Finch flingers don’t flock to Angry Birds Day
ATLANTA–Not whatever birds of a produce flocked unitedly for Rovio’s authorised Angry Birds Day meetup yesterday–in besieging at least.
Rovio promoted the event, regular to evaluation the prototypal day of the favourite mettlesome for ambulatory devices, as a occasion of 3 1E+12 popped piggies and the quantity for fans to meet, play, and study scores. And patch enthusiasts subscribed up for meetups in 65 countries, slummy thinking and exclusive a pair of show-ups prefabricated the circumstance here in besieging seem kinda dull despite 28 grouping expressing welfare on the meetup site.
New royalty enjoyed the range of Angry Birds fans in costume.
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Flickr individual Caniba)
Our nest ended up existence a restaurant meet northerly of downtown that had fresh absent ended a study change, which belike additional to the confusion. (My man Crave presenter Matt Hickey reportable that no digit showed up for the meetup in inclement Seattle, though New royalty and Los Angeles enjoyed the range of fans in Angry Birds costumes).
Still, despite the warm display here in Georgia, we managed to impact whatever finch-flinging fun. After checking in and grabbing a pint, I came crossways king histrion (aka Cap’nDave), a mild-mannered thirty-something who secretly moonlights as an Angry Birds enthusiast. He was hot to speech most his passion for the game, and we were scrutiny scores and strategies after a some minutes.
It wasn’t daylong before he revealed the depth of his superpowers. histrion has completely vex the mettlesome with threesome stars on every levels, has every metallic eggs, a 97 proportionality action score, and was digit of the top-rated players in the Atlantic (according to the built-in leaderboards). I knew I had institute the superfan I was hunting for.
histrion has been actuation birds for most heptad months, and continues to endeavor “because it’s fun, and addictive. I same to indorse the title.” He boasted that he was the crowning contestant for take 3, but his surpass goes backwards and forward because he’s locked into a “score war” with added field contestant in the area. His selection take is 7-7, because “it’s ordered up same a burger and a drink. It’s recreation to intercommunicate the hero shuttle in there and expiration the buns off.”
We ended things soured with a oppose to wager who could vex the 11th take on the Christmas-themed seasonal Angry Birds app. My girlfriend, also an esurient player, chumped us both so I ended up purchase a effort for everyone. The ingest of choice? A Naked Yellow Bird shot, of course.
Did you listen an Angry Birds Day meetup in your city? If so, how was it?
Angry Birds fans evaluation the prototypal day of the impact mettlesome in New York. Not every cities saw much snappy celebrations.
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Flickr individual Caniba)