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Apr 2nd 2003 at 07:14:44 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Comments:  

@Owen: yikes! I don't know how I could have forgotten! I think you need to rejoin the plaing community

Lance

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Apr 2nd 2003 at 07:04:12 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

80

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

I missed a 76... Urgh!!!
I need to be more relaxed...

Apr 2nd 2003 at 05:18:52 AM
Name:  

Owen

Comments:  


Don't forget me as a good int player before all this controvesy started Lance!!

Dan, I'm going away to france with my home boys in early July. We could meet up before then and plan a strategy to throw the world Minesweeper community into chaos if it isn't already in it.

I'd love to go backpaking in the Colorado rcky mountains and manyo other places of outstanding beauty and natural reserve.

See you later guys

Owen

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Apr 2nd 2003 at 01:45:00 AM
Name:  

Emar Zimmermann

Best expert:  

60 x2 !!!

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

just got my second 60. this time i got it on video.
3bv: 128 ->140
vid and screenshot are on my site. countrec stopped at 61.13, that's the first my minesweeper timer was off. but i think sorin mentioned some time ago, that ms is sometimes off by .10 secs.
123 sub70s

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Apr 2nd 2003 at 12:05:31 AM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

I've been using opticals for about a year and a half now. My first one, that I used for a year, used to twitch a lot too. The second one (which is the exact same model as the first one, only with greatly improved insides) barely does that anymore. Occasionally, the cursor will jump across the screen, but this really doesn't happen a lot. I'm quite pleased with my mouse. It's a standard Logitech optical wheelmouse, by the way.

Apr 1st 2003 at 06:18:12 PM
Name:  

Ann

Comments:  

Damien,

Thanks! I knew someone would know about the problem, but didn't realize I'd hear so quickly. It's too bad about the opticals not working well, because I get a lot less back strain by using it on my lap. Hmm... guess I'll have to experiment with different kinds of mouse. You're right about how it first happened only with minesweeper, then started doing it even in slow-mode on other screens. Can't even really play ms any more, though, because it keeps going to the wrong squares!

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Apr 1st 2003 at 02:13:16 PM
Name:  

Roli

Comments:  

@Daniele: Sorry, was just a bad pun: mine and mine, ya know! I had to maintain my low niveau, as Lance said. Maybe a worse one now: "Best intermediate: 8!" 8!=40320 I didn´t realise he was so slow.

Apr 1st 2003 at 01:17:47 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

hi ann...several people including myself had major problems with logitech optical...i finally scrapped the three different types i had bought and when back to an old mouse lying around the house; not everyone gets the jerking, and apparently the newer ones are suposed to be fine. also, i understand that the microsoft optical haven't displayed this property. at first it only affected minesweeper, then even slow movement became impossible.

Apr 1st 2003 at 11:44:41 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

@Ann: My mother's computer do the same thing. I don't know why, but I don't think it's minesweeper related

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Apr 1st 2003 at 11:23:35 AM
Name:  

daniele

Comments:  

@Roli: why did you laugh? i can't find something funny in my message..

Apr 1st 2003 at 11:02:52 AM
Name:  

Ann

Comments:  

New to this site and don't see a "search" on msg bd, so pls forgive if repeating question. My mouse (curr: logitech, former IBM) goes into some kind of spastic mode, seemingly as a result of playing minesweeper -- as though I overload the buffer and it freaks out. The cursor jumps all over the screen. It used to only happen while playing m.s.; now it seems maybe to have affected the mouse permanently. Anyone know what this is and/or how to fix it? Many thanks,

Ann

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Apr 1st 2003 at 10:38:30 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

63

Best intermediate:  

18x5

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

@Ryan: Sorin has made a great counter which shows 3BV/sec, clicks/sec and 3BV of the board.
You can find it at Elmar's page:
http://debby.lexx.ath.cx/~elmar/minesweeper/Software/Count_rec.exe

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Apr 1st 2003 at 10:13:18 AM
Name:  

Ryan Mann

Comments:  

Maybe a missed something a long time ago, but is there a program that has that accurate counter that everyone has, and the automatic 3bv/sec counter, or is it built into some new minesweeper game like global mines which I don't even know if it is available. Cause I think I am missing out somehow.

