Another addicting flash game

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Thu May 06, 2004 1:59 am

http://hannu.daug.net/letters/index.php

So, how fast can you type? I got 378 before I died. I'm quite ashamed.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu May 06, 2004 2:31 am

LOL, i got up to around 150 before I got overwhelmed (an O was moving so fast i thought it was a Q and got hung up on it). I do better at typing full words than single letters anyway.

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:03 am

haha i suck, 36. i have a strange typing technique that doesn't react well to not being able to see the keyboard. but i type 70wpm+

I do better at typing full words than single letters anyway.

exactly.

this game would be great for ppl learning howto type.
i dare any of you to switch to DVORAK keyboard layout and try this game heh

edit: ohyeah forget to mention. this game rocks jagger, a definite bookmark

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:14 am

woot 56. i'm getting better. i only had to look once.

it's weird, it really shows you how much you really do look at the keyboard when typing (if you do at all

).

you know where all the letters are, but with some letters it seems to be more of a general location thing, i'm finding i'm often hitting the next letter over in this game, without looking.

typing words is more a "gesture" thing than anything else. you remember the complete gesture before you remember the individual letters, and forced to think about it: argh it's stuffing me up

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu May 06, 2004 5:42 am

What the hell is the DVORAK layout anyway?

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Thu May 06, 2004 6:27 am

Hmm 376 on first try... this may have me tied in for days...

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu May 06, 2004 6:44 am

Vader wrote:What the hell is the DVORAK layout anyway?

it looks like this
(i have on ocasion converted my qwerty keyboard to dvorak, as you can see here. just use stickers and controlpanel/keyboard/inputlocales/add/unitedstates-dvorak. any computer can do it, you need NO special hardware.)

google will help explain. basically the QWERTY keyboard you are using now is a throwback from the days of typewriters. it was specifically designed to SLOW DOWN YOUR TYPING so that the typewriter doesn't jam.
Dvorak is the original keyboard design, designed to let you type the fastest possible (you'l note all vowels are under your fingers, etc).

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:38 am

117, I stink. I had trouble finding the "b" everytime. It really make you aware of the letters you don't type very often.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:38 am

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Thu May 06, 2004 8:55 am

196 for me

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:10 am

Wow, this is great exercise. Gets my heart rate up and everything

3vil l33t · Post by **3vil l33t** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:22 am

2274, but I had to stop because of small children.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:43 am

3vil l33t wrote:2274, but I had to stop because of small children.

Wow, they put everything in this game! What keys do you have to press to make them go away?

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:46 am

396, but it's still early in the morning.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:17 am

70..... I have to look at the keyboard to type... I sux...

Zer0Cool · Post by **Zer0Cool** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:35 am

210 my first try

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:55 am

Wolf on Air · Post by **Wolf on Air** » Thu May 06, 2004 11:17 am

roid wrote:this game would be great for ppl learning howto type.
i dare any of you to switch to DVORAK keyboard layout and try this game heh

I use Dvorak almost all the time. This game doesn't register the Z key here for some obscene reason, so I got about nowhere...
Otherwise I type 95 WPM at 96% accuracy...

Dvorak rules btw

XSabre · Post by **XSabre** » Thu May 06, 2004 12:12 pm

got up to 3184 until my teacher caught me, ill have to try again when i get home

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Thu May 06, 2004 12:24 pm

Drakona · Post by **Drakona** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:25 pm

305. Though I think I'm getting hung up much more on prioritizing which letters to type than I am finding the keys. Interesting.

[Edit: sure enough, a little arcade game strategy brings that up to 460. You people with scores in the thousands must have eyes like lightning--I don't think I could simply read the *letters* that fast...]

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Thu May 06, 2004 4:36 pm

Topher wrote:
3vil l33t wrote:2274, but I had to stop because of small children.
Wow, they put everything in this game! What keys do you have to press to make them go away?

LOL! I seem to be stuck on 350-380. This might be easier if the letters made words, then I can type 95-101 wpm with 95% accuracy.