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Nov 4th 2003 at 10:40:50 AM |
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Tsvetelina Nikolova |
Best expert: |
144 |
Best intermediate: |
53 |
Best beginner: |
7 |
Comments: |
i'm steel to slow maybe... ![]() |
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Nov 4th 2003 at 10:22:09 AM |
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Name: |
Josh Freund |
Best expert: |
113-->109-->107-->105-->103-->101 |
Best intermediate: |
28-->27 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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I played for about 3 or 4 hours last night/this morning, and managed to improve my Intermediate time by 1. I also beat my Expert time five times; VERY close to 100 now. I almost had it on the 101, but took a second longer than I should have at the end. Can't wait to break the 100-mark.... I know they're not great scores, but hey; I'm excited. ![]() |
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Nov 4th 2003 at 07:30:18 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
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Nice to hear from you, Roelof. I'm still checking out the results of FC Utrecht every weekend! And 70 isn't bad for playing only rarely. |
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Nov 4th 2003 at 05:39:32 AM |
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Name: |
Roelof Smit |
Best expert: |
56 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
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Hey all, I thought I'd post a message here again, I think it's been about 8 months since I left... How's life? I'm quite allright, studying political science at Leiden University. As I don't even own a computer, I can hardly play minesweeper (even if I would want to). Sometimes, when I'm at home, I sweep a bit, but my times are not very good (always between 70 and 80)... Nevertheless Damien, I would like you to finally add my correct times to the lists!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() Ciao, Roelof |
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Nov 4th 2003 at 01:55:27 AM |
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Name: |
Daniel Lynch |
Best expert: |
74 |
Best intermediate: |
18 |
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Greetings all. I've not checked in for quite a while now. I still play the odd bit but am trying to keep up with all the work in university. I usually just do enough to survive the AR. The 17th of this month sees me off eclipse chasing again. This time it's not so easy as Scotland. Antarctica beckons. They say sweepers have addictive personalities, eh? ![]() Happy Sweeping to all! |
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Nov 3rd 2003 at 04:11:56 PM |
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Name: |
Sorin |
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I have removed the programs from the addicts site to make 'repairs'. It should be available shortly. This problem Dennis is having may be caused by different language versions of minesweeper. The minesweeper window is identified by its class name, which is not necessarily the same as the title (caption). I don't understand why they changed the class name too. That is transparent to the user. Who cares the name is english if you can't see it!? To fix this I would need to know the title of this window in various languages. If someone has a list with minesweeper translations please send it to me. You may post these names here if you like. |
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Nov 3rd 2003 at 10:41:20 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81x2 |
Best intermediate: |
17x3 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Congrats Alex! ![]() I tried to download the new verion of the counter, hoping that it might work on my computer for the XP version of Minesweeper but it doesn't... ![]() Yesterday I didn't manage to get a sub-20 on intermediate for some reason but I still played really well. I finished a lot of games and got nice '3bv per second's. I actually broke my record twice. I think my record was 2.92 but first I got 2.98 and then about half an hour later I got 2.99! Quite a nice intermediate session but no sub-20s! Strange! I guess I just didn't have the required luck on the boards with a low 3bv yesterday! ![]() ![]() |
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Nov 3rd 2003 at 09:37:37 AM |
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Name: |
Alex |
Best expert: |
67-->65 |
Best intermediate: |
17 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Shaved another 2 seconds off expert and my sum. Was a 133 3BV. Sum is now 83. |
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Nov 3rd 2003 at 07:27:45 AM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
Comments: |
I received it... thank you! ![]() ![]() |
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Nov 3rd 2003 at 01:50:52 AM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
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@Georgi: I can't enter the site because it needs registration, and even after that i can't download anything.... Can you send me the counter? Thanks... I hope that this one will work... ![]() ![]() |
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Nov 2nd 2003 at 05:13:34 PM |
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Name: |
Chase Williams |
Best expert: |
56 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I emailed thefinerminer@hotmail.com with my screenshots, and my scores aren't up yet. Are they still adding scores or what? |
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Nov 2nd 2003 at 04:22:18 PM |
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Name: |
Adam |
Best expert: |
83 |
Best intermediate: |
23 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
where can i download the 3BV so that i can improve my effeciency? ![]() |
