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08/28/02 03:51:37 AM | |
Name: | Steffen Stachna |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | What was the 3bv of the inter-dreamboard? i just got a board with 27 (not the dreamboard)... it is a thousand pities i only made a 18 ![]() |
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08/27/02 05:17:47 PM | |
Name: | Dan |
Best expert: | 46 |
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Comments: | Just got my 3rd 47 on a 118 3BV board. The clock changed from 46 to 47 at the very instant I clicked on the final square. When you watch the video you can see several points where I paused for a second, so I know I still have room to improve. |
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08/27/02 01:48:36 PM | |
Name: | Sorin |
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Comments: | The recorder doesn't work on XP...yet. I've said it before. I would need your help James to gather some useful information about it and then make it work. I'll send it on mail. |
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08/27/02 12:09:42 PM | |
Name: | Steffen Stachna |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | It would be great, if one could just move the minesweeper window in the 3bv counter. So,you can directly see the 3bv and neednīt save as... and so on, may be its possible, isnīt it?
Itīs very complicatet and long-winded this way...
Steffen![]() |
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08/27/02 10:21:15 AM | |
Name: | The Ancient One |
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Comments: | O life giving sun Pour down your goodness Drench the darkness with your light Repel all evil Show me the way in times of turmoil Fill me with your everlasting, unquenchable hope And cleanse me of any squalor O life giving sun Open my eyes to visions never imagined Allow me to hear the truth that travels through the wind Guide me through chaos And the twisted thorns of life Shine sun shine, into the darkest caverns of my mind Soothe my soul and spirit And forever enrapture me in your glory |
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08/27/02 09:09:11 AM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | I also use XP and do have the aforementioned problems. I actually assumed that that was just the way it was (I don't know shit![]() |
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08/27/02 09:04:53 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 61x2 |
Best intermediate: | 14 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Just tied my best expert time but the timer turned to 61 on the last click and the pointer of the mouse went away during the game, costing me 3 sec. ![]() ![]() |
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08/27/02 08:45:18 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
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Comments: | I just checked through some sub-50-screenshots and found the highest to be 157 on a 47 board in February, but I got a 50 yesterday with 3BV 172. I'll report back if I get something higher. - Lanyjé |
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08/27/02 07:50:19 AM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | Lasse, do you know what the highest 3BV board is that you've managed to get a sub50 on? |
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08/27/02 07:26:17 AM | |
Name: | lloigor |
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Comments: | i had to install win xp too, and now both, recorder and counter, dont work correctly. they are just counting clicks (+ the counter starts), no matter where i click. counting contiues even if i finish a game.... |
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08/27/02 04:50:28 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
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Comments: | Elmar,
I also use winXP at home and experience none of the mentioned bugs ![]() |
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08/27/02 02:54:26 AM | |
Name: | Elmar |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | i downloaded the new movie recorder yesterday. but somehow i can't get it to work properly. the counter program doesn't restart counting when i start a new game. the counter started through recorder.exe seems to work except for a few 3bv bugs. the recorder itself doesn't seem to work either. when i try to play the recorded games with player.exe, it doesn't show the games i've played or at least not the way i played them. instead it shows someone taking wild guessesn (and even clicking on mines!) all the time which i don't do. maybe it's because i use winXP. or am i just doing something wrong? besides that it looks like a very nice program and i would really like it to work. Elmar |
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08/26/02 10:09:49 PM | |
Name: | Gabe |
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Comments: | I can hardly believe I'm actually saying this but I have played far to much minesweeper today. My right hand is slightly swelled up and I'm using Bengay on my playing knuckles. The even sadder part is that I'm only taking a break right now and plan to go back![]() ![]() |
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08/26/02 04:43:35 PM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | Grzegorz:
Wow, that is really fast improvement. It has taken me about 8 months to go from 103 to 81. Hopefully I will be at 74 soon![]() ![]() |
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08/26/02 04:11:26 PM | |
Name: | Grzegorz Gorny from Poland |
Best expert: | yeaaah |
Best intermediate: | 26 |
Best beginner: | 4 |
Comments: | Two months ago my best expert was 103. Then i saw this page and i've taken some tips. 15 minutes later i improved my best expert to 93. two weeks later it was 83. Two dats ago it was 82. And today ........ wow ........ 74 ![]() ![]() |
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08/26/02 04:08:29 PM | |
Name: | Scott Storm |
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Comments: | A young man by the name of Oisin confided in me two days ago that for an entire year he was convinced that he had discovered masturbation and that nobody else did it! Can you imagine the size of your ego to think that you where the very first person to discover masturbation, he must have been walking around for that year with such a smug grin on his face,looking down on everyone else, thinking that loser doesn't know the pleasures he can recieve by stimulating himself manually! In anticipation of the question as to how he came to know different, the answer is all too obvious Oisin walked in on his older brother tugging away in the bathroom of their house. needless to say he said nothing (as is written in the unwritten code of walking in on others pulling their plum) this is a courtesy I have bestowed on others and they have bestowed unto me. I bid you adieu and ask each and every one of you never to deny it again as the above situation can never be repeated! |
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08/26/02 02:46:16 PM | |
Name: | Sebastian Schmitt |
Best expert: | 74 |
Best intermediate: | 22 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Jippy!
