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May 13th 2003 at 02:47:13 AM
Name:  

lukasz malinowski

Comments:  

take roelof . i'm quiting minesweeper, but only temporarly. final exams on my studies are close, so i won't have much free time.

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May 13th 2003 at 02:14:53 AM
Name:  

XF

Best expert:  

70

Best intermediate:  

23 x 2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Can't beat that 23... Started training without flags in the last two days... best was a 26, but I hope it'll get better... I've been stuck there for more than 2 months, I think...

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May 13th 2003 at 01:53:16 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

72

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@Daniel: Daniele with only one "l"..
My problem is that I still click too much, and I'm not able to end a game without flagging.

May 12th 2003 at 11:01:30 PM
Name:  

Stephan Bechtel

Comments:  

The latest posts might be a good opportunity to make a kind of advertisement for the Active Ranking (AR): Everyone who has ever submitted scores (like Elmar etc.), and everyone who would be completely new (like Daniele, Neil or Jarad) - feel free to submit your scores for the AR. It's quite proven that it gives a portion of extra competition. And that competition will be larger if there are 30 participants and not only 25. Just follow the link below, read the submission guide and send a mail!

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May 12th 2003 at 08:45:01 PM
Name:  

Matt M.

Best expert:  

125

Best intermediate:  

35

Best beginner:  

7

Comments:  

I always wanted to find a website with minesweeper world records (with full knowledge, of course, that I would be NOWHERE near them). This website is undoubtedly the most excellent source for minesweeper information, and has motivated me greatly to reduce my times...it used to be a struggle just to COMPLETE an expert game, and when I did my score would be around 190-200...then I got around 175s, then 140-150 range, and tonight I got all the way down to 125! I know I still have a LONG way to go before I get any semblance of respect, and I don't quite know how far I'm physically capable of going, but I'm working on it! Keep up the good work!

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May 12th 2003 at 07:04:16 PM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

58

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I just wanted to thank Roelof for the great work he has done with the AR, and to let everyone know that I will be doing my best to fill his shoes as effectively as possible.

Roelof, it's been fun competing with you, trying to lower our scores competitively since about the time that we both broke 70 seconds on expert. Now that I've tied you again on total time, you leave! I'm gonna miss the chase.

For everyone else, I look forward to the work I'll be doing for the AR, and if anyone has concerns or issues with the list, please feel free to email me. As I mentioned to Roelof earlier... it's kind of interesting that the AR will be compiled from scores of people all around the world, the list will be assembled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA, by me, and I will then send it to Dan Cerveny, who is also in Cedar Rapids, and he'll upload it to a server in Germany, and post that it has been updated in a guestbook on a website owned by a Canadian. Definitely a fun game that we have here, with a whole world of appeal.

Happy sweeping everyone!

Lance

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May 12th 2003 at 04:49:33 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Roleof: thanks for your efforts in the rankings...please don't completely leave us: you've always been one of the best guys when there's a row going on. luck.

May 12th 2003 at 02:59:15 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Congratulations to all record breakers, especially the recent ones Lance and Yannig.

Thanks for your efforts, Roelof. I hope you won't stop completely to read at least this guestbook from time to time

May 12th 2003 at 02:55:54 PM
Name:  

Dan Cerveny

Comments:  

Take care Roelof, stop by once in a while to let us know you are still alive and kicking.

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May 12th 2003 at 02:23:07 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

59

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Jarad, 400 sub70s?!? how many 60s do you have so far and what's you best 3bv/s ratio? (mine is 2,83)
i just finished my 200th sub70 and got my 4th 60 on friday.

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May 12th 2003 at 11:47:07 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Comments:  

Alas poor Roelof, I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

Fare thee well in the "real world".

