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Daily Dare will begin at 12:00 AM Neopian Standard Time, Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 and end at 11:59 PM Neopian Standard Time, Thursday, March 31st, 2011. (Neopian Standard Time is equal to U.S. Pacific Time)

Daily Dare Rules/FAQs Link

Overview:

Daily Dare - as before

Double Dare - as before

Team Challenges - Partner up with a Neofriend to challenge AAA's or Abigail's score and win a special prize!

Daily Dare Staff Tournament - This year, The Neopets Team has been split into teams of two and will face off against each other in one Daily Dare Challenge each week.

NC Challenge - as before. Game Tickets are sold individually and in packs of 5, 10, and 31.


** Now, when you send a score for AAA or Abigail, it can count toward Lulu and your Daily Dare NC Challenge, too!

RETRO CHALLENGE TUESDAYS - An additional NC Challenge. A game from last year is playable every Tuesday.....last years prizes are awarded.


New trophy levels:
Gold - Beat AAA each challenge day.
Silver - Complete all challenges before the end of Daily Dare, beating AAA at least once.
Bronze - Beat Abigail each challenge day.
Participation Medal - Complete one or more challenegs.




New Day and Date Prizes:
New this year are the day and date bonus prizes for beating AAA or Abigail on the day a challenge is released. Every time you complete a challenge for AAA or Abigail on the day of that challenge's release, you will win a bonus prize in addition to the regular AAA or Abigail item for that day. These day and date bonus prizes award true gamers who play Daily Dare every day.



Daily Dare Staff Tournament:
The Daily Dare Staff Tournament will run from March 4th, 2011, until March 31st, 2011. This year, however, the Staff Tournament will consist of four match-ups, which will take place on each Friday during Daily Dare, i.e., March 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th.

Every Friday during Daily Dare, you'll have the opportunity to pick which team will win each match-up. If you've chosen well, you'll receive special prizes at the end of Daily Dare! And if you haven't chosen well, that's what booby prizes are for!

