# Holy crap this game is addicting! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973 "2005-01-16T03:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/21 "2005-01-16T23:42:34Z")
I was all proud of my 1545. Then I started reading all of your scores, and now feel a bit more inadequate. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/22 "2005-01-17T00:04:40Z")
You all are sick. I think I got 800 or so. But, but, I did manage to drop a shot, catch it before it hit the ground, and then throw it in! That was my bit accomplishment. Does the glowing paper ball give you extra points? ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/23 "2005-01-17T00:05:10Z")
The best thing to do about the planes is to wait until they’re directly above you; then you can throw the paper straight up, snag the plane pointage, and catch the paper again on its way down so that you don’t waste a shot. I’ve been spending way to much time on this game… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/24 "2005-01-17T00:13:19Z")
1. Make it stop! > [@audiobottle](#): > > You all are sick. I think I got 800 or so. But, but, I did manage to drop a shot, catch it before it hit the ground, and then throw it in! That was my bit accomplishment. Does the glowing paper ball give you extra points? Yeah, it’s worth double a normal ball. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/25 "2005-01-17T00:33:34Z")
Eh. Wasn’t that great. (mainly because I suck.) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/26 "2005-01-17T04:56:11Z")
Best score: 5200. It’s a pretty tough game, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![theLaughingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@theLaughingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theLaughingMan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/27 "2005-01-17T10:57:06Z")
Some of the hall of fame high scores are **insane.** 2.1 Million points? Cumulative time 1 hour?!? Don’t these people have work or something better to do? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![theLaughingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@theLaughingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theLaughingMan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/28 "2005-01-17T10:59:30Z")
I read the cumulative time wrong, for the top spot 1 **day** , four hours, twenty-eight minutes… wow, I thought _I_ wasted time… ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/29 "2005-01-17T17:09:48Z")
1960…I’m getting a little better. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/30 "2005-01-17T17:27:33Z")
I discovered by accident that you can bounce shots in (but it’s not easy to do). ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/31 "2005-01-17T17:50:49Z")
Woo-hoo! Scored 2610 **and** corrupted a cow-orker! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/32 "2005-01-17T18:44:52Z")
Over 12,000! (12,780 to be exact)🙂 I had a couple of runs ruined by the “high feed”. The blue, goateed butt munch throws the paper too high and I can’t catch it no matter where I try. Every time you drop a paper it ends a run. ☹ That fugger. I did get the plane-basket combo once. No extra points for it so keep doing **Nightwatch Trailer’s** method of grabbing the paper on the way down. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/33 "2005-01-17T20:56:17Z")
I played this game to death over the course of about a week over the summer. I think my high was like 17k. I’ve gotten 8 or 9 in a row. I’m not too sure about those figures, so I guess I’m going to have to waste my time beating them to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/34 "2005-01-17T22:02:25Z")
My high score is 1965. This game is way too addictive. For those who can’t read and still don’t know what to do with the plane, you’re supposed to hit it with the paper ball. Oh, and I can’t hit it going straight up. Something about the mouse and the size of the game ‘window’ just doesn’t work for me. I have to go at an angle and just miss the shot. ---
**Author:** ![josejones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@josejones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/josejones)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/35 "2005-01-18T12:54:13Z")
a fun shot is to toss the wad underhand so it disappears out of the window and comes in from almost straight down into the basket. tougher than balls to make but immensely satisfying when it goes in. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/36 "2005-01-18T14:22:41Z")
After a good night’s rest, I was ready to come back and enter the ring. 10830! Suuuuh-weet! Whenever that airplane comes though, I lock up with performance anxiety and just can’t let go of that paper ball. Okay, time to go back for another run. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/37 "2005-01-19T06:25:42Z")
Ok. Now I have to go back and try again. If you guys can do that well I’ll be damned if I’m giving up with only 750. ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/38 "2005-01-19T11:43:11Z")
Finally, 4005! This was after some 20 attempts, with an average of some 500. I’m disappointed I don’t get to be on the daily high scores, I guess it’s just for paying members. ---
**Author:** ![Offensive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Offensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Offensive)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973/39 "2005-01-19T13:34:09Z")
Fun. 14,390 points. [sub]n00bs[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-this-game-is-addicting/284973.md?page=1)