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09/28/01 04:22:09 AM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 72
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 1
Comments: I haven't been able to play as much in the last month or so because of school and work commitments, but luckily, so far, my minesweeping skills haven't taken a tangible hit. Despite my mouse situation (it still jumps randomly around the screen, ruining some good games occasionally), I have been getting some very good times when I have been able to play. I'm hoping that I will be able to play a little more starting next semester or so, or definitely over Christmas, but when you're a senior in college with a double major and a time consuming job, still trying to maintain a social life, free time is often hard to come by! Lance
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09/28/01 03:37:09 AM  
Name: Owen
Best expert: 65
Best intermediate: 12
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Hi everyone. in college at moment. Nothing much to say really. I'm 19. I've sort of stopped playing really. Not enough motivation.

09/28/01 01:01:29 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 21
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Of course good luck Dustin! Lance, my goal is 65 as well (and sub-20ing of course, but that will take a while). Im hoping to be in the top 10 of the world within a year, but I dont think I will actually: I play much too little at the moment. Anyway, good luck to everybody.
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09/27/01 08:28:27 PM  
Name: Notorious FOX
Comments: Lance, thanks for the support and advice. I really appreciate it. I'm going for sub 80 next.

09/27/01 02:02:00 PM  
Name: Ben Van Calster
Comments: Dan, don't worry that's exactly what everybody says when I tell people what I'm studying :-)

09/27/01 09:35:04 AM  
Name: Daniela
Comments: I'm only 14 years old. Is anyone here younger than me? I think no.

09/27/01 08:05:02 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: Masters in Statistics? Just thinking about that makes me cringe. I took 'Statistics for Engineers' in college and it was horrible.
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09/27/01 03:28:05 AM  
Name: Ben Van Calster
Comments: I'm 23 and working. Isn't that sad... I also rented a house with my girlfriend and since this week, I'm studying again (Master in Statistics). So, not much time's left. Hey Georgi, nice to hear I'm not the only one who's being hated by the girlfriend while playing! They can be very demanding...

09/27/01 02:03:09 AM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
Best expert: 84
Best intermediate: 22
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Hi there, Actually I am 27 and I started to play seriously from January this year :-) It is true that I do not have much time to play because of the work, a lot of home obligations, swimming activities, French lessons in the evenings and so on. In fact my girlfriend hates me when I play minesweeper instead of going together somewhere ... :-) Although I am a very busy, I still find enough time to play ... maybe half an hour a day. I do relax when playing minesweeper, it makes me more calm, brings me out of anxiety and stress ... that's why I still keep on playing ... By the way Dan is my age too - in two weeks he has a B-Day ;-)
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09/27/01 12:52:46 AM  
Name: Khor Eng Tat
Comments: Just out of curiosity, a lot of us seem to be 21 yrs and below. Are there any 'older' players out there? Perhaps 30 or 40 yrs old?

My theory is that as you get older, and start working and all that stuff, you seem to have less and less time to play. I remember playing a few hours everyday back when I was studying. Not anymore. Now that I'm working, I probably get to play a few hours in a month or so. Damn, I'm starting to sound like an old hag.

Oh, I'm 22 by the way.


09/27/01 12:11:28 AM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 72
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Good luck Dustin, Everyone who is ranked once had scores like yours, and the reason they have such great scores now is because they wanted to be there, they essentially had your same attitude (although maybe they focused that attitude on playing rather than warning the world of their coming ;-) My personal goals are to get expert down to 65 (actually, I'd really like to sub 60, but that's just a dream, for now), so just set achievable records and goals one at a time and you'll get a great feeling of satisfaction when you attain them! Lance
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09/26/01 10:56:50 PM  
Name: Notorious FOX
Comments: No disrespect intended to anyone else out there trying to get the world record. I just started playing and I'm on a mission to be the best. You can't look down upon me for that. My scores will get better; I can guarentee you that. Good luck to everyone out there.

09/26/01 01:10:33 PM  
Name: Foxer the brutal being
Comments: I'm the only fox around here mate! Owen Fox I'm 19 and don't play much minesweeper anymrore.

