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Stopping on a Dime 7/11/07 8:01 PM
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In recent days, I've seen a few people pull off special jewel feats. bgarvin managed to rake in a million jewels in just one day, and Trishelle made a big jewel run to snag her black diamond. These feats inspired me to try one of my own, but what could I do that would be unique? Then it came to me--I could try to get EXACTLY one million jewels. I had around 970,000 at the time, so a bit of planning was in order...
I still had the Startris diploma to finish and a few awards I could grab that would bring me close to the mark. I had to be careful how I did it though, because if I played too many games in which I didn't register achievements, I'd overshoot the 990,000 mark. I was aiming to keep it under 990K so that I could claim my Klick, Klack & Roll gold award and still have some wiggle room. I picked up the silver award in Abacus Alley (thanks for finally opening it up to me!), then got the silver in Klicker Klacker 2 by entering a cup tournament. However, I won the first two games in that cup, a factor that would come into play later.
The KK2 award brought me up to over 989K, which left me barely enough room to get the last few KK&R achievements I needed. I played several $.65 games of KK&R, but I screwed up a few of them, failing to get 85% clearance on one of the levels. However, I managed to pull it off with literally less than 100 jewels to go.
At that point, I realized that I had an odd number of jewels for hitting a million on the nose. All Gold games you play, even free ones, award jewels in multiples of 3. The only way to get 1 or 2 jewels in a game is as a Silver member, or by playing a jewel challenge against a Silver member. So I sat at 999,963 jewels, posting in the Fool's blog looking for a Silver challenge or two to put me on track. Then suddenly, I remembered that I had the KK2 cup game open, and when I went to check it, I had an opponent. I know that once you get past the first round of a cup, only the winner gets jewels, but I didn't know how many jewels a third-round KK2 win was worth, so I was actually rooting for her to beat me. lol
I held my breath as I saw the winning graphic appear, and checked my jewel count again. Turns out that it earned me 36 jewels, leaving me at exactly 999,999! However, shortly after that, I got a hold of Kate - you know her as reese_katherine - and played a Mahjong Masquerade challenge against her on her Silver account. And darn the luck, I had a miserable round and got beat, which means I only got one jewel. A million on the nose! And wouldn't you know, I got several challenges from Silver members right after I played Kate. I'll still play them, by the way.
Thanks to all of you who sent me challenges, and to all of you who offered congratulations, kind words and gifts. It was a tricky feat and left me on the edge of my seat at times, but it's nice to be able to say that I could pull it off. I don't know of anyone else on King.com who has ever done so.
I took some pictures of the magic total for those who didn't get to see what an exact million looks like when it happened. Who knows, maybe I'll try it again at 2,000,000...
In recent days, I've seen a few people pull off special jewel feats. bgarvin managed to rake in a million jewels in just one day, and Trishelle made a big jewel run to snag her black diamond. These feats inspired me to try one of my own, but what could I do that would be unique? Then it came to me--I could try to get EXACTLY one million jewels. I had around 970,000 at the time, so a bit of planning was in order...
I still had the Startris diploma to finish and a few awards I could grab that would bring me close to the mark. I had to be careful how I did it though, because if I played too many games in which I didn't register achievements, I'd overshoot the 990,000 mark. I was aiming to keep it under 990K so that I could claim my Klick, Klack & Roll gold award and still have some wiggle room. I picked up the silver award in Abacus Alley (thanks for finally opening it up to me!), then got the silver in Klicker Klacker 2 by entering a cup tournament. However, I won the first two games in that cup, a factor that would come into play later.
The KK2 award brought me up to over 989K, which left me barely enough room to get the last few KK&R achievements I needed. I played several $.65 games of KK&R, but I screwed up a few of them, failing to get 85% clearance on one of the levels. However, I managed to pull it off with literally less than 100 jewels to go.
At that point, I realized that I had an odd number of jewels for hitting a million on the nose. All Gold games you play, even free ones, award jewels in multiples of 3. The only way to get 1 or 2 jewels in a game is as a Silver member, or by playing a jewel challenge against a Silver member. So I sat at 999,963 jewels, posting in the Fool's blog looking for a Silver challenge or two to put me on track. Then suddenly, I remembered that I had the KK2 cup game open, and when I went to check it, I had an opponent. I know that once you get past the first round of a cup, only the winner gets jewels, but I didn't know how many jewels a third-round KK2 win was worth, so I was actually rooting for her to beat me. lol
I held my breath as I saw the winning graphic appear, and checked my jewel count again. Turns out that it earned me 36 jewels, leaving me at exactly 999,999! However, shortly after that, I got a hold of Kate - you know her as reese_katherine - and played a Mahjong Masquerade challenge against her on her Silver account. And darn the luck, I had a miserable round and got beat, which means I only got one jewel. A million on the nose! And wouldn't you know, I got several challenges from Silver members right after I played Kate. I'll still play them, by the way.
Thanks to all of you who sent me challenges, and to all of you who offered congratulations, kind words and gifts. It was a tricky feat and left me on the edge of my seat at times, but it's nice to be able to say that I could pull it off. I don't know of anyone else on King.com who has ever done so.
I took some pictures of the magic total for those who didn't get to see what an exact million looks like when it happened. Who knows, maybe I'll try it again at 2,000,000...
ok, pip's bottle of champers blew my previous gift away, so i've added a second bottle!!! one *hic* bottle just isn't *hic* enough *hic* for all of us *hic* to share :) *hic*
Congratulations Sholly!!! That is quite an accomplishment! 1.000.000 on the dot! Enjoy the bottle of bubbly I sent and save a glass for me! ;-D Wendy xxx
Glad I could be of assistance, kind sir!! Again, Congratulations Sholly!!
boo lol i just win both of them challenges well done on getting to 1 millon m8
Congratulations Sholly!!!!!! I would give you a gift to celebrate your 1 million jewels, but my last gift to you is still there :( So instead, I will be the first person to write in your new blog! Sorry, I missed actually seeing the 1 million!!! Hugs, Trish