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Jul 11th 2004 at 11:08:07 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.... Did anyone else feel something pass me or was it just me? Man, it went fast! Congrats Stephen! It's nice to see you get a sub-60 even if that means I probably won't ever catch up with you! Hand over the video please!

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Jul 11th 2004 at 10:06:02 PM
Name:  

Stephen Arnason

Best expert:  

60--58!!

Comments:  

YES!!!! 124 3bv, 2.16 3bv/s = 58.31 seconds!!! My new expert record. Times are now 15-58 for this period. YEAHHHHH

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 09:29:15 PM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

Well I got my 100th sub-30 tonight. I only played for a few minutes since I got my 19. Got a 25. Number 100 and 101 came today, both bland 29s. No 102 was a nice 22 on a 40 3bv board, so I feel a lot better about the 19. I just didn't want it to be a one-shot deal.

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 09:16:21 PM
Name:  

Dion

Comments:  

Check your email Martin

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 06:18:12 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

If we are to remove all UPK scores, I would say we had to remove Matt's 10 as well. As far as I know, Steffen's best non-UPK score is 12 and Roli's best a 15.

And of course: Congratulations Yoni on your new int record

And while I remember it:
Dion, can you send me your 45?
Oli, can you send me your 47? (I never saved it on my HDD, just watch the link directly)
Dennis, can you send me your 13?

Then I think I will be up to date again

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Jul 11th 2004 at 04:24:56 PM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez (Detrusor)

Comments:  

Jon Simonsen, his NF style and his stats have just been added to the clone ranking (#7) http://www.planet-minesweeper.com/english/class_clone.php

About the two 9 sec : i'm agree to remove them, but what are the non-UPK record for Steffen Stachna & Roland Seibt ?

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Jul 11th 2004 at 04:24:54 PM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez (Detrusor)

Comments:  

Jon Simonsen, his NF style and his stats have just been added to the clone ranking (#7) http://www.planet-minesweeper.com/english/class_clone.php

About the two 9 sec : i'm agree to remove them, but what are the non-UPK record for Steffen Stachna & Roland Seibt ?

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Jul 11th 2004 at 02:54:55 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Didn't Matt also admit to have used UPK? As fas as I know he had watched a video with the dreamboard a million times... That's UPK the way I see it... as much as my 11 was anyway, so I don't see why we should keep that although a lot of people would probably disagree because it's been recognised as the WR for so long... But the 9s certainly have to go... no doubt about it!

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 11:07:43 AM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

From what I recall about their circumstances, I'd have to agree with Stephan's call for the 9s to be excluded from the list.

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 09:25:39 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I've finished 7 expert games since my last post... but still nothing better than 77,77... best one of the 7 games was an 85 I think... man...

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 08:53:41 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Concerning that removal discussion: I agree with Dennis to remove my 11 (only because it's done on the DB), but still, I think that, then, at least both 9's should be removed as well!

Congrats to all record breakers!

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 08:52:21 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Man, I just finished a 166 3bv board NF... using 242 left clicks!!! There's got to be something wrong with my effectivity!!!

Earlier today I managed to get a very impressive score of.......... 107! And that wasn't NF!!! I stink! Hmmm, I also got a 77,77 on expert... something I've wanted to do for a long time so I have done SOMETHING good today! *LOL* The sad part is that the 77,77 is the best time out of the last 20 games I've finished on expert... I guess that 70,02 looks like what I'm gonna get stuck with this AR period unless I start kicking some more ass than I have been lately!

   
Jul 11th 2004 at 03:45:34 AM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez (Detrusor)

Comments:  

Gergely > here you have several videos, and the conversation we had with him on the minesweeper channel http://uselessfiles2.free.fr/stevan.zip

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Jul 11th 2004 at 01:42:45 AM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

OK, I don't want to defend Stevan, but before claiming him guilty, at least I am curious about his videos (if he has any)! Can anyone send it to me? Thanks in advance!