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Nov 2nd 2003 at 03:32:09 PM |
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Name: |
Sorin |
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It seems not well enough... The old 'game not stopping' may still appear. I hoped this won't appeared but it seems it did. Cause: The minesweeper yellow face is sometimes updated later than it should and so it's necessary to wait a bit and see if the game has ended or not. So the recorder waits for a time and then cancels. It seems the wait time was not long enough. However, increasing this time may cause the recorder to wait more before reseting when you change the level (1 - 2 seconds- slower computers will wait more than fast ones).Why? When you change the level the window changes but the recorder is still waiting for the face in the older window to change. When the time passes it will reset. Making it to wait infinitely will totally remove the stopping bug, but it will cause the program to possibly lock up when changing the level. So a compromise solution has to be taken. I have incresed that wait time now(about 20 times). I could update the recorder on the addicts site or add the new one to the package. What do you think? |
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Nov 2nd 2003 at 01:24:14 PM |
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Name: |
Traian |
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Hi! Congratulations to Sorin on a job extremely well done (a iesit help-ul ala numai bine) ![]() And, Lasse, you're the best, man! You're too fast for us mortals. ![]() ![]() @Dennis: dude, that's right, you should be focusing on expert. I'm still waiting for you... ![]() Take care of your mice... Bye. |
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Nov 2nd 2003 at 11:13:42 AM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
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There is new version of Recorder/Counter by Sorin Manea. A lot of new features and perfect functionality ![]() http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minesweeper-addicts/files/Recorder%20-%20Player.exe |
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Nov 1st 2003 at 03:39:24 PM |
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Name: |
Cullen |
Best expert: |
118 |
Best intermediate: |
33 |
Best beginner: |
5 |
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Just kind of a pastime for me, something to keep me from getting any sleep. ![]() Interestingly enough, I just got my fastest time on beginner (in between writing this and reading an email that popped up) by doing the "practice method" of no flagging as suggested by Damien. Pretty interesting stuff considering I've always flagged EVERYTHING (my other times are from flagging and double-clicking everything). Additionally, yesterday I beat my best intermediate time of 40 with the 33 and also my best expert time of 119 with 118. Not sure if this helps at all, but I'm also a competition handgun shooter (USPSA, Steel Challenge, etc.). Been having some breakthroughs in shooting lately as well. You see what you need to and make things happen. If the two are intertwined, it should make for some interesting advancements. So yeah, that's me. Play well, Cullen CA, USA |
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Oct 31st 2003 at 06:23:02 PM |
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Name: |
Derek Miller |
Best expert: |
156 |
Best intermediate: |
33 |
Best beginner: |
4 |
Comments: |
Hey this is Derek Miller again. Could you post your address on your site because my default mail is down and it won't change it. Anyway if you want the screenshot of the board just email me and I will send it to you. ![]() |
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Oct 31st 2003 at 05:31:06 PM |
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Name: |
Derek Miller |
Best expert: |
156 |
Best intermediate: |
33 |
Best beginner: |
4 ONE SQUARE OFF A 1-- i cant believe it |
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I read the article about how some people manage to have gotten some of the same boards. Well I had downloaded Jon Simonsen's 1 time in beginner and I was just playing and got the exact same board as him. If my first click was in the top right corner rather than the space to left I would have gotten.. It really ticks me off. Well anyway I would just like to support the non-randomness of these boards. |
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Oct 31st 2003 at 04:04:03 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x3 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Yep, those are some nice videos! I tried to go that fast but it turned out to be really hard... ![]() ![]() I'm still trying to beat my intermediate record although I probably should be focusing on expert. Today I've gotten 2 19s and an 18 but the 18 was on a 31 3bv board so I guess that was my opening... I just don't think I would have solved it if I had gone any faster! ![]() ![]() |
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Oct 31st 2003 at 12:14:27 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
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Cool, thanks for putting them up ![]() Seems like you're in good shape at the moment, Lasse. Maybe it's time for a new WR? ![]() Good luck ![]() Martin |
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Oct 31st 2003 at 09:25:02 AM |
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Name: |
me again |
Comments: |
seems it doesn't - I'll try again |
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Oct 31st 2003 at 09:23:52 AM |
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Name: |
Lasse Nyholm |
Comments: |
Hi guys, I've just put my 41-vid and a couple more recent vids (my 43 from last month and a 44 and a 45 I've got the last couple of days) on the internet. No fancy design or anything just videos. Hope it works. Enjoy - Lanyjé |
