Neat iPhone apps - Page 27

FrogMan · 06-06-2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Great but morbid game. Well worth the price.

I think it's the morbidity of it that makes it fascinating to me...

FM

FrogMan · 06-06-2012, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Thanks. I figured it out after I posted the question.

First time on normal and I only killed 98% of the population. Canada screwed me!

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Originally Posted by BrianD

Canada has been doing that to me too. I think I'll lead with them next time.

and they've done that to me in that second game of mine. Bacteria was killing people at a higher rate than it was infecting them and Canada and USA and a few other simply shut their borders down...

FM

BillJasper · 06-06-2012, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

and they've done that to me in that second game of mine. Bacteria was killing people at a higher rate than it was infecting them and Canada and USA and a few other simply shut their borders down...

FM

Do not start in Mexico. That was a dead end street from the moment I hit start!

FrogMan · 06-06-2012, 03:47 PM

Really? One would think they're poor enough for something to spread fast unnoticed. Or is it that nobody allows them past the borders.

DaddyTorgo · 06-06-2012, 04:05 PM

Cool. Can't stand the blown-up types

DaddyTorgo · 06-06-2012, 04:07 PM

Bought. Now to get it goin!

BrianD · 06-06-2012, 04:17 PM

I did fairly well starting in Mexico. I have been able to unlock Virus by starting in Canada, and I unlocked Fungus by starting in Mexico. Virus wasn't too much harder than Bacteria, but it did require a different strategy. Fungus was pretty tough. I knocked out pretty much the whole world except Canada, Australia, and oddly enough, France. Couldn't get a single infection in France.

DaddyTorgo · 06-06-2012, 05:02 PM

First game...on Normal: DeathBug1 has killed over 75m people worldwide - more than the Black Death.

It's a hemorraghic fever causing total organ failure from Madagascar. And yes...it's airbone.

Eat shit humanity!

Gah - like a rookie I spread too far too fast. Only got to 52% of the world's population before the cure was completed. Also didn't have enough transmission vectors...primarily just airbone and bloodborne in the beginning.

BillJasper · 06-06-2012, 05:10 PM

Twice I've lost on Normal because the last sick person died before everyone was infected. I killed 99% of the population, all that was left was #%\|<>! Angola!

JediKooter · 06-06-2012, 05:23 PM

Just bought it and played my first game. Started in China killed 6.5B people when I ran out of infected and lost. Who stopped me? France. Flipping France stopped me.

samifan24 · 06-06-2012, 05:53 PM

Instapaper is the free app of the week at Starbucks, normally $4.99, I think. Highly recommended. It's a "save it for later" reading app that saves multi page articles in an easy to read format.

I use Reeder as my RSS reader on my iPad and I love it. It's the best RSS reader I've found by far.

DaddyTorgo · 06-06-2012, 05:54 PM

Ugh...I killed all my hosts before I could kill the last 18 million healthy humans. It was literally on 100%. Damn cold-weather countries (Iceland and Greenland) and my lack of cold-resistance (spent my DNA points and didn't save any for them at the end). Won't make THAT mistake again.

bhlloy · 06-06-2012, 05:56 PM

I'm having the exact same problem with heat. I couldn't get into Morocco, every other country in the world is pretty much kaput

JediKooter · 06-06-2012, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Ugh...I killed all my hosts before I could kill the last 18 million healthy humans. It was literally on 100%. Damn cold-weather countries (Iceland and Greenland) and my lack of cold-resistance (spent my DNA points and didn't save any for them at the end). Won't make THAT mistake again.

Second game, pretty much the exact same thing happened. Iceland and Greenland being the only two countries I couldn't get to.

DaddyTorgo · 06-06-2012, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

Second game, pretty much the exact same thing happened. Iceland and Greenland being the only two countries I couldn't get to.

Just managed to get into them, but wasn't lethal enough, so I was cured. Need to strike a balance I see.

FrogMan · 06-06-2012, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

I use Google Reader as my main RSS reader and I usually read, or simply go through the various feeds on my breaks, on my PC but there are numerous good RSS reader apps that sync with Google Reader. Reeder has received good reviews.

FM

Dang, I feel like an idiot! "Reeder has received good reviews" I say. HEY YOU IDIOT, REEDER IS WHAT YOU USE ON YOUR IPHONE!!!!!

I don't use it much though. The habit of checking my Google Reader tab on Chrome on the PC is just too strong

Also, I knew we had a bunch of biological mass destruction SOBs on FOFC. Glad you guys are having fun with the game...

FM

DaddyTorgo · 06-06-2012, 08:30 PM

373 thousand people left alive...i'm declaring that a moral victory.

BillJasper · 06-06-2012, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

...i'm declaring that a moral victory.

I've been doing that a lot tonight!

