Author Topic: ENTERTAIN ME!!!...please...(It's that time again) (Read 9905 times)

Stratos · « **on:** June 13, 2009, 10:26:48 PM »

I'm bored and stuck in the security office at my school. It's lock is broken so I have to stay in here and watch the cameras until it's time to go home. I don't want to go much farther than e-mail, social networking sites and here because if I go too far or do too much online then I could run the risk of getting internet privelages revoked. And there are no new threads here to comment on that I see.

Could somebody tell me a story or something to entertain me for the last few hours of my shift? It's been a long day and I want to hear a story.

Thanks

Stratos · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2009, 10:28:43 PM »

Zap, Yoshidious and UncleBob are all online I see.

Tell me a story!

Stratos · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2009, 10:30:54 PM »

BlackNMild2k1, super_famicomplicated, Zap and Yoshidious are all online.

Tell me a story please?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2009, 10:31:58 PM »

read the Joke thread from beginning to end.

Stratos · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2009, 10:32:19 PM »

I already did that...twice

King of Twitch · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2009, 10:51:57 PM »

A funny story.. hmm. After my post in the game inventory thread, a certain poster read it for about 10 minutes and never posted. Looks like I was right

Why don't you tell us about yourself. What games are you playing now and want to get this year?

Mop it up · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2009, 10:57:57 PM »

So I guess LineRider is out of the question?

Stratos · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:02:32 PM »

OK, I'm obsessed with Animal Crossing City Folk right now because hanging with the NWR crew on there is amazing.

...I play MyBrutes...that counts as a game, right?

Not a whole lot else right now, actually. Been pretty busy. I play a lot of hearts on my cell phone. I also play some Pop 'Em Drop 'Em Samegame on WW. I try to also squeeze some Mario Kart Online in when I can. Also the coin launcher game on Brawl has been a huge unwinder game for me since there are still several thousand coins I have stored up. So I play that. I keep trying to get into Sam & Max but I am stuck on a major roadblock and refuse to look up the answer or go ahead to the next episode and play out of order.

I'm getting BWii for the WiFi night. And I hope to buy Conduit, Indiana Jones and Overlord on the 24th if my deposit check from my last apartment comes soon enough.

I actually spend more time on here than playing games. Kinda sad, I guess. But that's how it's rolling right now.

All right, Whatchyou Been Playin?

Quote from: Mop_it_up on June 13, 2009, 10:57:57 PM

So I guess LineRider is out of the question?

I don't own that game. I will not go onto any online flash game sites because I will not risk my computer priveleges being revoked.

Mop it up · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:08:30 PM »

My most recent Wii game is Rubik's World. Yes, I was interesting in it because I like the Rubik's Cube, but it actually got some decent reviews as well. The premise of the game is that all of the cubes of Rubik's Cubes have wondered off to create their own puzzle world. The game contains eight types of puzzle games, which include things like stacking cubes to form certain shapes, guiding rolling cubes so they don't bump into each other, and of course the original Rubik's Cube itself.

I haven't played much of it but I'm enjoying it so far. It actually has all four sizes of Rubik's Cubes in it but the interface is kind of clunky. I'd been wanting to try the cube that's one larger than the original (it's called Rubik's Revenge) but I'd rather have it in physical form so I could watch TV or something whilst I twist.

Stratos · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:19:05 PM »

I've been curious about that game. It goes right along with Mercury Meltdown as bargain games that I'd like to get.

I've never understood how they work. I've been able to get one side completely solid but not more than that. I guess I'm not a three-dimentional thinker.

Mop it up · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:27:21 PM »

I'd recommend it if you like puzzle games, but some of the puzzles have a difficulty that's comparable to the Rubik's Cube so beware.

Solving the Rubik's Cube isn't easy. Part of what it takes is memorization, especially if you go the trial-and-error route. Getting the middle and especially the final side requires you to figure out sequences of moves which will move the cubes on one side but leaves the others where they were after you're finished. If you can memorize the moves you made when trying to figure out a sequence then you can reverse it if you make a mistake.

Starting with the Rubik's Junior is also a good idea because it is easier to learn basic sequences with it.

What I think is crazy is the person who solved it when blindfolded. In three minutes, no less.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:40:56 PM »

I've been playing through Minish Cap and every now and then Wii Sports. Also guitar hero, only IRL.

