And yeah, this series of exams seems to be nothing more than an assessment of how crappy and slow our computers are. Even with IE9.
or because of IE9
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:11 pm
BitGamer
I despise those number sliding puzzles. With a passion. And yeah, this series of exams seems to be nothing more than an assessment of how crappy and slow our computers are. Even with IE9.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:09 am
SevenSonicStructures
davedubya wrote:
On the first test, is it even possible to dodge some of those blocks? The gaps aren't big enough to go through and you can't avoid them.
You could just move to the left or right wall, you don't have to go through them. Then again that's because I must have a slow internet so I can't go beyond the 250 points mark in that test, which also means I can move fast enough (from my perspective) to do that.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:59 am
youngpaddy1
I got a score for the last test (a massive 888) and an achievement neither of which are showing up. On the first test just increase your keyboards double click speed and decrease the time it waits to click, all the blocks are avoidable even playing in chrome, incognito.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:29 am
davedubya
n_i_c_k wrote:
It's not possible to move left or right quick enough to dodge them. It's stupid. Might be different in IE9, in fact, most likely is. I can get 6,600 on the block dropping test. Seems the 5th test is IE9 exclusive and I'll never get play it.
Using IE9 seems to make no difference to the tests.
And the 5th test is so difficult I might as well have not tried it.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:23 am
n_i_c_k
It's not possible to move left or right quick enough to dodge them. It's stupid. Might be different in IE9, in fact, most likely is. I can get 6,600 on the block dropping test. Seems the 5th test is IE9 exclusive and I'll never get play it.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:03 am
davedubya
On the first test, is it even possible to dodge some of those blocks? The gaps aren't big enough to go through and you can't avoid them.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:59 am
thebruce
Sounds like they're not even testing if the browser is compatibile, but rather checking straight browser useragent strings, and restricting anything that's not IE9 on Windows... that's certainly cutting off users.
One benefit tho? Forcing existing old-IE users to finally upgrade to IE9 (though if they're still on IE6-8, it's probably by determined choice)
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:47 am
n_i_c_k
Well this blows. I can't get higher than 975 on the first test because I can't move left or right fast enough. I'm using chrome and can't install IE9 because I'm on Windows XP.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:36 am
youngpaddy1
they seem to take your highest score, just completed the game 5 level 2 puzzle after about a year and a half of clicking 881 points crap didn't even show up on my score.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:26 am
iandaking
Will they take your highest score from a game level or just the score of the latest game you played? I actually got lower on my second attempt than my first one and am trying to get to 20000 just so i could be close to the leaderboards.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:49 pm
youngpaddy1
I complained but then got my laptop out, and upgraded it just to play level 1 of the 5th round because level 2 is a bitch.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:39 pm
RHT1
No Mac at all?
Alright, I see everyone else complaining about the IE portion... I'm running on a Mac so I can't even try.. ever?! There's no such thing as IE for Mac anymore.
Lame that they eliminate a portion of the audience by goin' ol' school and back to the Windows vs Mac argument instead of to the future... I thought this was supposed to be about the future.. no?
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:26 pm
iandaking
BitGamer wrote:
2325? How on Earth? Are you supposed to shoot the gap between the two blocks?
I know. The people who succeed must have quick fingers or fast internet
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:59 pm
iandaking
davedubya wrote:
iandaking wrote:
davedubya wrote:
My only regret...is that I have...Boneitis.
Shame they picked IE. I'd rather not have to use it.
EDIT: I just opened it up in IE8 and it won't run. You actually have to have IE9.
Do you need any certain plugins for these games? They aren't running on my IE9 browser and I'm not getting any audio either when Andrea's talking
Are you using hte 64-bit version of IE9? Same happened for me, I had to use the 32-bit version.
...not that I can actually do the fifth test.
Same thing with the 32-bit version. wtf
EDIT: I fixed the issue thanks! Turns out I had to modify my multimedia tab settings to allow for sound and display etc
(though if they're still on IE6-8, it's probably by determined choice)
and am trying to get to 20000 just so i could be close to the leaderboards.