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A most annoying, difficult, addicting little coordination game
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Nov 17, 2008, 08:26 PM
 
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html

So you try to make this guy run by moving his thighs and calfs with just keyboard keys.

I'm not doing well, but I can't seem to give up.

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Nov 17, 2008, 08:34 PM
 
I must be very tired, because every time the guy falls and dies, I die laughing.

This game is awesome.
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Nov 17, 2008, 08:37 PM
 
6.6 meters.

Yeah, it is pretty funny.




*edit: 13.2 meters.
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Nov 17, 2008, 08:52 PM
 
That game is impossible! I got 3.3 meters my first try and haven't been able to get over 2.3 for the next 30 tries.
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 08:53 PM
 
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:08 PM
 
I'm atrocious at this game, hilarious as it may be.
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:08 PM
 
Sheeshe, I got 13.5 meters, but it was just bouncing on my knees. There's got to be some pattern to this thing...
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:13 PM
 
2.6 is as far as I got before I couldn't see from laughing so hard at the absurdity of it.
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:21 PM
 
I got -0.7
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:22 PM
 
I got -8 meters
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:32 PM
 
48.5

then there's a hurdle in the way...
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by hookem2oo7 View Post
48.5

then there's a hurdle in the way...
You must pass the secret on to the rest of us!

No, really. How in the world did you get that far?
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Nov 17, 2008, 09:58 PM
 
if you must know...i made him sort of shimmy along on his knees...not really running...

I can't really explain how I did it, especially since i can't seem to reproduce it. I know that the hurdle knocked him down though...
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 10:11 PM
 
Yeah, I got that far too. Damn hurdle!

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Nov 17, 2008, 10:23 PM
 
As a runner... I'm embarrassed at how poorly I can coordinate my thighs and calves.
     
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Nov 17, 2008, 10:45 PM
 
29.4 so far

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Nov 17, 2008, 10:55 PM
 
And my fingers are ridiculously sore from playing. Time for a break.

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Nov 18, 2008, 12:50 AM
 
this game is impossible ... or i'm an idiot
     
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Nov 18, 2008, 08:17 AM
 
There's a system to it. I start off by hitting q then p. As soon as the leading foot hits the ground, hit w, and as soon as that foot is just past directly under the body, hit o. Now repeat, alternating keys hit.

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Nov 18, 2008, 08:33 AM
 
Q, P first? That's not working at all for me.
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Nov 18, 2008, 08:37 AM
 
The timing has to be perfect and I still don't get it 100% of the time. I keep holding q and hit p when the trailing leg starts to moonwalk. P snaps the trailing foot back.

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Nov 18, 2008, 08:39 AM
 
This thing is a mess. I love it.
     
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Nov 18, 2008, 09:35 AM
 
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Nov 18, 2008, 09:38 AM
 
You jumped the hurdle?
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Nov 18, 2008, 10:17 AM
 
Are you at work?
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Nov 18, 2008, 10:20 AM
 
And he tells me he doesn't have time for xbox.
     
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Nov 18, 2008, 10:33 AM
 
I am at work. I have a lab report to do and a research paper to write.

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Nov 18, 2008, 10:34 AM
 
Contents of paper: "qwop opop qwow qwqw qwpo wqop"
     
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Nov 18, 2008, 06:43 PM
 
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Contents of paper: "qwop opop qwow qwqw qwpo wqop"
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Nov 18, 2008, 07:08 PM
 
I'm thinking:

W+O together then quick O when leading foot hits ground.
Q+P together then quick P when leading foot hits ground.

Haven't got the timing right, but it seems to work.
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Nov 18, 2008, 07:18 PM
 
Wait to hit O and P until the leading foot is under the body. Also, don't let off of the calf key too soon, or the leading calf will snap forward with the thigh and he'll do the splits.

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Nov 18, 2008, 08:05 PM
 
Apparently, I have no coordination.
     
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Nov 18, 2008, 08:24 PM
 
I like the Ninja game better.

http://www.foddy.net/Ninjas.html

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Nov 18, 2008, 08:28 PM
 
I keep falling backwards.
     
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I cant' stop laughing.
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Originally Posted by Ghoser777 View Post
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So you try to make this guy run by moving his thighs and calfs with just keyboard keys.

I'm not doing well, but I can't seem to give up.

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Nov 19, 2008, 12:29 PM
 
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Nov 19, 2008, 01:14 PM
 
So now you need to work on your time?
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Nov 19, 2008, 01:48 PM
 
Now I need to work on all of the homework I haven't been doing.

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