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08/17/02 10:37:29 AM  
Name: Sorin
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Comments: That's what I thought too Owen(about Jarad). I have the picture now. It's a 170 3BV with 3 5s and 16 4s. His second best is a 65 and it took aprox 2 months to break it(as I understood). Computer is Systemax pro800,whatever that is(probably a 800MHz processor). Windows Media Player was opened. My guess is that something happened to the timer. I remeber someone getting very low scores on all levels(something like 7 on int) due to timer lags. I have some doubts about the picture but my conclusion is that the timer went slower that game, due to an unknown reason. If anyone wants the picture tell me...or Jarad. I used Winrar 2.50 for the two programs. I'll update the archives to self extracting ones. Look for Movie Recorder.exe and Movie Player.exe Sorin
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08/17/02 10:09:59 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Jarad, can you just put the picture\video on the minesweeper-addicts group? You need to enter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minesweeper-addicts/ and join the group then upload your files in the files section. Thanks
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08/17/02 09:52:35 AM  
Name: Jarad Kevorkian
Best expert: 42
Best intermediate: 20
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I agree that I should have a better intermediate score no doubt. Until yesterday my best expert was 65 which balances nicely with a 20 and a 2. Anyway, I emailed copies to a bunch of people and I guess I just have to wait for you guys to look at it.
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08/17/02 09:42:01 AM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: I don't know what I'm doing wrong Yoni. Sucks for me Sorin . I'm Paddy last with my 52 high in Expert!! I only have 5 sub 60s Sorin would you believe. So maybe I could beat your record of sub 50 with very few sub 60s if I get a sub 50 in my next sub 60! That was meant to sound confusing The guy who clames to have 42 on expert should have a lower int score but he sounds very desperate to be accepted. He's probably being truthful. That's my opinion. Let's see what the foresnics brings up!
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08/17/02 07:40:58 AM  
Name: Matt McGinley
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Comments: I just had a dream where I came to this guestbook and had to backtrack through the messages to see that Dan had gotten 6 on the dreamboard (in my dream he wrote "6.00" for his best time) and also got a 33 on expert. Also, how do you get Sorin's program to work. It is Reader.rar right? I downloaded it, but my computer couldn't find the right program to open it. Help?
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08/17/02 07:30:40 AM  
Name: Sorin
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Comments: Jarad, is that a video or a picture? On what computer did you do it? And what's your second best? Send it to me please at storm_ro@yahoo.com
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08/17/02 07:00:33 AM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Remember to once again send in your active ranking scores to active_ranking@hotmail.com for this and future periods.
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08/17/02 04:02:34 AM  
Name: Sorin
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Comments: Congrats to all record breakers! 4 people with 66 already. Serious competition guys! Owen, that 49 was my 14th sub 60. Hmm, Interesting James. I'll have a look but that 107 3BV allows a very fast time. Sorin P.S I slept 15 hours last night
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08/16/02 10:54:59 PM  
Name: Gabe
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Comments: played a few minutes of minesweeper after I finished the other game that is
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08/16/02 10:53:49 PM  
Name: Gabe
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Best intermediate: 24
Best beginner: 1!
Comments: I'd just been playing an extremely addictive game called insaniquarium and I played a few minutes and got a 1 on beginner! (down from a two) I've been playing it a lot today and got 7 threes and 8 fours but my sister had just been telling me I was never going to beat my two so I have to gloat a little
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08/16/02 09:27:10 PM  
Name: James
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Comments: I only played expert for a little over an hour today and I beat my old record (85) with all three games I finished ( 81x2, 83). I also tied my intermediate record (22) on a 34 3BV board. Btw, my 83 was on the lowest 3BV board I have ever played (107). I have only one conclusion: Sorin's new kick ass program must slow down the timer.
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08/16/02 08:54:09 PM  
Name: Jarad Kevorkian
Best expert: 42
Best intermediate: 20
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I got a 42 on expert I swear to GOD. Where do I send this. I tried to thefinerminer@hotmail but it was full. Please someone verify this, by my honor I did not pause it or manipulate it. If anyone wants a copy I will send them one. Please let me know
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08/16/02 08:17:23 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Dan: It might be that your FTP-program was somehow using the wrong transfer method (binary vs. ascii). I think that if you transfer html-files using binary transfer, all returns are converted to characters, instead of actual returns in a textfile. Not sure, though.