09/26/01 12:47:49 PM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: Matt, are you still playing expert?
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09/26/01 12:13:33 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: That's odd- I remember another Fox. I remember that he was better than this "Fox"
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09/26/01 08:08:21 AM  
Name: Roelof
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 21
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Im 16 as well. And by the way, there is only one Fox..... ;-)

09/26/01 02:08:52 AM  
Name: jc
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 22
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Hi,everyone.I'm Chinese.It seems that few of my friends are crazy about winmine.I think that's why I don't see any Chinese here.
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09/26/01 02:04:48 AM  
Name: jc
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 22
Best beginner: 3
Comments: I'm Chinese.And it seems that few of my friends are crazy about winmine.I think that's why I don't see Chinese here.
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09/25/01 10:16:24 PM  
Name: Joe
Best expert: 77
Best intermediate: 15
Best beginner: 2
Comments: you're a silly boy. im 18 too, dunny. and though i have a personal distaste for him, mr matt mcginley's scores at 16 years of age are 1-10-68. good luck though! ;)

09/25/01 08:50:03 PM  
Name: Dustin Fox
Best expert: 87
Best intermediate: 28
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I'm going to be the greastest minesweeper in the history of minesweeping. At just 18 years of age I already have everything it takes to become the greastest ever. I have fast clicking fingers, I have brains, I have dedication, and I have tons of time to practice. Years from now when people think of Minesweeper they are going to think the Notorious FOX.
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09/25/01 02:06:19 PM  
Name: Manu
Best expert: 68
Best intermediate: 15
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Just missed a 72 on the last square :( But also had a 20 on inter... my first one I think.
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09/24/01 07:21:58 PM  
Name: Ant
Best expert: 65
Best intermediate: 22
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Just minutes after lowering my 73 down to 72, I somehow managed a 65. Which is kinda weird, seeing as how I've lost a 65 before, but never gotten anything between 65 and 72. Now after such a jump in times, i'm wondering whether I should perhaps work on my inter/beginner times?
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09/24/01 07:04:41 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: Well, roughly 5/6's of the world's population has spoken about their minesweeper scores; I think there is a fairly good chance that the Chinese national records are similar to the current "world" records. But I am surprised that not many Chinese (or Japanese, really) folk have claimed good scores. They are a highly developed nation at the forefront of nearly every technological advancement!
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09/24/01 01:36:31 PM  
Name: Roelof
Comments: I dont have time to read, but heres my message from Rome. i cant play minesweeper and i cant type correctly. see you when im back in culemborg. good luck sweeping!
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09/24/01 01:18:32 PM  
Name: Owen
Comments: I know what it's like not to have control of a pc Damien. The pc in our house is in my brothers room. Sometimes he doesn't let me in - especially when he's angry with me!

09/24/01 01:17:07 PM  
Name: Owen
Comments: Firstly ; Well done Philip Secondly ; With college I've no time to play minesweeper and I also think that it's bad for my eyes to be playing for so long. So I'm thinking that I might discontinue my sweeping career for the next good while. It's pretty annoying that I haven't beat my 65 cause I've had a few oppertunites and I know I can beat it. I'd love to go sub 60. How many people have ever gone sub 60 does anyone know? If anyone knows chinese here, then they could try find a chinese minesweeper web-site which there surely is and we could see what the biggest country population in the world has for their records. Don't forget everyone that this is only an english speaking website really. So not all the best players go here. And the orients have computers built in as an important part of their lifestyle. They play alot of games etc. However, I still think that Lasse Nyholm is the best player in the world. He's far beyond the rest.

