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Nov 4th 2003 at 10:40:50 AM
Name:  

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
Name:  

Josh Freund

Best expert:  

113-->109-->107-->105-->103-->101

Best intermediate:  

28-->27

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

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
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

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.

Nov 4th 2003 at 05:39:32 AM
Name:  

Roelof Smit

Best expert:  

56

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

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
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

74

Best intermediate:  

18

Comments:  

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!

Nov 3rd 2003 at 04:11:56 PM
Name:  

Sorin

Comments:  

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.

Nov 3rd 2003 at 10:41:20 AM
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... I've got Windows XP Professional... How about the rest of you guys who can or cannot make this work? What version of XP do you have?

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! I'm still aiming for a 3bv per second record higher than 3 and I'm certainly getting closer all the time. I have probably already done it without knowing it because I don't count the 3bvs in XP unless I get a sub-20 usually!

Nov 3rd 2003 at 09:37:37 AM
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.

Nov 3rd 2003 at 07:27:45 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

I received it... thank you!

Nov 3rd 2003 at 01:50:52 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

@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
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
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
Name:  

Sorin

Comments:  

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
Name:  

Traian

Comments:  

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. Are you half-machine or something?
@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
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

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

Nov 1st 2003 at 03:39:24 PM
Name:  

Cullen

Best expert:  

118

Best intermediate:  

33

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

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
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
Name:  

Derek Miller

Best expert:  

156

Best intermediate:  

33

Best beginner:  

4 ONE SQUARE OFF A 1-- i cant believe it

Comments:  

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
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! 12 sub-20s total now and I've got them all on video! NICE!

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Oct 31st 2003 at 12:14:27 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

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
Name:  

me again

Comments:  

seems it doesn't - I'll try again

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Oct 31st 2003 at 09:23:52 AM
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
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.

Oct 30th 2003 at 03:27:05 PM
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.

Oct 30th 2003 at 02:15:38 PM
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
Name:  

jcs

Best expert:  

193

Comments:  

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
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
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
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

Oct 29th 2003 at 11:34:27 AM
Name:  

Tim O'Connell

Best expert:  

120

Best intermediate:  

65

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

What does 3bv mean? I don't get it.

Oct 29th 2003 at 10:38:36 AM
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!

Oct 29th 2003 at 07:42:49 AM
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
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
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!

Oct 29th 2003 at 12:34:30 AM
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

Oct 28th 2003 at 02:39:15 PM
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!

Oct 28th 2003 at 11:59:00 AM
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 I got two 19s today (both 43 3bvs) and an 83 (150 3bv) so it's been an okay day. I've got 5 sub-20s in total now! If anyone's interested in any videos just let me know!

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Oct 28th 2003 at 09:51:16 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

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
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
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....

Oct 28th 2003 at 02:26:59 AM
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

Oct 27th 2003 at 07:49:53 PM
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
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!

Oct 27th 2003 at 01:54:02 PM
Name:  

Traian

Best expert:  

72

Comments:  

Just wanted y'all to know that I screwed up a perfect 103 3BV board on expert. Someone please kill me!

Oct 27th 2003 at 01:27:17 PM
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).

Oct 27th 2003 at 01:06:57 PM
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
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
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
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
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! I live in Aarhus. Just out of curiousity; where do the rest of you Danes live??? I'm from Nordjylland originally, by the way, but moved to Aarhus a year ago to study!

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Oct 26th 2003 at 02:19:15 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Nice to have Stubbe back in the AR even if I'm "only" 5th now...

Oct 26th 2003 at 12:40:25 PM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

Active Ranking has been updated.

Oct 26th 2003 at 11:14:27 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Congrats to Lance! So, it seems I can't use the penalty in the upcoming AR period

Oct 26th 2003 at 10:57:02 AM
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

Oct 26th 2003 at 10:40:57 AM
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! Happy sweeping, all!

