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10/16/01 07:26:31 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | I was afraid for that after I wrote the message. Hell, it will be my English I suppose. |
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10/16/01 05:11:53 AM | |
Name: | David Barry |
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Comments: | Roelof, Matt was using sarcasm again... |
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10/16/01 05:06:52 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | I thought you were 16...? |
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10/15/01 04:38:07 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | I just missed the dreamboard; I cliked on a mine on my second click |
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10/15/01 02:45:41 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | I know that spontaneous human levitation is impossible, but I enjoy doing the impossible ever so much! My current best is a seven-foot fall from a fence, but I hope to be soaring with the eagles very soon here! I really dont concentrate on flying, or do I ever really try to do it in the first place; but I've had some success with falling and I think the next logical place for me to go is up- literally! Im only 14 by the way |
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10/15/01 01:45:20 PM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Best expert: | 80 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 :-) |
Comments: | My best beginner game is a fact :-) I made only two clicks - the first one opened a vast area from the board and the second one was made by intuition ... and popup menu appeared! All that took me half a second but the counter was already on 2. Anyway, I did not aimed a record, I just warmed up a bit ... Be happy all ! |
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10/15/01 11:38:42 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | What were you OING while typing that message??? ;-) |
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10/15/01 11:38:13 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | David, I know nobody believes me. Even I know a 85 - 57 jump is impossible. But I love doing impossible things! And I won't give up! It will be a lot of work, but I'm ready for it. |
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10/15/01 11:30:21 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Hi all recently i have bee oing some good sweeping last night i thought i was oing to beat my recrod as i was in good form but my bro kicked me out of the room. Recently i have got 66x2, 67x2, 69, 71, 72, 73x4 |
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10/15/01 11:16:23 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Well, David, I entirely agree with you, Ben, good luck, you will sub-60 one day, Ryan, I had the same problem today and Anonymous Surfer, if so, I also have the right to call you a coward. Today my sweeping was crap by the way. :( |
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10/15/01 09:42:44 AM | |
Name: | David Barry |
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Comments: | Hello everyone, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, bu my sweeping has - no play at all in the last few weeks. On anonymous cowards - as someone as Slashdot once said, they are the lowest form of poster, indignant enough to post but too spineless to post under their own name. There is no need to say that you don't believe Daniela anonymously - two others had already said this, under their own names. Let us wait till she provides us with a video before passing final judgment. At least then we will know her scores, even if we don't know if she's 14 or not. |
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10/15/01 07:47:09 AM | |
Name: | Ryan P. Gazder |
Best expert: | 62 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Hey! I just looked at the guestbook and it says "guestbook currently empty" what's happenning? surely not the aftermath of Afghan bombings already? Hello? is anyone there? |
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10/15/01 06:20:30 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Hello? |
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10/14/01 06:36:44 PM | |
Name: | Christopher Brown |
Best expert: | 99 |
Best intermediate: | 27 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | I remember when I started playing minesweeper back when I was 8 or 9...but the fact of the matter was that I played Mac mines before I played minesweeper first. Looking back on that, I shake my head, as macs are no good and it's just twisted to play mac mines before minesweeper. Shame on me....Daniela's got quite an aggressive goal set for herself though. I set a minimum goal for myself of improving my total times by 3 seconds every 15 days or so. It's been realistic to this point since I became a more "diligent" sweeper in late August (times were 6,39,138) but I think it's pretty improbable to lower your times at such a pace into the 80s and beyond, in the same time frame. You'd either have to have a gift or put in some serious playing time. |
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10/14/01 05:50:36 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Jeez, Daniela- with such a fast computer, running camtsia should be a breeze for you; can you send me some videos? I'd really like to see this playing style you use to get "7 best times in a row"..... |
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10/14/01 04:45:09 PM | |
Name: | Ram Segal |
Best expert: | 77 |
Best intermediate: | 23 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | i improved my records, and taped them on camtasia. now i need to improve one more sec to get into the top 50 finaly.... |
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10/14/01 02:29:23 PM | |
Name: | Ben Van Calster |
Best expert: | 66 |
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Comments: | Ah, good old me: just got my 4th 66... let's see how far I can go now |