09/23/01 06:19:32 PM  
Name: Damien
Comments: Congrats Philip! Just so everyone knows, I had to stop updating the site aug 9th when the computer with my files was sent to be repaired. It came back finally two weeks ago but my sister, who now owns it, won't let me use it except to remove my files. So, I will update the moment I can find a computer that I can have control over...I've hardly been able to play for 2 months now which really sucks cause I was on the verge of beating my expert record. Anyways, you guys keep up the playing!
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09/23/01 05:37:11 PM  
Name: José Matías del Pino
Best expert: 96
Best intermediate: 28
Comments: hi, I`m from Chile, I just found this site and it`s great! I hope I can get better with the time, to be a top 10
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09/23/01 05:26:42 PM  
Name: Ben Van Calster
Comments: Well well I'm in Peru for two weeks and everybody is getting great int-scores in the meantime. Thanks a lot, now I have to spend a lot of time playing and I will not have time next year (working + studying...) Now I'm in Pisco, 235km south of Lima. Tomorrow is my flight back home. Damn. Anyway, congrats to Manu, Owen and Joe, and soon, also for me.
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09/23/01 12:34:28 PM  
Name: Owen
Best expert: 65
Best intermediate: 12
Best beginner: 2
Comments: A few days ago I was on 61 with 3 squares next to each other left. I lost on a 50-50. The day before i lost at 62 with 3 squares to go also. Since then i haven't been playing much due to college.

09/22/01 03:38:34 PM  
Name: Paul Cutting
Best expert: 184
Best intermediate: 64
Best beginner: 23
Comments: Hi, everyone just started playing and have completed 165 mines on custom with expert settings. Is that a record. Play freecell, thats where i shine!
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09/21/01 04:03:36 PM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Best expert: 52
Best intermediate: 13
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Nice going, Philip. Welcome to the sub-minute club.
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09/21/01 01:18:24 PM  
Name: Daniela
Comments: I just got another 35 on inter and a 190 on expert. That's strange because usually I have a 85 on expert when I get 35 on inter. Maybe I just got the dreamboard. Congrats Philip!

09/21/01 12:50:20 PM  
Name: Philip Culp
Best expert: 59
Best intermediate: 20
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I just completed my life. I broke a minute last night and won $20 from my brother. We had a bet who ever broke a minute first won $20. Now I fell like I am part of a elite group. All i need to do now is get my intermediate time down.
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09/21/01 11:57:49 AM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 72
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 1
Comments: I'd like to have the screen shot of that intermediate board as well! Lance
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09/21/01 09:28:03 AM  
Name: Manu
Comments: Well done Joe! I'd like to see your screenshot as well, please send it to me. I had 4 sub-20 before my 15, and you only 3, if I understand, It's crazy !
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09/21/01 07:32:49 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: I just examined Joe's 15 screenshot and I found that the same number of clicks are required(in theory) to finish both Joe's board and the dream board. Nice goin, Joe.
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09/20/01 11:12:50 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 21
Best beginner: 3
Comments: So, this time I haven't succeeded breaking my record before the holiday... Well, it's now just a week (leaving this afternoon). I might be able to get online in Rome, if so, I'll leave a message here. Good luck everyone and ciao, Roelof
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09/20/01 03:44:31 PM  
Name: Joe
Comments: all of a sudden im popular :) my old core was a 17 owen. its my 4th sub-20.

09/20/01 06:46:11 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: I would like that screenshot, too, please.
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09/20/01 05:50:54 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Congrats Joe! Please send the screenshot to me as well.
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09/20/01 03:49:03 AM  
Name: Owen
Comments: HI guys, At the momentI'm in my first IT class in college. I'm able to go online if I want as you can see. Well done Joe! What was your previous record. If you have a screenshot send it to below
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09/19/01 06:19:44 PM  
Name: jeff scutella
Best expert: 82
Best intermediate: 24
Best beginner: 4
Comments: Well just dropped my inter. and expert scores by 3 seconds each in the past couple weeks. Good luck to everyone else.
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09/19/01 05:42:18 PM  
Name: Joe
Best expert: 77
Best intermediate: 15
Best beginner: 2
Comments: im thoroughly confused, yet obviously excited over the events which just took place. after not advancing my record of 19 for 4 months, i got a 17 a week ago and a 15 today. this 15 board was simply unreal. i know most of you wont agree with me, but i think this board seriously is in the dream board's league. i say this because i was playing this board somewhat uninterested, and positively snail-like towards the end. i then saw the box pop up and was thoroughly shocked to see 15 in the upper corner. this could have been around 12 though, no shittin. then i would have been tied for the non-dream board record. damn. oh well, this shit is crazy. i'd be going off the wall right now if i didnt still want to be sensitive to what's happening in the world, and if i didnt think i could have gotten a 12. blah. later kiddies.