May 12th 2003 at 11:45:34 AM
Name:  

Yannig

Best expert:  

87 --> 85

Best intermediate:  

21

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

I just broke my record on a 168 3bv board. I'm not that happy, since I know I could do a rather better score, even something around 70. Every day I have about 3 or 4 boards on which I could really do good scores, but in the end, I always make a stupid mistake. I hope I will soon break 85

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May 12th 2003 at 11:00:56 AM
Name:  

Roelof Smit

Comments:  

Hello all,

I'm very proud to present to you as my successor as listmaker of the Active Ranking: Lance Votroubek.

Lance will take over immediately, which means starting in period 10. Of course, the e-mailadress remains active_ranking@hotmail.com.

Lance has always been one of the great advocates of the AR and one of the most regular participants, so I'm happy to leave what I see as my brain-child in his hands.

This probably means my definite parting from most of you, as I quit playing some months ago already. I believe 1-16-56 are nice times to leave the world ranking with.

I enjoyed my sweeping period a lot

Take care,

Roelof

PS: As we are all pretending minesweeper is very imprtant, I thought it wouldn't be correct to break with that tradition in this message

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May 12th 2003 at 09:49:51 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

78

Best intermediate:  

18 x 4

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Ouch! I was one click away from a 73. Painful. That would have been a reduction of 10 seconds from my expert in one week.

@Danielle, you'll beat that 23 seconds senseless.

May 12th 2003 at 04:55:28 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best intermediate:  

23X2

Comments:  

Uff...Another 23...It seems that I can't beat that damn time...
I made another sub80, another 79...

May 12th 2003 at 04:42:24 AM
Name:  

alex

Best expert:  

77

Best intermediate:  

22x2

Best beginner:  

2x2

Comments:  

A couple of days ago I completed an expert board with an 8 in it. There was a 7 too, but no 6. Has anyone ever completed an expert board with all 8 numbers on it?

May 12th 2003 at 02:55:00 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

OK. I uploaded the 12 at last. I got the URL to my home site wrong as usual. I don't quite know why the browser doesn't automatically access the .htm-file, but I think it's something about 0catch.

May 12th 2003 at 01:54:39 AM
Name:  

Hally

Best expert:  

114

Best intermediate:  

40

Best beginner:  

6

Comments:  

Wow, this site is fantastic. I never knew there were people so obsessed with Minesweeper as am I. Or even moreso! I just cracked the two-minute mark a couple of days ago, and I was feeling pretty happy with meself. And now I see times in the FORTIES!! I've watched some of the videos -- they're phenomenal. The tips are great too; I can feel my game improving already!

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May 12th 2003 at 01:26:01 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

I got another 12 on intermediate some days ago. It was not the DB, but I had played the board before. I'll try to upload it sometime today.

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May 12th 2003 at 12:12:25 AM
Name:  

Roelof Smit

Comments:  

But the delay was my fault... so my apologies as well


May 11th 2003 at 11:59:58 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Active Ranking has been updated. Dan and I, we apologize for the delay.

May 11th 2003 at 05:12:23 PM
Name:  

Brian Cornell

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

I've been sweeping poorly for the last 3 months or so, but I just tied my record with a 53 on a 151 3BV. It was my 38th sub 60.

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May 11th 2003 at 02:21:18 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Congratulations Lance

I hope I'll soon break my 17 sec. It should be doable on a sub40 3BV board I think

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May 11th 2003 at 11:07:37 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Best expert:  

58

Best intermediate:  

14!!

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hey everyone,
I sat down to procrastinate from studying for finals, and played some intermediate. I wasn't in very good form at all, except for this one game I was decent. I got a 14 on a 29 3bv board, and was happily surprised to see the record window pop up, since I hadn't had a sub-20 in the half hour previous and didn't get another sub-20 until 45 mins later (a 17, 45 3bv). I slowed down for the last few clicks because I realized I was going pretty damn fast, and I saw the timer switch from 13-14. So, someday when I'm not paying close attention or if I can control my nerves and keep going quickly, I think 12 is doable. I haven't looked to see if it's a board that someone has done really well on, though I'm sure it is, but it was one that I didn't recognize, and I surely did not play any part of it from memory. It's a nice start to the next AR period!! Happy sweeping, all!

