# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/782 "2016-01-08T20:39:46Z")
Thank you, Chronos! I am awed by your dedication to the cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/783 "2016-01-08T22:39:51Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > So I still keep telling myself that I’ll soon reach a point where it will seem pointless to continue…currently approaching 500 hours played, on my 5th reset, with 20 trillion cps and about 45 quintillion all-time cookies, 32 of them on this reset. At this point just getting one more prism (I currently have 130) would take half a day’s production, so I think I will let it run until I have some spare time over the weekend and reset again. I’ve got the season shifter upgrade but haven’t started playing with it yet. > > What do people think is the best strategy for buildings? I’ve been using a system of keeping 2n cursors and grandmas, and n everything else, but at this point cursors and grandmas (260 each) are getting very expensive. Farms and factories are actually the best deal in terms of ratio of cost to production, but their absolute production is basically irrelevant. I keep buying them because having more total buildings indirectly increases cursor production and in hope of getting more achievements (though I’ve already had over 200 of everything cheaper than portals in previous lives). Any advice? Seems like you’re doing _something_ wrong - my game has 498 hours with 8 resets but base CpS is 266.853 trillion with 1.138 sextillion all-time baked (and definitely never cheated :p). Having a few more resets is probably a big part of it; make sure to keep resetting now and then (even mine I think are low). Have you gotten all the achievements you can? Making use of the season switcher and getting all those achievements and upgrades is also part of it. I always get all the Christmas upgrades first, and the Easter upgrades are important also because they give you a **global** production modifier that multiplies by everything else, as opposed to the additive multipliers you get from most of the cookie upgrades. For buildings I usually go to at least 200 of everything prior to time machines, as those are all relatively cheap (and you unlock a double output upgrade for that particular type at 200), and 150 time machines and antimatter condensers, and currently at 141 prisms. Oh, and you are unlocking the Grandmapocalypse and letting the wrinklers eat while it’s running passively right? That’s very important as they increase your output by quite a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/784 "2016-01-10T18:10:27Z")
Wow, maybe I do need to be resetting more! Also I haven’t done Easter yet. I reset again yesterday evening and exceeded my previous record cps in only 4 hours! I do let the wrinklers dine undisturbed and my buildings are similar to yours, so I wonder if the difference could just be the resets and the Easter upgrades? ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/785 "2016-01-10T22:05:42Z")
I suspect this game was designed by a conglomerate of mouse manufacturers. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/786 "2016-01-10T22:45:47Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Have you gotten all the achievements you can? Making use of the season switcher and getting all those achievements and upgrades is also part of it. I always get all the Christmas upgrades first, and the Easter upgrades are important also because they give you a **global** production modifier that multiplies by everything else, as opposed to the additive multipliers you get from most of the cookie upgrades. If you’ve already gotten all the standard cookies, will it give you new seasonal cookies? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/787 "2016-01-11T04:52:43Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > If you’ve already gotten all the standard cookies, will it give you new seasonal cookies? After you switch to that season, yes. Speaking of switching seasons, what’s up with business day? It seems pointless. Is there anything special about it I need to get? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/788 "2016-01-11T04:56:05Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Speaking of switching seasons, what’s up with business day? It seems pointless. Is there anything special about it I need to get? The “Business Day” thing is April Fool’s Day, and it’s only aesthetic changes. No upgrades or achievements from it, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/789 "2016-01-11T11:56:04Z")
Well the maroons first came when that was introduced but now you can get them out of season. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/790 "2016-01-11T14:54:56Z")
Want uncanny clicker without an auto-clicker, and to save wear and tear on your mouse? MouseKeys. It’s a Windows feature that turns your number-pad plus sign into a double-click. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/791 "2016-01-11T16:30:06Z")
I got the uncanny clicker without an auto clicker, but I did it on a lap top with a wireless mouse attached. Even though the mouse is attached, the track pad buttons still work. So I had left hand on track pad, right hand on mouse and clicked for all I was worth. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/792 "2016-01-11T16:50:57Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > Well the maroons first came when that was introduced but now you can get them out of season. Macaroons, I meant.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/793 "2016-01-11T23:37:48Z")
I tried replaying it today but gave up; I’m over-familiar with it and going through the level ups after resetting is too boring now. I wish I could have known the strategies I know now when I first started out, so I could have advanced before getting tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/794 "2016-01-12T21:29:26Z")
