Freeride Spike Bonus pattern?

[Surfergal]

Has anyone else noticed a pattern in their FR Spike bonuses recently? My pattern seems to indicate that the bonuses are no longer "random" - too regular to be coincidence. 3 days no bonus then 2 days bonus since 7/28. Prior to that my pc was down for, so I was not online regular.

Spike Movie 2008-08-09 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-08 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-07 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-06 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-05 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-04 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-03 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-02 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-01 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-31 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-30 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-29 1100
Spike Movie 2008-07-28 1100

[rene13]

no pattern here, wish I were that lucky

[goodfaery2]

I wish mine was even that close to regular. I can go months without even the 500 bonus. I have been a member for five years and doing Spike regularly since it was offered and only got the 25000 once!

[Surfergal]

I wish mine was even that close to regular. I can go months without even the 500 bonus. I have been a member for five years and doing Spike regularly since it was offered and only got the 25000 once!


Just curious as to why you would get the bonus so infrequently, do you get the full spike 600 points daily now? Are you on dial up or a faster ISP connection speed? Are you using the bookmark method to go back and forth and the double click on ads to bypass them? The longest I went without getting a 25000 bonus was 7 months, many times I have gotten it a month apart. I have always gotten the 500 bonus 3-4times a week (also been doing it since it started - would go for 1000-1500/day when limit was 5100). I have the lowest level DSL (slowest/cheapest). I have always thought the secret is clicking it the fastest I can.

[hesnothere]

Spike Movie 2008-08-09 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-08 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-07 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-06 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-05 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-04 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-03 96
Spike Movie 2008-08-02 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-01 1100
Spike Movie 2008-07-31 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-30 306
Spike Movie 2008-07-29 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-28 600

No pattern for me either.

[Apollo08]

This is what I've got since they went to 600 points per day:

Spike Movie 2008-08-09 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-08 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-07 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-06 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-05 1100
Spike Movie 2008-08-04 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-03 26600
Spike Movie 2008-08-02 600
Spike Movie 2008-08-01 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-31 25600
Spike Movie 2008-07-30 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-29 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-28 600
Spike Movie 2008-07-27 25600

I don't really notice a pattern. Our odds of hitting a 500 are 40% with the 600 point limit. It was a shock to hit three 25000's in this time frame. One 8/3, I hit a 25000 and two 500's. I'm sure that my luck will run out on the 25000's. It had been a while since I had hit any before hitting three in just over a week. I usually do play very late at night and sometimes when it first starts at midnight EDT. I think that I hit all of the 25000's just after midnight EDT, but one might have been at another time.

[whatever]

I don't like doing spike anymore because it will NOT open a new window for me. When i click on spike it goes there from THAT window. Does that happen to anyone else. And i NEVER get credit that way!

[Surfergal]

I don't like doing spike anymore because it will NOT open a new window for me. When i click on spike it goes there from THAT window. Does that happen to anyone else. And i NEVER get credit that way!


yes that is how it is now with the last FR changes, but I always get credit. I have to wait a few seconds after the film starts on some to get credit like Rambo3, and on the salute to troops have to wait for the static troop pic to change to the action, but on Rampage lays it out I get credit almost immediately after double clicking the ad. For some reason ie is faster for me now than ff too. I have bookmarked FR and some films in favorites in sidebar to go back and forth between FR and spike. sometimes it does take a few minutes for the credit to show too.