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96% | 7 miles | 672 Secs | 48 perfect
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96% 9 miles. 48/50. 296 seconds. misery was the tough one for me. 'twas me second state.
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Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
misery
insider joke? 
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Originally posted by badidea:
insider joke?
no just strangely fitting. some people actually DO pronounce it this way. i just roll with the punches.
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Score - 86% (43/50)
Avg Error - 27 Miles
Time - 260 Sec
Pretty Freaking Cool.  Thanks for the link.
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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only 60% and 350 miles out, pretty poor, i'd thought i could of done better 
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37/44 84%| 85 miles| 257 seconds.
it's early. i can't be buggered to know this.
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Oh-Ho
39/44 | 44 miles | 89%
(damn San Marino, damn Malta  )
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US: 88% 22 Miles 260 seconds. I put Colorado way off to start the game. Ugh.
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83%, 104 Miles, 493 Seconds
Most of the states I didn't know where they were but could guess from the shape and the little ones are in the east. Would have been very difficult for me if already placed ones where always removed.
Europe:
91%, 93 Miles, 306 Seconds
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That was fun!
94% 4 Miles 311 secs
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Originally posted by badidea:
damn Malta
I misplaced Malta as well, but I totally misplaced "FYROM". If they would have said Macedonia I would have known.
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Originally posted by TETENAL:
I misplaced Malta as well, but I totally misplaced "FYROM". If they would have said Macedonia I would have known.
I didn't know what FYROM should mean either but it was easy since the surrounding countries were already placed (I misplaced Austria though -what a shame!!!!- just a little bit too far into Switzerland)! 
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former yugoslavian republic of macedonia? FRYOM?
just a guess.
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Originally posted by badidea:
I didn't know what FYROM should mean either but it was easy since the surrounding countries were already placed
It was the very first country for me. 
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Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
former yugoslavian republic of macedonia? FRYOM?
just a guess.
Yep, that should be it!
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Yikes! States were alright. But Europe... I had no idea where most of the former USSR countries were. Yes, shame on me I guess.
I got 90% and 75% respectively. However, it should be much lower as the exercise becomes easier since you can see where some pieces go.
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US: 68%, 201miles average error, 380 seconds...I had some trouble with my trackpad
Europe: 84%, 54 miles, 227 seconds...I had some trouble with the Balkan.
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US:
45 perfect.
90%
23 miles average error.
345 seconds.
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Europe:
39 perfect (started me with Liechtenstein and Slovakia - not good!).
89%
41 miles average error.
260 seconds.
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Uh oh. Someone doesn't know that the Isle of Man ain't in the UK.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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Great game!
I got 94% 10mi 298sec
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39% correct
588 miles average error
I moved all the yankee states into Canada - or out into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Fun! But yeah, it does depend on what you start with somewhat. And I would not have know that FYROM is Macedonia except for reading TETANAL's and d4n's posts above.
US:
46/50, mean error 7 miles, 349 sec
Europe:
40/44, mean error 25 miles, 339 sec
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u.s.: 94%, 12 mi, 265 sec.
i'd fail europe, but probably could organize provinces in japan better than most (even tho there are only a handful. prefectures would be tough!)
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94% 9 mi 444 seconds
I ****ed up connecticut. Not sure how.
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U.S. Intermediate Map: 96%. 262 seconds. I didn't realize how anal retentive the program was going to be with Montana and Kansas early on in the game.
European Geography - Level 3: Avg Error 85 miles, 89% correct, 429 seconds. I did get Vatican City, Andorra, Luxembourg. I missed Moldova and Austria early on in the game, and San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Malta because they're so darn insignificant.
Africa is for masochists.
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US: 45/50, 90%, avg err 21 miles, 338 secs. Getting those big west ones in the middle early put ya off a bit. At least I knew where abouts to try. Oh, and my other excuse is that I had 2 wrong before I realized it said the name next to the state. Trying to figure them out by shape wasn't fun.
Europe: Sorry, guys. My Europe geography is horrible, but I tried anyway. Level 3, 28/44, 64%, avg err 332 miles, 421 secs. But I've never had a geography class on Europe so it's a result of me not learning it on my own.
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86% | 43/50 | Avg. Error = 26miles | 332 Seconds
Only two I REALLY messed up on were Nebraska and West Virginia cause there wasn't anything near them so I just guessed.
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After going through the level 3 one, I tried level 1 and am proud to say I scored 100% in 113 seconds.
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88% on the U.S., which is mediocre. I blame some early "floaters" like Kentucky.
82% on Europe, which I consider a victory. I had a pretty good idea for most of them (i.e. East of Germany? North of Czechoslovakia?)
San Marino and FYROM kicked my ass, though. And I have Macedonian cousins!
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42/50, but on at least 5 occasions I was right next to it and it counted it wrong
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92%
average error 39 miles
time 334 secs
it could have been higher but i slipped on one 
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America--
96% 6mi Error 260 sec
EUrope--
75% 127mi 250 sec
What really screwed me up in the Europe map was that it was not a flat map. Since I just finished a map of America, I was still used to it. So most of my first placements were more north than they should have been.
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88% Avg, Error 15 miles 737 Seconds 44 Perfect oput of 50
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US, 2nd try. 96%, 9 miles, 249 secs. What kind of sadistic game starts you off with Wyoming?
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Originally posted by Xeo:
US, 2nd try. 96%, 9 miles, 249 secs. What kind of sadistic game starts you off with Wyoming?
Try starting out with Iowa, Michigan, Idaho, Colorado, and Missouri.
I got a 94% on my second try.
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I'd like to see a World version of that geography test.
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That a HORRIBLE test! You know most people are going to just match up the shapes and not the names. As you get closer to the end your margin or error decreases because all the other places are already there.
Idiotic.
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84% 69 miles 274 seconds.
I had a real problem with the Deleware, Kansas, and Georgia. :/
I think I need to study my maps again.
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Lol. 94% 68 miles 422 seconds on Europe. I have to admit, though, half of them I didn't know where. I just matched it up with the shoreline. I know western Europe pretty well. The couple I got wrong were Chzech Repulic and Serbia. Probably would've gotten those if I hadn't started with them.
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876 miles.
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In vino veritas.
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US: 76%, standard error 150 miles.
But I had been making a map of the states for a webpage yesterday...
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I did it a couple of times. first time was 92% with 11 mile avg error. It really just depends on what order the states in question come up. If you don't have other states or coastlines to use as a border, its nearly impossible to place a state like Nebraska in the middle of a blank map.
2nd try the states just popped up in an order that made them easier to place.
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Originally posted by CreepingDeth:
100%
I just did it too, in 172 secs. I have to say it took a few reloads in order to get some good boundary states to frame them in. No matter how many times I tried, I can never hit Wyoming when there are no others around that touch it.
edit: 165 secs, woot. I think that's as fast as my brain can process them.
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