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Sep 24th 2003 at 02:34:27 PM
Name:  

mark

Comments:  

hello! remember me? i was the guy who posted yesterday that everyone ignored! anyway, hows everyone doing? i tied my highscore of 92 on expert yesterday. i had a chance of beating it a couple days ago with 84 seconds with about 10 blocks left, but in a guess situation i clicked the friggin mine (50/50 chance).

Sep 24th 2003 at 02:32:31 PM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Rachel - I'm in Wolverhampton at the moment (so in the middle)

Will be going to Oxford next month though

My room is a mess, though my bookshelves/cd collection have always been maticulously ordered and lined up perfectly

Sep 24th 2003 at 01:18:22 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Rachel, I know the feeling of playing all day after discovering this site. I remember playing minesweeper for about 10 hours practically without braks when I first discovered this site. However, getting better is a gradual process and sometimes a very slow one. All of my records are fairly new. I got my 1 on the 12th of September and the 17 and 90 on the 16th of September so this has been a very nice time for me. Can I ask you something? ... Do you flag mines? Do you use double-clicking? I don't flag mines on beginner and intermediate but I do on expert because I find the patterns too complex for me if I don't mark any mines. I've only completed one expert game without flagging and that's quite a while back. I got 233 seconds...

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Sep 24th 2003 at 12:59:16 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

David: Perfectionism is difficult to perfect. I bet your bedroom's a big ole mess as we speak isn't it? How great is that smiley? UK huh, give me a clue - north, south... I'm about as far south as you can go without splosing into the Channel Islands.

Well I've been playing lots today imagining that I would smash all my records having discovered the competition, but have I?

Glad you guys are all so friendly, will keep visiting y'all

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Sep 24th 2003 at 11:48:05 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

57

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hello everyone!
I'm very glad to see so many new people posting here. It's great to see that so many more people are out there who have something like this in common I really encourage all of you new people to send your best scores on each level for the past two weeks to the Active Ranking (website and email address in a posting below). This will help you improve your times because you are competing against yourself and others who play the game, which always helps to better your times. Happy sweeping, all, and I hope to see some new names on the list!!

Lance

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Sep 24th 2003 at 10:37:51 AM
Name:  

David Moran

Best expert:  

69

Best intermediate:  

15 (nf:18)

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Hi Rachel, I'm from the UK too! I think all minesweeper players are a bit obssessive, and I'm a perfectionist about somethings (but not everything)

I'm a teenage boy though (18 years old, like Sarah)

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Sep 24th 2003 at 08:28:17 AM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

**** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/ 4pm EDT ****

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Sep 24th 2003 at 07:47:36 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

nf: 67->66

Best intermediate:  

nf: 14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

It's funny how almost every game I finish non-flagging is a new record....
Welcome Rachel, Congrats to all improvers (even to Martin who's past me in the rankings)!

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Sep 24th 2003 at 07:41:54 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I just missed an 82 on expert... There were only 4 squares left to clear and if I had guessed right the last three squares would have been very easy so I would have definitely made an 84 I think! This is not fair but I guess I just have to keep trying!

Hi Rachel! It's always nice to meet other minesweeper enthusiasts! I started playing minesweeper sometime late last fall so I haven't even played for a year yet but I really enjoy it and became addicted very fast. I sometimes play a little too much but I just can't help it. Good luck, Rachel and welcome to the minesweeper community!

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Sep 24th 2003 at 03:33:29 AM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Thought I'd add my email 'cause I'm a friendly type
I first played minesweeper about seven years ago and, sadly, have been an avid fan ever since. I'm an obsessive compulsive kind of person in every area and am such a perfectionist it actually prevents me from trying important things because of fear of failure. I like minesweeper because it doesn't matter, it's private, and it's addictive. Does anyone else recognise these characteristics in themselves, or is it just me?

