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Aug 18th 2003 at 06:11:30 PM |
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Name: |
Matthew Ackerman |
Best expert: |
I love |
Best intermediate: |
12 ---> 8!! |
Best beginner: |
the dreamboard. |
Comments: |
My third encounter with the dreamboard, video link is under URL. I haven't posted here in a long time, do people even care about dreamboard scores anymore? Didn't somebody cheat or something? Anyway I am pretty pleased. |
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Aug 18th 2003 at 05:28:43 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Best expert: |
2.85 (2.90) 3BV/s |
Best intermediate: |
3.68 (3.89) 3BV/s |
Best beginner: |
4.33 (8.00) 3BV/s |
Comments: |
The values I've listed above are calculated without count_rec, but just by 3BV/time. My bests if I use Elmar's version of calculating [3BV/(time-1)], are shown in brackets. That 8 is of a 3BV 8 board that I finished in 2 seconds. But that game was more likely to be a 2.95 seconds than a 2.01 seconds game. So, I think, it's better to calculate the 3BV/s ratios simply by dividing 3BV through time (if one doesn't have exact count_rec values). But 4.71 is indeed not bad, Jon. Nice game, that one. |
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Aug 18th 2003 at 04:25:29 AM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
Best beginner: |
2*5 |
Comments: |
Sigh...will i ever reach that **** 1?? ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 18th 2003 at 04:25:22 AM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
Best beginner: |
2*5 |
Comments: |
Sigh...will ever reach that **** 1?? ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 17th 2003 at 06:44:15 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
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Jon, well it was a 6 3bv board that I solved in 2secs. I have screenshot and video at my site. I think Damien and Stephan have solved 8 or 9 3bv boards in 2 secs. It's not an exact value though, because I didn't use countrec on that occasion. Still I think it is a pretty nice video. Anyways, I think the 3bv/s should be calculated using the time as shown by MS, since not everybody uses coutrec |
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Aug 17th 2003 at 04:20:50 AM |
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Name: |
Jon S |
Best expert: |
2.64 3BV/sec |
Best intermediate: |
3.57 3BV/sec |
Best beginner: |
4.71 3BV/sec |
Comments: |
7,79 it was. If it hadn't been for that timerjump, it would have been about 7,20. More than 5 3BV/sec would have been nice. I once had a 5 3BV beginner board that I finished in about 1,05 seconds "effective time". It should prove that it's possible to do a 5 3BV in one second. Because of max. timerjump, the timer showed 3,01 seconds. @Elmar: I think 6.00 3BV/sec sounds amazing. Did you flag a couple of mines there? Have you got a video or screenshot of it? |
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Aug 17th 2003 at 02:16:58 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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I thought it was intermediate until I saw the video! lol my best 3BV/s is about 3.3 or more on intermediate, and probably about 2.5 on expert, not that it really matters - I have a 17 with a 3BV/s of just under 1.7, and a 20s and 21s that are over 3 3BV/s.... I tend to look at (left) clicks per second more than 3BV/s, and again I'm about 0.5 higher on int |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 07:13:27 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Best expert: |
2.76 3BV/sec |
Best intermediate: |
3.52 3BV/sec |
Comments: |
I don't know the beginner ratio, probably about 4-4.5... It seems my int ratio is quite high compared to my exp ratio ![]() Still, you have a better int record than me Elmar ![]() |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 03:32:45 PM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Best expert: |
3.09 3bv/s |
Best intermediate: |
3.27 3bv/s |
Best beginner: |
6.00 3bv/s |
Comments: |
Ok, it actually isn't. But still pretty close. ![]() |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 03:19:14 PM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Best expert: |
3.09 3bv/s |
Best intermediate: |
3.06 3bv/s |
Best beginner: |
6.00 3bv/s |
Comments: |
I watched you video, pretty nice. At first I thought about intermediate but the way your post sounded hinted towards beginner. Isn't it odd that my 3bv/s on exp is better than on int. Probably because I don't play much int. |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 01:56:23 PM |
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Name: |
Jon S |
Best expert: |
2.something 3BV/sec |
Best intermediate: |
3.something 3BV/sec |
Best beginner: |
4.something 3BV/sec |
Comments: |
What the heck. Has noone commented on my 7,78 yet? I was hoping I could fool someone to believe it was on an intermediate board. It was quite a high 3BV/sec. value. Right now I don't remember what it was. 4 and something... What is the highest 3BV/sec value you people have for the various levels? Maybe it could be an idea to print it besides the "Best ..." score. |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 01:04:03 PM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
Best expert: |
72 |
Best intermediate: |
16 -> 15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
