[GUIDE] Typing Terror (legit/semi-legit/illegit)

Okay, here's a pretty brief guide on how to play Typing Terror.

Three sections to the guide: legit, semi-legit, and illegit.

The images for the legit part were copied from _lurkingshadow_'s petpage (all except the instructions) because I was too lazy to make screenshots myself.

Instructions:

Spoiler

What you can get:

Spoiler

Trophies:


Avatar (at 3600):


3k a day from playing (~2500 score per send).

Legit:

Spoiler

The basic idea behind the game is that a bunch of rampant kamikaze Grundos have just invaded your hangar, and the only way to destroy each one is to type the word brandished on their chest.

Basically, you have 5 levels of beating said Grundos, and one minute-madness boss level.

Score:

Yellow Grundos are worth 5 points each.
They should be your lowest priority, as they have right side-up text and are worth so little.
That being said, you'll probably destroy more of these than others.


Red Grundos are worth 20 points each.
A tad rarer, they should be what you aim for when you only have yellows on the screen.


Purple Grundos are worth a whopping 100 points each!
If they appear, you destroy them. These take priority over all else. Unless you have another Grundo about to kill you, that is.


Your accuracy rating will make a hefty piece of your score.
You get bonus points for your accuracy (letters correct divide letter typed), which is two times the accuracy, with a maximum of 200 points per round.


Levels:
Level one:
Destroy 12 Grundos, each will have 3 letter words. Easy.

Level two:
Destroy 14 Grundos, each will have 4 letter words. Still easy.

Level three:
Destroy 16 Grundos, each will have 5 letter words. A bit harder, but still easy.

Level four:
Destroy 18 Grundos, each will have 6 letter words. More difficult.

Level five:
Destroy 20 Grundos, each will have 7 letter words. Here, you will be struggling if you can't net 75 WPM easily.

Boss level:
Type 25 words, all a whopping 8 letters per word (and many of them difficult to type).





So: how do you practice?

Well, constantly type on messenger, on forums, even essays, etc.
Keep typing until you can type with your eyes closed, and keep testing your speed here:
http://www.typingtest.com/default.asp?m=1
When you reach probably 75 WPM gross, then you should be okay to attempt Typing Terror.

Semi-legit: [requires verification]

Spoiler

There is a nice little guide here: (I don't know if it works, though)
http://www.neofriends.net/post5292.html

Another tactic is to assign macros to keys on words that you know will appear. You can probably not have macros for the first two/three levels, and then turn on the macros for the last ones after those.

an example for level 5 would be:
L - XELQUED
O - ZEPHIEA

I'm not sure this works, but if it did it would be a life saver if you can't type fast.

After assigning all of the words you'll generally be asked for to keys, memorize those keys.

Following that, you should be able to beat typing terror easily.

Illegit:

Spoiler

Illegit is simple.

Here are two SCAR scripts that you can use:

Code (Text):

1.  
2.     program TypingTerror;
3.  
4.     begin
5.  
6.     repeat;
7.  
8.     Sendkeys('A');
9.     Wait(10);
10.     Sendkeys('B');
11.     Wait(10);
12.     Sendkeys('C');
13.     Wait(10);
14.     Sendkeys('D');
15.     Wait(10);
16.     Sendkeys('E');
17.     Wait(10);
18.     Sendkeys('F');
19.     Wait(10);
20.     Sendkeys('G');
21.     Wait(10);
22.     Sendkeys('H');
23.     Wait(10);
24.     Sendkeys('I');
25.     Wait(10);
26.     Sendkeys('J');
27.     Wait(10);
28.     Sendkeys('K');
29.     Wait(10);
30.     Sendkeys('L');
31.     Wait(10);
32.     Sendkeys('M');
33.     Wait(10);
34.     Sendkeys('N');
35.     Wait(10);
36.     Sendkeys('O');
37.     Wait(10);
38.     Sendkeys('P');
39.     Wait(10);
40.     Sendkeys('Q');
41.     Wait(10);
42.     Sendkeys('R');
43.     Wait(10);
44.     Sendkeys('S');
45.     Wait(10);
46.     Sendkeys('T');
47.     Wait(10);
48.     Sendkeys('U');
49.     Wait(10);
50.     Sendkeys('V');
51.     Wait(10);
52.     Sendkeys('W');
53.     Wait(10);
54.     Sendkeys('X');
55.     Wait(10);
56.     Sendkeys('Y');
57.     Wait(10);
58.     Sendkeys('Z');
59.     Wait(10);
60.  
61.     until(false);
62.     end.
63.  

Code (Text):

1.  
2.     program TypingTerror;
3.  
4.     begin
5.  
6.     repeat;
7.  
8.     Sendkeys('A');
9.     Sendkeys('B');
10.     Sendkeys('C');
11.     Sendkeys('D');
12.     Sendkeys('E');
13.     Sendkeys('F');
14.     Sendkeys('G');
15.     Sendkeys('H');
16.     Sendkeys('I');
17.     Sendkeys('J');
18.     Sendkeys('K');
19.     Sendkeys('L');
20.     Sendkeys('M');
21.     Sendkeys('N');
22.     Sendkeys('O');
23.     Sendkeys('P');
24.     Sendkeys('Q');
25.     Sendkeys('R');
26.     Sendkeys('S');
27.     Sendkeys('T');
28.     Sendkeys('U');
29.     Sendkeys('V');
30.     Sendkeys('W');
31.     Sendkeys('X');
32.     Sendkeys('Y');
33.     Sendkeys('Z');
34.  
35.     until(false);
36.     end.
37.  

For those who don't know what they are, you copy and paste them into SCAR.
You can get the latest SCAR here: http://freddy1990.com/scar.php
From there, start a game of Typing Terror, and press ctrl + alt + R.




You can also score send (send a fake score via mOBSCENE or Flare SS) to achieve the avatar or trophy, or 1k per play.

A typical set up (avatar) would be:
GameID: 574 Score: 3610-3730 Time: 240-320

A typical set up (trophy) would be:
GameID: 574 Score: 3850-3990 Time: 240-320

A typical set up (1k) would be:
GameID: 574 Score: 2600-2800 Time: 240-320

 

Good guide overall.

You probably should take out the spoilers and then make the titles a bit larger...

And I doubt that scar script would work, you would lose all the bonus accuracy points.

The macro idea is a really good one, if you have separate ones for each level and print them out so you can find what you need faster(if you bind all 26 letters to a macro...).

 

Yeah, the accuracy is 0%, but the script will finish it - which is better than nothing

 

Damnit Will, I was just about to make a TT guide!