Daniel-san, you much humor!

November 2, 2005 7:41 AM

Some mid-week Flash fun.

Daniel: Wouldn't a fly swatter be easier?
Miyagi: Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.
Daniel: Ever catch one?
Miyagi: Not yet.
posted by zardoz (23 comments total)

One

Woo hoo
posted by evilelvis at 7:47 AM on November 2, 2005

Also one.
posted by fire&wings at 7:49 AM on November 2, 2005

one
posted by lyam at 7:50 AM on November 2, 2005

Interestingly, "Karate Kid" is just as much a part of the cultural consciousness in Japan as it is in the US. Everybody knows catching flies with chopsticks and "Wax on, wax off."

"Wakkusu kakeru, wakkusu toru."
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:52 AM on November 2, 2005

Oh, and I also scored one.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:52 AM on November 2, 2005

one
posted by rxrfrx at 7:55 AM on November 2, 2005

ONE!!!
posted by Shfishp at 7:55 AM on November 2, 2005

Yeah, one. (plus it seems to give you less time on subsequent tries.)
posted by lucasks at 7:59 AM on November 2, 2005

Eight. On my sixth or so try. Fun little game. Once you ignore the clock, it's easier.
posted by skynxnex at 8:03 AM on November 2, 2005

Six!
posted by evilelvis at 8:05 AM on November 2, 2005

Ten... I think I just grew a few neurons specifically for this game.
posted by anthill at 8:08 AM on November 2, 2005

56, believe it or not. Maybe it works differently on a Mac...?
posted by Jubey at 8:14 AM on November 2, 2005

This is no Babycal Throw. Whoever posted that game as a comment in a games thread a couple of weeks ago has ruined my productivity (already pretty low) for life.
posted by you just lost the game at 8:22 AM on November 2, 2005

Beginners luck? 5 on my first fly ... I mean try.
posted by devbrain at 8:25 AM on November 2, 2005

22 here. Zod can suck it. ;)
posted by blendor at 8:45 AM on November 2, 2005

Yeah, I played this before and got 117 or something. The "trick" appearantly was to play this game on your old computer while simultaneously, for example, rendering something in after effects. Then you're in Karate Kid bullet-time, and it's no problem at all.
posted by cheerleaders_to_your_funeral at 8:48 AM on November 2, 2005

I got 3,480 but I forgot to make a screenshot.
posted by brain_drain at 8:56 AM on November 2, 2005

While taking a md5sum of my entire disk I was able to get 76 -- seems you get less and less extra time the further up you go (I had a 60+ second surplus and it didn't SEEM that I was catching flies any slower before it had evaporated).

Old computer? Hey, this p3-733 is my daily desktop!
posted by devbrain at 9:54 AM on November 2, 2005

I think the time limit defeats miyagi's original point. You must have patients to catch a fly with copsticks, and an eight second initial time limit does nothing to help you with that.
posted by splatta at 11:08 AM on November 2, 2005

Splatta is correct.
posted by Eideteker at 12:11 PM on November 2, 2005

I got two on my first go, but I'm on a G5 Dual 2GHz with 2.5gb of RAM.

That's an equivalent score of 236 flies on a PC.
posted by armoured-ant at 3:54 PM on November 2, 2005

MetaFilter: You must have patients to catch a fly with copsticks.
posted by armoured-ant at 3:54 PM on November 2, 2005

a better and infinitely less irritating game would be how many you could catch within a minute, for instance, with an extra minute if you reached, i dont know, one or something
posted by criticalbill at 4:02 PM on November 2, 2005