Flappy Birds Removal: A Flappy Publicity Stunt or A Flappy Truth

So what do you think?

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Flappy Bird's creator has revealed that the mobile game will be taken down tomorrow (February 9).

Dong Nguyen tweeted the news earlier today, explaining that he "can't take this anymore".

http://i.imgur.com/BsyIg7k.png


He has subsequently clarified that "it is not anything related to legal issues", adding: "I just cannot keep it anymore."

Flappy Bird recently rocketed to the top of the App Store and Google Play charts, and set Facebook and Twitter feeds ablaze with boasts of high scores and talks of strategies.

Nguyen has expressed unease at the attention he has received, tweeting earlier this week: "Press people are overrating the success of my games. It is something I never want. Please give me peace."

Earlier today, he wrote: "I can call 'Flappy Bird' is a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it."

- Stolen from DigitalSpy: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/n...-tomorrow.html

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I get the feeling this was said to draw more people in who haven't become obsessed with it yet. Time will tell.

Hope it goes down! Its Annoying!

This is probably the best video that sums up how I feel about the game LOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-nzHy2DdU

In can relate, the game has given him unwanted attention & some people simply prefer their normal lives than having all this responsibility. Regardless if something was making me alot of cash, if it was having an undesired affect on my life i would also throw it in. Having thousands of people hounding after you for fixes or updates can be extremely daunting and I'm sure the initial "fun" is quickly lost from a project like this.

It seems he stole the graphics from someone and the concept wasn't original either and knows someone is going to be filled with hatred and hungry for revenge.

What is there to change about the game that causes him in distressed?

He could always just simply add some customs for the birds and people would already make a fuss about it.

He makes 50,000 dollars a day, it's been the top game on Android and iOS for two weeks now. He's gotten the money to needs to live. I would probably pull it if it was making my life hell.

If I was making 50k a day, but it was making my life miserable, I'd turn off my pc and phone for a couple of weeks. Take a vacation, and let the cash flow :D.

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Originally Posted by Justei

If I was making 50k a day, but it was making my life miserable, I'd turn off my pc and phone for a couple of weeks. Take a vacation, and let the cash flow :D.

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Yea, then come home & have to deal with legal threats & court summons. He was on the brink of having a law suit on his hands, he borrowed things from here & there and is lucky it even got this far tbh. Pulling the app & running with the cash would be what any smart person should be doing.

Why the hell are people caring about this? These games have been around for years and years. Seriously who cares.

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Originally Posted by GohanSSJ

Why the hell are people caring about this? These games have been around for years and years. Seriously who cares.

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10 Million + android and iphone users obviously... Haven't you been watching bruh?

But why should I care about that? People are mindless zombies "oh look, this game is so cool, you must install it"... Every phone has a whole bunch of them already, this just happened to get popular and everyone jumps on it without even thinking what they are doing.

And now people are selling their phones that have Flappy Bird installed, prices ranging from $300 to (a probably fake bid of) $90,000.... (source)

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Originally Posted by Rishwin

Yea, then come home & have to deal with legal threats & court summons. He was on the brink of having a law suit on his hands, he borrowed things from here & there and is lucky it even got this far tbh. Pulling the app & running with the cash would be what any smart person should be doing.

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Well, my post was posted assuming that he did not have legal troubles. But merely pulled the game because the stress of it getting way too big was getting to him.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fla.../1100-6417612/

I believe the creator took it down due to the following reason;
A person in Chicago murdered his brother.

Some of the news article:
The first killing involved real blood after 16-year-old Gary Wright of Chicago stabbed to death 17-year-old brother Jaban Wright over the latter's high score of 17 in the game. The stabbing was preceded by Jaban teasing Gary who got a score of only 6.
It seems the brothers have a thing for the number 17 because Gary stabbed his 17-year-old brother 17 times over the 17 score that Jaban got. After he killed his brother, Gary called the police and turned himself in.

