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[warren b l]

Hello! My name is Warren a I am going to try to help you earn loads of KinzCash by playing Lunch Letters. Lunch letters is a typing game where you have to type indiviual letters and words before they reach the floor. After a certain amount hit the floor, it is game over. To do well at Lunch Letters (LL) it is essential that you know how to properly type. This is something that will take a while to master, but you will always continue to become more accurate and faster. If you already know how to type, please scroll down and continue reading beneth the tildas.


Typing 101

To start, I would like to clarify the names of the fingers that will be used in the following guide. Your pinky is your outermost finger, it is also sometimes called your 5th finger. The next finger going inwards is your ring or 4th finger. Next is your middle or 3rd finger, followed by your index or second finger, and lastly your thumb, or your first finger.

Learning the "home row" is an essential beginning to learning how to type. The home row (HR) is the place where you fingers will start and end their strokes. Your left pinky finger will be on the letter a key with your next three letters on the s, d, and f keys. Both of your thumbs will ALWAYS be on the space bar. On your right hand, your index finger will be on the j key and then next three fingers will be on the k, l, and ; keys. We will come back to the g and h keys in the 4th paragraph. You may notice on keyboards that there are little ridges coming up off of the f and j keys; theses are there to help you find the HR. Before you continue, you should practice typing with just the HR keys and memorize which finger is on top of which key.

The next step is learning the "top row"(TR). The top row consists of the letters q through p. Your pinky will press the q key, your ring (4th) will press the w key, your middle finger will press the e key, and your index finger will press the r and t keys. On your right land, your index finger will presss the y and u key, your middle finger will press the i key, your ring finger will press the o key, and your pinky will press the p key. Like above, you should now practice typing with the HR and TR keys and memorize their positions and which finger will press each key.

The next part you will be learning the the "bottom row"(BR) The BR consists of the keys z through /. You will press the z key with your left pinky, the x key with your left ring finger, the c key with your left middle finger, and the v key with your left index finger. I will discuss the b key in the next paragraph. The n key will be pressed by your right index finger, the m key will be pressed with the middle finger, the , key will be pressed with your middle finger also, the . key will be pressed by your right ring finger, and the / key will be pressed by the right pinky. Like the previous two parts, practice and memorize.

As you should have noticed, I skipped the g, h, and b key above. The g and h keys are part of the middle row, but are technically not part of the home row. The g key will be pressed by your left index finger and the h key will be pressed by you right index finger. As the b key is in right in the middle, you can choose which index finger presses it. Personally, I like using my right index finger but you can choose to use your left. Practice and Memorize.

For all of you that only care about LL, you can now skip down until the tildas, but if you are interested in learning the other keys then keep reading.

In this part, I will teach you about the number key. For people with smaller hands, I would suggest that you skip this paragraph because the Number Row (NR) will be hard for you to reach. The 1 key will be pressed by the pinky, 2 by your ring finger, 3 and 4 with your middle finger, 5 with your left index finger. Like the b key, the 6 key can be pressed by either index finger. I preffer using my right finger though. The 7 key will be pressed with you index finger, 8 and 9 with your middle finger, 0 with your ring finger, and - with your pinky.

The next part is the function keys as I like to call them. On apple computers, I believe the apple key replaces shift. These are keys like shift, enter, etc. In this part, I will start in the bottom left side of the keyboard and make my way around clockwise. Control (Ctrl) is pressed by your pinky, along with shift, caps lock, tab, and tilda. The = key, backspace, enter, ', and the other shift key will be pressed by your right pinkey. You may have noticed I skipped some other keys, these are very rarely used but can be pressed by your pinky. The space bar is always pressed by either of your thumbs. I prefer my left one. Now you may be wondering what some of these keys do so I will go over them. Control is sometimes held down then you press a key (ex. p, c, v, etc) and these keys have a special function (print, copy, paste, respectivley). Shift is usd to make capitol letters and to do the symbols above the numbers (ex. !, @, #, etc.). Caps lock is pressed to make all letters you press capitols until you press it again. Tab is used to tab over. What this means is that it will move you text over to the right. Backspace is used to delete the symbol that is prior to the flashing vertical bar that shows where you are. Enter is used to go down to the next line. Space bar makes spaces between words otherwiseeverythingwouldlooklikethis. that is all I can think of right now, if you have any questions on anything I may have missed just post a message and I will reply ASAP. Now on to the actual guide!

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Lunch Letters Guide

OK, now that that is all taken care of, I will now move onto the actual game (finally). LL has 4 different difficulty levels; easy, medium, hard, and very hard. The harder the leve, the more food pieces you have to clear, and they come down faster. On all difficlty levels, there is a certificate you can print out when you reach level 10. This is not a virtual item, it is a paper that you can choose to print out. I guess it replaces a trophy as there is none that anybody is aware of. To get to your certificate, click on the view certificate button when you lose. It will then pop up so that you can print it if you want. The certificate says your score, your accuracy, the level you reached, and the degree of difficulty (easy, medium, hard, very hard).

Anything that touches the ground, whether it is a single letter or a full word counts the same against you. In other words, if you have to choose between getting a word or getting a letter, go for the letter because it will give you more time to work on other letters and words. After a certain amount of items reach the ground, it is game over. The amount of food that can fall on the ground is reset after the completion of each level. Warning: you can loose points if you start making crazy amounts of errors. This is there so that people can't just press down every single key repeatedly and still win. (kind of like how it is in Cash Cow).

This entire game revolves around your typing skills so always practice. The faster and more accurate at typing, the more KinzCash you will earn. Once you get good enough, do it on hard or very hard because it will give you TONS of KinzCash. Leaning how to type early can also be a huge advantage when you get into middle school/high school/college, where teachers may require you to type up your essays, paragraphs, projects, etc.

At the end of each level, a screen will pop up, this will tell you how fast you can type, how many errors you have had, and the percent of errors. These are interesting to look at if you are interested. You can also track your improvement that way (ie how few errors or how fast you can type). Once you loos (a depresing thought) a screen will also pop up. This will show you your errors, speed, and what letter you had trouble with. It is very important you pay attention to this last part. It it telling you how you can get better! Use this to your advantage and practice typing with those letters.

Well that's all I have for now. Feel free to post with any tips you have, your high scores, questions, comments, concerns, etc. Basically you can put up anything realated to LL. Please also tell me how I am doing and if this guide helped at all! Thank you for all of your time and Good Luck. I hope you all eventually get Very Hard Certificates that you can proudly display in your room!

[suneshin3]

i got to level 9 but i dont know how to get the certificate.

[warren b l]

You get the certificate when you pass level 10 without too many errors. This can be on either easy, medium, hard, or very hard. After you lose the game, it will bring up a screen with a "view certificate" option. Click on this to see and print your certificate! The certificate shows what level you got to, score, accuracy, and the degree of difficulty! I hope that helped and good luck earning your certificate!