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10/14/01 01:23:01 PM | |
Name: | Anonymous Surfer 2 |
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Comments: | I have right to remain anonymous. im not a coward. just dont want to have argument or stir trouble. |
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10/14/01 11:38:16 AM | |
Name: | Sophie |
Best expert: | 125 |
Best intermediate: | 40 |
Best beginner: | 7 |
Comments: | I never even thought there would be a minesweeper website until talking to my friend Jo today about the game. I always considered my scores to be good but compared to the top 50- I've really got to do some work! |
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10/13/01 10:34:24 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | I know I'm not perfect, so I have to work hard to go below 60. I'm going to play until I fall off the chair and fall asleep. I'm not going to switch on the TV or go out or whatever unless it helps me being good at Minesweeper. I use a new playing technique now. Some months ago I flagged about 95 mines, now I flag about 50, and I use Damien's tips. Once I get used to it, I will be much faster. |
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10/13/01 08:52:32 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Anonymous Surfer, you're a coward. |
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10/13/01 07:05:03 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | What if I make my best times with the League version? It's impossible to cheat with it. You would HAVE to believe me then. |
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10/13/01 05:49:51 AM | |
Name: | Anonymous Surfer |
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Comments: | Daniela is full of shit. Nobody believes you. |
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10/13/01 02:51:08 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Roelof, of course I will do everything to come below 60. I do a lot of testing now. I'll use Camtasia at 20 frames/second, but I have a pretty fast computer, so the lag is only 1%. And I'm really just 14, Lance. I started playing when I was 8. I expect to have seven best times in a row. Once I get a 77 or something I would be happy, and when I'm happy I become really, really fast. |
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10/13/01 01:04:34 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 71 |
Best intermediate: | 20 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | If Daniela get's an 80 tomorrow and a 77 a few weeks later and go on like that, I think she'll definitely will be believed at the time she get's a 57. But I hope I will get that 57 earlier ;-) |
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10/12/01 11:55:36 PM | |
Name: | Manu |
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Comments: | The worst thing in her case is that even if one day she becomes great at this game, and get a fantastic time, nobody will believe her... But I must admit that each time she posts a message, she can have more reactions from us that anybody else :) |
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10/12/01 11:28:23 PM | |
Name: | Joe Nuss |
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Comments: | :) as i said about 20 posts down, daniela is allergic to making sense |
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10/12/01 01:22:21 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 70 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Move over Chris Rock... there's a new world's funniest person, and it's a chick! Didn't Daniela say she was only 14 anyway? Nobody here is really that gullible to believe what she is saying. Lance |
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10/12/01 11:27:30 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | But Daniela, if you are so sure you can get 57, I think it's weird you never scored something in the 70's, 60's or what else. If you play that well, you should finish once below 85. By the way, although you explained your post quite nice, I still don't believe an 85-57 jump is possible. But prove it I'd say ;-) |
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10/12/01 11:15:10 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | My posts may sound crazy, but when I started playing, I did not know that the time is counted and so I did not play for speed at all. I finished beginner once and started playing expert immediately. I never had a best time below 999 (not even on beginner), but I finished nearly every game. I played this way for many years. A short time after my 10000th finished expert game I noticed the time counter and made a 263. Because I never played for speed before, I'm now able to make such big jumps. |
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10/11/01 09:50:13 PM | |
Name: | Ben Drucker |
Best expert: | 72 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Damien: I tried to e-mail you several times about my info for the World Records page and the Top 50 (I'm now listed by my e-mail address), but apparently there's some kind of e-mail problem w/ hotmail and I assume you didn't get them, so now I'm posting here. There also isn't enough space in your mailbox to send screenshots. Anyway, all of my information (including screenshots) is on Matt's page at http://inthalloffame.8m.com/BDrucker.html |
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10/11/01 10:56:40 AM | |
Name: | oWEN |
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Comments: | yesterday all i could manage was a 72 and 73 compared to 66x2 and 67 in previous 2 days |
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10/10/01 09:02:37 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 70 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Well, this has been a fairly productive night! I got my second sub-20 score, a 19, which was one of my goals for the year, and then a couple of minutes later I switched to expert and before too long, I got a new expert record, a 70. I didn't beat it by as much as I was hoping to, but at least this means the next time I break my record I WILL be sub-70, which has been a goal for a long time. Anyway, I am gonna play a little more on expert, then I have to study for a test. Happy sweeping! Lance |