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Oct 30th 2003 at 05:02:17 PM |
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Name: |
Jarad |
Best expert: |
55 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
In order to find an opening on expert I usually make some random clikcs. If I uncover a 1 anywhere then I usually focus some random clicks around that 1. I find that there are more openings around 1's due to less bombs. |
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Oct 30th 2003 at 03:27:05 PM |
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Name: |
Evelyn Melgar |
Best expert: |
270 |
Best intermediate: |
50 |
Best beginner: |
9 |
Comments: |
Before my uncle left to another country he used to challenge me when i was a little girl and he would tell me that if i ever beat minesweeper he was going to reard me with $200. its about 2 yrs thats he's been gone to a foreign country so by now he owes me about $1 million. changing the subject,it just irritates me when am about to win the game but im left with nothing else to do but guess. |
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Oct 30th 2003 at 02:15:38 PM |
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Name: |
Bryan Hayden |
Best expert: |
79 |
Best intermediate: |
24 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I really don't think that there is much that you can do at the beginning of the game other than hope that you get a good opening that allows for opportunities to clear out squares. The sheer fact that there aren't usually a whole lot of large openings in expert makes it pointless, in my mind, to really try to open up more space if you have already hit a good opening. |
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Oct 30th 2003 at 10:13:14 AM |
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Name: |
jcs |
Best expert: |
193 |
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I´m a beginner as u can see ( 193 ), I was wondering how u deside in the beginning of a new game ( expert ) when to stop trying to get more "open space" and start concentrating on the real thing. Just seems like 1/10 games ( probably a lot more ) gets me somewhere, all the others crash in the beginning trying to get a good start.. Tips..? |
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Oct 30th 2003 at 06:13:58 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81x2!! |
Best intermediate: |
17x3!!! |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I just tied another one of my records! I got an 81 on a 138 3bv board. This one was also very close to beating my record but I hesitated with 3 sqares left and the timer changed to 81 right when I clicked the last square... I am kind of happy to have tied two of my records of course but I want the pop-up window!!!!! ![]() Got it on video! ![]() |
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Oct 30th 2003 at 05:23:33 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x3!!! |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I just got my 9th sub-20 and my 3rd 17! I am really happy although I was SO close to beating my record. It changed to 17 right when clicking the last square! This 17 was made on a really nice 39 3bv (like my first one) but this board was even nicer in a way as there was just ONE big opening so the only click I wasted was my first one where I hit a number, then I hit the opening! I've got it on video in case anyone's interested! ![]() |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 01:03:37 PM |
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Name: |
Steve G. |
Best expert: |
102 |
Best intermediate: |
32 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
3BV is the minimum number of left clicks you need to clear a board. More information can be found at http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/~bechtel/3bv.htm |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 11:34:27 AM |
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Name: |
Tim O'Connell |
Best expert: |
120 |
Best intermediate: |
65 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 10:38:36 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Just got my 5th 19 within two days... This one was the best so far done on a 47 3bv board! I've got the video of course! Good luck everyone! I got a 33 3bv board but finished in 20 because I spent so many clicks before an opening came up and because of the timer bug! ![]() |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 07:42:49 AM |
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Name: |
Dan |
Comments: |
Martin, I play minesweeper on Windows XP and I still use the original 3BV program. All I have to do is copy the minesweeper window to the clipboard, then click on the 'copy from clipboard' button in the program... very easy. The file is 625KB. |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 07:09:27 AM |
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Name: |
Kyle Medlin |
Best expert: |
174 |
Best intermediate: |
29 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
I feel like an idiot, but, what's this "3bv" stuff? ![]() |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 01:56:43 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
It's weird how I suddenly keep getting 19s on intermediate. I just got one on a 39 3bv board. As it turns out there were only 2 necessary clicks left when the timer was at 16. However, I used 5 clicks and had to look for the last square so the timer stopped at 19.68! I should have tried the corner instead of wasting 4 unnecessary clicks! Well, this is my worst 19 so far. Got the video of course! ![]() |
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Oct 29th 2003 at 12:34:30 AM |
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Name: |
Dion Tiu |
Comments: |
