# Unbelievably difficult game: Just click the blue button. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988 "2006-01-08T06:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/1 "2006-01-08T06:45:32Z")
[It’s much harder than it looks.](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bluebutton) I pretty much suck. Maybe you can do better than I did. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/2 "2006-01-08T06:48:17Z")
No sooner did I say that I sucked than I beat it. Too bad it took me a half-hour to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/3 "2006-01-08T06:55:56Z")
Beat it first time (took a screen shot just in case…) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/4 "2006-01-08T06:57:52Z")
Great. Make me look like a chump. I particularly got hung up on the last two. The next to last one is basically just a luck thing. I couldn’t discern any pattern at all. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/5 "2006-01-08T07:00:57Z")
I beat it my third try. Was fun. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/6 "2006-01-08T07:05:39Z")
How do you know if you won or lost? I just played it, and went through a few levels of clicking the blue ball and not the red or orange, and it didn’t say I lost. Does that mean I finished? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/7 "2006-01-08T07:07:40Z")
It’ll tell you if you won or not. Did you hit any checkpoints? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/8 "2006-01-08T07:09:35Z")
Checkpoints? I went through a bunch of different levels, and then all of a sudden I was back at the beginning. It never told me I had clicked on one of the balls I shouldn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/9 "2006-01-08T07:14:41Z")
It doesn’t tell you. It just starts you over at the last checkpoint you reached, or at the beginning if you didn’t get to a chackpoint. You aren’t doing so well. I told you it was tough. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/10 "2006-01-08T07:25:02Z")
Thanks. Apparently I suck at this. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/11 "2006-01-08T07:38:45Z")
Also won first try. It’s not an exceptionally difficult game. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/12 "2006-01-08T07:39:17Z")
I beat it. Took a couple tries, but beat it within 4 minutes of opening this thread. Now, if only you can beat “War of Sand”! ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/13 "2006-01-08T07:42:44Z")
Third try too. Not a bad way to amuse myself for a few minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/14 "2006-01-08T09:03:57Z")
I won in about 5 minutes, though I had to restart at a couple checkpoints a few times. ---
**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 8, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/15 "2006-01-08T09:15:53Z")
Won on the second try. Pretty cool though. ---
**Author:** ![melunz67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@melunz67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melunz67)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/16 "2006-01-08T09:21:35Z")
Yup…about 5 minutes here too. Was fun! ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/17 "2006-01-08T10:45:18Z")
It’s really easy if you use a laptop with a touchpad, since there’s no chance of wobbly mouse syndrome. You just leave the pointer where the blue ball appears and time your click. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/18 "2006-01-08T11:11:38Z")
Sweet, I won! I never win these kinda thigs! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/19 "2006-01-08T11:47:51Z")
I beat it drunk. Do I get a cookie? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988/20 "2006-01-08T11:47:59Z")
Great, and I’d just got over my addiction to Kitty Cannon. Thanks a lot. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievably-difficult-game-just-click-the-blue-button/338988.md?page=2)