my hack whacked
Written: Jan 17 '00
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It was the perfect plan, or so I thought - being a software engineer. After all it's just a grid right? I'll just sit here and manually editing the query string on the URL (Address bar) to go down 1 pixel every time, and when I hit the bottom of the tree I'll move over one pixel. My plan was genius, my plan was foolproof, my plan was COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY DESTROYED BY TREELOOT.COM
I was mad about that too, I had spent a couple hours at the site and boxed the monkey enough to win a free stuffed monkey. Then I tried my plan - the site called me a bad primate and banned me. I still have YET to receive my monkey!
All that aside, however, treeloot is relatively amusing. It's the kind of thing you pick up at work when the boss is on his lunch break, and you close the office door. As far as everyone's complaints about the scarcity of prizes - you have to understand that Treeloot wouldn't make any profit if the prizes were more frequent.
I design these types of things sometimes (please no hate mail) and the odds have to justify the advertising revenue. 1 word: slim.
I think the reason people hate this site so much is because of the avatars (junior in specific). Everyone seems to hate those monkeys (myself included). I think if treeloot caged their inner beasts it'd be for the better. I'd rather save the 2 seconds on my page load time than see junior taking a potty break.
- AV
P.S. It's fun, common, just admit it! Odds of winning are better than those of the lottery - and you PAY for the lottery.
Recommended:
Yes
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About the Author
Member: James Raddock
Location: Stamford, CT
Reviews written: 6
Trusted by: 5 members
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