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2010-10-31 - Happy Halloween!

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Hoo, glad I waited till after hunting to check the forums. There's a lot of negativity in here tonight.

 

None of my would-be deadites zombified, and no luck in Pumpkin hunting, but I got a pair of the new eggs (no images, no javascript, and waited till page visitors dropped below 300), so hopefully I can swap someone for a Pumpkin next year. smile.gif

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I'll influence once the lag calms down.

 

Good luck to everyone still hunting ^^

I almost forgot to do that! Thanks for the reminder smile.gif

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Yeah for server time out. It must be Halloween biggrin.gif Even with image loading turned off, I get server time out dry.gif I can live without the new Halloween egg but I still have to catch soooo many treats. Can't get them when the site is not loading dry.gif

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I didn't realies that tombstones (failed zombie attempts) still counted as hatchlings. Which means I only have 1 slot left for a Halloween egg.

 

Fingers crossed I manage to get one. smile.gif

 

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nooo.... i can't get on because the page wont load sad.gif and i won't have a chance to go on in the afternoon.... i hope it comes back soon!

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Yesss got an adult zombie! Phew, I'm relieved, this was my third and last attempt - I felt bad for being a murderer ^^

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YESYESYESYES!!! TWO!!!! *happydancehappydancehappydancehappydancehappydance*

 

Ugh. I ate too much candy, and now I'm dancing too much. I don't think I've EVER been so happy AND sick at the same time!!!!! 8D

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Two of my dragons have already avoided my blade... didn't even know I had one. /sharpens it and looks for what to try to turn next

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Nearly 3 dozen eggs caught tonight o3O (or maybe over 3 dozen, I kinda lost track)

It's 4 AM, so I need to stop catching and get some sleep, but I thought I'd post the technique I use to catch in this lag. Hope it helps someone out!

 

Step 1: Disable Javascript and images

 

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This makes the Cave load much faster-- also you can click the egg link anytime, without having to wait for the little egg sprite to appear. I use Chrome, since I have found that to be the fastest, but instructions for disabling Javascript and images in browsers is easily available via Google search.

Turning off images in IE, FF, Chrome, or Safari, turning off Javascript in IE, turning off Javascript in FF, turning off Javascript in Chrome

Also, try to close as many programs on your computer as possible, and limit the number of tabs that are open as well. You need as much CPU as you can get.

 

Step 2: Reload the page by clicking the top banner.

 

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DO: Click the top right of the upper, largest banner

DO: Immediately then move your mouse to the far-right egg slot

DON'T: Click "Logout" instead >.<

DON'T: Go all the way over to the little "Cave" banner. The large banner is much closer.

DON'T: Use F5. I don't know why, but that always just gives me WSOD.

 

Step 3: Hover and watch.

 

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While the Cave tries to load, hover over that far right egg, and INTENTLY watch the little loading wheel on your browser. In Chrome, that wheel moves backwards until the page actually begins to load; I don't remember what it does in other browsers but it's probably similar. Also, hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard. This will make the "Get" page open in a new tab when you click, leaving the main page available to immediately reload and try for another egg.

 

Step 4: CLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK

 

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THE VERY INSTANT that the little wheel stops spinning backwards (or whatever it does to signify lag in your browser) and does ANYTHING ELSE, click. It might start spinning forward, or it might just suddenly change to the egg icon. Either way, with images and Javascript off that wheel should be the ONLY THING on the page that visibly changes, so it's your only cue. Reflex is key. Also, make sure you're still holding down the CTRL key.

 

Step 5: Repeat.

 

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Don't worry about checking to see if you got anything-- as soon as you've clicked, get your mouse back up to that banner and start again. Get yourself into a click-hover-watch-CLICK-click-hover groove.

Once you have a ton of tabs open (or the Cave empties, whichever is first), you can go through those tabs and see if you got anything.

 

Good luck, fellow DCers!

Reposting one last time before I head to bed. Just caught two more for someone,but really need sleep now. :3

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I almost forgot to do that! Thanks for the reminder smile.gif

I just hope I still remember later tongue.gif

 

 

Now just to decide if I should just influence two and let the others do whatever and maybe freeze one, or influence all four and let them all grow up …

 

hmmm…

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3 offspring of Princess Cucurbita and Felis Catus have been sent to the AP right now!

(Pumpkins, of course)

Edited by lightbird

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sadface.. i'm never gonna get a halloween egg at this rate

same here biggrin.gif

 

Always when I click an egg it's loading loading loading and loading, and finally when I get into "get code" page, it says taht the egg has already been taken.

 

Not nice.

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sadfkjsakdfhk!!! I got the 4 eggs!! TPishek, I love you. You're amazing. biggrin.gif

Sure, I have the image of a grey worm constantly moving anti-clockwise in circles superimposed on my brain, but I got the eggs. =3

 

Now I want to breed last year's pumpkins... should I just going to go ahead and breed the two of them together?

 

I think I'll give zombies another pass this year. :/

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Okay, done with trying to catch. I'm happy with my two. Got to get back to work. xd.png Yeah, I shirked worked for several hours for two eggs. And I'm not even sorry! xd.png

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