The Authoritative Minesweeper Guestbook

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12/13/02 03:10:06 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Hehe I rest my case.
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12/13/02 02:59:55 PM  
Name: Lozza
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Comments: p.s andrew - you are a legend
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12/13/02 02:59:18 PM  
Name: Andrew
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Comments: marc - shut ur geeky mouth before i shut it 4 u!!!!!!!!!!
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12/13/02 02:30:37 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Perhaps we should think about putting up a more sophisticated bulletin board, so we can avoid stuff like that in the future. With registered users, we can be sure that someone who posts is who he claims he is and we can block the bad apples. I play an online game that has forums using the excellent vBulletin system. There's a free version available, but it requires PHP and MySQL. Damien: I don't know if your server supports these systems. If it does, I'd be happy to offer any help you might in setting it up.
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12/13/02 02:03:49 PM  
Name: Andrew WASHBURN
Best expert: 67
Best intermediate: 17
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Comments: just so yall know that WASNT me, just happens to share my first name. peace
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12/13/02 12:57:18 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Dammit... Let me break my record tonight!
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12/13/02 09:59:35 AM  
Name: Daniel Lynch
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Comments: Hey Berg, Congrats on the improvement. I've the same problem as yourself. Good beg and inter times (2, 18) but a terrible expert time (88). It scuppers all hope of getting onto the sub 100 list. If you do find a magic key (or good advice) to lower expert times, send it my way. Well done again. Sub 20 is on it's way for you.
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12/13/02 06:28:10 AM  
Name: Case
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Comments: lol, thanks floeren. you guys around the 100 mark keep playing and your score will lower quickly enough. i went from ~110 total to 83 in about a year, and i dont play as religiously as some do. I know there are a couple guys here who went from well over 100 to pass me up in less than a year.
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12/13/02 05:05:29 AM  
Name: Floeren
Best expert: 90
Best intermediate: 24
Best beginner: 4
Comments: So long! I retire (for a month). A pitty, but necessary . It's too dangerous to sweep during the exams. Once playing I just can't stop, so I deleted minesweeper. But...I'll be back in full force. By the way congrats to Berg, Gareth, sneezin' Marc and especially Case, who broke his record, was happy as a rabbit and didn't get a single response! Het ga je goed, den floeren
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12/12/02 09:13:35 PM  
Name: James
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Comments: Good job Gareth. I really need to pick it up, everyone is improving. Darin: the more competition the beter. Like I said before, it would be nice to have more moderately fast players around, especially on the AR. Tomorow is my last exam. After that I have 4 days with nothing to do. I WILL break one of my records .
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12/12/02 05:02:11 PM  
Name: berg
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Comments: 23>>21!!(2,93) finally improved took about a week,ill break 20 soon but i cant freaken get past 90 on expert im almost hopeless!!and thats what i need to improve if i ever want to get high on rankings,i think im gonna stick with the practice, practice practice technique,lol.
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12/12/02 04:43:42 PM  
Name: Darin Styles
Best expert: 78
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 1
Comments: hey Gareth and James, i was wondering if i could get in on this competition too. while i have already gotten under 100, it would still be cool to compete against some people close by me. let me know what you think.
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12/12/02 02:48:07 PM  
Name: Ryan Mann
Best expert: 61
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Comments: The way I look at is, the fastest games are going to be the ones with the most mines on the edges, because you can usually uncover them without flagging. With that said, i start in the middle, so that if i do get a big openning i will push the mines to the edges. Thats just my philosophy, anyways. Besides, in expert there are so many spots to make up time, that it probably really doesn't matter.
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12/12/02 01:08:42 PM  
Name: damien
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Comments: thanks randall...that's something that has been pointed out in detail by paul and some others...i just haven't got around to fixing it yet. the only aspect you didn't mention is that yes, while corners and edges give more openings, empirical testing will show that the few openings in the middle are larger on average. my only suggestion would be that edges are best for beg and int.