yes! after screwing up a 15 (on an easy last click that wasnt even a guess) a few weeks ago I've finally done it! (3BV of 36) |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 12:09:47 PM |
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Name: |
Sebastian |
Best expert: |
69 |
Best intermediate: |
19 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
@Elmar: You're right, in Georgi's list I'm 122th an 14th among the German players (but that's great for me too, as I never expected to be so highly ranked when I started playing minesweeper ![]() Thank you a lot for the information about the Yahoo Group, I didn't know it until today. ![]() Happy sweeping, Sebastian |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 09:08:59 AM |
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Name: |
Dan |
Comments: |
Active Ranking has been updated. |
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Aug 16th 2003 at 03:03:34 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
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****, I just realized I forgot to submit my scores for the AR. Oh well, my times weren't that great anyways. 62-17-3 ![]() |
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Aug 15th 2003 at 02:11:37 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
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www.gymks.dk/lort/97_3BV.png www.gymks.dk/lort/97_3BV.txt I can only find one good thing about me missing that board: I wouldn't have been able to get any better score for ages ![]() |
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Aug 15th 2003 at 01:09:12 PM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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97???? Thats crazy! how fast was it? I'd like to see a screenshot if you've got one ![]() |
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Aug 15th 2003 at 12:28:48 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
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F*CK!!! Just missed a 97 3BV expert board! And it wasn't even a gues!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 15th 2003 at 09:44:06 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Glückwunsch Sepp. But actually you're more like 14th in Germany and somewhere around 120 in the world. You should check the minesweeper addicts group at yahoo for a better database. Or just download Georgi's database at my. site. I play more than that. I usually play while watching tv. That can be 4 hours a day even when I don't have holidays. Right now I only play minesweeper flags though because my mouse is broken.... ![]() |
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Aug 15th 2003 at 08:05:11 AM |
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Name: |
Sebastian Schmitt |
Best expert: |
71 --> 69 |
Best intermediate: |
19 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
STRIKE!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() Just made my first sub70 on expert level (while listening to den LOTR-Soundtrack => Seems to be good music for sweeping ![]() That would be rank 88 in Damiens Top 100 at the moment (and number 10 among the German Sweepers)! I hope he'll soon find time to update. ![]() One Question to all of you: How many hours do you spend in average on sweeping per day? I spend about 1/2 hour a day (and about 1 hour a day during holidays). How about you? Have a nice day, Sebastian Schmitt (Germany) |
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Aug 14th 2003 at 03:00:40 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
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New mouse again ![]() I had my old one taken apart and when I assembled it, it couldn't connect ![]() Anyway, I had this gift token and buyed an optical Microsoft USB mouse at about $20-25. It works really good. I have made a 63 (157 3BV) and a 19 (45 3BV) tonight. First sub20 in about three weeks ![]() Happy sweeping! |
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Aug 13th 2003 at 04:35:07 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
94x2 |
Comments: |
Yep, congrats from me too! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to Georgi for the link he gave me to Jon's site and thanks to Jon for a wonderful and very interesting and thoughtprovoking minesweeper essay! I seriously hope that someone who's more into minesweeper and programming than me is taking the matter seriously. I never did see the point of board cyckling myself and it IS just very hard to tell if people are 'cheating' or not, not to mention how to define cheat now that everybody seems to have different standards of morality when it comes to that! ![]() ![]() By the way, I'll be going to Turkey in a couple of days so I won't get to play any minesweeper for a week. I hope I won't TOTALLY suck at it when I get back! ![]() ![]() Happy sweeping everyone! [8~)] |
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Aug 13th 2003 at 02:51:27 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Comments: |
Congratulations with your first sub60 Grzegorz ![]() |
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Aug 13th 2003 at 06:17:34 AM |
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Name: |
Active Ranking |
Comments: |
**** Deadline Friday @ 20:00 GMT/ 4pm EDT **** |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 11:12:27 PM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
Comments: |
Congrats Grzegorz ![]() I am sure it is pretty good to cross the minute barrier. Pass over video or screenshot if available |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 03:33:06 PM |