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Sep 23rd 2003 at 09:32:18 PM
Name:  

Sarah Grey Lewis

Best expert:  

96

Best intermediate:  

33

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

Hey guys! I thought I was the only minesweeper addict my age(1 , until I met some other closet minesweeper folk like me who introduced me to this website. I started playing one day and stayed up late every night until I finally beat the expert level with a beginning score of 230! In the past 3 years I have exceled to a superior time of 96. I never imagined that I'd actually get down to the double digits! When I'm not playing minesweeper, I'm either thinking about it or sleeping. ha, not I'm not that pathetic. In my free time, I like to listen to music(classic rock)and dance to Madonna in my underwear when my rommmate is not here. I wish you all the best of luck in your minesweeper endeavors!
Love,
Sarah

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Sep 23rd 2003 at 07:21:09 PM
Name:  

mark pitts

Best expert:  

92 (i have proof of this one)

Best intermediate:  

29

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

eh. im 15, be 16 in february. im a minesweeper enthusiast, but i cant seem to break the 92 second barrier...ive tied it a couple and come close, but havent passed it yet. I have seen i start averaging my times lower than 100 now, which is a welcome improvement from my earlier days. I tried the method without marking mines, but i couldnt get times under 130 on average, and i think i got under 110 once. I went back to marking mines, and right now im trying to slowly work the other method in, trying to create a perfect blend, although i doubt i will be able to ever get times under 60 (my goal time). The thing is im probably the best at my school, if not county. I know of only 2 people who play other than me, a teacher (he's smart, but slow), and a "friend" (he just kinda sux. his expert time is above 200, and i started playing after him). I could use any tips for help to increase my time. But i think for a 15 year old who has only played for less than 3 years(only 1-1 1/2 seriously), i have accomplished a good bit. Positive reinforcement is welcome, if anyone is out there.

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Sep 23rd 2003 at 04:02:41 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Bejamin your scores make me feel like a complete amatuer. I don't know anyone irl who can even play the **** game, then I look at this site and only just qualify!

Sep 23rd 2003 at 03:57:15 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Comments:  

Wow Ben! congrats. We celebrated our 6th wedding ann on 13 Sept. Was only a baby when I got married. Hang on for the kids thang, is greatly over-rated and drastically cuts down minesweeper playing time, believe me. My little boy is called Ben, how 'bout that!

Sep 23rd 2003 at 03:13:17 PM
Name:  

Ben

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Hi Rachel,

I'm also 25 and I got married last saturday ! I have no children yet though... Not only teenage boys here, but not that much girls either

Sep 23rd 2003 at 02:33:07 PM
Name:  

Rachel

Best expert:  

91

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Don't know why I never looked for fellow sweepers before - it's kinda comforting to know I'm not the only sad one out there. But does the fact I'm a 25 year old mother make it a bit scary? Surely I should be a teenage boy...

Sep 22nd 2003 at 04:39:15 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

just posting a letter about a new version:

Hello,I have recently completed a new variation on the Minesweeper game that I feel your readers will find entertaining. When the project was started in April I’d not found any reliable Minesweeper games that were taking place in a 3D minefield, and I felt that this would be an interesting game to play. I feel that it is – you can still easily finish a beginner level game in under 30 seconds but it definitely requires a bit more thought (and development of some new strategies) in comparison to some of the old 2D games.

I would appreciate it if you could add a link to your website:

http://www.i2d.com.au/Products/Bomb3D

and would appreciate any feedback you might have.

The demo version allows you to play a full game of the beginner level to completion; after that it will occasionally interrupt games with an evaluation reminder.

Best Regards,

Ben Mann

Sep 22nd 2003 at 01:56:31 PM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

Drat. That face was supposed to finish off the 18. That's what you get for not previewing!

Sep 22nd 2003 at 01:54:30 PM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Comments:  

I know it's past a bit but I thought I'd check some old screenshots to see what my expert time was when i first sub 20'd (an 1 . It turns out to have been a 97! But I was a non flagger back then (mainly because I didn't know about double clicking!).

Sep 22nd 2003 at 10:46:07 AM
Name:  

Jarad

Best expert:  

55

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Congrats Martin! There are a bunch of us making big strides lately, blowing through the 50's it seems. Who said the Golden age is over! Still been playing for the 1, missed a 2 3BV, clicked the wrong square, but only got it once from hours of play. Moving to Las Vegas this thursday from Connecticut so i wont be able to play for a week as i drive out there. You guys better nnot beat those 55's and 57's!

Sep 22nd 2003 at 05:45:47 AM
Name:  

Grzegorz

Comments:  

Congrats Martin.
Now it's time for me.

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Sep 21st 2003 at 08:05:30 AM
Name:  

hilrgv

Comments:  

im stupid to use ur cheat codes make em easier

Sep 21st 2003 at 08:05:29 AM
Name:  

hilrgv

Comments:  

im stupid to use ur cheat codes make em easier

Sep 21st 2003 at 08:05:27 AM
Name:  

hilrgv

Comments:  

im stupid to use ur cheat codes make em easier

Sep 21st 2003 at 06:30:06 AM
Name:  

Moritz

Comments:  

Hi! Would you pls add me to your icq-list?! ICQ-Nr:
229915092
cu!

