I've seen it all now (flappy bird)

FearDark

http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_flappy+bird/
http://www.donedeal.ie/find/all/for-sale/Ireland/flappy%20bird

Deluded people across Ireland are under some sort of impression they can sell their old piece of crap iPhones for hundreds and in some cases thousands of euros just because they have the game "Flappy Birds" installed on them. A terrible game, not even an original one at that. There is an iPhone 5s for sale on ebay right now for 100,000 dollars...and it has bids. Is this an elaborate hoax or are people genuinely trying to cash in on this non event. Refresh those pages and there is one going up every minute for crazy money. Phones advertised for 2 to 3 times the cost of them new.

Madness.
Gobshites.

SamAK

Leave them to it, an utter gob****e and his/her money are easily parted.

Wacker The Attacker

Its not the sellers.

I'll start getting worried if someone actually buys one

WoollyRedHat

Why is it a limited edition or something?

What happened to Angry Birds?

shopaholic01

Flappy birds? Sure it's not a cover for prostitution?

Stavros Murphy

FearDark wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_flappy+bird/
http://www.donedeal.ie/find/all/for-sale/Ireland/flappy%20bird

Deluded people across Ireland are under some sort of impression they can sell their old piece of crap iPhones for hundreds and in some cases thousands of euros just because they have the game "Flappy Birds" installed on them. A terrible game, not even an original one at that. There is an iPhone 5s for sale on ebay right now for 100,000 dollars...and it has bids. Is this an elaborate hoax or are people genuinely trying to cash in on this non event. Refresh those pages and there is one going up every minute for crazy money. Phones advertised for 2 to 3 times the cost of them new.

Madness.
Gobshites.

They're messing. Bit of fun. Adjust your set.

sawdoubters

iphone prices have collapsed around the world

especially 4 and 4s no 4g
since the nexus 5 has come out

lots makers are pushing out cheap phones


apple was a leader in phones now they play catch up,screen to small

os not that good

even the 5s has lost value

FearDark

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Why is it a limited edition or something?

What happened to Angry Birds?

It was taken off the appstore/play store at the weekend by it's creator. It was a free game. The creator just got too much unwanted attention off it and decided to take it down.

My name is URL

Not a big fan of floppy birds myself

drunkmonkey

Who cares about 4g, it's not like you can ever get flappy birds on it, a future without flappy bird is not worth living.

FearDark

sawdoubters wrote: »

iphone prices have collapsed around the world

especially 4 and 4s no 4g
since the nexus 5 has come out

lots makers are pushing out cheap phones


apple was a leader in phones now they play catch up,screen to small

os not that good

even the 5s has lost value

Oh ffs don't turn this into Apple vs Android thread because nobody gives a fuck.

RobbingBandit

My name is URL wrote: »

Not a big fan of floppy birds myself

Floppy birds need love too, they just gotta pay for it.

3wayswitch

Really? Have you seen a man eat his own head?

Call Me Jimmy

FearDark wrote: »

It was taken off the appstore/play store at the weekend by it's creator. It was a free game. The creator just got too much unwanted attention off it and decided to take it down.

Do you believe the reasoning?

returnNull

wouldnt mind but you can copy the .apk file off a phone that already has it downloaded and can get it on torrents.

Its a fairly sh1te game to boot.

SamAK

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Do you believe the reasoning?

Not when the guy who made it was apparently making 50k a day in ad revenue.

returnNull

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Do you believe the reasoning?

No,although there's no malicious code in the game.Apparently he was making 50k a day off it And there's rumours it was a botnet that was behind the downloading of the game on the google play store.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/at-height-of-popularity-creator-pulls-flappy-bird-from-app-stores/

Call Me Jimmy

It would not surprise me, I was meaning to read the timeline and check the graphs like a big shot to see what was going on. What spurred it on. For me it's not outside the realms of possibility that it did just naturally go up through word of mouth, but 50 million downloads has got to be like 6 months worth of entire google play downloads. I didn't think google play even got that much use!

Merkin

SamAK wrote: »

Not when the guy who made it was apparently making 50k a day in ad revenue.