OK, I have broken down and installed a cheat, although I prefer to think of it not so much as cheating as responsible environmental stewardship.🙂 Perfect Idling allows you to keep playing even while your computer is off; every time you go back to the site, it gives you the number of cookies you would have earned if you had let the game run unattended continuously since the last time you closed the browser. So you can’t make cookies faster than you otherwise would, you just don’t have to leave your computer running all the time. The code which worked for me was Game.Unlock(Game.UpgradesById[124].name); Full details can be found[here.](http://cookieclicker.wikia.com/wiki/Cheating) The downside of this is that there now appears to be no logical reason to EVER stop playing. I had thought that at some point the next notable achievement would be too far away to bother with, but now that doesn’t really matter, I can just go away for a few months and come back with a new stack. My name is Thing Fish, and I am powerless over cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/795 "2016-01-12T21:30:44Z")
> [@Zyanthia](#): > > I got the uncanny clicker without an auto clicker, but I did it on a lap top with a wireless mouse attached. Even though the mouse is attached, the track pad buttons still work. So I had left hand on track pad, right hand on mouse and clicked for all I was worth. That is the most brilliant idea I have ever heard in my life. I have adopted the technique, but still no achievement (though lots of yummy, yummy cookies). ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/796 "2016-01-12T21:35:47Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Seems like you’re doing _something_ wrong - my game has 498 hours with 8 resets but base CpS is 266.853 trillion with 1.138 sextillion all-time baked (and definitely never cheated :p). Having a few more resets is probably a big part of it; make sure to keep resetting now and then (even mine I think are low). Have you gotten all the achievements you can? Making use of the season switcher and getting all those achievements and upgrades is also part of it. I always get all the Christmas upgrades first, and the Easter upgrades are important also because they give you a **global** production modifier that multiplies by everything else, as opposed to the additive multipliers you get from most of the cookie upgrades. > > For buildings I usually go to at least 200 of everything prior to time machines, as those are all relatively cheap (and you unlock a double output upgrade for that particular type at 200), and 150 time machines and antimatter condensers, and currently at 141 prisms. > > Oh, and you are unlocking the Grandmapocalypse and letting the wrinklers eat while it’s running passively right? That’s very important as they increase your output by quite a lot. I think it is just the resets. Somehow I had gotten it into my head that **Chronos** recommended waiting until your current game’s total cookies baked was 4x your previous all-time total, but having reviewed the thread and the wiki on the other site, clearly I was waiting too long. I am now on the 6th reset, at 625 hours total and 55.4 trillion cps; the Easter upgrades help, but not all that much. The key seems to be the Heavenly multipliers, which allow you to get many more cps with a given amount of buildings. I am currently on 12,602 HC, how about you? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/797 "2016-01-12T23:13:46Z")
526 hours, 5 resets 455 quintillion baked all time 200 everything except 160 time machines, 130 condensers and 141 prisms 132 trillion cps 11.2 trillion per click 1842 golden cookies all time 22,294 Heavenly chips About to reset again later this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/798 "2016-01-13T04:20:23Z")
Hm, another one further along than me in less time. I am currently 631 hours in (5 resets) with “only” 118 quintillion all time and 56 trillion cps. I have only clicked 1306 golden cookies, though, so it sounds like you have been actively playing more than I. Seems hard to believe it could make that much of a difference, but I guess those frenzies add up. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/799 "2016-01-13T05:07:01Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > Hm, another one further along than me in less time. I am currently 631 hours in (5 resets) with “only” 118 quintillion all time and 56 trillion cps. I have only clicked 1306 golden cookies, though, so it sounds like you have been actively playing more than I. Seems hard to believe it could make that much of a difference, but I guess those frenzies add up. Just FYI, I haven’t cheated. Also, the first two weeks I only saw a single golden cookie. But now they seem to occur every other minute. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/800 "2016-01-13T08:40:03Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > The key seems to be the Heavenly multipliers, which allow you to get many more cps with a given amount of buildings. I am currently on 12,602 HC, how about you? Now at 69,281 heavenly chips. Game started 604 hours ago, with 10 resets. Base CpS is 413.612 trillion, with 2.469 sextillion all-time baked. 2,306 all-time gold cookie clicks. Still need lots, lots, lots more HC before I’ll even have a chance at getting the final achievements, notably 200 of everything/prisms, which will require an utterly obscene quantity of cookies. My OCD will never release me until I’ve done it though, sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/801 "2016-01-13T23:08:50Z")
Just notched my first Eldeer! Early in a reset, with 31 trillion cps and hadn’t yet had one quintillion in the bank at a time, it dropped\*\* 2.5 quintillion\*\* on me! That enabled me to immediately buy enough stuff to raise my cps to a personal all-time high of 63 trillion cps, only 2 hours into the reset! Life is good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356.md?page=41)