{"id":5247,"date":"2025-12-24T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/?p=5247"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:05:57","slug":"google-zerg-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-zerg-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Zerg Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ie-zerg\">\n<div class=\"board\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"readout\"><span>Killed: <b id=\"zr-k\">0<\/b><\/span><span>APM: <b id=\"zr-a\">0<\/b><\/span><span>Blocks intact: <b id=\"zr-b\">0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<button class=\"tap\" id=\"zr-start\">Let them in<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap\" id=\"zr-wave\">Bigger wave<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap pale\" id=\"zr-stop\">Hold them off<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap pale\" id=\"zr-reset\">Rebuild the page<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Three hits, and the ring tells you<\/h2>\n<p>Every O has a ring around it that thins as you land clicks. Two hits in and it is nearly gone, which is exactly the information that makes you stay on one target while four others quietly finish off your knowledge panel.<\/p>\n<p>They go for whatever is nearest. Big result blocks take the longest to chew, so the chips and the tab row usually disappear first and you never see it happen.<\/p>\n\n<h2>APM is the real score<\/h2>\n<p>Kills is the obvious number. Actions per minute is the one people compare, borrowed straight from strategy games, and if you are above 120 your hand will let you know about it in the morning.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Then it spells GG<\/h2>\n<p>When the last block goes the survivors stop hunting, drift into the middle and arrange themselves into two letters. No score screen, no retry prompt. Just GG and an empty frame.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Removed, and still searched for<\/h2>\n<p>It shipped as a live search feature in 2012 and was retired later, which is why zerg rush removed and zerg rush easter egg removed are still typed in weekly. The name is from strategy games, where rushing means swamping someone before they can build a defence.<\/p>\n<p>Spelling is a disaster area: zarg rush, zerf rush, zerg ras, zury rush, zergrush, zerg berg. Some people run it inside <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-mirror\/\">google mirror<\/a> for a reversed round, which ruins your aim on purpose. If you want a swarm you can actually beat, the wall in <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-block-breaker\/\">google block breaker<\/a> at least ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#ie-zerg{--blue:#1558d6;--blue2:#4c86f0;--blue3:#a9c4f5;--deep:#0b3aa0;--slate:#5b6675;--mist:#98a2b3;--rule:#dde3ec;--wash:#f2f6fd;font-family:ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a2230;line-height:1.66;margin:0 auto}\n#ie-zerg p{margin:0 0 14px}\n#ie-zerg ul,#ie-zerg ol{margin:0 0 15px 20px}\n#ie-zerg li{margin:6px 0}\n#ie-zerg a{color:var(--blue);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:2px}\n#ie-zerg a:hover{color:var(--deep)}\n#ie-zerg .board{position:relative;width:100%;height:min(70vh,600px);min-height:420px;border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:10px;overflow:hidden;background:#fff;box-shadow:0 10px 26px rgba(21,88,214,.1);touch-action:none}\n#ie-zerg .board canvas{position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:100%;outline:0}\n#ie-zerg .readout{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 0;font:600 13px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--slate)}\n#ie-zerg .readout b{color:var(--deep);font-size:15px}\n#ie-zerg .row{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:9px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 20px}\n#ie-zerg .tap{background:var(--blue);color:#fff;border:0;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 20px;font:700 14px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(21,88,214,.25)}\n#ie-zerg .tap:hover{background:var(--deep)}\n#ie-zerg .tap:active{transform:translateY(1px)}\n#ie-zerg .tap.pale{background:#fff;color:var(--blue);border:1px solid var(--blue3);box-shadow:none}\n#ie-zerg .tap.pale:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-zerg .stick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,54px);gap:7px;justify-content:center;margin-top:10px}\n#ie-zerg .stick button{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--blue3);color:var(--blue);border-radius:8px;height:46px;font:700 17px ui-sans-serif,Arial;cursor:pointer}\n#ie-zerg .stick button:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-zerg .stick .gap{visibility:hidden;border:0}\n#ie-zerg .curtain{position:absolute;inset:0;display:grid;place-items:center;background:rgba(255,255,255,.93);text-align:center;font:700 20px\/1.45 ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--deep);cursor:pointer;z-index:4;padding:18px}\n#ie-zerg .curtain em{display:block;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:5px}\n#ie-zerg .typein{display:flex;gap:8px;justify-content:center;margin-top:12px;flex-wrap:wrap}\n#ie-zerg .typein input{border:1px solid var(--blue3);border-radius:8px;padding:11px 13px;font:600 14px ui-sans-serif,Arial;width:min(280px,70%);color:#1a2230}\n#ie-zerg .typein input:focus{outline:2px solid var(--blue2);outline-offset:1px}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Killed: 0APM: 0Blocks intact: 0 Let them in Bigger wave Hold them off Rebuild the page Three hits, and the ring tells you Every O has a ring around it that thins as you land clicks. Two hits in and it is nearly gone, which is exactly the information that makes you stay on one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-easter-eggs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5247"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6068,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions\/6068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}