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Jul 10th 2004 at 01:05:35 PM
Name:  

James C

Best expert:  

78

Best intermediate:  

19

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@Grégoire: Thank you for adding me to the list. You are a gentleman and a scholar. I am sure you are the right man for the job. Once all of us hash out who and what goes or stays on the list, I think you are more than capable of being the final authority.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 11:06:17 AM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

I would vote to take off his scores, as the only videos i have seen were his fake 41, and 50. His 50 in my opinion, could be simply the result of slowing down his clicks/s in his solver, and adding flagging. Basically the downpour of criticism on his 41 video enabled him to know what to look for and take those impossible attributes out of his solver. 7 clicks/s is ludicrous, I can hardly do that just randomly pressing buttons. Looking at Mr. Nyholms 45 video in the clone, he had a total (combining L, R, and D clicks) of about 5 clicks/s, which would seem about right, and I am thinking MTM's nf 51 is a lot less than 7 clicks/s. Now, to me, somebody with a score of 50 in expert cannot necessarily get a score of 45 or even 49, without a lot of time passing. Take me, for instance, Even getting to 59 from 61 will have taken me a while, and I am positive both from reassurance by logic and other people, that jumping a number of seconds when you're that low is ridiculous. I say that we toss his scores altogether, until we get some uncheatable proof (ie history.inf and videos with his name) I will start a vote in the yahoo group.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 08:23:22 AM
Name:  

Dave Matson

Comments:  

Hi again everyone! I'm finally back in town.

It seems that Stevan has had his fun with the sweeping community, and the novelty of faking scores has worn off. Maybe we should get rid of his scores.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 08:19:51 AM
Name:  

Roli

Comments:  

James C: Do you got Email btw and could you send me your address perhaps? Thx

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Jul 10th 2004 at 08:07:34 AM
Name:  

Dennis

Comments:  

OH, and congrats Yoni!!! It's wonderful to see you break your record too!

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 08:05:38 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

What's happening here? I've finished 9 expert games today and the best time I've gotten was a lousy 79,97!!! That is REALLY bad! I've even gotten a 98! I can't believe what's happening to me... I might just be tired from playing so much yesterday... I'm not exactly in shape as it's been a while since I played for hours on end! Hmmm, I guess I'll have to take a break and try again later!

I don't think Stevan should be on best-ever... there's just too much mystery around him and his times! Besides... "Once a cheater, always a cheater!" Isn't that what they say?

About the poll! I'm not sure I even voted for that one but I agree with the majority that upk is, as the name suggests, unfair and that's also why I've chosen to disregard my MS Minesweeper times! LET'S GET RID OF UPK and DB SCORES!

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 06:48:03 AM
Name:  

Yoni Roll

Best expert:  

64

Best intermediate:  

-->

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I never thought I would post another such message here, but I, well, broke my record
I got a nice 15.97 on a nice 34 3BV board :> , last record was 16 on 12/8/02, i.e. almost two years ago! (in which I didn't play seriously for at least 1.5 years)

Link to the movie (clone video):
http://yonir.0catch.com/videos/Yoni%20Roll%20-%20int%2015.97.mvf

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Jul 10th 2004 at 06:24:42 AM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

I think if the community accepts (which it seems to) that Stevan's 41 is a fake, then we must seriously consider our position for accepting times from him.

At the very least, if he is to continue appearing on the bestever, then I believe he should have to provide extra-ordinary (compared to others) proof of his times. General gameplay would also be helpful.

It seems, from what I read, that he has not done this.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 05:47:16 AM
Name:  

Dion

Comments:  

Especially when you've already sub-50, its extremely hard to break your record. At least a jump of 7 seconds in the high 50s to the low 50s is feasible. But Stevan claimed to have jumped from 48 to 41, which i believe is impossible.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 05:39:01 AM
Name:  

Dave Morgan

Comments:  

The "size" of a jump isn't just about how many seconds it is though - going from 450 to 400 is much easier than going from 14 to 13, for example

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Jul 10th 2004 at 05:16:29 AM
Name:  

Gergely

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

I think if Stevan doesn't send videos as proofs, especially because he could be in the top ten with this time, then he should not appear on the bestever with this. But that's the only reason not to include his time.
Anyway, I only started posting here and the AR when I had a 64 on exp, which was after a big jump from 71, and before that 71, I had 80 as record. Now I have 61 and earned this from 80 during approx. 14 months (from 71 to 61 it took only 5 months). So I don't think huge jumps are impossible.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 04:19:18 AM
Name:  

Dion

Comments:  

I strongly agree with Grégoire. And he seems to have disappeared in the last few months. I wonder what happened to his "i will sub-40, just wait and see" comment.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 03:50:04 AM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez (Detrusor)

Comments:  

Stephen > I changed your scores (and Dennis') because you accepted that. I hope that will encourage the other players that have problematic times to consider their 2nd record...

