you guys are driving me NUTS!!!! The coder that made this pos can go to hell! I keep getting to impassible double objects..... It's not skill or luck or dodging but just Battlefield Earth (2000)

This game is a load of crap. Beat it twice when it was at level 3 and it still wouldn't give me Babies on Crack!

Now I can't get past level 2 with all the duel obstacles, even trying to tap the up and down to stay in the center, (which works 1/10 the time)

Boo. I'm entitled to two!

Reflexes have nothing to do with it, it is a complete crap shoot, as the game's title will tell you. I've been at it for about two hours now, I have been killed by unavoidable blockage each time, as most have stated. I get to level 4 about 1/10 times and never live to see more than 10 seconds of it... and I need to beat level 5. If there was some sort of skill involved, say more points=less objects to give yourself a chance, I could see it being a bit more rewarding. But as it is, it's pure lottery. As the Big o' Cosmos usually is.

Sorry but this game bites. You get stuck 10 games in a row where there is double objects in your way. Forget it! I dont want anything enough to give myself a headache!

ProjectD wrote:Been going since around 12:45, it's now 1:28. My reflexes are perfectly good. When both lanes are completely taken up by obstacles with no way to move around, that is not due to poor reflexes. I've been 45 minutes patient, that's not reasonable, especially this time of night. Please don't be a jerk just because you were luckier than many others.

I finally got a bag at level 4 and it definitely took a bit of luck for me as well to get through a game without any double blocking. I don't know if this helps, but I was able to get by a double path block one time by hitting up and down really quickly through it somehow. I think that was also more luck than anything, and I ended up dying later, but I thought it might be worth mentioning.

SilverStar830 wrote:At AMAZON.WOOT everyday is April FOOLS Day... especially when a Bag o' Crap is on the line.

What a great joke. Haha. I played that st00pid asinine game for 2 hours reaching various levels up to level 6 and never once I did get an ability to place an order. Dozens of times I hit spots where one high/one low obstacles made it impossible to proceed too. I've never been able to get a Big o' Cosmos in all my years here because I don't know the slick tricks that the SAME script kiddies who always DO get the Big o' Cosmos know, and when I think I might actually have a chance, you pull this cruel joke on us, those who just once want to get their hands on a Big o' Cosmos.

Hey AMAZON.WOOT ... YOU SUCK! Go back to the old days when REAL bargains on REAL nice items were presented, quit selling junk, and just get rid of the st00pid Bag o' Crap already!

benlofton wrote:Agreed!

me 3 Agree

Eh, it is all luck I suppose. Good luck on getting your Big o' Cosmos!

Beat level 3 and you may be worthy.... beat level 4 and you may be worthy..... beat level 5 and you may be worthy..... Sorry, but this Big Orphaned Cetacea isn't worth the headache.

WOOT!!!

Scored my first Big o' Cosmos!!!

amcoolio wrote:Took me 30 minutes. Got 1, then got 1 for my girlfriend as well.

Its all luck. And I laugh at you people who don't have patience.

If you keep at it for 30 minutes, you are bound to get one...or you just have really bad reflexes

Not when you win it several times over and it does not give you the option to purchase...thanks for sharing though...

This truly is less fair than fighting the server crashes. IF they had made a semi-decent game where the levels were the exact same for everyone, then it would be slightly different. Having levels where you constantly run into 2 obstacles (Ive had it happen with the first things Ive come up on in lvl 1) and finally beating the required level to just get an error where the buttons should be. This really has angered me to the extent of not buying from woot for at least a week or two.

What a gigantic mess. Beat level 3 so many times I lost count, but no order. I hope someone gets fired over this one.

aaronmaccabe wrote:What about all the people like myself who beat the necessary level while you guys were trying to get your CRAP together! I beat level five along time ago.

and how did you do that without getting double-blocked? I keep getting double-blocked in 1, 2, and 3. I haven't even gotten to level 5, yet.

haha this is the best april fools day joke ever. woot is literally making you sit in your computer for hours in the middle of the night just to get a Big o' Cosmos.

A+ Woot.

Well your crappy servers screwed me over, I was playing when the Baby on crack was on level 3, I beat level three only to receive this error.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17433209/Crapshoot.png
I was hoping to get my first bandoleer of carrots, but alas, no.

blah blah this is hard. blah blah this sucks blah blah. blah blah illegal. I can't wait for my Big o' Cosmos!

Other organizations have shut down promotions tied to flash games due to the ease with which people can cheat. This one clearly has none of the methods used that try to thwart cheating.

Combine that with the impossible scenarios of impassible double obstacles and it's just not worth playing for this.

The only thing I buy from Woot anymore is the Big o' Cosmos and only during standard woot-off's or the usual days like Xmas Eve and Woot Birthday. As others have mentioned the deals really aren't that great anymore.

Got mine.

So I agree that it sucks to get 2 things blocking both paths at once, but at least it's fair for everyone since we all get it. It's just frustrating is all.

It's sad to hear that others are having a difficult time, but I am 52 yrs old, it's 3am and I am on slooooow 3gig networking wifi, no turbo speed or even DSL speed.
Made level 4 and got my first Big o' Cosmos.
Just keep trying folks, I died a lot of times too and thought a win was impossible but it was possible!

