Fighter Pilot test

lumberjim · 04-05-2007, 01:31 PM

Try this.

Quote:

>> Air Force Test
>>
>> This will drive you nuts!! Have fun!
>> The object of the game is to move the red block around without
>> getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls.
>>
>> If you can go longer than 18 seconds you are phenomenal.
>>
>> It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots.
>> They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes.
>>
>> Give it a try but be careful...it is addictive!!

I got 31 seconds....but i have limited time to concentrate. it seems like it speeds up as time goes by.

glatt · 04-05-2007, 02:20 PM

It would be neater if the blocks moved randomly. They follow the same path every time, so you keep playing and you learn where the blocks go and how to avoid them It's still hard, and I haven't broken the 17 second barrier yet. Fun game.

Hyoi · 04-05-2007, 02:51 PM

Thanks...a real blast. It seems to be training the user to make smooth adjustments versus sudden ones.

lumberjim · 04-05-2007, 02:59 PM

I use a track ball.

this may have something to do with the times

lumberjim · 04-05-2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

It would be neater if the blocks moved randomly. They follow the same path every time, so you keep playing and you learn where the blocks go and how to avoid them It's still hard, and I haven't broken the 17 second barrier yet. Fun game.

yeah, you can get to 13 seconds by simply dropping down, then up, and then hide in the top left corner until the 2 squares come for you.

lumberjim · 04-05-2007, 04:57 PM

ok, it totally speeds up at 27 seconds.....i've gotten it to 35.68, but it gets really hairy.

Beestie · 04-05-2007, 09:09 PM

Holy crap. 35 seconds? I've played that game on and off for years (a buddy in the Air Force sent it to me a long time ago) and I have never broken 17 seconds.

busterb · 04-05-2007, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I use a track ball.

this may have something to do with the times

LJ. If you ever need a replacement mouse, I'll give ya one. I hate the sob. bb

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2007, 10:15 PM

Me too. They have them on some of the pcs at work. Move the ball a 1/16th of an inch and you're way, way off the screen.

Beestie · 04-05-2007, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Me too. They have them on some of the pcs at work. Move the ball a 1/16th of an inch and you're way, way off the screen.

Well adjust it then. There's a whole program interface to those things. I'm still looking for the "make mouse wake up 39 min early to cook breakfast "tho.

lumberjim · 04-06-2007, 12:10 AM

i love the track ball. if it had a scroll wheel it would be perfect. they make one, but it had a tiny little ball for your thumb. i like the control i get from my first two fingers. and it sits stilllllll.....no filthy mouse pad, and i can send the cursor across the screen with a twitch. it's faster....even if i have to use the scroll bars on the edges. the motion translates well to a laptop touchpad, too.

Griff · 04-06-2007, 08:51 AM

21.25 after a couple .4

Spexxvet · 04-06-2007, 09:19 AM

26.7, gotta get back to work.

SteveDallas · 04-06-2007, 11:29 AM

I broke 14 seconds, after considerable practice. This is partly due to my crappy mouse I'm sure. Still, there's obviously no danger of me being in an F15 any time soon. (Like there ever was, with my eyesight.)

Flint · 04-06-2007, 11:34 AM

Using a trackball may be slightly awkward, at first, but once you aquaint yourself to it, it's much more efficient and practical. I have a wireless optical trackball - I can navigate my cursor from any fixed position: my knee, for example. But mainly I prefer the trackball because it utilizes the theory of using the smallest muscle group/movement to accomplish the task, reducing fatigue and therefore improving productivity.

Regarding the reflex test: I'm hitting a 21-second wall, but I keep telling myself that my peripheral boss-vision is distracting some percentage of my concentration. Also, I'm doing this at work, with a standard optical mouse. I'm not sure I could do better with a trackball. I'm using a combination of hand/wrist and arm/shoulder movement. It feels like playing Hell, which feels like reacting on a drumset, it's a familiar mode.

04-05-2007, 02:51 PM	#3
Hyoi Faithful Companion Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 188	Thanks...a real blast. It seems to be training the user to make smooth adjustments versus sudden ones. __________________ When you stop trying to make sense of it all, it all begins to make sense.

04-05-2007, 02:59 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I use a track ball. this may have something to do with the times __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-05-2007, 04:57 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ok, it totally speeds up at 27 seconds.....i've gotten it to 35.68, but it gets really hairy. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-05-2007, 09:09 PM	#7
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Holy crap. 35 seconds? I've played that game on and off for years (a buddy in the Air Force sent it to me a long time ago) and I have never broken 17 seconds. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

04-05-2007, 10:15 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Me too. They have them on some of the pcs at work. Move the ball a 1/16th of an inch and you're way, way off the screen. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-05-2007, 02:20 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It would be neater if the blocks moved randomly. They follow the same path every time, so you keep playing and you learn where the blocks go and how to avoid them It's still hard, and I haven't broken the 17 second barrier yet. Fun game.

04-06-2007, 12:10 AM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i love the track ball. if it had a scroll wheel it would be perfect. they make one, but it had a tiny little ball for your thumb. i like the control i get from my first two fingers. and it sits stilllllll.....no filthy mouse pad, and i can send the cursor across the screen with a twitch. it's faster....even if i have to use the scroll bars on the edges. the motion translates well to a laptop touchpad, too. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-06-2007, 08:51 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	21.25 after a couple .4 __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-06-2007, 09:19 AM	#13
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	26.7, gotta get back to work. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-06-2007, 11:29 AM	#14
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I broke 14 seconds, after considerable practice. This is partly due to my crappy mouse I'm sure. Still, there's obviously no danger of me being in an F15 any time soon. (Like there ever was, with my eyesight.)

04-06-2007, 11:34 AM	#15
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Using a trackball may be slightly awkward, at first, but once you aquaint yourself to it, it's much more efficient and practical. I have a wireless optical trackball - I can navigate my cursor from any fixed position: my knee, for example. But mainly I prefer the trackball because it utilizes the theory of using the smallest muscle group/movement to accomplish the task, reducing fatigue and therefore improving productivity. Regarding the reflex test: I'm hitting a 21-second wall, but I keep telling myself that my peripheral boss-vision is distracting some percentage of my concentration. Also, I'm doing this at work, with a standard optical mouse. I'm not sure I could do better with a trackball. I'm using a combination of hand/wrist and arm/shoulder movement. It feels like playing Hell, which feels like reacting on a drumset, it's a familiar mode. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-06-2007 at 11:41 AM.

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