I think I'm obsessed. I even play in my sleep, how sad is that? What am I referring to? That damn game Bejewelled. I am so sick of it yet I can't not play. It's worse than the Simms.
What gets me is how people are able to get high scores over 200K and I only on the odd occasion can manage about 150K, what am I doing wrong? At first I blamed my computer because it used to freeze up and I would loose seconds in a one minute game, but lately that hasn't been a problem so it must be me. Admittedly I do react too quickly and miss some big combinations, but also, I notice that although the games are supposed to be random it's easier to score higher at the beginning of a tournament than at the end, and also the longer I play in one session the worse I do.
It's not like this game is rocket science, it is challenging, and fast paced and a great way to waste time when I have a slow moment at work. Shhhh don't tell my boss. Besides, Spider Solitaire becomes boring after a few games. The thing is when I'm about to fall asleep, or sometimes while I'm sleeping, I'm playing Bejewelled in my head, and doing just as poorly! You'd think my subconscious would at least rig the games so I do well. Not so.
I try not to play on the weekends, in fact the less I'm on the computer on the weekend the better. My home computer is pathetically slow and would probably make me even crazier to try to play there. Besides, I'm on the computer all day long at work and it's the last thing I want to do on the weekend. It's a good thing I can't get it on my Blackberry, I'd be done for if that were the case!
For those of you who do manage the really high scores, how do you do it? It's got me stumped. Then again, judging by the fact that I play in my sleep, stumping me probably isn't much of a challenge. One good thing though, at least I'm not playing Wordscraper (Scrabble type game) in my sleep too...yet!
With much love, light and Bejewelled Blitz!
Tammy.
Look for matches at the bottom, this increases the chances of a higher score as you get points for chain reactions as things fall and make matches in the process. Try to find matches as fast as you can. I dart my eyes around the board and line up moves two and three turns in advance. If you keep going fast when you hear a sizzling sound, you can invoke a speed bonus. Try to get as many four and five matches as you can to set off the bombs. Other than that, most times for me, its just fluke. and I'm addicted too! lol.
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