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Oct 3rd 2003 at 06:25:51 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

55

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I don't post very often anymore, but I read almost all of the posts

@Kevin: Wow, that sounds really cool. I would really like to try that But how do you right click?

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Oct 3rd 2003 at 05:20:48 PM
Name:  

Kevin

Comments:  

Something kinda interesting happened today that I thought you guys might find interesting. We just got our new school finished this year and they put those smart boards in every room. For those of you who don't know what those are, its basically a huge computer screen set up like a blackboard that you can right on and stuff, theres a mouse and keyboard with it...but for the most part you just use your hands as the mouse...everything is touch sensitive or whatever. Anyways, I was in the room by myself at lunch working on a project on one of them, and I got the brilliant idea to open minesweeper and try playing it with my hands. Before this, my expert record was 129...which isn't anything to be too proud of....but after I played that for ten minutes, my time was down to 89....it was insane!!! anyways, just thought I'd sahre that with you all.

Oct 3rd 2003 at 04:08:42 PM
Name:  

Case

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

ya, i still read the guestbook even though i dont play much anymore, although i guess im not that much of an oldtimer here, nor one of the greats

Oct 3rd 2003 at 02:02:29 PM
Name:  

Brian Klett

Best expert:  

100

Comments:  

I'm not sure what I just wrote. I must have been so excited I wrote my name wrong.

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Oct 3rd 2003 at 02:01:27 PM
Name:  

Brian Klwrr

Best expert:  

100

Comments:  

I just got a 100 on expert. I am so happy. I know a sub-100 is coming soon. Time to celebrate!

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Oct 3rd 2003 at 09:31:15 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

57

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I second that. I read all posts and am enjoying seeing so many newcomers, but I don't post unless I have some sort of news. Happy sweeping, all!

Lance

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Oct 3rd 2003 at 09:08:34 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

I don't post much anymore, but I do read every post.

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Oct 3rd 2003 at 05:12:47 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Marc: nice to see you around. Would you like to submit your 52 in the AR? Would be nice to have you in the lists as there are only Lasse, Dan, Damien, and Sorin around who can to a total of sub-70.

I think the guestbook is still read by many of the former top players, but not everyone sees the necessarity to put in a message every day as some of the newcomers do...

Oct 2nd 2003 at 07:26:23 PM
Name:  

Aldo

Best intermediate:  

38

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hey, yes I am new to the minesweeper craze. I started this summer. I kind of became obsessed with beating expert. I have slowly but surely increased my speed. So, just letting everyone know about this. Someone please explain the 3vb thing, and tell me how to send in my scores.

Oct 2nd 2003 at 06:38:01 PM
Name:  

mark

Best expert:  

87 x2, 86

Best intermediate:  

29

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

another 87..meh.

Oct 2nd 2003 at 04:08:37 PM
Name:  

Rachel after 3 pints of lager

Comments:  

Dennis: Thanks so much for your emails - you're such a clever person, I really like reading them. Well done for getting your low scores, I think you're on a roll. Keep it up honey

Oct 2nd 2003 at 02:13:52 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

89x2

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

It's been a while since I've played 9x9 beginner so I thought I'd give it another try just for fun. MAN it's easy! In about 1 hour I got 6 2's and a whole bunch of 3's. Two of the 2's were 6 3bv's and none of the others were less than 4 3bv. I got one of the 3s on a 10 3bv and I got a new 3bv per sec. record with 6 seconds on a 23 3bv board! I got all of them on video in case anyone's interested! Good luck everyone and happy sweeping!

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Oct 2nd 2003 at 10:47:49 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Well done Dennis and Alex, but Alex, did you have to get your sum lower than mine? lol.. there's only one second in it though, so you better watch out

Oct 2nd 2003 at 07:25:00 AM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

Hey all. Thought I'd drop by and see what's up. Man... This place is taken over by newcomers. Almost none of the familiar names and a whole bunch of people I don't know. That's a good thing, of course

These days I don't play nearly as much as I used to, although I can still get sub-60s fairly easily. Best one I've gotten in the past months was a 52. Anyway... Good luck to all new and not-so-new players and remember: there is no mine.

Oct 2nd 2003 at 06:41:21 AM
Name:  

Alex

Best expert:  

68--->67

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Nothing special. 1 second shaved off expert (126 3bv). My sum is now 85. I still feel a few more seconds can come off expert with my current form.

Oct 2nd 2003 at 06:21:24 AM
Name:  

Josh Freund

Comments:  

I've found that a slower mouse speed works better. You don't accidentally move too far (and click on the wrong square), and you can get pretty much the same times, since you're not moving the mouse that far anyway.

