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11/24/01 11:49:15 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 68 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Updated yes, but with some mistakes : I'm listed twice : once as " Emmanuelle brunelliere 3 21 68" and once as " Emmanuel brunelliere 2 16 68 " I would have prefered to be there just once but with no mistake : Emmanuel brunelliere 2 15 68. Doesn't matter, maybe I'm just bitter not to be higher on the list ! :) |
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11/24/01 08:40:06 AM | |
Name: | Lukasz Malinowski |
Best expert: | 55 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Yeah, page updated at last :)) |
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11/24/01 06:01:33 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 44 |
Best intermediate: | 13 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Well done Stubbe - it's amazing that we're two danes in the top-15 of the world - great job and happy birthday. Lanyje |
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11/24/01 05:16:57 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Congrats twice Stubbe. |
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11/24/01 04:11:40 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
Best expert: | 61 |
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Comments: | Great job Stubbe! Ill be next. |
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11/24/01 03:00:27 AM | |
Name: | Stubbe |
Best expert: | 58 |
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Comments: | ...And today it's my 21'st birthday! |
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11/24/01 12:24:20 AM | |
Name: | joe nuss |
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Comments: | ben just said the funniest thing ive read on this site ever. kudos |
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11/24/01 12:14:44 AM | |
Name: | Ben Drucker |
Best expert: | 72 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Daniela survived a pre-natal crack addiction. |
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11/23/01 06:52:33 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Minesweeper has forced my vision from well under 20/20 to only slighter under 20/20 :) |
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11/23/01 03:54:18 PM | |
Name: | Stubbe |
Best expert: | 58 |
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Comments: | ...And today it's my 21'st birthday. |
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11/23/01 12:09:28 PM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Best expert: | 74 |
Best intermediate: | 18 :-) |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hi guys, I was warming up for the expert board with intermediate one (as usual). To my surprise I've got a wonderful board and scored 18 :-) One sec improvement ... Actually the board I've got is a shift of the 'dream board' that I haven't seen before. This is my second shift of the 'dream board' and I still wait for the 'dream one' itself... Happy sweeping to everybody ! |
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11/23/01 11:41:00 AM | |
Name: | joe nuss |
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Comments: | awesome update damien, but you still forgot my 15 in the top 75. it still had my 19. and on behalf of mr owen fox, you still have 19s for him on both the top 75 and the intermediate records page, and i believe he's gotten a 12. toodles. |
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11/24/01 02:52:37 AM | |
Name: | Dave McBryan |
Best expert: | 75 |
Best intermediate: | 21 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | I've put off posting to this site until I got my total times under 100. A new int 21 achieved that yesterday, so here I am. Hello to Owen who was looking for some Irish competition - I'm from Dublin though currently based in Edinburgh. My times aren't competing with his yet though... I have been playing on and off for over 10 years now, but only got decent times after I got my own comp last year. Amazed to hear people talking of 4-5hr. stretches at a time - I never play for more than 1 hour in a sitting (maybe that's why my times aren't so great) After an hour or so I feel the first twinges of RSI and am scared to do too much more; has anyone else found minesweeper damaging to any other activity? I fence a lot, and after too much sweeping all the fingerplay with the sword becomes very sore and my performance consequently drops. (Fencing well involves lots of tiny finger movements - if your hand hurts you just tend to grip too tight and move from the wrist instead, which isn't as good) |
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11/23/01 11:39:25 PM | |
Name: | Paul |
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Comments: | Owen... you might try going to the page and pressing ctrl-F5 to force a reload. It is possible your computer is loading the page from cache. |
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11/23/01 11:15:31 PM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Hamzah, I can tell you how to go below 100. I did it this way: I forced myself to play slowly for about one month (after I got 136). At least a couple of times in a day I really wanted to go fast, but I didn't do it. After some time I couldn't stand it any more, I just couldn't hold myself back, played fast and went from 136 to 96 and after a few minutes to 85. Between the 96 and the 85 I got a 35 on int and a 6 on beg. This may sound silly, but it works. BTW, you can see a 57 no marking video in about 3 days. |
