# So I've found the most addicting game that exists on the internet. No, seriously **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356 "2013-09-21T00:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/602 "2014-05-10T19:50:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **TruCelt** : > > I cheated a few things, but not to the extent you are assuming. I’m assuming that you cheated to an extent that it was possible for you to get 1422 prisms. It’s simply not possible to have gotten to that point, or anywhere close to it, legitimately in the time since the game’s been released. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/603 "2014-05-11T23:25:04Z")
I’m at 338,000+ HCs, and I’ve never ‘cheated’. But I don’t see why Cookie Clicker has to follow different rules than other computer games. There are whole games devoted to blowing things up or hacking things to pieces. I’ve heard you can run over street prostitutes with a tank in Vice City, though I’ve never seen it. Cheating at Cookie Clicker just doesn’t seem so sinister by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/604 "2014-05-12T00:27:16Z")
Yeah, 338,000 HCs is a believable number, but that’s not what **TruCelt** is claiming. He’s claiming to have 1422 prisms. That means that the last prism he bought cost about 3.47_10^76 chips. The cookies just from that last prism alone, never mind the 1421 that came before it, would net him about 2.6_10^32 heavenly chips. And if we suppose that he has, oh, ten times that many chips, then it would take him not “a full day” of his full production to buy the next one, but about a couple hundred trillion times the lifespan of the Universe. I’m not making a value judgment here, or anything, but if you’re cheating to that extent, don’t try to say that it’s “just a little bit”. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/605 "2014-05-12T03:42:55Z")
This game is insane and makes no sense and the same goes for all you people. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/606 "2014-05-12T03:44:25Z")
Of course I am not one to talk as I continue to play the slot machine that calls itself diablo iii ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/607 "2014-05-12T06:47:23Z")
My current stats. Cookies baked alltime 77.5 sextillion Heavenly Chips 384,865 Golden cookie clicks 23,077 Cookie per second 5.7 quaddrillion Most Prisms owned 177…I think to get 200 prisms in a reasonable time you will need at least 1 million heavenly chips. The 176th prism cost me 3.5 sextillion. The 177th Prism cost me 4.0 sextillion. I’m guessing the 200th Prism alone will cost around 30-35 sextillion if not more. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/608 "2014-05-12T08:38:58Z")
> [@chicagowhitesox1173](#): > > Golden cookie clicks 23,077 Jesus, dude; you need a hobby…other than Cookie Clicker. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/609 "2014-05-12T10:01:58Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Jesus, dude; you need a hobby…other than Cookie Clicker. Yeah I kinda do…on a side note, I’m now at 23,222 golden cookies. Yeah I usually watch movies while I play this. I’ve never been a fan of video games so I have no idea why I like this game so much. Also I’m pretty new to the internet and this is the only free game that I know of. I will be going back to work so I think my cookie clicker addiction will probably end. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/610 "2014-05-12T15:34:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **chicagowhitesox1173** : > > My current stats. > Cookies baked alltime 77.5 sextillion > Heavenly Chips 384,865 > Golden cookie clicks 23,077 > Cookie per second 5.7 quaddrillion > Most Prisms owned 177…I think to get 200 prisms in a reasonable time you will need at least 1 million heavenly chips. Well, it depends on what you mean by “a reasonable time”, but let’s assume that means the time it took you to get to this point in your current game. By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, that would require something like 6 million heavenly chips. Every time you buy another building, the cost of that building increases by a factor of exactly 1.15. This means that the price roughly doubles every five purchases, which means that to buy five more of anything, you have to spend about as much money as you’ve spent on those things total this session. If you’re currently at 177 and targeting 200, then, you need between four and five doublings, almost all of which is going to come from your heavenly chips. And you don’t even want to know what it would take for 400 cursors. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/611 "2014-05-12T19:34:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Well, it depends on what you mean by “a reasonable time”, but let’s assume that means the time it took you to get to this point in your current game. By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, that would require something like 6 million heavenly chips. > > Every time you buy another building, the cost of that building increases by a factor of exactly 1.15. This means that the price roughly doubles every five purchases, which means that to buy five more of anything, you have to spend about as much money as you’ve spent on those things total this session. If you’re currently at 177 and targeting 200, then, you need between four and five doublings, almost all of which is going to come from your heavenly chips. > > And you don’t even want to know what it would take for 400 cursors. I think the 400 cursors is over 1 septillion. Hopefully the new update will help with that. The maker of the game said he will be releasing a Easter update soon. I guess he was sick so that’s why it’s taking so long. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/612 "2014-05-15T15:29:31Z")