09/18/01 03:20:10 AM  
Name: Miika
Best expert: 91
Best intermediate: 24
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I just thought I should tell everyone how glad I was to beat my previous record of three seconds on beginner. (Maybe now I'll start working on intermediate, though I know I could improve my expert easer.) For the time being, I'm happy with two seconds, but I wonder if I'll ever get down to one second?
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09/17/01 12:12:32 PM  
Name: andrew washburn
Best expert: 72
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 4
Comments: jeez guys, afghanistan sounds more friendly right now than does this message board
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09/17/01 11:28:50 AM  
Name: Owen
Comments: I don't have any anti virus software.... Does anyone know what I could do? Should I get anti virus sofware off my friends and install it and see if that will helpl or is there anything i can actually do myself?

09/16/01 01:30:01 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: When I first read that Owen, I couldnt help but lauging; it really is quite comical. But I do realize what it's like to have a virus- Ihad the sircam and funlove virii, not too malicious, but the anti-virus software pooping upevery second was a pain for about three days
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09/16/01 01:02:18 PM  
Name: Owen
Comments: Hi All, I have a problem... I think I might have been attaced by some sort of virus or something. Whenever I move the cursor on the desktop towards an icon, every folder, shortcut etc moves away from my cursor making it impossible for my to click on things. I can still play minesweeper as I have a shortcut key for it. Apart from that, everything else seems to be fine. But it's very disturbing and annoying. If anyone has a remedy they know of could they please help. Thanks Owen

09/16/01 08:56:15 AM  
Name: Manu
Best expert: 68
Best intermediate: 15
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Hello everybody, I've heard about Lasse's 47-video, but impossible for me to find it anywhere. If someone could send it to me or tell me where to get it, it would be great. I've just had my 5th sub-20 : a 19 :) Have fun everybody, Manu.
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09/16/01 06:34:03 AM  
Name: Daniela
Comments: Hey guys, I haven't been here for a while (too much schoolwork). I can't believe what happened to the USA. I'm shocked. Only Minesweeper helps me feeling better. Great job Owen. I really want to be as fast as you are. Things are getting better for me. I got a 37 and 38 on intermediate today. Since I don't really care about speed, I could have had my first sub-30. But I'm going to wait until I finish more games. This week I lose so many games. I play only custom boards now because if I would get the dreamboard I'd lose it.

09/15/01 10:32:15 AM  
Name: Owen
Comments: Hehe I feel rather stupid about the whole business with Matt. I suppose we just got carried away! Sorry Matt.. ;) and the rest of you won't have to worry about us nagging any longer! If anyone has any screenshots they want to show me just e mail me with them please. My address is below.
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09/15/01 07:11:55 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Nevermind about the sound, either me or itself stopped it.
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09/15/01 07:05:15 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: A while ago, we talked about the sound-option in the winmine.ini-file in this guestbook. I don't know to switch it on or off, but at that time I knew and I turned it on. Nothing happened, but now, after several months I hear this awfully irritating sound when I hit a mine. Does anyone know how I can switch the bloody thing off again? Please help me! By the way, I screwed up this marvelous screenshot at expert with a beginner-error. I was definitely going to sub-70, and I'm pretty curious what the world class players would do. If you want the screenshot, just mail me.
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09/15/01 02:09:33 AM  
Name: Manu
Comments: When will you stop all that Owen and matt ? It's so boring... especially for those who do not speek perfectly english : so many efforts to read all that shildishness ( I also used the dictionnary, Owen ;) ). You both are 2 of the best sweepers in the world, it should be enough for you, no ? I think I will get regular in the upper 70's very soon, the way is still very long for me on that level...
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09/14/01 03:16:45 PM  
Name: Joe
Comments: anonymous surfer has the idea.

