player as to whether they do any of it, all of it, and whether the player considers the challenges to be worth the time and brain investments.

    So, time management on Pogo is very variable and subjective. If a player is playing in the Pogo tournaments after all this time with almost the same games as years ago, then obviously time spent vs. reward earned is very unimportant.

    I get antsy if it takes me over an hour to do a HOG game episode for a badge ( StoryQuest is especially difficult for me to see), and it easily can due to my vision problems, and around 3 hours is my continual playing time for most other badges. This doesn't mean I won't come back to it if needed. I've had to do so in Jungle Gin and a few other games due to the instability of the game with me double browsing my two accounts. Or if there was an internet interruption of service due to weather or upgrades, or Pogo had down time.

    I believe a player should be true to themselves. I have no clue what my Pogo friends are doing or not doing when they are truly on the site playing ( without the current friends list glitch) , and it's not my business unless someone needs a playing partner or has a question or hint tip for me..

    Playing should always be fun. 😉

  39. I agree with many that 2 hours is about right. The ones I dread most are not so much the length but the repetitions, as do 80 of some thing. That said, here I am cheerfully planning on 510,000 meters in Puck’s Peak to finish rank in the next few days before it goes away!

  40. I would say it depends on the amount of time we have to play them.

    For a weekly, I think 1-2 hours is fair, but I am OK with 2-4 hour long ones if there is no other event going on.
    For regular MnMs and Premier Album badges, I think for a 7-day badge it’s same 1-2 hours, 14-day badge is OK if it is 2-4 hours, for 21-day or 28-day badge is not unfair if it is 5-7 hours.

    HOWEVER, when we have events like marathons, for shorter 5-badge over a week marathons it should be 1-2 hours tops, for 10-badge over one week marathons it should really be about an hour per badge, and for events like win 30-60 badges in a month, it should not take more than an hour to win any given badge. Well, maybe one or two can be 2-4 hour long, like we had with the Easter Egg Hunt, but the rest should be quick and easy.

    Have a great weekend, everyone! I went picking strawberries and raspberries today, and I am planning to spent the rest of the weekend killing myself over the last Magic Dragonfly badges (I have done 57, the remaining 3 are all in Quinn’s) and trying to get the next rank badge in the games that are leaving Pogo on Tuesday – at least in Hangman Hijinks, I don’t think I have time to get the Makeover Madness one too – I would have if not for the stupid Magic marathon taking the entire month.

  41. For you folks that have canasta left, I find it a good game to double browse. The loser can just never meld out for the one badge. And discard all their jokers for the other (be sure the winner hand has a pair that you can discard into so they can pick the pile of jokers).

  42. I think 2 hours is reasonable, however, Pogo seems to be making the badges longer and longer and that is why I did not participate in Magic Marathon and a lot other Marathons lately, they use to be fun but now they are not, however, I still like Pogo.

  43. June game of month is Solitarie Gardens and July 2019 is World Class Solitarie Hd ….. yea
    the weekly badges should take 2 hours and if it is long spread over the week and lately the badges been on the long side… gl

  44. Not a fan of boring repetitious badges. I don’t like super easy
    ones BUT with long Magic challenges some easy ones more than
    the couple there was would be appreciated! I see no reason to have
    to play over 100 games in any game! Well unless it’s a fav or you’re
    trying to rank out lol. But for a badge nope not buying any of them either.
    My Badge Central is full of badges I won’t be buying too long too repetitious.
    IMO an hour -2 is more than enough BUT if lots are like that-Magic something
    has to give!

    Totally off subject the friend’s list has been whacked for awhile. IDK if anyone
    else has this problem about gifters showing even though your settings are
    set to NOT show them but it’s been going on over a year. Can’t even complain
    about on pogo everything is locked up for pity sake’s. Crazy stuff.
    Anyway hope ev1’s having a great w/e.

  45. I think the optimum time to complete a badge depends on the game, sorta along the lines of jgs987765’s comment, above. For example, I’d hate to think of investing 2 hours, on average, for a Daily. Another consideration is the nature of the game. Those that require “thinking” or “problem-solving” skills, in and of themselves necessitate more time to complete than, say, badges for slot games. And, there should be sa sensible limit on the repetition requirements for a badge, again, depending on the game.

