Flash game: Man who catch flies with chopsticks can accomplish anything...

Crunchy in milk · 09-13-2003, 02:59 AM

http://www2.abc.net.au/fly/flysui/flysui.html

Most likely you'll either waste hours trying to (thus not accomplishing anything), or get seriously frustrated and go do something constructive (accomplishing something)

SamandMax · 09-13-2003, 03:00 AM

I caught one fly. That's good enough for me.

Fum · 09-13-2003, 03:31 AM

I caught nine once. Good times, good times...

Ginny · 09-13-2003, 03:57 AM

One is good enough for me too. I won't waste, err spend, err invest, my time in this

..... Except when I'm bored

Nine? *clap-clap* wow...

zarathustrian · 09-13-2003, 05:14 AM

Man, I've seen this before--couldn't catch a single damned fly! I was screaming in frustration. I mean, actually yelling out loud.

Crunchy in milk · 09-13-2003, 05:15 AM

I got 199 on an earlier game.

I find it addictive, I like the music and the voice samples.

Fum · 09-13-2003, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Crunchy in milk

I got 199 on an earlier game.

I find it addictive, I like the music and the voice samples.

That's insane, but I know it's more then possible. I just kind of freaked out (not really, but you know) when I got up to nine, which screwed up the pace I had going. If you just keep on a roll the game can last forever because you keep getting more and more time.

twifkak · 09-13-2003, 05:58 AM

Impossible.

That, or I haven't figured out the strategy yet. Oh well, another game fallen to the wayside of laziness.

Crunchy in milk · 09-13-2003, 06:14 AM

Not quite forever the game reduces the 'value' of flies as time progresses, down to 1, so eventually you can't keep the timer stacked because generally it takes longer than 1 second to snap a fly. The trick is to get as many as you can early on while they're worth more than the time it takes to snap them, then live off your 'bank' till you run out of time.

remixor · 09-13-2003, 07:06 AM

Years of adventure games have left my hand-eye coordination woefully atrophied.

SamandMax · 09-13-2003, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by remixor

Years of adventure games have left my hand-eye coordination woefully atrophied.

Yeah. Maybe if I had to build a trap using a net and a pulley with a point and click interface to catch the flies I could do it.

Phil25 · 09-13-2003, 09:23 AM

It was my first time playing and I got 308 before getting bored. BTW Crunchy, did you know you can actually rehit falling flies? It's hard and I've only done it once or twice but it's possible.

Fum · 09-13-2003, 01:29 PM

For those of you not getting in the upper double or triple digits, what are your system specs? It's often the case with flash games that lower end systems do better because the game actually runs slower. I have a high end system by the way, so that must be why I suck at this game.

Phil25 · 09-13-2003, 04:49 PM

Yeah, my PC is pretty slow [333mhz] so that probably explains it.

The Poisoned Pawn · 09-13-2003, 05:20 PM

I played this several weeks ago... At first I thought it was some sort of joke and it was actually impossible to catch any flies, but after plenty of frustration, I managed to get one.

zarathustrian · 09-13-2003, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by The Poisoned Pawn

I played this several weeks ago... At first I thought it was some sort of joke and it was actually impossible to catch any flies, but after plenty of frustration, I managed to get one.

Exactly. That must be it. My amazingly superfast monstro-system is running the Flash animation so silky smooth, that it makes the game near-impossible to play. That must be it, right? RIGHT?!

remixor · 09-13-2003, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zarathustrian

Exactly. That must be it. My amazingly superfast monstro-system is running the Flash animation so silky smooth, that it makes the game near-impossible to play. That must be it, right? RIGHT?!

Yeeesss.... Me too....

Zygomaticus · 09-14-2003, 03:27 AM

Hehe, I first played this linked off of another forum, and the best I did was 7 flies.

And Phil25: That's pretty amazing - slow computer or not

Royal Fool · 09-14-2003, 05:10 AM

This game is damn hard when it runs at optimum speed (I'm on a 1.2 Ghz processor), I managed 8 flies at best.

twifkak · 09-14-2003, 04:21 PM

Speed makes a huge difference. For a clear example of this, try the Ninja game.

