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28 February 2011

The Likability of Angry Birds: A visual representation.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 08:01 | 13 comments

Eh, the Egg-Droppers are pretty underrated. If you can nail the timing and the angle, it's pretty beneficial to launch the body at an additional target post-drop.

But yeah, the Toucans are frustrating as hell.

posted by ufez 28 February | 09:34

The only *ONLY* good thing about the toucans is when you fire they go "angry.." then when the hit back "...bird!"

posted by The Whelk 28 February | 09:51

Bomb birds rule :D

I haven't googled yet, but I have been wondering about the small red bird. Does clicking it do anything more than make it squawk? I can't tell for sure.

posted by DarkForest 28 February | 12:17

I love the toucans! Set 'em up to boomerang back to the perfect spot and they can do major damage. Way more useful than the stupid egg droppers.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 28 February | 12:22

Awesome. I'd actually rate the little blue bird last. Then the standard red bird, bomb dropping bird, and toucan in ascending order. If anyone has played the Valentine's Day game, level 1-3, you might have an idea why I hate those little blue birds so much right now.

posted by youngergirl44 28 February | 13:19

Do you know I played the first 2, 3 dozen levels before realizing those damn little bluebirds split into 3?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 28 February | 13:30

Now THAT sounds frustrating.

posted by youngergirl44 28 February | 14:12

If anyone has played the Valentine's Day game, level 1-3, you might have an idea why I hate those little blue birds so much right now.

You got out of level 1? Man, I flew through earlier versions pretty well, but those little blue twerps are killing me at the opening level. I may even have to load up a walkthrough.

Anyway, my ranking would be: black anarchist-bomb bird, yellow missile of death, surprisingly sneaky and powerful toucan, big red bird, standard red bird, white egg-bomber and those little blue meanies.

posted by maudlin 28 February | 19:35

If anyone has played the Valentine's Day game, level 1-3, you might have an idea why I hate those little blue birds so much right now.

If you haven't figured this out already, focus on taking out the clouds underneath the supports. This is kind of an on-and-off tip for the whole Valentine's Day series.

You got out of level 1? Man, I flew through earlier versions pretty well, but those little blue twerps are killing me at the opening level. I may even have to load up a walkthrough.

Gah. Yeah, that was one of the most frustrating levels in the whole shebang. Not sure why they put it first.

posted by ufez 28 February | 20:08

The only *ONLY* good thing about the toucans is when you fire they go "angry.." then when the hit back "...bird!"

OMG! Is that what they say?? I wondered what that was all about!

I hate those damn toucans. I love how everyone has pet names for them. Mine are: Bob-omb (the bomb birds), Jet Bird (yellow), Useless (the little red ones), Rerun (fat red ones), and Boomerang Bird (damn toucans).

I like the blue birds, they work best if you pull the slingshot down and launch them upward, then split them on the way down.

posted by evilcupcakes 28 February | 21:31

Oh lordy, what happened to my "/blockquote"???

posted by evilcupcakes 28 February | 21:32

IT DIED.

I like Angry Birds, but my academic, Engineer BF has uh, taken to it. He's like 400 in the World for points, which is impressive considering he only plays it when he's on the phone yelling at other professors.

posted by The Whelk 01 March | 00:15

That graphic pretty-much tracks my attitude toward the birds. Love the big, black bomb bird. Hate, hate, hate the frisbee toucan. The little blue one that breaks into three littler blue ones is an odd bird, though. I've found that if you break them up just before they hit a structure, their effect is a lot stronger.Almost like you've enlarged the contact zone.

posted by Thorzdad 01 March | 09:03

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