Fireworks Addicts Thread

[DemonLlama]

Ok, you know who you are.

Hi, I'm DisneyLlama on VMK and I am a fireworks addict.

I typically play 5-7 games a night but have been known to go on a weekend bender and play nonstop to the exclusion of things I should be doing around the house.

My addiction is both for the challenge of trying to improve my score and the insane amount of credits and magic pins I earn in the meantime. My highest score to date is just over 270,000 but I can consistently score in the low 260,000s.

For others out there willing to come forward and admit your "problem" ( problem for others, of course) please know your secret is safe with me . . . and the thousands of strangers on the DISboards.

This is a safe place to share your joys, frustrations, and questions regarding the game.

To wit. . .

Top Ten Most Frustrating Moments in the Game

10. Getting ready to play and someone saying "Let me win, I'm on a quest" or some such nonsense.

9. Coming out of the winners area only to have some whiny kid come up and blame you for kicking him out of the game.

8. Everyone else stopping at 240,001 when all you want is to have an honest competition.

7. Trying to play with a friend only to find out, while you were standing next to one another, you've been taken into different games. (Doubtless, you will be having the game of your life and be unable to quit when you realize this.)

6. Trying to help someone win fireworks magic by blazing ahead only to discover after the fifth level they DC at 239,000

5. Having a great competition with a player only to discover they DC at the end.

4. Getting your fingering mixed up in a hard run, thereby turning all your flawless marks into "ok." (Inevitably at Level 5, Round 3 for me.)

3. Getting flawless on every one, getting too excited about it, and missing the last one by a fraction of a second.

2. Having the game of your life and getting DC (even though your refreshed before starting!!!)

1. GETTING PENALIZED FOR WINNING A DIFFICULT GAME BY GETTING ROUGHLY HALF THE CREDITS AS THE SECOND PLACE WINNER!!



And finally, a question: Has anyone figured out the rhyme or reason to the distribution of the magic pins? Sometimes I get them without a message. Just check my inventory and there's another one. Sometimes I see the message and it's on a first place win, other times on a second or third place win. Is it the number of top spot finishes? Three and then a pin, maybe?

 

[laxplaya1346]

let me know if u reach 280,000

 

[Arwen]

Count me in as a fireworks addict!
My name is EvieAnne and I am addicted to fireworks. There I said it!
I seem to find that I get a pin when I win about 10 or so games.
There also seem to be a separate count for getting a score over 240,000 and not winnning. I think it is about 20 or so games to get another pin.
Anyone else find that?
The main thing that gets to me in fireworks is when I am having a great game and then miss the very first one on the next level!

 

[Beherenow]

Me Me Me! My best so far is 271,273

 

[Coasterguy]

You can win additional Magic by either coming in 1st or scoring above 240k and not winning. One time I won Fireworks twice in a row. One was for beating 240k and the other was for coming in 1st. It looks like it's every 10 games for beating 240K. Don't know how many for coming in 1st.

Although it hasn't happened to me recently how about when VMK looses track of your score. You show a higher score on your computer then what the summary scoreboard shows.

 

[DemonLlama]

The main thing that gets to me in fireworks is when I am having a great game and then miss the very first one on the next level!

Oh yeah, or worse, you are all geared up and click too late on the first one in the first level. Do you exit in shame or keep going, now with all confidence undermined.

 

[DemonLlama]

You can win additional Magic by either coming in 1st or scoring above 240k and not winning.

Yeah, but how often? I'm either in first above 240,000 and not and above 240,000 but I only get a pin occasionally. Hard to tell what the pattern is.

 

[Arwen]

Oh yes! I have missed the very first firework on the very first level too!
I will finish that level and if it gets worse I may exit but I can at least get over 43000 I will continue....

 

[LoriR]

I have not been able to figure out when you are awarded an additional pin either, but I think there must be two separate records kept. This past week I won another pin after a first place win, and a few days later I won another after not finishing first. I like fireworks, but have not been playing THAT much LOL

So possibly you can win an addtional pin after winning x number of games, and also win one by scoring over 240,000 and not placing first for x number of games.

(now if we can only find out what x stands for )

 

[Lil' Debbie]

I am definitely addicted to fireworks. Still can't figure out the magic formula for the magic pins, but hey, won't complain either~just keep em' coming! My highest score to date is 268,800. And that was a total fluke, so the green car is out for me. I often think about bailing when I miss the very first firework, but will stick it out to see how poorly I can start a game to where I will finish it. But I keep clicking away at it and someday hope to crack the 270k milestone. Have a good night and you know where to find me!

 

[Loves Disney]

I am a converted addict! lol. I have just recovered from pirates mania and have taken up a new obsession, fireworks! lol. Due to the green pin quest, I have found myself so determined to not obtain the pin, but challenge myself to do better at the game and to beat my personal best score.

My highest score ever is 280,000 something. (Sadly I recieved that score before the quest came into existance and I fear I may never reach such a level again...) My average score is 275,000.

I will play about 5 games at the most in one sitting (I can't play more than 5 before I start to feel the pain of a previous occurance where I played for over 6 hours of constant fireworks games...sad really and I am ashamed lol.)

If I don't do perfectly well on the first round of the first level I have a habit of quitting and entering the game again. (I HAVE to score over 45,000 on the first level or I feel the rest of the game is a waste as I then KNOW I can't get over 280,000.)