I just achieved 74s on expert level. I Have been trying now for 1 1/2 year to become member of the faboulus top 75. finaly I succeded! ![]() |
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08/26/02 01:39:56 PM | |
Name: | Sorin |
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Comments: | Yes I found that problem too with the 3bv counter. If you look in the matrix.txt file it says above the board the size and the number of mines. Sometimes it sees less than 99 mines. I don't really know why. I'm working at an improved version and hopefully it will not have these bugs.
I thought that 87 must be an error especially since I opened the recorder after the game was over. I tested it with Benny's program and it showed 87 too.
Sorry Matt but arithmetics do not apply here ![]() |
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08/26/02 12:13:28 PM | |
Name: | Matt |
Best expert: | 51 |
Best intermediate: | 10 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | I just got a 63 on a 208 3BV board. Theoretically, I could get a 26 on that 87 3BV board. Kind of makes you wonder how far we can actually go. |
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08/26/02 12:03:08 PM | |
Name: | The Ancient One |
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Comments: | I gaze through the window into the next room I see happy smiling faces as I sit here in gloom But I am not gonna speak and I'm not gonna moan I'd rather sit in this austere room all alone For they don't listen to me; what I say isn't even heard Being ignored has never been one of the things I've preferred So I'm gonna sit here and dwell with pride With a sad old face and still annoyed Listening to music and letting my hand and pen write Wondering what will appear as I'm still feeling spite Why am I in this cold austere room all alone? Why aren't my family in here with me; this is my home Ye they are so smug on the rug in front of the fire Argh! Isn't your elder sibling one you should admire? Well obviously not this one, she must think I'm a bum One who writes poems and jottles just for fun Well that's me, it's who I am and there's nothing wrong with that I'm not gonna change and that's that! The annoying people next door are still laughing |
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08/26/02 11:46:18 AM | |
Name: | Steffen Stachna |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | The 87 3BV really is an unbelievable board. I donīt think i ever had it -> So it should visit me soon ![]() |
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08/26/02 11:26:41 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
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Comments: | Maybe it would be a good idea to do what Georgi did but on all 3 versions 3.1, 98 and XP. Just to see if there's really a statically significative difference or not. |
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08/26/02 11:23:57 AM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | I was just getting some more 3BV stats using the program that records clicks and 3BV. I noticed the program gives a wrong 3BV for about 1 in every 10 boards. Most of the time the bad number it gives is very low, like 30 or 40, but once it said a board was a 119 while it was actually a 145. |
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08/26/02 10:41:07 AM | |
Name: | Sarah Buchanan |
Best expert: | 300 |
Best intermediate: | 119 |
Best beginner: | 7 |
Comments: | wow I thought I was some what good. haha thats funny. man you guys are really really good. hmm i just better practice more then. if any of you have some pointers for me you can email me if ya wanna. my scores are kinda sad compared ta yours. peace |
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08/26/02 07:49:20 AM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | Georgi getting no lower than 115 3BV in nearly 3000 expert boards shows just how much of an aberration that 87 3BV is that Sorin got. |
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08/26/02 06:31:55 AM | |
Name: | Paul |
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Comments: | About horror boards, I completed a 243 3BV board yesterday night in 76 seconds. I don't have an SS of it. |
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08/26/02 05:38:38 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
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Comments: | .. forgot the Standart Deviation (in case someone cares) ![]() ![]() |
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08/26/02 05:30:09 AM | |
Name: | Georgi Kermekchiev |
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Comments: | My stats (in 3BV) From 2821 Expert boards: max 241 min 115 average ~172.84 From 558 Intermediate boards: max 112 min 35 average ~64.97 |
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08/26/02 12:16:24 AM | |
Name: | Stephan |
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Comments: | 87 is indeed the lowest 3BV known for an expert board. I got a new personal "horror board" yesterday: 240 3BV (forgot the screenshot at home). Luckily, I lost it on the first click. Anybody with the ultimate horror board? |
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08/25/02 02:51:50 PM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | Man, that 87 3BV is one incredibly friendly board. Lasse could certainly get a sub40 on that. |