About Stevan : I've discussed with Elmar about him, and my conclusion is that he doesn't deserve to appear on the bestever list because he has too much suspicious times, even if his 45 *seems* legitimate. Here are the reasons
- his *WR-41 sec* is used with a solver (for the first 30 sec)
- he never submit the AR
- he doesn't want to show his history in the clone
- he doesn't know how many sub50 he has (which is weird)
- he doesn't record any video of his sub50
- he doesn't want to record his claimed "estim 48 or 49"
- he has very suspicious evolution : 52->48->41->44->45
- he said he discovered this site only when he broke the 50 sec, which appear to me to be the more weird thing : someone who plays minesweeper enough to be sub50 is necessarily someone that uses Internet (even sometimes), and that wants to know if he is good or not at Minesweeper...

So this is MY opinion, but as I'm not the one who decide for this bestever list, i'm waiting for your opinions to take a decision

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 03:41:13 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@James: I never said to delete all DB scores. But those I nominated were achieved with prior knowledge. Through the way Stephen described (I had a simpler idea in mind) I think it would be in fact no problem to get a 6 or 7. And even if I got only a 10 that wouldn't really make a difference. But I don't feel like wasting a weekend on this. Besides I don't see the need because IMO Steffen already got his 8 to proove exactly this.
I just checked the poll results, it's 24 against 5 in favour of deleting those scores.....

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 02:27:19 AM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

Hey, i just noticed... remember Stevan Gvodzenovic or something like that? number four on bestever? i just looked at the Jan 5 2004 best ever list, and he was actually on there... ranked 36 or so (2-16-55) and 6 months later he was ranked 4 (2-12-45). That is some quick time gaining. Anyways, Gergely, it would be quite simple to get a 5 on the db, maybe not a 5 (i have practiced it now, as I have gotten a record on it that doesn't count anyways), but a 6 or 7 as you might not be expecting it. Then again, I posted awhile back the exact 4 3bv of the boards before it, so theoretically you could map out the order of 3bv, and know where in the cycle you are (of the 65535 boards possible), and find a place that is close to the db, keep playing until you get the 4th 3rd 2nd oh then dreamboard, and expect it, practice playing on the clone, and then immediately after play the dreamboard) it would be quite easy... i dont' know what it would prove, but yeah that's how to do it (as i recently learned of the board cycling). That said, i am still amazed that Stevan gained so much time in well, so little time. He also claimed to have a WR, 41.08 s that was an obvious cheat. To anyone in the top 10 - how long did it take to go from a total of mid 70's to low 60's? 6 months? I'd like to see some of Stevans videos - camtasia style. That is , of course, if Stevan still frequents this website. Thanks

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 01:24:20 AM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

@Sgt: You getting too authocratic despite the fact the poll shows: more than 2/3 (I don't remember exactly) voted for removing games made by upk. If there's democratic decision, that's it. There are always opinions contrarily to this, but you should accept what the community decides.
(@Elmar: IF you have enough time, could you really prove us a 5-6-7 on DB? Just for the case )

Anyway, I used the windows' system restore function carelessly, so it removed a lot data from the history file (some top ten times). I didn't know these were connected.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 12:35:12 AM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

I meant Stephen [Arnason] there not Steffen or Stephan.

   
Jul 10th 2004 at 12:32:21 AM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

@Elmar: You know this is getting pretty old, and you are just adding to it. You say the same thing every time this discussion comes up. (Maybe I do, too, to some extent, but at least I am acknowledging that now.)

Number 1. I actually WOULD like to see a video of you getting a 6 through board cycling, because I personally have a hard time believing that you could do it. And I don't mean in cheat mode with the clone. I mean a Win98 or older version of the game.

Number 2. I think you know very **** well that there is a big difference between what Matt, Roland, and Stephan (sp?) accomplished as opposed to you sitting around in your under wear one weekend pressing a button over and over.

You are not helping this situation. Maybe you think I am not either, but the fact of the matter is that some DreamBoard times are legitimate.

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 09:54:12 PM
Name:  

Charles

Comments:  

hey
'love the site. 'would like to learn more.
what is the dispute about 'legal' games? what makes a score illegal? what do all those thechnical terms you guys use mean? upk? DB? i hope i am not the only one who doesnt know

and thanks for the link Daniel. 'am enjoying it greatly

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 08:44:02 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Best expert:  

60, 61x5

Comments:  

Another 61 for Stephen, I need a sub-60! For the love of Pete. Also, Detrusor, I was curious as to whether Dennis' and my times were the only ones to be changed, or whether you were to decide others to be changed as well. Just curious. Thanks

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 08:03:13 PM
Name:  

Lloyd (again)

Best intermediate:  

19x6

Comments:  

Nothing special, just my 6th 19. 3BVs of my 19s are 32, 36, 39, 42, 44, 56, this time was the 36. Now my AR = my best times, so I shouldn't really complain.