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12/12/02 10:15:50 AM  
Name: Randall
Best expert: 62
Best intermediate: 21
Best beginner: 3
Comments: I'm just getting back into sweeping and i was looking over the site a bit yesterday. There is something disturbing mentioned a couple of times about where to start clicking and what is better. At least twice on this site(in the superstitions part and somewhere esle too) it is said that clicking in the center to start is better because it gives you 8 chances instead of 3(corner) or 5(side) so starting in the middle is always more likely to be a good spot. However the middle does give you 8 chances- but it is 8 chances to have a mine next to you, meaning it WON'T be an open square and you WON'T have a good starting click. a corner gives only 3 opportunities for neighboring mines so it is more than twice as likely for it to be an open square. If you don't believe me, do a bit of testing. try starting 100 times in a corner as opposed to a middle spot. I just wanted to clarify that. This mainly applies to expert because there other factors in strategizing that are more important in beginner and intermediate.
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12/12/02 06:13:24 AM  
Name: Case
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Comments: well, provided that circuits and digital systems exams dont kill me in the next few hours, i'll have all the time in the world to sweep again soon. Good luck to everyone else still taking final exams out there.
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12/12/02 02:28:41 AM  
Name: Gareth
Best expert: 82->81
Best intermediate: 20
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Well, the minesweeper gods have been particularly kind to me this week. In 72 hours I have broken all three of my records (I now have the same intermediate and expert scores as James).
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12/12/02 02:12:18 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Damien, two more little aspects to point out about the 3BV FAQ: The correct spelling is SteffEn Stachna. And, at least on my computer, both Sorin's and Yoni's programs already work with XP.
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12/11/02 04:00:38 PM  
Name: Gareth
Best expert: 82
Best intermediate: 20
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Hey James, I think I might start sending scores to the AR now that I've gotten such good times so far for this period. Hopefully the rivalry could help lower both our total times below 100.
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12/11/02 03:21:37 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: I completed a 15 intermediate today. I sneezed during the game. Thought that was pretty remarkable
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12/11/02 02:47:37 PM  
Name: damien
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Comments: thanks iloigor...i meant steffan (stachna) not stephan (bechtel). i just went back through this guestbook (the 2nd set of 2000 entires is still on my home computer) and it turns out stephan was first to mention it and yep, it's named after him. i've always thought benny named it after himsefl for humour. anyways, back to studying.
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12/11/02 10:33:51 AM  
Name: James
Best expert: 81x4
Best intermediate: 20
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Comments: Congrats to all the new record breakers. My exams are done on Friday, so I will have one week to try and beat mine too. Gareth, Elliot, and Floeren: you guys should start sending scores to the AR. It would be nice to have some competition at the lower end of the ranking, where I am usually so lonely . Maybe we could push ourselves further with a little competition. James
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12/11/02 05:10:35 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: lloigor is right in both topics, Damien. I don't have right click problems, as I play non-flagging and therefore don't use any right click. And according to Benny, 3BV is a shortcut for Bechtel's Board Benchmark Value (although it's not me who "invented" that counting method).
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12/11/02 02:36:02 AM  
Name: lloigor
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Comments: two things about the new 3bv faq: - stephan isnt relifting his right mouse button because he plays without flagging (i think it was paul who wrote that he uses the non-relift technique too...) - i thought 3bv stands for Bechtel's-board-benchmark-value or something like that....
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12/10/02 09:47:04 PM  
Name: Gareth
Best expert: 82
Best intermediate: 22->20
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Well, this is a very good week for me. First I got a 1 on beginner on Monday, then followed that up with a 20 on intermediate today (wednesday). I also screwed up an 80 on expert on the last click.
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12/10/02 06:01:57 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: in response to Matt's comment about this site needing a fact page, i've put out a new FAQ section. so far just a 3BV explanation and camtasia help, but i'll get in something on the dreamboard soon and then get this site up to date. have 4 more finals this week so it won't be immediate.
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12/10/02 02:59:21 AM  
Name: Case
Best expert: 62!!!!!
