Cover the Red Spot

1. Justin Anthony Knapp
   February 8th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

   Oh man, will someone please post a solution to this? It is killing me.

2. L
   February 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

   Most I can get is 99.97%. I can't figure out the trick, either.

3. L
   February 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   Here's one of the solutions:

   http://www.smart-kit.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/carnival-puzzle-ga me-answer.jpg

   Even using that, though, I can still only get 99.98%. I don't know if there's an actual trick to it, or if you just need really good spatial abilities.

4. Vexworth
   February 8th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

   It'd be easier if we could move them again after we'd set them down.
   Boo.
   I'm at 99.89. XP

5. Christophe
   February 8th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

   AAAARGH!
   99.99%
   6 of 68777

   I give up.

6. wheat
   February 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

   Just spatial, no tricks here.

7. Andrew32
   February 8th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

   i

   hate

   this

   game

   i be though if it were a cut out thing, then i could actually beat it.

8. Aerek
   February 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm

   As hard as this is I'm pretty sure carnivals cheat at it. I think they use magnetized disks and a magnet under the table so even if you've mastered it you can't win. When the carny shows you how "easy" it is he turns the magnet off of course.

9. Chad Cloman
   February 8th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

   Here's a 100% solution: redspot.jpg.

10. bob
    February 8th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    99.98%

11. XuYu
    February 8th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    The Real Hustle - Fairground Scams: Cover The Spot
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fKd3VqExU

12. Justin Anthony Knapp
    February 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Thanks much for the solutions. I can still only get 98.3%, but it's good to know that it can be done.

13. Systemdown
    February 9th, 2008 at 2:25 am

    Best was 99.99% with 2 left at 8 secs. Played for an hour

14. dunkelxblau
    February 9th, 2008 at 4:20 am

    So. Hard. I made it to 99.99% and was ready to scream. At least it's actually do-able.

15. Jane
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Finished it %100 in about 10 minutes.
    http://jane.burger.googlepages.com/coverreddot.jpg
    I overlaid the red dot in ps so you could see where the gray dots were in relation to the red dot (something I think was lacking in the previous %100 picture).

    *Hint: the white edge of the gray dots counts as cover and is needed for a %100 total.

    My Strategy:
    1.)place the dot at the top in the middle so that as much of the width of the circle covers the edge
    2 & 3.) place these two on either side of the first dot, overlapping them slightly, trying to cover more dot edge length but still try to cover enough of the middle that it would work.
    4.) I tried to cover the middle and one side leaving just enough room for the last dot
    5.) Covered the last length of edge and remaining middle.

16. dany
    August 13th, 2008 at 10:03 am

    you think 5 of 68777 try 2 of 68777, i almost cried

17. Alelee
    January 13th, 2009 at 12:16 am

    100%!!!!!
    Yey
    but slow time
    practices for about 15-20 minutes, but because I had to figure out how to make sure my hand moves the grey circle exactly where I want it (really hard on laptops< plus that grey circle is hard to move after you accidentally let go)

18. R0LD
    May 7th, 2009 at 11:40 am

    I got a 100% after hours of trying...

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