Source: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/537919/20140209/chicago-teen-kills-brother-over-flappy-bird.htm#.UvkV-_l_tV8

Good thing his brother didn't get a score of 150, would have been hard to count, also very messy.

Flappy what?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...53804716_n.jpg
Found this~ Since Flappy Birds was deleted Prices for the iDevice with the app sky rocketed

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Originally Posted by jordan18056

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...53804716_n.jpg
Found this~ Since Flappy Birds was deleted Prices for the iDevice with the app sky rocketed

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Yea, the price of any device that has Flappy Bird has risen to an outrageous amount.
What I don't get, is why people just don't share the APK for android devices.

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Flappy Bird's creator has explained his decision to pull the game from online services.

Doug Nguyen removed the popular title from the App Store and Google Play over the weekend, stating that he 'couldn't take this anymore'.

The 29-year-old has since told Forbes that he was motivated by guilt to end the game because it had become too "addictive".

"Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed," Nguyen said.

"But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it's best to take down Flappy Bird. It's gone forever."

The developer, who revealed that he "couldn't sleep" due to the success of the mobile phenomenon, went on to say: "I don't think it's a mistake. I have thought it through... My life has not been as comfortable as I was before."

Nguyen also denied reports that the app's demise had anything to do with a legal threat from Nintendo, and vowed to continue designing games.

"After the success of Flappy Bird, I feel more confident, and I have freedom to do what I want to do," he concluded.

#StolenfromDigitalSpy

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Another read for you guys. Wish I had it on my iPhone - would totally sell it :L

You realize that those offers are fake right? Nobody is stupid enough to pay that much for a shitty game like that.

I also find his confidence extremely funny, he made a shitty game, 1 of the worst versions of this type of game, because after all, it doesn't become more difficult and there are no extra's. It is the most basic and simplest version of any possible game. What confidence could he get from that?

At 50k a day I'd gain some confidence too. Whether false confidence or otherwise lol. Regardless I think those prices are ridiculous. Fake or not, it's just a bit ott.

In other news

http://flappybird.io

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Originally Posted by Wolfy5079

At 50k a day I'd gain some confidence too. Whether false confidence or otherwise lol. Regardless I think those prices are ridiculous. Fake or not, it's just a bit ott.

In other news

http://flappybird.io

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FUCK YOU!!

#dontJudgeMe

That is depressing, well.. I'm starting to like this game now and he wants to take it down :(

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Originally Posted by Sector DUCT

That is depressing, well.. I'm starting to like this game now and he wants to take it down :(

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It's already taken down.

People do not know that they can get free apps on any iDevice for free... with no jailbreak...

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Originally Posted by Lewis

It's already taken down.

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Yes but the game itself didn't get deleted from any device because the connection between the .apk and the game from appstory is separated, so I still have it.

Prepare for "Selling FlappyBirds APK file" threads in the merchant section!

There's even pc games for it.
I still don't get how the hell this became this popular.

http://flapmmo.com/

Why get it from an iPhone or Android when you can play with others lel

But supposedly he earned 50k a day. A DAY. Atleast he has a big money pile to sleep on.

My kids wanted flappy bird, i played3 times.. then redirected them to:
http://www.coptergame.net/

It's better.. and we had a stint of playing it endlessly at school in library for over a month :P

886 score just then.. that'll do... ;)

better than 25 on some touchy phone game.

893. Owned!

@Feva @DrBenSSJ :

Use http://www.coptergame.net/data/helicopter.swf for bigger screen

Oh and about the score, its 952 ~ and still going on :P

The reason why it went down is because of copyright issues. Towards the end of the game, apparently it has features from the super mario series, and the company was about to sue the creator of flappy birds.

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Originally Posted by ihatehaxor

The reason why it went down is because of copyright issues. Towards the end of the game, apparently it has features from the super mario series, and the company was about to sue the creator of flappy birds.

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Originally Posted by ihatehaxor

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Towards the end of the game
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Originally Posted by ihatehaxor

The reason why it went down is because of copyright issues. Towards the end of the game, apparently it has features from the super mario series, and the company was about to sue the creator of flappy birds.