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Name: |
Grzegorz Gorny |
Best expert: |
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 61 -> 58 at last ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now it's time for intermediate, I think. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 02:24:20 PM |
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Name: |
dokimos |
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It was so nice to have this precious visit with you. Should you have the opportunity please come and visit us... http://www.dokimos.org It is so wonderful to know the free gift of eternal life and forgiveness of all sins through trusting faith in God solely through His Son Jesus Christ. ...the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. - 1 John 1:7b For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. - Ephesians 2:8-9 Faith working by love, -dokimos |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 10:51:41 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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I find it really hard to get motivated ot practise not flagging, I won a game on expert and then I've hardly tried it, though on the odd time I have on intermediate I've not been winning as many games and I've been a good 5 seconds slower than I was before I guess you only get good at what you practise ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 08:45:13 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
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Stephan, sorry but I just can't stop sweeping. But I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. The only game I've finished so far today is a 75. ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 06:52:38 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
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Elmar, sorry about your mouse, but please do not change to nf style. As my mouse is out of order as well (my personal fault...), I decided to retire because my new/old mice don't really serve as minesweeper mice. And I'd like to keep my status as best german non-flagger ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 05:39:14 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
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Georgi, great idea! I hadn't even thought about that. ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 05:33:49 AM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
Comments: |
Elmar, Marvelous chance to brake your non-flagging records ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2003 at 02:59:45 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
My mouse broke. The spring of the right mouse button doesn't really work anymore. ![]() Dennis, I got my 14 on of those boards too (3bv31). You can see it on my website. I think it was Jon who wrote an essay where he discribed the shifts of the cycles. I believe there are 4 different shifts of each board but I'm not sure. So good luck finding the 4th. |
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Aug 11th 2003 at 08:55:13 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Nope, that's not what happpened but I'll mail you the screenshots so you can see for yourself and understand what I'm talking about! ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2003 at 06:00:08 AM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
Comments: |
Dennis, The general rule is that your first click will never be a mine ... but if your first click is hitting a mine, then this mine moves to the first empty square of the upper left corner. That's what happened with those boards. After looking at the screenshots you can easily find where was the first click. |
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Aug 11th 2003 at 05:18:32 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
I just found a third board which contains the same pattern. Actually it's the board on which Georgi just got his 13. So now I've got three boards at least build up around the same pattern! Interesting. They are a 29 3bv, a 31 3bv, and a 35 3bv. I've got screenshots of all of them if anyones interested! |
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Aug 11th 2003 at 05:10:01 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
94x2 |
Best intermediate: |
21x3 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I was playing on intermediate and got a really nice board. I didn't get to finish it but it was a 31 3bv board. I thought it looked similar to a board I had seen before. I looked through some pictures and found out that it looked similar to the board on which Dan got his elleven, a board I have also had myself but didn't get to finish. After comparing the two boards I realised that they weren't just similar... it was the same pattern which had just been moved somewhat. It's hard to explain but the position of the mines in the upper left corner of the one board was identical to the position of the mines in the lower right corner on the other board. I was familiar with board cyckling already but this has never happened to me before. Has anyone ever experienced the same thing? I've got a screenshot of the two boards if anyone is interested... it's really kind of neat and it makes you wonder how the board are being generated! |
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Aug 11th 2003 at 01:22:14 AM |
