Smack the Penguin: Test Your Skills & Have Fun!

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The discussion revolves around the popular online game "Smack the Penguin," where players click on a snowman to launch and hit a penguin, aiming for the longest distance possible. Participants share their high scores, with some boasting impressive distances over 320 feet, while others express frustration at their attempts. Strategies for achieving better scores are discussed, including timing and trajectory techniques. The conversation takes a humorous turn with playful banter about the game's nature, including references to other similar games like "Kitten Cannon." Participants also joke about the competitive aspect of the game, with some claiming victory over others. Overall, the thread showcases a light-hearted competition among users, with a mix of gaming tips and friendly rivalry.
  • #101
Moonbear said:
Is that a dinner invitation? Yes, I'm sure we can stop to eat dinner before tying you up and ...well...doing whatever we decide to do to you. :devil:

Once I have you under my spell, *I* will be the one doing the deciding. Just ask Melinda. :biggrin:
 
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  • #102
:approve: Tom, make me crabcakes. I will do anything for crabcakes. They are usually $20bucks a plate at a cheap restruant in Dc. :cry: (If you make them bad it will be an insult to maryland and you will be banished back to nomans lands!)
 
  • #103
Evo said:
Melinda, don't succumb to his cooking! Join us!
HA! His fabulous cooking is no match for me! I just act like I have no will of my own.

Reverse psychology: He thinks he has superpowers, I get fed, and it insures more fabulous meals in the future! :wink:

Shhh... don't tell Tom, he might stop cooking for me.
 
  • #104
*melinda* said:
Shhh... don't tell Tom, he might stop cooking for me.
We'll never tell...it's our secret...just as long as you get us into one of those dinner parties for that good food. :approve: I still want an invitation for Thanksgiving next year if he's making those stuffed mushrooms again. :biggrin:
 
  • #105
*melinda* said:
HA! His fabulous cooking is no match for me! I just act like I have no will of my own.
Reverse psychology: He thinks he has superpowers, I get fed, and it insures more fabulous meals in the future! :wink:
Shhh... don't tell Tom, he might stop cooking for me.
Heh, men think they can seduce us with their cooking skills. (ok, they can, but we're NOT going to let them know that!)

Melinda, you "definitely" qualify as a PF Sister of the Hood. :approve:
 
  • #106
My best is 587, I love this game its fun but i can't get higher
 
  • #107
Evo said:
Heh, men think they can seduce us with their cooking skills. (ok, they can, but we're NOT going to let them know that!)

Melinda, you "definitely" qualify as a PF Sister of the Hood. :approve:
My small successes at turkey-smoking, salmon-smoking, shrimp marinading and grilling, and pizza-sauce making have given me a pass on lots of routine cooking. My wife says that if I die before her, she will be miserable forever after because she will never be able to have "real" pizza again. She is quick to explain that's not all she'll miss, but I have my doubts. :rolleyes:

She makes the best casseroles, soups, Italian and Mexican foods, etc that I have ever tasted (and some French Provincial dishes that will plug your arteries in seconds!) but I am the go-to guy for sauces, grilling and smoking, and those are the things she raves about.
 
  • #108
It's Smack the Penguin Time again!

YEE Haw!

http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf

1. Click once on the snowman and the penguin will leap from the cliff.
2. Click on the snowman again to hit the penguin as he descends from the
cliff.
3. What's your distance? Good Luck!

actually you can click anywhere.
 
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  • #109
Evo said:
3. What's your distance? Good Luck!
283.5 was my best. I'm not very athletic.
 
  • #110
316.3 after a few tries.
 
  • #111
The link won't work for me :(
 
  • #112
Kurdt said:
The link won't work for me :(
:cry: That's really sad! This is how it looks.
 

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  • #113
Evo said:
:cry: That's really sad!

I was really looking forward to smacking the penguin.

Anyhoo I remembered I was registered on yetisports and did theirs instead :smile:. The game is probably different from the linked one so I can't compare however.
 
  • #114
321.1 is my best so far.

EDIT: Just hit 323.4
 
  • #115
314.7 on the third attempt. The previous attempt resulted in a high trajectory and a face-plant. The distance flag impaled the penguin in a delicate spot.:rolleyes:
 
  • #116
I thought my 283 was pretty good, but I see others doing much better. So I went back and was able to improve my score. Then I saw a way to cheat the system and got a 384.3
 
  • #117
I havn't figured out how to cheat the system yet...so I'm stuck at 323.4
 
  • #118
Ooh, I had forgotten how fun (and addictive) this game is! :biggrin:

I got a 317.9 finally. On my first attempt, got a 305, then a whole lot of misses and short face plants before I finally got the timing right again.
 
