I don't know about everyone else, but I'm not going to play Sonny 2 until it's finished. Clarification - Sonny 2 is released, but it's not finished yet.
About the harvest season badge, I know that everyone is not getting it when they should, and that goes the same here. Except, I got it before I had 100 gold.
Umm yeah, you majorly screwed up with the jumping through the line thing. It destroys the whole game. Just make it so the ball doesn't pass through the line, no matter what.
Keep in mind that a permanent upgrade system would be impossible on kongregate, considering how there are no accounts nor passwords. And personally, I don't think they would add one if they could. It would unbalance the game way too much because a Noob could constantly play with a good team, and kick other noobs ass' once he/she got leveled up. A system where skill is not a factor is not desired.
uzzbuzz, I don't think this game quite deserves badges, but If it were to have one, I think it would be beat lvl 17 for med, and maybe all for hard, idk if they would do the hard though.