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08/16/02 07:20:42 PM  
Name: James
Best expert: 85 -> 81
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Comments: A new Record! I am a little dissapointed though because earlier I missed a 78 on the last click and have had several other finishable sub-80s, and one sub-70, in the last little while. But anyway, I am 4 sec. closer to my goal of being sub-100 by Oct 1. James
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08/16/02 06:01:12 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: The active ranking is now updated. For some strange reason, my ftp program was causing the problem with the text editing. I downloaded the same ftp program I was using on my old computer, then downloaded the html file again, and this time it worked fine. If someone has an explanation for all of this, I'd like to hear it.
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08/16/02 04:25:45 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: I don't know when I'll have the active ranking updated because my notepad editor is fucked up. I can open the html file just fine and start editing, but when I try to save the altered file my notepad takes all the text throughout the file and runs it together into a big mess. It does this every time and I have no clue why. I have been unable to figure out how to edit the web page. I am running the same Windows OS as my old system and it worked just fine on that one.
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08/16/02 03:48:39 PM  
Name: David Barry
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Comments: My progression on expert: 163-157-153-150-148-134-130-127-117-113-105-[ 99 ]-97-94-92-91-90-89-84-79-78-75-74-73-72-70-65-63-62-60-58-57-54-53-51-50 Int: 43-40-39-36-35-32-[ 28 ]-27-26-24-23-21-19-18-15 The scores in [ ] indicate a 50-50 miss on the last square (which was allowed by Wacharin Wachirimala).
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08/16/02 03:31:38 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 62
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: while I'm thinking about it, here is my progression: 7-4-3-2-1 30-27-24-23-22-18-17-16 79-77-75-74-72-71-70-67-62 Lance
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08/16/02 09:30:19 AM  
Name: Chris
Best expert: 85
Best intermediate: 25
Best beginner: 3->2
Comments: I finally got a two, but I've been stuck at 85 for the last three months. Sometimes I'll be playing at sub-70 speed but somehow I always manange to screw it up. I guess I gotta just keep playing.
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08/15/02 11:50:45 PM  
Name: Active Ranking
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Comments: **** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/4pm EDT **** Remember to send in your times to Stephan this period, not the usual email address. bechtel@uni-hohenheim.de
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08/15/02 09:24:59 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
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Comments: that last message was directed at everyone, not just people who are below some arbitrary score. It'd be nice to see some happy new faces! Lance
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08/15/02 09:18:26 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 62
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Hello all, Since we have several newer "professional" players who have been posting in the last 6 months or more, I would like to remind people that there is a folder for pictures/photos on the minesweeper addicts site (http://groups.yahoo.com). A few players, including Damien, Matt, Lasse, Dan, Roelof, myself, and others have posted pictures of themselves. I think it would be nice to expand that collection to include more of the players/posters to the guestbooks. It's kind of nice to put a face with the words Someone else mentioned a sound file of the people saying something, like pronouncing their name and saying hello. That would be nice to get going, too. Anyway, I thought I'd just put that out there for people to think about and hopefully do. Happy sweeping, all! Lance
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08/15/02 06:36:56 PM  
Name: Gabe
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Comments: Hey everyone! I just got the intermediate board featured under the randomness thing under topics and broke my high score by three seconds!