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11/23/01 10:46:14 PM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | When i go to the world records pages and refresh the pages they are the same as they were beforehand. It appears nothing has changed! What's the story. i thought damien had updated them. The players list also remains unchanged |
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11/23/01 01:25:46 PM | |
Name: | hamzah asyrani |
Best expert: | i don't know how to make it under 100 |
Best intermediate: | not good |
Best beginner: | yes! 1 |
Comments: | i got lucky you know...for 1 second..KHor En tat..u said you're from malaysia..can u tell me your email..?i want to discuss about minesweeper with you...can someone tell me how to get under 20's seconds in intermediate? and under 100 in expert.I only play minesweeper about 5 hours a week |
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11/23/01 11:59:17 AM | |
Name: | don wilson |
Best expert: | 168 |
Best intermediate: | 42 |
Best beginner: | 9 |
Comments: | (no comment) |
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11/23/01 08:48:35 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | More than 50 people have sub-20'd. |
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11/23/01 07:42:16 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Great job Ben. I guess your next record will be...let's say... a 15. ;-) |
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11/23/01 06:33:15 AM | |
Name: | Ben |
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Best intermediate: | 16 |
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Comments: | Yep. |
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11/23/01 04:18:25 AM | |
Name: | Damien |
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Comments: | Believe it or not, MikeLowder.JPG link doesn't work because I linked to jpg instead of JPG..apparently there's a difference...just type in the file name after the web address. I can't fix it right now as that file is on a disk I left at a friend's house. I fixed the int alignment now, and then I should be able to do an update 2 or 3 times a month once I fix the beg list. |
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11/23/01 03:23:43 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 10 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Also Damien, can you try to make Mike Lowder's 53 pic work? I really want to see a no-marking board that allows that fast a time. |
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11/23/01 03:17:50 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Please put my 17 up as well when you update Lances scores. I wasn't totally sure it was you by the way...had a strange feeling. No good scores today. |
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11/23/01 02:55:17 AM | |
Name: | Damien |
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Comments: | The last post was not me and you are probably lucky that he forgot the link. This update was just to nov 13...Lance, I'll get your scores up next...I don't think you e-mailed me about them, but I haven't had time to scan the guestbook lately. Keep it up. |
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11/23/01 12:07:19 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Where's here??? |
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11/21/01 09:36:32 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 69 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | The World Records pages look very nice, but they still don't list my accurate times! Hopefully the next update will? Lance :-) |
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11/21/01 03:18:59 PM | |
Name: | Stephan Bechtel |
Best expert: | 73 |
Best intermediate: | 17 (!!) |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Hi from Germany! I'm really happy. Today, I got Gernot Stania's 12s board and could finish it in 17s. With this result, I improved my int time by 3 - Matt, I hope I get enlisted to your IntHallOfFame ;-) |
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11/21/01 12:12:01 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Yes I noticed, it's nice. Is the Top 50 lists going to be updated by the way? My friends are all dying to see my big jump ;-) |
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11/21/01 11:59:53 AM | |
Name: | Damien |
Comments: | Hey all. The guestbook service only counts to 2000 then I have to save as a zip file so you can download it from my site and it'll start over again. Did you notice the expert list is aligned now? All cause of the stupid fact that in frontpage and composer, enter moves you down one line and so does shift-enter, but explorer reads enter as two spaces and shift-enter as one, so I spent 2 hours deleting all spaces and then shift-entering. Btw, this page has grown obviously...245 entires on the expert list and 5 coloumns for each...that's why it took so long. Only played for 15 min yesterday and got a 57. |
11/21/01 10:22:49 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
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Comments: | :-) Yeh, it should be 2005 or something... |
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11/21/01 08:30:12 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Did anyone else noticed the counter is staying at 2000 entries? |
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11/21/01 04:11:08 AM | |
Name: | Ben Van Calster |
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Comments: | Hey Lasse, I saw in the top50-list another Dane: Soren Rasmussen. I think: if there's one Rasmussen, there must be another! (cf elections) I also noticed a Belgian girl in the record lists... |
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11/21/01 03:39:56 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 44 |
