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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country ... -drop.html

My score:
216 secs
98%
ave error: 5 miles
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I placed Lithuania a little to much to the south, rest was correct, av. 3 miles of correct place.
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283 secs
95% correct
avg. error: 8 miles

I only placed Moldova and the Czech Rep. a bit wrong.
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this game is a bit too depending on the order the countries arrive.
Quite difficult to place an 'inner'-European country completaly correct in the beginning ...
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Jules wrote:this game is a bit too depending on the order the countries arrive.
Quite difficult to place an 'inner'-European country completaly correct in the beginning ...
Yeah, the worst are landlocked countries at the beginning.

I got Liechtenstein as the first country, now that's hard!! :)
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Jules wrote:this game is a bit too depending on the order the countries arrive.
Quite difficult to place an 'inner'-European country completaly correct in the beginning ...
Indeed. I had it quite easy, with Croatia, Albania, Bosnia, and on, was quite easy, really.
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Anonymous wrote:
Jules wrote:this game is a bit too depending on the order the countries arrive.
Quite difficult to place an 'inner'-European country completaly correct in the beginning ...
Indeed. I had it quite easy, with Croatia, Albania, Bosnia, and on, was quite easy, really.
OK, that was me.
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The small mini countries are the worst
but i still got a 89 % score
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44/44 correct
avg. error: 0 miles
Pct. correct: 100%
time total: 141 secs


I guess I was lucky with the big countries coming first. :)
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41/44 correct
avg. error: 47 miles
Pct. correct: 93%
time total: 285 secs (I'm at work)
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I scored:

43/44 = 98%
average error 8 miles
time : 251 seconds

I only placed Malta wrong, even Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein and Monaco were good :lol:
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44/44 = 100%
av. error 0 miles
time 227 secs 8)
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Post by giberski »

My score was 33/44 (I dropped two countries by accident)
Error was 0 miles (always very close)
Avg. Error. 156 miles
Pct Correct: 75%
Time total 268 secs.
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Post by groentje »

groentje wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Jules wrote:this game is a bit too depending on the order the countries arrive.
Quite difficult to place an 'inner'-European country completaly correct in the beginning ...
Indeed. I had it quite easy, with Croatia, Albania, Bosnia, and on, was quite easy, really.
OK, that was me.
I played it again. My score was 43/44, avg. error 4 miles, in 293 sec.
I placed the Vatican a bit to much to the north...
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Post by tralla »

If you think this is easy, you might want to try some of the more advanced games like

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country ... _spin.html

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