Best intermediate: 18x3
Best beginner: 1
Comments: YEEEEEEEES!!! broke my expert record for the first time in nearly a year. i think taking that temporary break this spring and summer gave me a chance to get accustomed to flagging a lot less now that i've started playing again. 142 3BV board. I lost another game at 50s with only 14 mines left to uncover, and a huge blank space in the middle of them. Sub60'ing before the end of this year's Active ranking would be so gratifying.
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12/10/02 02:09:51 AM  
Name: Case
Best expert: 63
Best intermediate: 18x3
Best beginner: 1
Comments: ecstatic to tie the 58? i'm going to start getting depressed if i tie my 18 again... especially since i lost THE dreamboard at 6 secs with only the bottom left hand corner left to clear, and 2 other stray squares.
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12/09/02 10:33:50 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 58x2
Best intermediate: 16x4
Best beginner: 1x2
Comments: Good job Elliot! I long for the times I beat my records twice in one day. Today I tied my 58 and was ecstatic! Good job beating your record, you're progressing very well! Happy sweeping! Lance
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12/09/02 09:51:52 PM  
Name: Elliott
Best expert: 86->85->83
Best intermediate: 25->23
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Just thought I'd let everyone here know that i broke my expert record TWICE today, and my intermediate record once. No one else I know would care but the guys that post here.... yawn...
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12/09/02 06:11:08 PM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: This site needs an enormous FAQ section...
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12/09/02 05:16:26 PM  
Name: August
Best expert: 70
Best intermediate: 23
Best beginner: 4
Comments: My thirty day Camtasia trial is up. Anyone know how to use the crack from site here? I think I need a user name to match the serials that the crack generates. Anyways any help would be appreciated.
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12/09/02 02:21:16 PM  
Name: Elmar
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Comments: thanks roelof and dan!
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12/09/02 02:10:04 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Elmar's scores have been updated.
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12/09/02 12:02:13 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
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Comments: as I threw of course
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12/09/02 11:59:48 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
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Comments: Elmar, I can't remember getting your e-mail, but as I throwed all the messages away, I can't check it. As I was in a hurry, I could have easily made a mistake. So, if it is up to me, we'll count your scores. I guess Dan and Stephan agree. Can you fix it Dan?
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12/09/02 10:25:54 AM  
Name: Simple Simon
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Comments: When I part my butt cheeks and look inside my anal passage you can in fact see entire nations of little dude's and ladies going about their daily duties, It would seem that (as i always felt to be the case) I am in fact a GOD if only that of the little people living in my anal compartment. Now how many of you can say that about themselves?
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12/09/02 08:09:36 AM  
Name: Floeren
Best expert: 97 -> 90
Best intermediate: 24
Best beginner: 4
Comments: Deep respect for 'the master' . Lasse, you rock! Although I have a crappy mouse, my times are getting better every time I play. My second sub-100 is a '90' . Dik in orde dus! I feel that I can still improve a lot. Greetz to you all.
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12/09/02 03:56:42 AM  
Name: Mikael Jonker
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Comments: Congratulations Lasse, most impressive. I'm sure we will se times below 40 before long. Mikael
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12/09/02 12:38:37 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: berg, about Active Ranking: watch http://www.active-ranking.de.vu - there you can find rules, submission guide etc. about 3BV: you can find some programs in the files section of our yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minesweeper-addicts).
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12/08/02 05:25:49 PM  
Name: berg
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Comments: sorry can neone give me a site where i can dl a minesweeper that reads the 3bv of a board or whatever it means!(clicks)
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12/08/02 05:06:58 PM  
Name: berg
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Comments: 2,23,93.. im really struggling to improve expert and intermediate(25,26,27,27,28,29 in 10 minutes thats good for me),and expert ack.., neway dan whats the active rankings list and where do i send my screenshots of my best times to get on it and how does it work? also, im gonna brake down my process.. congrats lasse i still drop my mouth, everytime i look at the 41(about 30 times now)-berg
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12/08/02 04:27:13 PM  
Name: Gareth
Best expert: 82
Best intermediate: 22x2
Best beginner: 2->1
Comments: Um, if anyone really cares, I just got 1 second for beginner. I have the screenshot if anybody wants it.