Best intermediate: | 13 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hey guys Not many danes around here either - just me and Stubbe I guess. Owen: you asked how many sub-60's I've gotten in 4 hours - I don't know, but I tried to see yesterday how long it would take me to get 11 sub-60's and it took 58 minutes, while listening to the radio - following the results from the Danish election - I got a 52 and 10 between 54 and 58. Bye - Lanyje |
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11/20/01 01:33:42 PM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
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Comments: | Damien, you have Neil Collins listed on the expert list with a score of 57. I'm pretty sure a few months ago he posted on this board saying he had a 52 now. Just something I noticed while browsing through the record lists. |
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11/20/01 10:41:16 AM | |
Name: | Jaurieke Ton |
Best expert: | 93 |
Best intermediate: | 26 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | There aren't many female players either. |
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11/20/01 05:42:57 AM | |
Name: | j0sh |
Best expert: | 82 |
Best intermediate: | 28 |
Best beginner: | 6 |
Comments: | i thiNk i caN make it tOo tha ToP! but i haVent pLayed in aWhiLe. I waNt to bE in tha ReCOrd bOoks tho..sOo ya' bEtta waTch OUt! Here i coMe!! |
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11/20/01 12:18:45 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | I'm a Malaysian but am currently living in England. Despite having very mediocre scores that have been pretty much stagnant for the past 1 1/2 yrs, I think I'm still #1 in Malaysia. Perhaps not for long though.... |
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11/20/01 12:05:50 AM | |
Name: | Kimmo |
Best expert: | 67 |
Best intermediate: | 22 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Please, Damien, update my scores! |
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11/19/01 10:58:41 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | I thought Neil Collins is English as well. But he never postes of course. |
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11/19/01 02:51:53 PM | |
Name: | Ben |
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Comments: | Where are the Belgians??? There are quite some Americans, but as far as I know, there's only one Englishman (Paul)... I think that's strange |
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11/19/01 02:35:08 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | There are no threats for my Holland #2 position at the moment :-) |
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11/19/01 01:37:10 PM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 68 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | I understand what you mean Owen... I thought I was one of the only french to love that game until today. But I've just seen that Quentin, thanks to his 62 on expert is 1 sec better than me for the total of three levels ! :( |
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11/19/01 12:20:30 PM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | There's always new people coming here from all over the place....except Ireland. I wish there was more native competition for me! |
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11/19/01 02:10:37 AM | |
Name: | Stephan Bechtel |
Best expert: | 73 |
Best intermediate: | 20 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | With my recent 20, I'm only 1 second away from being subscribed to Matt's Intermediate Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to improve my 73 on expert yet. Congrats to all players that improved their times!! Greetings from Germany |
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11/18/01 02:45:59 PM | |
Name: | Ben Drucker |
Best expert: | 72 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | While you're updating this page, put my real name up on the lists. I tried to e-mail you before and for some reason you didn't get any of them. |
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11/18/01 12:37:43 PM | |
Name: | Owen |
Best expert: | 63 |
Best intermediate: | 12 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Well done damien , roelof, ben and any other record beaters. Lasse, how many sub 60s have you ever got in 4 hours? Has anyone ever thought of the possible damage they may be doing to their eyes with so much sweeping? Just a thought |
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11/18/01 12:29:41 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Whoo...I have to admit: the last part was going to be very hard, but still, when the timer is at 54 and there wasn't much to clear, that sucks. I don't know if it would have been a record, but I was playing really well till that unlucky guess. I have the screenshot, it may be interesting. |
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11/18/01 12:17:29 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Hey Damien, nice to see an update, but you put me at the world records list with a 20 and not with the 17. which means very much to me ;-) |
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11/18/01 12:03:06 PM | |
Name: | Damien |
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Comments: | Thanks...this gets so frustrating: in microsoft frontpage the lists are perfectly aligned and on the web it's crap. I have no editing tool on this comp so I can't fix things until tomorrow. Lance, I'll get you updated: this update is to midnight nov 13 and I know I've missed some people who only signed the guestbook...have to read the last few hundred entries :) Just because there are no new pics is 'cuz they're all over the place, it doesn't mean I don't want them, so keep sending. I posted two 58 videos but am having trouble uploading the 57. |