Day 1 - Top Chop
AAA: 1000
Prizes


Abi: 325
Prizes


Lulu: 400
Prize


RETRO CHALLENGE TUESDAYS
Meerca Chase II - 140
Prize


Day 2 - Crisis Courier
AAA: 3,500
Prizes


Abi: 325
Prizes


Lulu: 400
Prize


Day 3 - Faerie Bubbles
AAA: 1000
Prizes


Abi: 150
Prizes


Lulu: 200
Prize


Day 4 - TEAM CHALLENGE - Emperial Exam
AAA: 825
Prizes


Abi: 150
Prizes


Lulu: 200
Prize


Day 5 - DOUBLE DARE - ULTIMATE BULLSEYE II
AAA: 70
Prizes


Abi: 12
Prizes


Lulu: 20
Prize


Day 6 - SNOWMUNCHER
AAA: 3,800
Prizes


Abi: 475
Prizes


Lulu: 550
Prize


Day 7 - Kou-Jong
AAA: 800
Prizes


Abi: 90
Prizes


Lulu: 150
Prize


Day 8 - Faerie Cloud Racers
AAA: 1100
Prizes


Abi: 75
Prizes


Lulu: 100
Prize


RETRO CHALLENGE:
Pterattack:150
Prize


Day 9 - DOUBLE DARE - Kookia
AAA: 32,500
Prizes


Abi: 20,000
Prizes


Lulu: 25,000
Prize



Day 10 - Chemistry for Beginners
AAA: 400
Prizes


Abi: 75
Prizes


Lulu: 90
Prize



Day 11 - TEAM CHALLENGE - Hannah and the Kreludor Caves
AAA: 25,000
Prizes


Abi: 2000
Prizes


Lulu: 4000
Prize


Day 12 - DOUBLE DARE - Hasee Bounce
AAA: 250
Prizes


Abi: 40
Prizes


Lulu: 60
Prize



Day 13 - HABITARIUM
AAA: LEVEL 5 (Be at this level or higher)
Prizes


Abi: LEVEL 2
Prizes


Lulu: LEVEL 3
Prize
OR

Day 13 - Itchy Invasion
AAA: 1000
Prizes


Abi: 200
Prizes


Lulu: ---
Prize


Day 14 - Nova Defender
AAA: 700,000
Prizes


Abi: 20,000
Prizes


Lulu: 25,000
Prize


Day 15 - The Usul Suspects
AAA:550
Prizes


Abi: 45
Prizes


Lulu: 65
Prize


RETRO CHALLENGE:
Snowroller: 200
Prize


Day 16 - Chia Bomber II
AAA: 600
Prizes


Abi: 25
Prizes


Lulu: 35
Prize


Day 17 - Duelling Decks - DOUBLE DARE
AAA: 18000
Prizes


Abi: 1900
Prizes


Lulu: 2500
Prize



Day 18 - Wingoball - TEAM CHALLENGE
AAA: 825
Prizes


Abi: 250
Prizes


Lulu: 350
Prize


Day 19 - Dubloon Disaster - DOUBLE DARE
AAA: 900
Prizes


Abi: 45
Prizes


Lulu: 65
Prize


Day 20 - Sutek's Tomb
AAA: 3100
Prizes


Abi: 300
Prizes


Lulu: 400
Prize


Day 21 - Trouble at the National Neopian - DOUBLE DARE
AAA: 550
Prizes


Abi: 200
Prizes


Lulu: 300
Prize


Day 22 - Jumpin' Gem Heist
AAA: 50,000
Prizes


Abi: 18,000
Prizes


Lulu: 22,000
Prize


Day 23 - Wrath of the Snowager
AAA: 600,000
Prizes


Abi: 14,000
Prizes


Lulu: 19,000
Prize


Day 24 - Petpet Cannonball
AAA: 450
Prizes


Abi: 30
Prizes


Lulu: 40
Prize


Day 25 - Turmac Roll - TEAM CHALLENGE
AAA: 750
Prizes


Abi: 100
Prizes


Lulu: 180
Prize


Day 26 - Kass Basher - DOUBLE DARE
AAA: 875
Prizes


Abi: 125
Prizes


Lulu: 220
Prize


Day 27 - Neopian Battlefield Legends
AAA: 90,000
Prizes


Abi: 3,200
Prizes


Lulu: 4,000
Prize


Day 28 - Goparokko
AAA: 7000
Prizes


Abi: 1000
Prizes


Lulu: 1,300
Prize


Day 29 - Extreme Herder
AAA: 150
Prizes


Abi: 50
Prizes


Lulu: 70
Prize


Day 30 - Ugga Smash - DOUBLE DARE
AAA: 500
Prizes


Abi: 100
Prizes


Lulu: 175
Prize


Day 31 - Spinnacles
AAA: 3450
Prizes


Abi: 450
Prizes


Lulu: 600
Prize

I'm excited. Last year's categories were a bit ridiculous, so I'm glad they've simplified things. I'm hoping for the top prize again. And I'll be picking snarkie for 1st place in the staff tourney; she's due for a win.

Hello fellow PPT'ers! Long time no see

I got back to Neopets after a LONG hiatus, and want to let you know I beat AAA for the prizes


Everyone knows you should have panks around just in case you need them.
Pile of Wooden Planks(rare)

Youve made it this far, but can you beat the next level? This prize was awarded by AAA for beating his Daily Dare score in Y13.
Shenkuu Training School Background(wearable)
(special)

I see they still haven't managed to fix the lag in the Daily Dare game (to be fair, it was a lot better than in the first year of DD, but for games that involve precise timing, better's not good enough). It took me ~15 minutes to hit 1000 vs. the 3-4 turns (i.e.,, less than 1 minute) it usually does. Nothing like watching the bar go halfway along the meter further after you *release* the spacebar... At least it was an easy game/score.

I like the background, though, and the typo in the bonus prize's description is funny.

I like to have panks around the house anyway, so yeah, that's nice.

But seriously:
I'm just glad to see this back. It's weird, I've been scaling back my neopets time lately (curse you, GemCraft!), but this is something I was really looking foward to.

Staff Tournament has started:

http://www.neopets.com/games/aaa/staff.phtml


Your first vote will also get you a special avatar! (Note: If you tried voting earlier today you may not have received the avatar, so just visit the page and you should get it now!)

Something Has Happened!
You are now eligible to use 'Daily Dare Neopets Staff Tournament' as an avatar on the NeoBoards!




TEAM SCALY-WAGS

Oh, thanks, Daze! Hope it's not too late! Today's also a team challenge. I was a bit confused on what to do, so here are some instructions in case anyone else wants to know:

1) Go ahead and sign up for the team challenge, even if you don't have a partner yet. Then select your challenger (AAA or Abi) from within the team challenge pop-up. If you challenge AAA or Abi without entering the team challenge, you can't enter it later, but there's no penalty for entering and not succeeding, as far as I can tell.

2) Once you find a partner, they also need to challenge the same opponent from within the team challenge pop-up. Then one of you can send an invitation to the other (you can reach the invitation by clicking on "Team Challenge" at the top of the Daily Dare page).

