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Ball of Frustration...
« on: May 24, 2010, 10:00:18 PM »
Safe for work but not your sanity.  ;)

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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 10:04:11 PM »
... and the horse you rode in on!

I got it - once - but that was by pure luck.

Trying to repeat the event has depleted both my tolerance, patience, and consumable alcohol.

Thank you very much. [/snarky voice]

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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 10:06:19 PM »
SPOILER ALERT
Right-click...
/SPOILER

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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 10:06:26 PM »
Once you get the hang of it it's not so bad. Took me a while. :lol:
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2010, 10:08:55 PM »
If you right click and zoom in the ball gets bigger but I think it gets harder.  :lol:
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2010, 10:32:19 PM »
i want that two minutes of my life back.
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010, 10:35:18 PM »
Huh...  30 seconds and got it 4 times.
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010, 11:26:17 PM »
Not too bad after a little practice. Let the ball stop, find a quick upward movement of the mouse that will get the ball to just below the pointer. Then combine that movement with a quick down and click.
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2010, 02:00:01 AM »
slowly move mouse up, stop, click. and this helps.  ;)
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2010, 04:13:44 AM »
Ha!  It took me awhile to figure out that I was supposed to click the ball.  At first I was thinking "Hey this is kinda cool, I like physics.  It's like my classical mechanics class, only with non-physics string."  and then "Ohhhhh you want me to click it..." and proceeded to give myself carpal tunnel because I'm on my laptop with a touchpad. 

This would be no problem with my nice gaming mouse, but on my laptop, no way. 
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2010, 04:53:50 AM »
Eh. View source, change the ball color, resave.

Not that I've tried it, but at least it's let me stomp away partially satisfied.

That I could do it.

If I really wanted to.

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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2010, 06:30:35 AM »
It would be a lot more fun if you could swing the ball around and smash stuff with it....  =|
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2010, 07:19:22 AM »
I apologize profusely for the lack of any and all destructive nature.  :facepalm:

I'll be in timeout if anybody's looking for me.  :'(
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2010, 07:35:21 AM »
Anyone get to the polka-dots?
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2010, 07:39:41 AM »
polka dots? I've gotten to black but stopped cause I got bored.  :facepalm:
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2010, 07:41:23 AM »
Safe for work...

I think fistful needs one of them suits right there. They're his fault of course so he should bear the brunt.

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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2010, 08:46:57 AM »
I liken it to the same motion you use with the Mexican ball on a string cup thing.
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2010, 09:39:34 AM »
I just moved it all the way over to the right side of the screen where it would hang and wait for the the mouse to come back.  A quick motion and you could click on the ball while it was still hanging there and change the color.
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2010, 10:43:51 AM »
Quote from: 280plus on May 24, 2010, 10:06:26 PM
Once you get the hang of it it's not so bad. Took me a while. :lol:
took me about 15 seconds to get coordinated to do it
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2010, 03:36:12 PM »
Gol durn whippersnappers!  :mad:

Took me at least a couple minutes to get the first one but after that it was full steam ahead.  ;)
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2010, 11:12:36 PM »
Yep, with my good mouse, I got it almost every time. 
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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2010, 06:52:15 AM »
Screw you guys, I'm going home...  :P

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Re: Ball of Frustration...
« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2010, 09:30:51 PM »
So, does it actually turn polkadots if you hit it enough?  I'm curious, but not curious enough to try it out for myself.
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