Oct 1st 2003 at 07:23:08 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

hello everyone. I just decided to finally watch one of lasse's videos, to just see how good he is. i realized he thinks and plays very much like me, but he just moves a lot faster. so i decided to gradually increase my mouse speed so i can hopefully get better times...so dont be too surprised if i come in with good times.

Oct 1st 2003 at 05:43:11 PM
Name:  

blindmage (Neil Moledzki)

Comments:  

shop for minesweeper stuff!

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Oct 1st 2003 at 03:30:31 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

89x2!!!

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I just got another 89! I even just returned home after playing two hours of badminton. My hand is tremling like crazy because I haven't played for more than a year! I got it on a 138 3bv board so it's not as good as the first one which I got on a 163 3bv board but it's still an 89! I don't have this one on cam because I really just wanted to play for 10 minutes before going to bed and I didn't think I'd do very well!

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Oct 1st 2003 at 03:04:38 PM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

Very surprising...

Oct 1st 2003 at 10:19:43 AM
Name:  

Josh Freund

Best expert:  

131

Best intermediate:  

35

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Has anyone talked to Damien recently? I emailed him a few days ago, and he hasn't responded.

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Oct 1st 2003 at 09:25:04 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

Dennis,
If your first click is over mine, it goes to the upper left corner (first empty space available). As far as I know there are no 1-3bv boards. Those that seem to be are actually 2-3bv boards with hit mine on the very first click and as that click must not be mine it moves upleft. That's the way 1-3bv boards occur. With Roelof happened exactly that. First click was over mine and it moved to the upper left corner .... and with his second click he just marked some of the revealed mines ... and game ended
Althoght 1-3bv board, there were two clicks - one left click and one right - Voila!

Oct 1st 2003 at 08:54:27 AM
Name:  

Lasse Nyholm

Comments:  

About Roelof's 1: I pretty sure he didn't fake it, perhaps he just clicked a number on the first click and the opening that opened the whole board on the second click. I'm not sure how those 1-click beginner boards work, so it's just a guess.

Lanyjé

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Oct 1st 2003 at 08:49:37 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I just got my first 8 on expert! I almost finished the game but I guessed wrong and lost it after having cleared 146 out of 151 squares. It was an estimated 93.95 which is really good considering the fact that I slowed down after getting the eight because I didn't want to lose the game on some stupid mistake! I've got it on video if anyone's interested! It was about time I got an 8 I think!

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Oct 1st 2003 at 07:04:32 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

There's something that I don't understand so if somebody could help me out on this I'd be very grateful! On the Active Ranking website in the 2002 archives there are several pictures of 1s obtained on beginner... However, there's something not right about the picture of Roelof Smit's 1! As far as I can see it's a 1 3bv board. The older versions of Minesweeper don't react on these boards so why does the smiley smile and all the flags are marked? I mean, normally you have to hit a mine to stop the timer so the question is, did he fake this picture or did he simply reconstruct it as it would have been if the game hadn't been set not to react on 1 3bv boards? Does anyone in here have an explanation for this strange picture?

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Oct 1st 2003 at 06:53:16 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

89

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Mark, I feel really bad for you! I can only vaguely imagine what that must feel like! I really hope I'll get an 81 or less on expert soon so that I can achieve a sum of 99 or less! Do you have a picture or video of the board? I would very much like to see it so I'd be happy if you'd send it my way! Thanks!

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Sep 30th 2003 at 11:06:24 PM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

57

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Dang it!
Ever since I wiped my computer and installed XP, I haven't gotten a good feel for my mouse settings, and now have been playing pretty poorly. My pointer precision seems way off, and I've already fumbled with everything in the control panel settings, to little avail I've also downloaded the old versions of winmine to see if it could be that, but it doesn't seem to be. And when I wiped my computer, I somehow forgot to backup almost all of my minesweeper pics, except some of my most recent ones. I can get a portion of them back from my other computer, but there were probably 150+ sub 70's and 100+ sub 20's that I won't get back . Ugh. Just venting, I guess, but it's pretty disappointing.

Lance

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Sep 30th 2003 at 06:10:46 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

OH MY GOD I AM SO MAD AT MYSELF I DONT DESERVE TO USE PUNTUATION I AM TOO MAD TO STOP WITH PERIODS OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I JUST HAD A POSSIBLE 73 ON EXPERT BUT WITH A GUESS SITUATION I HIT DA BOMB OMGOMGOMG SOMEONE END MY LIFE NOW

Sep 30th 2003 at 02:40:36 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Thanks Dennis! Well done for getting below 90, that's my next goal. Would you send me the vid please. I've been watching some of the others, it's hard to believe they're in real time to be honest.