Also, this summer I will be going camping with some friends to Isle Royale National Park for those from the USA. We go every year. Its right on the border of Canada in the middle of Lake Superior. It's so beautiful, and there's nothing quite like not cleansing yourself for a week and a half.

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Mar 31st 2003 at 04:51:56 PM
Name:  

James

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It is depressing hearing about all of your travel plans. I am going to spend my summer treeplanting in the middle of nowhere for 12 hours a day in the middle. I will shower every 12 days. I will spend half of my time slaping mosquitos. My girlfriend will be 800 km away. My computer will be 1000km away.
The only upsides: I will make enough money to go back to school, and I get to fly around in a helicopter. I guess I could just think of it as a long hiking trip that I am getting paid for .

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Mar 31st 2003 at 01:55:32 PM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

My girlfriend and I will go to Myanmar ( ex-Burma ) in August. Backpacking as usual. Should be... HOT !

Mar 31st 2003 at 01:44:52 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

I'm planning a bike trip from Copenhagen to Paris with some of my friends this summer

Check out this picture: http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/pictures/minesweeper.gif

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Mar 31st 2003 at 06:18:26 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

Backpacking through Scotland/Ireland/etc. sounds like a blast. I haven't been hiking/backpacking since I was in the Boy Scouts 15+ years ago. Back then I once went hiking in the Colorado Rocky mountains.

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Mar 31st 2003 at 05:11:21 AM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

Daniel:
I'll probably go on holiday in June or July, so I won't make it to that eclipse. But I'm sure there'll be plenty more to do
And yes, it sounds like a good holiday to me too. Last year I had so much fun backpacking through Scandinavia. I think I caught the travel virus.

Mar 31st 2003 at 04:34:01 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Comments:  

Marc,

If you do make it to Scotland (or indeed the Faero Islands or Iceland) for May 31st, you'll be treated to an annular eclipse. Of course the weather is a big threat but it'll still be a great experience. Eclipse chasing is a hobby of mine and so I'm to Scotland with a fellow chaser.

Sounds like a good holiday.

Mar 31st 2003 at 03:31:21 AM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

Right now, my plan for the summer is to visit Scotland and perhaps the Faero Islands. Maybe I'll go to Ireland too. I always like to keep my options open during holidays and since I travel very lightly (just me and my backpack), I can basically do what I want. Who knows.. perhaps I'll end up in Iceland .


Mar 31st 2003 at 01:50:43 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Comments:  

Was I playing sport or did I simply stumble? Both to be honest. I was playing soccer and about to go in for a tackle when I went over my ankle. It turns out to be just a sprain and not the ligament damage I feared. Looks like I won't be recuperating in front of the computer after all

We've got to finally meet up this summer Owen. I'm finished my exams in 6 weeks or so. If you're free then or thereafter, we can "trade" advice .

Anyone have any nice plans for the holidays? ... apart from sweeping of course.

Mar 30th 2003 at 05:29:32 PM
Name:  

Paul

Comments:  

I accept that at times, intermediate might offer some reflection on player ability. However, even without the recent (ya know, the last couple of years) debate, I still think that "dreamboards" and possibly large quantities of time playing the level make comparisons dodgy, at best.

I'm not fool enough to say that people aren't good at intermediate (no obligatory list of names of people who are clearly better than me at this level, and perhaps some who might be worse :-p). I, however, am also not fool enough to think it matters (I might also note that perhaps this is clear because of the same peoples' expert scores).

(skips some blabbering). Just because I think Int is no use for ranking players doesn't mean it isn't fun, or challenging to an individual... if you want to play, do so. However, if one is concerned about the rest of the worlds ability at Minesweeper, Int isn't the place to be comparing. Of course, according to all the "official" comparison lists, beginner still counts too... even 1-click board ones. They, clearly, are a very telling reflection of a Minesweepers' ability.

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Mar 30th 2003 at 01:10:43 PM
Name:  

Roli

Comments:  

talked to a friend of mine... That´s a good one. Muhahaha.

Mar 30th 2003 at 11:55:28 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

80

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

I agree...I know that there are fantastic players all over the world, but I feel an "intermediate" player, as you can understand looking at my times. I started playing "seriously" when i talked with a friend of mine, and we started a "time match". My exp time was 108, now it's 80. So, neil, don't care about it...just play for fun.