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May 11th 2003 at 09:35:20 AM
Name:  

Lance Votroubek

Comments:  


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May 10th 2003 at 09:50:13 PM
Name:  

Paul

Comments:  

The whore smiled, "that guy is driving a nice car... and cruising... he might be rich". She waves him over. "Hey baby, you can have all this for an hour, for 500 bucks". "Bitch, that's a lot for a cheap whore". The whore walked away.
No.

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May 10th 2003 at 03:22:09 AM
Name:  

S.S.

Comments:  

She smiles, She waves, We talk, She leaves.
Do I love unrequitedly?

May 10th 2003 at 01:49:10 AM
Name:  

David Barry

Comments:  

On mouse speed: Different versions of Windows have different mouse-speed/acceleration scales. So there is little point arguing over whether speed should be on the lowest, or the 4th from bottom or whatever.

May 9th 2003 at 12:59:24 PM
Name:  

daniele

Comments:  

@James: I don't think I'll go too far...
@Daniel: I'm still challenging with a friend of mine, but competition is always a good thing...

May 9th 2003 at 12:26:51 PM
Name:  

James

Best expert:  

74

Best intermediate:  

20

Comments:  

Congrats Daniel! It is nice to have some sweepers of my speed around. Unfortunetely I am going away for a few months to work. Daniel and Daniele: please don't get too far ahead of me, I want the competition to be there in August too!

May 9th 2003 at 09:42:29 AM
Name:  

Anonymous Surfer

Best intermediate:  

18 x 4

Comments:  

Ridiculous I agree. 39 3bv.

May 9th 2003 at 09:21:41 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

78

Best intermediate:  

18 x 3

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@ Tang, Ho Fung, email that to Damien Moore. The link is on the bottom left of this page. It'll take a while to get you up on the list I suspect. You can always take part in an active ranking (www.active-ranking.de.vu/). To prove your records, you neeed to take a screenshot of the completed board, or better still, use Camtasia to capture the video of your games. You'll find the link on this website. Good luck.

@Daniele, we should try to challenge each other to lower times. I got a 19 sec (46 3bv) and another 18 (39 3bv) today. But 23 shouldn't be tough for you to beat at all.

@Jarad. My prayers are with you

May 9th 2003 at 08:49:48 AM
Name:  

Tang, Ho Fung

Best expert:  

3

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

70

Comments:  

Dear Sir/Madam,


I'm an enthusiastic minesweeper from Hong Kong. I would like my records to be recorded on the World Record Lists in your site since there seems to be no chinese in your list. I have forgotten some of the dates I have made my records, and some of the records are lost from my computer due to repair, formatting or replacement.(The records in my computer now are not my best ones although they still qualify to enter your list.) I would like to know how I can prove my records to you or whether you actually need any proof.

Surname: Tang

Last name: Ho Fung

Gender: Boy

Age: 19 (today is 9th May, 2003)

Nationality: China, HKSAR

Records: Beginner - 3 (1999), intermediate 17 (10 th December, 2002), Expert 70 (1999).

I hope my records will be added to your list. Thank you!

Yours faithfully,


Tang, Ho Fung

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May 9th 2003 at 05:39:19 AM
Name:  

Jarad

Comments:  

Ok, my record is at 60 still and I have almost 400 sub 70's. I have pretty much stopped saving them or even marking that I have them. My record was 63 when I only had like 10 sub 70's. But every day I get at least 8 or so of them with minimal playing. I need to stop playing this game it is making me completely insane! Can someone put me on a prayer list or something so I can get this stupid sub 60. Thanks!

May 9th 2003 at 04:38:58 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

72

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Congrats Daniel! But I'm still 1 second below...
I'll try to beat my intermediate soon!

