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#1 User is online   jillybean 

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Posted 2009-February-17, 11:20

This will drive you nuts!! Have fun!

The object of the game is to move the red block around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls.

If you can go longer than 18 seconds you are phenomenal. It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilot training. (yeah, right!) They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes. 11.4 is my best so far!

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Posted 2009-February-17, 11:32

20.1 but I didn't play long. It seems just a matter of finding the safe path between the blocks as they move around on a set pattern.
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Posted 2009-February-17, 11:33

27.442 seconds now... Pretty good now :(

This post has been edited by mtvesuvius: 2009-February-17, 20:09

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Posted 2009-February-17, 11:37

Made it over 37 seconds on my third try. Cool. Maybe a new career?
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Posted 2009-February-17, 11:58

16.072 6 tries only.

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Posted 2009-February-18, 15:07

I suck at this, I tried about a half dozen times and haven't made it past about 6 seconds.

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Posted 2009-February-18, 15:19

barmar, on Feb 18 2009, 04:07 PM, said:

I suck at this, I tried about a half dozen times and haven't made it past about 6 seconds.

Stay AWAY from the blue rectangles :)
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Posted 2009-February-18, 16:01

I had played this a long time back but at some other site. Strange this seems to have been copied ditto without any attribution (or maybe I am mistaken, in which case, I apologise).

Anyway, after comparing scores etc, me and my friend came to the conclusion that the speed of your computer matters and the time in seconds does not mean much.

So my guess is that kenrexford has a really slow computer. I suggest you buy a new one for all the bidding simulations you do :)
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Posted 2009-February-18, 22:00

20.47 what gets me are the speed changes. :/

also? I need a better mouse or a less hiccupy computer...
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Posted 2009-February-18, 22:03

Old men shouldn't play this game

I did it 5 times and never last even a half a second.

OH well back to backgammon and bridge for me.
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Posted 2009-February-19, 10:25

High-speed hand-eye coordination has never been my strong point. I never really got into video games that require rapid moving around. I could do OK on games like Space Invader or Tetris, but that was about my limit.

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Posted 2009-February-20, 17:28

This is really annoying, I can't get to 20, but I almost always get past 19. ;)
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Posted 2009-February-20, 19:05

gwnn, on Feb 20 2009, 06:28 PM, said:

This is really annoying, I can't get to 20, but I almost always get past 19. :(

that's one of the spots where it speeds up.
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Posted 2009-February-20, 20:59

One way to help normalize the speed is to measure how long it takes to die if you don't move the square. I have 2 work computers and on one running firefox it takes around 0.322 seconds to die. On this computer I find it hard to get past 20, I usually die between 17.5 and 20. On the other computer running IE it takes 0.4 seconds to die if I don't move the square. On this computer I get past 20 all the time, and usually die around 25.
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Posted 2009-February-20, 21:42

Mbodell, on Feb 20 2009, 09:59 PM, said:

One way to help normalize the speed is to measure how long it takes to die if you don't move the square. I have 2 work computers and on one running firefox it takes around 0.322 seconds to die. On this computer I find it hard to get past 20, I usually die between 17.5 and 20. On the other computer running IE it takes 0.4 seconds to die if I don't move the square. On this computer I get past 20 all the time, and usually die around 25.

So, how long would you survive if you when you don't move the square you survive 0.261 seconds?
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Posted 2009-February-20, 23:49

Old women shouldn't play this either! I usually die in about 1 second, and after some effort managed to stay alive for 9.1 seconds :)
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Posted 2009-February-21, 00:19

18.063 seconds, I can sleep now.
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Posted 2009-February-23, 09:04

Mbodell, on Feb 21 2009, 04:59 AM, said:

One way to help normalize the speed is to measure how long it takes to die if you don't move the square.  I have 2 work computers and on one running firefox it takes around 0.322 seconds to die.  On this computer I find it hard to get past 20, I usually die between 17.5 and 20.  On the other computer running IE it takes 0.4 seconds to die if I don't move the square.  On this computer I get past 20 all the time, and usually die around 25.

those are almost exactly my numbers/results (IE vs Firefox on the same computer)
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Posted 2009-February-23, 09:27

11.3 still my record, usually I am dead before the 2 sec mark. This is a stupid test. The geography quiz provides much more insight into someone's cognitive capabilities.
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Posted 2009-February-24, 04:22

21.588 on firefox yay!

btw you can make it to at least 10 seconds by just moving to the top left corner and staying there.

I don't think this is used as a test for the airforce, since there are much more effective ways of training online.
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