OT: My favorite diversion of the week.

[Swish]

No, not watching clips of Janet Jackson's boob flash. ;) I was talking about this nice link;

http://home.tele2.fr/kcv/pinguin.swf

See how far you can hit the penguin. My personal best after about 30 swings is 322.90. That may seem like a long way, but it's not all that unrealistic once you get the hang of it.

Enjoy,

Swish Baby

[mad rhetorik]

314.7 feet.

(Oh, wait, nevermind, 319.5 feet! <b>I rule</b>!!)

Poor penguins. ; P

[tentoze]

No, not watching clips of Janet Jackson's boob flash. ;) I was talking about this nice link;

http://home.tele2.fr/kcv/pinguin.swf

See how far you can hit the penguin. My personal best after about 30 swings is 322.90. That may seem like a long way, but it's not all that unrealistic once you get the hang of it.

Enjoy,

Swish Baby
588.70

[ForeverAutumn]

I guess I must swing like a girl. ;)

[MindGoneHaywire]

Like similar stuff I've seen in the past, completely dumb but incredibly addictive if you catch in in the right (or wrong) mood. My tops was 320.3.

[tentoze]

588.70
I figgered out that the trick is to NOT hit pop-ups that cause pengy to stick head-first in the snow like an arrow. If you hit line drives, he'll skid for a long way.

:)

[Dusty Chalk]

317.something. Yeah, I kept burying their heads in the snow, too, most of those were around 200. The shortest was like 50 ft.

[Troy]

323.5

How the hell you get 588? That's nearly double most people's best.

[tentoze]

323.5

How the hell you get 588? That's nearly double most people's best.
Got put on that game yesterday from another forum where the poster's best was 613. Like I said, the key is line drives to get the peng to skid. I haven't hit a pop-up longer than about 480. To time it right, I get struck out a lot, but when ya connect right, the peng will go like a straight shot in the air past the last sign, then bounce and skid for up to another 200-250. I spent 2 or 3 minutes at it 2nite, but didn't get any further than 503, and most a lot less, on average.

[Jim Clark]

323.4

just can't get any backspin on that penguin.

jc

[Jefferson]

I couldn't get past 317.5, I think I had bad snow or something. ;)

[Swish]

Got put on that game yesterday from another forum where the poster's best was 613. Like I said, the key is line drives to get the peng to skid. I haven't hit a pop-up longer than about 480. To time it right, I get struck out a lot, but when ya connect right, the peng will go like a straight shot in the air past the last sign, then bounce and skid for up to another 200-250. I spent 2 or 3 minutes at it 2nite, but didn't get any further than 503, and most a lot less, on average.

I'm not saying I don't believe you, I just don't. :D I mean, all you do it click your mouse so the penguin jumps, then click it again to swing the bat. I've probably hit that sucker a few hundred times so far and have never gotten past the 322.90 mark that I mentioned, and most are in the 200-300 range. If you hit it too high, it just plugs in the ground. Hit it to straight and it skids to a quick stop. Is there something I'm missing here? I can't imagine 400 much less 500 or 600.

A bewildered Swish.

[tentoze]

I'm not saying I don't believe you, I just don't. :D I mean, all you do it click your mouse so the penguin jumps, then click it again to swing the bat. I've probably hit that sucker a few hundred times so far and have never gotten past the 322.90 mark that I mentioned, and most are in the 200-300 range. If you hit it too high, it just plugs in the ground. Hit it to straight and it skids to a quick stop. Is there something I'm missing here? I can't imagine 400 much less 500 or 600.

A bewildered Swish.
It's all in the wrist, Swish, all in the wrist.........

:p

[Swish]

;)
It's all in the wrist, Swish, all in the wrist.........

:p

Doh!

[tentoze]

;)

Doh!
Hehehe- I actually found out the discrepancy, and do hereby apologize to all the heavy hitting yetis here at RR. This link http://meph.eu.org/ (http://meph.eu.org/) is the one I've been playing, not the link you posted. Now, I mistakenly assumed that the thing was scattered all over the web, which it is (I've found at least 3 other url's running it) and that it would be the same thing- I was wrong. The one I was playing has obviously been juiced up. On yr link, I got a 320 best.

I'll go put on my hair shirt and do some heavy penance.

:eek:

[Swish]

:) :)
Hehehe- I actually found out the discrepancy, and do hereby apologize to all the heavy hitting yetis here at RR. This link http://meph.eu.org/ (http://meph.eu.org/) is the one I've been playing, not the link you posted. Now, I mistakenly assumed that the thing was scattered all over the web, which it is (I've found at least 3 other url's running it) and that it would be the same thing- I was wrong. The one I was playing has obviously been juiced up. On yr link, I got a 320 best.

I'll go put on my hair shirt and do some heavy penance.

:eek:

Dude, thanks for that bit of information. I was making myself nutz trying to figure out how anyone could possibly do so much better. I went to your link and was able to get 553 after a few swings.

Swishy

[Jefferson]

...on the hyped up one I got 566.9! :D

[-Jar-]

...on the hyped up one I got 566.9! :D

CRAP.

459 ON THE FIRST SWING.

HERE I WAS ALL DAY SMACKING THAT DAMN PENGUIN NO FURTHER THAN 320.

THANKS.

:mad:

[MindGoneHaywire]

I spent way too much time with this last night & ended up with a high of 323, which I think was a little higher than what I'd had earlier in the day-320, I think. Tried the new link & managed 593. There is something to putting a little 'english' into the swing. Granted, there's not all that much you can do with a mouse, as it's not a joystick, but you can hold down the button while the penguin is jumping & release it at various points & get various results. The key to getting the line drives instead of the pop-ups is of course not to swing too soon. Clicking a little differently than you normally would is helpful.

[Slosh]

I must have reached the upper limits on both versions because I got 323.5 and 593.5 about ten times each.

NP: Enon - High Society (whatta great <s>fvcking</s> album :D )

[Jefferson]

I must have reached the upper limits on both versions because I got 323.5 and 593.5 about ten times each.

NP: Enon - High Society (whatta great <s>fvcking</s> album :D )

What a board, nothin but a bunch of guys standing around all day smacking their penguins. :D :D :D

[tentoze]

I must have reached the upper limits on both versions because I got 323.5 and 593.5 about ten times each.

NP: Enon - High Society (whatta great <S>fvcking</S> album :D )
Ya were probably close there, Slosh. Take 30 on me.
:)

[Slosh]

What a board, nothin but a bunch of guys standing around all day smacking their penguins. :D :D :D

Well, I'd rather smack my penguin than talk about prog. Prog makes all other human endeavors appear to be interesting :p

NP: Les Savy Fav - Rome Upside Down

[Dusty Chalk]

Maybe the other one is metric.