May 9th 2003 at 04:13:34 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

82-> 78

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

I can't believe it. Finally, finally. It was only the 3rd board after my last post. I'm almost certain that this gives me the dubious distinction of having the highest expert score on the sub100 list, by quite an amount. Sweet. Needless to say I took a screenshot this time! I'm pretty pleased

May 9th 2003 at 04:04:18 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

83x5 -> 82

Best intermediate:  

18

Comments:  

Only 3 seconds from the sub 100's. I forgot to take a screenshot but I imagine that I'll break it again or else equal it soon enough.

May 8th 2003 at 08:12:43 AM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

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

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May 7th 2003 at 04:20:57 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

100th sub80: 73 sec, 176 3BV
114 days ago since my first sub80 (a 75 sec) and also the 114th time I break my old record (81 sec)

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May 7th 2003 at 10:39:14 AM
Name:  

Chris

Comments:  

Jarad, sorry for the mix up. I just re-read you original message. It is possible for a monitor's resolution to go below 800 x 600, but unfotunately, I have no idea how to do that in XP. If you find out though, please let me know, it would come in very handy. Thanks.

May 7th 2003 at 06:03:30 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

I missed my 5th sub80 on a 50-50...uff...It could be a 77...

May 6th 2003 at 05:21:11 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

@jarad

i've tried it before, but found it too hard to retrain myself, but it probably would save some time.

haven't been able to play for a few days (moving home from university)

May 6th 2003 at 04:06:28 PM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

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

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May 6th 2003 at 02:48:19 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

63

Best intermediate:  

17x2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Just got my best 3BV/sec ratio tonight: 2,63 3BV/sec - 68,35 sec on a 177 3BV board. Only 0,01 3BV/sec improvement, but still...
Status so far: 17 sub70s, 98 sub80s

Congratulations Oli

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May 6th 2003 at 02:00:00 PM
Name:  

Jarad

Comments:  

Chris, I want to get it even bigger. not sure what the resolution is but I want the expert board to take up most of the screen. Theoretically I wont miss as many markings because the squares will be bigger. Was also wondering if most of us play with a left/right click to clear or use a middle button set to act as a left/right to clear. I have never played with a middle button and wonder if it would take off some time. This middle button thing is possible right?

May 6th 2003 at 01:36:17 PM
Name:  

Oli

Best expert:  

56 -> 55

Comments:  

on a 3bv127 also got my first 57 today

May 6th 2003 at 11:20:14 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Maybe low resolution isn't that bad after all. just played a little on 800*600 and finished one game: 63sec 3bv157...

May 6th 2003 at 10:18:39 AM
Name:  

berg

Comments:  

69,18,2 howdy all, i use to have some competition in minesweeper when my ex played but i blew the competition away once i got down to 120 on exp and 36 on interediate, but the competition added extra motivation and fun to the game, i wish there could be actual local minesweeping competitions and tournaments and even a few national and world ones.(especially in highschool, then i would be a state champion in something) too bad their just isnt that many of us, but it is a dream~~

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May 6th 2003 at 09:56:10 AM
Name:  

Chris

Best expert:  

78

Best intermediate:  

22

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Jarad, I have XP and I do the same thing.
You can set it to 800 x 600 the same way you do in 2000.
Control Panel-Display-Settings

May 6th 2003 at 05:27:36 AM
Name:  

Jarad

Best expert:  

60

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Ok, Played about 2 hours yesterday and had about 8 sub 70's with a few 63's and 64's. Still waiting to beat my 60 but it doesn't seem to happen. I have a question though. I run Windows XP and want to set my resolution lower than 800 X 600 so the board is huge. I can do it at work which runs 98 or 2000 or something. Is there anyway to do this on XP?

Also, I set my mouse speed down one and have been playing way faster than previously. There is definately a cut off point where the mouse is too sensitive and I think that lies around 6 on the mouse speed set level.

thanks.