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Mar 30th 2003 at 11:08:13 AM
Name:  

Yannig

Best expert:  

87

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

I agree with Neil
just missed a 84 on the last click

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Mar 30th 2003 at 11:00:42 AM
Name:  

Neil M (aka: Blindmage)

Best expert:  

118

Best intermediate:  

29

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

look, i know that foral you good players, int seems to have lost it's purpose for lots of reasosn, board cycle skiping, board memorization....and other ewasons....but what about us "intermediate" players...i just broke the 30sec mark...my times are crap compaired ti you guys, i can't beak my expert record to save my soul....and all i'm seeing is a huge debate as to wether int will even be allowed...i've never had the dreamdboard..i've ahad some good ones..my 30sec was on 2 3bv....but it took me a long time to beat it.....all i'm trying to say is...think about the ppl who've never played...to say that expert is the only one that counts is rediculous...if that was the case, i wouldn't have enev started playing.

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Mar 30th 2003 at 10:57:15 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

The Active Ranking has been updated. A new feature on the site is a link to a recently updated Hall of Fame ranking.

Mar 30th 2003 at 04:13:08 AM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

I regulary update my own "Top-20", and I've just placed Steffen on Rank 16, with scores of 2-13-53 with no possibility to claim better beg and inter scores. Not a big thing for you all but important for me : I'm now ranked 13 instead of 14 ! . So close to Top-10 !!

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Mar 30th 2003 at 04:06:33 AM
Name:  

Steffen

Comments:  

Sober again.
Hm.Ouch.

@Marc:I cant retract those personal records because if i take a look in my computer there they are. (Of course they are no wr for me). I pity the way i attacked lasse, though the main point stays .22. Me too.

@Lance:Well done. But nor did Roli stop arguing nor is this a need for attention. This is a discussion about what to do with beg/int. My 53("3) stands and is true.

Seemingly the discussion doesnt lead to anything and i doubt in having a "perfect" minesweeper.
->Guess i´m off. Bye.

Mar 30th 2003 at 12:35:21 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Comments:  

(cont) What's to stop someone like steffen from coming here and posting increasingly better scores with time while abusing the game and never telling a soul? We would all trust him, and that would be our downfall. Very sad. Happy sweeping, all.

Lance

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Mar 30th 2003 at 12:33:32 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

58x2

Best intermediate:  

15x3

Best beginner:  

1x2

Comments:  

@Marc and others, I think there are many people here who share your very same mindset. I might not be as elite a player as yourself, but I have been around for nearly as long. And though Steffen claims times that are better than mine, I know that I am a better player, as are many others. He's already claimed to have manipulated cycles to get his 1, he obviously did so for his intermediate, both of which destroy any credibility he had for claiming a good expert score of 53 (let alone saying he has a 13 non-DB, w/o prior knowledge). It's a good think that he used a disclaimer of "personal record" by his scores, because he's the only one who accepts them to be records. Coming here to argue and brag and posture about his scores just shows his strong need for attention, and it's good that Roli has stopped arguing with him, because he is not too far above Steffen's level. Case is a respectable player, so it scares and concerns me that he is so willing to show that other boards can be dismantled in the same way Steffen does, despite the fact that he won't claim outright those scores as his records (which is of little solace). To waste our time and good reputations berating someone that everyone sees as a joke does no good. Nobody accepts his scores anyway. I think it was Paul who first heralded the death of intermediate. While many of us were reluctant to accept it, Paul showed prescience of what ultimately came to be. Intermediate is obsolete, and beginner is too, obviously. They may be played for fun, but any posted scores should not be taken to prove a level of skill, because they are so easily and undetectably manipulated. Which is sad, because people who work hard to get good scores, like Lasse, Dan, Damien, Matt, Marc, Paul, and I, to name a few, can only afford to bank on reputations of ourselves and others, and even reputation is likely to be manipulated from here on out. (cont)

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Mar 29th 2003 at 09:38:29 PM
Name:  

Devin

Best expert:  

14

Best intermediate:  

1

Best beginner:  

-6

Comments:  

hey dudes...can u be any lazier?....am i the only one to come out and make funna u guys...yea its kinda amazing but guys...its only MINESWEEPER...get a life...and some pubes

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Mar 29th 2003 at 08:04:51 PM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

Steffen:
I sincerely hope you'll retract those statements when you're sober. If not: I pity you. How old are you anyway? You strike me as a very immmature person.

