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.
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  • 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.

  • #121
No kidding :bugeye:. 1133.2
 
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  • #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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