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Sep 30th 2003 at 02:29:26 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

89

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I didn't break my record this time but I did beat my 3bv per second record by quite a bit. I got 92.23 seconds on a 184 3bv board which gives me a 3bv per sec ratio higher than 2! NICE! I'm sure I'll get that sub-100 total pretty soon! I marked 90 mines on that one... Still marking way too many... Gotta cut back on the flagging... Funny when you think about me being a non-flagger on intermediate! On my 89 I marked 93 mines! I suck at being effective when it comes to flagging!

I've got the video of that 92 as well, of course!

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Sep 30th 2003 at 01:30:47 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90 --> 89!

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Finally a sub 90 on expert! It's actually rather bizarre because at the same time as I beat my record I also beat my 3bv pr second record... I got my 89,64 on a 163 3bv board so I know that I can definitely do much better than 89 with a little more luck and some more practice! I got it on video in case anyone's interested!

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Sep 30th 2003 at 10:41:48 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Congratulations Rachel! I'm happy for you! I knew you could do it! 26 is QUITE nice I must say! But believe me, you can do way better than that... No, seriously, you CAN do better but it'll take a lot of practice and I don't want you to forget about your family totally so do keep practicing but remember the ones you love! I know that smiley is so cute when he smiles at you because you've beaten your record but I'm sure your son is 10 times as cute when he smiles so take care of him and teach him how to play minesweeper as soon as possible. Perhaps if he starts early he'll soon be the world's best minesweeper! Anyway, you rule! Keep at it!

I'm playing terribly right now for some reason. My best intermediate the past couple of days has been a 24... That really sucks but I haven't really been rested either!

Good luck everyone!

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Sep 30th 2003 at 09:53:32 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Best expert:  

91

Best intermediate:  

26

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Look guys, I got my intermediate down, finally after days of solid playing and lack of sleep - my family have been living off pot noodles and toast for a week. Watch this space...

Sep 29th 2003 at 07:07:53 PM
Name:  

blindmage

Best expert:  

110

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

just thought i'd post and remind all of you about my store a few of you bought stuff from me. How'd it turn out?...if you want info, e-mail me, just put "winmine store" in the subject heading .

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Sep 29th 2003 at 03:05:35 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Jonathan: Just go to http://active-ranking.de.vu/
At the bottom of that page is the submission info.

Sep 29th 2003 at 02:57:06 PM
Name:  

Jonathan

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

31

Best beginner:  

7

Comments:  

I realize that my scores arent that good, but i was wondering about this Active Ranking thing and how you get your scores on it. Can anyone help me out? Thanks

Sep 29th 2003 at 02:47:52 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Dennis: you can send the beginner pic to me, the AR is lying on my webspace.
@Damien: really thumbs up! You have ruined all your worst XY positions in one period - and you fell behind Dan despite submitting such scores.

Sep 29th 2003 at 12:40:28 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Wow, number 4, and the 4th best expert time as well
Let's see if I can keep that position... I think that'll be more or less impossible

And to Damien: Thumbs up for even submitting these scores, just to be on the list

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Sep 29th 2003 at 11:55:34 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Lance: The biggest jump (rank) is Damien not Ruan Yi!
Just kidding, I guess Damien didn't play for more than 10min to get these scores...

Sep 29th 2003 at 11:51:19 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Had I known that all I needed was a 25 on int to beat Damien for the first time ever I would've submitted scores.
I had 3-xx-66. My mouse didn't work at all towards the end of last week, but that should've been possible.

@Dennis: How can you try something like this?

Sep 29th 2003 at 10:40:38 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Yep, it certainly is a special AR period! I got all of my records within that AR period and I'm still just number 25 which is kind of sad but then again I've still got a rather pathetic expert highscore. Well, at least I've got my name at the best beginner time! I just realised that there are pictures of the other 1s on beginner so perhaps I should send in the pic of my 1 as well!

I played beginner for about 20 minutes before dinner and I tried something very weird. I got two threes in a row which is very unusual in itself but what's even more unusual is that they were both 3.98 seconds! One was a 5 3bv and the other was a 6 3bv. Strange but nice! Has anybody else ever tried something like this?

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Sep 29th 2003 at 10:30:40 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

I wasn't sure if'd ever see the day when I was above Damien in the AR, but I certainly didn't think it would have come so soon

Having the (joint) best intermediate time is cool too

Sep 29th 2003 at 08:33:47 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Thanks Dan. Wow, what a period: Damien in 19th position is just as unnormal as no one has sub-16 in intermediate.