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08/25/02 01:53:35 PM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Beautiful second 43. And especially the first cause that was the record but you know what I mean. |
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08/25/02 01:51:54 PM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | WOWzers! Brilliant work Lasse, you should get paid for your efforst as should all of us. Ot'd be nice wouldn't it! Respect to yourself and Elmar who are crazy and extreme for playing so long in one day. Don't you get eye strain? It's cool though. I've never played more than about 4 hours in a day and that was probably only about 3 times or so but I can well see how you could. Sometimes Minesweeper can be just so much fun! |
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08/25/02 01:25:23 PM | |
Name: | Sorin |
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Comments: | Yes I have one. Addicts site, EXP87.PNG
I made it with Benny's and Yoni's program to have it complete with all the numbers.
Hey Yoni, I think it would be best to remove the "red" mine when you make the board. It's not important where the game was lost. The board should be "intact".
...Damn ![]() |
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08/25/02 10:17:00 AM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | 87 3BV!!!??? That would most certainly be the expert dreamboard. Please tell me you got a screenshot. |
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08/25/02 09:42:05 AM | |
Name: | Sorin |
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Comments: | I just got a 87 3BV board on expert. Unfortunately is was the very first game I played and missed it since I wasn't properly warmed up ![]() |
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08/25/02 04:53:33 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
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Comments: | A french finally the minute barrier on expert ![]() ![]() |
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08/24/02 07:25:29 PM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | Today I gathered the 3BV for 300 expert games and here are the stats. Average: 169.53 High: 227 Low: 118 StdDev: 18.67 70.33% of boards were between 151 and 188 95.33% of boards were between 133 and 206 99.67% of boards were between 114 and 225(all but one)* *As we know, there are several boards I didn't get today that would be outside the 3rd standard deviation, especially on the low side. 230+ : 0 ( 0.0%) 220-229: 3 ( 1.0%) 210-219: 2 ( 0.7%) 200-209: 9 ( 3.0%) 190-199: 28 ( 9.3%) 180-189: 44 (14.7%) 170-179: 68 (22.7%) 160-169: 64 (21.3%) 150-159: 40 (13.3%) 140-149: 24 ( 8.0%) 130-139: 14 ( 4.7%) 120-129: 3 ( 1.0%) 110-119: 1 ( 0.3%) sub110 : 0 ( 0.0%) |
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08/24/02 07:01:20 PM | |
Name: | Matt |
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Comments: | No, more like this,
Lasse-![]() ![]() |
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08/24/02 01:27:11 PM | |
Name: | Manu |
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Comments: | ![]() |
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08/24/02 01:19:05 PM | |
Name: | Kimmo |
Best expert: | 58 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Lasse: ![]() ![]() |
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08/24/02 12:12:30 PM | |
Name: | Marc Schouten |
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Comments: | Sorin: I wouldn't know. Haven't kept count. I'll play a few games with the recorder running. Let you know. |
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08/24/02 11:37:57 AM | |
Name: | Jarad Kevorkian |
Best expert: | 63 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Congrats Lasse, thats rediculous. Anyway, enough about you, I broke my 65 finally with a 63 which made me kinda happy. |
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08/24/02 08:43:46 AM | |
Name: | Sorin |
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Comments: | Lasse Rules! Hey Marc, how many clicks you make on average? |
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08/24/02 06:04:41 AM | |
Name: | MIAO LI |
Best expert: | 69 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | ![]() |
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08/24/02 02:57:08 AM | |
Name: | Dave McBryan |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Aarrggh! Just missed a 60 on the last click... Congratulations Lasse, btw. |
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08/23/02 09:38:17 PM | |
Name: | Marc Schouten |
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Comments: | Hey, clicking faster pays off! ![]() |
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08/23/02 09:03:09 PM | |
Name: | Marc Schouten |
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Comments: | Ok, I'm gonna let you live. But only because your video reminded me that I could click fast too. Sometimes, I forget to click as fast as I can. Dan, I'm sure you remember us talking about that a long time ago. Well, that had happened to me again. Then I watched Lasse's video and I thought:"now what does he do that I can't?". And the answer was.... well... get a 43.