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Name: |
Jon S |
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I've increased the amount of sweeping lately, and it seems like it has paid off. A few days ago I finished this 32 3BV-board in 7,78 seconds. That's pretty fast... ![]() Follow this link to see for yourselves: http://jontrans.0catch.com/Specials/7(32).avi |
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Aug 11th 2003 at 01:09:12 AM |
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Name: |
Richard Shaw |
Best expert: |
95 |
Best intermediate: |
34 |
Best beginner: |
4 |
Comments: |
Have been playing minesweeper for a few years now and have recently cracked 100 for the first time. To my amazement after finding this site I am wrapped to find I am in the top 100....makes all the hours spent on the pc worth while ![]() |
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Aug 10th 2003 at 09:56:38 PM |
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Name: |
Robert Webb |
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Hi, I just released MineSweeper3D version 1.9. I dropped the price to just $10, and added countdown bars to show how much time is left to beat a world record or personal best, just to up the pressure a bit! ![]() For those who haven't seen it yet, the game lets you play minesweeper on the surface of various 3D models, and has various different tilings. It also keeps track of world records online, using an encrypted submission system. Most of the records are pretty hard to beat now! Download the demo here: http://home.connexus.net.au/~robandfi/Mines3D/ Rob. |
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Aug 10th 2003 at 03:20:05 PM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
Best expert: |
61 |
Best intermediate: |
14 ---> 13 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
In the last couple of days I played mostly Intermediate and after few sub-20s I've got a wonderful 13. In fact I realised that the board look familiar in the last 2 seconds of the game... After checking my other videos I found it to be my first16-board. I didn't learned that board, so although familiar at the very end, I think I did have fairplay... http://www.geocities.com/joro100/videos/13.avi This nigth I scored my second (third if counting one DB game) 14 with on a 28-3bv nice board that found to be my 4th 16 ![]() http://www.geocities.com/joro100/videos/14_2.avi Once again it was not learned board. Maybe I reached the point when all good intermediate boards was played several times ... |
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Aug 9th 2003 at 06:17:07 PM |
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Name: |
David Barry |
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I've been playing some density of late. I solved an intermediate board with 80 mines, and came within 11 mines of finishing a 24x30 with 200 mines last night. I'm only playing a couple of hours a week though, so updates will be slow... |
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Aug 9th 2003 at 01:51:48 PM |
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Name: |
Alex |
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I have had 2 games with an 8 in them, in about the 10 months I have been playing regularly. I completed one and not the other. The one I completed had a 7 in it too, and all other numbers with the exception of 6. Has anyone had a board with all 8 numbers on it? |
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Aug 9th 2003 at 11:50:05 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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I realised that I didnt answer the question of how often, so: 10th May, 12th July, 7th August (all this year), so thats 1 every 1 or 2 months, although I've been playing for more than a year now and they are the only 3 I've got, so maybe I've just been "lucky" recently |
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Aug 9th 2003 at 11:46:30 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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well I've on expert I've lost 2 games where I had uncovered an 8 and won 1 game where I had.... on the same day as the one I won I lost a game without getting an opening where there would have been an 8, but I didnt actually click the square |
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Aug 9th 2003 at 01:24:09 AM |
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Name: |
Simon |
Best expert: |
96 |
Best intermediate: |
44 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
I have always wondered how rare it is to get an '8' square. I got one for the first time ever just now, at the same time as I was discovering this webiste. How often do my fellow minesweepers encouter a square completely surrounded by mines ? |
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Aug 8th 2003 at 03:14:42 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
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I have managed to get a 64 and a 69 in the last couple of days and a 74 on a 201 3BV board today, best sub80 so far ![]() Still haven't got lucky on int with my new mouse. Haven't tried that hard either though... ![]() I have tried to calculate how long the average time I have the mouse button pressed down each time I click. It seems to be between 65-80 ms. In fast games it's about 70 ms, so maybe there is a pattern... It's not always the shortest 'click' time just because you click fast though ![]() I don't know if this is only something that could be useful to non-flaggers, but maybe some others have done some of the same considerations ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2003 at 07:10:24 AM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Comments: |