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10/10/01 10:27:08 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Lasse Well done you are just too good at this game ;) You are the first person to go below 60 in all three scores added togather. as for myself 72 was the best i could manage today. dissapointing |
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10/09/01 04:25:09 PM | |
Name: | Joe Nuss |
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Comments: | way to go lasse damien, seems like the columns are messed up on some of the things like the top 50. it might just be my browser but everything looks effed. |
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10/09/01 12:05:55 PM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Well done, Lanyje! You are good enough, why don't you take a break and give us a chance to catch up with you? |
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10/09/01 07:58:00 AM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
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Comments: | Congrats, Lanyje. |
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10/09/01 07:47:22 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Fantastic! Congrats Lanyje! |
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10/09/01 07:22:58 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 68 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | While must of us are struggling hard to sub 60 on expert, Lanjye gets the first TOTAL under 60... Incredible ! Congratulations ! Personnal message ( sorry ) : Tu es là Laure ? Good luck everybody. Manu. |
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10/09/01 06:42:50 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 44 |
Best intermediate: | 13 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hey guys - I broke my inter-record yesterday with one second to 13s - so now my total is sub-60. I don't know if my record-board is a new dreamboard - I don't think so, though there are some really nice patterns in some places, there's a big cluster from left-upper corner and down which is not too friendly, but friendly enough for a new record fortunately - I think the timer was a fraction away from 14 - I looked at the timer at 12s and the last second seemed very long - well, I don't mind :) Bye - Lanyje |
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10/08/01 03:10:21 PM | |
Name: | Ram Segal |
Best expert: | 81 |
Best intermediate: | 24 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | I hope to get into the top 50 soon. |
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10/08/01 03:03:16 PM | |
Name: | Joe Nuss |
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Comments: | word, daniela and making sense dont mix |
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10/08/01 12:04:29 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Daniela is pretty funny Lance; I laughed |
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10/08/01 11:25:17 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Go Roelef I remember when i couldn't sub 20 it was so frustrating always getting 20s. ( it took me about ten 20s before i subbed it ) It took over a month of costant effort to sub 20! I was so relieved more than anything when i did it cause i vowed i'd never stop till i did! Yesterday i got 65 and today i got 66 and 67 Hopefully my record will fall soon |
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10/08/01 11:13:54 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Thanks for the support. I hope this evening will be MY evening... |
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10/08/01 10:28:31 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Roelof, maybe you should play again. If you would be happy about your new record, you could easily make another one. But well done! |
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10/08/01 09:58:18 AM | |
Name: | Ben Van Calster |
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Comments: | roelof, I've been there before... I know how it feels but you'll improve. Improving in int for you means sub-20...... |
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10/08/01 09:09:09 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 71 |
Best intermediate: | see below |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Believe it or not, but 20 minutes ago the worst possible thing has happened. It seems a bit strange to say after just beating my record, but if you work for almost half a year to sub-20 and your new intermediate score is 20... You understand what I mean :( |
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10/08/01 09:03:21 AM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 71 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | that could be the flat out funniest thing I've read posted on this board! |
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10/08/01 09:01:19 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Well done Ryan! I expect to come from 85 directly to 57 within a month or two. |
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10/07/01 10:01:16 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | my record stands on 65 today i got 66 which was good though ;) today is my first day really playing in about a month. if i stick with this i should go sub 65 Well done record beaters! |
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10/07/01 09:38:16 AM | |
Name: | Ben Van Calster |
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Comments: | you can do it Roelof! congrats Ryan, 62! |
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10/07/01 09:10:46 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 71 |
Best intermediate: | 21 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Well done Ryan! I'm expecting to sub-70 and sub-20 within a couple of days. I know I shouldn't say it loudly, but I need some extra power... Good luck everyone. |