And the only reason for pulling it apparently was that he didn't want the unwanted attention. I'd tolerate a fair amount of unwanted attention for 50k a day!

TheShizz

Flappy Bird is a superb game because, in my experience, it tests your resolve. It is a war of attrition, a barometer of how determined you are to overcome difficulties - and it's a f*cking hard game at the very beginning.

I'm happy to report that I boast a top score of 396. Why? Because I became obsessed with testing myself to see how much I could improve and, as a result, I found out quite a lot about myself. It's not about the game, it's about striving to be better at something.

There is a point with every challenge where it becomes less about the detail and more about proving something to yourself. Same applies to Flappy Bird.

returnNull

TheShizz wrote: »

Flappy Bird is a superb game because, in my experience, it tests your resolve. It is a war of attrition, a barometer of how determined you are to overcome difficulties - and it's a f*cking hard game at the very beginning.

I'm happy to report that I boast a top score of 396. Why? Because I became obsessed with testing myself to see how much I could improve and, as a result, I found out quite a lot about myself. It's not about the game, it's about striving to be better at something.

There is a point with every challenge where it becomes less about the detail and more about proving something to yourself. Same applies to Flappy Bird.

man you're reading way too much into the game :pac:

Call Me Jimmy

Merkin wrote: »

And the only reason for pulling it apparently was that he didn't want the unwanted attention. I'd tolerate a fair amount of unwanted attention for 50k a day!

If you don't want attention, and pulling it will cause a ****storm that seems a bit silly. Either way the attention would leave in a couple of months or a year max. Not that I think that is the reason.

As judge judy always says, 'if it don't make sense, they're probably lying'

MadsL

You mean I can never download this game????


My life now has no meaning.


I'm devastated.


*weep*


Never mind eh, what's on telly?

MadsL

http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_flappy+bird/

DELETE WHERE AD=*.flappybird*

Would love to see that happen, 91 ads ffs.

TheShizz

returnNull wrote: »

man you're reading way too much into the game :pac:

Maybe, but I do know that the experience has given me an appetite for challenging tasks.

There is quite an adrenaline rush when you achieve (I'm using that word very loosely) something that once seemed impossible. I'd almost say the feeling has addictive characteristics, which explains why I can't stop playing the f*cking thing

BNMC

TheShizz wrote: »

Flappy Bird is a superb game because, in my experience, it tests your resolve. It is a war of attrition, a barometer of how determined you are to overcome difficulties - and it's a f*cking hard game at the very beginning.

I'm happy to report that I boast a top score of 396. Why? Because I became obsessed with testing myself to see how much I could improve and, as a result, I found out quite a lot about myself. It's not about the game, it's about striving to be better at something.

There is a point with every challenge where it becomes less about the detail and more about proving something to yourself. Same applies to Flappy Bird.

The fuck did I just read?

SamAK

TheShizz wrote: »

Flappy Bird is a superb game because, in my experience, it tests your resolve. It is a war of attrition, a barometer of how determined you are to overcome difficulties - and it's a f*cking hard game at the very beginning.

I'm happy to report that I boast a top score of 396. Why? Because I became obsessed with testing myself to see how much I could improve and, as a result, I found out quite a lot about myself. It's not about the game, it's about striving to be better at something.

There is a point with every challenge where it becomes less about the detail and more about proving something to yourself. Same applies to Flappy Bird.

Whatever you do, DO NOT buy a real gaming console. Ever.

TheShizz

I have a real gaming console. I don't play it because it's ****e and doesn't get the juices flowing.

BNMC

TheShizz wrote: »

I have a real gaming console. I don't play it because it's ****e and doesn't get the juices flowing.

But a game about a bird flying between pipes does?

B.A._Baracus

Flappy birds?! :pac:

Never heard of it. But what makes having it installed on the phone, make the phone more valuable?

returnNull

TheShizz wrote: »

There is quite an adrenaline rush when you achieve (I'm using that word very loosely) something that once seemed impossible. I'd almost say the feeling has addictive characteristics, which explains why I can't stop playing the f*cking thing

play dark souls you dont know the meaning of hard :pac:

FearDark

Flappy Birds is great...

