agreed wrote:Does that mean you're going to pursue legal action against them?

I agree if woot cant give paid items to everyone they shouldnt give it to no one. I got one arm how can i play this game its totally not fair. Way to make me feel worse about my disability.

bsamm97 wrote:

This is my LIKE button!

This seems impossible, but it really isn't. I think the further you get in the game, the less of a chance you'll get "double road-blocked". I got screwed several times on LV 1 & 2, then all of a sudden I made it all the way to LV10! Big o' Cosmos, here I come!!!!

By the way, when you beat LV4 it warpes you back to LV1....but it counts it as LV5, so just keep going. Once you beat LV3 for the second time, you will be able to buy your crap.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1179/wootx.jpg

Woot loves me

1- no pause button, most of the people trying for this are either at work or have kids at home

2- as already said numerous times this is RANDOM LUCK. every one of my deaths have been caused by two things taking up the whole path!

3- while I hope that this "game" itself is the joke and that nobody actually can win...why would you make it so people can't spend money?

Crapshoot! cheat code...works every time. I made it to level 7 on my first try using it. If you hold down the c, r, a, p, keys it will put a bulldozer blade on the snail that lets you run over obstacles. Also, if you hold down the f, o, o, l, keys you get a secret message.

It could be worst. Last night I got to level 4 and then they sold out once I put my info in, BOOO!!!!

where is the game

I can't believe so many people are pissed. I hope they are kidding. Its a Jatravartid game. I couldn't get past level 3. Its nothing to get overly upset about and leave woot forver ???

Managed to get to level 4 on my first try, since I got double spawn killed 5 times on lvl2.

if woot cant give paid items to everyone they shouldnt give it to no one. I got one arm how can i play this game its totally not fair. Way to make me feel worse about my disability.

well, off to work, sadly I have no time to get a bag today, and I have been trying a while now...

i hate woot right now...

and the coders of this game....two lanes only?

and every time i play, both of them are blocked...


dummmmmmb...i just want my Big o' Cosmos

Ya'll are a bunch of titty babies. Whining because you have to play a game AND get lucky to get a bag! Last time I checked, you have to get lucky every time this stuff is up. On top of that, it's April fools. Get over it. No one has a gun to your head making you play, much less check the site and buy crap. Props to you Woot!

Sorry, Woot! I have a job; an important one. I've extraordinary wasted enough time trying to secure crap. Meh. Ah shucks, maybe next time.

Rombow wrote:Glad I got in and got mine early. I really feel sorry for anyone who has a job and has to sleep at night. They will be playin' that Jatravartid game for days tryin' to get to levels 8, 9, and 10.

My first thought was that the Big o' Cosmos's would not last until the sun comes up... but after a little reevaluation they might be up for a week!

LOL! I am one of those poor suckers who has a 8-5 job. I made my attempt at the game, Konami code, delivering or not delivering, and the kidswoot link. Nothing worked, and I've got stuff to do so I can get paid and afford to buy what I would like to have seen in my Big o' Cosmos.

I saw somebody got to level 20 on the high score board, thought there were only10 levels.?!

Ok, can't get to level 7...I guess you guys don't need the money. Glad someone is doing well in this economy!

What a bunch of entitled, spoiled brats. Please DO take your business elsewhere. Less competition for the next Big o' Cosmos.

how do you get to play this Jatravartid game you people are talking about? i click on i want one and it just tells me sorry i'm not a at level 7

Good April Fools joke! The RBOC is an elusive critter and legendary. This seems a fair and fun way to give everyone a chance to get a RBOC. I think your Sys Admins are happy their servers aren't crashing. Some are griping about the game, but I hate looking at a dead screen just waiting to see if I got it.

Cheers Woot!

P. S. This is my first posting after a long time using.

Couldn't get in earlier..... now that they're working its level 7? This is total luck..

Come on everyone! The way to the Big o' Cosmos has already been posted. My girlfriend and I have just purchased one each. Our first bags of crap!

Good luck and happy April Fool's Day.

any hints from Big o' Cosmos winners?

Does a color TV fit in this bag?

ltj1200 wrote:Next time, how about just doing a lottery? I dont know how anyone is getting to level 7. I've been playing since 8 and get past level 4 without the game putting 2 obstacles in my way at the same time.

Same probelm here. I have played ... how many times ... I've lost count... and can't get past the 2 obstacles at once.