Boy, Kitten Managers is expensive. I didn’t notice when I had millions of HCs. 400 cursors and 200 prisms will take a bit too. I was up in the octillions before. 🙂 That’s one thing about this game. I’m familiar with billions and trillions from both real life (news obviously) and playing various games, but until CC I probably couldn’t have told you for sure what comes after trillion. Now I’m familiar with quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion and octillion. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/613 "2014-05-17T03:47:59Z")
I just started over again from scratch after months away. At what point should I reset in regards to Heavenly Chips? I’m at 124 trillion all time. I was changing the name of the bakery from Orteil back to Foggy, when I somehow deleted the naming space. Know how to get it back? I tried to use a cheat for Golden Cookies, but I can’t get it to work. > [@](#): > > Firefox (I’m using Pale Moon) > > Windows: Press CTRL + SHIFT + K to open the console. Click on the “scratchpad” icon on the right. After entering the desired code, press CTRL + R to execute it. > > Windows Alternate: Press CTRL + SHIFT + K to open the console. Make sure Console is selected at the top left, and that JS is selected below it. At the bottom of the console, you will see \>\>, indicating that this is where you enter your code. Enter what you need, and hit ‘enter’ to run it. The results should be displayed. Note that a return of ‘undefined’ does not mean that it failed to execute, just that there was nothing to display back to the user. Cheat code: ```auto setInterval(function() { /*Game.goldenCookie.wrath = 0;*/ Game.goldenCookie.delay = 0; }, 1); ``` Any help? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/614 "2014-05-17T04:53:28Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I just started over again from scratch after months away. > > At what point should I reset in regards to Heavenly Chips? I’m at 124 trillion all time. > > I was changing the name of the bakery from Orteil back to Foggy, when I somehow deleted the naming space. Know how to get it back? > > I tried to use a cheat for Golden Cookies, but I can’t get it to work. > > Cheat code: > > ```auto > > setInterval(function() { /*Game.goldenCookie.wrath = 0;*/ Game.goldenCookie.delay = 0; }, 1); > > ``` > > Any help? > > Thanks I reset at 11 quadrillion on my first reset. I would say 1 quadrillion is probably a decent reset for the first time though. New updates are coming out tomorrow. Already out on Beta ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/615 "2014-05-17T13:50:55Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > At what point should I reset in regards to Heavenly Chips? I’m at 124 trillion all time. I generally reset each time the HC count will double (i.e. every time the “All Time” count is four times the “forfeited” count), unless I’m close to some goal. But it’s arbitrary; I suspect that the optimal rate in terms of all-time cookie counts would be to reset immediately after you’ve gotten all the cookies/buildings that don’t require whatever you consider to be an unreasonable wait, but that would make it hard to get the high-building-count achievements. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/616 "2014-05-17T14:04:20Z")
I _think_ that the optimal reset point is something like when the ratio of chips you will have to chips you have now is equal to the ratio of total time spent this session to time spent building up to your current rate (“current rate” should be interpreted in terms of major increases like Kitten Managers, not just going from 150 prisms to 151 or the like). Personally, though, I just try to grow my chips by sqrt(2), i.e., current game = forfeited. Obviously, neither of these is really applicable to one’s first reset. For that one, I’d try for, oh, two hundred chips, maybe? Any less than that, and you’re probably better off just waiting in your current game, because the next one won’t be much different. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/617 "2014-05-17T21:39:11Z")
Yeah, I usually wait until my potential HCs is double what I started the current session with. I also wait until it becomes annoyingly long before I can buy another cursor or prism. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/618 "2014-05-18T19:22:21Z")
New update, “better late than easter” is out. Refresh your games kids. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/619 "2014-05-20T01:31:50Z")
Great Update! Wrinklers now heal themselves. There is a season to compete with Christmas. Bunnies! The easter egg hunt is fun. Save your Chocolate egg until you are ready to reset. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/620 "2014-05-20T01:36:45Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > Great Update! Wrinklers now heal themselves. There is a season to compete with Christmas. Bunnies! The easter egg hunt is fun. Save your Chocolate egg until you are ready to reset. My chocolate egg got me 6 Qi eggs. How does it work? I just buy stuff. I have about 12 or so eggs. I think there are more. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/621 "2014-05-20T02:13:39Z")
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