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Title: Transformice - Success is futile
Post by: IzzyChan on 21 Jun 2010, 22:01: http://kotaku.com/5568990/why-cant-we-stop-playing-transformice

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What the hell is Transformice and why can't I stop playing it? Well, it's a multiplayer Flash-based game, in which you control a mouse and try to get cheese faster than any other mouse. And it's total, hilarious chaos.

The mad scramble for cheese across dozens of maps, most of which have some bottomless pit for your mouse to plunge into, is more fun than it should be. That's in part due to the addition of players that act as Shamans, magic mice that can summon objects like crates, anvils, planks and cannonballs to help—or more often, fuck with—other players.

Sometimes, you'll be given the chance to play as the Shaman, provided you can grab your portion of the cheese fast enough and return it to the hidey hole before anyone else. Things often go disastrously wrong. Simple, but devilishly addictive.

The chaos and physics-based challenge of Transformice can be better gleaned by watching this helpful video primer.

Video of hilarity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJReZRji7tg

Game: http://transformice.com/en/index.html
Title: Re: Transformice - Success is futile
Post by: Graelyn on 22 Jun 2010, 01:12: Fucking LOL at that video! 8)
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Post by: Havohej on 22 Jun 2010, 02:03: Jesus.. how/where do you find all these hilariously odd games?
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Post by: Graelyn on 22 Jun 2010, 03:20: I have now spent hours playing this.

DAMN YOU WOMAN
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Post by: Milo Caman on 22 Jun 2010, 08:15: Oh my god.
I can't actually stop playing this /o\
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Post by: Indahar on 22 Jun 2010, 13:59: I've spent too much time playing this game. Oh God, it's so fun.
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Post by: Gottii on 22 Jun 2010, 14:12: Confirming you shouldnt watch the video at the office...too hard not to bust out laughing.
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Post by: Benjamin Shepherd on 22 Jun 2010, 17:25: HOW IS THIS NOT GAME OF THE YEAR.
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Post by: Esna Pitoojee on 23 Jun 2010, 09:20: I keep trying to play... and all I get is "Cannot display this webpage" :(
Title: Re: Transformice - Success is futile
Post by: IzzyChan on 23 Jun 2010, 10:05: It got featured by a few popular gaming sites and now their server crashed. ><
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Post by: Milo Caman on 23 Jun 2010, 10:55: Quote from: IzzyChan on 23 Jun 2010, 10:05
It got featured by a few popular gaming sites and now their server crashed. ><

Alternate DoS Attack Method #54

1. Become editor on Kotaku
2. Review site/game/etc you wish offline
3. ???
4. Profit
Title: Re: Transformice - Success is futile
Post by: Ghost Hunter on 23 Jun 2010, 13:15: Confirming the video still makes me lol

+A concept, hopefully the influx of people will get them better servers.
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Post by: DeadRow on 23 Jun 2010, 13:33: Quote from: Ghost Hunter on 23 Jun 2010, 13:15
Confirming the video still makes me lol

+A concept, hopefully the influx of people will get them better servers.

This, watched it like 4-5 times and I still laugh loudly D:
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Post by: Arvo Katsuya on 23 Jun 2010, 23:42: ...

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ROFL.
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Post by: Aodha Khan on 24 Jun 2010, 03:16: This reminds me of a game called 'The Incredible Machine'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine)
Title: Re: Transformice - Success is futile
Post by: Seriphyn on 24 Jun 2010, 04:02: I was in so much pain and tears from watching the video the first time.

But playing the game itself is even better.