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Sep 21st 2003 at 05:22:32 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I flag on expert! I just don't have the patience to play nf on expert, although I could probably get much better times if I did... It's just so sad only to finish 1 out of 500 games...

Sep 21st 2003 at 04:54:38 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Dennis - do you flag on expert, or are you an nf'er on that too

Sep 20th 2003 at 06:37:00 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Kyle, I believe you! I got 5 seconds on beginner after only having tried the game a few times... I didn't try to hit any specific squares I just kept clicking at random and got a 5 that way. I though that was awsome too but now I find it very easy to get a 5. Why don't you just take screenshots of the boards that you want to save for later proof? It's very easy... Just press the 'print screen' button, open up 'Paint' or some other program like that and choose 'paste'. Then you save it and 'voila', you've got a picture of your minesweeper record!

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Sep 20th 2003 at 02:46:00 PM
Name:  

Kyle MacKinnel

Best expert:  

197

Best intermediate:  

55

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

Hello, I just thought I'd post, because I got a time of 5 seconds on beginner today, 9/20/03. I know you probably wont believe me, considering I am just some 18 year old college student, but I can assure you that it is true and I wish there were some way to prove it.

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Sep 20th 2003 at 08:18:01 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Martin: Congratulations, but now please stop - we're tied in expert now!

@Dennis: it's easy to explain why non-flaggers are better in int compared to their exp times: a) nf players finish less expert games when they play really fast, b) in int, nf is possibly the faster strategy (on normal boards). So, nf players don't need to change their playing style in order to be fast.

Sep 20th 2003 at 08:09:08 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

haha, well done Martin! your really on a roll

Strange how sometimes you beat your record and suddenly you either tie your new record, beat it or beat at least beat you old one again, and then other times you beat your record, but then afterwards you struggle

Sep 20th 2003 at 05:07:14 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Congrats Martin! You're the man! If you keep on like that you'll have beaten Lasse in no time flat... I knew you could do better and I know you can still do better! Just keep working at it! I missed out on breaking my record on expert yesterday... The timer stopped at 81 with only 5 squares left to clear... That would have probably been a 84 or something! Well, I did it once so I can do it again, right? I got a 91 and a 92 last night too so I'm getting close to beating my record, I think!

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Sep 20th 2003 at 04:10:15 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

57 -> 55

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

You guys thought I was done?
130 3BV - 55.11 sec - 2.40 3BV/sec

And Dennis, thanks for your cheering

http://gymks.dk/lort/mtm55_with_counter.png

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Sep 20th 2003 at 02:43:52 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Sorry Dennis, I'm definitely a flagger (best nf on int is 22), so that ruins yours 1st theory

Your on the mark with the practise thing though, I used to prefer intermediate when I was starting to feel like I was getting quite good at that where as it was still a struggle to win on expert. I also play intermediate while I'm talking to people on MSN messenger (no time for expert when I'm doing that), so thats why I'm better at intermediate

Sep 19th 2003 at 03:07:14 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

@ A duglas: I'm glad I could help you! Go chase that 1! Well, you might want to get a sub 10 first if you haven't already done that!

@ Martin: WOW! Finally! You deserve that although you've got every reason to still be pretty sad about that missed chance for a 51! Still, you did it (almost at least) once so you can do it again! Go for it! I'm cheering for you!

@ Traian: I'm from Denmark too and I saw the second half of the match. In my opinion Romania played MUCH better. We really sucked and were very lucky to get 1 point because of a super lucky goal in the last minute! If we make it to the European Championships I don't think luck will do the trick though unless we have a LOT of it!

New theory: Non-flaggers probably have better int. times than exp. times compared to flaggers...!? Unless of course they don't ever play int. but the same thing really goes the other way around. You only get good at what you practice and part of the reason why I'm so miserable at expert is probably that I started practising very late and I still play a lot more int. than exp. because I find it so much more fun!

Happy sweeping everyone!

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Sep 19th 2003 at 01:54:36 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

59 -> 57

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

It's not a 51, but it's still a new record
135 3BV - 57.81 sec - 2.38 3BV/sec
http://gymks.dk/lort/mtm57_with_counter.png
I will add the screenshot and the recording to my homepage sometime... If someone's in desperately need of it, just email me

@Dennis: I got my first sub20 (19) when my record was 81 on exp.

