Free rice

http://www.freerice.com/

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/14778/free_rice_passes_one_billion_grains

delta_bravo

Fun but i dont understand why they dont just give them a load of rice without the need for this game

Its prob a motivation thing

arseagon

Damn that's fun.

knird evol

let them eat cake..

Rob_l

I played that game and think I won some poor people two fried rice and some chicken balls

biko

What's your point CSG?

January

The companies that advertise on the bottom of the page pay for the rice.

DEmeant0r

This game is really cheatable

Cuddlesworth

They would do more if they demanded donation's of rice with a promise not to waste any more webspace with pointless websites.

wil

So feeding starving people is an internet game now.:rolleyes:

Well assuming they didnt hack this site then it appears legit.
http://www.wfp.org/how_to_help/Ways_to_Donate/freerice.asp

eldeabroad

I got to 710 and just cant be bovvered any more......

Earthhorse

Was playing this earlier in the week. Got to 200 grains of rice. My vocabulary level hit a peak at 41. Some of you are being a bit cynical about this.

knird evol wrote: »

let them eat cake..

Ricecake.

Karoma

delta_bravo wrote: »

Fun but i dont understand why they dont just give them a load of rice without the need for this game

Probably something to do with the banner advertisements.

This is just sick

Rob_l

Karoma wrote: »

Probably something to do with the banner advertisements.

This is just sick

But my firefox blocks them ad's

SpitfireIV

So IF I dont play, and dont get the words right, they wont donate grains of rice and some poor kid is gonna die of hunger? :rolleyes:

Rob_l

CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »

So IF I dont play, and dont get the words right, they wont donate grains of rice and some poor kid is gonna die of hunger? :rolleyes:

yes that is how it is, were is your thesaurus NOW!!

ScumLord

Got them 200 grains of rice, that's my charity work done for the year. I guessed most of them I don't know how I got so many right, finished at 39 with high of 41. Good game to play while drunk.

jester77

How does this game end, got to 1000 and quit, got a bit boring at that stage?

Earthhorse

When you eliminate world hunger. Get cracking.

Lawless_Samurai

I enjoyed that but I thought I was getting Free Rice When I saw the thread :D

Mossy Monk

1,000 grains of rice. Should keep things running smoothly for a few days.

Blisterman

I'd hate to be the guy who has to count out all those grains of rice at the end.

eirebhoy

I had to use the thesaurus to see what level it went up to. 50 is the top. If you get the first 3 questions right you start on 40. Without the thesaurus I'd be down to level 10 fairly quickly. Anyway, got about 1,500 grains. Probably not even a cup of rice.

ScumLord

You'd think they'd put it in the language of the starving countrys I'd say they'd be prepared to spend allot of time doing it.

Earthhorse

eirebhoy wrote: »

I had to use the thesaurus to see what level it went up to. 50 is the top.

Hate to burst your bubble there but it tells you all that in the FAQ.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

180 grains of rice... that'll do

smashey

How much does a grain of rice weigh?

Edit/ Very little.
So, allowing 30 mg per grain, you would need 33,000 for a kilo.

Here endeth the maths lesson.

is_that_so

No idea how high it goes. Got to 2100 grains. Very engrossing. Level can fluctuate a bit when you don't cheat. It also repeats after 2000 or so.

Terry

All they need now is some clean water.

ScumLord

A pinch of salt and a drop of olive oil to stop it sticking together.