FrogMan · 06-06-2012, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by samifan24

Instapaper is the free app of the week at Starbucks, normally $4.99, I think. Highly recommended. It's a "save it for later" reading app that saves multi page articles in an easy to read format.

Instapaper is an awesome, awesome app. Not only can you add whatever you see on your device but there are extentions available for Chrome or Firefox that will save anything webpage for reading later to your instapaper account and voilà, that page is now available in a streamlined version on your iPhone.

FM

Qrusher14242 · 06-07-2012, 02:51 AM

Plague Inc is a cool game...when it doesnt crash.Just lost my first 2 games from crashes

oh well, was only $1

JediKooter · 06-07-2012, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Just managed to get into them, but wasn't lethal enough, so I was cured. Need to strike a balance I see.

I finally got both of them as well, but, a cure was found before I could kill everyone off.

Last game of the night, everybody was infected...except F'ing Greenland again! Only needed about 180K more people to die and I would have won.

Has anyone won a game on this yet?

stevew · 06-07-2012, 10:39 AM

Prepaid Virgin Mobile IPhone coming out next month. Yea, it costs 650 new, but plans start at $30/month. I'm guessing the break even point is about 10 months, then you're saving $40/month going forward.

BrianD · 06-07-2012, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I finally got both of them as well, but, a cure was found before I could kill everyone off.

Last game of the night, everybody was infected...except F'ing Greenland again! Only needed about 180K more people to die and I would have won.

Has anyone won a game on this yet?

Yes, twice on normal. Once with bacteria and once with a virus. The cold weather countries seem to give much more trouble than the warm weather countries. I usually end up with 2 levels of cold weather resistance and hope that is enough.

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I finally got both of them as well, but, a cure was found before I could kill everyone off.

Last game of the night, everybody was infected...except F'ing Greenland again! Only needed about 180K more people to die and I would have won.

Has anyone won a game on this yet?

Beat it once, on normal.

Started in Central Africa, used mainly the blood tree, used air to spread it early on and made sure to adapt it to heat and cold early on.

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Beat it once, on normal.

Started in Central Africa, used mainly the blood tree, used air to spread it early on and made sure to adapt it to heat and cold early on.

I've found good results by letting my DNA points build up and then spending a bunch at one for maximum effect. Spend early points on all types of transmission and infection (and hot/cold resistance)...then really nail them with lethality and keep points in reserve to mutate and slow down research.

Oh - and don't put any points toward anything that's quickly-lethal until you have like no healthy countries left.

Still have yet to win-win though.

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

I've found good results by letting my DNA points build up and then spending a bunch at one for maximum effect. Spend early points on all types of transmission and infection (and hot/cold resistance)...then really nail them with lethality and keep points in reserve to mutate and slow down research.

Oh - and don't put any points toward anything that's quickly-lethal until you have like no healthy countries left.

Still have yet to win-win though.

Killed everyone using a virus, focus on transmission and abilities. The virus will mutate quickly on its own. Started in Australia.

BrianD · 06-07-2012, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Killed everyone using a virus, focus on transmission and abilities. The virus will mutate quickly on its own. Started in Australia.

I had to spend point devolving the virus so it didn't get too lethal too quickly. Once every country was infected, I jacked up the mutations.

I'm not getting close yet with the fungus.

APC · 06-07-2012, 01:11 PM

Besides iOOTP, are there any good sports text sim games for iPad?

(asking instead of digging through the 30 pages on this thread.)

lcjjdnh · 06-07-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by APC

Besides iOOTP, are there any good sports text sim games for iPad?

(asking instead of digging through the 30 pages on this thread.)

Football Manager is terrific.

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lcjjdnh

Football Manager is terrific.

Yes. FM is bestest.

Plus you're helping to feed our own Marc Vaughn.

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianD

I had to spend point devolving the virus so it didn't get too lethal too quickly. Once every country was infected, I jacked up the mutations.

I'm not getting close yet with the fungus.

Fungus is sloooow moving.

Qrusher14242 · 06-07-2012, 02:47 PM

damn, this thing just keeps crashing on my 3gs. Have to save it every 5 mins

I almost beat bacteria, but i managed to kill all of the hosts too soon

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Qrusher14242

damn, this thing just keeps crashing on my 3gs. Have to save it every 5 mins

I almost beat bacteria, but i managed to kill all of the hosts too soon

Mine did keep giving me a bunch of "you're low on memory" errors where it would then save and I'd have to restart it.

JediKooter · 06-07-2012, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianD

Yes, twice on normal. Once with bacteria and once with a virus. The cold weather countries seem to give much more trouble than the warm weather countries. I usually end up with 2 levels of cold weather resistance and hope that is enough.

Yes noticed that too with the cold weather countries. For whatever reason, I seem to get one country, even though they are infected, they hold out until the bitter end and I end up losing.