@Traian: I'm from Denmark, but I didn't see much of the match. Only the last 20 minutes where running in the background while i was at my computer

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Sep 19th 2003 at 01:27:27 PM
Name:  

Traian

Best expert:  

Romania

Comments:  

Who's from Denmark and likes football? I still can't get over the match from last Wednesday... Any comments? Anyone?

Sep 19th 2003 at 01:16:37 PM
Name:  

a douglas

Best beginner:  

13

Comments:  

Dennis Lütken

cheers i have taken on board your no flagging thoery it really helps !

Sep 19th 2003 at 12:10:31 PM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

65

Best intermediate:  

19*3

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Another 19... uff... My expert was 67 when i made my first 19... i can't remember...

Sep 19th 2003 at 11:00:54 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

When I got my 1st sub20 (either 17 or 1 , my expert time was 82 or higher, and my 15 and 69 aren't any less skewed compared to the "norm"

There's some1 on the best ever list on the AR page with 12 on int and 75 on expert!

Sep 19th 2003 at 07:13:26 AM
Name:  

Alex

Comments:  

Didn't Matt M have a sub 20 itm before a sub 100 exp?

Sep 19th 2003 at 06:50:29 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best beginner:  

1 (8x8) 1x2 (9x9)

Comments:  

A duglas,

When you're playing the beginner level of Minesweeper you probably shouldn't flag any mines at all. I've seen people flag some mines sometimes with success but my point is that it's easier to learn how to not flag anything at all. That way you slowly learn how to focus on the non-mine squares instead of focusing on the mines. With some practice you'll find out that your brain stores patterns of mines somewhere and thus with a little luck and a lot of speed (or the other way around) if you get a board that only requires 2 clicks to finish it, you'll be able to find that last square instantly because of pattern recognision and because you're used to ignoring mine squares and going for the remaining ones! Sometimes you just so happen to look in the right corner of the board and you see that there's a square that you need to click on... Then the sign pops up and the timer has stopped at 1! Often you don't realise that you're done before the sign pops up when you get a 1! Did any of this help you or is it just total nonsense?

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Sep 19th 2003 at 04:39:19 AM
Name:  

ruanyi

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

the 3bv 92 board:
http://szmine.51.net/mine/3bv_92.gif

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Sep 19th 2003 at 01:44:52 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Sad record to pocess, huh? And then I even had 93 as my record a little earlier my day but I beat both of my records by three seconds each on the same day! Not bad! Still there can't possible be anyone who's as bad at expert while being as good at intermediate as me... Nice to know I'm 'special' in SOME way! Take care and thanks for letting me know what you guys were at way back when!

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Sep 18th 2003 at 11:14:42 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Of course, we remember you Yoni. Would be nice to see you back...

Sep 18th 2003 at 05:17:23 PM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

Welcome Yoni,

Long time, no see

Sep 18th 2003 at 05:06:45 PM
Name:  

Yoni Roll

Best expert:  

64

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hi!
Just wanted to say hi to anyone who still remembers me

I haven't played minesweeper recently though..

btw Dennis I got my first sub-20 (18, 4/2/02) when I had 77 on expert.

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Sep 18th 2003 at 12:32:41 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Dennis: about your not-at-90-when-getting-a-sub20 theory: I was at 73 when I got my 17, but my second best was 82 then. My exp and int times have always been in an unnormal relation and still are...

Sep 18th 2003 at 11:07:46 AM
Name:  

a duglas

Best expert:  

-

Best intermediate:  

-

Best beginner:  

14

Comments:  

how can you guys possibly detect 10 mines in 1 second i find this simply impossible - how do u do it??

Sep 18th 2003 at 04:40:09 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

Bobby,
You've already learned it, but to master it will take a time

Sep 18th 2003 at 03:04:35 AM
Name:  

Bobby

Best expert:  

95

Best intermediate:  

33

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

A month ago, I emailed in my trio of times - the records ain't been updated since then. I hope they're updated before I start applying for jobs, because I might be putting my 'sweep records on my CV

Roughly how long does it take to learn the non-flagging method?

