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Old 02-10-2014, 10:33 AM   #1
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Anyone else get hooked on this game? I saw the developer pulled the game from the App Stores this weekend. Now people are trying to sell their phones with the now "rare" game on eBay for stupid money.
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Old 02-10-2014, 10:59 AM   #2
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My nieces are hooked on it, kinda dumb game imo. Gets boring fast.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:01 AM   #3
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...Now people are trying to sell their phones with the now "rare" game on eBay for stupid money.
Really? How much money can you fetch from selling the game? I downloaded it but hate the game and was contemplating deleting it.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:06 AM   #4
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People with iOS devices are selling their phones. I think android folks can install the game still from torrents. Doubtful that anyone will actually pay tens of thousands for a phone with the game.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:08 AM   #5
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Really? How much money can you fetch from selling the game? I downloaded it but hate the game and was contemplating deleting it.
Apparently people are trying for as much as $100k.

Somehow, I never heard of this game until late last week. And all I could think of is that it sounded like a ripoff of this:

http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/helicopter
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:13 AM   #6
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It's virtually the same game as the helicopter game, just when you tap, you go higher.

The community's reaction is just very weird. The game really isn't all that hard, and it's not that enjoyable either.

Almost seems like it's fake publicity.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:27 AM   #7
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I think it's one of situations that just got out of hand for no real reason... just one of those things.

It looks bit like Mario, and relatively challenging.

All this hoopla will fade as fast as it started lol.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:35 AM   #8
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For $100,000.00 I will learn to code and make you a personalized version of flappy bird!
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:47 AM   #9
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The developer was supposedly making $50,000/day just from the ads.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:48 AM   #10
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I prefer the version I have on my phone, called fapping bird.

I can only last a minute though. I must need more practice.
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Ya, Boogie2988 had some thoughts on why it was removed

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Old 02-10-2014, 11:57 AM   #12
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It was addicting for the first 3-4 days then it just got boring. People are dumb for buying it for ridiculous amounts of money just for a stupid game.
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:58 AM   #13
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Isn't it a free download? Unless you mean people wanting to buy the phones from eBay with Flappy Bird still installed.
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Old 02-10-2014, 12:39 PM   #14
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Tried it three times after my wife showed it to me. Then immediately deleted it.
Hod to people get hooked to something so stupid?
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Old 02-10-2014, 12:49 PM   #16
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Tiny Wings is 100 times better than Flappy Bird. No idea why it became so popular.
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Old 02-10-2014, 05:28 PM   #17
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I really don't get the draw of this game. Badland is a much better game using the same game mechanics and far more beautiful artwork.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ogmind.badland

Why the heck are people paying $100k for this as well? You could just download the apk and reload it on again if you wanted to.
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Why the heck are people paying $100k for this as well?
No one is. Just because someone listed it for that price, doesn't mean anyone has or will buy it.
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Old 02-11-2014, 06:10 AM   #19
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Generally going to assume those listings are all fake and then the "good deal" ones where an iPod is "only" 600 Are the scammers legit ads. Stupid
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So... my high score is 108. Anyone top that?
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