# why am i doing this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458 "2002-07-30T00:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/1 "2002-07-30T00:28:51Z")
ok so i start playing this game on [popcap.com](http://popcap.com)…it’s a fairly stupid, mindless game, called noah’s ark. consists of matching pairs of animals that go into the ark, and you have to match all the pairs on the screen, and there are blocks that fall and block the path between them and such. it doesn’t get harder the more levels you play. so i start playing it today, who knows why. what i get hooked on are the ranks they give you. 30000 points, you’re an animal trainer, 50,000 a beastmaster. well, after super beastmaster (which is where i am right now), which is at about 300000 or so, they say the next rank is given at 999999999. so i say to myself “hmmm. i wonder what the next rank is?” and you know curiosity killed the cat. so i keep playing. something in my mind was thinking that i had to get to 9999999, and i’m thinking “gee, that’s not that far…”. then i realize there are two more 9s that have to be added :smack: so i’ve made it to 6381360, i’m on level 205, and the damn thing’s still really easy. i mean no brainer, so i play a level in about thirty seconds while i’m waiting for damn slow SDMB pages to load. why do i bother? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/2 "2002-07-30T02:00:26Z")
**Sivalensis** , you are my new Satan. You’ve introduced me to the biggest time-waster since MAME or Worms. And of course it gets harder!! It wouldn’t be an evil, mind-addicting game otherwise! ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/3 "2002-07-30T02:11:12Z")
I hate this game for it’s addiction factor. I CAN’T STOP PLAYING!!! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/4 "2002-07-30T02:58:48Z")
stable boy animal handler rat wrangler lost 'cause spent too much time answering an im in the middle of the game. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/5 "2002-07-30T03:22:27Z")
stable boy animal handler rat wrangler ~ok, ok, so I’m addicted!~ still rat wrangler frog finder bird watcher still bird watcher dog trainer ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/6 "2002-07-30T03:24:11Z")
poopcap games dont work for me ☹ all I get is that stupid image icon ☹ ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/7 "2002-07-30T03:41:17Z")
~84 minutes stright. 3384 animals saved 161 combos biggest combo: x11 Super Beastmaster rank for the last hour, I wasn’t even picking any combos and I STILL couldn’t lose… ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/8 "2002-07-30T04:09:34Z")
yeah i only concentrate on getting combos when the water actually rises. otherwise it’s pointless worrying about it. i’ve been playing the non-time one, so i have it minimized, then just go back and play it now and then. a co-worker got me hooked on the damn site, now it’s hard to stop it! and there are so many addictive games! alchemy, the dinosaur egg one, the money one, the round ball one…argh! between that and smdb, i don’t do much! ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/9 "2002-07-30T04:13:40Z")
av8mike…you seriously got 11 of the same animal in a row? i didn’t even think they put out that many of the same in one game! ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-doing-this/121458/10 "2002-07-30T04:26:43Z")
**Sivalensis** , don’t feel too bad until you’ve killed a day or two at The Jigzone.