09/14/01 02:00:12 PM  
Name: Jaurieke Ton
Best expert: 101
Best intermediate: 32
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Also in The Netherlands there was a silent tribute at 12.00 am. All the students in my (and Roelof's) school gathered on the schoolyard and after a speech of our principal and the sound of a trumpet. We were silents for 3 minutes then when the trumpet sounded again some pupils released white baloons. And of course we talk a lot about what happend in the US at school.
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09/14/01 01:49:06 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Who's this genial Anonymous Surfer who posted a message while I was typing???
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09/14/01 01:47:36 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: My English is too bad for this discussion, but please stop it, both of you. It makes the atmosphere unpleasant and what the hell does all this stuff matter. Owen did a great job on the 12 (I believe I forgot to congratulate you, sorry for that) and that's that.
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09/14/01 01:44:27 PM  
Name: Anonymous Surfer
Comments: I have a fantastic idea: lets all grow up.

09/14/01 11:51:11 AM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: Just stop Owen. Youre the one who convicted me of callous remarks, and started this debate. The only reason I was being sarcastic was because thats the way I write- sorry if that offends you that much, which it shouldnt. And if you read over your last post, I dont think you should be chiding me of bad usage of the english language.
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09/14/01 11:16:43 AM  
Name: Owen
Comments: It took a day or two for it to sink in properly about what has happened in America. I feel very sad now, more so than i already did before. I amn't sure if you know about the continual conflict in Northern Ireland and acts of terrorism we have there. Today they were all united in grief and had a huge open mass. I've heard another irish man has died. he was in the trade cetnre at the time. A total of 4 people in Ireland have been reported dead so far. Matt, I don't know why you're acting so smart for. I did not say that the dream board lacked potential nor did i even hint at that notion... And i didn't say " denerating ". In my post it has " denegrating " You must have misread it somehow. Your whole message sounds very smart and sarcastic. So don't try and insult my intelligence with your " whatever you think that means " I know what it means. You are the one who didn't. I've been under 20 27 times now. I know that's not as good as you, Lasse, Damien, Dan and several others. Sorry. In the dictionary I read: " rancor implies personal malice of the worst and most enduring nature, and is the strongest word in our language to express hostile feelings " There is no way that applies to me. I also wanted to say thanks for that help about downloading files from the minesweeper-addicts site. I didn't know that that was the right way to do it and probably wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise. Great video Lasse!

09/14/01 06:27:38 AM  
Name: Khor Eng Tat
Comments: There was a 3-minute silent tribute all across Europe this morning at 11.00 am. Just like Georgi, there's nothing much we can do except to express our condolences and to give emotional support from this part of the world.

ET
Malaysian resident in UK


09/14/01 01:23:52 AM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
Comments: My condolences to all the victim relatives and friends. My country is also very shocked by the disgusting acts of therrorism that happened on tuesday. In wednesday in Bulgaria started a blood-donation initiative ... we are too far away, but we wish we could help some way ... Anyway, I wish it was just a bad dream that happens in another dimention ...
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09/14/01 12:27:13 AM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
Comments: Yesterday I decided to record a 3-sec beginner video. To my surprise in 8 minutes I've got three 4-sec videos :-)..... and later that night I've tried again - this time succesfully recorded 3-sec video. It is not a big feat, unless you have only one 3-sec result till that moment ...
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09/13/01 03:48:48 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: Sorry about that typo, Owen- I looked up "denegrate" and besides a spelling error, you used it correctly. :-/
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09/13/01 03:46:48 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: Owen, You cannot deny the incredible potential of the dream board; you have not been under 20 that many times, and 16 to 12 is a very big jump (sort of like 14 to 10, no?). I dont know where you picked up any rancor in my post congratulating you, but let me assure you, Im not "denerating" you, whatever you think that means. I recognize your 12 and your status as 3rd in the int. level. Good job
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09/13/01 01:57:27 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Owen, I have to say your message seemed a bit thoughtless in the beginning, but I was sure your heart was with the Americans. It was a bit unlucky, but it could happen to all of us. Holland has a day of mourning tomorrow as well, although I have to go to school. At school, our minds and hearts will be in the USA, with the victims. Good luck.
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09/13/01 11:39:37 AM  
Name: Owen
Comments: Thanks Dan I sometimes listen to tv in the background while i play minesweeper. it makes you feel like you have company. usually i play in my brothers small room alone and i feel somewhat isolated. After what has happened, comedy sounds a good idea dan. Matt, it sounds like you disregard my 12 as it was the dream board. i had to play and finish it by the way. your only comment was that it's a fast board and that denegrates my achievement and ability.