Nice links, Georgi ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2003 at 05:03:36 AM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
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two nice links: http://62.210.133.45/bahianese.htm http://www.alterfin.com/dominique/ |
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Aug 5th 2003 at 11:22:53 PM |
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Name: |
James |
Best expert: |
74 |
Best intermediate: |
20 |
Comments: |
I am having a **** of a time regaining my old form. Perhaps 3 months off was too much. Oh well, it'll come back...sooner or latter. To make matters worse I have an injury refered to as "planter's claw" (I was treeplanting) which is a result of griping a shovel 60-80 hours a week. My hand is essentially useless when i wake up; however, it is starting to get better. The things a student will do for money! If anyone is interested the website linked to above is a work in progress, but it has some treeplanting photos. |
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Aug 5th 2003 at 09:51:28 PM |
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Name: |
Active Ranking |
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Jarad et al., to submit times to the Active Ranking, send your best times in the appropriate two-week period (the current period is Aug. 1-Aug 15, 20:00 GMT, 5:00 EDT) to active_ranking@hotmail.com The website for the AR is www.active-ranking.de.vu Come one, come all! Check it out! ![]() |
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Aug 5th 2003 at 07:49:05 PM |
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Name: |
Jarad |
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I dont know who to send AR times to, but in the last week i have gotten a 57, 15 and 2. all my records. I hate beginner. |
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Aug 5th 2003 at 02:35:37 PM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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that has a 3BV of 34 according to my computer PNGs work with IE for me though ![]() |
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Aug 5th 2003 at 01:34:23 PM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
Comments: |
@Alex: the 3bv counter doesn't work on my pc, so i don't know...the screenshot is here: http://maresias.interfree.it/intermedio 3.png. Don't use IE, because it doesn't show png images... |
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Aug 5th 2003 at 04:05:10 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis ¨Lütken |
Best expert: |
94x2 |
Best intermediate: |
21x3 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Another 94 on expert! This one was the best board I've ever finished on expert. It was a 129 3bv and I somehow knew right away that it was a good board and that I could probably finish it. Because of that my heart was beating like crazy and I was trembling all over... I knew I might break my record but I only tied it! Oh well, it was still a nice feeling to get another sub 100 and the even another 94! |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 09:27:30 PM |
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Name: |
Jarad |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I am putting all my effort towards a 1 on begginer. Stupid waste of time in my opinion, but I guess I must do it. |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 09:22:54 PM |
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Name: |
Lance Votroubek |
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add'l: it was exceptionally strange, because when I reloaded the program, it opened to a board that I lost at... and it wasn't even the last game that I had lost! I kinda wish I had a screenshot of that... |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 09:17:48 PM |
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Name: |
Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Hey everyone, I just uploaded a picture of a weird computer glitch during a minesweeper game I was playing today... there was another glitch just a couple mins before, and I did not get a screen shot of that. I had AOL running, the Minesweeper Reader program pulled up to check the 3bv of a board, and KaZaA running (among other programs), but when I pulled up the reader, it was slow, and when minimized, the game window was messed up both times. I needed to restart the program, because minesweeper actually froze, and I had to give it a 3-finger-salute and reload the prog. The problem disappeared when I closed KaZaA. The pic is at the addicts site, under files->pictures, called "messed up....-error", or you can email me for the screenshot. Happy sweeping, all! Lance |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 02:58:23 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Comments: |