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 07:03:36 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Pablo: give me a week-end and I'll lower the WR down to 6 or 7... if that's what it takes to show you (and other ignorants (sorry )) that those kinds of records aren't worth anything....

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 06:33:57 PM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

Yeah, I think I might just wait and see how this goes.

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 06:09:56 PM
Name:  

Pablo

Comments:  

why dont we count all the games played in the original version? there was someone who had an 8 in int! in my opinion this is the worldrecord!
greets from sevilla!
Pablo

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 05:20:17 PM
Name:  

Lloyd (aka piman)

Best expert:  

67x2

Comments:  

Got my 2nd 67, and only my 4th sub 70, this time on a 169 3BV board, for a 2.54 3BV/s. That's much more impressive than my other sub 70s.

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 05:11:48 PM
Name:  

Josh

Best expert:  

85

Best intermediate:  

37

Best beginner:  

6

Comments:  

Hi, I must say this website is really wicked. I just found it while looking for minesweeper videos, but I never actually expected to find some! I used to think my times were pretty good, until I found this site, but all my friends still think I'm the king, and weird. But who cares, minesweeper rules!

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Jul 9th 2004 at 04:54:45 PM
Name:  

Germaine

Best expert:  

525

Best intermediate:  

110

Best beginner:  

20

Comments:  

Congratlations René ! You are the best of the best !!! Moreover, your english is very good...

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 04:51:06 PM
Name:  

René

Best expert:  

796 => 787 !!!

Best intermediate:  

146

Best beginner:  

28

Comments:  

Today, I beat my record in expert... I win 9seconds ! I am so happy !!!

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 04:19:15 PM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez (Detrusor)

Comments:  

OK, so i modify the bestever : stephen ->14 dennis ->13

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Jul 9th 2004 at 12:55:50 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Best expert:  

60

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I would have to also agree, if we are agreeing to take out that aspect (aka upk boards unacceptable for records), but it would have to be, as Dennis basically said, all boards that were unfairly played. I think it will be quite difficult, though not impossible to do that. Any sub-15s should be checked (perhaps Georgi will be able to recall whether or not they were on the DB), or if the intermediate time is out of place with the expert score. (ie someone like myself achieving an 11 in int with a score of 61 in exp then, now 60). That said, I recently got a 14 for which I have no proof of (not even a scrshot) as I was playing regular minesweeper on a different profile on my computer, and wasn't even trying, so i don't even know the 3bv. however it wasn't a board i had seen before so I still think it should be accepted. That said, let the records be changed. By the way, congratulations Dennis, please send me that 13.

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Jul 9th 2004 at 12:10:00 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Elmar, I agree with your nominations but I'd like to add some:

My 11
Stephan Bechtel's 11 and all other DB scores

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 12:03:04 PM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

I welcome your suggestion Elmar, but will we all really have the same opoinion about what is fair minesweeping? It seems that previous discussions have proven that this is not the case.

But perhaps, if there is overwhelming support for particular scores to be deleted, the bestever will get the chlorine it so desperately needs.

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 12:00:18 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

My nominations are:
Steffen and Roli's 9
Matt's 10
Stephen's 11
my 1s

maybe I'll add some more later.

Of course this should be decided on democraticly at the end...

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 11:57:50 AM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

@Charles.

There are two ways. You can download a recorder and counter as designed by Sorin. This is to be found in the Minesweeper Addicts site in Yahoo Groups and runs with normal windows minesweeper.

The alternative is minesweeper clone, which I believe to be the better option since it is more reliable than the winmine versions. The one used by most sweepers here is Rodrigo's clone. Please follow the link below. Good luck with the times.

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Jul 9th 2004 at 11:56:51 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Ok, a couple of days ago the bestevers got a new daddy. I think we should use this occasion to clean up a the ranking a little. In my opinion there are quite a few scores in there that most of agree were not achieved "correct" a way. I know this topic has been up many times, but we never really decided on it.
I think there is no need for a great discussion what we consider a "upk" or what ever, because IMO everybody here knows how this game should be played.
So let's just take this step and get rid of those flawed scores.
Another idea would be to only accept clone scores for beg and int for sub3/sub15 from now on.
I want to encourage you all to specify those score that you want to be removed from the bestevers (including your own).