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12/08/02 10:19:33 AM  
Name: Steffen
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Comments: Congrats,(K)Lasse! [bad german joke]
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12/08/02 09:43:28 AM  
Name: Elmar
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Comments: how come my scores (64-18-2) for the AR weren't put on the list. i sent them at : Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:14:57 +0100 (MET) to active_ranking@hotmail.com i didn't get an error message or anything like that. it's especially sad because these times were my personal best so far. i still have a copy of the mail in my outgoing folder at gmx. congrats to lasse, but you can definetly go even faster judging by the video. Elmar
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12/08/02 07:09:13 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Congratulations to Lasse. Your games are just unbelievable. Maybe you'll do that sub-40 even in 2002. And for sure, you should break Dan's A.R. best total of 59 in this period! Matt, for 3BV watch http://www.stephan-bechtel.de/3bv.htm That 9 is valid until last decisions has been taken...
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12/08/02 06:52:42 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: not much i can say to lasse...it's just fantastic. awesome job on that 46 dan. finally got more than 150 3bv...156 for a 48s board.
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12/08/02 01:51:36 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: wow...you'll make that 39 no doubt
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12/07/02 07:20:07 PM  
Name: Justin
Best expert: N/A
Best intermediate: 138
Best beginner: 12
Comments: I'm a new fan with the link on my desktop. It's a great thing for small unused time. I like the sit a lot. I enjoyed reading about about the game and watching people win at Minesweeper. I wished I had printed my 12. too bad!
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12/07/02 05:08:13 PM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: Wow, 41 is amazing. I really like the website here. By the way, what does "90 3BV boards" mean? Also, someone below claimed 9 second on intermediate, is that true?
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12/07/02 04:56:12 PM  
Name: Roli
Best expert: 66
Best intermediate: 9
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Congrats to all breakers and near breakers, but my main respect to Lasse for constantly getting closer to sub-40! Unbelievable!!! "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth!" (Sherlock Holmes)
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12/07/02 04:53:30 PM  
Name: Case
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Comments: omfg... i think the most amazing part is not just that he did a 41s expert, but that he misplaced at least 1 mine, and doubleclicked a lot on the wrong squares. That video makes me believe that not only will lasse be the first ever to break 40 seconds, but that it's coming soon. Just think if he gets one of those 90 3BV boards.... Keep pushing right behind him dan and damien. The faster you two go, the faster he has to go to stay ahead.
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12/07/02 03:35:40 PM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: Whaoo ! Lasse you're a star ! I'm wondering what time you would get if someone could reach your level constantly !
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12/07/02 03:26:28 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Great job, Lasse. My best scores always come when I don't realize I'm playing fast. My 44 and 46 were both surprises. If I even think about thinking about how fast I'm playing I get nervous and slow down and/or screw up.
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12/07/02 03:17:58 PM  
Name: Brian Cornell
Best expert: 53
Best intermediate: 14
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Great job, Lasse. 41 is incredible. I never thought the record would go so low. Between Dan and Lasse there have been some great new videos to watch this week.
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12/07/02 03:17:15 PM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: NO COMMENT
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12/07/02 03:04:28 PM  
Name: Lasse Nyholm
Best expert: 41
Best intermediate: 12
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Congrats Dan on your new record, your getting closer, however I'm not gonna make it easy for you to catch me. I just got a 41 on a 122 3BV-board. For once I didn't even realize I was playing at record-pace, so if you see some frantic mouse-movements in the pop-up-window, it's because I was quite suprised. Feels good though. The video is on my website - Lanyjé
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12/07/02 12:39:22 PM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Dan, it seems you're going to fight hard for the 2nd place in the 2002 overall ranking. Damien, you're 2 points back by now, so keep up the competition!
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12/07/02 12:29:09 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Just got a my 2nd 46 on a 151 3BV board. That is the first time I've gotten a sub50 on a 150+ 3BV board.
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12/07/02 12:26:07 PM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: Haha, we're such nerds. Talking about relaxation techniques for proper minesweeper play...
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12/07/02 08:13:43 AM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: The active ranking list has been updated. There are only two periods left this year, so everyone get sweeping.