Sep 29th 2003 at 06:56:57 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

Active Ranking has been updated. Lance has been quite busy, thus the delayed update.

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Sep 28th 2003 at 11:58:10 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Anybody heard anything of Lance? Maybe Dan? I ask because AR is still not updated although it is already monday...

Sep 28th 2003 at 07:21:04 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

i dont really care for this post once and wait 5+ hours for a response, so anyone who cares to talk to me can contact me at my email, or you can contact me through AIM. my screenname for AIM is markpitts7.

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Sep 28th 2003 at 07:11:13 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

another person who has a lesser expert time than me, but a better beginner...ugh.

Sep 28th 2003 at 05:20:21 PM
Name:  

Nathan Whiting

Best expert:  

97

Best intermediate:  

30

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Wooooo! Just broke the 100 barrier! Improved on beginner as well!

Sep 28th 2003 at 08:46:11 AM
Name:  

Pekka Syrjänen

Comments:  

Hello. There´s a new Master Ranking put up at http://www.solitaire-ranking.de.vu

We haven´t got nearly as many solitaire players as here are minesweeper players so if anyone here is intrested, please try Solitaire and Spider Solitaire too.

Sep 28th 2003 at 06:58:10 AM
Name:  

Marko Jeznik

Best expert:  

101

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

Well, I gotta sort some things out on my brother's computer. He's taking it away with him on monday and I don't want him calling me all the time asking how to do this and do that and listen to his "i didn't do anything, it was just there all of a sudden" (and yes, he would do that). After that I'll try to find some time in the late evening/night to break that 100.

Sep 28th 2003 at 06:48:20 AM
Name:  

mark

Best expert:  

86

Best intermediate:  

29

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

im planning on playing a lot today, so maybe i'll have a sub-80 score if im doing well. i hope some of you guys can get a sub-100 soon...feels like a great achievement to break the triple digit barrier.

Sep 28th 2003 at 03:29:25 AM
Name:  

Nathan Whiting

Best expert:  

100

Best intermediate:  

30

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

Soz, just a bit slow in the head today

Sep 28th 2003 at 03:18:13 AM
Name:  

Marko Jeznik

Best expert:  

101

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

*4

Comments:  

@Nathan: That's one heck of an expert score.. Maybe it's time to work on beginner now?

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Sep 28th 2003 at 03:13:21 AM
Name:  

Nathan Whiting

Best expert:  

4

Best intermediate:  

30

Best beginner:  

100

Comments:  

Great site, just getting into minesweeper and it's great!

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Sep 27th 2003 at 09:32:55 PM
Name:  

Josh Freund

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

Haven't been to this site since I submitted my 5 on beginner over 2 years ago! Unfortunately, I haven't played much since then, and all my old scores are gone (my old computer is in the garage). Time to start playing again...

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Sep 27th 2003 at 03:35:17 PM
Name:  

Brian Klett

Best expert:  

103

Best intermediate:  

30

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

I will soon get a sub 100 expert score...

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Sep 27th 2003 at 08:06:03 AM
Name:  

mark

Best expert:  

86

Best intermediate:  

29

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

I am kinda amazed of myself that I didn't think of going left to right before. It helps my scores regularly, mainly the reason i got an 86. Im trying to become more efficient, but i see a way to save time, but out of habit do the wrong thing. Im gonna need some practice.
wow...its THE lasse nyholm. i feel so honored to have a chance to speak to you. so, lasse, would you have any tips you could give?

Sep 27th 2003 at 07:59:02 AM
Name:  

Lasse Nyholm

Comments:  

hi guys, just got a new 43, my best score in a couple of months. e-mail me if you want the video.

bye - Lanyjé

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Sep 27th 2003 at 04:07:09 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

D'ya know, as I was writing it I thought I could smell the testosterone starting to waft my way. Sorry guys

Unless I stop coming here I doubt I'll be able to quit, and I seem to be addicted to this site now anyway

What is it with me? I can get hooked on just about anything *sigh* I just love these little guys

Sep 27th 2003 at 02:26:02 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Rachel - you really shouldnt say things like "marched me kicking and screaming up the stairs to bed" with so many teenage boys around

I think the only thing you need to "have what it takes" is the love/patience/obssessiveness/etc to keep playing, so all you have to do is keep practising, and maybe you'll be as good at Lasse sometime before you retire