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Originally Posted by ihatehaxor

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Towards the end of the game
Towards the end of the game
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Good one.

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Originally Posted by cinos11

Towards the end of the game
Towards the end of the game
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Good one.

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Towards the end of the game
Towards the end of the game
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Doesn't matter if it's towards the end of the game. If I was a company like that I would do the same. Why let some developer that copied the concept get away with it? It's just like plagiarism. If you plagiaries you will get sued.

There's nothing at the end, the game just keeps on going and going.

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Originally Posted by Red Alert

There's nothing at the end, the game just keeps on going and going.

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And there's nothing stopping it.

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Originally Posted by Red Alert

There's nothing at the end, the game just keeps on going and going.

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Not really, every game has a limit/end and that score would be 2147483647.

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Originally Posted by Sector DUCT

Not really, every game has a limit/end and that score would be 2147483647.

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What are you talking about? It can go on and on. There are many games with no end. Though nobody would get that far.

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Originally Posted by Sector DUCT

Not really, every game has a limit/end and that score would be 2147483647.

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Minion Rush, Subway Surfers, Temple Run - and others that have copied the idea are all limitless games. You can run as much as you can and never reach the end of the level.

According to some Minecraft on PC is also limitless, you can go round and round forever, however this hasn't been confirmed yet.

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Originally Posted by ihatehaxor

The reason why it went down is because of copyright issues. Towards the end of the game, apparently it has features from the super mario series, and the company was about to sue the creator of flappy birds.

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You are extremely misinformed.

News flash: It doesn't matter if he took the game down or not. If he was infringing on copyright by Nintendo he is liable for damages from all income generated by his app. It doesn't matter if its still up, taken off, or source released to the community. If they wanted to sue him then they would have already done so. Him taking the game down to avoid a lawsuit.

He has more than enough money from ad revenue to live the rest of his life paying himself an average income. Most people do not make more than ~$2 million across their lifetime. I'm sure he came very close to that in the short time the game was up.

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Originally Posted by Sector DUCT

Not really, every game has a limit/end and that score would be 2147483647.

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If you use an integer, that is.
Use a long and it is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHH2101OFfI#t=53

just watch this.

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Originally Posted by Ron

short time the game was up.

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The game was released on May 2013. So it's not a "short time"

Clearly, you're the misinformed one buddy.

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Originally Posted by ihatehaxor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHH2101OFfI#t=53

just watch this.



The game was released on May 2013. So it's not a "short time"

Clearly, you're the misinformed one buddy.

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Are you just ignorant? This is fake.

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Originally Posted by Twisted Fate

Are you just ignorant? This is fake.

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Of course it is...

I downloaded the game 5 times on my iDevices and now im trying to sell on eBay

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Originally Posted by jordan18056

I downloaded the game 5 times on my iDevices and now im trying to sell on eBay

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You're actually stupid for doing that
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Why? Just wanna see if something happens lmao

my friend also sell her iphone with flapbird on amazon and ebay..hihihi..:laugh:
http://watchfree.me/110/w.png

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Originally Posted by nixia12

my friend also sell her iphone with flapbird on amazon and ebay..hihihi..:laugh:
http://watchfree.me/110/w.png

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But did she die?

Flappy Bird creator 'considering' bringing game back to app stores


Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen is considering bringing the game back to app stores.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Nguyen said that any potential Flappy Bird relaunch would come with a warning to "please take a break".

It was also revealed that the Vietnamese developer is working on three brand new games, one of which will launch later this month.

One of the games is described as an "untitled cowboy-themed shooter", another is a "vertical flying game called Kitty Jetpack", while the final release is an "action chess game called Checkonaut".

The Flappy Bird developer withdrew the popular mobile game from app stores last month, claiming the game had become too addictive.

Recent reports suggest that Apple and Google have started rejecting apps with the word "flappy" in the title.