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Beat it once, on normal.

Started in Central Africa, used mainly the blood tree, used air to spread it early on and made sure to adapt it to heat and cold early on.

Yea, I've tried starting in all different places with different mutations and either a cure is found too fast or one country is able to hold out somehow even though it's infected.

Qrusher14242 · 06-07-2012, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Mine did keep giving me a bunch of "you're low on memory" errors where it would then save and I'd have to restart it.

so far it just goes to black for a bit, and then back to the app screen. So i guess i just have to remember to save a lot. I saw the reviews and thought they were exaggerating. Never had an app crash so much. Fun game though heh

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 03:27 PM

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so far it just goes to black for a bit, and then back to the app screen. So i guess i just have to remember to save a lot. I saw the reviews and thought they were exaggerating. Never had an app crash so much. Fun game though heh

My wife and I haven't had any problems on the iPad 2 or 3.

Qrusher14242 · 06-07-2012, 04:18 PM

yeah i just have it on the 3gs...maybe i'll try to back it up and then redownload it.

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 04:38 PM

I looked at my wife a few minutes ago and said, "Hey Babe, wanna kill all humans?", in my best Bender voice.

JediKooter · 06-07-2012, 04:40 PM

NICE!

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 05:00 PM

Hope I don't jinx myself, but I think I got it this time. 100% of the world is infected, 89% are dead...greater than 1 year to a cure. 750 million living humans.

I found that once I got to the "everybody is infected" point I devolved all my transmission and my non-lethal symptons (rash, coughing, etc. which had mutated without my spending points) and poured all that into getting one fast-acting lethal symptom (hemorraghic shock in this case), along with fighting off the humans' attempts at a cure through hardening and genetic mutation.

DEATH WISH BACTERIA WINS!!!

807 days. My score was 6060.

JediKooter · 06-07-2012, 05:10 PM

I finally killed everyone too! Score was 12,240. Started in India, then spread to China. After that it was all over.

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I finally killed everyone too! Score was 12,240. Started in India, then spread to China. After that it was all over.

Nice score! Faster than me I assume?

McLovin · 06-07-2012, 05:15 PM

Waze- A free 3D GPS that actually reports traffic,accidents,etc. by users. Thought it wouldn't be that good but it works pretty well. All reported accidents,traffic were really there. Only downside is it is a battery hog.

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I finally killed everyone too! Score was 12,240. Started in India, then spread to China. After that it was all over.

I'm finding Fungus to be brutal.

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 05:30 PM

I'm now 2-for-2 with my new methodology.

Death Wish Virus FTW! 607 days this time. 10170 score.

DaddyTorgo · 06-07-2012, 05:52 PM

First try on Fungus...think I didn't quite understand the "spore burst" thing. Still...made it to 99% human death, only 37mil people left before they got the cure on me.

JediKooter · 06-07-2012, 06:00 PM

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I'm finding Fungus to be brutal.

I think that's next for me. I can only imagine how many games it's going to take me to beat it with the fungus.

After finally beating the game with the bacteria, it only took me one game to beat it with the virus.

BillJasper · 06-07-2012, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I finally killed everyone too! Score was 12,240. Started in India, then spread to China. After that it was all over.

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I think that's next for me. I can only imagine how many games it's going to take me to beat it with the fungus.

After finally beating the game with the bacteria, it only took me one game to beat it with the virus.

Of course, I could simply be retarded. Never rule that out!

JediKooter · 06-07-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BillJasper

Of course, I could simply be retarded. Never rule that out!

Come on now, don't sell yourself short.

Qrusher14242 · 06-07-2012, 08:52 PM

dang, can't even beat this on casual lol keep killing all my hosts. Got close, had 6mil left.

06-06-2012, 03:47 PM	#1304
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	Really? One would think they're poor enough for something to spread fast unnoticed. Or is it that nobody allows them past the borders. __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog... Last edited by FrogMan : 06-06-2012 at 03:49 PM.

06-06-2012, 04:05 PM	#1305
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Cool. Can't stand the blown-up types __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

06-06-2012, 04:07 PM	#1306
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Bought. Now to get it goin! __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

06-06-2012, 05:02 PM	#1308
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	First game...on Normal: DeathBug1 has killed over 75m people worldwide - more than the Black Death. It's a hemorraghic fever causing total organ failure from Madagascar. And yes...it's airbone. Eat shit humanity! Gah - like a rookie I spread too far too fast. Only got to 52% of the world's population before the cure was completed. Also didn't have enough transmission vectors...primarily just airbone and bloodborne in the beginning. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 06-06-2012 at 05:19 PM.

06-06-2012, 05:10 PM	#1309
BillJasper Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northern Kentucky	Twice I've lost on Normal because the last sick person died before everyone was infected. I killed 99% of the population, all that was left was #%\\|<>! Angola! __________________ The Confederacy lost, it is time to dismantle it.