Twice now I've hit every single package without a miss but die at level 4 (x32 and x38) with a double team takedown so apparently accuracy has absolutely nothing to do with winning.

5 hours on this and 3 hours of sleep in between and no Big o' Cosmos? That makes me a sad panda, who's late for work. TGIF

I don't think i've bought anything on woot since amazon creeped in... for shame

Seriously, warp off with the levels.

tjbird9675 wrote:I saw somebody got to level 20 on the high score board, thought there were only10 levels.?!

it's totally legit, i swear.

how do i buy one if i'm blind? random "crapshoot" or not, this doesn't seem fair

redscot68 wrote:I don't get it, I bought in on level 1&2 before it crashed.
(confirmation email & charged for each)
Doesn't that mean that mean that I got 2 separate Big o' Cosmos's on the same day?!?

You should probably buy a lotto ticket today too.

Regarding the game.
It's a neat idea and I liked the art style and inside jokes/references. I think it's a good idea that unfortunately trips over it's own operculum on execution. It could work except for a few problems.

1) No pause button? Especially when you move automatically to the next level. Also, it doesn't hurt to have a volume slider instead of just a mute button.

2) Bad hit boxes on the enemies. The SNES needed rectangular hit boxes, with Flesh on my 3 GHz quad core, I think we can handle detecting sprite contours.

3) Package trajectory. On the first and second levels the angle of the little cannon doesn't match the angle of the shot.

4) The game lags sometimes when a static and moving enemy are on the screen at the same time. (Refer to point 2 above).

5) Frequent double blocking.

Number 5 is the big one. It's called a game breaking problem. It really makes me think you made this game for the lulz or never actually tested it. Sure it's easy to randomly spawn enemies but it's completely possible to add some math that would ensure a clear, if difficult, path. Making the player's speed fixed actully makes this easier. (And kudos for the tweak to side scroller genre that I have not run across before. It nicely increases the tension nearing the end of the level.)

But to continue...
If I fail because I screwed up it's ok, I don't feel cheated because I made the mistake and I have gained motivation to do it better the next time. I when I fail because the game made it impossible I get irritated, and worse, I feel nothing when I succeed because it wasn't really my skill that did it. This is worse than playing F5 roulette at midnight because at least I understand that that is luck. I'm not irritated when I don't win that 'game'. I, and it seem many others, never took the time write lengthy and highly insightful critiques your load balancing systems.

I won't address the problems some have had of winning the game, and then being unable make a purchase because of your bandwidth issues. I never made it passed level 4 because of the double blocking problem. BTW, the first time this hit me was a few seconds into level 1. That right there is half the reason I probably spent more time on this post than the game. (I think I played for half an hour).

Once aging, if these problem were fixed I would have thought it was a great bit of April Fooling and something you might think about doing for all the BOCs.

I'm hoping I don't come off as too much of an ass, a little bit, but not too much.

I keep getting no crap for you, the game won't even load

Mr3dPHD wrote:This seems impossible, but it really isn't. I think the further you get in the game, the less of a chance you'll get "double road-blocked". I got screwed several times on LV 1 & 2, then all of a sudden I made it all the way to LV10! Big o' Cosmos, here I come!!!!

By the way, when you beat LV4 it warpes you back to LV1....but it counts it as LV5, so just keep going. Once you beat LV3 for the second time, you will be able to buy your crap.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1179/wootx.jpg

arrow up and down in the blank spaces between obstacles. seems to help with the double obstacle.

I like to NOT throw packages at the little houses. Sometimes I'll lob one at a really big house or farm, but I don't aim. When I see a tiny house that looks pitiful and desperate I can't help but giggle as I act like I'm going to throw one and then don't.

It makes me feel like I actually work for Woot!

thanks woot for making this a Flesh enabled game, so the woot faithful on iphone and ipad like myself get the bonebag instead the crap bag.....

Roy33sakic wrote:You guys complain too much. It's not like the prize is a million dollars. It's an item which, more than likely, will contain items you will never touch again. You are playing a game to get a chance at an item that may or may not have something worthwhile.

If it's frustrating you that much, you should probably go take a breather.

I couldn't have said it better. Annoying? Yes. But, it is just a random bag of "crap."

This is killing me. The game keeps sending a moving object at the sametime as a stationary object, and I have nowhere to go but die. Really pissing me off!