Despite the restrictions, research revealed that Flappy Bird clones accounted for a third of iOS game launches in a recent 24-hour period.

He probably lost all his money in the casinos and need some more again.

Legit reason to me though.

I wish he wouldn't have removed it. Have you any idea how many flappy crap appeared ever since? Even on my crappy WP8 phone there are like thousands and thousands of flappy objects. And the difference between them? Nothing! They just look different. Flappy astronaut, flappy fish, flappy dog, for fuck sake, where is it going to stop?

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Originally Posted by Lune

Flappy Bird creator 'considering' bringing game back to app stores


Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen is considering bringing the game back to app stores.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Nguyen said that any potential Flappy Bird relaunch would come with a warning to "please take a break".

It was also revealed that the Vietnamese developer is working on three brand new games, one of which will launch later this month.

One of the games is described as an "untitled cowboy-themed shooter", another is a "vertical flying game called Kitty Jetpack", while the final release is an "action chess game called Checkonaut".

The Flappy Bird developer withdrew the popular mobile game from app stores last month, claiming the game had become too addictive.

Recent reports suggest that Apple and Google have started rejecting apps with the word "flappy" in the title.

Despite the restrictions, research revealed that Flappy Bird clones accounted for a third of iOS game launches in a recent 24-hour period.

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Checkonaut sounds really cool can't wait.

I doubt it will get back on app store? If it does then I will download it :P

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Originally Posted by MrCookie

He probably lost all his money in the casinos and need some more again.

Legit reason to me though.

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He still makes money through Flappybird. People still have the game installed on their devices.

Anyone manage to hit any high score?

Like what happen it I pass 100 objects?
What will happen?

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Originally Posted by Hash Tag

Anyone manage to hit any high score?

Like what happen it I pass 100 objects?
What will happen?

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It continues.. I have friends who have passed 200, even 300..

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Originally Posted by Hash Tag

Anyone manage to hit any high score?

Like what happen it I pass 100 objects?
What will happen?

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Flappy bird is a loop-game.
It goes on forever.

Geez.. then what so interesting?
Anyone please share if you read how this guy started out in this game or something
And ever did it became top for weeks. :)

I heard people breaking their phones and even killing their mother and killing others

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Originally Posted by Hash Tag

Geez.. then what so interesting?
Anyone please share if you read how this guy started out in this game or something
And ever did it became top for weeks. :)

I heard people breaking their phones and even killing their mother and killing others

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Lol wtf? I don believe the killin part. Breaking their phones, yeah.

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Originally Posted by ManiacButcher

Lol wtf? I don believe the killin part. Breaking their phones, yeah.

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It hits me too, so I did a little research
In country it has happened.
Google it.. many stories there

No hoax on this though.

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Originally Posted by Lewis

It continues.. I have friends who have passed 200, even 300..

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Tell him he has no life, at least.... less than mine

Max I could get was like 36.

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Originally Posted by Hash Tag

It hits me too, so I did a little research
In country it has happened.
Google it.. many stories there

No hoax on this though.

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All of them have been proved to be a hoax.

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Originally Posted by Wessel

All of them have been proved to be a hoax.

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Links please.

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Originally Posted by Wessel

All of them have been proved to be a hoax.

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The sound is Interesting.
But why would some start such hoax?

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Originally Posted by Hash Tag

The sound is Interesting.
But why would some start such hoax?

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People have sick minds.

I understand why people are actually waiting for it to come back but you can actually download the file from the internet and play it again ( On your Android device ).

I'm sure that some of you are not going to trust it but that's no problem that's just how you guys feel about it and I understand it so I'm not going to argue about it but here's a screen-shot prove. ( I actually managed to download it on my computer pretty stupid right? ).


http://i.imgur.com/Dgu5Rlk.png

http://i.imgur.com/9eZt4zm.png

Download: Download







And here's the download to the apk: Here

revolution has came

Haha so many imitations of that flappy bird. Flappy pig xD wtf. All animals ! They are building a fucking zoo ! Hahaha