For the good of the game, Elmar

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 11:47:44 AM
Name:  

Charles

Best expert:  

142

Best intermediate:  

28

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

hey guys
neat site.

how do you guys get minrsweeper times in tenths and hundeths of seconds?

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Jul 9th 2004 at 11:28:09 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

One should think so of a guy who just got a 13, congratz.

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 10:28:41 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

70.02 seconds on expert.... and all I wanted was a sub-70 for the AR!!! Today I've gotten a 70, a 72 and a 73... I think I should be able to get a sub-70 but we will see...

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 09:45:43 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Christoph: About your passage through Germany, I'm in France at the moment......

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 09:25:25 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

Tournament: 2. try.
Some of you will remember that I've tryed to organize a minesweeper tourament past may. Unfortunatly too few players showed intereset in such an event, sothat it couldn't take place.
I still think that such a tournament is a good idea. Now two players told me that the reason why they couldn't come to the tournament was the date and that they would come to vienna to a tournament at end of August or beginning of September.
So if some of you would also like to come to vienna, meet some sweepers and sweep a lot, please send me a mail. If enough players will participate I'll try to organize a really cool tournament.

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Jul 9th 2004 at 08:04:01 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Best expert:  

60.53 ---> 60.06

Comments:  

new expert best ....

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 06:16:27 AM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

Oh, and well done Dennis!

I'm not playing at all here in Galway. I'm just trying to earn as much money as I can for the next eclipse trip (a long time away but you can't plan too far ahead).

Happy Sweeping to all

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 06:15:17 AM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

@Stephan: It was your 66 that didn't look much faster than what I thought I could do - you're much faster now

@Dennis: Congratulations

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Jul 9th 2004 at 06:14:22 AM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

@Zane

It might be a better idea for you to enter your times for the Active Ranking. Damien's email isn't that trustworthy. The AR also gives a big incentive to improve! For more details, follow the link.

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Jul 9th 2004 at 05:23:23 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

14 --> 13!!! :-)

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

FINALLY I got a 13 on the clone!

I was feeling really good and thought I was in great shape but it's been a long time for me since I last got a decent time. I've been getting a few 18s and 19s lately but that's it! I've been getting nice 3bv per sec ratios and just before getting this 13 I missed a board with 49 out of 71 3bv done and an estimated time of 19,55 and a 3bv/s ratio of 3,83!!! Anyway, out of nowhere pops up this really nice board and I just fly through it thinking that this could be a nice time... maybe even 15 or 16... I finish in the upper right corner and look at the clock when making my last click on a 50/50 guess! It says 13 and the sign pops up! MAN that feels good!

It was on a 36 3bv board with only two openings so it was a very nice board! I got the big opening for a start and finished in 13,53 seconds... 2,87 3bv/s!

Detrusor, should I sent you my history file and the video?

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Jul 9th 2004 at 05:12:36 AM
Name:  

Robert Benditz

Best expert:  

77

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

2 | still crying because of that missed 1 sec!1

Comments:  


I am no longer the last on the best-ever-ranking. haha
Thanks for that James
Sweep on!

   
Jul 9th 2004 at 02:03:04 AM
Name:  

Zane Wall

Comments:  

Stephan and Dennis:

Thanks for the welcome. I appreciate it.

About Damien's email (the finerminer): I think this address no longer works, 'cos I tried twice, and got 'Undeliverable' messages back. Never mind: I'll keep pounding the scores till I make the 'Bestever' lists!!

Zane

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Jul 8th 2004 at 10:56:02 PM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

Well, I haven't been posting much here lately... I broke my non-DB record last AR period with 24. I tied it this period already and I got a new clone record in expert with a 92.01 for the period...the lowest I have made in a looooong time. I honestly didn't figure on playing much more this period since I am moving all next week, but...
I busted a few games with 21 or 22 on the clock and one or two squares left to open. In the last month I have taken my intermediate average down from about 36 total to 31.08 over the last 96 games, so I have been wanting to play a bit more than sleep. I also started the day with 96 sub-30's so I figured I would reach the 100 mark today. I played for about an hour earlier and only managed one 29. I started playing again and busted a 22 on a bad guess, so I was really getting frustrated to the point of going to bed. I had told myself several times that it was the last game when I hit a BIG opening. As I clicked off the last few squares, I wasn't entirely surprised when the white box popped up, but when I looked up in the corner.......

19!!!!

I got my first 29 on Jan 29 this year. 5 months and 97 sub-30's later there it was.