Congratulations Dennis and Jarad ![]() I was just about to write that I was sure that you could make a sub100, Dennis ![]() You're going ahead of me again Jarad... I was judt catching up... I don't think I will improve my int record for a long time. I'm not completely used to my new mouse yet. I play well on exp with it, but when it comes to int with the fast clicking, I have a hard time to get good scores ![]() Btw, I have uploaded a photo of myself on the Yahoo! group ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 02:21:02 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
103 --> 94 |
Best intermediate: |
21x3 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
FINALLY! I managed to sub 100 on expert! And then I even improved my record by 9 seconds! REALLY nice! ![]() ![]() @Elmar, bad luck about that 111 3bv board in 62 seconds! I wish I could finish a board that fast though! ![]() @Jarad, congratulations on your new intermediate record! 15! That's really nice! I would like you to mail me the screenshot if you don't mind! Thanks! ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 01:48:32 PM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
Dennis, the same thing happened to me today. The first game I started was a 3bv111. The best board I've ever finished and all I got was a 62. The next game I finished was 3bv183 and it took me only 4 seconds longer for that one... ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 11:37:00 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
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Thanks Dan - I prefer the English flag + name... but I was joking, didn't expect you to actually do it.. thanks though ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 11:02:54 AM |
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Name: |
Jarad |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
15!!!! |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Hurray, a new record for intermediate, first in a very long time. I have my screenshot if anyone is interested. Nice, I would like to get that score down to 13 or so. I would be happy with that |
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Aug 4th 2003 at 09:56:29 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
103 |
Best intermediate: |
21x3 (Here comes another one!) |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I just cannot believe it. I had just started playing. On the second game I start I manage to finish the board... I'm not rushing as I like to start out nice and slow, my only goal being to finish the boards I get. Well, I finish this one and am thinking... Hmmm, that must have been a sub 30 and when I look at the counter it says 21... 21,53 to be exact! I had no idea I was THAT close to beating my record or I would have tried to go faster. It was the second best board I've ever had on intermediate, a 28 3bv board. QUITE nice! If only I had gotten the board after ten minutes of play instead of right away... Oh well, it's still always nice to get such a great time! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 07:43:07 PM |
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Name: |
Cole Buchy |
Best expert: |
288 |
Best intermediate: |
56 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Canada rocks and the u.s needs help talkin ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 06:06:36 PM |
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Name: |
Lance Votroubek |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Just got a new 3bv ratio record... 2.91 3BV/sec on a 216 3bv board that I finished in 74 seconds. I'm closing in on a new record soon... I've gotten really close to finishing some low 50's boards lately. I think once I move back to school and use my own computer, I'll start seeing the expert record fall... finally. I've been stuck at 58 since August of last year! yikes! ![]() ![]() Lance |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 03:10:20 PM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
@Pueblo: Same here. I just missed a 59 on a 50/50 on the last click. ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 02:08:09 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Best expert: |
59 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
@Pueblo: I just use an ordinary mouse pad and a cheap mouse (~$10). Nothing special here ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 12:25:48 PM |
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Name: |
Dan |
Comments: |
David, I have changed your flag to England. |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 10:44:33 AM |
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Name: |
David Morgan |
Best expert: |
72 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
haha... its a good idea but its going to cause loads of problems... personally, I'd rather have the English flag than the British one ![]() It is kind of funny how I'm number 18 in the list and yet no1 beat me on beginner, and only 2 people beat me on intermediate... shame about expert though ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 07:11:29 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Comments: |
Dan, one thing about the AR: maybe Christoph would appreciate to see the Austrian flag there, not the Australian flag... |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 01:19:02 AM |
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Name: |
Pueblo |
Comments: |
hi guys , what do you actually think of glidepads,speedpads, mousetaps or other helpful things in order to get a better mouse grip? Who uses that stuff - who doesnt? Thx ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2003 at 12:19:46 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Comments: |