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08/15/02 02:59:34 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
Best expert: 64
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Congrats Kimmo! Ben, Owen- What's the problem with the program? Have you downloaded the updated version? It's Minesweeper Reader.zip in the addicts files If you have downloed it and it still don't work please e-mail me and tell me what it does when you try to use it, thanks
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08/15/02 12:17:34 PM  
Name: Kimmo
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Best beginner: 3 -> 2
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08/15/02 11:10:50 AM  
Name: Flourescant Yellow
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Comments: Tomorrow night their time shall come! -One Car- -Five Guys- -Ten Spray Cans- -Three stencils- -Twenty Six litres of lager- -Four Bottles of Spirits- -Two Ounces of Hash- -Two Sluts- ---GREAT WEEKEND---
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08/15/02 10:34:46 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Wow! Great program, that recorder! A load of information in one convenient text file, just waiting to be parsed and presented in a cool manner
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08/15/02 10:26:20 AM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: Doh, I forgot that your record was 11 Dan
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08/15/02 10:25:14 AM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: Yo Cian dude! Great to hear from you and also that you're having a splendid time... I actually had a dream about you last night that I met you and you were on a bike. Weird dream Anyway, my mail is foxer@eircom.net Talk to you soon. And enjoy the good weather cause the weather over here is crap except for today. It is and has been sunny all day long and it's 18.23 now. Owen the Warrior Dan, unlucky. You would have overtaken Lasse as the no.1 ranked player. That would've been something. He's been no.1 for as long as I remember. Good Luck in future ventures. As for you Lasse; your 44 video was excellent. You've implemented what I've been hoping you'd do for a long time now. I just wish I could implement what I hope for myself to do. But I'm a break at the moment so maybe when I come back. Sorin's program sounds astonishing. CAn't wait to try it cause like you Ben, Benny's program doesn't work on this pc. Owen the Warrior
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08/15/02 08:29:06 AM  
Name: Cian
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Comments: Hi Owen, Thought Id leave a message here, cuz I forget your Email. Hows it going? Were in Holland at the moment, weve got jobs and bikes Were camping too. Tell me your email address, so I can send you a proper mail. Barbara says hi! Talk soon. Adios amigo. Cianacus the great
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08/15/02 07:07:17 AM  
Name: Active Ranking
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Comments: **** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/4pm EDT **** Remember to send in your times to Stephan this period, not the usual email address. bechtel@uni-hohenheim.de
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08/15/02 06:48:46 AM  
Name: ben
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Comments: None of these 3BV programs work on my computer! What am I doing wrong???? Help
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08/15/02 05:31:35 AM  
Name: Luke Gardiner
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 21
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Hey Damien, could you put my times up? I tried to mail them to you the other day, but your hotmail account had no room... Everytime I come here I'm inspired, and it would be nice to see my name up there with the pros. Thanks. Luke.
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08/15/02 03:39:02 AM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: Some stats collected with Sorin's program after checking ~600 consequent expert boards: finished - only 9 lowest 3BV - 118 highest 3BV - 239 average 3BV ~ 171 So maybe it is a good criteria for a good expert board - each with 3BV lower than 170 ?!
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08/15/02 01:37:37 AM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: Sorin, I tried your Recorder/Player.. .. Perfect functionality - Congratulations and Thanks! Please everyone try it !!! - can be found on Files section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minesweeper-addicts Sorin's program not only counts left and right clicks, but shows 3BV while you are playing ... and record all that. Than you can see each recorded game (Camtasia effect But what I find really precious is that you can record 1-hour session in ~400Kb(after compression). With Camtasia 2-minute game is recorded in such a volume. So now we can exchange easily not only a single game, but a whole session
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08/14/02 11:19:22 PM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Argh, Dan...
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08/14/02 07:55:30 PM  
Name: James
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Comments: Holly Shit Dan! What a piss off. On the vid it looks like the pointer is on the corect square and then it seems to jump to the left. That game looked to be at least as fast as Matt's, but still a ways off of 9.
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08/14/02 06:45:04 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Forgot to include my website in the last two posts.
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08/14/02 02:38:31 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: The video of the fucked up 10 is at the top of my site.
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08/14/02 02:28:35 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: FUCK!!! I just made a bad click on the very last square with 10 seconds on the timer on the dreamboard.
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08/14/02 11:54:58 AM  
Name: The Ancient One
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Comments: I hear a distant war cry I whimper and wonder why? A tall man has bled blood Great heros bleed and die They bleed and die and bleed red blood That's the way life is You come, you go and leave a legacy
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08/14/02 12:36:18 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Dan, you're exactly right. Michael didn't know about the 1-sec-bug. I explained it to him in German. btw: Active Ranking deadline in about 2.5 days. EVERYONE REMEMBERS THAT SCORES HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO bechtel@uni-hohenheim.de IN THIS PERIOD, as Roelof takes a vacation break!
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08/13/02 01:04:54 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Yoni, I think I know what he meant by that. When I first looked at your 1 second screenshot, I got confused by the red bomb square. I then realized you clicked on a mine because the game did not end when the board cleared after the first click.
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08/13/02 12:33:30 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Thanks Dan, James, Owen and congrats Kimmo Michael, What do you mean by "Yoni, your 1 sek. is not right" ?
