Sunday, August 29, 2010

FrontierVille Varmint Cannon Mission


Varmint Cannon Mission


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The new Varmint Cannon Mission has officially been released for Frontierville and here we have the complete Quest Guide for you. The mission consists of 5 parts with quests ranging from building a Foundry to crafting powder kegs and buying varmint cannons.
Each Quest in this series of 5 has at least one goal that can be completed by unlocking it with horseshoes, but this is not a requirement and you can complete the whole mission without using any.

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Prairie Piles
One of the most talked about collectibles on gaming forums is the Prairie Pile and how difficult it is to find. To complete the Varmint Cannon mission and to fire the cannons you will need Saltpeter to create Powder Kegs. Saltpeter is collected when trading in the Poop Collection which is why Prairie Piles have been on many wishlists since the Fourth July Independance Day Quest. Many will be required to fire the cannons, so Zynga have added a new way to collect them. When your neighbors fire their Fox Cannon the popup box asks them if they want to “Share Prairie Piles”. When they share it will show up on your wall where you can collect it.
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In two of the quests you are required to buy a bucket and a pitchfork. I was able to complete both of these goals by placing the items on my homestead from my inventory instead of buying them. This could change at any time though.
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When requesting items from your neighbors ( Insurance Waiver and Scrap Metal) you can only receive 3 items for every request. This means once you have been sent the first 3 you will then need to post another request and so on. An alternative way to receive these items is to check your wall and respond to your neighbors requests for the items and you will receive one in return.
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The Varmint Cannon Mission Quests

1. Build A Foundry
2. What We Need Is A Snake Cannon!
3. Seriously. It Is A Cannon That Shoots Snakes
4. Groundhogs: This Time It Is Personal
5. A Frontierville Fox Hunt



[This article originally published on CheatsforFrontierVille]

FrontierVille Varmint Cannon Quest


Quest 1: Build A Foundry

FrontierVille Foundry
  1. Get 1 Saltpeter
  2. Craft 1 Fire
  3. Build Foundry
* Saltpeter is the reward for turning in the Poop Collection.
* Fire is created in the Covered Wagon by creating 5 wood and 3 cloth.
* The Foundry can be bought in the market for 50,000 coins and 50 wood. You will need to wack the framework 25 times at a cost of 10 wood per wack.
* To finish the building you will need building materials that were introduced for the Storage Shed Quest:


  • 5 Shingles
  • 5 Mallet
  • 5 Peg
  • 5 Cement
  • 5 Window

Quest 2: Snake Cannon!

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Part 2 of the 5 quest Varmint Cannon Mission is What We Need Is a Snake Cannon! For this quest we will buy our first cannon from our newly built Foundry, to complete this quest we will need to:
  1. Craft Or Buy 1 Powder Keg
  2. Get 10 Insurance Waivers From Neighbors
  3. Buy Snake Cannon
* Powder Kegs are created in the Foundry by combining 1 Saltpeter and 5 Fire. They can also be bought in the Market at a cost of a horseshoe
* Saltpeter is collected when trading in the Poop Collection.
* Fire is created in the Covered Wagon by combining 7 Wood with 5 Cloth.
* Neighbor participation is required for the 
Insurance Waiver. On the quest page click on the Ask Friends button to post a request on your facebook wall.
* Lastly, click on the foundry to buy the Snake Cannon for 5000 coins.

Quest 3: Seriously It Is a Cannon That Shoots Snakes


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  1. Clear 1 Skull
  2. Fire Snake Cannon Twice
  3. Purchase A Bucket
* Once your snake has appeared click on your Snake Cannon and select Fire Cannon. Using the cannons will use one Powder Keg each time.

Quest 4: Groundhogs This Time It Is Personal


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Part 4 of the 5 part Varmint Cannon Mission is Groundhogs: This Time It Is Personal. To complete this quest you will need to:
  1. Harvest Ten Crops
  2. Fire Groundhog Cannon
  3. Buy 1 Pitchfork
* To fire the Groundhog Cannon you will first need to own one so click on the foundry and select Buy Cannon. Here you will be able to buy the groundhog cannon for 30,000 coins.
* You will need a groundhog to shoot at so harvesting 10 crops should complete the first part of this quest.
*Fire the 
Groundhog Cannon by clicking on it and selecting Fire Cannon, requires one powder keg.