3) The other one can see their challenges by clicking on "Team Challenge" at the top of the Daily Dare page; click "Accept."

4) Beat your opponent. You'll get the regular Daily Dare prizes as soon as you do. Once your partner does, I'm assuming you'll both get the Team Challenge prize (still waiting on this part).

ETA: Haha, the Staff Tourney page cracked me up.
I also went with the Scaly-Wags and got this message:

Just a reminder that I am updating the 1st post with the days game and prizes.

Great tips Siniri. There also seems to be a glitch? with the invites. I couldn't find my invite until I had sent one back to my friend, then I refreshed my page and could accept the team challenge.

Neoboard is a riot of people not knowing what to do.

Good luck everyone!

Posted: 4 Mar 2011 - 12:06 pm


Helloooo...

We have fixed the Team Challenge glitch where if you challenge AAA or Abigail on the homepage (or any page other than the Team Challenge page), you would be locked out of the challenge. Now you can challenge AAA or Abigail from anywhere and still send invites to your Neofriends. (Don't forget, though, that you only have the weekend to complete this week's Team Challenge! After that, you'll need to wait for the next one.) Play On!

The Neopets Team Glitch Team Fixing Team Team

Great. Another event to make me come back to Neopets every day and take even more time out of my life. Awesome. Though I do need to price 700+ items in my shop. Hmmm... *click click click* ...it's a work in progress.

I gotta say that Kou-Jong is crazy hard. Anyone got any good tips for beating the 800 score point? I just can't get past 670 or so.

A note from the editorial:

For those who have times when they'll be busy, or are struggling with a particular game, this could be beneficial to you.

Regarding Kou-jong, my first game was a 794. In the second game, I had 354 in the first round but was kind of slow in the second and third rounds, yet I still beat AAA handily (914). Here are hints, such as they are, though I'm not sure they'll be helpful:

1) Play on hard. I don't think it's possible to get 800 on any of the other difficulties.

2) Click as quickly as possible (you can start a second match just before the first one disappears, as long as one edge of the tile is open). Playing in low quality and closing other memory/bandwidth-intensive programs can help boost your time bonus (I've heard a smaller window can, too, but that hurts my eyes, so I don't bother).

3) Pay attention to duplicates in any given row as the game loads -- especially if they're adjacent or you have multiple duplicates in a row. Work away at that row first, keeping in mind what tiles were duplicates and making sure you don't use them up -- you want to save them to use 1 with the first duplicate. After considering duplicates, clear from the top down and outside in* (*this is the most critical strategy for level 2, which is the hardest), focusing on the longest rows first (on level 3, pay attention to the 3 pieces on the ends that are blocking two rows, and the piece on the very top). If four identical tiles are free, clear the whole set as soon as you notice so you can see what they're hiding.

4) If you're just not seeing any pairs, use a hint, but try to train your eyes to continuously scan only the available tiles, so you can find the pairs more quickly. Type cyodrake to get an extra hint. Ideally, your hand should be constantly moving to your next pair as your eyes scan to find the one after that. If you've looked for more than 5 seconds, use a hint.

5) Here are some tentative scores to aim for:
First level: 250 points (time = 106 or higher)
Second level: 525 (time = 131 or higher, stage score = 144 + time bonus)
Third level: 800 (time = 131 or higher, stage score = 144 + time bonus)

Right before you finish a level, check to see if you're near the benchmark above; if you're not even close, reset that level so you'll only have to redo one or two levels instead of the whole game. (Of course you can adjust the goal down if you have beaten a previous level by a considerable chunk of time; for example, if you have 300 after the first level, you can hit 525 with only 81 seconds left on level 2.)

As a reference, this is what I got in my third game: 320, 640, 946.

First Staff Tournament was won by Scaly-Wags.

Prize: We dont need stinkin apostrophes! (book)

BlueEdit:

STAFF TOURNAMENT ROUND 2

Polarchuck Opposites - Blitzkrieg and Squiggles

Super Unstoppable Mega Force - Breik and V-man



I think I am going with the Polarchucks.

Blitzkrieg was 7th last year (see here), beating AAA 50% of the time and Abi the rest. By my reckoning, she seems to be fairly decent at arrow-key-controlled games, but lacks patience (she tended to challenge Abi in the longer games, though she did beat AAA in Spinacles). V-Man was an abysmal twelfth, not even bothering to challenge anyone the last few days of the challenge. He challenged AAA every time, but only beat him in 10 of 29 challenges.

Breik and Squiggles are complete unknowns. It's a close call, but I think I'll go with consistency over arrogance. Team Polarchuck Opposites FTW!