Oh, and if you haven't noticed by now: I'm extremely pissed off.

Mar 29th 2003 at 07:13:37 PM
Name:  

Steffen

Best expert:  

53! (Personal Record)

Best intermediate:  

8! (Personal Record)

Best beginner:  

1! (Personal Record)

Comments:  

I admit i´m drunk for the following text.

@Sorin: I dont want to prove anything.
@Manu: 13.
@Lasse: I hope you´ve been drunk too, if not:
1)You´re in the congress. I didn´t thought your opinion was that "simple"...
2)What have we all build this congress for then...
3)I didn´t think there is an unwritten understanding
4)Seems like you are reading this guestbook very unregularly, because your last sentence seems more like a fairy tale.
@Georgi: Congrats!

Mar 29th 2003 at 02:46:45 PM
Name:  

Sorin

Comments:  

I played int for about 90 minutes today. I finished 14 games at an average of 19.78 with a 15(55 3BV) as the best.
Still no match for Damien

What are you trying to prove Steffen? I just can't figure out.

Mar 29th 2003 at 01:30:37 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Congratulations Georgi!

new highest 3bv for a sub70: 69 on a 3bv 190 board!
(previous best: 3bv 184)

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Mar 29th 2003 at 01:02:18 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

63

Best intermediate:  

18x5

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Congratulations Georgi

I made a 64 sec (130 3BV) today, so I'm still a tiny bit in front of you in expert, but I still suck at int. I really don't care that much about my int time anyway

Happy sweeping (Or whatever it is you're doing with the game )

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Mar 29th 2003 at 12:51:35 PM
Name:  

Owen

Comments:  

Hard luck Dan,
Such a sacrifice having to play all that minesweeper now that you're injured...
do you play sport or did you simply stumble or something?

Int has lost almost all credability in my opinion now.I also disregard 9s and others on the dreamboard for purposes of world ranking without doubt.

Damien - any chance of getting a glimpse of any of your videos? my address is below or maybe you have a website

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Mar 29th 2003 at 11:29:52 AM
Name:  

Georgi Kermekchiev

Best expert:  

65 !

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

New expert best

Last one was in October ...

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Mar 29th 2003 at 10:25:05 AM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

Hear hear!

Mar 29th 2003 at 10:18:57 AM
Name:  

Lasse Nyholm

Best expert:  

41

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I'd like to say that just because a congress exists, it does not mean that a player can leave all responsibility for his or her style of playing on the congress. The rules, that tells us what is fair and unfair playing in the field of minesweeper has allways been an unwritten understanding and it would be preferable if it could stay so. Therefore I would like to encourage everybody to think about what this game is essentially about, and play according to this.

Thank you - Lanyjé

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Mar 29th 2003 at 09:16:46 AM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

Steffen, can you honestly tell us what is your record on inter with a board that you didn't know at all and that you played "normally" ?
Just missed a 45 with 13 squares left and no guess to make...

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Mar 29th 2003 at 08:22:47 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

I have not yet received the new active ranking list... that is why the site has not been updated.

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Mar 29th 2003 at 05:31:31 AM
Name:  

Steffen

Comments:  

You can be sure about that Manu. Next step would probably be to mark some strategical mines/all mines before playing. But i guess the congress will finally say anything (for the first time !) and not allow that kind of playing.
I just had to do that 8 because it is so easy for me now to get that board and i just didnt want to share that 9 with roland. I dont want to be my 8 to be a wr just like my 9 or rolands 9. Damien wrote a good explanation, though the first purpose dominates the second...
Of course i know that dan, matt, damien are much better than me.
But unfortunitly we only have those 30-50 "dreamboards". If one has played minesweeper for a while (and if your memory is just good enough) you´ll quickly know them. Especially if you always start on a certain square.
This would in a next step mean to me, that probably none of my good times in future could be claimed for the ar, because i would probably have seen it before.
Concluding it doesnt make much sense for me to go on with int. As others pointed out earlier, the only reliable in minesweeper seems to be expert...
And if some of you want to blame me for all this again :
-> I didnt "destroy" int , int is destroyed by the cycles in it.