Quest 5: A Frontierville Fox Hunt


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The Varmint Cannon Missions part 5 is the final goal required to complete the series and it is called A Frontierville Fox Hunt. To complete this mission you will need to buy a fox cannon in the market, the cost is 55,000 coins.
The objectives this time are:

  1. Feed 10 Geese
  2. Fire The Fox Cannon
  3. Request 10 Pieces Of Scrap Metal From Friends
*The geese must be on your own homestead.
* When the fox has appeared you can click on your fox cannon and select fire cannon.
* To receive the 
Scrap Metal you will require neighbor participation, click on the green ask friends button
Once all of these are complete you will have finished the Varmint Cannon Mission and can go back to your foundry to buy the now unlocked 
Bear Cannon for 80,000 coins.


[This article originally published on cheatsforfrontierville]

How to search Facebook without logging in

There are many reasons why someone would like to search Facebook without logging in or without having a login ID. If you want to search Facebook without creating an account it is easy, although there are not too many search parameters for your to search by. So if you do not want to login but search for friends and people this is what you need to do.

You would need to go to http://www.facebook.com/srch.php 
The page looks like this, keep in mind that this is a very limited search but if you're searching for someone this is sufficient.
The reason for this limited search is because Facebook would like you to join and not be an outsider. Once you find the person you are looking for you can then send the person a message or add them as a friend, you would need to first create a Facebook account if you do not already have one. You cannot search groups and pages through this search. If you want to do that you can always use Google.

For a more detailed search there is also http://www.facebook.com/find-friends/ helps you search Facebook without joining. If you look at the image below you see the options to search involve searching for users who are already a part of your email contact list. So to search you would need to provide your email ID and password to search. Works with all popular email services like Gmail Hotmail and Yahoomail. You can also search for people you IM and you can import contacts from AOL instant messaging, ICQ Chat, Windows Live Messenger and Skype. You can also browse people by alphabetic order by last name and also browse through pages. 
Once you start to search by browsing through names or pages you get further options, you are taken to a page that let's you browse for people, pages, groups and applications. The page looks like this. 

So this is how you can search Facebook with logging in or joining. This way you can browse through Facebook and search for people, pages and groups and if you want to this anonymously it is fine cause using these options does not let people know you're there and searching.  

Sylvester Stallone joins Twitter

Sylvester Stallone now has a Twitter account and already has over 20,000 followers. Stallone wrote on his Twitter Bio: Actor, writer, director, I've had a great ride with my buddies Rocky and Rambo and now The Expendables. Well, a little bit of self promotion does no harm, why else would celebrities want to be on Twitter.


One of his posts reads
"Just enjoying being number one at the box office two weeks in a row. Looking forward to this weekend. Tough competition". 


He later said he still wants Bruce Willis as the Super Villain for Expendables II. 


Had dinner with Bruce Willis last night. I want him in EXPENDABLES II as a super villain. What do you think?


There is also some advice on making action films. "The hardest part of making action films is attempting to inject heart and soul.. bullets are easy , emotions are hard. LIKE LIFE ITSELF"


The actor is doing good with interacting with his audience. The fans are pouring in to his Twitter account. What, with movies like Rambo and Rocks under his belt. If you haven't seen these movies of his you've been living on a different planet. 


Follow the Real Sylvester Stallion on Twitter

How to create free iPhone ringtones.

The first part of the process is more or less the same for both Mac and Windows users. In iTunes, select the song you want to use, right-click on the track and hit “Get Info.”
Select “Options” from the menu along the top, then change the “Stop Time” of the song to 15 seconds (or how long you want it to be — reports vary, but apparently ringtones can’t be longer than 30 seconds).
Now, in the “Advanced” iTunes menu, select “Create AAC version.”
You will now see a second version of the song. Be sure to go back into the original song’s “Get Info” options and delete your “Stop Time” setting, or else the song won’t play past this point in the future.

Converting the File for Mac Users


Mac users should right-click on the new, 15-second version and hit “Show in Finder” in order to change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r. This can be done just by clicking on it and overtyping. You also want to make the file name as short as possible too, so rename this in the same way.
Now, still in Finder, drag the .m4r file to your desktop and delete the version that is in iTunes. When this is done, you want to import the file back into iTunes. To do this, open the iTunes “File” menu and select “Add to Library,” find the song on your desktop and add it back in.

Converting the File for PC Users


PC users will do this last part a little differently. Once you’ve got the AAC version of the song, you need to find it on your computer. Unless your default settings have been changed, it’s likely you can find it by clicking through the following folders: My Documents, My Music, iTunes, iTunes Media, Music and then the relevant artist’s folder.
You need to change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r by clicking on it and overtyping. If you can’t see the file extension type (just the name) then you need to enable that functionality first. Go to your control panel and click “Folder Options.” Then, untick the option that says “Hide extensions for known file types.” Going back into the iTunes folder and you will now be able to see the extension to change it.
Once it’s changed, you need to import the renamed file back into iTunes through the “Add to Library” option in the “File” menu.