It was on Win2000 so all I have is a screen shot. The 3BV was 31 by my count, but that's okay by me. 2-19-78 puts me on the all time list, and I may be last, but I beat a few people to it.

   
Jul 8th 2004 at 01:49:20 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

@Daniele: the server had some problems today, but now, the site should work again.

@Zane: welcome! You're not the first one to whom wasn't paid any attention. Just keep posting friendly messages here, then you'll get some answers. And theoretically, you could send your 99 screenshot to thefinerminer@hotmail.com - maybe Damien (that's the guy who has built up the Authoritative Minesweeper with its lists) will finally update the rankings some day...

@Martin T.M.: Thanks for being mentioned so many times in your AR profile - even if I wasn't far away of being quite offended that you call my videos "[not] that fast"

   
Jul 8th 2004 at 10:39:12 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hmmm, I just had something very strange happen to me on int!

After finishing 20 int games today I was proudly looking at my 'int daily evolution' and my 'int top 10' lists. I had a time average for the 20 games of 23.54 and a 3bv per sec average of 2.62 which is very nice but that's not really what I came here to tell you all. I also managed to get three games with a 3bv higher than 3 and since I downloaded the 0.92 beta version not too long ago I was able to see exactly how much above 3 3bv per sec those three games were. As I knew already one of the games was a 3.20 3bv per sec game but then I discovered that I had two games of 3.02 3bv per sec. I thought 'strange' but it turned out there was something even more strange. Both of the boards were 73 3bv board and I had finished both of them in exactly 25.19 seconds! Now, there's a little more than 6 hours in between those games but how the h*ll is it possible to finish two games with the same 3bv in the exact same time on the same day? And then even with a 3bv per sec higher than 3!!! Man, this is one weird day! Too bad I don't have the videos. I would have liked to see them now!

Oh, and Zane... NICE TO MEET YOU! You are very welcome here! Keep working on those times. I'm sure you can get a lot better! I was at 3-28-133 or something like that when I first came here!

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Jul 8th 2004 at 10:18:36 AM
Name:  

Stephen Arnason

Best expert:  

60

Comments:  

@James C: Personally, I prefer to have my mouse as slow as possible, and absolutely no acceleration. Of course the pointer must be able to cross the entire mine field without having to lift up the mouse, but the slower it is, the more accurate. Each mouse varies slightly, but on average I have found, using windows XP's mouse movement, that when it is at the fourth tick from the left it is optimum, and using Windows 9x the second tick from the left. Also if you have an optical mouse make sure the communcation is the highest possible between the mouse and mouseport.

   
Jul 8th 2004 at 09:06:08 AM
Name:  

Zane Wall

Comments:  

Hi Hopsing

Thank you for your reply.

I'll keep working on the scores!!

Zane

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Jul 8th 2004 at 08:08:07 AM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

Okay, I have a question...what mouse settings are people using? Also, as you get better, should you slow your mouse down more, speed it up, or leave it the same?

   
Jul 8th 2004 at 07:41:18 AM
Name:  

Hopsing

Best beginner:  

missed a 1 sec-game because of a stupid misguess!!!!!

Comments:  

Hi Zane
This page (the one containing this guestbook) is no longer updated. Your scores are yet not good enough to get on the bestever-list (www.planet-minesweeper.com) but you can join Active Ranking (active-ranking.de.vu). Sorry for not answering earlier . Your times are not bad, but nothing special within this community .
Happy Sweeping

   
Jul 8th 2004 at 07:16:52 AM
Name:  

Zane Wall

Comments:  

Am I doing something wrong, or can no-one read my posts but me? Is a score of 99 in Expert so laughably rubbish that no-one feels the need to answer my question?

OK, fine, if I am posting my question in the wrong forum, please tell me. As an avid Sweeper, I thought I would find a friendly welcome at this, the 'Authoritative Minesweeper Site'!

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Jul 8th 2004 at 04:49:48 AM
Name:  

Dave Morgan

Comments:  

@Detrusor - I still can't read the writing on this page - http://www.planet-minesweeper.com/english/bestever.php using firefox/opera on windows, because the text is too dark

Also, the email you sent out is dated the 9th of July - please fix this for future emails, since it's annoying having your email at the top of my inbox for several days

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Jul 8th 2004 at 04:47:35 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

@Dan: Active ranking site isn't working...

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Jul 7th 2004 at 05:58:37 AM
Name:  

Rodrigo

Best beginner:  

3.60 3BV/s ==> 3.70 3BV/s

Comments:  

Wow! Nicer than the improvement is the coincidence:

10 3BV board in 3.70 seconds = 3.70 3BV/s

10 / (3.7 - 1) = 3.703703...


