Sankes shake it up with new Slither.io game

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Rachel Woods, Writer

Smash-hit online game Slither.io is rising in popularity as gamers all across the world are fighting to lengthen their snake.  The game is played by using the keyboard keys and mouse to drive the snake and allow it to dodge other snakes.  Dodging other snakes adds length to the gamer’s snake which is the objective of the game.  In addition to navigating around snakes, the gamer must drive his snake to eat the colorful dots around the other snakes.

The snake begins as a miniscule reptile, and then it grows as the gamer passes each rival snake.  Avoiding snakes and consuming the dots is all the gamer has to do.  Yet, the game is still very hard to play, especially as the player progresses.  Speedily dodging snakes requires top-notch reflexes as the snakes come out of nowhere, which can be extremely aggravating.  The game requires much patience and effort because of this, but many play it nonetheless.

One Reddit.com user wrote, “The turning feels awkward and the lag as people said doesn’t help much either.”  

Clearly a game on the Internet is bound to have flaws.  However, a game where users need to act with quick fingers should not have lag.  Despite this issue, users still tend to take blame for their own defeat in “Slither.io.”

In addition, another Reddit.com user wrote, “9 times out of 10, your death is really because of your own carelessness.”  

This implies that the lag does not really have much to do with death in “Slither.io.”  Therefore, the user’s own faults typically outweigh the game’s programming faults.  

Overall, “Slither.io” is an addictive game that millions of people are playing on the Internet.  Although it requires a great deal of attention and patience, gamers are still drawn to the game for its simple rules and quickly progressing levels.  “Slither.io” hardly has any faults, and the issues with the game are usually found on the behalf of the gamer himself.  Gamers love this game and are giving it the attention it truly deserves.