Getting the File onto Your iPhone


Now, both Mac and PC users will see the file under the “Ringtones” category on the left of your iTunes display.
To get the ringtone where it needs to be — on your phone — sync your iPhone to iTunes. If this is the first time you’ve added a ringtone in this way, make sure that the “Ringtones” tab is set to sync.
To change the ringtone on your iPhone to your chosen song, go to “Settings,” then “Sounds,” then “Ringtone” and you should now have a “Custom” list above the pre-loaded “Standard” list. Just touch the song you want and you can be free of that pre-loaded “Marimba” forever!

[This original article was published on Mashable]

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Treasure Isle Boats

New Boats in the Store 
There are eight (8) New Boats in the Store:
(i) Swan Boat: Cost 60 Island Cash, gives 360 XP & +3 Max Energy 
(ii) 3D Boat: Cost 60 Island Cash, gives 360 XP & +3 Max Energy 
(iii) Car Boat: Cost 50 Island Cash, gives 300 XP & +2 Max Energy 
(iv) Gondola: Cost 50 Island Cash, gives 300 XP & +2 Max Energy
(v) Mushroom Boat: Cost 50 Island Cash, gives 300 XP & +2 Max Energy
(vi) Rubber Ducky: Cost 35 Island Cash, gives 210 XP & +1 Max Energy
(vii) Egyptian Boat: Cost 35 Island Cash, gives 210 XP & +1 Max Energy
(viii) Paper Boat: Cost 35 Island Cash, gives 210 XP & +1 Max Energy


Treasure Isle Revamped Treasure Chest Guide

Reworked Treasure Chest 
The Treasure Chest has been revamped!!! 

(i) The number of completed collections is shown on the console 
(ii) Inside your Treasure Chest
(a) treasure collections are organised by Tabs based on the Map Campaigns 
(b) The Mastery Stars let you know if a particular treasure collection has been completed (by highlighted star) and what level Mastery has been attained (Level 1 - 4) 
(iii) You can now get treasures added to collections even if you have not begun digging the Maps on which they can be found, via the Wishing Well...
(iv) When you attain a Mastery Level you earn fruit/energy rewards and you also get some to share with friends via your FB Feed 

Check out the New Look Treasure Chest now!



Treasure Isle Wishing Well

1. Wishing Well
There's a new interactive decoration that gives big rewards! Build your wishing well and for the cost of 25 energy per wish you can reap:

(i) Rewards: Gems, coins, XP, Fruit 
(ii) TOP REWARDS: Treasures from your Treasure Chest wishlist, 1 Million coins, 100 Island Cash 





Build your wishing well by digging for all ten (10) material parts needed or build and start reaping rewards instantly for only 1 Island Cash per part.



Place your Wishing Well, Update your wishlist and Play Treasure Isle now. 

FrontierVille Mystery Animals Hedgehog, Owl and Rabbit

Each day this month that you login to FrontierVille and play the game you get a new bonus animal that you can receive. Here is a list of the new mystery animals on FrontierVille
FrontierVille Hedgehog
  • Brown, White and Blue Hedgehog

  • 30/60/120/180 min

  • 44 gold / 3 EXP / Sell gold 3000 and 100 food

  • Neighbors tending ready hedgehog – 2 reputation, 40 gold and 3 EXP

  • Neighbors tending unready hedgehog – 1 reputation, 20 gold and 2 EXP

  • Neighbors helped you with unready hedgehog 8 gold

  • White Hedgehog
    White Hedgehog
    Brown Hedgehog
    Brown Hedgehog
    Blue Hedgehog
    Blue Hedgehog

    FrontierVille Owl
  • White, Night and Brown Owl

  • 30/60/120/180 min

  • 75 gold / 3 EXP / Sell gold 3000 and 100 food

  • Neighbors tending ready owl – 1 reputation, 60 gold and 3 EXP

  • Neighbors tending unready owl – 1 reputation, 20 gold and 2 EXP

  • Neighbors helped you with unready owl 8 gold

  • White Owl
    White Owl
    Night Owl
    Night Owl
    Brown Owl
    Brown Owl
    FrontierVille Rabbit
  • Brown, Brown and White Rabbit

  • 30/60/120/180 min

  • 44 gold / 3 EXP / 10 food / Sell gold 3000 and 100 food

  • Neighbors tending ready rabbit – 1 reputation 1 energy, 20 gold, 2 energy and 5 EXP

  • Neighbors tending unready rabbit – 1 reputation, 20 gold and 2 EXP

  • Neighbors helped you with unready rabbit 8 gold

  • White Rabbit
    White Rabbit
    Brown Rabbit
    Brown Rabbit
    Pink Rabbit
    Pink Rabbit