Mar 29th 2003 at 02:37:13 AM
Name:  

Manu

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I agree with Case about everything he said. I'm just looking forward to playing on a perfect minesweeper. Then we'll really see who are the faster to analyse patterns, to react, to click, all that minesweeper is about. I guess that the best players haven't change since 2 or 3 years : Damien, Matt, Dan.
I also want to say that I'm surprised that Steffen hasn't set anything better than a 8 with his method. I think that if the congress decides to allow this way of playing, his record will be beaten in the following week.

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Mar 28th 2003 at 08:10:43 PM
Name:  

Paul

Comments:  

Or we could just accept an idea that has floated around a while, that Intermediate is meaningless in terms of ranking players (along with beginner :-p). We can create loads of different ways of ranking Intermediate scores (of course, they'll be based on "say-so", a shame), so that people who have gone quickly somehow or other can have that information shared with the world at large, and there will be a number of official intermediate records. But at the end of the day, we just entirely dismiss the level.

Yeah, that'd be mint.

Oh... the, umm, council... is membership permanent? Voted on yearly? Expanded as the Minesweeper community grows? And other stuff?

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Mar 28th 2003 at 06:48:00 PM
Name:  

Case

Comments:  

oh yeah... georgi, thanks for the congrats, but dont put me down as a 10 on intermediate in your yahoo groups database, 13 is my legit score.

Mar 28th 2003 at 06:41:54 PM
Name:  

Case

Comments:  

I'm not going overboard in any attempt at a new record, i'm just trying to show that it is not difficult to memorize a board if that is what you are setting out to do. Yes, Matt's 10 was due in part to the fact that he watched his own video and realized where he could have been more efficient but i dont believe Matt was playing entirely by memory when he got his 10. He played the numbers that came up, albeit, with a comfortability because he had seen them so many times before. In Steffen's video you can see that for the most part he did not even make an attempt to look like he is playing the board; it more resembled a set pattern of clicks that is perfectly efficient on that board done straight from memory.
Unfortunately, there is not much that can be done about it. Some might think that banning "the dreamboard" is the solution, but then people will just do the same thing to other boards. This is what i was trying to show. I admit that in this regard i probably did go overboard.
Back when Roli got his 9, i was annoyed and decided to map the intermediate cycle and play boards i'd know so i could get one of those insanely fast intermediate times. Then i got bored of it, because it doesnt really mean anything to get a low score if you didnt actually play the game. By this time i had gotten a 10, and several other times under 12, but decided against submitting them because i didnt think it was right. (My highscore board still has the 10 though )
If the congress decides to accept the 8s and 9s done from memory, you can bet there will be a lot more intentional memorization of intermediate boards. I would hate to see this, because intermediate does not need to be ruined. It is much more fun and competitive when the score means something about how fast you can react, not how fast you can click out a set pattern.

Mar 28th 2003 at 05:09:36 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

steffen has a simple two-fold purpose: one, to show how ridiculously far memorization can go while discrediting the dreamboard (prompted by Roli's appearance), and secondly, to get the world record if the congress decides db's are legit.

matt didn't have the board completely memorized and had no way to practice the board and he did not take advantage of the cycles; however, he was the first to flag the mine 3-in on the bottom corner from memory to save time and he also knew a faster way to clear the middle patch because he had realized his previous inefficeincy from watching his videos.

Roli played waiting for the dreamboard and, uncomfortably, he got it very frequently, and through fairly careful planning he took advantage of it when it showed up.

Steffen has completely thought out the board and taking full advantage of knowing the cycles. on his vid, he knows it's the db befoe he begins, hesitates as he counts down from the top corner, then immediately takes the one click that everyone else ends up finding last and goes for the openings, then cleans everything on a preplanned routine.

so, i see Roli's frustration at being clumped with steffen, but the question is, where did it go too far? and now, case has gone overboard (in my opinion) along with steffen in memorizing other boards, so now, we are forced to rely entirely on say-so.