But still, the difference shouldn't be that big. So I decided to click faster. Simple as that. I haven't finished any fast games yet, but there's a definite increase in my speed.
Just now, I played an opening of 26 mines in 9 seconds, all but one flagged. That's a schedule of 34. Hey, a guy can dream, right? ![]() |
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08/23/02 08:46:30 PM | |
Name: | Marc Schouten |
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Comments: | Right. That's it. I'm gonna have to kill you, Lasse. You're a danger to the minesweeper community and yourself. I'm sorry, but I'm sure you understand. |
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08/23/02 06:38:38 PM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | Wow! Congratulations Lasse! That's the first time I see a world record getting breaked, your 44 was here from the first day I entered this site. and two 43 in one day! amazing About the 3BV's From all my 367 sub-100 expert games with pictures the lowest I have: 110 (a 79 from 14/3/02) after that: 118,119*2,124,125*2,127,128,129*2........ |
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08/23/02 05:56:06 PM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | Lasse: Your grrrrrreat! Can't wait to get a look at the videos. You really deserved this, and I am sure that the next record will come soon![]() ![]() ![]() |
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08/23/02 05:35:10 PM | |
Name: | Brad Hubbard |
Best expert: | 70 |
Best intermediate: | 24 |
Best beginner: | 5 |
Comments: | i am a 17 year old that has been playing minesweeper for about two years now. i am a minesweeper maniac. i think foreign versions are easier, cause look at all the high scores set by non US citizens |
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08/23/02 05:21:02 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 58 |
Best intermediate: | 16 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Damn! Lasse,you're an ace! Congrats! I'm waiting for that 39/40!!! Happy sweeping, all! Lance |
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08/23/02 04:43:37 PM | |
Name: | Elmar |
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Comments: | i just realized i must have played for more than 10 hours today. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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08/23/02 04:31:27 PM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | What the hell did you eat for breakfast, Lasse?![]() |
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08/23/02 04:25:13 PM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
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Comments: | I guess the reason I get so many low 3BV-boards is that I play so much, probably around 8-9 hours today. I don't think the version matters, but I don't know - I use the old 3.1-version. Lanyjé is simply the first two letters of each of my three names LAsse NYholm JEnsen. - Lanyjé |
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08/23/02 04:19:45 PM | |
Name: | Elmar |
Best expert: | 66 |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | nice going lasse!
