I bought my game on the 14th 10minutes after someone posted the link on here, cos I wanted a chance to get on the leaderboards. With VV1 by the time I'd bought the game it had already been out for a while and so as none of us seem to end our villages but let our little people live for eternity their was never any chance of catching up. As for how quickly I progressed I blame the collectables.......
"Oh, it's 2am I'm going to bed now I'll just have a quick check for collectables oo there's 1, just 5 more minutes in case that shell comes I haven't had a shell for a while........what 3am definetely going to bed now.......one quick look then I'm off.........oh look that guys so close to being a master in his 3rd skill I'll just hang on for his totem then I'm definetely going.......4.30 god I'm going to be tired again in the morning"

Must admit now I've finished the game the second time round will be a more relaxed pace lol