Nah, I've been to this site in the past and thought it died a long time ago since none of the scores have been updated. I started playing about 2 years ago and I just got 52 yesterday ![]() |
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Oct 28th 2003 at 02:39:15 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
I just got another 19! I've never gotten a 19 before today and then I get three 19s within 12 hours. Not that I've been playing for 12 hours - I guess I've played intermediate for about 3 hours so that's one 19 per hour... Not a bad thing if you ask me. I came SO close to beating my record several times too but I screwed up! Oh well, it'll happen some time. By the way, my last 19 was done on a 44 3bv board! ![]() |
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Oct 28th 2003 at 11:59:00 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Martin, I also visited that site now! I like your idea about a Minesweeper team! Considering the many hours we spend playing Minesweeper it shouldn't be a problem to obtain a position as #1 ![]() ![]() |
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Oct 28th 2003 at 09:51:16 AM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
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I crossed this site http://bmt.bewes.be/ and thought that maybe it could be fun to make a minesweeper team? ![]() Btw, I still haven't found a decent way to calculate the 3BV of some XP style screenshots, so if anyone has any ideas... ![]() |
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Oct 28th 2003 at 06:20:58 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I'm starting to really improve my intermediate game, I think. I've gotten 3 20s this AR period and a 19. The 19 was made on a 43 3bv so that's quite nice! @Dion, you've certainly got some REALLY nice scores! Do you still play regularly? |
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Oct 28th 2003 at 04:27:00 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
@Dion: Are you new here or just really really from way back? I've never seen you here before.... ![]() |
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Oct 28th 2003 at 02:26:59 AM |
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Name: |
Dion Tiu |
Best expert: |
52 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I can't believe this part of the site is still active |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 07:49:53 PM |
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Name: |
Bryan Hayden |
Best expert: |
79 |
Best intermediate: |
24 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Hey all, just came across this site and wanted to let you know that I am awestruck at the times that some of you manage to get. I'm angry that I haven't broken my intermediate record since last November. But since I got my computer and mouse in July of '02, I have managed to whittle my expert score from 134 to 79. Now only if I can continue at that pace... |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 03:46:53 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Traian, I know what that must feel like. I screwed up a 122 3bv board after clearing 79 out of the 122 with an estimated finish time of 70! With a personal best of 81 that would have been really neat! I've gotten two 87s today but that's the best I've been able to do so far this AR period! ![]() |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 01:54:02 PM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Best expert: |
72 |
Comments: |
Just wanted y'all to know that I screwed up a perfect 103 3BV board on expert. ![]() |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 01:27:17 PM |
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Name: |
Stubbe |
Best expert: |
52 |
Best intermediate: |
17 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
@Stephan: Thanks for the kind words. I doubt that I'll be able to keep my 4'th place for long, since I don't have as much time to sweep as in the old days ![]() @Dennis: I live in Frederiksberg (within Copenhagen). |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 01:06:57 PM |
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Name: |
adnan the homedawg |
Best expert: |
999 |
Best intermediate: |
999 |
Best beginner: |
999 |
Comments: |
youre all nerds, get some friends and stop trying to beat minesweeper scores |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 10:18:27 AM |
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Name: |
Tommy Boy |
Best expert: |
105 |
Best intermediate: |
44 |
Best beginner: |
8 |
Comments: |
You guys are maniacs. My finger almost fall off everytime i get a Sub110 score. I have NO IDEA how you can get HALF that! |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 09:16:24 AM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Comments: |
I've always lived in Birkerřd and still do. That's about 15-20 km north of Copenhagen ![]() |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 09:04:32 AM |
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Name: |
Lasse Nyholm |
Comments: |
Dennis, I'm from sydfyn (Svendborg), but live on Amager, Copenhagen, since august 2000. I think both Martin and Stubbe is somewhere in copenhagen as well. Good luck everyone, Lanyjé |
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Oct 27th 2003 at 08:07:15 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Yes, it's always nice with another Dane although that doesn't exactly help my current position as the worst Danish serious Minesweeper! ![]() ![]() |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 02:19:15 PM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Comments: |
Nice to have Stubbe back in the AR even if I'm "only" 5th now... |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 12:40:25 PM |
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Name: |
Dan |
Comments: |
Active Ranking has been updated. |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 11:14:27 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Comments: |
