US States location game

melidasaur · 02-14-2005, 04:03 PM

Test your knowledge of US state location - it's a lot harder than it looks because you have to get the location exactly right!

Click here to play!!!

lookout123 · 02-14-2005, 04:33 PM

for better or for worse, my parents didn't like video games, so they bought Atari's States and Capitol's game to investigate the evils of the computer era.

i had an average error of 13 miles. pretty embarrassing that i missed West Virginia by half a state though.

Happy Monkey · 02-14-2005, 04:36 PM

45 perfect out of 50 turns
Score 90%
Avg Error 32 Miles
Time 347 Secs

lookout123 · 02-14-2005, 04:38 PM

anybody care to see if they can name all 50 states and match them with their capitols?

warch · 02-14-2005, 04:45 PM

88%, 21 miles, time 337

Connecticut was a baffler with no other new englanders to clue me. And my Wyoming drifted east....

jinx · 02-14-2005, 05:46 PM

47 out of 50 perfect
Average error 9 miles.

melidasaur · 02-14-2005, 09:29 PM

Now that my exam is over... I got to play the whole thing - this wasn't my exam - it was actually on real estate finance.

My results:
94%
Average Error: 7miles
47/50

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2005, 09:58 PM

22 miles because I didn't realize they wanted it perfect. What the hell is the sense of using a computer if you have to put it right on the money. :p

Clodfobble · 02-14-2005, 10:04 PM

I think it makes a big difference what order they happen to come up in. There are a ton I know I would have gotten wrong if two or three bordering states weren't already in place.

garnet · 02-14-2005, 10:20 PM

49 out of 50, 98%, Avg. error 3 miles

But this is tricky...it depends on what order you get the states. I played again and got a bunch of the big square states right in the beginning, with nothing around them. I got creamed.

melidasaur · 02-14-2005, 11:18 PM

I screwed up tennessee big time... and i've played twice and that one messes me up each time!

wolf · 02-15-2005, 12:34 AM

47 out of 50 ... I think I had a 13 mile avg. error. I did this at work, and forgot to email myself the results.

My excuse is that I have a Bachelor's Degree in Geography. Really.

glatt · 02-15-2005, 08:19 AM

46 out of 50 with a 12 mile error. I slipped with the mouse on one and dropped it half a state away.

I was damn lucky to place Nebraska perfectly with no border states present.

6sickchix · 02-15-2005, 01:46 PM

Score 90%
Avg Error 20 Miles

OnyxCougar · 02-15-2005, 01:54 PM

86% 42 miles error, 265 seconds. And I completely blew Connecticut (placed it by New Hampsire)

02-14-2005, 04:03 PM	#1
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	US States location game Test your knowledge of US state location - it's a lot harder than it looks because you have to get the location exactly right! Click here to play!!! __________________ I love England, what can I say?

02-14-2005, 04:33 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	for better or for worse, my parents didn't like video games, so they bought Atari's States and Capitol's game to investigate the evils of the computer era. i had an average error of 13 miles. pretty embarrassing that i missed West Virginia by half a state though. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-14-2005, 04:36 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	45 perfect out of 50 turns Score 90% Avg Error 32 Miles Time 347 Secs __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-14-2005, 04:38 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	anybody care to see if they can name all 50 states and match them with their capitols? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-14-2005, 04:45 PM	#5
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	88%, 21 miles, time 337 Connecticut was a baffler with no other new englanders to clue me. And my Wyoming drifted east.... Last edited by warch; 02-14-2005 at 04:48 PM.

02-14-2005, 05:46 PM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	47 out of 50 perfect Average error 9 miles. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-14-2005, 09:29 PM	#7
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	Now that my exam is over... I got to play the whole thing - this wasn't my exam - it was actually on real estate finance. My results: 94% Average Error: 7miles 47/50 __________________ I love England, what can I say?

02-14-2005, 09:58 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	22 miles because I didn't realize they wanted it perfect. What the hell is the sense of using a computer if you have to put it right on the money. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2005, 10:04 PM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I think it makes a big difference what order they happen to come up in. There are a ton I know I would have gotten wrong if two or three bordering states weren't already in place.

02-14-2005, 10:20 PM	#10
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	49 out of 50, 98%, Avg. error 3 miles But this is tricky...it depends on what order you get the states. I played again and got a bunch of the big square states right in the beginning, with nothing around them. I got creamed.

02-14-2005, 11:18 PM	#11
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I screwed up tennessee big time... and i've played twice and that one messes me up each time! __________________ I love England, what can I say?

02-15-2005, 12:34 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	47 out of 50 ... I think I had a 13 mile avg. error. I did this at work, and forgot to email myself the results. My excuse is that I have a Bachelor's Degree in Geography. Really. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-15-2005, 08:19 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	46 out of 50 with a 12 mile error. I slipped with the mouse on one and dropped it half a state away. I was damn lucky to place Nebraska perfectly with no border states present.

02-15-2005, 01:46 PM	#14
6sickchix pirate amish radio Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 24	Score 90% Avg Error 20 Miles

02-15-2005, 01:54 PM	#15
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	86% 42 miles error, 265 seconds. And I completely blew Connecticut (placed it by New Hampsire) __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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