but how do you get so many great(low3BV) boards? i've kept record of my last 300 finished exp games. the best i've got so far is a 119 and a 120 followed by a 126. that's only one board better than 120 in 300 games!! and you get a 111 and a 113 on one day. could that have something to do with the version you use? i play on winXP. i'm not saying that i could get anywhere close to you ![]() ![]() |
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08/23/02 03:43:50 PM | |
Name: | Kyce |
Best expert: | 81 |
Best intermediate: | 23 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | Watch out everyone, im getting better,just need to work on my flagging and ill be one of the best |
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08/23/02 03:35:38 PM | |
Name: | Stephan |
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Comments: | It's unbelievable, Lasse. Many congratulations. No one deserves that 43s as you. The 40 isn't really far away, I think. |
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08/23/02 03:11:28 PM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 43x2 |
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Comments: | Hey guys - thanks for the nice words. Just wanted to let you know I've just tied the 43. This time 3BV 113, and it was just after I lost a game at 41 with 4 squares left to clear. Nice day - 19 sub-50s so far - Lanyjé |
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08/23/02 02:23:51 PM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
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Comments: | Wow...an actual World Record!! Quite a long time ago since the last one. Congratulations Lasse, stunning job! |
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08/23/02 01:26:14 PM | |
Name: | Dan |
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Comments: | Awesome, Lasse![]() ![]() |
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08/23/02 01:11:02 PM | |
Name: | Elmar |
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Comments: | hey wangt, i guess lasse just answered your question! - 43 good job lasse! |
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08/23/02 12:20:45 PM | |
Name: | Manu |
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Comments: | Whoooo ! Congrats Lasse, you really deserve it ! You're a star ! |
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08/23/02 12:16:11 PM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 43 |
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Comments: | Just answered my last question; yes I CAN go faster than 44 - new record, 3BV 111, lots of guessing involved but it's there - watch the video, I think I can go faster and hopefully it won't take me a year before I do so.
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08/23/02 10:46:04 AM | |
Name: | wangt |
Best expert: | 98 |
Best intermediate: | 30 |
Best beginner: | 5 |
Comments: | I am a Chinese,my English is poor.I have played minesweeper for about 1 year,and I want to know the worldrecord very much.A friend of mine interview me this website,I like it very much and know my speed is slow here(I thought I was fast enough before).I will practice more when I finish my graduate exam next Jan.I believe my name will appear in the top 75 soon. |
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08/23/02 10:14:42 AM | |
Name: | Elmar Zimmermann |
Best expert: | 66 2x! |
Best intermediate: | 19 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Hi everyone!
got back from my holidays in croatia on monday. after that two weeks break from sweeping (except for almost being swept away with my tent by the incredible floods! ![]() |
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08/23/02 09:03:02 AM | |
Name: | Lasse Nyholm |
Best expert: | 44x5 |
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Comments: | Just tied my record again - 3BV 150, so I suppose I have the speed to break my record on just a fairly decent board, or maybe I just can't go any faster than 44? Hope everyone had a nice summer - I did - Lanyjé |
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08/23/02 06:02:42 AM | |
Name: | Roelof Smit |
Best expert: | 62 |
Best intermediate: | 17 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Hello everyone!
I'm back. I haven't read everything but I understand Lasse tied his 44, Lance and Kimmo got 58's and Yoni got a 1. Wow...congrats!
I hardly played minesweeper (just beginner actually) and got a 3. Which is nice hahaha ![]() |
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08/22/02 12:45:35 PM | |
Name: | Matt McGinley |
Best expert: | 51 |
Best intermediate: | 10 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Damn...I'm happy because Ive gotten my old speed back, but Im angry that I missed a 52 and a 54-55 today with no other finishes... |
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08/22/02 10:04:53 AM | |
Name: | Manu |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 14 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | I'm back from holiday, and it seems that many people haven't waited for me to break their record ! Congrats to Jon, Lukasz, Eduardo, Ben, Stephan, Vincent, Lance and probably lots of others, you've all made a great great job ! I think that our community is becoming really "serious" and the number of people with really good times ( 13 - 55 or better ) is increasing really quickly... impressive ! |
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08/22/02 05:49:19 AM | |
Name: | Joel Ramsey |
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Comments: | Thanks James and Jarad. Jarad, it looks like were in a similar time situation. I'll keep a watch on your progress. |
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08/21/02 04:52:08 PM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | I am in the same boat as Jarad, my girlfriend actually HATES minesweeper. Therefore, it is important to support our own: Congrats on the 65 Joel. |
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08/21/02 04:27:18 PM | |
Name: | Jarad Kevorkian |
