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Pogo Mini: Feelin' campy!Happy Weekend Everyone!

Here we are, about half way through the year and it’s time to check in on our gaming resolutions and goals for 2021! At the beginning of this year, we set our gaming goals and resolutions. If you participated, let us know where you’re at in achieving your goals. If you didn’t participate, choose a few goals for the last half of the year and let us know what they are so you can check back in at the end of the year with us to share your accomplishments.

How are you doing with your gaming goals for 2021?

The weekend open thread is a regular feature at BadgeHungry. Every weekend, we answer the discussion question above, and chat about anything 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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  1. I reread my resolutions and gaming goals and I wrote on January 2, 2021 that I wanted to reach 7000 badges and right now I have 6587 so I’m getting closer.

    I also wrote that I wanted to complete my M&M albums and even though I completed some I did not complete all of them. I have a long way to go. One album has 10 Poppit Party challenges and since we can’t multi-activate anymore I have to do one at a time. Such is life.

    As far as constellations and pogis I take part in all the marathons as well as play challenges I like. I even play challenges I dislike because they are part of my M&M Albums.

    I still reached Gold before I wanted to. I need to figure out how to time this better so I’m closer to Gold right before the constellation ends. I had previously thought that I wouldn’t care about the constellations anymore but I was wrong. I still enjoy getting the free power-ups and gems.

    Have a good weekend all!
    Dee

  2. I looked back and am happy to say I’ve done well:
    – I am still a member of the Picky Players Club and have continued to pay attention to what I am buying/playing so that I am enjoying myself and having fun rather than treating like Pogo a “job”.
    – I did halfway, 50%, solve my mindset problem about “wasted Pogis” – when I finish a constellation early, I’ve squashed my compulsion to hold onto the “free” stuff for the next constellation, and now play it so I’m having fun. However, I can’t bring myself to play my “purchased” badges, and have been saving them for the new constellation – all Pogis from my “purchased” badges have to go to constellation rewards, otherwise it seems a real “waste” to me. I could work on it, but I don’t think that will change.
    – On 1/1/2021 I noted I had 9,361 badges Today, 6/25/2021 I have 10,234 badges.
    Thanks, pandemic.

  3. I did not participate last time because I was hospitalized. My goals for the last half of the year is to finish every Daily Sudoku, Cookie Connect, Peggle Blast, Word Search Daily and Crossword Cove and BJStars, and, of course, the dailies, if I know how to play the game, which I do 99% of the time.

    I spend a lot of time on BJStars because I love the game so much, and it’s fun to play! I don’t know if I’ll ever rank out though, I don’t really care about rank any more, like I used to.

    I just want to say also, that something really, really irks me about the new game programming: the “CONTINUE GAME” that shows ups way too much!! Grrrrrr. Also on Pogo Slots the interruptions in the game when you set it on Auto Spin, you get free spins, you have to click to continue, also when it finishes, you have to click to go back to the main screen, etc., etc., etc.! It’s just too much for the few coins you usually get. Rant over.!! 😀 I wouldn’t be so critical is they would fix Pogo Bowl, they have ruined that game.

    Have fun, everyone! 🙂

  4. I had hoped to finish poppit bingo ….but since they changed the rooms so that you cannot choose your own room my interest has waned and i only play it for challenges now.

    I know…it makes no difference….but I felt it did and don’t get as many blackouts anymore.

    • The game was always set up that way from the start. The room you picked in Classic Pogo was not the room you were actually playing in.

      • You see….this is exactly why I wont argue about it…theres no way to prove that….however…just for example…in the first 18 rooms i collected all 1,000 dolls in each room and had over 1,800 blackouts overall …so about 100 per room
        I started room 19 in the “new way” that you claim is the same…im almost at 1,000 dolls (947 and 924) and have only had 22 more blackouts…whereas by average I should have had about 100.
        I have also only had 4 blackouts only 1 time in new pogo the classic way where I could choose a “human free” room I would do that about once a week.(cause bots are programmed to make errors and humans are bingo happy.)

        I cannot tell you how many times i was playing alone and some people started coming in and when it got to about 5 humans…it was time to leave as it was bingobingobingobingobingo

        I know…its exactly the same…sure it is 🙂

        • There is a way to know for sure how many humans are in the game, with a slight exception made for humans that don’t play 4 cards.

          If you are in a room with 61 cards and 20 players, you are the only human playing in that room. The Bots only play 3 cards, humans play 4 cards, for the most part.

          I agree that something has changed though. I’m not getting as many games where I get 30-40 bingos. I’m playing in room 21 and rarely see another person in my games, but my “great” games are fewer and far between.

          Suz

  5. My goal was to reach 10,000 badges (finished 2020 at 9,080). I reached that goal on 06/15.

  6. I didn’t make any goals with all the changes going on with Pogo and my own life changed completely with the loss of my husband to Covid. I just want to enjoy Pogo whenever I can. Sometimes I am on Pogo to take my mind of things.

    Good luck to all those you made goals and are working towards them.