Sep 27th 2003 at 02:11:04 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

I just wanted to be message 2000
Mark: Have read the articles, which, as you say are fab. And I've been going left to right because that makes sense to me and my scores are better. I think it must just boil down to available game play time - you're a teenage boy, I'm a 25 year old mum with a job, a house, a husband and a toddler. Sadly, I was up til 2:00 am last night playing until my husband marched me kicking and screaming up the stairs to bed. Think I'll give it a rest for a bit. After all, I have been playing this game for seven whole years, so maybe I just don't have what it takes

(Encouragement please)

Sep 26th 2003 at 07:02:52 PM
Name:  

Devon marie

Best expert:  

76

Best intermediate:  

21

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

hey damien. so i've known you for a year and have been sweeping for just under that, so i thought it was about time i posted a comment, thus cementing my status as "minesweeper geek". Plus I'm curious to see if posting this has the effect you were describing earlier. Hello to all the sweepers out there! ... and, yeah ... i'll see you later, dames.

Sep 26th 2003 at 05:08:32 PM
Name:  

Matt

Best expert:  

51

Best intermediate:  

10

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Man, I thought for sure there would be some new faces in the top 10 by now and my sorry ass would be put to shame.

I played minesweeper for the first time today in about six months with a POS mouse in the "team room" here. People were in there bragging about breaking 50 on int, so I sit down and put em all to shame with a astonishing 22.

Yeah, unless I find a decent set up, I dont think Ill be playing seriously for the next four years. Im kind of dissapointed to not see any improvement from Lasse or Dan or Damien.

Sep 26th 2003 at 04:02:15 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

you can have my mum if you wish. just remember no refunds. my secret? none really...i read some of the articles on this site and found some of the things i was doing wrong. i have been going faster lately, maybe im just becoming better coordinated. One thing that has helped me knock off some seconds is starting from the left side and moving to the right, rather than the middle like i used to.

Sep 26th 2003 at 03:56:14 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Mark: Have just read back - how have you managed to improve your game sooo much over the last few days??? What are you doing honey, give me a clue? Can I borrow your mum to come and shout at me?

Sep 26th 2003 at 03:43:33 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Mark: And that score is dissatisfactory to you? I'd be ecstatic with that, but of course you want to break your record which is?...

My exp is 91. I'd been well over a hundred for ages and then suddenly got better. I'm static again at the mo

Sep 26th 2003 at 03:36:41 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Hi Alex! I'm originally from the midlands but I've lived on the Isle of Wight for 22 years. I only found this site a few days ago and am already losing sleep trying to improve my game. I've been non flagging more because I find that although I don't necessarily get better times, it seems to help me visualise where the mines are so that when I go back to flagging and double clicking my times are improved.

Am loving getting your emails btw guys, makes me

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Sep 26th 2003 at 02:43:43 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

hows everyone doing today? im doing well myself. i didnt break my expert today, but i came close with an 87. nothing much happening here...

Sep 26th 2003 at 02:23:51 PM
Name:  

XF

Best expert:  

69

Best intermediate:  

22x1 -> 22x2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

After some months i was getting not very good times I got my second 22. Hope this means something is moving on...

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Sep 26th 2003 at 01:40:27 PM
Name:  

Marko Jeznik

Best expert:  

108 --> 105 --> 101

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

Well, now I'm pretty sure that my first sub 100 is going to happen before I get a new pb on int.
for all record breakers and hi to all the new guys... It's nice to... hmmmmmm... still be the worst player posting here... Where was I going with this? Nvm...

Sep 26th 2003 at 01:35:37 PM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

I've done it again, screwed up a 15 on the last click:
http://www.freewebs.com/minesweeperdave/screenshots/LOSER_260903.PNG

Technically this was a mistake, but I think I was pretty unlucky, admitedly had I looked around I could have lost time, but still, I could have had 3 15s now, but I only have 1

I flagged suprisingly few mines though!

Sep 26th 2003 at 12:11:18 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

hey guys, i've been kind of non-existent lately.

i was only able to play 2 games beg, one of int, and 10min of expert this ranking, and 0min over the previous 6 weeks (last three active rankings) and i've only put in maybe 10 hours or so over the entire summer. as well, i'm not connected, and my new desk doesn't grip the ball of the mouse so it doesn't move properly.

anyways, just thought i'd announce my scores were 3-19-72=84. hope this gives some of you more incentive to compete. unfortunately, it means that dan will make a 15point gain on the top spot this month alone. congrats to all those who are keeping things going.

btw, i agree with paul, just that article is a year out-of-date from my thoughts. i usually flag 50-65 mines on expert.