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Sep 17th 2003 at 11:22:42 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Martin is right, I have several videos from all levels on my website. If you need more, just tell me, but I guess, those 18 int videos should be enough

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Sep 17th 2003 at 11:03:48 AM
Name:  

jarad

Comments:  

Manu, i think i got it off the camtasia web site, its only a 30 day trial though. Not sure the url. I am also at 55 with no 1. I simply despise sitting and clicking on beg. to get a 1. ugh. bye

Sep 17th 2003 at 10:41:40 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Best expert:  

2.54 3BV/s

Best intermediate:  

3.39 3BV/s*

Best beginner:  

4.49 3BV/s

Comments:  

* New 3BV/s record on intermediate today, as well as 3 sub20s despite not playing for very long

But check out this board, very similar to the dream board me thinks (29 3BV)

http://www.freewebs.com/minesweeperdave/screenshots/16_170903.PNG

Sep 17th 2003 at 09:04:40 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Try Stephan Bechtel's homepage (www.stephan-bechtel.de). You can also download some of my videos recorded with the count_rec recorder

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Sep 17th 2003 at 06:45:16 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

No, I seriously doubt it that I'll do better than 16 on my second sub-20! However, I improved my record by 3 seconds and so did you! However, I still think that what you did was even more impressive because the faster you go the harder it gets to improve! Way to go, Manu!

Does anyone know where I can find recordings of non-flagging sub-20s on intermediate? If somebody does then please let me know because I'd be very interested to see how other non-flaggers play!

Sep 17th 2003 at 05:23:42 AM
Name:  

Manu

Best intermediate:  

12

Comments:  

Jarad : Where did you download your Camtasia ?
Dennis : My second sub-20 was a 16, will you do better ? ... But My first one was a 19.

Sep 17th 2003 at 01:36:21 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Cool, Stephan! I bet you weren't at 90 on expert when you got your first sub-20 though!? Probably most people have gotten at least a sub-70 when they get a 17 on intermediate... Right?

Good luck getting a 1, Stephan! Just keep trying and it'll come before you know it!

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Sep 16th 2003 at 11:24:55 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Dennis: my first sub-20 was a 17 as well. Now I have some 550 sub-20s
@Elmar: I'm at 55 and still don't have any 1

Sep 16th 2003 at 10:57:24 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Thanks Elmar! About expert: you're right - I do really need to work on that now, although it's probably going to take me a VERY long time to get into the mid 60s but even if that DOES take me a very long time, chances are that my record will still be 17 on intermediate when it happens! LOL I can't believe that I got such a nice score for my first sub-20. I have woken up several times and thought, "Was it all just a dream?" Finally at 7:30 am I decided to get up and check!

Sep 16th 2003 at 08:35:50 PM
Name:  

ruanyi

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

i got 3BV 92 yesterday,but not a chance.
it`s too crowdid in corner!

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Sep 16th 2003 at 05:26:23 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

57

Best intermediate:  

14x2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Congrats Dennis, now you'll really have to work on that expert score. I was somewhere in the mid 60s when I got my first 17.

Happy Sweeping, Y'all!

Sep 16th 2003 at 05:25:49 PM
Name:  

Kevin Beech

Comments:  

Hey, whats up? I don't really have anything all that important to say lol. This is the first time I stumbled onto this site so I figured I might as well post something. I'm not really the greatest at the game lol....after seeing some of the crazy stuff you people do my 5-50-129 record has been put to shame lol...oh well, I'm workin on it. Anyways, thats pretty much all I have to say really lol, so I'll talk to you all later.

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Sep 16th 2003 at 03:36:40 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

90

Best intermediate:  

20 --> 17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just wanted to play minesweeper for 10 minutes before going to bed. Well, I only got to play for 3 minutes and 32 seconds because I suddenly got a very nice 39 3bv board. I went for it and didn't have to make any guesses. I finished it fast and knew it so I wasn't very surprised when the sign popped up but MAN was I surprised to see that the timer had stopped at 17!!! I had never thought I would get a 17 and certainly not that my first sub-20 on intermediate would be a 17!

I had camtasia running so now I've got a really nice video on intermediate! I don't know if anyone is even remotely interested in seeing this but if you are just let me know!

Wow, from 93 to 90 on expert and from 20 to 17 on intermediate all in the same day! I guess I won't forget about the 16th of September for a while!!!

AR scores for this period: 1-17-90 (my best overall scores as well!)

