Queen Candace's blog: "Fubar (The Good and The Bad)"

This is not an official guide nor is this guide perfect. I created this to help my friends and new bombers.

Most of us on fubar already know what a cherry bomb bling. But for those of you that don't..a cherry bomb is a special ability bling that can be purchase in the bling shop (http://www.fubar.com/blingshop.php) with 35 bling credits. Fubars description of the cherry bomb bling is "When activated, you can rate up to 250 photos in a single album an 11 with one click for ONE (1) hour. You can Cherry Bomb one album per member and you will have unlimited 11's when using your Cherry"

Things you should know before bombing:

• You can bomb an album every 30 seconds if timed correctly.
• You get more points for bombing someones album containing the full 250 photos while they have autos running during happy hour.
• Your shoutbox will be over run with people asking (and sometimes demanding) you to bomb them.
• If you run multiple bombs in a day you can bomb the same albums with every bomb. Example: You bomb my 250 photo album, when that bomb ends you run another bomb, you can bomb my same 250 photo album.

Things I use to bomb:

• Mozilla Firefox(free): http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html
• TimeLeft Timer(free):http://download.cnet.com/TimeLeft/3000-2350_4-10034817.html?tag=mncol
• Microsoft Word (you can use word pad, note pad, or any other program that suits you best)

How I bomb:

Prep:

Open Microsoft Word and set your document to numbering. The numbering is so you can keep track of how many people you have in your bombing list.

Find people you want to bomb. I like to use the who's online pages (http://www.fubar.com/whosonline.php). In Firefox if you hold down your CTRL key and click on the user you plan to bomb it opens the page up in a tab. This is so you don't lose your place in the who's online pages. Click over to the tab for the user. View the users photo albums and find one that contains 250+ photos. Right click on the album then click on Copy Link Location. Paste the link into your Word document and press enter. If your using word the link with become a hyperlink. Once your list is filled up open up the TimeLeft Timer. In the timer settings set your timer for 30 seconds. The timer stays on top of your screen at all times. Make sure you have it in a position so you can easily click from the "Cherry bomb this album" link to the red restart button on the timer. Make sure your speakers are on so you can hear the timer ding.Hit play on the timer.

On Firefox close all of your tabs and direct your page to your bling and locate your unused bomb. DO NOT ACTIVATE IT YET!! Pull up your Word document. Hold down the CTRL button and click on the first link. The link will open up as a tab in firefox. The link should have lead you to the album you plan to bomb. Do this again so you have two of the albums you plan to bomb already open and ready to go. Activate your bomb and close the tab. You can close a tab by clicking the X on the tab OR by pressing CTRL W. Right when the tab closes refresh the album your going to bomb first. I do this by clicking on the album's listing to the left. This way loads the page faster then if you hit the refresh button or press CTRL R.

Bombing:

1. Quickly click on the "Cherry bomb this album".
2. Hit the red restart button on the timer.
3. Click on the X to close the album you just bombed.
4. Scroll down on the next profile so your timer is positioned right above your link. This will make it easier to click both quickly.
5. Pull up Word.
6. Hold down CTRL and click on the next link.
7. When Firefox pops back up with the new tab loaded. Click back to the first tab.
8. Once your timer reaches 0 click on "Cherry bomb this album"
9. Hit the red restart button.

Keep following the steps above as you work through your bomb list.It's your bomb so use it however you would like. Bombs can be quite chaotic when not using a list and when you pay attention to your shoutbox.

Bomb Etiquette:

• If someone bombs you send them a drink and thank them.
• If you ask someone to bomb you, BOMB THEM BACK! Even if its months later. They went out of their way to bomb you, so please do the same for them.

Little tidbit of info: If you bomb someone every 30 seconds for 60 minutes the cost of  bombing per person is  $0.25. The less people you bomb in the hour the more it costs to bomb per person.

• If you want to get bombed at least take the time to read the user's status and abide with what it says (if the status says no links, don't drop your link in their shoutbox asking them to bomb you).
• DO NOT shout someone saying "bomb me", it's rude.
• DO NOT shout the person more then once during their bombing.
• If you don't have autos make a decent fubucks offer (anything under 10k is a weak offer).
• If someone you bombed doesn't thank you, don't throw a hissy fit. Simply make a mental note to not bomb them anymore.
• If you bombed someone and they are bombing, don't demand them to bomb you because you just bombed them. Drop them a quick shout letting them know that you just bombed them (BE POLITE!!).
• Don't strike up a conversation with someone you haven't talked to in weeks because you see them bombing and hope you can weasel your way into their bomb list.
  
• The best payback is to either bomb them back or rate 250 pics of theirs.

Be kind to bombers and they'll be kind to you!!