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10/07/01 09:04:12 AM | |
Name: | Ryan P. Gazder |
Best expert: | 62, 67, 68 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Yipee! this happenned last week... I finally broke the curse of 70. That's where I was stuck for months. Almost a year in fact. I usually play for about 2 or 3 hours a day after coming back from school... till about 2 a.m. and was really thinking of giving up once and for all and retiring since I couldn't do any better than 70 for so many months. But there I was playing as usual and I knew I was keeping pretty good pace and expected to complete sub 75 and WHOA! I actualy saw a record window pop-up and ask for my name... that was a 67. That sent me into a frenzy and I ended up with a 62 within minutes. I got a 68 last night too. I'm HAPPY!!! There's hope for me yet... (well...um...not that much hope) |
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10/07/01 07:00:50 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Congrats Kimmo, but I'm going to get you! |
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10/06/01 02:13:49 PM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Congrats Jaurieke and Kimmo! |
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10/06/01 10:15:00 AM | |
Name: | Kimmo |
Best expert: | 67 |
Best intermediate: | 22 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | I got a new record, too: 67 on expert |
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10/06/01 10:05:23 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Of course, I've congratulated you already, but here's the official one: well done! |
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10/06/01 10:01:56 AM | |
Name: | Jaurieke Ton |
Best expert: | 93 !!! |
Best intermediate: | 26 !!! |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Finally, my expert record is below 100. I did it yesterday and I was so happy. And just 5 min ago I broke my intermediate record. Jaurieke |
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10/06/01 09:47:57 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Well done Case! I hope I will have my first sub-20 soon. It's time for a new record. |
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10/06/01 07:38:43 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Me too please send below |
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10/06/01 02:16:54 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Well done Case, please send me the screenshot. |
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10/05/01 08:54:43 PM | |
Name: | Case |
Best expert: | 72 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | woo-hoo... i knew it was coming soon, my first sub20. Damn does it feel good, i was going pretty fast, but this may well be a dreamboard. Anyone who wants a screenshot of it can email me to request it. |
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10/05/01 03:41:29 PM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
Best expert: | 52 |
Best intermediate: | 13 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hey Lanyje, good to hear that you are still playing some now and then. I've been trying to gain some ground on you, but you are clearly still about 8 seconds quicker than me. I've certainly had chances to improve my record, but I'm basically stuck. Good luck with your sweeping, it would be pretty cool if you got a 39 sometime. |
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10/05/01 10:53:34 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 44 |
Best intermediate: | 14 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hey there - I'm on consistent sub-60-pace these days even though I don't play that much (a couple of hours one or two days a week). Last night I was on sub-50-pace for about 30 minutes but didn't finish lower that 50s - in one game I lost at 41 secs with seven mines left to find. Besides that I'm going towards my sub-60 number 2500 and my sub-20 number 1000 (900 so far) - I had a good session of inter-sweeping yesterday, when I got 3 sub-20's within 1,5 minutes and 27 in an hour or so. I don't play during the weekends cause I spend those with my girlfriend and besides that my new education (which I enjoy very much) is taking up quite some time - so all in all not that much sweeping-time for me, but that's ok as long as my speed is good when I play - that's what still makes it thrilling. Bye - Lanyje |
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10/05/01 09:43:33 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | The other day i lost a 61 sec game on a 50-50 with 3 squares next each other left. |
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10/04/01 11:55:24 AM | |
Name: | Stubbe |
Best expert: | 60 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Allthough I don't have much time to sweep these days I did somehow manage to lower my longest standing record. By finishing beginner in two secs it seems that Matt, Owen and I are tied with a mines/s on 1.88... |
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10/04/01 04:51:17 AM | |
Name: | Ben Van Calster |
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Comments: | crashed w/ 2 squares left to click, 61 on the clock. I think it's hard to say whether there are a couple of great boards on exp, but this score makes it very tempting for me to say there are (my other scores during that session where far from good). |
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10/03/01 10:24:55 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | When i said decent form i said it casually. i didn't mean the exact meaning of decent as you would find in a dictionary. Maybe at your level Dan you have to be at your maximum speed since you are going towards the limits of mouse speed itself. I've gotten some one or two very good boards in the last month which , even though i was playing slowly, i could have beat my record as I played the board well by flagging only necessary mines. |
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10/03/01 04:14:15 AM | |
