Originally posted by: Epoman
Originally posted by: TechnoPro
The memories... I searched my hard drive and luckily I still have a copy. I'm up to almost 600,000 right now. My all time high score was just shy of 2 million.
Ant tips you can share with me I can't get past level 15, There are a total of 49 levels. Well 49 is the max number of balls but the levels can go higher BUT the number of balls stop at 49. I know how to stop the ball but still any tricks or tips you can share?
Back in the day, I used to rely upon timing and anticipating the trajectory of the balls. This strategy will ultimately fail when too many balls are on screen.
Here's my secret. I build tunnels, starting in the lower right. It's a given that one end will be compromised so my sole focus becomes getting that one end to stick. At lower levels, this is boring (and potentialy dangerous) as it can take forever for the balls to enter the tunnel to be captured.
The logic is that each tunnel must trap at least 2 balls for me clear the level. Also, by adding an obstruction, you leseen the ball density in the area directly above the first tunnel, which is where I build a second. And so on... I keep building tunnels as needed, when I reach higher levels.
By trapping balls inside these tunnels, you can then clear the hishest percentage of the board which will yield the highest score. Actually, clearing the highest percentage plus having many balls left will net some serious points.
I will also extend tunnels out further when warranted. Occasionally, however, this will backfire as the line will go all the way and seal up more playing field, increasing ball density without having trapped anything.
It gets tricky when there are so many balls that it becomes hard to even build one tunnel that will trap more than 2 balls. But, as the number of balls increase, the likelihood of balls trapping themselves increases greatly. I'm sure you've seen it before when 2 balls will enter a tunnel at just the right time and wedge themselves together? This means that at higher levels, one simply needs to make mini-tunnels and wait. It does not become as easy as shooting fish in a barrell...
Then as, the ball count drops, you can extend the tunnels and resume normal trapping strategy.
What causes me to lose is 3 factors:
[1] Hand fatigue
[2] Eye strain
[3] Involuntary clicking. This is the real killer as the other 2 can be fixed by taking a break. Let's say I attempt to build a tunnel and both ends get hit. meaning I lose 1 life without having secured my structure. My bad habit is to immediately try again, maybe twice. This habit chews through lives and can get me screwed in no time.
So that's my pitch. Enjoy.