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Sep 16th 2003 at 01:06:32 PM
Name:  

Jarad

Best expert:  

55

Comments:  

What are evryones settings on camtasia, i just downloaded it and I can notice a lag in my mouse speed, dont know what its doing to the timer. Thanks

Sep 16th 2003 at 12:31:28 PM
Name:  

Oliver Scheer

Best intermediate:  

14

Comments:  

I just broke my 3bv/s record by 1 3bv
my previous record was 60(16-1)=4.0000 3bv/s
and now i made 61(16-1)=4.0666 3bv/s
that's an improvement, eh?

Sep 16th 2003 at 09:28:23 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

93 --> 90!

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Finally I beat that 93! I knew it would happen sometime. I just haven't really been too lucky about my guesses on expert lately. Well, this time I got a game that didn't require any guesses as far as I remember. It was a 146 3bv board and I finished it in 90,99 seconds! Now I've got a sum of 111 which is really cool and my scores for the current AR period are the best ever already as well: 1-23-90

I hope I'll be able to improve that 23 because that's really not very good, I think - or at least it's not good if that's the best I can do over a two-week period!

By the way, I got this 90 on video too so now I've finally got one of my current records on video!

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Sep 16th 2003 at 02:52:09 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

It might take you more than a week to sub 30 on int and it might take you about a month to beat your record but if you play a little every day then I think you can do it. I was stuck at 28 for what seemed like forever becuase this is when I started playing without flagging on intermediate. Then finally after 3 months I beat it; I got a 25... The next day I got another 25 and 10 minutes later I got a 23. Then it took me a month to get to 21... I didn't start playing expert until fairly recently and I really suck at it compared to intermediate because I'm not used to flagging and double-clicking and I don't have the patience to play without flagging on expert... I've tried and been close to finishing times around 80 and that's even quite a while back but I just don't like to try because I've never actually finished a game on expert where I didn't flag anything.

Well, good luck beating all of your records!
Dennis.

Sep 15th 2003 at 01:57:00 PM
Name:  

Marko Jeznik

Comments:  

@Dennis: 8x8, but it's been months since I last tried beginner. And about intermediate... I'm closer to beating my expert time than the int. one. I can get close to 110 in just about any game I finish nowadays, but it would probably take me a week to sub 30 on int.

Thnx for the support.. and good luck to everyone.

Sep 15th 2003 at 09:37:15 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best intermediate:  

20

Comments:  

I just missed a 28 3bv board after 2.29 seconds! Needless to say it was a very nice board and it would definitely have been possible for me to beat my record on it with a little luck! Too bad! This was only two minutes after being 2 squares away from beating my 3bv per second record considerably...

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Sep 15th 2003 at 08:41:49 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Congrats Brian! It's a relief to finally get a 1! Of course it doesn't take much skill but it's still so nice to finally do it! I did it myself only 3 days ago!

Sep 15th 2003 at 08:38:35 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

93

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Congrats Alex! 1 second is still an improvement and quite good I think!

Jarad, 55 seconds; that's really good! That's about twice as fast as I am...

Marko, congratulations! You're getting really close to the 'magic' sub 100! 28 on intermediate... I think you can do better than that with a little luck! 5 seconds on beginner is good but you'll be surprised about how fast you get better at that level... Soon you'll be able to get five quite often. My record was 5 approximately half a year ago and now I get 5 very often and my record is 1! Do you play on 8x8 or 9x9? I just want you to know that the 9x9 grid is not really accepted around here. I remember finally getting 1 second on the 9x9 grid and then people just rolled their eyes and told me that it didn't really count for anything... from then on I only played 8x8... Well, actually I've tried once since to play 9x9 for like half an hour and I got 1 second within that time so it really is much easier... I just didn't realise that back then! Anyway GOOD LUCK!

Take care and happy sweeping everyone!

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Sep 15th 2003 at 08:35:49 AM
Name:  

Brian Cornell

Best expert:  

51

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

2---->1

Comments:  

Got my first 1 in beginner. It didn't take much skill, but I didn't know it was coming. It was the 2 3BV board that many people have gotten a 1 on, where one click can be almost anywhere, one click is on the right side third from the top.

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Sep 14th 2003 at 06:37:39 PM
Name:  

Marko Jeznik

Best expert:  

113 --> 108

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

5...

Comments:  

190 3bv

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Sep 14th 2003 at 01:28:12 PM
Name:  

Jarad

Best expert:  

57---->55

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Wooohoooo, busted my record today on a 140 3BV, got the screenshot if anyone wants it. Not really anything special. All i know is that I have been really flying lately, was going crazy today and boom, hit th elast square and knew it was going to be close and then I got a pop up. fantastic.

