Games and Reflexes

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  1. Barc0de

    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    They say that video games improve reflexes and motor ability.

    The following should be a rough indication if this is true or not, since we all are known for having played excessively in our lives.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

    Don't be shy to post your current and improving results!

    I m the bobcat thing for now (I could blame the wireless mouse signal :p)
     
  2. Hawanja

    Hawanja Ancient Deadly Ninja Baby

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    Yeah, I got the Bobcat also. Thing is in real life I sometimes suprise myself with hand eye coordination, darts, juggling, catching something someone throws at me by suprise like a ninja, stuff like that.
     
  3. Jasonkhowell

    Jasonkhowell Well Known Member

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    Bobbing Bobcat.

    Funny thing though, I was at the movies the other day with a friend and they had a arcade that gave away ticket prizes. One of the machines there was a reflex machine that would give you the number of tickets based on what you landed on, and if you got the "Bonus" (Which was around 100 tickets, then a additional ticket for each coin put into the machine). Managed to get the bonus once, and landed on the 10 ticket spot (The one right next to the bonus) nearly each time.

    Funny thing is? With $10 bucks in coins, I managed to wipe the machine out of tickets (Around 1000 total), and sort of piss off the people who worked at the counter when they had to count it.
     
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  4. Mr. Casual

    Mr. Casual Champion of the Forum

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    I jumped the gun a lot of time and got the penalty, but on my more accurate one I got Bobbing Bocat.

    I sometimes surprise myself in shooters with a lot of curtain fire (Like the last stages of Warning Forever), but I can't hold it for long.
     
  5. Borman

    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    I totally dominated this earthquake ticket thing, and a wheel of fortune ticket game when I was in Ocean City Maryland. The Earthquake game was one of the first times I was there, and we got well over 1000 tickets (me and my friend BOTH, seperately). Next time we went back the following year, the machine was adjusted to give out almost no tickets lol. So I decided to play the wheel of fortune. I landed a 500 ticket jackpot, 300, and then another 500, almost in a row. The people were pissed! lol

    Edit: Rocketing Rabbit on that reaction test, and its 3 am lol
     
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  6. SilverBolt

    SilverBolt Insert relevant title here

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    Bobbing bobcat, although every time i try the first one i hit is always cheetah and then it slows down
     
  7. Jasonkhowell

    Jasonkhowell Well Known Member

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    Yeah, they had the wheel of fortune one, and a similar one (The wheel of fortune one gave out less then the other one). Funny thing is, me and my friend had several people crowd around us and see how the hell we were getting so many tickets (Too bad all the prizes there were crappy).
     
  8. virtual alan

    virtual alan Officer at Arms

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    Bollards....first attempt.....Armadillo :-(

    Slow day in the office...so this will keep me going for the rest of the day!!!
     
  9. Borman

    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    That happened both times lol.
     
  10. PhantasyStar

    PhantasyStar Well Known Member

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    Phew, tried it twice.

    Got the bobbing bobcat rank first, and second time got the rocketing rabbit(.2 seconds)
     
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    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    PhantasyStar, you must be a)quick b)have an awesome mouse with an optical connection and a proper bus to carry the data:p c) have foresight abilities!
     
  13. Taucias

    Taucias Site Supporter 2014,2015

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    I used to be a terrible shot, but since CS:Source I can take down terrorist scum with a stolen AK-47 from 100 yards or more. Headshot!
     
  14. Tomcat

    Tomcat Familiar Face

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    0.1754 sec

    Rocketing Rabbit
     
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    Bobcat
     
  17. Barc0de

    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    after moving 20 cm closer to the screen and holding the mouse near my body, i achieved a blazing 1.712. I m now a rocketing rabbit!
     
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  18. Parris

    Parris I'm only here to observe...

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    Bobcat.... althought I have the excuse of A: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and B: I was up 'til 5am this morning and had approx 3hrs sleep thanks to a son with a bad cold, which I am now getting... so C: I also appear to be getting a bad cold. (Get the impression that I am a sore loser?)
     
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  19. Mark30001

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    CS... yeah... people always ask me what the hell am I shooting at.... jumped the gun a lot. :crying:
     
  20. MottZilla

    MottZilla Champion of the Forum

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    This is a shitty test. The mouse is really unresponsive for milli second reactions. Esspecially when you have an older mouse that seems like it'll stop clicking at all one of these days. ;p I could keep getting the one in the middle but that was about it. Also, why is there a damn layer at the bottom of the field to hide the sheep underneath it? Really this is a shitty test.
     
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