Sep 26th 2003 at 04:44:10 AM
Name:  

robert

Best expert:  

74

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

juhu
yesterday i did the 15 in intermediate
it was a great feeling
and now i am so happy

Sep 26th 2003 at 02:56:18 AM
Name:  

Alex

Comments:  

Will mail the board to the ppl who asked. Sorry no video though. Don't have camtasia, or a 3bv counter or anything.

Rachel: You are from britain too. What part? I am from Swansea (Wales).

Sep 25th 2003 at 06:41:46 PM
Name:  

Paul

Comments:  

For a long while I seemed to be playing a style where I'd flag between, say, 30 and 70 mines in a game (some idea about trying to be efficient, in some sense of the word). Occasionally I'd get, for lack of a better word, stuck playing one way or the other for a big portion of a game, hence the large variation. It felt like it worked quite well, but it still took me ages to actually improve my expert record.

I've not been playing much recently, but I'm attempting to play a kind of minimalist flagging. Mostly nf, with occasional flags that're just very useful (say, certain times there are lots of 1's that a flag might help with, especially if I expect more 1's the other side of the flag). Still, I dare say there are games where I'm creeping up to 30 or more flags.

Maybe if Lasse, or Dan, or someone played some specific "alternate" style (of course, perhaps they already do!) for 6 months we might find out if there was anything to be gained... "well, that's another 3 seconds off the WR...". My speed varies with the wind, let alone style, else I might attempt to test what actually works best for me. I've sub-60'd playing various different ways, in effect only proving that anything I do seems about as good as anything else!

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Sep 25th 2003 at 06:13:09 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

If you want to see an example of efficient style check out the link below. -> videos -> 66 - 24-09-03
I tried to use flags only when it resulted in a double click that would open 3 or more squares. I used 24 flags in that game. It isn't that fast because my right mouse button doesn't really work but I find it's a good example....

I recorded the vid with Sorin's count_rec so you will need the player to watch it. You can get it in the software folder...

Sweep on!

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Sep 25th 2003 at 03:57:46 PM
Name:  

David Barry

Comments:  

Mark, that letters thing is the coolest thing I've seen today...

No sweeping from me to report of late. I check the guestbook occasionally. Well done to everyone playing and improving.

Sep 25th 2003 at 03:02:31 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Cogratulation Mark! Way to go! You're getting way ahead of me on expert just like mostly everyone else!

Sep 25th 2003 at 02:38:12 PM
Name:  

mark

Best expert:  

86

Comments:  

w00t! i have made a new record for myself of 86 on expert! It's kinda funny, cuz i got this score on this game when my mother was yelling at me because she thinks im gonna break the mouse from all that clicking. My concentration was a little too much for here i guess. She really only gets mad because she doesnt want me playing video games...shes like an anti-tech. oh well, another day, another record as they say. i made a rhyme!

Sep 25th 2003 at 02:19:17 PM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

When I'm not flagging I don't flag at all, but maybe that's only because I'm doing it just for the challenge of not flagging - when I first tried it the most difficult thing was that I often felt I was wasting so much time by not flagging certain mines, but I've either got used to it or learnt how to compensate

Although, swapping between the 2 styles at need would probably be the best way to play in theory, I think you'd just end up losing too much time thinking.. I'm sure one day some1 will do a detailed study about brain activity and thinking time whilst playing minesweeper

Sep 25th 2003 at 12:18:07 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I don’t know if anyone has read Jon’s essay on randomisation of intermediate boards. If not it can be found on www.jontrans.0catch.com

I did read the essay and found it very interesting. At the time I had just developed a theory on this subject myself as I had found three boards that were shifts of the same one. Someone told me about this essay and after having read it I gave up my own ‘research’. Then yesterday I got the fourth and last of the shifted boards and decided to look into Jon’s theory a little. I put all of the four boards right next to each other, tried to place them on top of each other and also tried to point out on an empty intermediate board where the 6s were placed on the four boards respectively. I’ve got three pictures that I’ll send to anyone who’s interesting in the subject. Jon claimed that when boards shifted they were moved 2 squares down and 6 to the left but by looking at my studies it is obvious that this cannot always be the case.

Please do not hesitate to ask for the pictures if you are at all interested in the subject! I can inform you that I am just about 100% sure that the pictures I have are all pictures of boards where no mine shifting has taken place. The 3bvs of the four boards are: 35, 29, 29 and 42 respectively. One of them is the one on which Dan got his 11.

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Sep 25th 2003 at 11:59:03 AM
Name:  

Paul

Comments:  

It seems that no-flagging seems to be only when one uses precisely 0 flags in a game. IMO that's a tad harsh on any no-flaggers who occasionally choose to use half a dozen flags and double clicks where it is obviously the better choice.