   
Jul 7th 2004 at 05:56:10 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

15:37h (local time) Sofia-Bulgaria

The Olympic flame (firetorch), on its way to Athens-Greece, have just passed on my street, just below my window, escorted by a douzen of policemen with BMW motorbikes (German registration ?!?), few busses with animators, guys with rollers, other with bikes ... and a lot of cheering people around

I've seen once the Olympic flame in the distant 1980 on its road to Moscow.

   
Jul 7th 2004 at 03:30:26 AM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez (Detrusor)

Comments:  

I've sent a mail to all people of which i have the address; if you didn't receive that mail, please email me the videos of your records
I rewrite that message here to be sure that everyone can read it.

Hello all!
I’m very proud to write this first message as the new person who takes care of the bestever list. I will do my best to make that like Georgi did: with his efficiency, his kindness and his seriousness.

I’ll make several modifications: the list will be automated, and videos of records will be linked to the times of the players. In few days (weeks), I’ll add a form on my website, which will be the form you’ll have to use to update your new records, or to register if a player is new to this ranking. Before this form is done, you just have to write to me at bestever@planet-minesweeper.com with your records and the videos.



To link the videos of the records to the times of the players, I have to ask you all to send me the videos of your records (i.e. .avi, .mvf or .txt files).

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Jul 6th 2004 at 10:37:02 AM
Name:  

Dan

Comments:  

Active Ranking has been updated.

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Jul 6th 2004 at 10:09:56 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@all sweepers from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands:
The next two weeks I'll travel threw this countries. Perhaps we can meet somewhere. So is there someone from Salzburg, München, Konstanz, Wuppertal, Berlin, Eindhoven, Hamburg or anywhere near the train-lines between Berlin and Eindhoven or Eindhoven and Hamburg?

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Jul 6th 2004 at 08:52:43 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

What's going on with the AR?

   
Jul 6th 2004 at 01:38:37 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Best beginner:  

5.80 (clone 3BV/s)

Comments:  

finally someone comes close! and perhaps the beginner level will get more interesting again.

   
Jul 5th 2004 at 06:06:05 PM
Name:  

Stephen Arnason

Best beginner:  

5.41 3bv/s!!!!

Comments:  

yes five decimal four one 3bv/s. on a 25 3bv board, 5.62 seconds. The closest i've had before was like 4.3 3bv/s.

   
Jul 5th 2004 at 09:44:27 AM
Name:  

Stephen Arnason

Best expert:  

60

Best intermediate:  

11

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Well, it looks like I have a decent AR score already for next period, 15-60. I got my Clone record yesterday of 15.53 seconds on a 46 3bv board. Combining that with my 60 seconds record on expert, I will have a score of 75 for a total. Maybe I'll even be able to bring it down, as I have been playing extremely well in both intermediate and expert lately.

   
Jul 5th 2004 at 03:51:10 AM
Name:  

Bowen

Best expert:  

79 -> 75

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Hi all, broke my expert record just before and am stoked. I am getting very close to my long term goal of getting a sub 100 total (only 2 seconds over). I think I need to work on my intermediate time cos it seems to be quite out of proportion with my expert time

   
Jul 5th 2004 at 02:43:59 AM
Name:  

Zane Wall

Comments:  

Can anyone please tell me how to log my 99 Expert with this website?

Zane, UK

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Jul 5th 2004 at 02:38:39 AM
Name:  

Jan Dubois

Best expert:  

78

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

@alex I saw a 42 3BV a couple of days ago but I didn't save it. I just saw it when I click for a new game.

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 10:41:58 PM
Name:  

The Oracles follower

Comments:  

@Martin: The Oracle said something about flowers and peace - a discription of the country. It was me to convince The Oracle that it spoke about the Netherlands.
@Elmar: Nobody's the owner of The Oracle not even The Prophet! Btw: congrats.

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 03:51:55 PM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

Well done to Greece! It seems hard work beats sole reputation. I think they deserve every plaudit (though I would've liked to see the Czechs win it).

Congratulations to record breakers too.

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 02:15:27 PM
Name:  

Stephen Arnason

Best expert:  

61--60!!

Best intermediate:  

11

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Just broke my expert record as well, although not by as much as Elmar had. I was at 61x4, and now I have 60.87!. sub-60 should not be that far off.