Congrats to Lance! So, it seems I can't use the penalty in the upcoming AR period ![]() |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 10:57:02 AM |
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Name: |
Owen |
Best expert: |
52 |
Best intermediate: |
12 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Hi everyone, i see alot of new names here and few of the old ones. It's funny how we played Minesweeper like mad-men and then retreated from it somewhat. It was great though ![]() well done Luckaz. good luck everyone |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 10:40:57 AM |
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Name: |
Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: |
56! |
Best intermediate: |
13 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
@Dennis: I completed that AR list yesterday and sent the file to Dan to update the website, and he has been too busy to get around to it. I would look for it soon though. @All: I beat my expert time again! I was very surprised because I've had such a tough time getting a good feel for the way my cursor moves on the screen. The box popped up and said 56, which was 5 seconds better than I had been able to achieve on this new setup, on a 144 3BV board. So, now I'm going to focus on intermediate, and maybe I'll beat my score on there in a similar fashion! ![]() Lance |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 08:55:04 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I've got a kind of 'funny' story that I want to share with you guys: Yesterday my mother called me to let me know that she had just won 4750 kr (=640 Euro/754 US$) That's of course really nice but when you've got 6 out of 7 numbers right you're still kind of sad that the last number wasn't right - at least I would be. My mother had a 30 instead of a 33. If she had had that 33 she would have won a little more than 2.6 million kroner (=350,000 Euro/413,000 US$)... That would have been SO neat! ![]() ![]() Happy sweeping everyone and good luck to everyone who plays the lottery! ![]() |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 07:31:52 AM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Comments: |
I can't get the Minesweeper Reader to count the 3BV of a Windows XP screenshot (With Windows XP theme). I tried to copy diffrent areas of the screenshot, but it doesn't work properly. Does anyone have any ideas how to make it work? ![]() |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 03:53:09 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
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Yes, I've tried the classic desktop theme but then the countrec doesn't work with the winmine95 either - at least not properly so that's certainly not an improvement on my computer! It's really a rather strange problem! Does anyone know when the AR will be updated? Just wondering! ![]() |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 03:19:13 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
Dennis, have you tried different desktop themes for XP? I'm using the classic windows desktop and countrec works perfectly. ![]() |
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Oct 26th 2003 at 02:18:47 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
Comments: |
It is pretty odd - both the recorder and recorder fix programs work on both my computers with XP on, though both have a habit of crashing from time to time |
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Oct 25th 2003 at 05:19:27 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
I've tried it on 3 different computers with XP and it doesn't work on any of them... ![]() ![]() |
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Oct 25th 2003 at 04:35:54 PM |
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Name: |
Sorin |
Comments: |
The "old" recorder is supposed to work on XP. It seems that it doensn't on some computers, but I can't explain why. |
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Oct 25th 2003 at 04:18:31 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Sorin, I kind of knew that was the general rule considering the timer bug in the older versions! I just wanted to make sure. Even if it was just a 20 it's still nice. I just still haven't gotten my first 19 yet. I've gotten two 17s and one 18 but no 19s... weird! LOL If a new version of the counter program is coming out soon will it work for the XP version of Windows as well then? That would be absolutely AWSOME! I really hope it does. I love having the counter running but I much prefer the look of the XP version and play better in an XP window for some reason. |
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Oct 25th 2003 at 02:56:23 PM |
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Name: |
Sorin |
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Dennis, the convention is that the Minesweeper timer is always right, even if did it changed earlier. The counter is not perfect. There is a little bug that allowed this to happen. If you press F2 while holding the left button down the game doesn't reset, but the counter does. Probably this happened and the counter was reset in the first second of actual play. So, if the timer didn't changed sooner than usual, and you did use F2 to restart the game, than this is the explanation. I have modified both programs -Recorder and Player- for better functionality and also added a lot of new things. It will be available shortly, probably next week on the addicts site. This will also remove the bug I have discussed above. |
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Oct 25th 2003 at 02:33:17 PM |
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Name: |
lukasz malinowski |
Best expert: |
46 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
hi guys, what's up. i haven't posted here for long time, but now i have internet connection again. i have played a lot during holidays, i had 3 46s but i couldn't brake my record. so have a good sweeping ![]() |
