I am starting to think that he is not reading any posts, just whining about his game. Maybe he shouldn't be able to write for a while so he could learn to read... dunno.
Maddogs, I have died at least 10 times on levels 2 and 3 and have hundreds of lame deaths. You shouldn't worry that much over one life.
piet, when I played for the

and

I skipped pd 33. There are no letters there and it wasn't enough to get me to the next pts life. I was planing my points in advance so I was about X.600.000-X.800.000 pts when I started PD51. you get about 300k in PD51 before the last level with enemies so if I was X.800.000 I didn't get all the crystals so I was about 10k short. And on the next levels (with the

,

,

) I reach enough points for life. Why do I do that? Because if you have more lives the fireball comes faster. I have passed the level with the

without dying so many times just because of those extra 2 seconds. And the points you get later are just enough for extra life on the next Mil. So I didn't need pd33 and there always is the chance (however small it is) to die there.