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11/18/01 11:40:06 AM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 69 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Congatulations Damien and Dan! 51 seconds is amazing. Maybe someday the rest of us will be able to get there?? Anyway, if an update is imminent, if you could please update my scores to 1-18-69 on the world records page and the top 50 page, I'd really appreciate that! I'll include a screen shot of the 69 in an email shortly. Please email me if you need any other screen shots! Lance |
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11/18/01 11:37:38 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Great job Damien! |
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11/18/01 11:16:49 AM | |
Name: | Damien |
Best expert: | 51!! |
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Comments: | Yep, now Dan, Sriram and myself are all in second place, but still far behind Lasse. 8 more 50's in 5 hours last night. Hey Quentin, you scores will be up within the next 30 minutes...I just got to this comp to upload some stuff. Pics are on several different computers and reeves of disks so those will be coming later. |
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11/18/01 09:27:41 AM | |
Name: | Quentin Archer |
Best expert: | 62 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 4 |
Comments: | could you please put my scores on the site . I would be really glad being put there. Thank you Quentin Archer (France) |
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11/17/01 08:14:22 PM | |
Name: | Case |
Best expert: | 71 |
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Comments: | Damn damn damn! I just tied my expert record at 71. It was a terribly played game too, i won it by simply clicking fast, not by strategic doubleclicking/no-flagging. If I could just get one GOOD game to go all the way through I'm sure i'd break 70! |
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11/17/01 07:42:52 PM | |
Name: | Dan Cerveny |
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Comments: | Damien, 11 sub-60's in 4 hours is much more than I've ever done. The most sub-50's I've had in a several hour period is 5. Also, my record speed of a couple weeks ago is gone. I am having trouble breaking 60 again. I think if you can play consistently for awhile, you will sub-50 before me. I had several great chances to get upper 40's the last time I was playing fast, but I managed to either guess wrong or screw up each time. |
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11/17/01 02:29:24 PM | |
Name: | Damien |
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Comments: | Just the one fan there guys. I've almost finished updating the lists...can only find 30 min snatches of time at the comp with a webpage editing program (editing the html for the lists in notepad takes way too much work). Only thing on the good news side is that last night I got 4 hours on a computer with a decent mouse and I got 11 sub-60's including a 59, two 58's and a 57 on video. Most of you know I couldn't sweep from aug 9 to last october; when I restarted it was only for an hour every couple days and it'd take at least 90 min for me to get a game below 70 which was really hurting. I've been able to put in 4 days in a row of 4 hours at this comp, and on the 14th I got a sub-60 for the first time since aug, then 3 the next day, 3 the next day, and then 11 yesterday. I've never played so well in my life. And by the way, it's all Dan's fault the page wasn't updated two weeks ago :) I could not sit around barely getting 75's when you knocked to 4th place. Congrats man. but I'm still going to beat you sub-50 (in my dreams at least). Keep it up. hey Roelof, haven't checked my mail yet, but make sure you send that pic over and congrats to you too. |
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11/17/01 02:24:33 PM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 44 |
Best intermediate: | 13 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Congrats Roelof, Ben and David - and Verena, nice to hear from more Danes who play minesweeper - Good luck everybody. - Lanyje |
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11/17/01 11:04:21 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | see below |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Finally!!! With the sounds of Alcatraz' Crying at the Discotheque I broke my intermediate score. As I hoped a bit, it isn't a 19, but it is a 17! I can't describe how happy I am :-) Happy sweeping Roelof PS: Matt, I'll send in my profile as soon as possible (quite busy at the moment). PPS: The board is quite friendly; if you want the screenshot, just mail me. |
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11/17/01 10:19:35 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 20 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Ben: congratulations! Matt: a 20 isn't that funny either :( David: yes, I remember my first sub-100 (a 93). It came when I least expected it; my record at that moment was 112... |
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11/17/01 09:40:27 AM | |
Name: | David Ekstrand |
Best expert: | 99 |
Best intermediate: | 31 |
Best beginner: | 5 |
Comments: | Hi, just wanted to say thanks for a great site and mention that today I finally went sub-100 on expert! All of you who remember their first sub-100 should know what I'm talking about... Now I've just got to get my intermediate time below 30, which is of course easier said than done... |