    Lastly, I agree wholeheartedly with the seemingly consensus feedback that the requirements for completion of Magic Marathon badges were over the top. Wikipedia defines “marathon” as: ” … a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy..” In my opinion, the Magic Marathon required speed-walking with an occasional hop onto pubic transportation! Unless a miracle occurs, the latter marathon will be the first POGO challenge I will fail to complete.

  46. I think the consensus is what I believe a badge should be, 2 hours and no longer than 3 hours ever, mnms, premium, and marathon. Dailies should not exceed 30 minutes, ever, but sometimes they do.

    I did not buy any of the Marathon badges this time, because they were just no fun and the free ones were awfully LONG! I wrote Pogo Llama a message about the long badges in the Marathon, and I’m hoping other will write to her, too, maybe some of it will sink in.

    Have fun, everyone!!

  47. In Mahjong Garden what is One Rank Point equal to?
    One rank point = 1 puzzle? or 1 age? or a certain number fo score points?

    tia

  48. I think badges can take up to 2 hours but I also think that you should not have to use purchased power-ups to get the badges either. I have been playing Solitaire Gardens and since I refuse to purchase power ups, I am playing all night on 1 game and still not winning because I am tired of repeating all the games in the first garden over and over.. I have played most of these badges (am down to the last 9) and I wonder if there is anyone at Pogo that is playing these games over and over like some of us are just to get a badge….case in point is Sudoku daily where you have to play games over and over to reach a goal. I can’t believe I am doing this.

  49. I was just going to enjoy this trend and read along with all of you, when today, I sat down with 2 computers to try to get my 3 unfinished Hearts weeklies. As I was struggling to get everyone set to play, I had a thought. “WHY?” Why am I killing myself to get 3 lousy badges that don’t mean a thing for a game that is going to be gone in a couple of days? So I closed down the game completely and came here to get lost in your thoughts.

    I was with Pogo back when it took you all week to earn your 2 weekly badges. We slaved and we toiled to get those badges. We fought together…we worked together…we won together. Lately, though, it seems like if a badge takes more than 15 minutes to achieve, everybody gets upset. Really? Seriously? Yeah…I get it. Lately they’ve been throwing so many marathons and GOTM and whatnot at us that we’re hard pressed to have any life outside of Pogo.

    Believe me, I want it all. I want every badge I can possibly get. I even play for the ones in games I can barely stand. And for what? In the end, I’ve accomplished very little. I’ve sat on my bum for hours on end while the world has passed me by…just to say “I did it…I completed a badge (marathon, PBA, GOTM, etc.). Yeah…I’m kinda done. My elderly father and his wife and I all live in his house on 5 acres now. There’s a LOT to do here…everyday requires yard work. She can’t keep house. She doesn’t cook. He’s got two bad legs and hips, and had a kidney transplant, and has a pacemaker/defibrillator, so things either don’t get done, or I have to do them. THAT seems to be more important to me right now. Taking care of two older people who aren’t able to do the things they used to do with ease. And, believe me, I’m no spring chicken either! LOL

    So, I’ve dropped 3 of my 4 accounts, and I’m getting the badges that I want to get…and I’m spending more time living. I don’t care how long the badge takes, as long as I ENJOY earning it! :o)

    • Well, just realized Hearts doesn’t expire in a couple of days…so I guess you can see that I really do care a little less these days, LOL

    • Like so many others here, I, too, have a busy life that includes so much more than sitting in front of a computer day in and out just for badges.

      Just my opinion, but I believe that a lot of people feel like I do. There is no more chat, no more being able to play a game WITH your friends. I have been a member for only 13 years but is the one reason why I signed up with Pogo in the first place – I found people like myself and had fun talking with them. Now, that doesn’t work any longer. So now you play games by yourself, with no encouragement from your friends.

      Next, is the fact that a lot of the requirements for these games are very long. Put that with not having your “support friends” and that = blah.