Nice idea, Dan, with those AR flags! |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 02:11:34 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Dan, that looks REALLY neat with the flags! Nice detail! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 01:45:51 PM |
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Name: |
Dan Cerveny |
Comments: |
Bah... I clicked on the wrong name in my browser's list, so that is why the last post says "prescott" instead of "Dan". I don't even know how "prescott" got in the list. At one time I did a couple google searches for Intel's prescott cpu, but it certainly should not be in my guestbook name list. |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 01:41:55 PM |
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Name: |
prescott |
Comments: |
I just added country flags to the active ranking list. It looks pretty nice, IMHO. |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 12:19:05 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Funny... the best player on the active ranking and the worst player (=me) are both from Denmark! I hope I won't stay way down there on the list forever though! ![]() |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 12:08:24 PM |
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Name: |
Jarad |
Best expert: |
57 |
Comments: |
Oh yes, I am from the US, not Canada. |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 10:56:29 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
Dan, you got Kimmo's scores wrong and Dennis is from Denmark. ![]() |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 10:53:14 AM |
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Name: |
Dan |
Comments: |
Active Ranking has been updated. |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 10:50:45 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
103 |
Best intermediate: |
21x2 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Kenny, I don't know how much you've played, but I'm sure that you'll be able to get a 5 or something pretty soon. I remember when I started to play about half a year ago. It only took me a couple of days to get to 5 on beginner so I'm sure you'll be able to get down around there soon if you keep sweeping! Good luck! ![]() |
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Aug 2nd 2003 at 09:44:51 AM |
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Name: |
kenny |
Best beginner: |
9 |
Comments: |
thank you i just read trough your site and i was able to cut my beginners time in half ![]() |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 08:28:33 PM |
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Name: |
Jarad Kevorkian |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Comments: |
Ok, I just went and checked on the top 100 players list and I discerned a huge dip in my intermediate peformance to expert performance ratio. So I decided to play some intermediate just to see if i could catch a lucky game or something. This is when I realized that i suck at intermediate and that it requires a completely diferent playing style. I am sad now because I always saw intermediate as a less perplexing version of expert. However, I have realized that intermediate is a completly different game and I would need to play much more often to understand what the best technique would be( no flag, I think). I am very sad that this level seems antiquated by the dream board. Is there a possiblity to salvage this level? Anyway, i am going to do my best to get my time down. I am feeling great that I got a 57, I kinda feel that I am getting bad-ass at something. Its fruitful! And invigorating! Ok, Night! |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 07:46:12 PM |
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Name: |
mc |
Best beginner: |
4 |
Comments: |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 05:35:42 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
I just checked out the 'photos' section of the 'Minesweeper Addicts' group. It was really great to see photos of some of the people from the minesweeper community. I've added a photo of myself as well with an appropriate background! ![]() |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 02:25:01 PM |
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Name: |
Alex |
Best expert: |
69 |
Best intermediate: |
19x2 |
Best beginner: |
1 ( 9x9 ) |
Comments: |
Daniele: Grrrr ![]() PS: I am from Wales ![]() |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 12:55:07 PM |
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Name: |
Daniele |
Best intermediate: |
20 ---> 19 |
Comments: |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 11:16:40 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
110x2 --> 103 |
Best intermediate: |
21x2 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I just improved my expert record by 7 seconds! NICE! ![]() ![]() By the way, I've discovered that the expert level doesn't sucki at all as I used to think! I rather like it now that I've become better at minesweeper in general and have given the board an honest chance! ![]() Good luck everyone and don't forget to send in your AR scores! ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 1st 2003 at 03:28:08 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
110x2 |
Best intermediate: |
21x2 |
Best beginner: |
2 (8x8) 1 (9x9) |
Comments: |