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Oct 24th 2003 at 03:05:29 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I finished a 38 3bv board today and I had the counter.exe running. It said 19.90 when I finished the game but the game counter said 20. I watched the video and noticed that it changed to 20 too early - I guess it just changed because I finished the game. I've had that happen before but not with the counter running. If you ask me it's a 19 but I guess it would be only be counted as a 20, right? The Minesweeper timer is always right??? I just missed a HUGE chance of breaking my record. I messed up a 27 3bv board after solving 7 out of the 27. I took a very stupid and unnescessary chance and wasted my second best board ever! ![]() |
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Oct 24th 2003 at 05:51:39 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Best beginner: |
1 (9x9) |
Comments: |
After Dennis was quite surprised about me not having any 1 in xp-beginner, I developed some new ambition to get one - and finally, after 3 days of intensive playing, I finished a 2 3BV board in nice 1.34 seconds (new personal 3BV/s record of 5.86). ![]() So, if there ever is a beginner ranking for 9x9 grids, I'll be ready! ![]() |
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Oct 24th 2003 at 01:22:26 AM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
Comments: |
Damien, The first guestbook archive is broken (Aug2600-Nov2401.zip) ![]() |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 08:56:14 PM |
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Name: |
Keeno |
Best expert: |
180 |
Best intermediate: |
60 |
Best beginner: |
10 |
Comments: |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 04:12:32 PM |
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Name: |
Steve |
Best intermediate: |
37 |
Comments: |
Wahooooooo...make that thirty seven |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 04:08:24 PM |
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Name: |
Steve |
Best expert: |
130 |
Best intermediate: |
38 |
Best beginner: |
5 |
Comments: |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 12:46:04 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Jeff, I can only say that I've been where you are, we all have. In fact I've been there less than a year ago so just keep playing and you'll get there if you really want it! You can still be proud of your times, they aren't bad - you just need a little (=a lot) more practise! Good luck! ![]() |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 11:39:01 AM |
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Name: |
Jeff Jamieson |
Best intermediate: |
57 |
Best beginner: |
6 |
Comments: |
There was a time when I was proud of my scores. That time was yesterday. You're all completely insane, and I'm ridiculously jealous. |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 06:13:24 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Thanks Stephan for the correction! I was thinking about the web address when I wrote the e-mail address I guess! ![]() |
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Oct 23rd 2003 at 12:07:46 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Comments: |
Kyle, please note that the mail address for active ranking is active_ranking@hotmail.com (with an underscore). See the deadline post somewhere below for all further information. |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 11:04:14 PM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
hey kyle...i have received all your emails, and the pic of your 4 came through on one of the attempts. i have all scores sent to me, but am in a really bad situation to get things sorted. as dennis suggests, immediate results are at the active ranking, or, if you have a sub-100 sum email georgi k. i can't update anything offline (as i have been for the last few months) but please keep sending in your changing scores. thanks. |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 09:03:09 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
@ Kyle: The site is: www.active-ranking.de.vu and to send them your scores for the current two week period you need to write to active-ranking@hotmail.com Take care! ![]() |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 09:02:46 PM |
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Name: |
Kyle |
Comments: |
Ohhh thats THIS site, isnt it. ![]() |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 03:03:37 PM |
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Name: |
Kyle Medlin |
Comments: |
Well that kinda sucks. ******* Ok what's that site, Dennis? |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 08:08:15 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Kyle, you might as well forget about getting your name on that list! It's not updated anymore and I don't know if it ever will be. There's another list which is updated fairly often but to qualify for that one you need to have a total sum of less than 100 so you're gonna have to work on that. What you can do is send your best scores for over the last two weeks to the Active Ranking! Then you can get your name somewhere if it means that much to you! ![]() |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 07:17:30 AM |
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Name: |
Kyle Medlin |
Best intermediate: |
29 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
Well I beat my time of 32 yesterday. Yay. But I want on that list. And it sent the email back again. What's happening?! I'm going crazy!! ![]() |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 07:16:22 AM |
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Name: |
Active Ranking |
Comments: |
**** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/ 4pm EDT **** |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 12:25:26 AM |
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Name: |