09/13/01 11:31:50 AM  
Name: Owen
Best expert: 65
Best intermediate: 12
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I'm sorry if I sounded disregarding of the disaster that took place in America with my last post. With my delight in getting 12, I simply went online and posted the message. I had barely read any previous messages. Now that I have, I realise that my post must have sounded very cold and disregarding. My heart feels very sad and sympathetic towards the stricken families, residents and those who left this world in such a terrible way and others. Tommorrow, Ireland is having a day of mourning where towns and industries are basically shutting down for the day. Nearly everything will be closed. I don't think anyone will be going to school or work. I was listening to the radio this morning. People were were ringing up and chatting about the whole thing. One person was saying that you should stay at home with your family and appreciate them, for many won't be able to, and don't take them for granted as you never quite know what might happen in today's world. An Irish man had his wife and daughter on one of the planes that crashed into one the buildings. Even my friend's sister knows someone who was due to be working in the Trade Centre - just after the first plane crashed. It just goes to show how worldwide and impact it has had and how many people have been affected. It's quite sad to think that a few people on the top of a terrorist organisation can have such profound negative affects on the world. It is very sad indeed.
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09/13/01 09:39:29 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: Great job, Owen. I am trying not to watch the news for awhile because it was just making me feel very depressed. I'm now watching comedy and other entertainment shows on tv while playing some minesweeper, and I am definitely feeling better.
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09/12/01 10:10:39 PM  
Name: David Barry
Comments: Damien, I've read most of Clancy's Jack Ryan novels (though not the Bear and the Dragon - too much schoolwork now :(), including Rainbow Six. I think state-sponsored (and it would have to be state-sponsored) bio-terrorism won't happen for at least a decade, because of the very large amounts of research needed for it. Though maybe that is just my hopes speaking. Of course, more relevant to this act of terrorism is Debt of Honour, where a plane crashes into a major building, though even Clancy didn't write something on the scale of the Pentagon and both World Trade Centre towers... It appears as though I have lost my Flight Sim. CD, I was going to see how hard it would be to fly an airliner into a building (I can fly Cessnas into them). My guess is not very hard, but I can't actually try it now. That is the most worrying aspect of this whole thing - flying aircraft into skyscrapers only needs a little bit of instruction on where all the buttons are and a few practices in the simulator. (Flying into the Pentagon is harder - you have to get your descent right for the "landing".) Congrats Owen on the 12, once again my sweeping has only been notable for its absence.
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09/12/01 04:15:00 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: For those of you who have trouble opening videos directly from the addicts site (I know at least a couple people did), right-click on the link and 'save target as' to your comp. I dont know about anyone else, but when I try to just click on the link and open it, it doesnt work. Great video Lanye.
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09/12/01 02:01:40 PM  
Name: Lasse Nyholm
Comments: I've put the video in the files-section on the addicts-list - you should probably save the file on your computer for it to work properly. Bye - Lanyje
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09/12/01 01:52:14 PM  
Name: Lasse Nyholm
Best expert: 44
Best intermediate: 14
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Hey guys. I've done a lot of expert-sweeping these days, while waiting for new info on the radio, since I don't have a TV, which I don't mind these days since the pictures are probably worse than the ones I make in my head. I had a lot of ugly thoughts in my head today about death, terror and such things and the only two things that could make me smile today was a phonecall from my girlfriend and a 47 that I caught on video - the first sub-50 on video as far as I know. I got a 49 on video yesterday but something went wrong after I saved it and it was not to be found again on my computer. The 47 I have with me, but I can't send it to you, cause I can't access hotmail from this computer for some reason. But mail me anyway, I will send the video to whom that might be interested when I get a chance - probably within two days. Again - I feel sorry for everybody involved in this episode of horrible terror. Bye - Lanyje
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09/12/01 01:49:42 PM  
Name: Damien
Comments: Quite a gargantuan leap there Owen. A friend of mine was in an apartment building a few blocks away and saw it out his window...he really freaked out, packed a suitcase and ran. I wish i could get in a few hours of sweeping somewhere...it's the best way to work off stress or being in the dumps. I thought Clancy novels were over-exaggerations. Anyone read rainbow six? A bio company sponsored terror attacks to heighten awareness so a certain security company could get the job of protecting the olympics, so the bio-tec company could insert an engineered virus into the water supply...
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09/12/01 11:40:12 AM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: Well done Owen; 'tis a very fast board.
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09/12/01 09:33:36 AM  
Name: Owen Fox
Best expert: 65
Best intermediate: Guess!
Best beginner: 2
Comments: YES! I eventually got the dream board! It was my first time and i didn't recognise it till 2 seconds to go. I finished it and got a 12... I'm happy with it since it's my first time ever but if i had of recognised it from the beginning i'd say i could have got 10 or less. my news is so irrelevent compared to the recent disaster that took place . I have prayed already and will continue to do so the the affected people in the terrorist attack. I hope nobody here knows people who live in New York..
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09/12/01 06:56:50 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: The Taliban-regime in Afghanistan is awful as well, but I just read they might hand over Bin Laden to the Americans. That'd be wise, because I agree with David and Joe that Afghanistan will be punished very hard if they don't. I'm glad Bin Laden might be handed over, whether he's responsible or not.
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09/12/01 03:37:09 AM  
Name: Khor Eng Tat
Comments: I think what Matt meant to say was that if war does take place, it will affect not only the terrorists (and the country harbouring them) but the whole world will be in shock and distress. In fact, all that has happened so far has virtually put a stop on all activities all around the world. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE cannot believe what has happened. I have a disturbing feeling that this is only the beginning.

