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Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to TDN's exclusive coverage of Neopets' Daily Dare 2012! This special message is being brought to you live from Roo Island, where a very strange phenomenon is occurring.

 

This is Brooke, reporting. The locals of this friendly, vibrant island have been hopping frantically about this evening, so desperate to send those AAA-beating scores before midnight, that very few of them seem to have noticed that their island is being threatened!

 

Earlier on Monday, a swarm of tiny purple creatures began to descend upon the innocent Blumaroos and other inhabitants of Roo Island. According to some reports, over 4000 of these "bugs" have taken up resident on the outskirts of the island. Short of responding with alarm, most of the locals seem almost entirely oblivious to the invasion!

 

 

This evening, just after midnight (NST), I had the chance to speak with one of these locals, a young orange Blumaroo whose name was not recorded:

 

Brooke: Good evening, sir! I'm with TDN, and I'd like to speak with you for a moment.

 

Blumaroo: Hold on a sec... I can't afford to miss another cootie this round! And I've only got an hour left to beat AAA!

 

Brooke: Sir, you realize that it's 12:05? They've released the next challenge: Gwyl's Great Escape.

 

Blumaroo: They... WHAT? But my watch says 11:05!

 

Brooke: Did you forget to set your clock forward for Daylight Savings?

 

 

At this point, the poor fellow went a bit wild-eyed, and made himself.... unavailable for further comment.

 

We can only hope that the residents of Roo Island will be able to get Gwyl through the mines before the island is completely overrun!

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^ It's not often that you post here at the forums these days, but I still enjoyed that bit of news.

 

Ontopic: I managed to get away with a score of 891 out of 890 to beat AAA. Darn spikes and other hazards (and glitches to several) making the game a challenge.

 

Also, if you want to have a better score for Gwyl's Escape, this guide should be of good use: http://www.neopets.com/~tickular

 

EDIT: I got to 1642 points in that game thanks to that guide I found. I used to be rubbish at Gwyl's. :P

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I used both TDN's guide and the one on tickular. XD The level guide was immensely helpful, since it helped me get the shortest route and therefore, the most time bonus points I could probably get away with.

 

I played it on large with the guide off to the side, staring at the guide as I played so I knew where the obstacles were and stuff. With the guide on tickular, I went from ~500 to ~900, enough to get AAA today. :3 But the guide on TDN is what informed me of the lovely cheatcode... :D

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Awesome guide, boosted my score from 941 to 1716 (under review). Looks like I'm in range for a trophy too ^.^! Hope all these people doing daily dare won't bump me down, but even so, I can always try again at the beginning of the month :).

 

DD is helping me find games I can get trophies in xD

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I got a trophy for that game just last month (and stayed within the range of trophies for the whole month too, so it's not a popular game), so I'm sure it will be easy for me to beat AAA.

 

However, it takes a bit of time and I won't play it before I come back from uni. xD

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My highest score ever is 737, and I seem to remember that was after a long, long time of practicing.

 

Darn it. So much for beating AAA every day. I'll check out the guide when I come back from teaching today.

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I challenged Abigail before I even come here ... I didn't think about it .. my High Score was 690 .. I hate this game and couldn't be bothered .. both prizes are rubbish anyway

 

Edit: I tried with the guide NeoMysterion posted .. just for fun .. and yet I couldn't be bothered enough to get AAA's score .. the game gives me a serious headache .. or maybe 'cuz I've had vertigo since yesterday and can't focus ...

 

ah well , I knew my AAA run was going to end sooner or later ..

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This game really grinds my gears. The hit detection is very poor but that's not too much of a problem. But one major problem is that the Goal glitches too much. I was about to beat AAA when I couldn't touch the goal and I only needed a 10+ time bonus to win. >:V Ack. Oh well. I'll try again later. I already missed the deadline for one other game so I might miss this one too. So much for the book.

Also, the "medium" challenges give me more trouble then the "hard" challenges. :S

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Game glitches are really annoying and this one takes the cake so far... ugh!

Second time trying and the game glitches in the same spot on the lava level... not happy

3rd time is a charm, I actually got a better score and no glitches when I played it on the normal settings (not low-res)

amazing I can't believe myself 1348!!

Thanks for the guide help, wouldn't have done it without that extra level :thumbsup:

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