I am following the Tiger Woods Wii thread closely to see if M+ is working out and it sounds great. I want to get that and WSR, as well as Endless Ocean 2. They all sound like great improvements over previous iterations.

Do you have wireless internet and mario kart ds at your work?

Stratos · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:44:36 PM »

No...no wireless.
I don't even have it at home right now because the security is too high. My Dad had to be prodded to lower it enough to allow the Wii to use it.

Though I do enjoy that and Phantom Hourglass online.

I had a kid in an old youth group I led who could solve a Rubik's Cube in around 5 minutes while blindfolded. It is very impressive.

that Baby guy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:52:14 PM »

I've got it! Play tetris on a piece of paper. We'll give you the pieces, and you draw out their placement.

I'll start:

L-block Z-block I-block o-block L-block z-block z-block I-block.

GO!

King of Twitch · « **Reply #14 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:53:16 PM »

rubix cube with mutton plucks would make a good $1 wii ware game. discuss

that Baby guy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:56:07 PM »

Technically, it is possible to be forced to lose tetris. If the shapes are all randomly either only s-blocks or only z-blocks hundreds of times in a row, then you'd be forced to lose. Apparently, this means that even if you tried to play tetris forever, if the random number generator did it's job, after years and years, you would eventually, someday have to lose.

It made me cry.

Mop it up · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:57:09 PM »

Here's something you might find entertaining, my review of Carmageddon, the worst game I've ever played:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/review/R106920.html

The first paragraph is kind of weak but the rest is pretty good.

Stratos · « **Reply #17 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:58:21 PM »

Quote from: thatguy on June 13, 2009, 11:52:14 PM

I've got it! Play tetris on a piece of paper. We'll give you the pieces, and you draw out their placement.

I'll start:

L-block Z-block I-block o-block L-block z-block z-block I-block.

GO!

That is a brilliant idea. Sadly it must wait for another time or be played without me. It is time for lockdown. Thanks for keeping me busy y'all

nickmitch · « **Reply #18 on:** June 17, 2009, 06:56:43 PM »

Quote from: thatguy on June 13, 2009, 11:56:07 PM

Technically, it is possible to be forced to lose tetris. If the shapes are all randomly either only s-blocks or only z-blocks hundreds of times in a row, then you'd be forced to lose. Apparently, this means that even if you tried to play tetris forever, if the random number generator did it's job, after years and years, you would eventually, someday have to lose.

It made me cry.

The game gets infinitely faster. After reaching so many levels, the blocks would move too fast to control. The tetrominoes that fall wouldn't matter.

Mop it up · « **Reply #19 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:04:07 PM »

Quote from: nickmitch on June 17, 2009, 06:56:43 PM

After reaching so many levels, the blocks would move too fast to control. The tetrominoes that fall wouldn't matter.

Depends on the version of Tetris. NES and Game Boy versions cap at level 19. The highest speed does create a sort of "cone" of where it is possible to move pieces, so it wouldn't take very many s- and z-blocks to fill it up. Certainly not years. Maybe hours.

that Baby guy · « **Reply #20 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:06:42 PM »

The reason why it takes years is that the sequence of just "s-blocks" or "z-blocks," well, the number of them needed in a row, that might take time to come up on the RNG. It's not like you can just will the RNG in your direction. If that were the case, it wouldn't be an RNG.

Mop it up · « **Reply #21 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:11:20 PM »

But at the highest speed level you wouldn't need to get very many in order for it to fill up the movable space. If you could play where the speed level stays at level 1, then maybe you could play for years, but not at level 19.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #22 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:28:13 PM »

Don't forget the terrible plague of infinite spin that has been an official part of Tetris in recent years. I've maxed out the line counter in Tetris DS, and it's easy. My record is 180 something on the Game Boy version, and that was a rare feat that took everything I had (I think I only broke 180 twice).

Mop it up · « **Reply #23 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:35:42 PM »

That's exactly why the NES and Game Boy Tetris are the best versions. I like it when my games end after a reasonable length, thank you.

Stratos · « **Reply #24 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:53:09 PM »

Quote from: Mop_it_up on June 17, 2009, 07:35:42 PM

That's exactly why the NES and Game Boy Tetris are the best versions. I like it when my games end after a reasonable length, thank you.

Tell that so some friends of mine. If their games of RTS' like StarCraft last less than an hour it was a poor game in their mind. Real matches take whole days to finish right.

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Author Topic: ENTERTAIN ME!!!...please...(It's that time again) (Read 9905 times)