Mitch |
Best expert: |
340 |
Best intermediate: |
63 |
Best beginner: |
11 |
Comments: |
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Oct 22nd 2003 at 12:24:31 AM |
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Name: |
Mitch |
Best expert: |
340 |
Best intermediate: |
63 |
Best beginner: |
11 |
Comments: |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 11:45:15 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Kyle, you don't suck if you can do intermediate in 32 seconds! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 06:28:24 PM |
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Name: |
Kyle Medlin |
Best intermediate: |
32 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
MAD! have pics of the intermediate and easy. So..um...can I get my name on those lists? I emailed Damien and it keeps sending them back. Like he has a full inbox. HELP! I want on that list!! please |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 06:23:47 PM |
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Name: |
Kyle Medlin |
Best expert: |
240 |
Best intermediate: |
32 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
I suck! yeah! ![]() |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 04:59:02 PM |
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Name: |
Alex Kubacki |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
hah, i got the idea to just try single click win a beginner, and i tried like 7 times, and i did it, and i havn't been able to reproduce this ![]() |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 02:45:04 PM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
Got a 16 on a 32-3bv board today when just playing 5min for fun. I think that's the best board I've ever finished. Could've been another 14 if I hadn't missed one field... Congratulations to all improvers. ![]() PS I should stop complaining about my broken mouse and just get a new one. I think I'm in pretty good shape though I'm not playing a lot at all. ![]() |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 02:30:28 PM |
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Name: |
Sorin |
Comments: |
Felicitari Traian! |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 12:28:30 PM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Best intermediate: |
21->19 |
Comments: |
Yes! I went sub-20 for the first time today and it feels great. It could have been much better (the 3BV was 35), but i knew it was pretty fast and I didn't want to take any chances. Next step: sub-70. I'm in pretty good shape these days, and it's a shame not to force some good scores, right? @Dennis: thanks for the advice man! But more comments on mail. @Georgi: my scores are 2+19+72=93. ![]() |
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Oct 21st 2003 at 12:49:48 AM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
Best expert: |
65 |
Best intermediate: |
18 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Sigh...and i'm still waiting fo rmy first 1...uff... @Dennis: can you send me the video or the screenshot of yours? I finish about 10 games a hour |
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Oct 20th 2003 at 04:02:06 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 (8x8) 1x3 (9x9) |
Comments: |
I just got another 1 on the 9x9 beginner grid! That's my third one on that grid (fourth in total). It was only a 2 3bv but it was done the 'right' way, meaning that I clicked somewhere and looked around to find the last square - I didn't just make two random clicks! I've got it on video if anyone's interested! ![]() |
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Oct 20th 2003 at 03:08:14 PM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
i finish about 10-12 expert games an hour (and about 45-50 int games) when i play...which i haven't been for about 4 months now. 'grats to the rest of you. |
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Oct 20th 2003 at 10:57:25 AM |
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Name: |
Kimmo |
Comments: |
I just noticed that I answered to two questions: how often is this site updated and how often do I finish an expert game. |
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Oct 20th 2003 at 10:35:04 AM |
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Name: |
Josh Freund |
Best expert: |
116 |
Best intermediate: |
28 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
I average one expert every 30-40 minutes of play. Sometimes more, sometimes less. |
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Oct 20th 2003 at 08:13:58 AM |
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Name: |
Kimmo |
Comments: |
Not that often. Maybe once in 60 years. |
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Oct 20th 2003 at 06:34:58 AM |
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Name: |
Bobby |
Best expert: |
95 |
Comments: |
Is this website updated once every 6 months? ![]() |
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Oct 19th 2003 at 02:47:06 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
81 |
Best intermediate: |
17 --> 17x2!!! ;-) |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I just got another 17 on a 35 3bv board! It's certainly been an eventful day! If I could chose I though I would have rather finished that missed 13! I've got the video of my second 17 in case anyone's interested! |
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Oct 19th 2003 at 01:48:29 PM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Best expert: |
72 |
Best intermediate: |
21 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
@Dennis: thanks, i sent you mail. @Josh: I finish 2 or three games per hour, but usually they're pretty slow. And I don't play more than an hour without pause. Main reason: smoking... ![]() |
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