  • #119
This version is a bit rougher on the penguin.

http://www.skylinegtr34.talkspot.com/aspx/templates/light2.aspx/msgid/74713
 
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  • #120
I got a 323.4 (followed by a total whiff and a few grounders)
 
  • #121
No kidding :bugeye:. 1133.2
 
  • #122
Math Jeans said:
No kidding :bugeye:. 1133.2
What did you do to the Penguin?
 
  • #123
turbo-1 said:
This version is a bit rougher on the penguin.
Got a 651.6 on my first try, then vomited.
 
  • #124
Evo said:
What did you do to the Penguin?

I beheaded it and whacked it into a mine field.
 
  • #125
Noooo! That's not the nice version!
 
  • #126
Right. The "nice" version only clubs the penguin with a blunt instrument. :)
 
  • #127
Chi Meson said:
Right. The "nice" version only clubs the penguin with a blunt instrument. :)
And he doesn't get hurt. :devil:
 
  • #128
Is this one the same version?

http://www.henriluoma.net/pingu/
 
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  • #129
Kurdt said:
Is this one the same version?

http://www.henriluoma.net/pingu/
Yes, but this penguin goes faster, I got a 368 with my first hit.
 
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  • #130
Never mind. I can't spend all day hunting penguins :smile: even though its fun.
 
  • #131
Math Jeans said:
I beheaded it and whacked it into a mine field.
Oh man. That's an awful thing to do to a penguin. I love penguins... :rolleyes: uhh, in a purely platonic way that my wife will in no way have a problem... :rolleyes:



By the way, is he on fire? Maybe we should get Evo to beat him off.
 
  • #132
I do "not" beat off penguins.

My favorite non-pirate penguin.
 

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  • #133
Evo said:
And he doesn't get hurt.
I have to go with Evo on this one. The pixels that represent the penguin in the 'nice' version don't get hurt. It's like the old arcade games "You are dead! Insert 25 cents to play again". In the violent version, there is a pool of red pixels dripping onto my desk. I don't want to talk about this any more.
 
  • #134
My high score on the faster version is 566.9
 
  • #135
Kurdt said:
Is this one the same version?

http://www.henriluoma.net/pingu/

This must be the Barry Bonds version.

My high is 593.5. My high for a face plant is 492.1.

It has a much narrower range to get a decent bounce.
 
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  • #136
Evo said:
Yes, but this penguin goes faster, I got a 368 with my first hit.
Wow! 496 with a face-plant. Got to try for some strategic bounces, since there are no land mines in this version.
 
  • #137
Evo said:
And he doesn't get hurt. :devil:
It's got to hurt a little when he does a face-plant around 200 ft and the distance flag gets "inserted". :bugeye:
 
  • #138
turbo-1 said:
It's got to hurt a little when he does a face-plant around 200 ft and the distance flag gets "inserted". :bugeye:

It did not occur to me where the flag was inserted until you pointed that out. :smile: :bugeye:
 
  • #139
Not that there's anything WRONG with animal sacrifices!

Evo said:
SMACK THE PENGUIN GAME

Lemmee guess... thwarted in its plans for world domination via patent lawsuits, the makers of That Other Operating System have resorted to a kind of virtual voodoo :wink:
 
  • #140
It's Smack The Penguin time again!

http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf
 
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  • #141
got a 244 --3rd try

then a 296.1

funny--hit it high and it stuck in the snow headfirst with its tail in the air

finally a 306.9
 
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  • #142
I hate you all.
 
  • #143
epenguin said:
I hate you all.
Just pray that you don't face-plant around 200.
 
  • #144
To get distance, you want him to fly in a low arc then belly skid. A high arc will result in him crashing head first into the snow.
 
  • #146
turbo-1 said:
Nice game! I finally got to 323.5 after hitting 322.9 three times. Anyting between 189.1 and 207.3 is a definite face plant. Just for fun, how well can you bunt? I got a short on in the 80's then tried to shorten that, I promptly got a 71.7 and it took me about 10 more minutes to score a 64.1.
'way back, but here it is , Greg
 
  • #149
Evo said:
I believe smack the penguin is older, no flash.

most likely.. I just noticed that this thread is four years old; I used to play mine one about three years ago. It has some new games and the UI is lot more complex now, but it was flash even 3 years ago.

Penguins Revenge is much easier to play :)
 
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  • #150
Ooooo, I got 322.9 on a nice belly-slide.
 

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