Slingshot Santa

by Volker Weber

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How far can you throw him?

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167,3 .... puhhhh. have to do some exercises tonight

Alexander Kluge, 2003-11-27 16:01

241,1 but there is still room for improvement

235,8... I really don't like christmas :-)

Mike Hartmann, 2003-11-27 16:27

brag, brag: 298,1 :-)

Mike Hartmann, 2003-11-27 16:38

283,4 - poor santa :-)

Did you already see the reindeer at 350m? :-) Now I just need to hit it...

Mike Hartmann, 2003-11-27 16:48

350.4 - But the reindeer`s still standing ;-)

Stefan Kremer, 2003-11-27 17:35

Dang! I was kinda hoping you couldn't get past 349.9m! ;-)

The reindeer doesn't seem to do anything, does it?

My guess is the Reindeer represents the farthest Santa has been thrown which is farther than my mere 348.3 m.

Joe Canadian, 2003-11-27 21:07

Hmm.... 300,3 cant see the reindeer.

350.4, thats the farest i get... Santa lays right under the Reindeer, nice.

350.4 as well. Great fun!

Kieren Johnson, 2003-11-27 22:57

Won't get past 349,9 but I'm too tired to do some more training.

350.4 as well. I think it's not possible to throw him farther.

Math genius at work

Actually, my 349,9 is reported as 349,10, too.

334,3 and I saw the reindeer ;-)

350.4 also ... cool stuff ;-)

350.4 seems absolute max :-)

I reached 350,4 at max, but I'll try to get more, because I want Santa to dive in the gap behind the reindeer.

Judaszeuger, 2003-11-29 10:28

looks like there is no way to get past the 350,4!
frog23

350,4 that's all!

How short can you shoot? 23.4 is the worst I can get.

yo, 350,4 semms to be the farest.... It´s sad that nothing´s happen when I hit the reindeer :-)

350.4 again!

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hmm 350.4 is the max i guess
but: who can throw shortest?
beat 23.4 :P

~G~

gilgamesch, 2003-12-01 02:11

350,4 This is the max, but no matter, this is a fantastic game afterall.

Orosz György (George), 2003-12-01 22:12

350,4 seems indeed the best. I could not do it beyond this point!
Chris

334.3 is the best i could do? what is your secret? lol

the maximum is 350,4

bamberger, 2003-12-10 17:21

350.4 here, but im not giving up until chrismas is over ; )

What's the shortest distance you guys can throw him? mine was 8.4

yes, its a shame you cant get completely past the reindeer. 350.4 is the farthest i've come

yes, its a shame you cant get completely past the reindeer. 350.4 is the farthest i've come

Try changing your system clock to Christmas day. Apparently there is a 'sweet spot' where he will absolutely fly on Christmas day! I still haven't found it yet myself, but a friend who found this sent me a screenshot with 1063.7m as the distance and another few metres up ahead there is a Christmas tree marker, kinda like the reindeer. So there is probably a little further you can throw it.

Anyone find the sweet spot, can you point it out for us?

340.4 is the farthest you are allowed to go. That's as far as the program allows you to. The reindeer is there really for no reason. My dad did a lot of researching on this game and supposedly there are cheats for it. plus i played that game alot on Christmas day and i didn't get any further than 350.4. Without it being on Christmas day, the sweet spots are about on the first dip on the first to the last iceberg, and the release point is about bewteen the first the last and last slope on the last iceberg. Just make sure you don't keep it down any longer else you cannot throw him. If you hold too long or release too late, santa will go flying up and the elves will look at each other hovering over the chasm and santa will fall in. There are two main points after the chasm where santa should fall but I'll leave that up to you guys to find out. :)

Correction: 350.4 is the farthest you can go. IT's all mathematics.

Correction: 350.4 is the farthest you can go. IT's all mathematics.

346.1 is the farthest I got ;);)

aw, man- the link is down. Geez, and I thought I could stop working for awhile, heheheh.

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