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08/13/02 10:44:16 AM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: Dan, you certainly are responding to the recent surge of sweepers improving their times into the low 50s. Well done. I'm looking forward to seeing david - as in the video Kimmo, congrats also. you too Yoni. I also wanted to say congratulations to Eduardo and Vincent. Come on Joe, I want to see you beat your times.And Sorin; you've made a great record. How many sub 60s did it take you before you subbed 50? That's remarkeable. You deserve a big round of applause for the speed of your improvement. I'm still stinging after you beat me to 7th in the world. And now I'm 10th thanks to Eduardo and Vincent! Owen
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08/13/02 10:32:39 AM  
Name: Michael Kheifetz
Best expert: 327
Best intermediate: 75
Best beginner: 13
Comments: I like the game minesweeper and I think that it is to a large degree logical but in the expert level in almost every game there is a lot of guessing involved. My brother even though a horrible minesweeper player got 2 secounds in beginner. Could you email me about how to get better at the game. Thanks
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08/13/02 09:01:56 AM  
Name: Gabe
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Comments: Alright, I just broke into the high twenties a few days ago (but I have been playing to an unhealthy level) Good luck to all!
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08/13/02 04:10:08 AM  
Name: Kimmo
Best expert: 58
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Thanks, Dan. Great videos on your site. They remind me that I got still a long way to go.
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08/12/02 11:24:10 PM  
Name: James
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Best intermediate: 22
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Comments: I would say that it depends on whether or not you know about paterns, double-clicking, etc. But at 3 months I would consider anything in the 30s or even low 40s to be pretty good. I think that I did not break into the 30s untill after 3 months, though I am sure that others did it much quicker (probably Matt).
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08/12/02 10:28:32 PM  
Name: ano
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Comments: Depends on how much ya been playing
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08/12/02 07:51:46 PM  
Name: Gabe
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Comments: Hello fellow sweepers! I have a question, for intermediate, how far about do you think someone should be after playing for 3 and a half months? Thanks
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08/12/02 11:12:37 AM  
Name: JACKY
Best expert: Colorfulcasino
Best intermediate: Colorfulcasino
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08/12/02 11:01:13 AM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Great job, Kimmo. I just got another 47, and this time I got it on video at 30 frames/sec... very smooth video at that rate. I'll have it up on my site shortly.
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08/12/02 10:30:50 AM  
Name: Kimmo
Best expert: 63 -> 58
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 3
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08/12/02 09:45:13 AM  
Name: Michael Schmidt
Best expert: -
Best intermediate: 13
Best beginner: -
Comments: 1. Yoni, your 1 sek. is not right 2. Damien, When is the next update? I wait of my videos and scores 3. check my new homepage I hope you understand me, i can't english *grins*
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08/11/02 06:34:25 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
Best expert: 64
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Oh.. I forgot that poll- I actually voted no there.. Well, I will consider it as a record though I'll try to get another 1 someday without the bug. (It won't be fair if it will be considered as a record for others and not for me) Anyway- Wow! I have 64-16-1 I must be the luckiest man (or at least sweeper) in the world- it's only one second but I broke all of my records in about an hour! (and I only played a small part of it) I think if I wasn't me I wouldn't believe myself..
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08/11/02 06:24:12 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Yoni, congrats on the exp and int records, and yes your 1 second beginner game does count(congrats on that, too). Damien, my scores for this period are indeed 3-14-47 so far. I tried for a couple days to get a better int score, but the best board I could get(as far as I know) was only 13 capable and I messed it up. So how about that minesweeper creator guy, Damien? Anything on that subject?
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08/11/02 06:21:08 PM  
Name: Luke Gardiner
Best expert: 71
Best intermediate: 21
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Well, I just bettered my expert a few days ago by 3 secs. So my combined time is now 95. Also, my progress: expt: 105, 100, 97, 94, 90, 88, 85, 77 (fair jump), 74, 71 inter: 38, 31 (another big jump), 28, 27, 25, 24, 22, 21
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08/11/02 06:06:44 PM  
Name: James
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Comments: Yoni: The pole on the Yahoo Group said: 80% Yes, 10% No - whatever the circumstances, and 10% No - Since the true nature of the bug is not known. If I was you I would definetly take it as it is obviously a 1 sec board. Congrats on all of your recent improvements!