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11/17/01 09:33:24 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Great job Ben- I really hope you dont get to sub-60 second by second- that would be just awful. Getting a 60 for a record is awful. Paul Kerry even sacrificed a new record just because it was going to be a 60. I just hope my next best time is not a 60...that would be the worst time ever for my whole career. |
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11/17/01 09:29:09 AM | |
Name: | Ben |
Best expert: | 63 |
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Comments: | jun 16: 67 aug 08: 66 oct 23: 65 nov 06: 64 nov 17: 63 (that is today!) going down second by second... |
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11/17/01 09:02:13 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Such a poor person. I feel sorry for him in a way and don't even read what he says. He probably comees from a messed up family. Go see a councilor person. Vent your anger somewhere where you can get help from. |
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11/17/01 06:16:09 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
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Comments: | Hey Al Kilyu, I think your words are really unnecessary, and very unfair, regardless of whoever it may be aimed at. Done in very bad taste, and totally uncalled for. |
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11/17/01 04:22:34 AM | |
Name: | verena christiansen |
Best expert: | 149 |
Best intermediate: | 48 |
Best beginner: | 5 , just lucky |
Comments: | I'd love to reach below 100. I still have a long way to go but I don't give up. Thanks for your precious advices |
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11/17/01 02:31:26 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | It's just one stalker Joe, this is exactly the same message the kenyon-figure posted some time ago. He seems to be very afraid we won't read his work. Pathetic creature. Again, I don't have anything against homosexuals Kenyon, but I'm not interested in your fantasies. |
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11/17/01 12:07:44 AM | |
Name: | joe nuss |
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Comments: | his name is a joke that means "i'll kill you". it's funny. kind of makes you wonder whether damien has a lot of enemies or just one really devoted stalker with a crush on him. |
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11/15/01 11:17:00 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Ryan, that's a good idea. I know two different 3D Minesweeper games (including the one that Damien suggested) and I like them. |
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11/15/01 11:12:54 AM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Has anyone any further thoughts on the new minesweeper game everyone was trying a while back where different mines have different values? I myself haven't tried it and that is why I am asking you all your opinions... Owen |
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11/15/01 08:03:15 AM | |
Name: | Damien |
Comments: | A 3-D minesweeper has already been invented...It works like the climbing dome found in many playgrounds: It has a triangular mesh so that each point where the spokes of triangles meet can be clicked on for a number, and each "hub" touches 6 other hubs and there are directional arrows so you can rotate the sphere. Beginner, Int, and Expert. Difficult to sub-100 on beginner at first, but you'll eventually get a good "board." http://www.freearcade.com/MineSweeper.jav/MineSweeper.htm |
11/15/01 07:23:13 AM | |
Name: | David Barry |
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Comments: | Ryan, that would be visually difficult, especially on anything greater than 5x5x5. Of course, you only need an 8x8x8 before it there are more cubes than there are squares on an expert board. I would be interested though... I enjoy 4x4x4 tic-tac-toe, so I would at least look at a Minesweeper analogue. Though, I just though about it, with 26 cubes surrounding any cube in the middle, would it even be possible to figure out patterns? It seems that you would need many more known squares than you do in regular Minesweeper. Of course, mayb that will naturally occur in the generation of the boards, so it will be worth a try. |
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11/14/01 06:35:51 PM | |
Name: | Ryan Peckyno |
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Comments: | I just got back from comdex. I got to see the latest and greatest in technology, sat 10 feet away from Bill while he gave his vision, and I had the opportunity to listen (and occasionally talk to) some interesting people. What would ya'll think about a 3D minesweeper game? It is difficult to explain how it works so I won't try. Would enough people be interested? Much more visualization is required and it is obviously more conceptually difficult. The combination of speed, simple logic (which most people choose to make minesweeper), and luck is what makes 2D minesweeper appealing. How much appeal would 3D minesweeper have? Later, Ryan |
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11/14/01 06:05:18 PM | |
Name: | Tom |
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Comments: | Also... The xyzzy trick further reveals that clicking the smiley guy on an untouched game recreates a new board with the mines in new positions. From a programming standpoint, that is a little inelegant since the computer wouldn't have to do the work of shuffling the mines if the game was never started. The cheat for turning off the timer is documented in Help, at least on Windows 2000. |
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11/14/01 05:53:13 PM | |
Name: | Tom |
