read this on the forums this morning before I hit the road.
Crazy game I won't be getting it though.
iphones can easily be bashed and smashed.
Saying this this would be a good way to destroy your phone as long as
you could get the game to send the score to your email.
if chucked up high enough you would probably render the phone useless
but if you got a new phone at least you could use your out dated
phone to get bragging rights and then from there after every time you
got your new phone get a higher score though you would have to write
that down somewhere
At 10:23 PM 8/8/2013, you wrote:
Game measures the height of phone tosses .
By Salvador Rodriguez
August 7, 2013, 7:30 a.m.
Apple has rejected a game app that scores players on how high they
can toss their smartphone in the air.
The game, "Send Me To Heaven," launched this week and is available
free for Android smartphones. IPhone users, however, will not be
able to download the app.
"Apple thought it was violating one of the rules for submission as
it was encouraging behavior which could lead to a damage of iOS
device," Petr Svarovsky, the game's developer, said in an email to The Times.
"Send Me To Heaven," which Apple said was rejected for violating one
of its App Store guidelines, describes itself as a "sports game"
since it takes skill to throw and catch the device without breaking
it. The app calculates how high you throw it using the device's accelerometer.
If you try to cheat and throw your phone off of a tall building, the
app will know and show you an error message.
"Using a parachute or a rocket will not bring desired result
either," Svarovsky said.
Svarovsky said it's important users throw their devices in a way
that doesn't cause them to rotate in the air or else they might get
a score of zero.
But before users can start throwing their phones, the app warns them
to "be careful not to injure yourself or others."
"Be always aware that there is enough space above you and around
you," the app says on Google Play. "Do some training to learn right
skills to get best results."
The game also requires that users agree to a disclaimer before they
start playing. The disclaimer says that the user agrees the game
developer is not liable for any damages or injuries caused by playing the game.
Though the game is obviously risky -- and some would say foolish --
to play, what with most smartphones costing several hundred dollars,
"Send Me To Heaven" has received many positive user ratings. Out of
101 ratings, it has 76 five-star ratings, the highest score users
can give an app on Google Play.
"Almost broke mine playing, but it's fun to pass the time with,"
said one user who gave the app a five-star rating. "Not even trying
for the high score anymore, it is straight up phone-suicide."
salvador.rodrig...@latimes.com
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