How to beat cover the spot carnival game

The trick to climbing carnival rope ladders, according to Blifaloo. While applying equal pressure with your right foot and left arm, move your left foot and right arm at the same time. Then do the same thing with the opposite limbs, shimmying yourself up the ladder. You don't have to be built like Vin Diesel to win a big teddy bear during one of those test-your-strength games, the ones where you try to ring a bell by hitting a target with a mallet.

It's all about accuracy , not strength. Hold the mallet as far down the handle as you can, judge how far away you can stand, and hit the target right in the center. This is one of the most difficult carnival games. According to numerous sources , the way to beat it is to shoot around the star to make a circle so the paper will fall out with the star.

N ote that the gun barrels are often bent, and their marks are not accurate. It's important to gauge just how far off the mark the gun shoots and adjust your aim accordingly within the first few shots. In the water-gun game , a row of people play and each one gets a water pistol. The object is to be the first one to fill his or her balloon with air that's mounted on top of their clown head, which you do by firing a stream of water into its mouth.

The trick to edging out your competition is to line up your shot and squeeze the trigger before the bell even rings. If you're already lined up and focused instead of distracted by all the carny nonsense, you'll be that much more likely to win.

The reason why you can't beat the Swinger game is basic physics, according to Artofmanliness. In the game, a wooden pin sits on a table. Above it hangs a ball suspended from a rope. The object of the game is to swing the ball past the pin and knock it over as it returns towards you.

Basic physics says your ball will return in an arc the same distance from the pin on the return swing, meaning the ball will miss the pin completely on its way back. So just steer clear of this unwinnable game. Unless you are significantly overweight or really don't look your age, it's best to have a carnival operator guess your birth month. However, according to Blifaloo. Here's why: If the carny uses this trick not all do they will scribble down something like the this.

Does it say Jun, Jul, or Jan? The guesser could claim it's whichever is closest to your birth month. That wide spread allows the carny to be within two months of any month except one: October. This game is like the basket toss, except the baskets have been replaced by plastic buckets for extra bounce.

And it's usually rigged. Howard explains. The carny's first ball remains inside the tub to deaden it and prevent your toss from bouncing out.

But once you hand over your money, he removes both balls and hands them to you. Without a deadening ball, guess what? Aim for the most inflated balloons in the balloon-dart game.

Some carnival employees actually let the air out of the balloons, making them much harder to pop with the dart. Look over the board of balloons and identify the balloons with the most air.

These will be the thinnest and, therefore, the easiest to pop. However, the good prize tags are generally placed in balloons on the outer edges, so try aiming for several of those. Hitting the center of the base is key to winning this game. Grip the mallet with both hands as far down the handle as you can, then hold it up with your arms fully extended.

Swing the mallet down onto the base, aiming for dead-center. With some strength and enough accuracy, the weight should shoot up and ring the bell. This will help you gauge where the center of the base will be. Shoot a circle around the star in the BB gun shoot-out game. This game can be rigged in many ways, including inaccurate guns, extra-sensitive triggers, thick paper, and not enough BBs. However, you can still win if you shoot a circle around the star in the paper.

Drop the metal discs in order to win the cover-the-spot game. Drop the first metal disc on left side of the spot, lining up the side of the circle through the middle of the disc. Drop the second disc above and slightly to the right of the first disc. Then move downward and to the left to drop the third disc. Drop the fourth disc slightly above and to the right of the third, then the fifth disc below that one. Method 2.

Steer clear of ring toss games. These are almost impossible to beat. Generally, the plastic ring you use to toss is only slightly bigger than the necks of the bottles. Any imperfection in your throw will make the ring bounce off of the bottle, making this game one of the most difficult to win. This will give the ring more spin, which helps stabilize it.

Increase your chances at low-chance games by tossing correctly. Toss coins with a high arc and little spin for more accuracy. Avoid the inaccurate radar gun at the baseball throw game. These guns can easily be rigged and incorrectly measure the speed of a throw. The rope ladder game, although beatable with enough practice, is deceptively hard. Because the ladder is only secured by one point at either end, it requires the same balance as scaling a single line of rope.

Move opposite limbs at the same time, such as your left arm and right foot, in order to maintain your balance. Avoid any booths with the largest prizes.

If you want to play to win, make sure to check the prizes around the booth first. Operators will target guys with gals, directing their spiel at the guy, telling him he can win a stuffed animal called a "plush" for his girl.

When a player plays the game, he can get very close to covering the spot, but not quite. Many times the operator offers multiple chances for one price three tries for a dollar , and afterward says, "You were so close, you almost got it.

Bystanders become engaged, and think, "If only that guy would have placed the disks like that… I think I know how to do it. So even if a player knows the solution, he must have the skill to drop the disks, a skill that the practiced operator can easily demonstrate. Now the game has multiple elements for a player to beat — knowing how to cover the spots, knowing how to drop the disks, and resisting the deceptive simplicity that makes it look so easy.

Want to try it for yourself? Try this online version where you can try your luck, no money required. The Carny I saw do this, started at the top, and disks 2 and 3 overlapped a little. I get much closer…. I guess I need to get a life…lol. It is very frustrating.