# Deceptively simple time waster **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623 "2003-09-05T00:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/1 "2003-09-05T00:04:38Z")
Go on, try it [here.](http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-81.htm) It’s pretty darn simple, anyone ought to be able to master it, right? Hey, how’d it get to be 8:00? It was just 6 a few minutes ago! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/2 "2003-09-05T00:06:25Z")
I heard about this a couple of months ago… I was never any good at it, though. Maybe I should try it again and see what I can do now… even with my lousy hand-eye coordination! ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/3 "2003-09-05T00:11:29Z")
My best so far is 722 feet. After about 40 tries. Good little time-waster for work, too. ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/4 "2003-09-05T00:27:35Z")
1444 feet on my 2nd try…I guess I’m freakishly good at this ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/5 "2003-09-05T00:35:46Z")
I just got 948 on about my 6th try. Good enough for me. I quit. ---
**Author:** ![Ferg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ferg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferg)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/6 "2003-09-05T00:41:50Z")
It was fun for a while but it soon gets boring. Got to 1700 on first try then just quit. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/7 "2003-09-05T00:59:34Z")
there are a bunch of clones of this type of game. The best I’ve found is the [Plastic Martians](http://www.plasticmartians.com) version which allows you to control the speed and makes at least some attempt at real collision detection. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/8 "2003-09-05T01:10:55Z")
1934 ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/9 "2003-09-05T02:10:55Z")
I got 1026 on the first try. Between this, Text Twist, and just plain old Tetris, I’m up to wasting a good 45% of my waking life…but oh well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/10 "2003-09-05T02:12:35Z")
2700 (roughly. cant remember now), first try. I was goofing off too much, which caused the crash and burn. I better devote several hours to this… ---
**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:** [September 5, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/11 "2003-09-05T02:16:05Z")
And I think they all rip off the Infamous Worm Game of years (and many threads) past. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/12 "2003-09-05T02:17:39Z")
Weird…got exactly 1026 as my next best score, too…freakish, eerie. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/13 "2003-09-05T02:25:53Z")
1026 was my _third_ best, too! ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/14 "2003-09-05T02:29:41Z")
Ack, I’m so out of practice. I had trouble getting to a thousand. \ Back when I played this more, my best score was 3000-something. One person in my dorm got over 5000 once :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-simple-time-waster/199623/15 "2003-09-05T03:07:40Z")
1. Fun game, by the way.