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12/07/02 06:35:35 AM  
Name: Daniel Lynch
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Comments: I put that very distracted 18 second board on the minesweeper reader and it turns out to be a 29 3-BV which I did without flagging. I think 29 is a low enough 3-BV. If anyone wants it sent to them, just ask. Happy sweeping to all.
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12/06/02 11:26:31 PM  
Name: Paul
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Comments: Without wanting to turn this into too much pseudo-psychology (which I'm not qualified to talk about in any case!), the chances are you could find methods of thinking away tension (might also include changing posture). Same for anxiety, to an extent. The physical symptoms of anxiety aren't necessarily a bad thing, clearly shaking hands and jitteryness isn't useful, but if that can be overcome, and there is just a burst of adrenalin flying around, it could really prove to be quite useful I think. About hand tension. Proper warm up to physical activities can help. When you start to play it might help to spend a few games being less frantic and hectic (while you might miss out on a good board, which you'd probably lose anyway, you'll be better prepared later on, and be doing less harm to your muscles / tendons). When you are actually playing, take a moment to work out if you are tense somehow or other, if you are, then relax that part of you somehow (just think it away, or change your position). If you take care to work out where you are tense, and correct it, eventually you'll automatically settle to a less tense way. A note about taking a few games to warm up. Another classical guitar related bit. Some teachers advocate practicing pieces very slowly, but very precisely, to learn how the piece goes. Even expert players are advised to do that. With Minesweeper, I suppose it can't hurt to play a little bit where one is actively thinking about patterns, than just playing entirely from things that are memorized. Playing slightly slower would also allow technique to be developed (perhaps playing like Damien, or perhaps learning to flag less, or whatever!).
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12/06/02 09:40:36 PM  
Name: Case
Best expert: 63
Best intermediate: 18x2
Best beginner: 1
Comments: In response to paul, i always have to take a break to relax my hands about every 30 minutes, sometimes more often if i win or lose a game close to record pace. Otherwise my hand gets to shaking in anxiety of breaking my record as soon as i get a good board, and i lose or go excruciatingly slow making way too many misclicks.
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12/06/02 07:10:30 PM  
Name: Paul
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Comments: Just a thought (or two) about gaining speed (and maintaining accuracy). Classical Guitarists get taught to play their instrument with as little tension in their arms/hands/body as possible. This leads to faster and more accurate playing in the long run (also fewer physical injuries, strains, stresses). Perhaps it is something to keep in mind while hunched up and tense over the Minesweeper board, frustrated that no matter how hard you try (how tense you get) you just can't break that old record. (When one is tense it takes time to relax the muscles before they can move to a new tense position. And time to tense up again, maybe?) Clearly one needs to stay on the ball, I'm not suggesting carrying out relaxation techniques mid-game!
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12/06/02 03:36:00 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Well... If we ever start accepting 1-begs on a 9x9 board, I've got mine ready. Was jusdt playing around for a few minutes and all of a sudden a 1-click board popped up. Oh well...
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12/06/02 01:50:38 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Meg: 1) Practice 2) Practice 3) Practice 4) Insanity 5) Practice 6) Practice 7) The ability to not care that you're considered a freak by pretty much everyone you know 8) Practice P.S.: Practice.
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12/06/02 12:47:04 PM  
Name: Meg
Best expert: 140
Best intermediate: 37
Best beginner: 6
Comments: I would just like to know how it is possible for people to get such low scores... what is the trick???
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12/06/02 11:07:52 AM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: Anywhere...
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12/06/02 06:32:36 AM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Manu, impossible to send email anywhere or just to active_ranking@hotmail.com?
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12/06/02 06:28:59 AM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: I don't know why, but impossible for me to send mail. I'll ask you to accept my scores for this AR period : 3 - 16 - 64
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12/06/02 12:44:17 AM  
Name: Ben
Best expert: 56
Best intermediate: 14
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Hi guys, I've been away from minesweeper quite a while now... I've been checking the GB daily though: there are so many impressive improvements lately: dan, brian who passed me on the top100, steffen, ... The last couple of days, I started playing some again. It's just such a nice game. I try to keep it low though. Welcome Tim, nice to see another Belgian pop by. Where are you from?
