# Curve Ball!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 18, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241 "2003-03-18T10:21:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/21 "2003-03-20T18:47:30Z")

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10,950. That thing ain’t easy with a trackball.

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**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/22 "2003-03-20T19:01:40Z")

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**White Lightning** , I hate to throw you a curve (damn I’m funny:))

28,180 on Level 8.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/23 "2003-03-20T20:10:37Z")

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**Frank #2** , I thank you, my customers thank you, and my employers definitely thank you. I won’t be doing much work this afternoon.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/24 "2003-03-20T20:36:43Z")

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1. I was on a roll, too. Beat the last 2 computer men on level 7 and the first 1 on level 8 on my last life. 28k though, you must have been doing better than me on the early levels too.

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**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/25 "2003-03-20T20:41:52Z")

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15,965

Thanks, this is great! 😃

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/26 "2003-03-20T21:30:15Z")

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I improved my serve and scored 2200+ bonuses on all the levels up till level 7, but it made it harder to return so I only had 2 lives left at 7 and I couldn’t do much damage to him. Ended with 22275. So far it seems like going for massive bonuses is only barely better than just playing out each round and scoring on each hit.

Ooh, 26905. Came into 8 with 2 men.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/27 "2003-03-20T22:09:43Z")

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29755, level 9. Ok. Back to work. Somehow I came into level 8 without having lost a man. Also when I made it to level 9 I think I got one life refunded.

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**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/28 "2003-03-21T16:56:55Z")

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Success!!!

I finally reached level 9 and got a score of 30,460. There’s a new king in town. 🙂

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/29 "2003-03-21T18:04:21Z")

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**Frank** , you are a right bastard. Aargh!

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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curve-ball/162241/30 "2003-03-22T02:55:49Z")

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No, **White Lightning** , that was no typo!

Seeya in levell 47!  
😉

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