GTAV and Battlefield don't even come close everyone know that...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

TheShizz

BNMC wrote: »

But a game about a bird flying between pipes does?

Yes because it's extremely difficult, as I have already said.

IvaBigWun

I too was hoping a Flappy Bird was some form of busty whore. Disappointed.

The game itself is clearly a ripoff of another; check the second game in this link for comparison (Flappy Birds is the first) http://gandhirules.com/site/blog/gamedev/flappy-bird-isnt-a-copy-precisions/

wil

returnNull wrote: »

No,although there's no malicious code in the game.Apparently he was making 50k a day off it And there's rumours it was a botnet that was behind the downloading of the game on the google play store.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/at-height-of-popularity-creator-pulls-flappy-bird-from-app-stores/

Are you suggesting there was some elaborate scam going on here?
Was the unwanted attention of the legal variety? Don't bots watch ads?

SamAK

TheShizz wrote: »

I have a real gaming console. I don't play it because it's ****e and doesn't get the juices flowing.

Jeeesus! Flappy Birds is about as exciting as Sudoku.

Try playing in a four man Battlefield squad with proper communication and proper tactical play on PSN/XBL..absolutely epic experience!

shruikan2553

returnNull wrote: »

wouldnt mind but you can copy the .apk file off a phone that already has it downloaded and can get it on torrents.

Its a fairly sh1te game to boot.

shushhhh, you'll ruin my money making scheme.

returnNull

wil wrote: »

A
Was the unwanted attention of the legal variety?

The developer said it wasnt but it does look very like an 8 bit nintendo mario brothers.

yawhat!

http://www.adverts.ie/phone-fax/iphone-5-with-flappy-bird-installed/4794195#comments

WTF

Do people realize that you can still download the game of the internet for free for either Iphone or Android.

I'll be buying 50 Android phones tomorrow if the above is what people are bidding for them!

NegativeCreep

SamAK wrote: »

Jeeesus! Flappy Birds is about as exciting as Sudoku.

Try playing in a four man Battlefield squad with proper communication and proper tactical play on PSN/XBL..absolutely epic experience!

Yeah but can you play that on the bus in to college? I think not.

The Backwards Man

I downloaded the game. I hit the first pipe thing with my pixelated bird. 'This is balls' says I. Game uninstalled.

Call Me Jimmy

You are going against the grain there! Don't stop now, renounce Justin Bieber while yer at it! :pac:

TheShizz

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I downloaded the game. I hit the first pipe thing with my pixelated bird. 'This is balls' says I. Game uninstalled.

Because you're sh*t at it, which a lot of people are, but you have to trust me when I tell you that if you stick around long enough to be good at it, you'll find it far harder to uninstall.

NegativeCreep

Nexus 4 here for sale with flappy bird pre-installed, start the bidding at 600000. Go on.

dobman88

I'm very tempted to put my phone up just to see if I could get an offer like that!

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I downloaded the game. I hit the first pipe thing with my pixelated bird. 'This is balls' says I. Game uninstalled.

Did the bird fly backwards in your version?

TheShizz

SamAK wrote: »

Jeeesus! Flappy Birds is about as exciting as Sudoku.

Try playing in a four man Battlefield squad with proper communication and proper tactical play on PSN/XBL..absolutely epic experience!

Better than being excellent at a game that most other people are sh*t at?

For the record, yes I also enjoy Sudoku

Oranage2

I just downloaded it off another app market, game itself looks very basic but it does look quite difficult.

People that want to spend that money on a phone just for a game are idiots.

Sir Arthur Daley

Oranage2 wrote: »

I just downloaded it off another app market, game itself looks very basic but it does look quite difficult.

People that want to spend that money on a phone just for a game are idiots.

Did you have to pay for the game?

Oranage2

WikiHow wrote: »

Did you have to pay for the game?

No, just Google it and I'm sure there are hundreds of websites offering it for free

J_E

returnNull wrote: »

play dark souls you dont know the meaning of hard :pac:

Dark Souls isn't even that hard...just a difficulty curve.

In 50 years time, maybe they'll have a phone with Flappy Birds starting at $50,000...