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08/11/02 05:05:42 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: I must be dreaming! I've just got a 1 second beginner game that was lost because of that bug (The game doesn't end although there is no where to click) Can someone remind me if it is accepted as a record? Because if it is then I really improved that time by a second too.. There is a picture of the game in: http://yonir.0catch.com/beginner1.gif
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08/11/02 04:48:57 PM  
Name: damien
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Comments: haven't played for a few days...have three 49's this period (and that lost 46!!) and thirteen 16's, and i've only played a 3 in beg caue i only finished two games. what're yours dan? 3-14-47?
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08/11/02 04:46:59 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
Best expert: 64!
Best intermediate: 16!
Best beginner: 2
Comments: (that's one smiley for each record) I've just got two new records within 10 minutes! (Both 1 second improvement over the old record) I got the 64 first and 10 minutes after, when I resumed playing, I thought now I just need a good intermedaite time for this period.. I didn't thought that 10 seconds after I started playing I'll play a board that will give me a new record.. I first thought there must be some bug or something but the time of the videos is normal so there is no reason to think it's a bug. After that I tried to play a bit beginner but I couldn't improve that time by a second.. After three months without new records I began to think my records won't change ever because I didn't played much and I didn't think I improved since the time I got my records- fortunately I was wrong The 3BV of the boards are 41 and 143.
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08/11/02 12:59:02 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Damien, glad to hear you are getting a nice new computer. I noticed on Lasse's site he got a 44 yesterday, so I guess I'm not going to be number one for the active ranking this period.
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08/11/02 12:13:02 PM  
Name: damien
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Comments: yoni and benny deserve some applause. i took down the scores for june yesterday and for ranking. picking up my new comp on saturday: PIV, 1.5 GHz, 60GB, 256MB, and all the necessary junk (cdrw,dvd,geforce etc) so things should start improving soon. definetly an improvement over my current situation.
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08/10/02 12:47:41 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
Best expert: 65
Best intermediate: 17
Best beginner: 2
Comments: I've uploaded to the Addicts group an updated version of the Screenshot reader program. It has browse and copy from clipboard options. It also shows a graphic picture of the board (like in the original minesweeper window)- it can show both 3.1 and 95 versions pictures. It detects the time and show it and also detects if you won or lost. It's file is named "Minesweeper Reader.zip" My times progress: 32-29-27-24-23-21-18-17 99-92-91-88-87-83-81-77-76-74-71-70-65
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08/10/02 11:32:09 AM  
Name: Ben
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Comments: Just got back from Denmark: great weather, and much relaxing... Jeez lukasz49 edu50: great! It's nice to see the record evolutions, so here are mine: expert: ?-105-90-80-79-76-74-73-71-67-66-65-64-63-62-61-58-56 inter: ?-25-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14 Man, sometimes I get really jealous about people making big jumps at once. As you can see, the last BIG jump I made was quite some seconds ago.
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08/10/02 06:42:08 AM  
Name: Dave McBryan
Best expert: 61
Best intermediate: 17
Best beginner: 2
Comments: Owen:- Yes, I sort of gave up on that goal when you jumped from 57 to 52. Still making some progress though - got from 63 down to 61 last week... I've now got 62 sub-70s of which 10 are 65 or better. I'm sure I can get under the one minute barrier, but I think I might retire once I do it.
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08/09/02 09:36:53 PM  
Name: Robert Whiston
Best expert: 122
Best intermediate: 35
Best beginner: 6
Comments: I thought I was fast with my 122. So finding this site has been both disheartening and encouraging at the same time. The tips will be helpful and I think I'll start trying to spend a couple hours a week on practice. If anyone has more tips e-mail me please.
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08/09/02 05:41:51 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Today I got my new, fast system(not literally new because I bought it last November) running again after a several month period in which I was using my old system. The motherboard I'm using is a different one than before so theoretically this system should finally work permanently. However, with my luck I'll get lockups again or I'll run into some other shit problem. But, for now at least, I can run Camtasia and record my games once again.
