I have found the Wii to be as entertaining as I had hoped it would be. Mer and I have had several friends over to play two-on-two tennis, and Mer and I have played a lot of tennis against each other, usually splitting games.
For solo play, the best game in my opinion is baseball. And there is the source of my frustration. The Wii has arbitrarily assigned a point value of 1000 to be “pro” level. I made my way up through the “minors” easily, reaching 993 points with no losses and only one tie (once I figured the game out). Then, at 993 I faced my first pro team. Suddenly, the batters would not swing at the garbage pitches I threw. If I put it across the plate, they hit the ball. The pitchers suddenly threw lots of splitters, which it turns out I can’t hit.
So, after four games against pros or near-pros, I have lost four straight games. I think I have only scored two runs in those four games. Today, I scored one run on three hits, and gave up five runs. It was not even close. To make matters even more fun, the computer randomly assigns errors to teams, either fielding or pitching. My team had four errors to my opponent’s none. Sheesh. My score has dropped below 900, and I’m looking forward to facing a non-pro team again. Soon.
I totally understand your frustration. I can’t get over 587 in penguin baseball, and lately I’m hitting around 480.
http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1180
Didn’t I get in the 590’s somewhere? Doesn’t that beat SPOOONNN’s best? Mu, you’re a physics and math type: would you say that something in the 590’s is greater than 587? My gut tells me that it is, but mebbe you can confirm that.
I can confirm that in Newtonian physics, that 590 is at least THREE more than 587. In quantum physics, it beats 587 by at least a mile.
How many leptons are in a mile?
“As many as want to.”
Mu is out of communication for the next couple weeks…