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wu :: forums    riddles    general problem-solving / chatting / whatever (Moderators: SMQ, Grimbal, towr, william wu, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, Eigenray)    How long can you survive? « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: How long can you survive?  (Read 408 times) Aryabhatta Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1321 How long can you survive?   « on: Jan 29th, 2006, 1:09pm » Quote Modify http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: How long can you survive?   « Reply #1 on: Jan 29th, 2006, 2:07pm » Quote Modify I think I made 16 seconds once.. But I haven't practised in a while. Although, I could just kill some essential pieces of javascript and survive indefinitely.   [e]heh, 16.57 one the second try just now 22.3 on the fourth [/e] « Last Edit: Jan 29th, 2006, 2:10pm by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB rmsgrey Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 2874 Re: How long can you survive?   « Reply #2 on: Jan 29th, 2006, 5:01pm » Quote Modify just over 18 seconds on something like the 10th attempt - and I'll observe that, since it's the same each time, it's possible that you could get a good time just by learning a sequence of moves rather than reacting... So I don't intend to revisit any time soon IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: How long can you survive?   « Reply #3 on: Jan 29th, 2006, 5:05pm » Quote Modify 35.501! But it is an old PC that is scanning its hard drives for viruses.  It probably makes it easier. IP Logged Aryabhatta Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1321 Re: How long can you survive?   redsquare[1].htm « Reply #4 on: Jan 30th, 2006, 2:41am » Quote Modify OK.. Real Time is not a good metric.   There is a gametime metric which is more accurate.   Try the attached html file. (hope I haven't violated any copyright) IP Logged Three Hands Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 715 Re: How long can you survive?   « Reply #5 on: Jan 30th, 2006, 5:49am » Quote Modify After an hour or so of developing a route to follow, I've managed 40.344 secs real time (fairly good-speed connection), or about 530 game ticks.   Definitely becomes an effort of diminishing returns after a fairly short amount of time, though... IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: How long can you survive?   « Reply #6 on: Jan 31st, 2006, 1:07am » Quote Modify Funny,  I did 269, but I reached it 4 times.  On a decent PC this time.  There must be some movements confusing me around this time.   And counting gameticks is not a solution either.  They are still easier to get on a slow PC. IP Logged Three Hands Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 715 Re: How long can you survive?   « Reply #7 on: Jan 31st, 2006, 10:50am » Quote Modify About that time, the blocks tend to try and herd you into the top-right corner. I look to duck down to the bottom then, and then head upwards as the blocks are coming back down. Might help you a bit - there was a point where I was constantly falling for that kind of move... IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ => general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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