Best expert: | 65 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Joel, my friends, family, girlfriend and whoever else think I am an idiot for playing minesweeper. I think maybe they are right but I am still gonna play and still write these messages. At least then I can think I am receiving some sort of validation for my time and skill. |
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08/21/02 10:57:28 AM | |
Name: | Joel Ramsey |
Best expert: | 65 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 3 |
Comments: | None of my friends give a damn so I had to tell somebody that I just broke my expert record of 70 with a 65. |
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08/20/02 07:23:56 PM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | Hmm...this is really easy for me cause I only have 6 sub-25s, so far![]() ![]() |
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08/20/02 06:00:18 PM | |
Name: | A little ickle tea pot! |
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Comments: | I'm a little tea pot, Short and Stout, here is my handle, So put it in your mouth! Keep your mouth wet, and don't touch with your teeth, put it all in, then take some out, in - out - in - out, and now i'm done. all that remains to ask is "How do you like those tea leaves?" |
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08/20/02 04:03:57 PM | |
Name: | Matt |
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Comments: | My 10 was 30, 11[26], my best 12 (the one that should've been a 10) was 29, other 12's I have gotten are 34, 35x2 and 40. I dont want to put forth the effort to go through all the 13's and so on...I did get a 14 on a 3bv board of 48 and my fastest 13 was 32. |
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08/20/02 03:55:18 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 58 |
Best intermediate: | 16 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Well, this is easily going to be my best active ranking period ever. Today I tied my intermediate record with another 16 (3BV=43), and with my record 58 and my marginal 3 beginner, I am at 77 (previous best was 80). I have a week and a half left to bring that 3 down to a 2, which should be doable. Once I do that, I'm gonna hack at that 16 again... I think I can do 15 or 14 with a good board, and if I'm feeling really fast give the 58 a run for its money. I would really like to be at a 75 for this AR, but I think 76 is the most likely. Happy sweeping, all! Lance |
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08/20/02 11:51:01 AM | |
Name: | sstachna |
Best expert: | 61 |
Best intermediate: | 15 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Good question Stephan, i tried all the time to find botton building up the opposite off " add " , but didnīt find it *g... |
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08/20/02 05:47:54 AM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | Forgot to answer the question- it can't be usful for anything.. |
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08/20/02 05:38:26 AM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | Mine is: 16[41] - 17[52] - 18[48] - 19[54] - 20[59] - 21[63] - 22[66] - 23[66] - 24[74] |
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08/20/02 04:40:51 AM | |
Name: | Stephan |
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Comments: | Yoni: It might be a silly question: For what purposes can your time-adding program be useful? @All: I have finished now analyzing all my ~1400 finished sub-25 intermediate screenshots on 3bv. These are the "best" (highest 3bv) boards (3bv in []): 13[30]-15[43]-16[45]-17[49]-18[55]-19[64]-20[66]-21[76]-22[74]-23[79]-24[81]. Anyone with similar results? |
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08/20/02 02:24:53 AM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | Note about my program- to use: After opening minesweeper (manualy or using the "Open" button on the program) start a game (so the timer will start moving) and then press the "add" button. |
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08/19/02 11:47:33 PM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | I've created a small program that can adds time to minesweeper's timer (Yes, I know- thats not exactly a good way to brake records...). You choose how much time to add and press button to do it (adding more than 999 seconds will set the timer to 999) I've uploaded it to the addicts group- it is named: "Minesweeper Time.zip" |
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08/19/02 01:55:08 PM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | Jarad:
I am just the opposite. I play best at night when I am totally relaxed. When I get too excited (like after I get a record), I seldom finish games. That being said, you are significantly faster than me, so don't listen to anything I say![]() |
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08/19/02 08:56:03 AM | |
Name: | Jarad Kevorkian |
Best expert: | 65 |
Best intermediate: | 18 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Nice, got a new int. record of 18 to follow up my mind boggling 42![]() |
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08/18/02 08:38:54 PM | |
Name: | James |
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Comments: | What a fucking piss off! I just palyed for an hour and fucked up an int game with 4 clicks left and the timmer at 18. Then I missed an expert game with about 10-15 clicks left with 69 on the timmer. I could have a total of 97 or 99 now if it was not for that.![]() ![]() |
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08/18/02 03:00:26 PM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | The dreamboard is 30 3BV, you can see a picture of it (of the world record) on : http://inthalloffame.8m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/Int-10.jpg (From Matt's website) |
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08/18/02 12:33:08 PM | |
Name: | Owen |
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Comments: | Fabulous Job Lance!