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08/08/02 06:02:26 PM  
Name: James
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Comments: I think that the top 75 would be nice, but the World records are a bit of a waste of time. Who gives a flying fuck about a 6, a 34, or a 99? I think that the standards should be raised, or the page scraped permenetly. I have recently fallen ill and am not really playing now. Congrats on the new records. James
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08/08/02 02:21:30 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 62
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Hello Sandy, Congrats on your new record on intermediate. While many of us have very good times, I'd say that almost all of us remember when we had scores similar to yours. We all get the same high when we see that record box come up. Congrats, and happy sweeping! Lance
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08/08/02 01:48:09 PM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: I read your profile Dave from Ireland. My record is now 52 so you have more catching up to do hehe
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08/08/02 01:46:08 PM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: Havent played in a week nearly. got 17 and 68 today in 20 mins! Did Eduardo get 50?? Jeez
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08/08/02 01:26:26 PM  
Name: Sandy
Best expert: 106
Best intermediate: 28
Best beginner: 7
Comments: I know this isn't very exciting to you guys but... after months stuck at 33 for intermediate, and not really even dipping into the 30s very much, today I get mid 30s consistantly and get 31, 3 30s and a 28! I guess I may get good at this yet... Still seem to be stuck above 100 at expert though Sandy (43 years old and determinded to kick this games a*s)
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08/08/02 07:59:43 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: guess who lost a 46 on the last click...my little brother could have figured it out. i got stupidly confused by a 5 and a 4 and clicked beside the empty square...there wasn't anything to figure out. i'm really going to try to get the rankings updated...the last two updates (yeah, remember those?) didn't include the rankings which is why people like sorin who go from 65 to 49 in three months get way behind. (took me 18 months).
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08/08/02 04:39:00 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Damien's list isn't very up-to-date. I use Matt's list now if I want to see the current standings. It would be nice to have an up-to-date list on this site, though. I haven't had much time to work on the automated submission form, but I'll see if I can do some programming in the next few weeks.
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08/08/02 03:53:39 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Sorry Matt, I had in mind only Vincent's 51. Nevertheless, Eduardo's 50 is at least a tied world record for non-flaggers. And of course, I know your Top20, which is great, but despite of having a current standing, I think, Damien's Top75 should be updated sometimes. E.g., Sorin is listed there with 3-19-65, which is ridiculously old-fashioned, as his current bests are 2-15-49. btw, Vincent is listed with a 51 on your Top20.
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08/07/02 08:44:44 PM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: Did you forget Vincent who has a 50 no-marking? Does everyone know I have a top 20 on my site that's updated pretty regurlarly?
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08/07/02 07:02:43 PM  
Name: jaime
Best expert: 98
Best intermediate: 52
Best beginner: 7
Comments: how are the world records posted on this site confirmed? are they officail or just scores people send in to you?
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08/07/02 01:21:43 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Lance, the answer to the chicken box question is 2/3.
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08/07/02 11:52:28 AM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: Hey Damien, did you ever try to get any additional info about minesweeper from the guy who created it?
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08/07/02 10:26:47 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Congrats to all record breakers! Indeed, Eduardo made a 50 which should be the best non-flagging expert time ever. The board had a nice 3BV of 119. Btw, Lukasz' 49 board had a 3BV of 156.
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08/07/02 06:17:17 AM  
Name: Roelof Smit
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Comments: Congrats Kimmo! My scores for this period will probably be 4-19-66. Not bad, not spectacular. I will have the chance to play minesweeper on holiday, but I don't have internet. Eduardo Cros got a 50 by the way...
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08/07/02 03:06:37 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Damien, can you tell us a vague date of an update of the Top75?
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08/06/02 11:42:58 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Just got the dreamboard again. Didn't recognize it, or I would have cleared the top two squares right away. Now, I had to go back there when I'd finished the rest. So nothing spectacular: a 14. Funny thing is: I've been feeling I was gonna get that board soon all day.
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08/06/02 09:46:00 AM  
Name: lukasz malinowski
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Comments: thanks for all congratulations. screen is here: http://republika.pl/albert_i_gg/49record.zip. it's zip because i coulnd't convert bmp to jpg. btw it's second time my score isn't updated..
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08/06/02 01:24:05 AM  
Name: Kimmo
Best expert: 63
Best intermediate: 18
Best beginner: 3
Comments: Something like these... 88>83>82>79>78>76>73>72>69>67>66>65>63 26>25>24>23>22>21> 20x5 > yesterday finally 18!