09-13-2003, 02:59 AM	#1
Crunchy in milk delusions of adequacy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,403	Man who catch flies with chopsticks can accomplish anything... http://www2.abc.net.au/fly/flysui/flysui.html Most likely you'll either waste hours trying to (thus not accomplishing anything), or get seriously frustrated and go do something constructive (accomplishing something)

09-13-2003, 03:00 AM	#2
SamandMax A Slice of Fried Gold Last Online: 04-27-2012 10:29 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,024	I caught one fly. That's good enough for me. __________________ SamandMax's Recommended Songs Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball They Might Be Giants - Dog Walker The Kinks - Money Talks Gorillaz - DoYaThing

09-13-2003, 05:14 AM	#5
zarathustrian The Robot Head of Love Last Online: 07-26-2004 10:49 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 254	Man, I've seen this before--couldn't catch a single damned fly! I was screaming in frustration. I mean, actually yelling out loud. __________________ I got a fever! And the only prescription...is more cowbell!

09-13-2003, 05:58 AM	#8
twifkak :P ^^^ at tamz Last Online: 03-06-2004 11:19 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Football Town, USA Posts: 1,354	Impossible. That, or I haven't figured out the strategy yet. Oh well, another game fallen to the wayside of laziness. __________________ In the next AG crash ___\| A temporary board ____\| I am born to spam In the "Get New" list __\| Scrolling up and down \| I am born to spam through a broadband ISP \| i am back to steal your bandwidth --Spammo-head, "Windbag"

09-13-2003, 07:06 AM	#10
remixor A search for a crazy man! Last Online: 10-23-2007 06:30 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	Years of adventure games have left my hand-eye coordination woefully atrophied. __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

09-13-2003, 03:31 AM	#3
Fum Indegan Peningald Last Online: 09-16-2006 08:00 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 140	I caught nine once. Good times, good times...

09-13-2003, 03:57 AM	#4
Ginny Grim Reaperette Last Online: 06-24-2004 01:41 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 47	One is good enough for me too. I won't waste, err spend, err invest, my time in this ..... Except when I'm bored Nine? clap-clap wow...

09-13-2003, 05:15 AM	#6
Crunchy in milk delusions of adequacy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,403	I got 199 on an earlier game. I find it addictive, I like the music and the voice samples.

09-13-2003, 06:14 AM	#9
Crunchy in milk delusions of adequacy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,403	Not quite forever the game reduces the 'value' of flies as time progresses, down to 1, so eventually you can't keep the timer stacked because generally it takes longer than 1 second to snap a fly. The trick is to get as many as you can early on while they're worth more than the time it takes to snap them, then live off your 'bank' till you run out of time.

09-13-2003, 09:23 AM	#12
Phil25 Kosmonaut Last Online: 02-17-2011 12:55 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: On the moon in the 1500's Posts: 353	It was my first time playing and I got 308 before getting bored. BTW Crunchy, did you know you can actually rehit falling flies? It's hard and I've only done it once or twice but it's possible.

09-13-2003, 01:29 PM	#13
Fum Indegan Peningald Last Online: 09-16-2006 08:00 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 140	For those of you not getting in the upper double or triple digits, what are your system specs? It's often the case with flash games that lower end systems do better because the game actually runs slower. I have a high end system by the way, so that must be why I suck at this game.

09-13-2003, 04:49 PM	#14
Phil25 Kosmonaut Last Online: 02-17-2011 12:55 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: On the moon in the 1500's Posts: 353	Yeah, my PC is pretty slow [333mhz] so that probably explains it.

09-13-2003, 05:20 PM	#15
The Poisoned Pawn Senior Member Last Online: 04-30-2011 09:45 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 136	I played this several weeks ago... At first I thought it was some sort of joke and it was actually impossible to catch any flies, but after plenty of frustration, I managed to get one.

09-14-2003, 03:27 AM	#18
Zygomaticus Liver of Life Last Online: 02-28-2011 10:31 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,317	Hehe, I first played this linked off of another forum, and the best I did was 7 flies. And Phil25: That's pretty amazing - slow computer or not

09-14-2003, 05:10 AM	#19
Royal Fool Statement: Not a meatbag. Last Online: 02-15-2007 06:39 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Iceland Posts: 813	This game is damn hard when it runs at optimum speed (I'm on a 1.2 Ghz processor), I managed 8 flies at best. __________________ .::Royal Fool::.

09-14-2003, 04:21 PM	#20
twifkak :P ^^^ at tamz Last Online: 03-06-2004 11:19 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Football Town, USA Posts: 1,354	Speed makes a huge difference. For a clear example of this, try the Ninja game. __________________ In the next AG crash ___\| A temporary board ____\| I am born to spam In the "Get New" list __\| Scrolling up and down \| I am born to spam through a broadband ISP \| i am back to steal your bandwidth --Spammo-head, "Windbag"