# Bounce Out (and I thought Freecell had me hooked) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890 "2005-06-26T05:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/21 "2005-07-03T20:56:18Z")
Any good games where you don’t have to be fast, like minefield? ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/22 "2005-07-03T21:36:44Z")
> [@merrily](#): > > Any good games where you don’t have to be fast, like minefield? Bejeweled isn’t timed, is it? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/23 "2005-07-03T23:51:38Z")
> [@marymargaret](#): > > I am not a gamer. Until I met Freecell. She lured me in and I spent countless hours, wasting my life, playing a glorified game of solitaire. But, I broke free. > > Until I stumbled upon Bounce Out. It is deceptively easy. Switching neighboring balls around to make sets of three like-colored balls. But, it is the easy that has me hooked. You go from level to level, with less time as it becomes more difficult. Then the warning siren starts to sound I actually get freakishly nervous. > > I have probably logged in at least 20 hours on this game this week. > > Am I the only one that plays this game? I play it, along with [Candy Cruncher](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=CandyCrunc&navpage=onlinegames&webgame=true) and [Pile up](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=PileUp&navpage=onlinegames&webgame=true) HA! Now you’ll never be free. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/24 "2005-07-04T00:06:49Z")
I almost forgot about the Comcast games. [Dropheads](http://www.comcast.net/games/playgames/details.jsp?fn=web/dropheads) is pretty simple, but it makes me giggle. [Triclops](http://www.comcast.net/games/playgames/details.jsp?fn=web/triclops) Its different [Equilibra](http://www.comcast.net/games/playgames/details.jsp?fn=web/equilibria) A little surreal and last, [Betrapped](http://www.comcast.net/games/playgames/details.jsp?fn=web/betrapped) its a puzzle and mystery combined, sorta ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/25 "2005-07-04T11:18:59Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > HA! Now you’ll never be free. Like a moth to the flame, away I go to check out these games. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/26 "2005-07-04T12:03:28Z")
> [@merrily](#): > > [Collapse](http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/cl.html) is also good. It has nice ideas but it takes ages before it picks up enough speed! For now, I prefer Lumines: [Lumines - GameSpot](http://www.gamespot.com/psp/puzzle/lumines/) ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/27 "2005-07-04T16:17:12Z")
> [@marymargaret](#): > > And I was proud when I broke 70,000? :smack: I broke 95,000 last night. I’m not sure if I should be proud of my score or embarrassed at how much time I’ve wasted since I learned this game existed. _shoots the hairy eyeball at **marymargaret** _ Kidding…if it weren’t Bounce Out it would be solitaire. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/28 "2005-07-05T05:25:19Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > I broke 95,000 last night. I’m not sure if I should be proud of my score or embarrassed at how much time I’ve wasted since I learned this game existed. > > _shoots the hairy eyeball at **marymargaret** _ It’s addicting, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/29 "2005-07-05T05:47:14Z")
I made it to level 8 last night, with a score of over 106,000. _Waaay_ too addicting! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/30 "2005-07-05T11:59:02Z")
Yes, I am an addict. Last night my boyfriend had to tell me to quit playing with my balls and come to bed. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/31 "2005-07-05T20:06:19Z")
I got a score of 97,162! I am going to break 100,000 if I have to neglect my kids to do so! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/32 "2005-07-05T22:59:51Z")
> [@marymargaret](#): > > I got a score of 97,162! I am going to break 100,000 if I have to neglect my kids to do so! > > 😉 That’s the spirit! (I moved on to Atomica - more my speed. I like organizing things.) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/33 "2005-07-06T00:17:06Z")
Well, kiddies, how about a nice game of [Golf](http://www.electrotank.com/playGame.electro?gId=119)? This is the greatest on-line golf game ever! And I hate watching grass grow. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/34 "2005-07-06T02:00:34Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > That’s the spirit! > > (I moved on to Atomica - more my speed. I like organizing things.) Drats! Another game to waste away my life playing. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/35 "2005-07-06T12:16:20Z")
I’m not sure if these people with the high scores are actually playing it. I know for certain with Collapse there is a program you can download to make it play itself and get you high scores. The site I got it from also had ‘cheats’ for other Yahoo games. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/36 "2005-07-07T14:49:48Z")
Anyone interested in a different [Board Game?](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/hexxagon.php) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/37 "2005-07-30T23:03:34Z")
Okay, thanks to this thread, I checked out Bounce Out and have since become addicted—thanks, **marymargaret** 😛 And just now I got a score of 250,800, which is way more than my previous personal best. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/38 "2005-07-31T04:29:55Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Okay, thanks to this thread, I checked out Bounce Out and have since become addicted—thanks, **marymargaret** 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/39 "2005-07-31T15:35:26Z")
Thanks, **marymargaret** and others, for giving me so many urgently needed ways to sit in this chair with a cat in my lap and waste time. Karma’s gonna get you. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890/40 "2005-07-31T22:30:09Z")
Am I incredibly stupid? How are you guys breaking 200,000? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bounce-out-and-i-thought-freecell-had-me-hooked/309890.md?page=3)