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Interesting. I made 1007 points by focusing only on the numbered ball game. Apparently that counts as "decisiveness."
Yeah, I didn't like the scoring system too much, number ball game is super easy though. fun time killer though
word power part is the hardest. it wouldn't take some of my words! I know I spelled it right..
Tough game, but pretty fun.
Very cool. It gets pretty intense rather quickly.
Post your best scores.
EDIT:
610... using the laptop mousepad.
how much do you have to get in word power to beat the average?
I have a high score, but I get this message when I try to submit:
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You have the high score? I call your BS>
Actually I have over 10k, but I cheated (used other software). Just thought it would be fun to get it on the high scores list.
866 on decisiveness ball game- not sure how to do the others they did not get scored. I was using a laptop mouse pad. Hmm, not sure whether that is a good score or not. How do you get to the other games like the word game etc ?
Interesting game, I just focused on the math problems and ball game.
I'm averaging between 700 and 800. The balls never go below 33, do they? I get excited when the momentum picks up and they all turn green and start growing!
My only complaint is I can't short them when they're big
Almost forgot, I got 30 points for the word "Penis"
1009.. i just did the ball thing and ignored the rest lol.
Does a low score mean you're destined for PWM?
scratch that. 1096
just broke the 1200 mark... how do people get 2000+'s on this? do they have multi touch screens with 5 people on it?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, it took me a few tries to get to 1100. It would take 4 people each with their own mouse or something, or one guy with the mouse, one with a dictionary, one with a calculator!
1132, 700/120/20/270, the word game is the killer since my 1st lang is not English...
how did you get the 270 bonus???
by clicking the weights I guess?
Very interesting but is this really a good gauge of how one can trade?
(facepalm)
1350 with a laptop
920/100/20/310
And it probably doesnt say anything about your ability to trade
My highest was 1274 focusing on the ball game and the weights (reaction time)
617 with my horrible trackpad. I need a mouse to do anything better. cool game though
1363
823/0/0/540
That guy Owen at the top of the leaderboard is probably a nine year old kid....
yea, Owen drank 11 mountain dews and has played the game 800 times...
1516 (836/60/0/620)
There's a bug in the program, somehow you can play the word game even after the time has elapsed, which gives you free scores.
1402
what exactly do you do with weights??
You click the ones that donot swing(which means they will drop in a few seconds, so you have to be fast)
broke 1300 after i learned what to do with the weights.. lol
If you click the weights a bunch of times when they stop swinging you can get a massive amount of points it seems
1788 (708/220/130/730)
Had a great weight sequence.
The game as a lot to do with luck. I had a word pad with 5 s' and 1 vowel...the weights is arbitrary....you can get a sequence of really trivial math problems....and the balls just roll your way sometimes.
As is life.
No shit.
damn i just cannot get past the 1200 barrier after 5 separate tries... i need start packing for spring break and get away from this shit.
phenomenal way to waste time.
1574(830/60/100/580)(laptop mouse pad)
1004 highest till date 714/140/140/10
2537
1077/60/140/1260
I'll take it.
GoBroncos!
As far as I know, you have to be in Britain to get that prize. Anyway 2537 is quite impressing, my highest score is 1910.
I hope not. I had to email Stafford Larkin because it "conveniently" couldn't submit my information.
1870 lol this game is addictive
oh and apparently the system does not consider FUCK a word
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