Mar 28th 2003 at 02:53:53 PM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

A dreamboard is just a very fast board. There is one main dreamboard on intermediate that many people have set their records on. There are other boards that are almost as fast that could be considered dreamboards.

Mar 28th 2003 at 01:59:43 PM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

Sorry again, but i'm not an expert, and i can't understand what you mean with "dreamboard"...

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Mar 28th 2003 at 12:56:02 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@case: i know how you feel. i lost three possible sub60s with 5 or less clicks to go today

new 3bv/s record: 2.883bv/s 79 on a 3bv225 board

Mar 28th 2003 at 12:23:12 PM
Name:  

Case

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

well the 7 is eluding me, but here's a 10 on a NON dreamboard, but still quite done by memorization. Also a Recorder/Player "31-3bv10sec.txt" file is there for anyone who wants to download and watch it.
http://216.47.130.60/minesweeper/nondream10/

Crap... dang you elmar... look how close i was to beating you on expert
http://216.47.130.60/minesweeper/LostExpert57.JPG

Mar 28th 2003 at 11:50:27 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

63

Best intermediate:  

18x5

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Just returned yesterday from one week on Gran Canaria. Damn nice weather but too many tourists

I've just played 2 hours beginner before I finally got a 3 sec... A waste of time Anyway, now I have the same total as in the last AR period: 3+20+64 = 87.

I've been quite busy the last few weeks, but now I think I'm beginning to have some more time to sweep again

Happy sweeping!

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Mar 28th 2003 at 10:52:24 AM
Name:  

Case

Comments:  

Steffen's is much worse, because in one place you notice he doesnt even work off any of the opened squares, he marks a mine in the middle of nowhere so that he can click next to it and double-click on a one.... he didnt even make the pretense of trying to actually play. I dont know why he would make a video of that and claim a highscore if he really is claiming it and not just showing how ridiculous intermediate has gotten now.

Mar 28th 2003 at 09:52:05 AM
Name:  

Roli

Comments:  

So, do you still see no difference between my way of playing and Steffen´s??? Well, I guess you don´t! Anyway, congrats to Elmar, let´s keep up our expert-competition instead of AR?!

Mar 28th 2003 at 08:07:44 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Comments:  

I managed to go over my left ankle yesterday and wreck all the ligaments. It's was pretty painful but I guess I'll just have to play mineseeper for the next week while I recover

Mar 28th 2003 at 08:00:31 AM
Name:  

Elmar Zimmermann

Best expert:  

60

Best intermediate:  

14 non-db

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

that was me...

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Mar 28th 2003 at 07:59:27 AM
Name:  

Anonymous Surfer

Comments:  

Steffen,stupid timer bug eh? i don't see what you're trying to prove though. if you just wanted to make a point, you coud've stopped after you got the 9.
i stopped playing int some time ago after i got my 14 (on an unknown board btw). the dreamboard is also the reason why i don't submit scores to the AR anymore. i don't know why i should keep playing int when any mediocre player (sorry matthew, but that's how it is) can beat my score.

@case: i didn't tie your score, i'm ahead of you now. expert comes first!

Mar 28th 2003 at 12:26:08 AM
Name:  

Georgi Kermekchiev

Comments:  

Congrats Case,
It is really nice game!

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Mar 28th 2003 at 12:13:22 AM
Name:  

lukasz malinowski

Comments:  

my scores for current period are 3,17 and 48. i haven't posted my times for about half year, now it's time to start playing actively again .

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Mar 27th 2003 at 09:16:42 PM
Name:  

Matthew Ackerman

Best expert:  

75

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~ackerman/minesweeper/12.avi

Thanks for the happy birthday's. My 12 is a dreamboard, so maybe I should start posting my best as a non dreamboard score? I just got it a week or so ago, I thought I had the board memorized but then when it came I still spent too much time thinking.

Mar 27th 2003 at 06:53:39 PM
Name:  

James

Comments:  

No comment on the 8. I'll leave it the experts.

My e-mail has been fucking up lately so I will post my AR scores here in case my e-mail does not get through: 4-22-78.

Mar 27th 2003 at 05:40:06 PM
Name:  

Case

Comments:  

oh, and damn you Elmar for tying me! maybe they'll count my 10 so i can be ahead of you again

Mar 27th 2003 at 05:39:55 PM
Name:  

Marc Schouten

Comments:  

That last anonymous surfer was me.

