# Oddly compelling little game... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364 "2005-02-10T06:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/1 "2005-02-10T06:06:29Z")
Oddly compelling for being so simple, that is. Only one decision involved. [1105 points, baby!!!](http://www.deviantart.com/view/8666529/) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/2 "2005-02-10T06:07:02Z")
Found a neat flash game recommended over at the Nodwick home page. It kind of simlar to the game of Life. [http://www.deviantart.com/view/8666529/](http://www.deviantart.com/view/8666529/) No reflexes, no enemies. Basically, the only object is to make a chain reaction that goes for as long as possible. My record so far is 2496. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/3 "2005-02-10T06:09:19Z")
And **Leaper** wins by…[one minute](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301661). ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/4 "2005-02-10T06:16:43Z")
1124 on my second try. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/5 "2005-02-10T06:20:03Z")
1200… and rising… …wow… I’m good… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/6 "2005-02-10T06:24:02Z")
1769 after several double-digit attempts . . . ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/7 "2005-02-10T06:27:29Z")
I got 2049 on about my fifth try. It just kept on going and going… ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/8 "2005-02-10T06:30:55Z")
Pretty cool…right now I’m at 896 ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/9 "2005-02-10T06:38:21Z")
After trying desperately to beat **Cunctator** score, I’m afraid I must end with a final score of 1564. ☹ I’m not sure what happened. But the last twenty or so times, I just didn’t seem to be able to reach a climatic explosion. It shook a little bit, and seemed ready to blow, but then it just fizzled. :o ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/10 "2005-02-10T06:48:38Z")
Damn you, **Leaper**. [Damn you.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301662) At least I’ve got a better high score. Beat 2496! ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/11 "2005-02-10T07:17:05Z")
1,307 baby! ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/12 "2005-02-10T07:18:06Z")
Oh, the OP beat me ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/13 "2005-02-10T08:03:25Z")
All that work to get everything facing in the same direction and it only nets me about 1700, oh well, I should have seen that coming. But I did get 1957 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/14 "2005-02-10T08:18:01Z")
1. online bubble pop ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/15 "2005-02-10T09:15:19Z")
**Leaper** and **Sublight** , your threads have been merged. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/16 "2005-02-10T12:33:06Z")
Finally fizzled at 1915. I should be getting out to work. Damn you all! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/17 "2005-02-10T12:53:01Z")
Wow, it feels like trying to start the evolution of life. Over and over and over… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/18 "2005-02-10T13:36:50Z")
1489 on my second go. Haven’t made it past 600 since. ---
**Author:** ![WCStyles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7cd45c/32.png) [@WCStyles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WCStyles)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/19 "2005-02-10T14:06:37Z")
Okay, first try gained me all of one point. Second shot: 2725! Elation still tempered by utter humiliation of first attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364/20 "2005-02-10T15:08:06Z")
It’s also kinda fun to get 'em all lined up and then play around making patterns of waves moving across the board . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-compelling-little-game/289364.md?page=2)