      I am in agreement with most peeps here. Make the games shorter and easier. For those that like games to spread out over days give them harder badges that they can purchase rather than giving them to the rest of us to deal with.

      In answer to the question asked: 5 minutes for daily; Weekly’s and Marathons = 2 hours maximum

    • Hi Regina,
      I agree with your philosophy on Pogo, but I really wanted to reply just to give you a virtual WTG and encouragement with everything you’re doing right now. While there are many “seasons of life” which are difficult, I think that when our parents become elderly and need us to “do” for them as we once needed them to “do” for us is one of the toughest. It’s a labor of love with many rewards, but it can be tough in many respects. Hang in there!

    • Very well said Regina, puts it all in perspective. Your heart is so full of love. I know how difficult it can be but the satisfaction and comfort you will have is unmeasurable. Good thoughts coming your way.

  50. I can’t give a time frame as each badge is different. Some challenges I’m really fast at and others take me more time.

    I prefer to spend more time on a game depending on the game. Boring games such as Jet Set Solitaire I want to finish ASAP compared to Quinn’s where I enjoy spending the time.

    Thus I can’t give an amount of time due to too many variables.

  51. Off topic,,,,,YIPPEEEEE!!!!! I just finished the Magic Marathon!!! I completed all 60 game challenges!!!

    On topic…..these long and tedious and continuous playing of one game to meet a goal/earn a win is become no fun; win 40 QA games for example. As I stated previously, I will not want to play this game again any time soon, if ever for I grew tire of it and lost interest in it. I started to think, “do I really want to earn this badge”(LOL)….but of course, I kept playing to meet the challenge. Pogo is not encouraging more play but taking away the fun of playing these games.

    BTW….off topic again(LOL), I miss my playing the game of Pinochle; wishing it would be one of the games to come back.

    • Congrats on completing the 60 badges!!!

      I’m down to the last 2, of 30, on my 2nd account. And hopefully will be finished by early evening. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m sick of Canasta. But that was before doing 5 very long badges, 3 of my main account and 2 of my 2nd account.

      I’m sending the brass band and parade over to your house to help you celebrate your victory!!

      Suz

      • Thank you and I can identify with you on becoming sick of a game you once enjoyed playing. I’m there and don’t look at that game as fun anymore or presently!

        And thanks for the band(LOL) However it would be far better celebration, for me I think, if there are no marathons of any mega lengths for quite some time….give me moments of game challenge rest except of my choosing.

        Congrats to you too on nearing your goal…..good luck; pulling for you all the way!!!

  52. Many of the badges in the Magic Marathon took way too long in my opinion.

    I think the daily challenges should be 1-2 games to complete – just something to get your day started and maybe encourage you to try a game you haven’t played before.

    Badges should be 2-3 hours absolute max

    I just finished the Magic Marathon – only the 30 free ones – not enough time to do all 60 and not enough gems to buy them anyway. Between the dailies, weeklies, and all of the marathons that were just completed here I sit looking at Pogo and since I don’t have a challenge to complete I can’t figure out what to play. Maybe I will go outside instead.

  53. The Magic Marathon was/is the pits as far as choice of games and length of time to complete most challenges — at least from my perspective and according to probably at least 90+percent of everyone on here. I have played some of them but no way was I going to punish myself by forcing myself to complete even the first 30. Even if they only had to please or satisfy 10 players rather than the thousands they have, they couldn’t make every challenge satisfy all. I do agree that generally a 2 to 4 hour range would be good, but what might take one person 2-4 hours may take someone else a half hour or less, and vice versa. Everyone has certain games they enjoy and may be fast at and others they aren’t as hep on or quick at playing. They definitely need to back off on making the challenges a full-time job, though. At least we still have a choice on whether to participate or not. I don’t mind challenging myself — helps keep the gray matter functioning, but no challenge is worth getting a headache over or just not enjoying the “play” of the games. jmho

  54. Depends on the game. Ones I like I spread the challenge out, do a little bit at a time. Heck, do that for most badges, pace myself.

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