copy paste to help) 1) 45 degrees, power all the way 2) buy soda pop (as many as u can) aim LOW, use all the soda at the very beggining 3) buy 3 soda pop + ski (as many as u can), use soda at the very beggining then ski when close to water 4) buy 3 soda pop + 3 ski + Freaky (as many as u can), use soda at the very beggining then ski when close to water then Freaky when close to water 5) buy 3 soda pop + 3 ski + 3 freaky + 2 creativy + gunpowder (as many as u can), same technique by now, you should be 7000-8000 range! keep this alive peeps, it got me my badge easy (the hard 30 point one) Seriously, this really helps
it's so easy if you know the cheat!!!!!!
Spoiler:
after you encounter the balloons... on the upgrade page, repair the ship as much as you can, BUT!!!! leave 5k left.... click next day, and then click repair ship before it transitions all the way....
if you did it correctly, you should have gotten the repair and have kept your money. that's how i got off in 9 days.
crap.... disregard that last one!!!! why doesn't ctrl + c work?!!!! the real one: E#356%224@B#457%302@D#511%297@C#460%386@C#282%386@C#111%390@C#421%240@C#245%247@C#79%250@H#99%25@F#448%172@F#338%176@F#85%180@F#217%180@F#490%31@F#393%36@F#276%34@F#157%35@F#38%37@D#8%341@
here's a bit more "possible" one.... still hard tho:
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nvm.......... my code didn't copy.... so that one isn't exactly mine..... here's the real one!...D#509%290@C#509%385@C#353%387@C#198%387@C#413%256@C#258%257@C#101%258@F#115%100@D#1%285@F#375%96@F#324%97@F#272%99@F#223%94@F#169%99@F#402%63@F#352%64@F#298%64@F#246%63@F#198%63@F#147%61@E#365%223@B#461%283@K#11%29@
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