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timmyquest
04-25-08, 12:12 AM
Remember those bridges you made out of Popsicle sticks? This is kind of like the same thing, only you can do it all day long and no one will know.

My best thus far is 975 feet...

http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18303

BenLi
04-25-08, 12:25 AM
Remember those bridges you made out of Popsicle sticks? This is kind of like the same thing, only you can do it all day long and no one will know.

My best thus far is 975 feet...

http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18303

Google a game called "Armadillo Run"
x136
04-25-08, 12:25 AM
Rickety-ass 1,067 foot thingy, first try.

timmyquest
04-25-08, 12:28 AM
Rickety-ass 1,067 foot thingy, first try.

I think i'm trying too hard. I'm also using my laptops finger pad, i just used the mouse on my dads old computer and it seemed to work much better, but that thing can't run the game. When i get back home with my computer and mouse i'm gonna build a 2,000 foot skyscraper!
timmyquest
04-25-08, 12:43 AM
1300...
x136
04-25-08, 12:44 AM
The Completely Epic, Indestructible Tower collapsed at 1,011 feet. Bah.
jsharr
04-25-08, 07:43 AM
epic failure, i got nowhere.
redneckwes
04-25-08, 09:06 AM
3rd try, 1,217' gets addicting.
timmyquest
04-25-08, 04:29 PM
2,992
Pheard
04-25-08, 05:05 PM
I need to stop playing that now. My eyeballs ache.
Alfster
04-25-08, 05:19 PM
2,992

Wow, nicely done. I've tried it about 6 times and the best I have done is 1240 feet. What does your base look like?
Pheard
04-25-08, 05:20 PM
I just keep doing triangles, because we all know triangles are the basis for all great engineering designs. Best I got was a little over a 1000.
Alfster
04-25-08, 06:43 PM
1748 feet. That's enough for me tonight. Starting to see crashing beams when I close my eyes.
JPradun
04-25-08, 06:57 PM
Google a game called "Armadillo Run"

I almost failed out of school because of that game. Addicting, and the full version rocks beyond belief. Warez*cough*
lodi781
04-25-08, 10:13 PM
stupid game...:mad:
ChristAir
04-25-08, 10:15 PM
1443! This game is whipped!
CdCf
04-25-08, 11:47 PM
Doesn't work too well. Doesn't respond fast enough to my mouse clicks, so they all fall down as soon as I create them.
Bizurke
04-26-08, 08:05 AM
1348ft on first try. I think I understand it a bit better now so I'll try it again.
Alfster
04-26-08, 07:10 PM
1865 feet. Woo hoo! Can't touch timmyquest's height though.
timmyquest
04-26-08, 10:53 PM
1865 feet. Woo hoo! Can't touch timmyquest's height though.

There is a bit of a trick...

Build a single stick exactly straight up...it stands.
Alfster
04-26-08, 11:38 PM
There is a bit of a trick...

Build a single stick exactly straight up...it stands.

OK, that takes all the fun out of it :mad: Here I was trying to build multi-load point base structures. As long as you don't lose your concentration you should be able to stack the single sticks indefinitely. Time for a new game.
timmyquest
04-27-08, 01:00 AM
OK, that takes all the fun out of it :mad: Here I was trying to build multi-load point base structures. As long as you don't lose your concentration you should be able to stack the single sticks indefinitely. Time for a new game.

yeah :-(
Taerom
04-27-08, 05:43 AM
57 feet. I have no idea how to play.
x136
04-27-08, 08:47 AM
Man, I was building complex, intricately-supported structures that collapsed under their own weight long before the wind knocked them over, and such things are bested by a line? Pah.