Mar 27th 2003 at 05:38:42 PM
Name:  

Case

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Steffen, why do you bother putting that 8 as your record? I've got a 10 i got on a dreamboard (28-3bv) i had pretty much memorized, but there's no sense in counting it... it's not playing minesweeper. But if you guys are gonna start counting that stuff go ahead and put me down for a 10 intermediate, and i'll have a 7 before the night's out.
wanna see my 10?
http://216.47.130.60/minesweeper/mineint10.JPG

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Mar 27th 2003 at 05:02:20 PM
Name:  

Matt

Comments:  

Steffen, I dont know what to think.

Please stop doing whatever youre doing, I can see int. becoming a joke right before my eyes.

Mar 27th 2003 at 02:42:54 PM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

**** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/3pm EST ****

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Mar 27th 2003 at 02:05:54 PM
Name:  

Grzegorz

Best expert:  

65

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

do Łukasza: jak sie pojawiłem to miałem 103 na expercie a teraz tylko czekam kiedy zejde poniżej 60. A ty kiedy bedziesz najlepszy bo widze że ci mało brakuje. A tak w ogóle to oni chyba nie lubią jak się tutaj pisze nie po angielsku. Miłego grania.

Mar 27th 2003 at 01:54:42 PM
Name:  

Anonymous Surfer

Comments:  

That's right, Steffen. You just keep playing your happy little game.

Mar 27th 2003 at 11:12:55 AM
Name:  

Steffen

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

8

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

video at yahoogroups

i recently got some 54s/55s so i hope to beat my exp record soon...

Mar 27th 2003 at 10:50:02 AM
Name:  

Elmar Zimmermann

Best expert:  

61 -> 60

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

60.34secs on a 3bv128 board. well, it's not much but it's something. unfortunately the countrec didn't save the game, but the screenshot is at my site.
114 sub70s

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Mar 27th 2003 at 09:16:54 AM
Name:  

aapo

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

Why isn't there records in very difficult levels? Like 24x30 with 150 mines or 24x30 with 200 mines. The last one is really hard one.

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Mar 27th 2003 at 02:51:05 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

I had an intermediate board with a 3BV of 119 a couple of days ago. Didn't finish it though, but maybe I'll put it up on my homepage soon.

Mar 27th 2003 at 01:01:36 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

Maybe i'm a stupid guy, but I can't understand how the counter works....need help!!

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Mar 26th 2003 at 11:34:54 PM
Name:  

ruanyi

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@Matthew Ackerman,
u are great experter on intermediate-sweeping.

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Mar 26th 2003 at 01:48:23 PM
Name:  

lukasz malinowski

Comments:  

do grzegorza: kurde pech.. a tak swoja droga to chyba spory postep uczyniles od pojawienia sie tutaj, nawet nie wiedzialem. fajnie .

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Mar 26th 2003 at 01:31:21 PM
Name:  

Elliott

Best expert:  

70 -> 66

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Holy crap! I just slaughtered my expert record by 4 seconds! My first sub 70 ever... happy sweeping everyone

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Mar 26th 2003 at 01:16:03 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

my playing is getting better again. got 4 sub60s in 2 hours(65,66,68,69).
best game: 68 on a 3bv178 board
total: 110 sub60s
and in one game i maintained a 3bv/s of over 3 for more than 50secs.

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Mar 26th 2003 at 11:32:11 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

Thank you Elmar!!

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Mar 26th 2003 at 06:51:04 AM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

**** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/3pm EST ****

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Mar 26th 2003 at 05:18:47 AM
Name:  

Georgi Kermekchiev

Comments:  

Happy Birthday Matthew!

Nice Intermediate score - do you have video and/or screenshot?

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Mar 25th 2003 at 09:49:27 PM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Comments:  

Drink one for me, Matthew!

Lance

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Mar 25th 2003 at 09:04:47 PM
Name:  

Matthew Ackerman

Best expert:  

75

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

7,670th day on this planet as of 4 minutes ago

Mar 25th 2003 at 06:41:47 PM
Name:  

James

Comments:  

Bad luck Grzegorz.

