FlyingJ 0 #26 December 28, 2004 All about the order they give them to you in. I've done this a pile of times since it was first posted and gotten everywhere from 48% with 100 mile error to 98% with 2 mile error (got that one just now). I'm good to go as long as I can take care of the East, midwest and Southern states first! As far as I know all those boxy states out west look the same! This brings back awful memories of History class back in school. We had some sort of test (for extra credit I think). Teacher handed out three versions, one with a list of state names where you had to list the capitals, a blank map where you had to list the state name and capital, and one with 50 blank lines where you had to name the states and capitals without the help of a map. Of course I got the completely blank one. I got 49 states and capitals listed and blanked on the 50th one. Go figure, it was New Hampshire, the state I had just moved from a couple years before. This thing is kind of an eye opener. I mean, whoever knew that Colorado was so southern!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #27 December 28, 2004 AAAAAHHHHHH!!! I've been obsessive over this damn game and playing it for almost an hour straight. My best time is 200 seconds, no errors what-so-ever. I'll be at it the rest of the night trying to beat that....=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #28 December 28, 2004 One try, 94%, 14 miles, 376 seconds. It helps that I had only just last week been studying my U.S. geography for the hell of it, having realized that I simply didn't know which states were which, in that confusing mass in the middle. -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #29 December 28, 2004 QuoteAll about the order they give them to you in. I've done this a pile of times since it was first posted and gotten everywhere from 48% with 100 mile error to 98% with 2 mile error (got that one just now). I'm good to go as long as I can take care of the East, midwest and Southern states first! As far as I know all those boxy states out west look the same! True, to a point. Like I said, I've been self-studying these things quite recently, as a coincidence to finding this thread. I have vague mnemonic tricks for memorizing certain states. Yes, if they give you some middle states initially, it's hard as hell, even if you do know how to label them on a standard blank map with the state outlines. I remember the cluster of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico as "U-CAN" Plus, they're the only ones that meet at a perfect "four corners." My third or fourth attempt at the game, I got 98% with 11 mi. and just over 200something seconds... I think that's good enough to earn me going to sleep. Blue skies, (and amber waves of grain and purple mountains and all that...) -Jeffrey P.S. QuoteThis thing is kind of an eye opener. I mean, whoever knew that Colorado was so southern! True that!! Or that Nebraska was so south, or that Idaho was so northwest... some of these things really threw me, boy...! I used to have NO idea where Missouri was, or Kansas...-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #30 December 28, 2004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChasingBlueSky 0 #31 December 28, 2004 First try was 98% and it wasn't 100% because they gave my Wyoming first and I was just a bit off when placing it._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites adamUK 3 #32 December 28, 2004 90%, 13 miles and 329 secs. And I am a Brit! I couldn't do this for the counties of the UK though. sheesh.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sheenster303 0 #33 December 28, 2004 I just did it again and got 90%, 12 miles, 197 seconds. Pretty good eh?I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jdhill 0 #34 December 28, 2004 Not too bad, considering being distracted by coworkers in the middle... JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #35 December 28, 2004 158 seconds for me ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #36 December 28, 2004 (I've driven through every state but Alaska so...) ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pajarito 0 #37 December 28, 2004 1st Try Score: 84% Avg Error: 69 miles Time: 571 Secs 42 perfect out of 50 turns Indiana screwed me up the worst. Fun game! I guess I'd better study some geography given the average scores here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
ChasingBlueSky 0 #31 December 28, 2004 First try was 98% and it wasn't 100% because they gave my Wyoming first and I was just a bit off when placing it._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamUK 3 #32 December 28, 2004 90%, 13 miles and 329 secs. And I am a Brit! I couldn't do this for the counties of the UK though. sheesh.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #33 December 28, 2004 I just did it again and got 90%, 12 miles, 197 seconds. Pretty good eh?I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #34 December 28, 2004 Not too bad, considering being distracted by coworkers in the middle... JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #35 December 28, 2004 158 seconds for me ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #36 December 28, 2004 (I've driven through every state but Alaska so...) ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pajarito 0 #37 December 28, 2004 1st Try Score: 84% Avg Error: 69 miles Time: 571 Secs 42 perfect out of 50 turns Indiana screwed me up the worst. Fun game! I guess I'd better study some geography given the average scores here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