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 02:00:28 PM
Name:  

Lloyd

Comments:  

@Alex, a high 3BV for beginner would probably be in the 30s, and I've seen several in the 40s. Also, the highest POSSIBLE, on the 8x8 board, is 54. At times I think I'm the only one that still plays beginner from time to time...

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 01:57:44 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Yes indeed, but it looks like you should get yourself a new oracle.

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 01:54:35 PM
Name:  

The Prophet

Comments:  

I have spoken

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 10:50:00 AM
Name:  

Alex

Best expert:  

65

Best intermediate:  

17

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hey, just wondering what is a high 3bv for beginner? What is the highest ever, plus what is considered fairly high. Would appreiciate it if someone could post the answers asap. thanks

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 05:01:31 AM
Name:  

Matti

Best intermediate:  

16,76->15,39 3bv 47!

Comments:  

15 seconds is pretty much what I was looking for but 3,27 3bv/sec (my new int record) is an absolutely stunning result. However, I would have liked to finish the board in 14 seconds so the 3bv value should have been 42 or something like that.

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 03:25:32 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

55 (this looks much better than 57!)

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Thanks guys, you can't imagine how good this feels. Well, I suppose you can, because all of you have already beaten a record after being stuck, but still: yey!

Ok, now here the complete story... So I was playing chess against my flatmate for about 90min. While playing I emptied a bottle of cidre, which was btw probably the reason why I lost after leading with one piece and a pawn.

After the game my head was boiling and I decided to sweep some mines to come down. I played about 20min and got some really nice estims and finally the new record. What a great feeling after 13months and 1 day without breaking my record. (I think a good part of Lyon's 1st district heard my scream.) During these 13months I got about 500sub70s and 30sub60s. And you all now the story of the 7 57s. So I agree that I kinda deserve this.

It wasn't even a nice board, 3bv146 and 17 openings! I guess I could've gotten an even better time, but I slowed down after passing the counter and realizing that I would break my record.
I hope I will even further improve my record soon, since I'm in excellent shape these days averaging around 66. I think a low 50 should be possible.

Happy Sweepin'!

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Jul 4th 2004 at 01:36:04 AM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Well done, Elmar! Seems that Germany is still an important country - at least in Minesweeper, maybe not anymore in soccer...

   
Jul 4th 2004 at 01:16:05 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

Congrats Elmar,

The Prophet right

   
Jul 3rd 2004 at 09:27:24 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

all i have to say is: Finally! Nicely done, Elmar... send the video to my email please.

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Jul 3rd 2004 at 03:56:28 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Congratulations Elmar, you certainly deserved this

The Oracle was right... Who was going to win Euro2004 according to the Oracle?

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Jul 3rd 2004 at 03:22:37 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

57x7->55,22

Comments:  

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
FIIIIINNNAAAALLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY!!

Another record while playing under the influence.

Gotta go out party now....more details tomorrow!!!!

   
Jul 3rd 2004 at 02:22:09 PM
Name:  

Dave Morgan

Best intermediate:  

15 (+ failed on the last click 15 x2), 16x13 (I think)

Comments:  

Got a 16 and a 17 today.. I think it's about time I broke my intermediate record

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Jul 3rd 2004 at 09:28:30 AM
Name:  

Rodrigo

Best intermediate:  

2x20 --> 3x20!!!

Comments:  

Hi everyone!

hehe.. funny! I was finally going to post here after a HARD week with 3 consecutive days of exams, and found Yoni's message with my last appearence on the IRC!

I've been very busy these days, and hardly found some time to check e-mails in the last 3 days. That's why I voted to the poll. But now I'm back. And I seem to be playing well yet, because today I got my 3rd 20 after a 24, a 23 and a 22!

By the way, Yoni, my e-mail is really giving me some headache. Try to e-mail me at my newest e-mail address, that is minesweeperclone@yahoo.com, ok?

And finally, my congrats to everyone who got nice results and new records during the days I've been out!!!

Happy sweeping!

   
Jul 3rd 2004 at 04:53:19 AM
Name:  

Yoni Roll

Comments:  

Grr.. wtf, I disabled the smilies !! and there's still a smile there!
Sorry for fourth post.. last try :S I'll edit the text a bit so maybe it will work now.
[02:01:56] < Rodrigo > I'll be back tomorrow, for sure!
[02:01:58] < Rodrigo > bye
[02:02:00] < Detrusor > +
[02:02:11] * Rodrigo (bobo@init-3B6DC927.user.veloxzone.com.br) Quit (Quit: )

   


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