Name: | Case |
Best expert: | 72 |
Best intermediate: | 23 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | wh00, took a second off both my expert and intermediate scores. I've gotten a 23 four times in the last few days, so i think i'm about to knock that one down a little more again soon. I'm slowly shaving down the number of mines i have to flag in intermediate... it's been about an even trade-off time-wise so far between less clicking and more thinking, but once i get used to it i think i'll be able to go sub20. Still marking around 30 to 35 mines out of 40 though. |
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10/02/01 12:10:04 PM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
Best expert: | 52 |
Best intermediate: | 13 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | There are certainly friendly and unfriendly expert boards, but the difference between them is generally pretty small. 95% of my expert games either finish or are on pace to finish between 55 and 65. Once in a while I get a bad board and finish in the upper 60's, and once in a while I get a board that gives me a chance at upper 40's/low 50's. The absolute best board I've ever come across is probably the one on my web site where I threatened to get low 40's. I do have to disagree with Owen when he says "There are several brilliant boards in expert and when you get one fo them you should expect to beat or come close to your record if you are in decent form". At least for me, decent form won't cut it no matter how good an expert board is. If I'm not at peak speed, I have no chance to break or even challenge my record. Expert requires you to play fast for near one minute, so pauses really add up to lost time as does playing with anything less than peak speed and efficiency. A reasonably friendly board may be necessary for me to break 52, but grease lightning speed is the real key. |
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10/02/01 10:18:49 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
Comments: | There are several brilliant boards in expert and when you get one fo them you should expect to beat or come close to your record if you are in decent form - however, maybe there isn't a singular dreamboard in expert but there is bound to be a few way ahead of the majority |
10/02/01 08:12:52 AM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
Comments: | Sorry, Matt, of course I meant Intermediate, not beginner. |
10/02/01 07:41:55 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 68 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | There is probably no "dreamboard" in expert, like there is one ( or 2 : Owen's ) in inter. But I'm sure that several boards, like the one that gave me a 70 the other time, can make you about 10 % faster... very far of the 20 or 30 % that you can have with the dreamboard. |
10/02/01 07:06:18 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Comments: | We talked about this possible dreamboard some time ago. I don't think it is a dreamboard myself and actually, I don't think there's an expert dreamboard at all. |
10/02/01 06:51:34 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Comments: | Daniela, The only explination for such a gap between your current and your best expert results is that you've got a really, really good board. Is there a "dream" expert board ?!? Anybody ? |
10/02/01 06:44:45 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Comments: | Daniela, Always when I improve my best on expert, I try to play intermediate right after that. That is because I think that everyone has his good and his bad times. So when you get a best in expert or inter this is an indicator that you are in your best form, or in other words - this is the very perfect moment to attack your other best results. So I do not think that it is weird ... What I find weird are your results :-) |
10/02/01 05:44:14 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
Comments: | Well done Georgi! You never had two best times on one evening? This sounds weird if you ask me. I always have one expert record, one intermediate record and then I play expert again and break my record once or twice. I got my third 35 on inter today! This is really crazy. I never equalled my best time before. Usually I can't even come near my best time and suddenly I make a record that is at least 20 secs better than the previous one (or 100 secs better on expert). I'm really confused! |
10/01/01 10:54:23 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Comments: | I can imagine you like intermediate better Matt: I liked it better myself till a couple of months ago. AJ: I think that way ("if I haven't sub-20 by...") for months now. OK, I'm probably a quite extreme case, but don't be too optimistic. |
10/01/01 06:31:57 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
Comments: | Did I say something about beginner? heh heh, I really dont remember anything about that, but I guess beg. and int. are one and the same. I respect anyone- like you, Dan- who can play expert like I play int. It is a totally different game play than int. and deserves that much more respect as do the people who can and have sub-60'd. I wish I could dedicate myself to it, but for some odd reason, Im naturally drawn to int.; perhaps I've had success there before, as compared to my relatively little successes in exp., and feel that int. is "friendlier" than expert. I have about 250 sub-20's and although I realize that not many people have done that and I should be pleased with that, Im really not totally satisfied and furthermore I love to get 16's, 15's and the occasional 14 and lower! I dont think anyone would disagree with me there. :) Sooner or later, I shall become bored with int. and try my hand at expert where I hope I can take 9 seconds off my current time. I dont know how successful I shall be, but Ill try. Good luck everybody. |
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10/01/01 02:46:06 PM | |
Name: | AJ |
Best expert: | 73 |
