http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_exp...ate15s_500.html

report back youre average.....

Im an avg of 10 miles.....

five (5) miles!

I had 38 miles on my first try, then 94% and 6 miles on my second run through. I think it's partially luck of the draw, if your first few are in away from the coast, you have to guess, even if you know where they go. Once the first few states are in, you can register the rest.

I'm going to send it out to my office and see how people do...

Thx Aaron.

I got 18 miles I missed 1 by a long ways. This was a waste of time. Now I have to go to work. Aaron, get a life!!

68 here

You're still in school. You better know this.

I had 46 out of 50 correct, but a couple pissed me off. At the very beginning, they were asking for something smack in the middle of the country, with nothing to line it up with (like Missouri). I was off by 72 miles for (ooohh). Same thing for Montana. The entire upper left was off, and it penalized me for being like 50 miles off....

81 Miles.



But I'm a Canadian, so I thought that was pretty good.

69 miles

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Qarl Posted on Dec 21 2004, 08:39 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You're still in school. You better know this. I had 46 out of 50 correct, but a couple pissed me off. At the very beginning, they were asking for something smack in the middle of the country, with nothing to line it up with (like Missouri). I was off by 72 miles for (ooohh). Same thing for Montana. The entire upper left was off, and it penalized me for being like 50 miles off....

That's still good, I was off 170 miles at one point

QUOTE (skline @ Dec 21 2004, 09:35 AM)

Aaron, get a life!!

im still sick....

AND going snowboarding!

Fun stuff:
96%
3-miles
415 seconds
Then again I've lived in WY, IA, KS, VA so I know most corners of the US

4 miles, I f'd up at the start, but once I get past the east coast, easy.

i got 4!!!

Now we should run a correlation with low scores and age! i bet all the guys under say....10 miles are over say... 40!

nice site AAron, i sent it to my brother with kids - good for teaching. check out the other resources on the home page.

21 on first try.

Saving that for my granddaughter. Great site! Ya don't want to start with Arkansas! Missed by 500 miles and had to play catch up.

58 ...I suck.....dropped a big state when the phone rang....and another when someone walked into the office and asked a question....

61 Miles.... but I dropped RI by Montana by accident

74%, 150 miles, but I'm Canadian, eh! What the hell is a mile, anyway? You 'mericans sure do have a lot of states!

I am old 39 right 6o miles error. east coast has a definate advantage

Bernie

Looks like Howard and I are in the same boat.

-Ben M.

And I'm 29 thank you very much!

I see what you're saying on giving you inland states first, I lost my milage predominantly on my own home state... Place Colorado on this blank slate... Bastards!

8 miles for me 94%

I got Tennasee for my first one, that pretty much killed my average, fun little game.

98% Damn West Virginia
5 miles average.
49 of 50 correct.

Driving across the country several times seems to pay off in silly games like this.

4 miles, 48 perfect. The two not perfect were Nebraska and Tennesse, both of which I got within 60 miles, but nothing was filled in, yet, so there were no borders to compare against. Telling the name of the state made it almost too easy. Try to tell the difference between North Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming just from the outline, no name or position information.

But then, like I say, I'm a geek...

90% AVG Error 18 miles Time 327 seconds

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Driving across the country several times seems to pay off in silly games like this.

I think it's not so bad for my first try ...

Europe would have been easier for me

Good Job Gus.

I wonder if this game was piece together Europe how bad every americans score would be

Admit fellas we as 'mericans tend to be a little short sited when it comes to other countries origins, history etc. Myself included.

Dang,,,,,,

Every time I try it, Kalifornia slies off into the ocean.....

That really screws with my average


Ken

QUOTE (tdgray @ Dec 21 2004, 09:24 PM)

Good Job Gus.     I wonder if this game was piece together Europe how bad every americans score would be

thanks Todd, I was lucky with coast states at the beginning
not sure if I could do this again

I did well, but I deal with the map everyday determining what agencies are in what state and what region thats in and so on. My only tough one was getting South Dakota as my second state. I knew where it was pretty well, but getting it perfect took a little luck too. The rest were given to me in a decently easy order. Thankfully, I got West Virginia AFTER Virginia.

42 out of 50 29 miles

96%, avg error 3 miles, 572 sec.

I didn't know it was a timed event! (kinda like the 1st time I had sex.....at least with a girl)

92%
6 miles
319 secs.

20 miles...90%...301 sec... what do I win? LOL

96%, 3 miles, 128 sec.

I got 96% and 17miles. Yes, driving across country a few times does help. Living in afew states helps too. Its those damn square states tah screw everything up.

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Now we should run a correlation with low scores and age! i bet all the guys under say....10 miles are over say... 40!

I'll bet that would not happen as some of the older folks remeber the US when we were less than 50 states

88%..............16 Miles.............320 sec...........44/50

I thought Hawaii was in the Aleutians!

40 Miles

Mike D.

ok now I feel really dumb. I let my gf do it, who is relatively new to our country, doesn't even have the language down fully yet. she scored...

score 92%, avg error 14miles, time 451 secs

92%....14 miles...351 secs...

West Virginia 1st...damn
Arkansas 2nd.........DAMN

well, there goes the average.

john

Here goes post #100...

Try the map of Europe.

93%....64 miles...284 secs...

Not too bad for an American

john

2 miles with 98 % and 450 secs 49 of 50 perfect

I was distracted @ work !! only 72% 53mi adverage error 433 secs.

Thanks Aaron ! will let trhe kids play...

Im glad you guys like it!

thought it would be cool to throw a brain teaser.....

I felt I was good till I gave the South America and Europe a try.

QUOTE (Hawktel @ Dec 21 2004, 08:54 PM)

I felt I was good till I gave the South America and Europe a try.

i tried europe!

I'm not over 40...yet...or even 40...

8 miles, by a French Canadian

Jeez.... I did Europe better than I did the US.

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