Daniele: Benvenuto! Parlo un po' di italiano, ma sono canadese, non italiano. So che il mio italiano e cattiva ma mettermela tutta .

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Mar 25th 2003 at 02:34:25 PM
Name:  

Grzegorz

Best expert:  

65

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

shIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIt, F.............................................k i just had my best ever game, only 40 mines flaged, 55 on the clock, 7 clear (any 50-50 shots) squares to open and i don't know why i click on the mine.

No mather what GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY, i'm going to cut off my f........................ing FINGER. CU!!

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Mar 25th 2003 at 02:02:37 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@daniele: you can find the 3bv-counter at my site -software.

@roli: congrats on your 59. so i guess you won the race for first sub60, but our competition is still on. semester break isn't over until apr21st!

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Mar 25th 2003 at 01:10:18 PM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

Thanks, but i don't have so much time, even if i play some hours a day (about 2). University takes me so much. I've watched Lasse's videos, and became crazy... . I still make too much stupid errors. By the way...is there anyone who can send me the 3BV counter? I can't find where i can download it. the link to minesweeper-addicts requires a login..

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Mar 25th 2003 at 12:59:33 PM
Name:  

Mariana Fezz

Comments:  

Minesweeper is the best game ever invented. It is the best thing ever invented after Skippy squeezable peanut butter.
My sister thinks I need a 12 step program because she is a genius and thinks I'm addicted to Minesweeper. I am. I know that I am. I just don't want to admit it.

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Mar 25th 2003 at 02:50:20 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Daniele, the main suggestion is a simple one: practice, practice and again practice. Maybe watch some videos. Read the tips of this page, especially to improve the double-click technique. And take part at the Active Ranking (http://www.active-ranking.de.vu). Competition is always helpful for improving times.

Mar 24th 2003 at 12:47:51 PM
Name:  

Yannig

Comments:  

"i told several of you that your scores would be up today (Feb6) but my comp crashed and I lost the update. gonna hit bed and try again tommorrow hopefully, sorry, luck."
I wonder what tomorrow means?

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Mar 24th 2003 at 12:33:41 PM
Name:  

daniele

Comments:  

Yes, I'm a boy...don't worry . I don't know if Italy is a poor state for minesweeper, but I know some good ones (as a friend of mine whose times are 1-23-75). My 80 could be a 75, but i lost a mine in the grid...GGRRRRRRR! Please, write me if someone has some good suggests

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Mar 24th 2003 at 07:59:09 AM
Name:  

Roelof Smit

Comments:  

Of course, and I pretend to understand a bit of the Italian language... stupid me

Sorry Daniele...

Mar 24th 2003 at 07:53:43 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Roelof, I think, Daniele is a boy's name in Italy. Consider Daniele Nardello, the italian cyclist. But nevertheless: @Daniele, welcome here!

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Mar 24th 2003 at 07:48:02 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

84

Comments:  

Frustration. I tied my 84 seconds but not before wasting the last 4 seconds searching for the last square. And the 3BV was 158... nothing special.

Mar 24th 2003 at 07:12:43 AM
Name:  

Roelof Smit

Comments:  

Congrats to all record breakers.

Welcome Daniele, nice to see a girl again (with an interesting name, haha - just kidding, the regular members of this GB will understand). And from Italy as well... you country doesn't seem to contain many sweepers.

Mar 24th 2003 at 06:52:02 AM
Name:  

Roli

Best expert:  

61 (130) --> 59 (135)

Best intermediate:  

9

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Sub70-No.: 145

Mar 24th 2003 at 06:31:40 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

80

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

I'm a recent minesweeper player, just because a friend of mine had some good times (i thought....it was a 92, now become 75... ). My best expert time is 80, but I think that i can do better. too mistakes, and not a good technique. Is there someone who can help me? I want a sub-100 total time!!! Now it's 105... (80+23+2)

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Mar 24th 2003 at 04:15:30 AM
Name:  

Georgi Kermekchiev

Comments:  

I think with that 56 on 174 3bv board Paul is the unofficial no.1

Keep on Paul

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Mar 24th 2003 at 04:11:20 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Hey Paul, with that 56 you should be No.5 in the nf world ranking. Not bad.



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