Happy Fool's Day Amazon/Woot! I loves ya at least!

Relatively certain it's not an April Fool's joke - my credit card was charged.

If it is, I don't think too many banks are going to be happy.

Do the points even matter?

This is ridiculous. Just terrible game. You play for warping hours, and to no avail. I've never had the opportunity to participate in the bag o crap, and now I just can't because of some terrible flash game that an animal could have made. Totally random to whether you will be able to make it to the level or not, and now I' done. This website just isn't sitting well with me. Woot, you seriously disappoint me. I would have had my bag o crap at 1 am (est), but NO, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THAT EASY, YOU HAVE TO BE THE MOST ANNOYING PEOPLE TONIGHT. Think it's funny to keep people up till 4:30 in the morning in the name of a horrible April fool's joke? Probably. Screw you.

Spent a good 3 hours raging at scripts that wouldn't load and scores that wouldn't register and blocked paths. Then I got one. First one in ages.

ahhhh why do they keep coming two at the same tiiime?! can't find a way to bypass this! cant get past level 4! wahhhh no Big o' Cosmos for meee :*(

Sorry, Woot, but on this one you've lost me for awhile. I might check back in for a different Woot in a week or so.... and then again... I might not check at all.

THX1041 wrote:The game isn't buggy - two obstacles impossible to simultaneously avoid is a feature.

Any perceived crappiness is intentional and designed to enhance your crappy experience.

I wouldn't have it any other way. It causes you to question whether the game is itself a hoax the entire time you're playing.

That was my feeling, but obstinacy and stupidity kept me trying for an hour...until I actually beat it! Level 5 busted and Big o' Cosmos ordered (unless that an April Fool joke too!). Still better than selling out in 12 nanoseconds like usual.

9th time in my last 13 or so tries...all on level 2. This game blows and requires so much luck. I'm not destined to ever get a gd bag of sh--

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1151/crapl.png

What a tremendous fail this whole **** is. I can't get past certain points in the game, there is no way to survive.

I was playing earlier, got to level 5 (1 via balloon) but it then popped with an error. Now every time I play I get the unbeatable obstacle, so sorry, Woot, but I'm never coming back. You've lost a permanent customer, and not just through this single account. I've got three.

What is with the impassable object set ups? Just double stack of barriers you cant get through?!!!

White flag... tried to play it for 3 hours.
Beat Level 1, got all the way to the order page and was told it sold out. Then the servers ate themselves. Played it whenever it would come back online, beat it twice when it was at level 3, game locked up both times and wouldn't give me a score screen. After lock up it would eventually give me the server maintenance message.
And now I read that people have found a way to cheat the game and slow it down.
The "Woot Your Own Adventure" game in the past was a fine balance of aggravating and fun, this game is lacking on the fun side.
Happy April Fool's everyone. To those who got BOCs without cheating, congrats.

I'm too sleepy to keep trying anymore. I can get to level 4, but just cannot get beyond that. The fun ran out a little while ago.

I do have a request though. How about some diversity woot? Perhaps mix the screaming monkeys up with stress ball styled snails? I bet more than a few people would like to take their rage out on the little green guys right now

Good luck everyone.

Six friggin' years I've tried to get this stoopid piece of crap deal and this is what some of the greatest minds have come up with??!!!??

Seriously??

If this was a Flesh game, you have customers like myself who won't load Flesh on their pc for development and security issues. As such I had no chance at all to get the prize.

Please don't add Flesh stuff to the site. While it's fun to develop in and stuff, the effort isn't worth the investment.

Thanx.

jdatwood wrote:kinda frustrated that I beat Lvl 3 when that was all that was required and then the site crashed. Now I have to beat Lvl 4 and the fact I got past Lvl 3 is irrelevant. Ugh...

Same thing happened to me. I took a screenshot of it but Im sure it wont matter. We both should have won Level 3 bags, but the servers were not on our side tonight

I add myself to the ranks who beat the game, and then the order button never showed up. And then I couldn't beat it once the servers were working again because I kept getting impossible blockages on the last level.

Also, if you set Flash to "low quality", the game seems to run better. Irony?

Just kidding, woot! ;)

Look at that S car go!

It's not fake. I made it passed level 5 and was able to order.

I think you only get the "double impassable" objects if you miss too many deliveries

Finally after 3 hours of playing this Jatravartid game I finally made it all the way to level 7! I probably could have gone farther too but I just hit the hot dog by a tiny bit! I was getting pretty heated too by the end of this thing, y'all just gotta stick it out through those double obstacles, your day will come too!

ProjectD wrote:Been going since around 12:45, it's now 1:28. My reflexes are perfectly good. When both lanes are completely taken up by obstacles with no way to move around, that is not due to poor reflexes. I've been 45 minutes patient, that's not reasonable, especially this time of night. Please don't be a jerk just because you were luckier than many others.

How was I being a jerk? Look at all the other asinine responses here. The game is about LUCK not skill. And 2 other people that I'm chatting with on Ventrilo got it as well in about 30 minutes. If you keep at it, then there will be no double obsticles.

I think this is genius by Woot, anyway. BTW, this was my first Crap, after 3 years of trying every. single. time. You don't see me saying "Screw you Woot! I'm never coming back! WAHHH!" do you?