Jared - I did believe you but hard luck to you anyway. We'd all like a new world record but only a legitamate one! ![]() |
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08/18/02 12:24:39 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 58 |
Best intermediate: | 16 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Jo, "The Dreamboard" is a board on intermediate which several people (including myself) have gotten new personal records on. It has one of the lowest 3BV's known (~28, if I remember right), and is easily cleared in a clockwise motion. It offers a very fast possible time, as the world record of 10 seconds was set on it. other people have gotten 11 or 12 seconds, and it is probably possible to get a 9 on it. An expert board with a 3BV of ~130 is a pretty good board, and, depending on the layout, would be pretty fast. Someone proposed a couple of days ago that a 3BV of 170 might be about average. Hope that helps!
Thanks, all, for the congratulations on my record ![]() |
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08/18/02 10:49:14 AM | |
Name: | Jo |
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Comments: | Hey could anyone please quickly explain to me what a "dreamboard" is? Is a 3BV-127 a good board? How low does it have to be to be considered a dream board? ![]() |
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08/18/02 03:19:48 AM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | Congratulations Lance! and Jarad- 3BV is Bechtel's Board Benchmark Value, you can see explanation written by Stephan Bechtel: http://www.stephan-bechtel.de/3bv.htm |
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08/17/02 08:38:39 PM | |
Name: | Jarad Kevorkian |
Best expert: | 65 |
Best intermediate: | 20 |
Best beginner: | 2 |
Comments: | Lance, right handed. Can someone tell me what 3BV stands for? And I am still trying to get that sub-60. |
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08/17/02 05:42:43 PM | |
Name: | Dan |
Best expert: | 46 |
Best intermediate: | 11 (Should be 10[Fuming]) |
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Comments: | Great job, Lance. ![]() |
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08/17/02 04:20:44 PM | |
Name: | Matt |
Best expert: | 51 |
Best intermediate: | 10 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Well played Lance!
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08/17/02 03:57:10 PM | |
Name: | Stephan |
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Comments: | Congrats Lance (and every other sweeper who might have improved his score)! btw: Lance, I think your post-a-photo-at-yahoo idea is good. I'll see if I can scan a newer picture of me. |
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08/17/02 02:40:00 PM | |
Name: | Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: | 58 |
Best intermediate: | 16 |
Best beginner: | 1 |
Comments: | Hey all! I FINALLY broke the sub-60 barrier on expert! I was just playing along thinking about this party I'm going to tonight with my new girlfriend, and voila! a new record window pops up - 58 seconds on a board with a 3BV of 148. I know I've had sub-60 speed for the last month and a half or so, but it's nice to finally have that come to fruition. And to take 4 seconds off my previous record is great, too! Now I am ALMOST in the top 20, with a total score of 75. I think I can still do a second or two better soon (hopefully). Damien, I will write my profile to you before too long! About the 42 expert game, it would be very difficult to believe that it is a legitimate score (read: no timer issues) with that difficult of a board. Sounds like it could have been an honest mistake, so hopefully we'll still see you post, and update us on your other improvements. Question: right handed or left? Just curious. Happy Sweeping all! Lance |
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08/17/02 11:29:01 AM | |
Name: | Jarad Kevorkian |
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Comments: | Why couldn't that have happened on a 59 or something, at least I wouldn't have questioned it. Bah, I need to take a break. Thanks for looking at it anyway. Thanks, Jarad |
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08/17/02 11:26:01 AM | |
Name: | Jarad Kevorkian |
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Comments: | Ok, I think I figured out what happened on my 42 board. my keyboard is very close to mny mouse and sometimes I have to push it over in the middle of play to have room to hit the edges of the board. I think I pushed the keyboard over and the esc key hit the file overhang on my desk. Arghh, I swear I was not trying to decieve anyone. Anyway, I got to be the best in the world at something, at least in my mind, for a few hours. Crappy, crap, crap. I'll still try. |
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08/17/02 11:20:49 AM | |
Name: | Yoni Roll |
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Comments: | I agree with Sorin this is probably a timer problem It is very-very-very... unlikely that someone with the record of 65 will brake his record into 42 and even on a not-good board. |
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