# Another Game Claims An Hour Of My Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656 "2002-07-18T17:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/1 "2002-07-18T17:22:50Z")
[http://games.alentus.com/games/makai/games/speartoss.asp?id](http://games.alentus.com/games/makai/games/speartoss.asp?id) 531.204 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/2 "2002-07-18T17:33:40Z")
I curse you. And my company curses you for the lost productivity my entire office will now have. 513.049 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/3 "2002-07-18T18:23:21Z")
516.XX ---
**Author:** ![stankow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@stankow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stankow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/4 "2002-07-18T18:31:23Z")
530.619 ---
**Author:** ![stankow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@stankow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stankow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/5 "2002-07-18T18:38:37Z")
533.632 I _am_ the SDMB Champion. None shall wrest this title from my proud spear-throwing arm. None, I say! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/6 "2002-07-18T19:23:38Z")
For some reason, my search of the archives was fruitless, but if you want some sever time wasting go to [strengthcoach.com](http://strengthcoach.com) and check out the games section. We had a multipage thread going with gold, silver, and bronze results for every game, which now sounds kind of pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/7 "2002-07-18T20:31:42Z")
534.376 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/8 "2002-07-18T20:38:20Z")
All right, what am I doing wrong? All my tosses are only in the 300s. Is there some trick to extending the length of your toss? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/9 "2002-07-18T20:47:38Z")
Grrr… I can’t seem to break 530. 529.746 ---
**Author:** ![stankow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@stankow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stankow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/10 "2002-07-18T20:50:38Z")
**LurkMeister** , hold the button down to cock your arm back, then release to throw. Hit the button the first time around when the spear tip is right under the tree next to the hut. As for you, Mr. I’msocoolwearingmysunglasses **Number** guy – I call foul. Your foot was clearly over the line. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/11 "2002-07-18T20:51:05Z")
You click once to start running. Then hold down the button to change the angle of the spear, then release the button to throw the spear. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/12 "2002-07-18T21:00:06Z")
533.486 and counting. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/13 "2002-07-18T21:05:22Z")
534.662. No, I’m not compulsive about games. Really. Um, gotta go. (535, 535, 535…) ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/14 "2002-07-18T21:25:45Z")
Aw crud. Well uh, mine wasn’t as far over the line as **JohnM** ’s was. Heh heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/15 "2002-07-19T00:11:03Z")
533.81 Since we couldn’t seem to get any higher than that my friend and I decided to see who could get the **shortest** spear toss. Not as easy as it sounds. The default distance is 0.02 so that does’t count as going across the foul line. My shortest toss: 3.18 Beat that. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/16 "2002-07-19T02:39:36Z")
AHA!!! 3.134 532.003 ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/17 "2002-07-19T03:30:03Z")
Newest Champ, I believe: 534.826 ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/18 "2002-07-19T03:50:37Z")
**Tretiak**. I…hate…you. .221 532.236 I’m apparently very good at sucking at this game. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/19 "2002-07-19T04:19:11Z")
533.952 Time to get some work done. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656/20 "2002-07-19T05:58:10Z")
After a half-hour, my best is 533.985 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-claims-an-hour-of-my-life/119656.md?page=2)