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08/06/02 01:23:45 AM  
Name: James
Best expert: 86->85
Best intermediate: 22
Best beginner: 3
Comments: After almost 5 months at 86 I got an 85 on Firday, then an 86 and another 85 today. The 3BVs were 159, 160, and 156 respectively. It is nice to break the rocord but I am frustrated as I am playing at mid 70s speed right now. My records decreased as follows: 125-120-115-110-108-104-103-101-98-97-93-91-86-85. 40-39-37-36-34-32-31-30-29-28-27-22. Note: My 97, 93, 91, and 86 records were on all on the same day (26/03/02). The goal I set in May (to be at sub-100 sombined) is definetly in sight; however, I do not know if I will be able to do it the way I had envisioned: 2-19-78. Any way will do though.
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08/06/02 12:22:29 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Stephan: On the old World Records page by Wacharim Wichiramala, there was a guy called Ricardo Galetti, who went 77>66>55, so you're not alone. Matt: You sure went down fast. It took you ten new records to get from 90 to 51, whereas I went from 70 to 51 in 10 jumps. Still, I shouldn't complain if I look at Damien's history
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08/05/02 11:24:09 PM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Since starting playing more competitive in September 2001, my paths look like that: Exp: 96-95-88-83-83-73-65-55 (not the normal way, I think) Int: 25-23-22-21-20-17-16-15-13
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08/05/02 10:53:41 PM  
Name: Trung Do
Best expert: 64
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Comments: Since February mine's gone like this: [sth]-99-91-82-78-74-72-69-68-64.
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08/05/02 08:53:08 PM  
Name: Lance Votroubek
Best expert: 62
Best intermediate: 16
Best beginner: 1
Comments: Dan, if you get the CR Gazette, what do you think the answer is to the question about the chickens in a box in Sunday's Parade section, in Marilyn vos Savant's column? It is very related to Minesweeper, and I am curious to find the actual answer out next week. I have a guess, but I'm not sure. Let me know what you think! Lance
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08/05/02 05:38:29 PM  
Name: Dan
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Comments: My path went something like this. Exp: 60,59,57,56,54,53,52,51,50,49,46,coming soon 43 Int: 20,19,18,17,16,15,13,11,coming soon 9
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08/05/02 05:37:22 PM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: I just posted some videos at my site I think you guys might be interested in seeing.
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08/05/02 03:33:54 PM  
Name: damien
Comments: have to wait till i get home to check...i have my scores recorder from int35 ex116 down, but unlike matt, i had to break my ex record about 35 times to get from 116 to 47. by memory i recall back only to: ex: 62-61-60-59-56-53-52-51-50-49-48-47. compare matt 22-18-17-14-10 to my int: 22-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-11

08/05/02 01:47:38 PM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: 9-7-6-5-4-2-1 83-75-55-47-46-39-37-36-34-33-32-28- 27-26-24-23-22-18-17-14-10 247-141-109-101-91-90-81-80-77-72-68-62-61-57-55-51 I kept track of my records since pretty much the first day I started playing
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08/05/02 01:18:40 PM  
Name: Sorin
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Comments: History: int: 23>22>21>20>19>16>15 exp: 73>72>71>66>65>64>61>57>54>49 AR: 87 86 82 79 81 79 78 77 76 80 77 74 72 68 70 - - - + - - - - + - - - - + ? According to this pattern I should get a sub 70.. but I don't think so... I've uploaded a player on the addicts site. It's still a bit slow unfortunately. I'll try to make it more efficient. Tell me what you think. Sorin
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08/05/02 01:11:13 PM  
Name: Roelof Smit
Best expert: 62
Best intermediate: 17
Best beginner: 1
Comments: I thought: 25-21-20-17 102-93-84-82-81-76-75-74-66-65-64-62 Not sure...
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08/05/02 12:29:45 PM  
Name: Joe Nuss
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Comments: Good idea. int 33>31>28>25>22>19>17>15 exp 97>83>77>73>67 i think. damn those are some crazy patterns/ dropped the intermediate by 3 every time for a while. check out the 7s and 3s for expert too. heh.
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08/05/02 08:54:04 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: It'd be interesting to see people's record histories. Let's post 'em. Mine are, from as far back as I can remember, Int: 21>19>18>16>14>12 Exp: 70>66>65>64>63>59>58>56>55>54>51
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