This would be much the same as a flagger who chooses to improve their game by occasionally not marking and just plain old left-clicking. No-flaggers don't immediately call them to their side, "look boys, another guy didn't just exclusively double click!".

IIRC Matt, who has about the most valid claim (wasn't there a council formed, or something?) at a 10 on int used only 2 flags in that game. That's no-flagging. And, again, IIRC, his general int style wasn't particularly heavy on flagging as he was helping to put int on the Minesweeper map, if you will. I'm not sure how much flagging other intermediate gods have used.

In expert though, flagging (as a rule) seems to have something of an edge. Doesn't mean that should be settled on while the flaggers outnumber the no-flaggers about a gajillion to one. But that's likely to remain the case...

And at the risk of a deleted post, there is a lot of garbage about flagging/no-flagging on the unofficial Minesweeper site, not to mention only half the story, in my humble opinion anyway.

Yay for yet *another* rant.

Sep 25th 2003 at 10:55:08 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

As for whether to flag or not, I agree with what Damien says - it can be a lot quicker to flag and double click, by reducing the number of clicks you need

Often 2 clicks takes longer than to flag and doulble click, since you can double click without letting go off the right mouse button and you don't have to move very far

Flagging also makes things easier on the brain - thinking less can save time

Not flagging is fun though, and in some situations its faster, but generally I think flagging is better on all levels (though the fastest beginner boards rarely need you to flag a mine). But there are faster players than me on both sides of the argument

Sep 25th 2003 at 10:47:56 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Its clearly best to start at the right and go to the left, so that your eyes are looking further away from the timer at the end (seeing a low time near the end almost always results in losing ).... I hate it when I finish a game near the top right corner

To be honest though, I just start off randomly clicking near the middle, though I often end up near the edges after the 1st click or too, and then I just play

Sep 25th 2003 at 10:34:12 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

I finally got my ftp client to run and could upload my latest int videos.
Follow the link below to check out some nice NF games (14,16,19) and my 3bv/s record on int (18 3bv63)!

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Sep 25th 2003 at 10:11:47 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Best expert:  

91

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Alex, wow that's sooo fast. Please mail me the board I'd like to c it 2. I'm desperately trying to improve my times but I'm just not up to it at the mo.

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Sep 25th 2003 at 09:39:41 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Congratulations, Alex! I know what it feels like to get a 17! I got mine on a 39 3bv board though so I guess that theoretically there's more room for improvement then! Still far far away from your expert record though! I'd be very happy if you'd send a picture (or video) of the board my way! Thanks!

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Sep 25th 2003 at 07:35:15 AM
Name:  

Alex

Best expert:  

68

Best intermediate:  

19x2---> 17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Yeah!!! V pleased with myself f0r this 0ne. Was a very fast b0ard. 28 3bv. But still nailed it n0 mistakes. S0 my sum m0ves d0wn t0 86. I d0nt think I will beat that 17 f0r a l0ng time th0ugh. I am catching y0u up Daniele. Watch 0ut!!

PS The reas0n this l00ks weird is because I have t0 use zer0 as there is n0 pr0per 0 0n this keyb0ard. And I can email the b0ard t0 any0ne wh0 is interested in seeing it.

Sep 25th 2003 at 03:33:47 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Mark: Wow congrats on your 90! I'm stuck on 91.

Has everyone read that article posted on the site about the non flagging/double clicking controversy? It's really good - what do people think?..

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Sep 25th 2003 at 03:29:23 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

David: I'm originally from Bloxwich near Walsall, all my family are but we've emigrated to the sunny Isle of Wight. I've lived hear since I was a baby.

I tend to line things up in order of size/colour/alphabet etc and forget about the bacteria on the old sock colonising the area under my bed!

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Sep 24th 2003 at 11:46:56 PM
Name:  

Georgi

Best expert:  

61 nf: 93

Best intermediate:  

13 nf: 19

Comments:  

Good job Marc!
I think you flag alot ... I am a typical flagger and usually finish with 15-25 unflagged mines.
Being at 69 with 14 mines left shows that you have pretty good speed - just try not to make unnecessary flags ... and you will earn 10 sec very fast, even if you don't increase your current speed

I miss watching Lasse's daily sub-50s - still waiting to find his site alive. I still remember a 46-Exp.game with 5 mines only unflagged ....

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Sep 24th 2003 at 10:34:21 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Mark: Don't listen to Dennis, 28 is ok: I had about the same exp/int ratio back then. Congrats on your 90!