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12/05/02 11:58:58 PM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: Great speed Dan, especially flagging - you just pass by and mines are marked. Nice to watch that video
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12/05/02 01:54:00 PM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: Congratulations Dan and Damien ! Really impressive !
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12/05/02 12:59:30 PM  
Name: Active Ranking
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Comments: **** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/3PM EST ****
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12/05/02 12:12:55 PM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Congrats to all record breakers. Excellent job Dan. Tim, welkom hier. Worden zo wel erg veel Belgen
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12/05/02 11:34:53 AM  
Name: Tim Janssens
Best expert: 154
Best intermediate: 68
Best beginner: 7 (lucky shots!)
Comments: minesweepin' greetings from belgium!!!!
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12/05/02 07:14:46 AM  
Name: Brian Cornell
Best expert: 53
Best intermediate: 14
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Congratulations to Dan and Damien. It's inspiring seeing people play so fast. Today I got a 58 expert on video, the first sub 60 game that I've gotten on video. It's on my website, if anyone wants to see.
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12/04/02 11:32:18 PM  
Name: Keith Whitener
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Best intermediate: 23-->22
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Comments: Hey again, Congratulations Dan. I'm still nowhere close to that yet. Damien: This is sort of a long-term, when-you-have-time suggestion, but I was looking for info about Camtasia on this site that I knew I'd seen before, but I couldn't find it. I was thinking that maybe a sitemap or a search would make this site an even more useful reference than it is now. Sort of like an online encyclopedia of minesweeper, if you will. Anyway, just a suggestion, not too pressing... Keep sweeping folks! Keith
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12/04/02 05:52:08 PM  
Name: Steffen Stachna
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Comments: First of all: Congrats to Dan and Damien. Both of you show us that each of us can go further. Your times are impressive. Dont make it too easy for Lasse > So, go and catch him, iŽll follow as soon as possible
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12/04/02 05:26:21 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: That is quite impressive, Damien. It is tought to break 50 on a 159 3BV board. I have little doubt that if you got my 99 3BV board, you would do better than 44. If you watch my video, there is plenty of room to improve.
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12/04/02 05:08:51 PM  
Name: damien
Best expert: 3bv 159 45s lost last click
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Comments: that's got to feel good dan. i got your email about an hour ago so i've been playing and my 'reward' was a 3bv 159 45 second board that i lost on the last click, and it wasn't even a 50/50, it was a stupid (i'm being less polite right now in my room) but it was a stupid misclick.
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12/04/02 01:37:21 PM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Congratulations to Dan. 99 is in my eyes the second-lowest board ever seen (after Sorin's 87 3BV). A few months earlier, you'd have tied the world record...
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12/04/02 01:29:22 PM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
Best expert: 44
Best intermediate: 11
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Just got a 44 on a 3BV 99 expert board. This is the first time I've broken my record since January. Also, as far as I know, that is the lowest 3BV board I've ever completed. I almost always screw up the great boards, so it is very nice to complete this one. Screenshot and video are on my site.
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12/04/02 10:08:54 AM  
Name: Elmar
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Comments: my ration is pretty much the same as paul's. but i play pretty inefficient. meaning i place a lot of effectless clicks. i just finished a board in 78 sec. 3bv: 171 left: 219 right: 128 and that's pretty much standart for me. i always have about twice as many clicks as necessary with around 5 clicks per second.
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12/04/02 06:43:36 AM  
Name: Brian Cornell
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Comments: Congratulations to record breakers, especially Floeren, who seems to be breaking records every day. I just took my first crack at making a website. It is not very good since I have no experience doing this, but it does have screenshots of my best games, and my best videos, which unfortunately are not of my best games. I would appreciate if anyone could email me any tips on improving my website.
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12/03/02 02:59:38 PM  
Name: Paul
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Comments: Recently, when losing games with very little of the board left to clear, I've marked about half of the flags. Maybe it is this style of play that gives me a left:right 2:1 ratio. I'm not entirely sure how many clicks to complete a game (I just bothered to download the reader files today) though (note: last game completed was 175 3bv, 160 left, 79 right).
