Originally Posted By DJ7K Thanks Yeah I was playing it on Medium at my friend's folk's house and although their mouse is wireless, I found it harder to manuver around quickly to each letter compared to the mouse I have here for this laptop. Usually I have my index on the Enter key and my middle finger on the Backspace key, but getting the mouse over to each letter to click on it was a little tough. So I learned the Action Race one depends on how fast you can unscramble words and how quickly you can click each letter. I learned doing it too fast often results in deleting the word you're trying to spell if you click two letters at once, thus in a Medium or Difficult race, it's tough because those other boats catch up quick. Don't feel bad though about not being able to think of words to spell. My friend's Sister I sent this to, she's a middle school teacher and although she found it enjoyable, she said she too has trouble with scrambled words the second she sees them. I think this is why Easy is best to keep at for awhile, because you get an idea what words to look for to spell with more time to spare since the other boats won't catch up to you as quickly. Other than that, yeah the puzzle one is probably more fun.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros You don't actually have to use the mouse at all. I discovered (by accident, I think) that you can just type the words in. That makes the whole thing move a lot faster. And don't worry, if one letter has multiples and one is of a higher value, it automatically uses that one in the word for maximum points. It really surprised me that it did that when I discovered it.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Thanks for the hint FerretAfros. I think that will help. I will try it today at lunch. Last night I did manage to get to the 6th leg on Medium. Just before each leg started, I would figure out my first word before I hit start.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD That did help. I managed to get to the 8th leg and I came in second on that leg so I'm getting closer.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Wow, I'll have to try that too. I tried it the first time I played the game and for some reason it didn't work. That's why I've stuck with the mouse. The only problem so far I've really had with the mouse is not the mouse itself, it's when the game begins to slow down I think because of my computer. I'm still on Difficult in the Action Race. I have to discipline myself and use patience when spelling out each word because like I said doing too fast can cause it to delete entirely, leaving you with not much time to respell it while the other boats catch up (if in the Action Race). Also clicking two letters at once will cause this, so perhaps typing it will be a lot more convenient in more ways than one It's almost like Wheel of Fortune with the letters having "wind value" to them, the colored ones. Say if you get an M worth 3 winds instead of 1, it adds more wind to the word you spell with it, thus pushing your boat further. On Wheel, the more money a letter is worth, the more money a contestant gets per letter available that they chose.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Woohoo!!! This does work better!! Thanks, FerretAfros! The minute I was getting ready to try it with the keyboard before hitting GO, I thought to myself, "Huh... just spell any word on the keyboard and... wait no, I have to look up at the letters given to see whats available to spell", but then thought it shouldn't be too hard. Just find one then quickly type it out. Then again, my fingers don't seem to get along with laptop keyboards. But so far so good here. Ok so the test I did was on easy, now I'm going to try difficult.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Thanks to everyone's help. I was able to get to level 10 today and had 930 pts. Now if I can just get past that stupid level 10.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Congrads, TXDISNEYNERD! I was looking forward to sharing some perhaps even more helpful information Saturday, but realized the other day it's not what I thought it was. I'll explain below. You'll notice the "shuffle" feature between "clear" and "submit" on the left side of the game screen. Turns out the space bar can be used for this. Thing is, at first when I discovered it, all I noticed was that it changed all the letters. I immediately thought it gave me new letters (like the "dump letters" crate/box you come across during the race and puzzle). Then after trying it out some more I realized I had the same letters, just in different order. I had accidently hit it while just finishing a race. Using the typing as opposed to the mouse, it's kinda like Mavis Beacon all over again my Freshman year in high school. Only this time my typing skills are far better than they were then and also the difference is on Mavis Beacon you typed out I think words already spelled out on the screen. Another similarity to Wheel of Fortune is whether or not theres a letter available to use for spelling a word. Often times I'll be trying to spell a word til I realize I'm typing a letter that's not available.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Well this is interesting. I finished 3rd on Leg 10 Difficult earlier today on the Action Race. Ranked 9 on the Daily Top Scores, and my score was 1001. I just finished the same tour a moment ago, but ranking 17 with a top score of 993. I must have spelled words worth more "winds" or points in the previous race. Keep at it folks! I tried the puzzle earlier today on difficult - very challenging. It's tough because it's harder to make long words with the letters they give you. The best part though is you can take as long as you need to come up with something.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Thanks and sure thing Thanks again also to FerretAfros, I probably wouldn't have made it that far using the mouse.
