I've seen it all now (flappy bird)

FearDark · 11-02-2014 12:50AM #1

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 · 11-02-2014 12:52AM

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

Wacker The Attacker · 11-02-2014 12:53AM

Its not the sellers.

I'll start getting worried if someone actually buys one

WoollyRedHat · 11-02-2014 12:54AM

Why is it a limited edition or something?

What happened to Angry Birds?

shopaholic01 · 11-02-2014 12:56AM

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

Stavros Murphy · 11-02-2014 12:56AM

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 · 11-02-2014 12:57AM

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 · 11-02-2014 12:57AM

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 · 11-02-2014 12:58AM

Not a big fan of floppy birds myself

drunkmonkey · 11-02-2014 12:58AM

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 · 11-02-2014 12:58AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:00AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:02AM

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

Call Me Jimmy · 11-02-2014 01:04AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:05AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:06AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:08AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:11AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:15AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:15AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:18AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:21AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:21AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:24AM

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

DELETE WHERE AD=*.flappybird*

Would love to see that happen, 91 ads ffs.

TheShizz · 11-02-2014 01:26AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:29AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:33AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:35AM

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

BNMC · 11-02-2014 01:36AM

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 · 11-02-2014 01:37AM

Flappy birds?! :pac:

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

returnNull · 11-02-2014 01:37AM

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:

I've seen it all now (flappy bird)

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