What frustrates me the most is doing so well in a game and reaching the last level knowing you've won the green car magic pin (as entering into the third round of level five with over 250,000 points) and then getting disconnected just as the first firework of the last round in level five shoots up.

I plan to wean myself off the game as soon as I reach 280,000...must get 280...can't, stop, until, I get...280!!!!!

 

[lab_girl]

Not me, rofl.
I've started the 'Stinky at Fireworks Support Group'

(also known as the 'NEVER get Green Car Group')

 

[Captain Brain]

I am addicted to fireworks. I average 220K a game. Highest score is 239K

 

[Mad4WDW]

Hey Dis, you started a thread all about me!

I'm another one addicted to fireworks, and totally agree with all the frustrating moments. and also another one, which those with allergies will know all about...sneezing! Seeveral times I have felt the sneeze coming, and just tried to hold it for all its worth until the end of the round. Usually however, this leads to a sneezing fit, you try to click as best you can, but end up sneezing mid click...the cursor ends up outside the vmk window and you think "ohhhh &*%$$" as the fireworks continue to fly without you in their own little world.

As for the pins, it must be random. I have won them at various times, winning, 2nd and above 240,000 etc, the usual. But have also won two within a few games of each other. I did think maybe the "every 10 games" idea might be it until I had that happen. Also been given them after getting the message to say I've been awarded one, and also without receiving the message.

Still, I'm not complaining...my five star pin allowed me to trade for gold mickey ears! I must have given at least 7 or 8 away and traded a similar number...so as long as they keep throwing them at me, I am not about to argue!

 

[Disney Dreams]

Not me, rofl.
I've started the 'Stinky at Fireworks Support Group'

(also known as the 'NEVER get Green Car Group')

Wow! Is it possible to be a member of two conflicting groups? I, Disney Dreams, hereby admit my addiction to fireworks. I have passed 200K a handful of time and I just know one day I will break 240,000. (But I just don't see that green car in my garage, ever.)

-Disney Dreams (official member of the Fireworks Addiction Club AND the Never Get Green Car Group)

 

[PirateDaisy]

I, Lizbeth, am addicted to fireworks.

There, I said it! It's a huge load of my chest! Phew! Anywhoodle, I've gone through all of those little annoyances you mentioned. For some reason the very first game I play is awesome. I think to myself, 'I might actually make it this time'; for some reason or another I get over excited and miss a whole bunch; once I miss one I'm prone to miss many more. lol *sigh* And also for some reason; the more I play the worse I get. Average score 260,000-270,000; best scrore 275,000. One day I'll make it -twitch- one day. A big 'ole AMEN to Number 1!!!!

Signature while playing fireworks: "Not now, in fireworks mode". lol

 

[Lauralee]

I, too, am sooo addicted to fireworks! I agree with Coasterguy about the pattern for winning more fireworks pins. I have been keeping track (yea, I know it's obsessive) of my pin wins, and see this current pattern dating from beginning of April to now:

1) I have received an extra pin after 10 first place win games 2 times now (while trying NOT to win).
2) I have received an extra pin after 10 240K+ games (NOT coming in first place) 8 times now (working on pin 9).

Yea, I am guilty of stopping in the game early, but really with the lure of more credits calling to me, why really try for first place any more? VMK needs to fix this! So I'm not really sure any more how high of a score I can get.

 

[hdmonkeybug]

Not me, rofl.
I've started the 'Stinky at Fireworks Support Group'

(also known as the 'NEVER get Green Car Group')

That's me! Can I join?

 

[Coasterguy]

I, too, am sooo addicted to fireworks! I agree with Coasterguy about the pattern for winning more fireworks pins. I have been keeping track (yea, I know it's obsessive) of my pin wins, and see this current pattern dating from beginning of April to now:

1) I have received an extra pin after 10 first place win games 2 times now (while trying NOT to win).
2) I have received an extra pin after 10 240K+ games (NOT coming in first place) 8 times now (working on pin 9).

Yea, I am guilty of stopping in the game early, but really with the lure of more credits calling to me, why really try for first place any more? VMK needs to fix this! So I'm not really sure any more how high of a score I can get.

You can say that again, you got me twice tonight. Thought I did good with 240,058 and you scored 240,008. I was trying to get my 20th game over 240k and not win to verify the Magic award. Did win a Magic pin on my 10th win and wanted to verify that is was 10. Finally won my 20th and got another Magic pin.

I think all of us Fireworks addicts should send a message to VMK once a week and complain about the scoring.

 

[Lauralee]

Aww Coaster, I couldn't believe what a fluke that 240,008 score was either! You should have "not won" by rights of your great score! I rarely score that close to 240K!

So, are you agreeing to the pattern that the extra fireworks pins are coming in at the rate of one pin for every 10 winning games, and one pin for every 10 nonwinning 240K+ games?

Was using some extra brain cells tonight thinking about "why is VMK doing this funky scoring/credits thing," and a thought I had was -- did enough people complain to VMK about their not having a chance to win a fireworks game because of the "regular" winners taking the top spot so often? If so, then by VMK awarding more credits for NOT winning than winning, that lured the regular winners to hold back and lose? The regular winners become losers, and the others now have more chance to win? When the "new" winners become wise to the credits bonus for not winning, THEY start to hold back and lose, thus giving another group a chance at the top spot? Whew -- that was strenuous! Lol!

Anybody else watching the progress of Coaster's quest for 1,000,000 credits? Hmm, good opportunity for somebody to start an office pool for what date they think Coaster will get to his million!