@Dennis: 90 isn't very impressive... No seriously, your 17 is way above average for someone with an exp score of 90.

About the research thing: It's funny how mails like this spread. I got that mail about a week ago, same day as Sorin got it. And I've gotten it from a bunch of different people since then.

Sep 24th 2003 at 07:41:58 PM
Name:  

Jonathan

Best expert:  

91

Best intermediate:  

31

Best beginner:  

6

Comments:  

I finally did it! I got a sub-100 2 days ago (a 98 to be exact) and then today I got a 91. I am so excited. I just wish i could get my intermediate score down. Any helpful hints for lowering intermediate scores. Thanks.

Sep 24th 2003 at 07:10:49 PM
Name:  

mark

Best expert:  

90

Comments:  

i finally beat my 92! i feel so happy! finally i have done it, no mistakes with 10 blocks left! and on your question oliver, only way i know of getting em on the site is to send them to damien moore. unless of course im wrong, which i might be. But finally 90! now to get a better intermediate.

Sep 24th 2003 at 06:54:57 PM
Name:  

Oliver

Best expert:  

149

Best intermediate:  

35

Best beginner:  

6

Comments:  

Hello! Can anyone tell me how to send my record to this site to be displayed?

Thanks!

Minesweeper rocks!

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Sep 24th 2003 at 06:16:02 PM
Name:  

mark.....again

Comments:  

well, ive calmed down from the horrible let down. I hope you got the blaster virus deleted. on the whole 29 second intermediate thing, i never really play anything but expert. actually, i wouldnt even have that intermediate score if it wasnt for one of my friends boasting his intermediate score. i just had to shut him up, and i did. his time was 60. i devote all my time to expert...if i need to play intermediate, i will, but otherwise its expert all the way.

Sep 24th 2003 at 06:04:41 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

omg...i..i..****et! I just had my best game ever going! 69 seconds and counting, but only 14 mines left! it could have been a 85 or better! what a huge let down to my morale. oh well. never give up as they say.

Sep 24th 2003 at 03:58:51 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90x2!

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Mark, I thought I'd commented on your post but this is probably when blaster shut down my computer so the message was lost... Basically I think it's cool that you're so young and such a good player already. 92 is almost as good as me. I've been very close to breaking that record too several times today. I tied it once and I got a 95 and a 96, I set a new 3bv per sec record (1.81 3bv per second) and I missed two definite chances of breaking my record. I missed an 88 on the last square... I wanted to hit the corner square and hit the one right next to it... a mine! Oh, well, not as bad as the other incident I descriped where the timer stopped at 82 with only 3 squares left to clear on a 50/50 guess... On intermediate I also set a new 3bv per sec. record (2.64 3bv per second)! I also missed a good chance of another sub-20. I had cleared 37 out of the 46 squares and count.reg estimated that my finishing time would have been 17 something... It probably only would have been an 18 or 19 but still bad luck to lose it. On beginner I got 4 3s and missed a REALLY good chance of at least a 2 because of clicking F2 too fast when getting a 3 3bv board! All in all it's been a really nice day so I know I shouldn't complain but it's still rather frustrating to be so close to beating your record by so much and not do it!

Mark, have you ever considered changing to the no-flagging style on intermediate? 29 is not very impressive if you ask me. At least not when you've got 92 on expert and are able to get around 130 with no flagging on expert. I flag on expert but not on intermediate and by the way I do start in the middle sometimes... Doesn't really matter to me!

Interesting and funny anecdote about words and how rearranging the letters doesn't make the words harder to read as long as the first and last letter are the same. I certainly had no trouble reading what you wrote and I found it really interesting! Take care and good luck Mark and everyone else!

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Sep 24th 2003 at 03:48:44 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

55

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hi Mark and all other newcomers. Good to see some new people here
I also normally start from the left and go to the right. I can't play as fast if I play the opposite way

And about the research: I heard about it some days ago... vrey fnuny acalutly

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Sep 24th 2003 at 03:03:10 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

its me again...im thinking maybe if i post a lot in succession maybe someone will pay attention to me. i use a simple equation to see what my outcome score might have been (mines not found +current time). lately i have been getting 90with this equation, vs the 100 from before...soon i will beat my highscore. anyway, i used a simple technique to increase my time. I decided logically that you save time less you move the mouse, so essentially its best to start from one side and move to the other, rather than the middle cuz sometimes you could end up wasting a second or 2 trying to travel over to the next area. I go left to right because it seems more natural, hence the way we write on paper. im not sure if anyone has considered doing something like this, but i thought i would point it out just in case. and now for the interesting thing of the day:


Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.



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