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Another addicting flash game

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 1:59 am
by Jagger
http://hannu.daug.net/letters/index.php

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

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 2:31 am
by Vindicator
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.

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:03 am
by roid
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 :twisted:

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

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:14 am
by roid
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 :P

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 5:42 am
by Avder
What the hell is the DVORAK layout anyway?

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 6:27 am
by Capm
Hmm 376 on first try... this may have me tied in for days...

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 6:44 am
by roid
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).

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 7:38 am
by T-Bone
117, I stink. I had trouble finding the "b" everytime. It really make you aware of the letters you don't type very often.

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 7:38 am
by DCrazy
203.

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 8:55 am
by Admiral Thrawn
196 for me

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 9:10 am
by Topher
Wow, this is great exercise. Gets my heart rate up and everything :)

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 9:22 am
by 3vil l33t
2274, but I had to stop because of small children.

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 9:43 am
by Topher
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? ;)

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 9:46 am
by Lothar
396, but it's still early in the morning.

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 10:17 am
by Sage
70..... I have to look at the keyboard to type... I sux... :D

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 10:35 am
by Zer0Cool
210 my first try

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 10:55 am
by Dedman
98

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 11:17 am
by Wolf on Air
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 :twisted:
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 ;)

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 12:12 pm
by XSabre
got up to 3184 until my teacher caught me, ill have to try again when i get home :)

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 12:24 pm
by Tetrad
486

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:25 pm
by Drakona
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...]

Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 4:36 pm
by Jagger
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.