    • It saddens me greatly for you. I don’t know about you but now having experience loss, I feel like I was ripped in half and put back together but one side is numb. May GOD keep His loving arms around you!
      Patti

    • I’m very sorry for your loss, Catherine. I am praying for you as you go through this difficult time.
      Take care,
      Carol

    • Dear Catherine,
      So very sorry about your Beloved Husband. There are no words to console your broken heart.
      No time, card, grief sessions. We have our memories pictures, which is so difficult to look at and hurtfull.
      I understand your pain and empty soul. I lost my husband (54 yrs together, 51 yrs married), my Sweet Brother died two weeks later on (Easter), My Precious Son. All within less than 2 years.
      I have one family member left my Wonderful Daughter. I hope you have a loved on to lean and able to talk with or close friend.
      Do whatever you have to stay strong and positive. You’ll find your way till the fog lifts enough for you to breathe again.

      bitofterrificbot (THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS STAY WELL & SAFE) GOD BLESS

  7. My resolution has always been to finish all the weekly challenges. I missed a couple of them this year due to vacations and have not been able to retrieve them in Challenge Central like we used to be able to after 35 days. Did Pogo get rid of the ability to go back and make up the weeklies?

    • No, you can find them on Challenge Central by using the right drop down menus.

      But I still like going back to Classic for finding Badges. Just click on Profile > Gear > My Collection. Everything is still there.

      Good Luck!

      Suz

    • Hi “Don”;

      I recently had a Weekly badge I had to wait ’35” days to activate. When “35” days were over, I then went to my “My Collection page and then clicked on the “2021 Wednesday Challenges” album. I then found the badge I wanted to activate and activated it.. Good Luck “Don”!

    • You can still make them up.
      Find them this way:
      -Go to your profile on the New Pogo
      -Click on the gear
      -Click on Back to My Collection
      -Then you can go to your 2021 Album and activate from there.

  8. I did not set any goals in January as I was dealing with my Mom in the hospital for 3 months. She is home but has Dementia so its been hard. I play every day. I do the dailies unless it is a game that I just hate like jigsaw.
    I find I can only finish a constellation every other time because I run out of badges and just can not afford to buy more. I try to buy the platinum ones and work on them as it gets closer to a new constellation so I get a good start. I finished Gold 4 days ago so working towards next one but not finishing badges until then.

    I also do my Mom’s account it may be silly but I hope one day she will want to play again. Denial is a good a place for me right now. I also get the first tier done for her and at least load up on power ups.

    I HOPE Pogo keeps the constellations at the current amounts those I have a chance but when it is higher I rarely can finish gold.

    I have SO many badges from old marathons but they have no pogis so unless that ever changes I doubt I will do those badges because they are in games I do not like.

    Be safe, be happy, stay healthy, make each day count!

    • So sorry to hear what you are dealing with with your mother. After being the caregiver for my mother I understand how gut wrenching it can be dealing with their needs. I found Pogo and BH to be a good stress reliever during that time. Glad you can play when you can.

    • I have walked in your shoes Amphel and understand and sympathize with what you are going through. I do have a hint for you regarding the jigsaw puzzle game which I’m not particularly fond of either. Lura has short videos posted on how to complete the puzzles in under 3 minutes for easy, normal and hard, and a second video on how to complete Master and Elite puzzles in under 5 minutes. I watched the videos and the method shown works like a charm, I used it on today’s daily. Go here to find them: https://www.badgehungry.com/game-ranks/jigsaw-treasure-hunter-hd-ranks/
      Hope it helps you to get some extra pogis!

      ~Cindy

    • I’m so sorry about your Mom as well. My Mom has vascular dementia (she is 95-1/2 years old) and it’s almost a full time job taking care of her. I play Pogo to escape and relax.

      I wish both of you well,
      Dee

      • I wish both of you well…Alzheimers is a despicable illness i wouldn’t wish on any family…i took care of mom for her last few years and it was heartbreaking to slowly lose ground week after week while there was nothing you could do but learn to compensate for the new developments.
        It takes a toll on you to a point that friends and family can see it on your face…the weariness, the unkept hair cause you have no time to worry about such trivial things, the fatigue from lack of sleep cause moms sundowning all the time.
        Bless you for taking care of them.

  9. try to play jigsaw and it knocks me out and have a hard time to get back in grrrrr

    • Sorry sorry. Have you tried cleaning out your browsers cookies, etc., signing out, exiting and re-signing in? You can also try another browser. GL!

    • It doesn’t knock me out you can’t pick up the pieces. I sure hope they fix this before next Wednesday as it is one of the challenges.

      • What browser are you using?. I used FireFox and it worked good for me this morning.

  10. I just looked back at the January 1 thread. I said I didn’t know what to aim for. That 12K didn’t seem like enough, and that maybe 13K was too many. So right now, I’m at 12,204. I’m not at all optimistic that I will make 13,000. But I’ve passed 12,000, so I guess I’m okay, And if perchance I did hit 13K, I will be ecstatic!

  11. Is anyone else having trouble logging in? I get to the home page hit sign in and the page looks weird.

  12. I haven’t been setting goals since the switch was made to the HD/HTML format and so many of the games I was working with for ranks, were removed. I have also had to cut back on what badges I purchase because I am still trying to recover from the financial hit I got with the loss of my 2 furry “kids”, Bruschi and Snoopy.

    I’m basically working on the Dailies and the Weeklies, and everything else is a bonus. But I do plan to continue to buy badges for the games I enjoy playing, just not as many.

    For everyone experiencing the heat wave in the West and the Eastern Seaboard can manage to stay cool. And thoughts and prayers go with the families and friends whp have all been affected by the Horrific Condo collapse in Surfside, FL.

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