May 6th 2003 at 02:09:49 AM
Name:  

alex

Best expert:  

78--->77

Best intermediate:  

22

Best beginner:  

2x2

Comments:  

Getting ever closer to the sub 100 sum (101 now)!!!

May 6th 2003 at 12:49:24 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

@Daniel: Don't worry, it always happens...
Then...My 100 sub100 arrived, at last. It was an unlucky 94, but, you know, it can't be always a great score...
Now, i'll try to reach the 100 sub90.

May 5th 2003 at 03:32:17 PM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

83

Best intermediate:  

18

Comments:  

I had to use all my efforts not to break my expert record tonight. I missed no less than 4 easy record breakers. 2 lost to a 50/50 and the other 2 were lost by not finding the last square. I missed 2x82, a 79 and a 78. Unbelievable.

May 5th 2003 at 02:41:17 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

just had a 251 3bv board. was aiming for 93
i haven't finshed a board in over 90secs in half a year.

May 5th 2003 at 02:34:43 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

59

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Here's my opinion on Roli's tips
1. Practice
2. Optical Mouse with cable
i use a logitech rollerball mouse and it works fine for me
3. Mouse has to be on USB
4. Soak your hands in hot water (if not too lazy)
i'm too lazy, but in the winter i did push-ups or juggled sometimes to keep my hands warm
5. Set resolution as low as possible
1024*768 i like to see more of the board at once so i can plan ahead
6. Set mouse acceleration to off
mine is on
7. Set mouse speed to very slow and make it 1 faster ebery 1-
2 months
never done that, mine is on 6
8. Learn patterns (especially 121, 21, 1221)
definitely the most important one for starters
9. Learn non-flagging pure at beginner and intermediate
10. Use the recorder to show you the 3BV (motivation for 3BV/s)
11. Watch videos from the god of Minesweeper (Lanyje)
depends on your style, only helps when you flag a lot
12. Force yourself to go on where you are and don´t wander off to easy places
i like to go to easier places, and it doesn't cost much time because i look ahead (see resolution, acceleration)
13. Practice with a customized expert board but ~120 mines
14. Let your mind wander off (listen to music)
15. Find out about the double-click technique
16. Find and make competition
btw what was the 3bv for you 59?

so you see there is more than one way to approach minesweeper. Happy Sweeping!!

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May 5th 2003 at 01:37:45 PM
Name:  

Roli

Best expert:  

59

Best intermediate:  

9 (DB)

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Hi, to all newbies:

I´ve tried to collect the tips in short that helped me on my way down. Some more, some less useful...
1. Practice
2. Optical Mouse with cable
3. Mouse has to be on USB
4. Soak your hands in hot water (if not too lazy)
5. Set resolution as low as possible
6. Set mouse acceleration to off
7. Set mouse speed to very slow and make it 1 faster ebery 1-2 months
8. Learn patterns (especially 121, 21, 1221)
9. Learn non-flagging pure at beginner and intermediate
10. Use the recorder to show you the 3BV (motivation for 3BV/s)
11. Watch videos from the god of Minesweeper (Lanyje)
12. Force yourself to go on where you are and don´t wander off to easy places
13. Practice with a customized expert board but ~120 mines
14. Let your mind wander off (listen to music)
15. Find out about the double-click technique
16. Find and make competition
Maybe it has helped anyone? Keep on sweeping!

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May 5th 2003 at 04:41:38 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Per: read the FAQ of this site or follow the link below...

