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Rig

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 04:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, Whit, I hope more people join in.

Grannyg

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I used to be that way but now at school, usually the principal will say type this letter and she proceeds to rattle off this long letter. So I guess I'm just used to someone talking to me than reading it. It's like I pay more attention to what they are saying and less to what I am typing. It's like thinking the word instead of reading the word.

Halfunit

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I did both the English tests and found the sentences to be MUCH easier than the individual words.

The funny thing is my typing stinks compaired to my 10-key, which is over 14,000 kph.

Oh well, I'm happy with my score and WOO HOO to Whit for kicking major typing booty!

Whit4you

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 05:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Half you did great! :) THis is much harder (to me anyhow) then normal typing...lol. I do much better with sentences too even messed up ones.. then I do typing individual words, that's cause I get into the flow of the sentences .. but it is tough at first to not assume... I'm still doing it... and having alot of errors. LOL.

Halfunit

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 05:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I tried it again after the 327 comment and did worse, lol. Although, I am on the laptop and can't type worth a poop on it compaired to the normal PC keyboard...

I know, excuses, excuses.... lol.

Whit4you

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 05:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh gawd I haaaaaaaaaaate typing on a laptop lol. It's a very valid excuse in my book... :) But if you did 327 on that laptop...328 is just around the corner eh? :)

Spygirl

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 06:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Does this thing take a long time to load once you click "Start"? I've been sitting here waiting and it won't load. I've tried it three times already.

Spygirl

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 06:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After looking through the posts in the forum on that site, it seems that this game has a problem with certain versions of IE. Go figure it would be mine. Have fun!

Sia

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 07:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The page wouldn't load for me, either. *Boo-hoo!* That would have been fun, too!

Theowl

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It doesn't work for WebTVer's either. Oh Well. Not the first time!!

Tess

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 07:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I couldn't get it to load last night either, Spy, and I tried 3 or 4 times.

Bob2112

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 08:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I tried a little harder and got the cpm up to 9. Smoking!

I get to be on the list twice, since I connected from 2 different domains.

Knightpatti

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 09:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good Job Bob!!! I could not do it on Webtv and I really wanted to try. Wow, we have some fast typist around. Tess, too bad you could not do it! I bet you would have a high score! Does it subtract if you type a mistake and then correct it?

Juju2bigdog

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 11:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was wondering that too, Knightpatti. I was automatically going back and correcting mistakes. And when it gave me my count, it did say you have x number of correct characters per minute, and then had my misspelled words highlighted. I kind of think you just get fewer words typed if you go back and correct, and that is the penalty.

I have IE 6.0.26

Spongie, you have already improved over 400%!

I know Spygirl is a super fast typist. She was whipping me pretty bad playing trivia a few times in chat. We would both have the correct answer, but she beat me on the typing every time.

Whoami

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 11:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I just gave it a try. Got worse each time! Oh well. I'll try again later. It's fun!

Tess

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 11:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang! I tried again, got into the group just fine and then pfffffffft. Java Applet Error. That's what kept happening yesterday. I'm using IE but I don't know which version.

Oh well. If it helps at all I typed this post really, really fast and didn't have to edit! :)

Abbynormal

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 11:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I tried twice and was crappy both times, but it was fun!

Strawberry

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 04:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm another one that can't get the page to load. I get to the test page and it never loads. I have IE 6.0SP1 - I'm not sure if that version doesn't work with this? I might come back later and try it again!

Congrats on the high scores guys!

PS Bob - you are the fastest sponge typist around!

Sia

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 04:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, you're kidding, aren't you? You "threw that competition," didn't you? Is this part of your strategy, sort of "flying under the radar" so that you escape detection for as long as possible? I suppose you'll reveal your game strategy before the final vote, though.

Weinermr

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 04:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If IE doesn't work, try using Netscape, and you should get in just fine.

Djgirl5235

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 05:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My fingers are tired now - how addictive!!! Thanks Whit!!!!

Jo_5329

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 05:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang, I type for a living and I sucked at this LOL

Whit4you

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 07:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dj - lol don't blame me blame Alegria she started this!!! :)

Guys sorry for those who are not 'getting it to work' - I am using Netscape ver 7.0 - and it tells me it has an error when I start too - I hit "ignore' when it comes up with the three options in the error and then walla I'm playing. Occasionally it messes up and I can't read the top line, but that seems rare.

This program is pretty basic so you'd think the author could get it working for webtv'ers if it doesn't yet.

There's a note on the site about using Sun Java or something for IE users...


We have 20 peeps on the list now... counting poor Bob and his 9 cpm :)

Bob2112

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like my 9 cpm.
It even included several of my favorite letters.

Maybe later I will go for double digits.

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 08:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay now that I'm hooked on another game...I'll try and up my score!! Woohoo poor fingers woe are them.