Best intermediate: | 21 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Well done Georgi on breaking that 20-barrier !! I'm in exactly the same position as you were not so long ago in that I've been getting low 20's for fun recently. In fact that 21 was a new record which I set today but I was a bit disappointed to see that only a second had come off. Anyway if I don't sub-20 by the end of this month, I'm either not MEANT to do it or just have reached my limit, but I really think I can. |
10/01/01 12:10:40 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Comments: | You know my opinion about beginner, so it won't be a surprise I absolutely agree with Dan. |
10/01/01 11:51:28 AM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
Comments: | Matt, I don't understand how one could think beginner is fun but expert is boring. Seems to me that playing three beginner games in a row should be no less boring than one expert game. |
10/01/01 10:30:18 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
Comments: | There's no way i'll be playing when i'm that age Khor! |
10/01/01 09:45:42 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
Comments: | Oh, well done Georgi! I'm in the same kind of situation as well. Although we're consistent low 20's players, and only have one sub-20 score, it still feels DAMNNNNN GOOD to have broken that barrier. That is, until some madman like Matt goes sub-10..... |
10/01/01 09:42:25 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
Comments: | Although 42 or 55 isn't THAT old really, but i think it's a bit old to be playing minesweeper, don't you? Not that it's bad or anything, just my opinion. Wow, imagine when all of us get to that age, do you think we'll still be playing this damn ol' game? I'd probably have grown tired of it and gave up i guess. Since Microsoft doesn't seem keen on developing the game further, I don't think we'll be playing the same Minesweeper for the next 30 years! |
09/30/01 02:21:38 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
Comments: | I try to play expert, Manu, whenever I have time, but it's just so boring! If I dedicate myself and find some more time to play I could break my record in a month or so, but I cant do either of those things now. Good job Georgi |
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09/30/01 01:42:43 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Comments: | Congrats Georgi! It is very painful for me to see you sub-20, but I'm still happy for you. Once, I will get a 19 as well. Manu, I'm very interested in your screenshot. |
09/30/01 01:08:51 PM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 68 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hello everybody, Tonight was really not a good night for me... until I hit a 70 on expert. But I was so slow tonight that I'm 100% sure that the same board could have given me something like 60 or 65... Everybody can break his record with such a board ! Ask me if you want the screenshot. Manu. PS I'm very impressed with your level in inter Matt. Do you try expert now or do you still concentrate on inter ? |
09/30/01 12:35:50 PM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Best expert: | 80 |
Best intermediate: | 19 :-) |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | It is really a great night ... After a long time standing at 22 (three 22 by that time), suddenly came a 19 ... I am really happy (anyway, Matt I joined your club)! And all that happened 15 minutes after lowering my expert with 4 secs ... For the first time I am getting my new bests in Intermediate and Expert in one evening ... |
09/30/01 11:59:13 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Best expert: | 80 :-) |
Best intermediate: | 22 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | I've just gained another 4 secs on expert :-) |
09/30/01 09:43:40 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Comments: | I'm planning to die warm in my bed the night after my 100st birthday ;-) |
09/30/01 07:01:30 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
Best expert: | 65 |
Best intermediate: | 12 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | I'm 19 nd i don't think 55 is old, however I would consider 60 to be getting on a bit! ;) that said, by no means should be not be still capable at 60 if you have led a healthy life. I myself expect to be alive and healthy when I'm 80 |
09/29/01 02:35:45 PM | |
Name: | Joe |
Comments: | yeah but damien actually said that he thought he'd be offending the person if she was a young girl. yeah, i dont think 42's that old anyway. |
09/29/01 12:49:24 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Comments: | My father is 42... |
09/29/01 11:57:02 AM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
Comments: | 42 might seem old when you are a teenager, but once you close in on the upper 20's, like me, 42 still seems fairly young. |
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09/29/01 10:59:46 AM | |
Name: | Joe Nuss |
Comments: | thats what i was thinking owen :) |
09/29/01 07:57:42 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
Comments: | You might be offending her insinuating she is old! ;) |
09/28/01 06:18:42 PM | |
Name: | Damien |
Comments: | Whew. I finally got some limited computer access for my site, so I just spent the last 2.5 hours taking down scores from the last 8 weeks letters. Hopefully within the next week I'll get the new scorelists up. So far the best new player is a 54 from Bosnia. To answer another question, the oldest player is a lady in her 40's...Sue Guindon? i think that's her. (Sorry if I'm offending the wrong young lady). :) |
09/28/01 11:49:42 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
Comments: | I have time to play about once or twice every weekend, and maybe an hour or two during the week. The good news is that even though I've only played mines on 4 days in past 21/2 weeks, I have gotten 30 sub-20's in those 4 days including two 14's, a 15, and three 16's. And those of you who have pictures of yourself, try posting them in the "Photos" section of the addicts e-group; Im interested in those and it seems like they're not going to be up here soon. Thanks. |
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