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May 5th 2003 at 04:25:02 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

@James: This is my progression:
96->86->85->80->74->72

May 5th 2003 at 02:06:38 AM
Name:  

Per Malmberg

Best expert:  

90 -- 96-->90 today

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Hi, I have started to play quite a lot lately and have dropped 10 sec in about a month now, so I feel like I'm on track.
Sometimes I read the guest book and I wonder what yo mean when you write a 3BV board or 119bv or something like that thanks
Gunner

May 4th 2003 at 03:20:53 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

63

Best intermediate:  

17x2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

SamRick, I also have a £5 mouse and I've been thinking about buying a new mouse too. So far I go along with the one I have.
The only thing I know is that a optical mouse probably is the best, and wireless mice (seem) to lag when you click fast (>4 clicks/sec), which is really annoying

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May 4th 2003 at 11:48:36 AM
Name:  

SamRick

Best expert:  

109

Best intermediate:  

29

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

I am seventeen and am highly intrigued by the game, I have only been playing a short while and have decided in order to propel my minesweeper play faster I will need a mouse more expensive than £5, does any one have any suggestions!?

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May 4th 2003 at 10:40:39 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Ryan: i don't know when i got my first 69. i know that i got the second one on june 16th 2002. the first one must have been shortly before that.

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May 4th 2003 at 10:27:56 AM
Name:  

James

Comments:  

Congrats Alex. It is nice to finally see some sweepers of my skill level around.

May 4th 2003 at 07:22:24 AM
Name:  

Alex

Best expert:  

85-->78

Best intermediate:  

23-->22

Best beginner:  

2x2

Comments:  

I'm getting close to a sub 100 sum now.

May 3rd 2003 at 10:25:20 PM
Name:  

James

Comments:  

The "Anonymous Surfer" from the entry two below is me, though I am sure you all figured that out.

May 3rd 2003 at 03:22:42 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Best expert:  

63

Best intermediate:  

17x2

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I've just made my second 17 sec, 3BV: 37 -> 47
Also made a 18 sec on a 49 3BV board tonight

@James: Danmark længe leve!

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May 3rd 2003 at 01:23:32 PM
Name:  

Anonymous Surfer

Best expert:  

74

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

@daniele: yes we are tied, but your expert record is lower so you are ahead of me. I have four sub-80s now (79, 78, 75, and 74) but I don't think that sub-20 is coming anytime soon. So I imagine you will be well ahead of me before I break a record again.

memphiz, Jonathan: you guys are both a year ahead of my progression, though I am a notoriously slow improver. Big jumps aren't uncommon, I had 93->86 and 81->74, but after each of those jumps it usually takes a long time to get back to that time.

My webpage is broken. Down with tripod! I will make a new one sometime this summer though.

Damm Denmark! I was sure happy when they beat the US (at the IIHF World Championships) but now they have tied Canada 2-2! I am not impressed. The only consolation is that Canada is still unbeaten and that one of Demark's goal scoreres, named Jensen I think, is from Toronto .

May 2nd 2003 at 01:42:00 PM
Name:  

daniele

Best expert:  

72

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@Jonathan: It happened to everyone of us, i think. It's a normal thing don't worry. I missed a lot of sub80 for stupid errors before my 74 (now become 72). And the 4th sub 80 arrived this afternoon...

May 2nd 2003 at 08:14:27 AM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

83x3

Best intermediate:  

18x2

Comments:  

@Jonathon

"Were any of you ever on pace to significantly beat your current fastest time, only to not be able to complete the board at that pace? If so, did yall ever manage to finally complete the board at that faster pace?"

It happens a fair bit to me. I'vew missed a 50/50 77 seconds and I missed a board with only a small section to clear that was on course for 69 seconds. To answer your second question, I tend to only break my record by a second or two. It's gradual but constant even though I've come very close to knocking 10 seconds in one go.

Best of luck.

May 2nd 2003 at 05:15:06 AM
Name:  

alexander morgan

Best expert:  

87-->85x2

Best intermediate:  

23x5

Best beginner:  

2x2

Comments:  

Has anyone ever completed an expert board in it's 3BV?