Lance

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Oct 26th 2003 at 08:55:04 AM
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! Anyway, the 'fun' part about the story is that just the day before yesterday somebody broke into their house and stole a lot of things. Well, that's not really the fun part; the fun part is that they didn't steal the lottery ticket! She always plays the same numbers so it would have been rather sad if they had stolen it! They've had a break-in before and they think the same people did it because they only looked where they'd found something the last time. However, last time they DID steal the lottery ticket but that didn't matter because she wouldn't have won on that one anyway. It wasn't hidden or anything - they just didn't take it this time for some reason. Life's so full of surprises!

Happy sweeping everyone and good luck to everyone who plays the lottery!

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Oct 26th 2003 at 07:31:52 AM
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
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

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!

Oct 26th 2003 at 03:19:13 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Dennis, have you tried different desktop themes for XP? I'm using the classic windows desktop and countrec works perfectly.

Oct 26th 2003 at 02:18:47 AM
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
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I've tried it on 3 different computers with XP and it doesn't work on any of them... Too bad! I was just hoping I might work with XP on my computer...

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Oct 25th 2003 at 04:35:54 PM
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.

Oct 25th 2003 at 04:18:31 PM
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
Name:  

Sorin

Comments:  

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.

Oct 25th 2003 at 02:33:17 PM
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
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! I've got the video in case anyone's interested.

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Oct 24th 2003 at 05:51:39 AM
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). And it was the first time for 8 months that I got the pop-up window!
So, if there ever is a beginner ranking for 9x9 grids, I'll be ready!

Oct 24th 2003 at 01:22:26 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

Damien,
The first guestbook archive is broken (Aug2600-Nov2401.zip)

Oct 23rd 2003 at 08:56:14 PM
Name:  

Keeno

Best expert:  

180

Best intermediate:  

60

Best beginner:  

10

Comments:  

heh fellow minesweepers, you people are sick on how fast you complete these games i thought i had the world record till i found this website and i was gutted. check out my site. from Keeno

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Oct 23rd 2003 at 04:12:32 PM
Name:  

Steve

Best intermediate:  

37

Comments:  

Wahooooooo...make that thirty seven

Oct 23rd 2003 at 04:08:24 PM
Name:  

Steve

Best expert:  

130

Best intermediate:  

38

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

I feel so unsuperoir

Oct 23rd 2003 at 12:46:04 PM
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
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
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!

Oct 23rd 2003 at 12:07:46 AM
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.

Oct 22nd 2003 at 11:04:14 PM
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.

Oct 22nd 2003 at 09:03:09 PM
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
Name:  

Kyle

Comments:  

Ohhh thats THIS site, isnt it.

Oct 22nd 2003 at 03:03:37 PM
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
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!

Oct 22nd 2003 at 07:17:30 AM
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
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

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

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Oct 22nd 2003 at 12:25:26 AM
Name:  

Mitch

Best expert:  

340

Best intermediate:  

63

Best beginner:  

11

Comments:  

Earlier today, when I got 340, I actually said to myself that I'm probably in the top 50 minesweeper players. WOW! But, I think I have some good tips now about how to get better.

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Oct 22nd 2003 at 12:24:31 AM
Name:  

Mitch

Best expert:  

340

Best intermediate:  

63

Best beginner:  

11

Comments:  

Earlier today, when I got 340, I actually said to myself that I'm probably in the top 50 minesweeper players. WOW! But, I think I have some good tips now about how to get better.

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Oct 21st 2003 at 11:45:15 PM
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! You just need to practice on the expert level and before you know it you'll have cut that record in half! Alex, are you talking about 9x9 beginner (XP)? I got my first 1 the same way! I've gotten two 1s in XP that required two clicks!

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Oct 21st 2003 at 06:28:24 PM
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
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
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
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.

Oct 21st 2003 at 02:30:28 PM
Name:  

Sorin

Comments:  

Felicitari Traian!

Oct 21st 2003 at 12:28:30 PM
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.

Oct 21st 2003 at 12:49:48 AM
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
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
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.

Oct 20th 2003 at 10:57:25 AM
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.

Oct 20th 2003 at 10:35:04 AM
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
Name:  

Kimmo

Comments:  

Not that often. Maybe once in 60 years.

Oct 20th 2003 at 06:34:58 AM
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
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
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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