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Comments: | I'm surprised this site doesn't have the cheat for NT/2000. Type xyzzy and press the left shift button. This has the same behavior as the old xyzzy shift+enter trick that worked on older versions of Windows (3.1x & NT 3.51). Of course, cheating makes the game less fun. But I did find an interesting use for the cheat: You can use it to figure out how the game works. I had always assumed that the game did not place the mines until after you clicked your first square. This theory makes sense since the first click was always a free square. But that is not true; the mines are already placed before you make your first click. So what happens if you click a square with a mine on your first move? The game moves the mine to the square in the upper left-hand corner, unless that too is a mine, in which case it goes across the first row until it finds a non-mine square. Another interesting fact: The Windows 2000 version of Minesweeper has a 9 X 9 beginner board. The Win9x version has an 8 X 8 beginner board, which is presumably more difficult because the ratio of mines to squares is higher. |
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11/14/01 01:31:15 PM | |
Name: | Philip Culp |
Best expert: | 59 |
Best intermediate: | 16!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | I finally got under 20 seconds. It took forever. |
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11/14/01 12:10:27 PM | |
Name: | The Ancient One |
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Comments: | What a wondrous thing ; to be kept intrigued without ever being enlightened |
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11/14/01 11:03:02 AM | |
Name: | hamzah asyrani |
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Best beginner: | 1 seconds |
Comments: | Malaysia right now is 15 November 2001 and 3.02 am...So do not get confused. |
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11/14/01 10:59:12 AM | |
Name: | hazmah asyrani |
Best expert: | not yet |
Best intermediate: | 89 |
Best beginner: | 1 seconds |
Comments: | finally I have made a new records for beginner.1 seconds is my best time now and I hope I can find a minesweeper that have a timer likes 0.78 milliseconds . I made this record on 15 November 2001 about 2.26 am . |
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11/14/01 09:31:11 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
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Comments: | Come to think of it Daniela, an application that counts how many clicks you've made to finish a game would be quite handy (and I'm being serious here). It can count the number of left-clicks, right-clicks (marking mines) and left-right double clicks. I presume what everyone does currently is to capture their game, and go through it counting how many mines you've marked. A simple app to do that job would be nice i think. |
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11/14/01 09:00:32 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Matt, I want to make a version that is accepted for world records. And it should teach beginners how to play, allow you to change the images used for numbers and mines, count the number of clicks needed and be friendly to non-flaggers by counting the number of safe squares hidden instead of the number of hidden mines. |
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11/14/01 08:57:55 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
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Comments: | There's a new 47-video in the addicts-group's files-section. Enjoy - Lanyje |
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11/13/01 05:14:38 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | We should be programmers Lance! |
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11/13/01 01:46:07 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
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Comments: | See, I don't have as much of a problem with the mines as I do with the clock. Maybe you should have the clock be some other proportion to real time. Right now it's supposed to be 1:1, but maybe you could make it be 1 minesweeper second equals 5 real seconds. That would be dandy. Also, maybe every time a game is finished there could be one of those flashy intermission screens that pops up sometimes in the Monty Python movies (think Holy Grail). That sure would be neat. Lance |
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11/13/01 12:06:39 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Hey Daniela, be sure to make your version cycle in the dream board about every five minutes, okay? And take away those pesky mines- they're no good. |
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11/13/01 10:17:15 AM | |
Name: | Daniela |
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Comments: | Hey guys, haven't signed in for a time. 1. Congrats to all record breakers! 2. Everything is fine for me. I can sweep ten hours a day as usual, so you can see a 57 video in about one month (when I feel to slow with my new playing style it will be a no marking video). 3. I started learning Visual Basic some time ago. So I will soon be able to write a program that presses F2 after reaching a certain time limit. I also planned to make a new Minesweeper version with this feature. Please tell me about some more good features you miss in the Windows Minesweeper so I can include them. |
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11/12/01 08:40:47 PM | |
Name: | Ben Drucker |
Best expert: | 72 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Got another 19 (goddamnit) today. This wasn't even a particularly good board. |