Sep 14th 2003 at 12:02:22 PM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

57

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Yes, Stephan, it was a very surprising AR this period. Several people didn't submit scores, and it is my guess that many others just played minimally, allowing for some higher times to get good rankings. I know I certainly benefited from this... my time was just one second below Lasse's and I actually beat Damien - for the first and only time, I'm sure! It's nice to put a little twist into the AR every once in a while though!

Happy Sweeping,

Lance

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Sep 14th 2003 at 09:30:48 AM
Name:  

Alex

Best expert:  

69---> 68

Best intermediate:  

19x2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Nothing special. Just a second shaved off expert, bringing my sum down to 88.

The reason I got it was because I went to my other house this weekend, where my computer is. So I got to play on xp for an hour or so, over the weekend. I am moving back there permenatly next week, and i feel i can shave another few seconds off expert, with my current form.

So all the ppl with scores just ahead of mine watch out!! That means you Daniele!!

Sep 14th 2003 at 05:00:41 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Wow, a very surprising result in this AR's period...

Sep 13th 2003 at 11:50:48 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

If i hadn't submited my scores for this period I would have been 18th instead of 20th... oops

Sep 13th 2003 at 09:50:30 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

Active Ranking has been updated.

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Sep 13th 2003 at 05:39:37 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Hey Matti, nice to see you here around

Sep 12th 2003 at 04:42:38 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

93

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

2x3 --> 1! 8x8

Comments:  

FINALLY! I did it! I got a 1 on the 8x8 beginner board. I got it on a 1 3bv so it was nothing but luck but it's still nice to finally get it. I've been waiting for that for quite some time now! Actually I was just trying to get a 2 or a 3 for the new AR period but a 1 is always welcome! I've got screenshots to prove it... I don't have it on video as I didn't get it on my own computer! Too bad but it doesn't really matter anyway. It's not very interesting to see somebody click once and clear the whole thing... I realised that it was a 1 3bv right away but I counted the mines to make absolutely sure so the counter stopped at 4.90 when I hit a mine! Next step: sub-20 on intermediate!...?

Good luck everyone and happy sweeping!

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Sep 12th 2003 at 10:36:04 AM
Name:  

Matti Halme

Best expert:  

77

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Instead of Solitaire I´ve played Minesweeper for a few days and finally my horrible expert score is horrible sub-80 expert score.

Sep 11th 2003 at 11:10:06 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I just tried it now for 10 minutes... I got 0-0-0-0-1 for the five levels... It should be possible to get 0 all the way through... I'll have to try that sometime!

I got a 7 on my intermediate board... I couldn't do that on yours I think but perhaps I should try more intensely sometime... did you try expert yet? My record is 33 without cheating!

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Sep 11th 2003 at 04:48:54 PM
Name:  

Matthew Ackerman

Best expert:  

68 -> 64

Best intermediate:  

12, dreamboard 8

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Hey Active Ranking, I will send you an e-mail so I can get my name on the list, I got an expert score I'm not ashamed to report, hand's a little numb though
After my 64 I needed some Beginner and Int scores and got a 2 and 19 just now.

Sep 11th 2003 at 01:26:01 PM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

**** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/ 4pm EDT ****

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Sep 11th 2003 at 11:46:53 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Dennis - have you tried using the "help button" (h), with that I can get 0-0-1-1-1 on the 5 levels... I'm finding your intermediate board harder than mine though

I played beginner for a couple of hours today and didn't get better than a 3 I did get a 3bv/s of 4.49 though

Sep 11th 2003 at 09:28:18 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I managed to get an expert time of 33 on Narkomania so now my Narkomania sum is 40

I also played some real minesweeper and I got a 22 and a 21 on intermediate... That's pretty good! The 22 was on a 45 3bv and the 21 was on a 32 3bv... I really could have done better on that one but I was too much of a chicken! There was also a timer jump... not at the beginning but it jumped from 20 to 21 almost immediately and certainly too fast so I think it would have been another 20 if it hadn't done that but what the hell... I still wouldn't have beaten my record!

I guess I will break the 20 barrier eventually... It might take me a few months (or years) but it'll happen!

Sep 10th 2003 at 11:55:10 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

36

Best intermediate:  

7

Best beginner:  

0x5

Comments:  

Those time are Narkomania times of course but it's still pretty impressive, don't you think? I might be able to get my expert time further time with some more practice but I don't think I'll be able to go any faster on intermediate! After all, the fastest anyone has ever gone in real minesweeper is 8 (equal to my 7) and that was on a 30 3bv board... mine was on a 40 3bv board. Nice 3bv pr. sec ratio, huh?