Thanks Charles for commenting on my post! ![]() ![]() ![]() About counting the 100ths of a second... There's this little program called 'counter.rec'... you just download it and keep it running while you're playing. I've found that it doesn't work with all versions of Minesweeper but try it out. It also counts left and right clicks and the boards 3bv which is REALLY nice and then of course 3bv/s! ![]() To get the file, go to the Yahoo group 'Minesweeper Addicts': http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minesweeper-addicts Then join the group and find 'counter.rec' in the files section of the group. Good luck and happy sweeping! ![]() |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 04:38:22 PM |
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Name: |
Charles Yu |
Best expert: |
62 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Thanks, Martin (I just read your post in response to mine and Dennis's posts). And Dennis, to answer your question, the active ranking is (correct me if I am wrong) a list of the top 30 within the past two weeks. Thus, it depends on how many people submit times and how well they do. I think that you can get in with the times you have, if you can duplicate them consistently (or at least every two weeks ![]() And finally, a question. In your post, Dennis, you said you got a 29.99 on intermediate, how did you measure the hundreths of a second? Thanks, happy sweeping, and good luck, Charles |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 03:15:54 PM |
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Name: |
Jarad |
Best expert: |
57!!!!!!! |
Comments: |
Hurrrayyyyy! Broke my 59 today with a wonderful 57. I didnt have recrder working but I do have a screenshot if anyone is interested. Yes! I am really happy right now. Won on a guess too! |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 11:47:16 AM |
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Name: |
Stephan |
Comments: |
Ja, Oli, wie sollen wir denn das jemals aufholen? It seems as Oli will keep his pole position in Germany for a long time. I'm still stuck in sweepingless time as I don't have any mouse I'm able to play fast with. |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 08:08:14 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
![]() Oli, Glückwunsch, aber langsam reichts echt! Lass uns veteranen mal ne chance! ![]() While Oli keeps setting the bar higher and higher I'm just collecting meaningless personel records on an everyday basis. highest 3bv for sub70: 190 (69sec) ->197 (69sek) ![]() |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 07:28:31 AM |
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Name: |
Oli |
Best expert: |
52 -> 51 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Hooray!! a new expert record within 3 weeks ![]() i hope my speed of improvement will stay like that so i get sub50 in two month ![]() |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 05:53:24 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
110x2 |
Best intermediate: |
21x2 |
Best beginner: |
3x8 --> 2 (8x8) |
Comments: |
I just cleared a 3 3bv 8x8 beginner board in 2.50 seconds. It's my first 2 on an 8x8 board but I haven't really played on 8x8 boards for very long either! That makes my AR for this period 110-21-2... and those just happen to be my all-time records as well! ![]() |
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Jul 31st 2003 at 05:25:54 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Best expert: |
110x2 |
Best intermediate: |
21x2 |
Best beginner: |
3x7 (8x8) |
Comments: |
I got another 110 on expert! This one was done in 110.85 so it's actually 0.14 seconds better than the last one! ![]() ![]() ![]() By the way, I plan on participating in the active ranking so although I'm certianly going to be the last one on the list I'd still like to try it out to see if that might motivate me to get even better! ![]() |
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Jul 30th 2003 at 04:46:07 PM |
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Name: |
Martin Toft Madsen |
Best expert: |
59 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Congrats on your new record Charles and welcome back ![]() You should also participate in the Active Ranking if you're playing regularly ![]() And congrats to you Dennis. It's always nice to know that you're getting better, even though it isn't a new record you're making ![]() |
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Jul 30th 2003 at 04:41:20 PM |
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Name: |
Costin |
Best expert: |
71 |
Best intermediate: |
18 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
i finally got a 71 on a 105 3bv board that board was the best i saw on expert with only 3 50/50 guessing situation |
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Jul 30th 2003 at 04:16:05 PM |
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Name: |
Charles Yu |
Best expert: |
62 (7/30/03) |
Best intermediate: |
16 (3/20/03) |
Best beginner: |
2 (awhile ago) |
Comments: |
Wow, I've been off for awhile...haven't played for a few months, but I got back on in the past few days and broke my expert record by 3 seconds. Still need some luck on intermediate and beginner... ![]() |
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Jul 30th 2003 at 02:22:31 PM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
Well, you have to be able to send a mail with your scores to active_ranking@hotmail.com . That's all... |
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