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Battle Beach is a new strategy war game for the iOS and Android platforms. In Battle Beach your goal is to collect diamonds and lava, train troops, defend your beach from the attacks of the evil Commodore and his minions, and make your way down the chain of islands, defeating him as you go, until you reach his final base! You can also stage multiplayer attacks against others from Game Center. Read on for some tips and tricks for Battle Beach!Early on, it seems like you have to spend Quicksilver at every turn just to get the upgrades and the troop training to stop being so slow. However, resist the temptation, as you will need them later on for upgrading the barracks or building the academy, so that you can have more powerful troops to send into battle.When you are battling, don’t send in all of your troops at once, if you can help it.
Send in just enough troops to take out a gun tower or two, and then send in as much as you need in order to destroy the resource buildings. If you are in the stages where mines start to appear, send one or two troops around to destroy the mines before you send the rest in. Also, any troop that you send into battle doesn’t return to your island, so save as many troops as you can.You can use strategy later on in the game as well, as you unlock new troops.
For example, once you get the destructive dogs, send the grunts in first to take care of the guns, then send in the dogs to rapidly collect the resources. Or send the dogs to the side of the enemy lair where there are no guns. If there are walls, the dogs will chew right through them.
And once you get the tanks, send those in first to take care of the guns, then send in the dogs.Upgrade your lava collectors higher than your diamond mines, because so much lava is used when you are training new troops and because you have to train new troops so frequently. However, keep them both upgraded maximally.If you don’t have enough maximum lava or diamonds to be able to upgrade or build a new, more advanced building, then start upgrading your diamond vault and your lava storages to increase your maximum diamond capacity. Upgrade your headquarters in order to be able to hide more diamonds and lava away from attacking players.
By Erin Parke
Updated July 24, 2016 09:57:25
The handful of remaining nudists in a northern West Australian tourist town are fighting to maintain their lifestyle, in the face of increased beach traffic, judgemental tourists and sneaky photographers.
Since the 1960s, naturists have gathered on a section of Broome's famous Cable Beach known as 'north of the rocks', to sunbake, fish and swim in the nude.
But veterans of the scene say about a decade ago, things began to change. The local tourism industry boomed, and suddenly, the nudists were coming under close scrutiny.
'There used to be hundreds of us,' says Broome local Bobbie, who is shy about using her surname, but not about getting her kit off.
'But then the do-gooders came along, some of the tourists, and started saying things, saying they didn't like it and telling us to move along.
'So now there's only three or four of us that come down here regularly.'
The 'clothing optional' section of the beach sits close to the base of the beach access road, meaning each day hundreds of carloads of families and grey nomads cruise past, copping an eyeful of tanned skin and private parts.
It's also the same 100 metres in which the beach's three camel tour companies operate, meaning there are hundreds more sets of peering eyes moving slowly past.
Camel company owner John Geappen said it led to some awkward moments.
'Sometimes it is a shock to our customers, because there are no sign posts or anything to indicate that it's a clothing optional beach, so usually it's a shock, but we try to make light of it,' he said
'One of the common lines I say to the ladies on the tours is 'you'll notice that everything looks very small from up there girls', either that or I ask them to put their blinkers on and look straight ahead.'
'But you do get the occasional exhibitionist who feels the need to go for a walk or come out of the water just at the time you walk a camel train past.'
Mr Geappen said the Broome naturist scene was a fraction of what it used to be.
'It used to be much more pronounced than it was today, you'd have your regular locals, plus a lot of regulars that would come to Broome for the six months over winter,' he said.
'I think it's more of a novelty I think these days ... it's a different era.
'To be honest most of those who do get their gear off are sort of the older brigade, so it might be a generational thing, because a lot of the youngies just aren't interested in it.'
'It used to be very laid back'
Some are nostalgic for the nude scene that was.
Rose Holden and her partner have been travelling to Broome each winter for more than 20 years, and still strip off for a morning fish.
She said the scene seemed to be in decline, with young people apparently not interested in nuding up.
'It used to be very laid-back ... nobody had any secrets, it was just comfortable, and you enjoyed the sun.
'But the number of cars the number of camels has increased, and you certainly don't see the number of youngies that you used to.
'People seem to have got very shy ... I don't know if they think nudists are weirdos or what.'
Is public nudity in decline across the nation?
It appears the decline of nude bathing is a national trend.
While the number of clothing-optional beaches has remained fairly constant, there is anecdotal evidence fewer people are opting to flash their flesh.
Stuart Whelan, from the Australia Naturist Federation, said the naturist scene developed in Australia post-World War II, and peaked about 40 years ago.
'I think the beaches were probably in their heyday in the 70s and early 80s, because what we saw there was a change in the way people viewed their bodies,' he said.
'It's something that's declined a little bit and I think that's due to a couple of factors. One is a sense of sun safety, and that has dissuaded people from getting out there and laying in the sun.
'Also now a more conservative attitude to body has come in, probably over the last generation or so.'
But the federation sees signs of a resurgence, driven by communities of young naturists forming on social media.
'What we are seeing is young people coming back, especially to the clothing-optional beaches, and the use of social media has seen groups of like-minded young people coming into the naturist circle,' he said.
'I think it's got a very good future as people rediscover that naturism is a great stress-breaker.'
'It's wonderful because you get vitamin D naturally as opposed to taking a tablet, and there is a social element to it as well.'
Topics:lifestyle, lifestyle-and-leisure, broome-6725, wa, australia
First posted July 24, 2016 09:27:51