I was right about beginner... I got 5 0s on 5 different boards in 15-20 minutes!

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Sep 10th 2003 at 11:48:01 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Sorin: sorry. Indeed, I guessed that you should have seen that. I hate guessing as well. Some days ago, I had 7 correct guesses in one game which must have been the whole lucky-guess-stock for that day, as in the next hour, I only guessed wrong...

@Elmar: Martin is right. The nf WR is 50, hold by Edu and Vincent.

Sep 10th 2003 at 08:42:35 PM
Name:  

Steve Clayton

Comments:  

Thanks Manu. Wow 220, that's a lot. So I decided to try 225 and I got down to 92 mines on my first try, but I'll keep working at it.

Does anyone know where I can finds tips on probable guessing?

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Sep 10th 2003 at 04:45:21 PM
Name:  

Sorin

Best expert:  

49

Comments:  

I saw that Stephan. I was just commenting on my game which I had the same day and I had to make a guess.

Sep 10th 2003 at 04:23:45 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

@Elmar: Vincent Yeh and Eduardo Cros have both made a 50 sec, but I'm sure I will beat that eventually

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Sep 10th 2003 at 03:52:14 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Stepahn: What is the WR for NF. I thought it was something like 53?

Sep 10th 2003 at 02:47:36 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

David, I got my 10 in Narkomania on game #1516107637... My 36 expert record was made on game #1349281069... Beginner 0 was made on #0002995462 but there are lots of potential 0s I bet! Good luck! I tried the one where you got an 11... I only tried it about 5 times but the best result I got was a 16 so I think my board was better even though it had a higher 3bv! There are only 2 openings and that's great!

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Sep 10th 2003 at 02:14:32 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Congrats to Brian! You're far away for me forever.

Bad luck Martin. 51 would have put you on No.3 in the non-flagging world. The real f*ck of that game is that it wasn't even a guess (watch the 3, Sorin)...

I still nearly retired, especially because my reactivated mouse doesn't always work. Nevertheless a 79 total for this AR period. Maybe, I can save my AR positions during the rest of 2003.

Sep 10th 2003 at 01:13:39 PM
Name:  

Brian Cornell

Best expert:  

53--------->51

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Finally broke my expert record, which stood for 10 months. A 51 on a 127 3BV board. Unfortunately no video, but I have the screenshot. The sub 50 is in sight.

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Sep 10th 2003 at 11:31:44 AM
Name:  

David Morgan

Comments:  

Dennis - my best times are 0-11-nothing yet, I havent tried to get a good time on expert yet

What board number did you get that 10 on Dennis? I know its possible to get a 10 or less on the board I got my 11 on (172132801 , I think I could get a 10, but after getting the 11 I was pretty burned out on the board and got sloppy

Feel free to try this every1 else, its good fun

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Sep 10th 2003 at 11:04:28 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

Narkomania: 36 (Minesweeper: 93)

Best intermediate:  

Narkomania: 10 (Minesweeper: 20)

Best beginner:  

Narkomania: 0 (Minesweeper: 2)

Comments:  

David Morgan mentioned the Minesweeper clone 'Narkomania' and I thought I'd give it a try. The first time I tried I got a 21 pretty fast which would normally be a 22... I thought 'Hmmm, that must be a nice board' so I kept trying and eventually managed to do it in 18 seconds. Today I decided to find a better board... I found a 40 3bv board and finally I managed to get it down to 10 seconds! It only took me about 5 minutes to get 0 on beginner on a 5 3bv board... On expert I finished a board in 100 seconds on my first try... I thought that was pretty good so I kept trying and eventually managed to get it down to 36 seconds... that was on a 162 3 bv board... I only counted once so it might be a bit more or less... Anyway, how well have you guys done in Narkomania??? I've got a sum of 46... What's the lowest sum you other guys out there can get?

By the way, I have all of my Narkomania records on video!

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Sep 10th 2003 at 06:23:20 AM
Name:  

Manu

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Sorin : It was no need to guess in Martin's game : you shouldn't have said that it's worse to lose when it is a misclick ; Martin is going to commit suicide !!
Steve : WR is 220 mines in the 24*30 field by "Allegro" (
a frenchie ), as far as I know...

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