May 1st 2003 at 06:53:15 PM
Name:  

Ryan Mann

Best expert:  

57

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Just checking in, i haven't been playing alot lately, i think i have missed the last two updates.
I just want to congratulate Elmar, It's been a long time coming for you I know. I also told my friends I would retire after sub60, and I found out that I doesn't work that easy, although I haven't been playing as much recently.
Just curious, i know that was like your 177th sub 70, but how long timewise was that? What date was your first one?
Good luck to everyone else

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May 1st 2003 at 06:38:07 PM
Name:  

Jonathan

Best expert:  

110

Best intermediate:  

34

Best beginner:  

5

Comments:  

@memphiz: I have been playing for approximately the same amount of time (2 1/2 months), and our scores are very close to the same. However, I dont know how are paces would compare to those of others that visit this board when they first started out.

Also, to everyone else, my fastest time so far on expert is 110, but lately, I have been on pace to finish a boards at around 95 or so. However, I have never been able to finsih any of them. (I always seem to do something stupid toward the end and blow it.) My question is...did this happen to anybody else? Were any of you ever on pace to significantly beat your current fastest time, only to not be able to complete the board at that pace? If so, did yall ever manage to finally complete the board at that faster pace?

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May 1st 2003 at 04:51:13 PM
Name:  

memphiz

Best expert:  

116

Best intermediate:  

32

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

I have been playing for about three months now and am wondering if I am on track with the times you had after playing a couple of months.

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Apr 30th 2003 at 10:23:12 PM
Name:  

lukasz malinowski

Comments:  

that must hurt, dan.
recently i have played nf a little. i have never comleted an expert board with no flags, but yesterday i did at last and the time was 103, not bad . comparing to my record, 46s, it seems like nf and flagging are completely diffrent skills.

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Apr 30th 2003 at 07:40:05 AM
Name:  

Dan Cerveny

Comments:  

Yesterday, while I was playing a game on my computer, the screen went black and the motherboard started beeping. I opened up the case to see what was wrong. I played around with a couple things to see if that might help. I turned the computer back on... the motherboard started smoking and within two seconds a diode next to the memory sockets exploded and shot across the room. Not something that happens everyday

I'll have to use my backup computer for the next week while I order a new motherboard. I just hope none of my other components(memory, especially) got fried.

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Apr 29th 2003 at 12:42:33 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Best expert:  

72

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Just un update... 3 sub 80's...A 79 arrived last night!

Apr 28th 2003 at 05:32:34 PM
Name:  

Case

Comments:  

crap elmar i am going to have to start playing again arent I? too bad i've gotten caught up in another game :/

Apr 28th 2003 at 02:05:07 PM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

Congrats Damien, Stephan and Elmar... Great job ! I don't play often lately... and when I play I'm really bad.

Apr 28th 2003 at 12:56:17 PM
Name:  

daniele

Best expert:  

72

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@James: We're tied, is it true? But i did 72 on my 70th sub100, and I haven't still reached the 100th sub100... I think it's a good thing! But just 2 sub 80's... Now I have to beat my intermediate record

Apr 28th 2003 at 12:17:03 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

ok, my site works. now you can all once again enjoy my beautiful vids and pics.

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Apr 28th 2003 at 11:45:39 AM
Name:  

James

Comments:  

Congrats, Elmar and Stephan.

I got a 75 yesterday on an average board. Sub-70 is definetely possible, though I have only had 4 sub-80s now.

Apr 28th 2003 at 11:33:08 AM
Name:  

Anonymous Surfer

Comments:  

Hmmm. "Exactly" should possibly come sooner in that last sentence.

Apr 28th 2003 at 11:28:39 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

I haven't been sweeping much lately due to exams and stuff. I remembered that I forgot to mention something I figured out about the mine-shift (if you click a mine on the first click). Someone wrote that the mine always get shifted to the upper left corner. If there's already a mine there, it shifts to the second square (horizontally). I discovered that this is not always the case, but it sometimes get shifted to some other corner instead. I'm not sure how this works exactly, though.

