Smack the Penguin: Test Your Skills & Have Fun!

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The forum discussion revolves around the "Smack the Penguin" game, where users share their scores and strategies for maximizing distance. Players have reported scores ranging from 300 to over 800 feet, with techniques involving timing and trajectory adjustments being key to achieving higher scores. The conversation also touches on humorous banter and comparisons to other games, such as "Kitten Cannon." Notably, users have discovered that hitting the penguin early results in a higher trajectory, while late hits tend to yield lower distances.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of game mechanics and physics principles related to trajectory.
  • Familiarity with online gaming platforms and score tracking.
  • Basic knowledge of competitive gaming and score optimization strategies.
  • Experience with humorous online community interactions.
NEXT STEPS
  • Research advanced techniques for optimizing trajectory in physics-based games.
  • Explore similar online games like "Kitten Cannon" for comparative analysis.
  • Learn about community engagement strategies in online gaming forums.
  • Investigate the psychological aspects of competitive gaming and score sharing.
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This discussion is beneficial for casual gamers, competitive players, and anyone interested in game mechanics and community interaction within online gaming environments.

  • #91
Tom Mattson said:
You ladies may want to subscribe to this magazine before you embark on this little slumber party. :biggrin:
:smile: Well, it sounds like we can enhance the Sisterhood's armory. We've been holding off on some of the real heavy artillery because it requires two people to operate...one to aim and one to load, but with *melinda* around, it seems she's the specialist we need for loading the ammo while MIH aims and fires. :devil:
 
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  • #92
Math Is Hard said:
ooh! Nice! :biggrin:
My other Sisterhood: http://www.2asisters.org/"
http://www.2asisters.org/images/s_blonde.jpg
I better start charging for them to keep using my picture for advertising. :biggrin:
 
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  • #93
franznietzsche said:
That's seriously terrifying.
Then http://www.2asisters.org/05_raffle.htm" should scare the hell out of you. Do not screw with Jeanne from Idaho. :wink:
 
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  • #94
Moonbear said:
:smile: Well, it sounds like we can enhance the Sisterhood's armory. We've been holding off on some of the real heavy artillery because it requires two people to operate...one to aim and one to load, but with *melinda* around, it seems she's the specialist we need for loading the ammo while MIH aims and fires. :devil:

That's what you think. I know Melinda's achilles' heel: She loves my cooking. :cool: I'm at her place right now, and let me tell you, you're losing her fast. :biggrin: And I'm not worried about the rest of you either. When the Supersonic RV pulls up later tonight, and you all catch a whiff of my chicken with mushrooms in white bechamel sauce, you will all fall just like her. Your puny weapons are no match for my skills! Muhahahahahaha! :devil:
 
  • #95
Tom Mattson said:
That's what you think. I know Melinda's achilles' heel: She loves my cooking. :cool: I'm at her place right now, and let me tell you, you're losing her fast. :biggrin: And I'm not worried about the rest of you either. When the Supersonic RV pulls up later tonight, and you all catch a whiff of my chicken with mushrooms in white bechamel sauce, you will all fall just like her. Your puny weapons are no match for my skills! Muhahahahahaha! :devil:
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:
 
  • #96
Tom Mattson said:
That's what you think. I know Melinda's achilles' heel: She loves my cooking. :cool: I'm at her place right now, and let me tell you, you're losing her fast. :biggrin: And I'm not worried about the rest of you either. When the Supersonic RV pulls up later tonight, and you all catch a whiff of my chicken with mushrooms in white bechamel sauce, you will all fall just like her. Your puny weapons are no match for my skills! Muhahahahahaha! :devil:
HAH! We're NUNS WITH GUNS! We'll eat your yummy food, then kidnap you and keep you in the Supersonic RV kitchen as our personal chef! :devil:

Melinda, don't succumb to his cooking! Join us!

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  • #97
Do you want to learn about christ today!?? CHICK.CHICK ...gulp...
 
  • #98
I'm trying to think of a smart@ss comment but I can't
 
  • #99
*sniff sniff*
hmm..something smells good.
*sniff sniff*
Smells like it's coming from Troy.
*stomach grumbles*
I'm hungry.:cry: I'm weakening. I'm weakening..[/size]
 
  • #100
I hope you wouldn't lose your consciousness after eating the food. He might poison it with some drugs!
 
  • #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:
 
  • #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)
 

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