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12/03/02 02:10:38 PM  
Name: Floeren
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Best intermediate: 30->24!!!!!!!!!
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Comments: Yiiiiiiihaaaaaaa!!
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12/03/02 12:34:35 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: I didn't know anyone played using the flag-and-no-lift method. I always lift, and when I just tried a game using the no-lift method it was hard as hell.
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12/03/02 10:01:25 AM  
Name: Elmar
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Comments: Floeren, you can find the program in the files section of the addicts group
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12/03/02 09:38:33 AM  
Name: Steffen
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Comments: Hi! Thx to Paul and Damien. I think iŽll just try, if my fingers like that style. IŽll send in my result...
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12/03/02 08:43:17 AM  
Name: Paul
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Comments: In attempting to work out if I use the flag-and-don't-relift technique, I played a few games and concentrated on my mousework. Seems I do use it, but I wasn't particularly aware of the fact I did. In the 5 minutes or so I was taking notice of my technique I finished two games (on expert). An appalling 84 (~190 3bv), my slowest finish in forever (I can't remember the last time I was anywhere near that), and a 59 (~150 3bv). Quite some variation in the space of a couple of minutes.
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12/03/02 08:27:07 AM  
Name: Floeren
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Comments: Can somebody tell me where I can find the program that calculates the 3BV, right and left clicks etc. Spanx
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12/03/02 05:44:01 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: my highest 3bv for beg is a 9. steffen: as far as i know, i'm the only person who consciously uses that method. (to flag but not re-lift the right finger for double-clicking). i was watching a friend of mine play who flags and re-lifts; his 3bv counter uaually gives a 2:1 right to left click ratio whereas i always have very close to 1:1.
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12/03/02 03:27:21 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Congrats to Elmar, Floeren and all other improvers. Elmar, take that 64 even if you'll almost beat me in the A.R. Btw, my highest 3BV on a 2 sec beg board is 7 (to be seen on my HP).
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12/03/02 12:31:02 AM  
Name: Elmar
Best expert: 64
Best intermediate: 17x2
Best beginner: 2x3
Comments: ok, thanks everybody. so i will claim that 64. i got another 2 yesterday, this one in 3 clicks. i think it could've been a 1 if i had reacted just a little bit faster.
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12/02/02 11:38:14 PM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: Congrats Elmar I think that your minesweeper counter was just about to switch from 64 to 65 when you finished the game (under XP the minesweeper counter switches when Sorin's counter is between xx.000 and xx.100). I always play with Sorin's counter on and keep a watch on both counters .... So your score is sure 64 for me
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12/02/02 05:21:25 PM  
Name: Gareth
Best expert: 82
Best intermediate: 22
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Bugger! I just missed making a significant improvement in intermediate. I was playing on my main computer at home with my really crappy trackball mouse that hasn't been cleaned in 3 years, and (being a flag addict) decided to try some non-flagging. So I got a nice board, started clicking around, cleared everything except for a 50/50, uncovered the wrong square, looked up at the timer and it said 20! It was one of my more efficient efforts too, with only 52 clicks for a 43 3BV. Oh well, at least it's improved my confidence in intermediate.
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12/02/02 04:51:11 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 58
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Elmar, If you are talking about the minesweeper program that counts left and right clicks, 3BV, and clicks per second, along with the time that you record, that one starts at 1000 (or 1.000 seconds), meaning that the time it says and the time the minesweeper clock says are off by 1.000 seconds, in theory (assuming there is no lag on your computer, and I think many people say XP has fixed that). So, in effect, your time would not have been 65.021 (or whatever the decimals were), but rather 64.021. Meaning it was really almost a 63! That's how mine works, but maybe mine is an old version (but I don't think so). Hope that helps validate it! Also, as a side note, we have always accepted the time on the minesweeper game timer as official, despite a lag. Congrats! Lance
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12/02/02 03:50:16 PM  
Name: Floeren
Best expert: 102->97
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Comments: YES, O BABY YES!!!
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