Apr 28th 2003 at 09:58:19 AM
Name:  

Roli

Best expert:  

59

Best intermediate:  

9 (db)

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Congrats to Elmar and Stephan. You deserve it. I´ve pretty much retired now, since college started again and I still have to relearn the stuff from my sweeping time!

Apr 28th 2003 at 08:49:11 AM
Name:  

Dan Cerveny

Comments:  

Congrats, Elmar and Stephan.

Damien, I wish I could get some more 46s or lower, but I'm really struggling.

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Apr 28th 2003 at 05:48:14 AM
Name:  

Elmar Zimmermann

Comments:  

ok, one more thing...
congrats Stephan on you 12, nicely played. i stopped playing int after i got my 14 two months ago, but maybe i should give it another try.

Apr 28th 2003 at 05:13:10 AM
Name:  

Elmar Zimmermann

Comments:  

i just realized my website doesn't work. that's due to the harddrive crash. i will get that fixed...

and i know it's Stephan and not Stepghan, sorry...

Apr 28th 2003 at 05:02:39 AM
Name:  

Elmar Zimmermann

Best expert:  

59

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Thanks, Martin and Stepghan.. I actually got that 59 on friday, but the harddrive of my server crashed and so i didn't have internet access over the weekend. it was my 177th sub70 (by now 188). i believe that's way above average so i think i deserve that 59...

i've been telling my friends i would retire from minesweeper once i got a sub60. i hope you guys can keep a secret..

short before i got that 59 (3bv132), i missed a 53 with 3 clicks to go (3bv119) and yesterday i missed a 56 with 2 clicks to go (3bv149). would've been sweet to tie the german record on exp. screenshots and videos of all three games can be found on my site.
i'm in pretty good shape right now. yesterday i got 5 sub65s and almost beat my 3bv/s record. obviously i can't stop now.
so i think i will keep playing until i get something around 55secs or maybe a sub70 total

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Apr 28th 2003 at 04:26:49 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Congratulations Elmar

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Apr 28th 2003 at 03:43:49 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Congratulations Elmar!

Apr 28th 2003 at 01:26:11 AM
Name:  

Joel

Best expert:  

85

Best intermediate:  

21

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

(no comment)

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Apr 28th 2003 at 12:12:49 AM
Name:  

Elmar Zimmermann

Comments:  









Apr 28th 2003 at 12:07:17 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  






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Apr 27th 2003 at 10:46:53 PM
Name:  

damien

Best expert:  

46 x2

Comments:  

just tied my 46...fumbled at the end unfortunately, and it was an easy board (played for only 15 min).

Apr 27th 2003 at 11:49:13 AM
Name:  

Pasty

Best expert:  

114

Best intermediate:  

35

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

I thought that I was good (114-35-4) until i visited your site. Looks like I have my work cut out for me.

-Pasty

Apr 27th 2003 at 09:46:30 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Congratulations Stephan
Very nice video

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Apr 27th 2003 at 07:16:17 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

I forgot to say that you can find the video via the "website" link, and that it should have been a 10 or 11 when I had played optimal.

Apr 27th 2003 at 07:14:02 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Best expert:  

55

Best intermediate:  

a nice 12 on a non-DB (11 on DB)

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Yes! I did a 12 on a 31 3BV board I didn't know at all. It's a beautiful board for non-flaggers as it has only two openings one of which spreads over the whole board area So, from now on, this 12 is my record. My 11 on the dreamboard exists, but this one 12 is my best that was done without any prior knowledge!

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Apr 27th 2003 at 04:43:50 AM
Name:  

Roelof Smit

Comments:  

Sorry Sorin, my mistake

Apr 27th 2003 at 04:12:28 AM
Name:  

Iddan

Best expert:  

77

Best intermediate:  

26

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

What is the average 3BV for an expert board?
I expect something around 180, more or less



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