As for the celebrations by some Palestenians, some reports have said that those were just a few groups of sick ppl. While the majority of ppl in that country were at home keeping update, and praying that it wasn't any fault of theirs - because if it is, they can expect mayhem. And I believe, now that everyone has seen the magnitude of this, and start realizing how devastating all this is, any feelings of joy has definitely died down now. And replaced by fear and grief instead.

It is a sad, sad day for the thousands of victims, America and also everyone else all over the world. Everyone is feeling it. A horrible day......


09/12/01 12:29:44 AM  
Name: Joe
Comments: david knows whats up. i agree.

09/11/01 11:39:53 PM  
Name: David Barry
Comments: I have to disagree with Matt on this. Assuming it was Osama bin Laden, working in Afghanistan, then the US will launch a large number of missiles in that direction (remember Bush said he would retaliate against both the terrorists AND those who harbour them). The Afghans can only respond by terrorist attacks, and for those to be successful a LOT of planning has to go into them - they can't repeat anything close to this scale for a few years. The US, on the other hand, can keep up their constant, conventional warfare for longer than anyone else. So the world won't go to hell. Only Afghanistan (probably). In the meantime, Australians in the Middle East have been told to keep a low profile (after all, we look the same as Americans and speak the same language), and our school has been closed, as with most other American schools around the world.
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09/11/01 06:28:22 PM  
Name: Joe
Comments: matt, how is the world going to hell if the US retaliates? how do you expect us not to retaliate? im not going to get in a big arguement with you again right now, id just like to know how you could say something like that.

09/11/01 02:05:09 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: You're right Matt. But, the USA can't just say: "Well, it's horrible, we are not going to do anything about it". Action gives reaction. I hope it is a small Palestine group or something, but my worst fear is that it is Iraq and that could mean a lot. Manu, you're right about the children, but grown-up women should know better and shouldn't just do what their leaders say. We live in 2001 for christ's sake.
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09/11/01 01:30:56 PM  
Name: Damien
Comments: This morning I thought it was a prank like the alien scare in NY 40 years ago. I still have trouble believing it. An hour ago two Korean planes, one believed to be hijacked, were forced by some fighter jets to head to the Whiterock airport (clue: it's in the yukon, i.e., Canada). And the purpose is...? I always thought Tom Clancy's novels were too farfetched, but I'm thinking again. Tough luck to the americans on this site...wish I could help.

