The avalanche that didn't

[susandennis]

I figured today would be busy crazy and it was not - not even close.  We've got one launch Thursday morning and one on Friday morning but I think everything is really done. 

So I loaded Bounce Out onto the Lifebook and remembered how to play.  I bought it from Gamehouse before Gamehouse was sucked into Real so I have a registered version free of Real crap.  I hadn't played in a long time and had forgotten - but, it's like getting back up on the bike. 

In effect, I kind of had my own snow day.  I did read this afternoon that Microsoft was closed.  I rarely have any clue where the people I work with actually are so I don't know if groups I'm working with now were in the office or not.  Doesn't matter bit.

It is very cold here tonight - my terrace, which usually registers warmer than reality - is saying it's 28 degrees.  It also says that inside - here at this desk - it's 65 degrees and I don't think it's quite that cold.

But, I think a fireplace fire is in order... Oh and for those who want to see it 'live', the new web cam is slated to arrive on Thursday!

Comments

[kayseaconklin.livejournal.com]

Hey Susan -- Were we perhaps separated at birth? I've got the Gamehouse version of (Super) Bounce Out, and dive into it regularly. I've developed a strategy for it, and have racked up some pretty high scores. Let me know if you'd like tips.

[susandennis]

Wild and yes, I'd LOVE to have some tips!

Several years ago I worked for a start up company in an old building in the next block from here ('here' being my condo). I discovered, one day, that Game House was headquartered 2 floors up!!! Our receptionist let me take a mis delivered package up there one day. It was as funky a place as you could imagine. I was working on a plan to get a job there when I found out they had sold out to Real Networks. Then they moved to the other side of town. Sigh.

[kayseaconklin.livejournal.com]

Small world -- I was just playing Super Collapse (also from GH), but I only have a trial version and am chipping away sparingly at my free sessions. I think I have 5 left.

Anyway, in Bounce Out, I noticed that the columns at the sides will almost always trickle down 2 wide (if your row-of-3 is within those columns), and not disturb the rest of the screen. So, I start at the lower corners first, alternating between right & left, spotting my left moves as the right columns are taking their sweet time to settle into their new places, and vice-a-versa. The advantage here is that the black balls, which *will* move but cannot *be* moved, will then narrow the rest of the field. It's like shooting fish in a skinnier barrel. Also, the time-fuse gets shorter only when the balls aren't in motion -- thus making plays in the lower half of the screen more desirable for the spotting time it allows.

How's that for a start?

[susandennis]

brilliant! thanks! I'm doing the non-timed one right now - getting my skills back...