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11/12/01 01:39:54 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
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Comments: | Lasse - just a clarification: A Limerick is a form of poetry, as is Haiku. They are however, two very different techniques. Whether or not they should count in the contest: why not?! Limericks are usually more fun and quite often more humorous, but Haiku is still very creative! Lance |
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11/12/01 12:07:59 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | OK, perfect. Yeah, the Daniela-limerick was kind of funny, although I like Paul's self-critical as well :-) |
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11/12/01 11:51:42 AM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Good idea Roelof. On December 1, I can organize all the entres into one message and give each one a number, then we can set up a poll where people can vote freely, but only once. Im liking the one about Daniela as my favorite so far. |
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11/12/01 09:16:38 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Not sure about that Lasse... I guess so however. But if I can't beat you at minesweeper, at least I want to beat you in poetry!! ;-) You have the chance till 1 december to send in. Shall we say we create a poll question that day and you have the chance to vote for 1 week? I made 3 limericks, there won't be more, as Paul said, I don't have enough details. |
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11/12/01 09:08:28 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
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Comments: | Got a 65 n.f. today and had a few chances to go sub-60, but missed in mid-40s. Is japanese haiku-poems allowed in the limerick contest? Lanyje |
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11/12/01 06:44:38 AM | |
Name: | mel B |
Best expert: | 69 |
Best intermediate: | 25 |
Best beginner: | 5 |
Comments: | Well it took a long time but i finally broke 70! My eyeballs were stinging as I had been trying for hours. Finally I was just playing around with it while talking on the phone, paying half my attention to the game when I realized what I had done! I should try that more often!!! |
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11/12/01 03:09:07 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
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Comments: | Er, well, just ignore my last statement. A bit confused cause the Preview Entry didn't show new lines. |
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11/12/01 03:07:14 AM | |
Name: | Khor Eng Tat |
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Comments: | Iain, the 9x9 Beginner board existed since Win2000. I guess it's the same for XP. I just stick to Win98/NT winmine.exe when i play beginner. I think the limerick idea is great, Matt. And also, a Minesweeper World Championship would be a dream! I can imagine.... a few more years down the line, the core of the ppl here go on to form a "Commitee", and officially launching the International Minesweeper Community or something, and organizing "camps", invitationals and competitions where competitors come from all over the world to participate. Imagine that! PS - How do you enter a new line in this guestbook? HTML tags doesn't seem to work anymore. |
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11/11/01 11:03:37 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Well done Georgi, nice improvement! |
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11/11/01 06:40:59 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
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Comments: | Goodjob Georgi and Joe, I heard someone at the e-group say 'chording'....thats where I got it. |
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11/11/01 04:46:10 PM | |
Name: | Iain |
Best expert: | 118 |
Best intermediate: | 35 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Ive just finnished downloading Windows XP and Office XP. I just i'd raise a quite important point about XP minesweeper! The new beginner board is now 9x9 and the custom board doesn't go any lower that this. It seems likely any new version of Windows will be the same so people with XP or later will have an advantage of the others. Anyway, just thought i'd let you all know... |
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11/11/01 02:43:25 PM | |
Name: | Luke Gardiner |
Best expert: | 94 |
Best intermediate: | 28 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | I've now got 3 secs in beginner And we all know this game is a winner So I'll keep up my trying 'till my eyeballs are crying And hope that the mines are spread thinner. I'm also improving in Inter (still jerking while using the printer) And I'm on 28 And I'm feeling quite great And I'll be sweeping mines all through the winter. And I'm shaving off seconds in Expert Transfixed as I was 'till my eyes hurt I got 94 And I'm practising more In this country which by sea is girt. |
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11/11/01 02:23:40 PM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
Best expert: | 74 :-) |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Well, it was time to improve :-) Finally, after several missed sub-80s (last one - a couldbe77 - yesterday - lost on the very last square to open) came my first sub-80... To my surprise this time a big leap - whole 6 secs ! Antway, yesterday I 've got my second 2sec_game on beginner - by chance of course. What makes me really happy is my total - 95 ;-) Now I will find place among the best ones (hehe) Good luck to everyone ! |
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