06-06-2012, 04:17 PM	#1307
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I did fairly well starting in Mexico. I have been able to unlock Virus by starting in Canada, and I unlocked Fungus by starting in Mexico. Virus wasn't too much harder than Bacteria, but it did require a different strategy. Fungus was pretty tough. I knocked out pretty much the whole world except Canada, Australia, and oddly enough, France. Couldn't get a single infection in France.

06-06-2012, 05:23 PM	#1310
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Just bought it and played my first game. Started in China killed 6.5B people when I ran out of infected and lost. Who stopped me? France. Flipping France stopped me. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4 Last edited by JediKooter : 06-06-2012 at 05:23 PM.

06-06-2012, 05:53 PM	#1311
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Instapaper is the free app of the week at Starbucks, normally $4.99, I think. Highly recommended. It's a "save it for later" reading app that saves multi page articles in an easy to read format. I use Reeder as my RSS reader on my iPad and I love it. It's the best RSS reader I've found by far. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

06-06-2012, 05:54 PM	#1312
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Ugh...I killed all my hosts before I could kill the last 18 million healthy humans. It was literally on 100%. Damn cold-weather countries (Iceland and Greenland) and my lack of cold-resistance (spent my DNA points and didn't save any for them at the end). Won't make THAT mistake again. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 06-06-2012 at 05:55 PM.

06-06-2012, 05:56 PM	#1313
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	I'm having the exact same problem with heat. I couldn't get into Morocco, every other country in the world is pretty much kaput

06-06-2012, 08:30 PM	#1317
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	373 thousand people left alive...i'm declaring that a moral victory.

06-07-2012, 02:51 AM	#1320
Qrusher14242 High School JV Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Farmersville, CA	Plague Inc is a cool game...when it doesnt crash.Just lost my first 2 games from crashes oh well, was only $1

06-07-2012, 10:39 AM	#1322
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Prepaid Virgin Mobile IPhone coming out next month. Yea, it costs 650 new, but plans start at $30/month. I'm guessing the break even point is about 10 months, then you're saving $40/month going forward.

06-07-2012, 01:11 PM	#1328
APC Mascot Join Date: Dec 2003	Besides iOOTP, are there any good sports text sim games for iPad? (asking instead of digging through the 30 pages on this thread.)

06-07-2012, 02:47 PM	#1332
Qrusher14242 High School JV Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Farmersville, CA	damn, this thing just keeps crashing on my 3gs. Have to save it every 5 mins I almost beat bacteria, but i managed to kill all of the hosts too soon

06-07-2012, 04:18 PM	#1337
Qrusher14242 High School JV Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Farmersville, CA	yeah i just have it on the 3gs...maybe i'll try to back it up and then redownload it.

06-07-2012, 04:38 PM	#1338
BillJasper Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Northern Kentucky	I looked at my wife a few minutes ago and said, "Hey Babe, wanna kill all humans?", in my best Bender voice. __________________ The Confederacy lost, it is time to dismantle it.

06-07-2012, 04:40 PM	#1339
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	NICE! __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

06-07-2012, 05:00 PM	#1340
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Hope I don't jinx myself, but I think I got it this time. 100% of the world is infected, 89% are dead...greater than 1 year to a cure. 750 million living humans. I found that once I got to the "everybody is infected" point I devolved all my transmission and my non-lethal symptons (rash, coughing, etc. which had mutated without my spending points) and poured all that into getting one fast-acting lethal symptom (hemorraghic shock in this case), along with fighting off the humans' attempts at a cure through hardening and genetic mutation. DEATH WISH BACTERIA WINS!!! 807 days. My score was 6060. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 06-07-2012 at 05:06 PM.

06-07-2012, 05:10 PM	#1341
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	I finally killed everyone too! Score was 12,240. Started in India, then spread to China. After that it was all over. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

06-07-2012, 05:15 PM	#1343
McLovin Mascot Join Date: Feb 2008	Waze- A free 3D GPS that actually reports traffic,accidents,etc. by users. Thought it wouldn't be that good but it works pretty well. All reported accidents,traffic were really there. Only downside is it is a battery hog.

06-07-2012, 05:30 PM	#1345
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	I'm now 2-for-2 with my new methodology. Death Wish Virus FTW! 607 days this time. 10170 score. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

06-07-2012, 05:52 PM	#1346
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	First try on Fungus...think I didn't quite understand the "spore burst" thing. Still...made it to 99% human death, only 37mil people left before they got the cure on me. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

06-07-2012, 08:52 PM	#1350
Qrusher14242 High School JV Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Farmersville, CA	dang, can't even beat this on casual lol keep killing all my hosts. Got close, had 6mil left.

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