Comment by Nick on January 11, 2012 at 7:37pm

Unfortunately I had to give up, I couldn't stand typeing things I cold barely read. I'll try next year.

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on January 11, 2012 at 8:01pm

I didn't try this out, but I feel your pain.  I'm getting tired with some of these tests that I can barely make out.  The ones on Filesonic are terrible!

Comment by Dustin on January 11, 2012 at 8:06pm

Yeah... the current "Captcha" system many people use is so frustratingly unreadable.  Most of the time, if a site uses that Captcha system, I take the exit and won't even register.

Comment by OlivierD. on January 11, 2012 at 8:09pm

It was pretty lame, and it`s during work hours so I could only try during lunch. No much spark, not much fun!

 

Moderator Comment by Zach Bayne on January 11, 2012 at 8:48pm

can't complain too much, after all it is free money. though I did not like the luck aspect, last year I could at least get something. This year it was a few too many frustrating hours for nothing. Still a cool thing for a company to do.

Comment by Jack Crossfire on January 12, 2012 at 3:24am

The amount given away rose by $8000 in the 20 minutes I played.  The best captcha readers probably don't speak english.

Moderator Comment by Sgt Ric on January 12, 2012 at 9:51am

I spent 45 minutes getting frustrated at "Captcha"...probably have to see the eye doctor because of the strain!

Still, it was fun. (didn't get anything, but I tried)

Maybe next year I'll get my six yr old daughter to help me with the "Captcha" part.

 

Comment by OlivierD. on January 12, 2012 at 10:28am

For sure, it`s still a cool thing to do, it`s just this captcha thing was no fun and the work hours thing does not help. I hope the format will be different next year. No matter, SF still rocks.

Comment by Patrick L on January 12, 2012 at 2:06pm

Captchas must be nearly unreadable, otherwise a machine is going to do a better job than a human.

Anyway, I was waiting for an install to finish (you know, too short to do something productive but too long not to do something unproductive) and had to try only ~20 before a win came up. Sheer luck. :) 

Of course I'm biased now, but I think the idea of trading time for more chances isn't half bad.

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