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Joe Mello

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« Reply #30 on: June 22, 2009, 10:51:21 PM »
And of course all the Philadelphia sports he watched growing up.

/Got tripped up an a more-than-esoteric Phillies question
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« Reply #31 on: June 22, 2009, 10:52:50 PM »
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'218801\' date=\'Jun 22 2009, 10:51 PM\']And of course all the Philadelphia sports he watched growing up.

/Got tripped up an a more-than-esoteric Phillies question[/quote]

For the record, the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. :D

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« Reply #32 on: June 23, 2009, 10:26:27 AM »
I could be speaking ex-rectum here, but I think the winning cap needs to be lowered. I played over a dozen games and didn't even get past the main game. Highest I ever got was $2,500.
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« Reply #33 on: June 23, 2009, 10:39:23 AM »
[quote name=\'TonicBH\' post=\'218829\' date=\'Jun 23 2009, 10:26 AM\']I played over a dozen games and didn't even get past the main game. Highest I ever got was $2,500.[/quote]

And strangely, in about 8 games, I only spun two bombs.

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« Reply #34 on: June 23, 2009, 05:34:32 PM »
And now the game has made Newgrounds' front page!
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« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2009, 07:58:11 PM »
In my first game, I drew a bomb on my first spin, and managed to answer all four questions correctly to survive.  I never saw a bomb again -- and never answered another question correctly, either!
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« Reply #36 on: June 23, 2009, 09:22:08 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'218863\' date=\'Jun 23 2009, 06:58 PM\']In my first game, I drew a bomb on my first spin, and managed to answer all four questions correctly to survive.  I never saw a bomb again -- and never answered another question correctly, either![/quote]
So, then I'm assuming that you haven't won your own medal yet? :)
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« Reply #37 on: June 23, 2009, 10:32:04 PM »
[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'218866\' date=\'Jun 23 2009, 09:22 PM\']So, then I'm assuming that you haven't won your own medal yet? :)[/quote]
I sware (!), I completely forgot that Corey had asked my permission to use my name.  As I recall, he didn't specifically tell me the name of the game he was working on, and I didn't make the connection to it being this one.
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« Reply #38 on: June 24, 2009, 12:31:55 AM »
When I play, I tend to want low amounts in round to garner more spins in the bonus round.
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« Reply #39 on: December 24, 2009, 07:31:02 PM »
Just found this from a mention in another thread.

Great game and good to see these developments thriving. My thoughts on improvements were very much the same as everyone here's - particularly that it seems a bit crazy that one round can be worth ten times the value of another. One game I got 4 x $1000 then 5 x $1000, and other games I got hardly over $300.

One idea I had was that when a bomb contract is completed, you should get your three strikes cleared. The reason I say this is that when you get to 2 strikes and you're still a long way from home and the Bomb category hits, you know you're done for. At least if there was some upside to completing a Bomb contract, you'd have a bit more hope of surviving longer. Even accounting for the US questions, this Brit found it a bit on the tough side.

But great work overall.
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« Reply #40 on: December 24, 2009, 07:33:42 PM »
Oh, and shouldn't the title be "Don't Drop the Bomb" - it seems a bit of a negative instruction at the moment?
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« Reply #41 on: December 24, 2009, 08:46:32 PM »
[quote name=\'davidbod\' post=\'232964\' date=\'Dec 24 2009, 04:33 PM\']Oh, and shouldn't the title be "Don't Drop the Bomb" - it seems a bit of a negative instruction at the moment?[/quote]
I prefer "Drop the 'F' Bomb".
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« Reply #42 on: December 24, 2009, 11:27:16 PM »
[quote name=\'davidbod\' post=\'232964\' date=\'Dec 24 2009, 08:33 PM\']Oh, and shouldn't the title be "Don't Drop the Bomb" - it seems a bit of a negative instruction at the moment?[/quote]

IIRC, the name of the game was originally derived from the Dance Dance Revolution song "Drop the Bomb" - even used the end "sting" whenever a Bomb came up.
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« Reply #43 on: December 29, 2009, 10:30:22 AM »
[quote name=\'pacdude\' post=\'218470\' date=\'Jun 19 2009, 05:34 PM\']This is my newest game, Drop the Bomb.[/quote]
Nice work. What porno did you get the music from?

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« Reply #44 on: December 29, 2009, 01:23:48 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'232967\' date=\'Dec 24 2009, 08:46 PM\']I prefer "Drop the 'F' Bomb".
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

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