Do you have any suggestions on how to make them more satisfying? The particle explosions that sometimes happen is quite satisfying imo but i agree +1 isn't really that satisfying, not sure how to change it to something more pleasing thought, it just seems hard to make the popup text more satisfying....

Try deactivating your anti virus program for 10 minutes, some virus programs seems to be a bit sad about trying to connect to maniaplanet.

You need to open Shootmania:Storm(the game) and then do it from there, if there isn't an easier/faster way of doing it.