I can get the bomb lit and drop it and break down the walls. But for the life of me I can't get across to the tube without breaking on the spiked walls. AAAHhhhhrrrrrrggg!

How exactly are you blowing up the walls?  If your dropping the bomb and timing it so it blows up the walls, your doing it wrong. (that's he best hint i'll give for now :D).  You need to find a way of extending the goo string holding it.

Hmmmmm....I timed it and it worked fine.  Build a goo string down to the fire and let it ignite the goo.  Go to the top and when the fire reches the bomb and ignites it, pull the goo that holds the string up at the top and let the bomb fall.  It will detonate at the crumbling wall, knocking it down.

Yes, while that is possible, it's not really convenient for what you have to do afterwards.

Yes, the other method saves you a ton of goo balls.
I used an even better method, though, which let me only use 3 balls total :D (For the first section)

Oh...that's much easier  :-[
Thanks

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Yes, the other method saves you a ton of goo balls.
I used an even better method, though, which let me only use 3 balls total :D (For the first section)
I think I know what you mean... but I still need to optimize that level. Haven't gotten around to it yet.

I'm actually pretty confused on upper shaft.  I have only been able to figure out one way to do it, and that is my super-efficient 3-ball way- I have no clue how anyone else is doing it.

After I figured out how to "drop" the bomb down carefully and blow it up, I build a bridge out and attach it to the remaining green ball string for support and continue to build over to the exit. Seems pretty inefficeint but I got it that way.

Wow, nice idea.  I had actually been disassembling my goo string once i exploded the walls.

The sign hints at you using your goo string.. But one other thing - you don't really need all your match goos. And you can bring one green down below to use the same three-ball tick on the matches, then pull the remaining matches back up..

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After I figured out how to "drop" the bomb down carefully and blow it up, I build a bridge out and attach it to the remaining green ball string for support and continue to build over to the exit. Seems pretty inefficeint but I got it that way.


I got my OCD using that method and a bit of tomfoolery with different coloured gooballs. Red and green string is very cool.

[quote author=Ballisticsfood link=topic=306.msg2635#msg2635 date=1223970541]
I got my OCD using that method and a bit of tomfoolery with different coloured gooballs. Red and green string is very cool.


Even with an almost completely red gooball chain, AND using a goo bounced off the walls for ignition, I still can't get OCD on this level! Driving me nuts - what is this mystical 3-Ball method?

I've been working on this level, and have assessed that the theoretical maximum is probably 54 gooballs. I have also made 52 gooballs just now.