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Work Avoidance Wednesday – Swing Copters

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WaW

First off, allow me to pre-emptively apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to you or your immediate surroundings. I also apologise for any damaged computer peripherals, phones, computer mice, windows, or coffee mugs that end up damaged or broken .

STAAHP

Today’s game to waste your Wednesday work day is none other than Swing Copter, the new game from GEARS, the same people who brought you the inexplicably popular Flappy Bird. Wait, come back! This is actually quite a bit more fun; it dispenses with that game’s stupidly large hitboxes, and the horizontally travelling bird…for a vertically moving guy with a helicopter helmet.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It’s a little more skill-based, and dare I say it, more fun. Swing Copters’ momentum-based mechanic is quite a bit trickier to get a handle on. Each tap in Swing Copters reverses the side to side movement of your character as he ascends, with the very same scoring mechanic from Flappy Birds in play.

OMG GOLD MEDAL

In truth, it is essentially just Flappy Bird going up instead of sideways, but it’s terribly addictive and annoying all at the same time. While it’s primarily a mobile game, available on Android and iOS at the appealing cost of nothing, you can also play it in your browser right here, provided you have a browser than handles HTML5.

The most common score is 0…and the highest we’ve managed is 36 (MattyFig). go on, post your best scores.

Just one more try, right? Just one more.

Last Updated: August 27, 2014

38 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief Assassin

    August 27, 2014 at 11:26

    LOL, WAW is back!

    Reply

  2. Admiral Chief Assassin

    August 27, 2014 at 11:27

    I get it, Martha got 28 because of all the moba CLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKY practise?

    Reply

    • hairyknees

      August 27, 2014 at 11:32

      *36 😛

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        August 27, 2014 at 11:40

        I rest my case

        Reply

    • Rinceable

      August 27, 2014 at 11:32

      HAHAHAHAHAHA!

      Reply

  3. Rinceable

    August 27, 2014 at 11:31

    Who knew the plural for a computer mouse would be mice 0_O. There I was thinking that the plural of the acronym manually-operated user-select equipment (mouse) would be mouses. Learn something new every day… TROLOLOLO

    Reply

    • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

      August 27, 2014 at 11:34

      it is technically mouses, anddictionaries now state that both mouses and mice can be used. I think nobody gives a fuck at this point. Further to that, manually-operated user-select equipment is a backronym.

      Reply

      • Rinceable

        August 27, 2014 at 11:41

        As is your face!

        Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        August 27, 2014 at 11:41

        Geoff, the walking encyclopaedia, enriching our daily lives!

        Reply

        • Sith JJ

          August 27, 2014 at 11:42

          *enlightening
          Enriching is pushing it 😛

          Reply

      • DrKiller

        August 27, 2014 at 11:56

        No one cares about the plural form because you never needed to use more than one mouse! 🙂

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief Assassin

          August 27, 2014 at 11:56

          Hahahaha, spot on!

          Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          August 27, 2014 at 11:58

          You haven’t played Dark Souls using a mouse.

          Reply

          • Kensei Seraph

            August 27, 2014 at 12:00

            I have and I never needed more than the 1 mouse.

          • Lord Chaos

            August 27, 2014 at 12:00

            Cause you never played again after the first broke?

          • Kensei Seraph

            August 27, 2014 at 12:04

            Actually I got distracted by Borderlands 2 and haven’t gotten back to it.
            And the only time I felt the urge to destroy something was when dealing with GFWL.

  4. Kensei Seraph

    August 27, 2014 at 11:51

    I have achieved an amazing score of: FUCK NO!

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Assassin

      August 27, 2014 at 11:54

      I got 5 and decided NOPENOPENOPE

      Reply

      • hairyknees

        August 27, 2014 at 11:55

        Come now, somebody has to beat my score! 😛

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief Assassin

          August 27, 2014 at 11:56

          NO thanks, I’m not keen on being the cabbage master

          Reply

          • hairyknees

            August 27, 2014 at 12:02

            Dota = Cabbage. Flappy Heli thingy = NON Cabbage!

          • Kensei Seraph

            August 27, 2014 at 12:04

            Dota = Cabbage. Flappy Heli thingy = Boiled Cabbage.

          • Rinceable

            August 27, 2014 at 12:10

            lol

        • WarframedSquirrel

          August 27, 2014 at 12:04

          We don’t HAVE to do anything 😛

          Reply

  5. WarframedSquirrel

    August 27, 2014 at 12:06

    Yay! I scored 1!

    Reply

    • Spaffy

      August 27, 2014 at 12:07

      That’s more than me

      Reply

    • Rinceable

      August 27, 2014 at 12:11

      Me too, it was that or spend the whole day playing it…

      Reply

      • WarframedSquirrel

        August 27, 2014 at 12:37

        Nah, I’d end up breaking stuff and killing everyone in the building.

        Reply

  6. Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

    August 27, 2014 at 12:13

    I fucking suck at this horseshit.

    Reply

    • WarframedSquirrel

      August 27, 2014 at 12:35

      Me too!

      Also, why are you upvoting yourself?

      Reply

  7. Viking Of Science

    August 27, 2014 at 12:45

    @hairyknees:disqus I want to see that 36 score screenshot. That’s Impossible.

    Reply

    • hairyknees

      August 27, 2014 at 12:55

      <3

      Reply

      • Viking Of Science

        August 27, 2014 at 13:02

        Ok fine, you’re good at ONE game, don’t let it get to your cabbage… 😛

        Reply

        • hairyknees

          August 27, 2014 at 13:04

          Hahaha xD

          Reply

  8. hairyknees

    August 27, 2014 at 13:04

    ^_^

    Reply

  9. Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora

    August 27, 2014 at 13:29

    NO!

    I WON’T PLAY THIS!

    Reply

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