09/11/01 01:10:55 PM  
Name: Manu
Comments: French people is shocked, like everybody in the world today. We all feel concerned. Let's hope that it won't drive the world worse that it is already. Roelof, I understand what you mean about the images from Palestine, but most of them are too young to think by themselves, they are just fanatics influenced by some men who are the real danger.
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09/11/01 11:49:38 AM  
Name: Matt McGinley
Comments: If you dont believe in god, now is the time to seriously deliberate the future of governments and whether or not this will escalate into war (unlikely). I do have one thought, or promise rather: if the US does retaliate by means of warfare and the military, the whole world is going to hell.
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09/11/01 10:39:23 AM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Comments: If you believe in a god, now is the time to pray
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09/11/01 09:29:39 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Absolutely unbelievable. I pray to God there won't be more. My condolences for your country. Holland is in deep shock after what happened. I don't want to accuse anyone, but I saw images of Palestine women and children celebrating on the streets of Jerusalem because of what happened. These images were even more shocking then the images from the USA.
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09/11/01 08:10:57 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: I'm in such shock that I forgot to enter my name before posting the last message.

09/11/01 08:06:40 AM  
Name: Anonymous Surfer
Comments: This is a very sad day for the United States. Please pray for the victims and family of the victims of the massive terrorist attacks on the United States. Very disturbed, Dan Cerveny

09/10/01 11:13:01 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
Comments: Thanks Manu, Roelof, Dan. I just realised that my record brings me at just over 2 mines/s for my combined records. That was a goal I set after I broke 60. Guess I need a new target. Sorry, Dan, but it's going to be the top-5 and you're fifth ;) Of course, if I keep up the pace of reaching my goals, it will take at least another nine months....

09/10/01 09:53:42 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Well done Manu. And, Ben is in Peru, so we won't tell him, will we ;-) ?
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09/10/01 09:27:08 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Comments: Congrats, Marc, glad to see your speed advancing once again.
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09/10/01 08:19:13 AM  
Name: Manu
Comments: Congratulations Marc ! I hope I'll get times like that one day on expert. I know it's possible for me, but I'm still very far...
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09/10/01 08:15:41 AM  
Name: Manu
Best expert: 68
Best intermediate: Guess...
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I can't believe what just happened : I broke my inter record : 15. I can imagine that some people won't believe me because it's only my 4th sub-20 ( 19, 16, 19, 15 ), sorry Ben ;) But I don't care, I know I did it, that's the point. I felt extremely fast today ( with my second "2" on beginner for exemple ). What else can I say ? I knew it was a good game, but I've been very surprised when the "thing" popped up because I hadn't realised at all that it was the last click ! I take lots of risks when I play, so that many boards which could lead to a good time are spoilt before the end, but when I finish it... :) Feel gooooooooooooooood ! Good luck everybody.
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09/10/01 08:03:51 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Comments: Well done Marc!!!! As a dutchman I'm also happy for my country ;-). Keep up the good work.
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09/10/01 07:46:02 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
Comments: Correction: I had to guess once :)

09/10/01 05:39:13 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
Best expert: 56
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Yes, yes, yes! Finally, after 6 months and 5 days, I broke my expert record: 56. And it wasn't even a very good game from an efficiency point of view. I left 21 mines unflagged and didn't have to guess once. This was my 7th sub-60. I'm not stopping, of course. I know I can get 50, if only the perfect game comes along, and I won't rest until I get it. Send me an email if you want the video.

09/09/01 08:32:51 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Best expert: 71
Comments: Loads of sub-80's, but not one sub-70... My mouse can't handle it anymore, I'm afraid I need a new one, which'll mean I have to get used to that, which means that I won't sub-70 very soon. I'm not going to say what I want to say at this moment...
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