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Jul 3rd 2004 at 04:48:41 AM
Name:  

Yoni Roll

Comments:  

huh I think the smilies screwed the text or something :S
here it is again, hope it works right (with smilies disabled) this time:
[02:01:56] I'll be back tomorrow, for sure!
[02:01:58] bye
[02:02:00] +
[02:02:11] * +Rodrigo (bobo@init-3B6DC927.user.veloxzone.com.br) Quit (Quit: )

   
Jul 3rd 2004 at 04:45:03 AM
Name:  

Yoni Roll

Comments:  

hm.. Just looked what rodrigo said before quiting last time (i.e. 2 weeks ago):
[02:01:56] I'll be back tomorrow, for sure!
[02:01:58] bye
[02:02:00] +
[02:02:11] * +Rodrigo (bobo@init-3B6DC927.user.veloxzone.com.br) Quit (Quit: )

   
Jul 3rd 2004 at 04:35:54 AM
Name:  

Yoni Roll

Comments:  

Didn't post here for a while again so congrats to whoever I didn't congrat yet

Michael Obst, why not, just not to the list on this site which is not updated, but I guess you can enter Georgi's (now detrusor) list.

anyway, I'm tring to find Rodrigo
He didn't come to IRC for the last two weeks and also didn't post for 2.5 weeks here.
E-mail returned me this:
Unable to deliver message to the following address(es).
:
200.221.11.50 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 ... Relaying
denied
Giving up on 200.221.11.50.

however he did vote on hopsing's elbow poll on the addicts group..
Where are you Rodrigo ??

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Jul 3rd 2004 at 03:35:06 AM
Name:  

Stephen

Best intermediate:  

3.56 3bv/s --> 3.66 3bv/s

Comments:  

Well, i haven't broken a record in quite some time now, but i did manage to finish a 103 3bv board in 29.18 seconds for a 3bv/s of 3.66. now to beat my expert record (not as bad as elmar, but I do have 4 61's)

   
Jul 2nd 2004 at 06:41:46 PM
Name:  

Michael Obst

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I am so stoked i just got 1 second on begginner on minesweeper clone (1.88 exactly) . I haven't been playing long either. What should i do with the video? and can i go on the world records list?

   
Jul 2nd 2004 at 01:58:30 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

The misery continues...3 58s today + a missed 53 after 50

   
Jul 2nd 2004 at 11:26:49 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

hehe, talking about period, isn't the deadline in 35min? I already sent in my scores 2 days after the last deadline..
AR 16-57x3

   
Jul 2nd 2004 at 10:36:00 AM
Name:  

Dave Morgan

Comments:  

Grrr, so many 18s this period, but nothing better

Still, it could be worse, I could be Elmar

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Jul 2nd 2004 at 07:54:53 AM
Name:  

Zane Wall

Best expert:  

99

Best intermediate:  

33

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Guys

I have tried to email Damien at the address 'thefinerminer@hotmail.com', but my message has come back as having failed delivery. This happened when I tried before in May this year.

Is there another address for Damien? I was trying to send a screen shot of my first 99 Expert.

Thanks for reading, and apologies if I have wasted anyone's time.

Zane, UK

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Jul 2nd 2004 at 06:17:29 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Personally I would have liked to see the Czechs in the final against Portugal. That would have been awesome. I don't like the way the Greeks 'play soccer'. I definitely hope Portugal will win but Greece have already beaten Portugal once and I somehow fear that Portugal will underestimate the Greek team once again... Still, surprise endings are always nice so the way I see it, there'll be a fair winner no matter what!

   
Jul 2nd 2004 at 03:24:46 AM
Name:  

Hopsing

Comments:  

Hi
The goal is to determine some kind of superior playing position for sweepers.
The way you play I didn't actually consider in my vote
Happy Sweeping

   
Jul 1st 2004 at 04:55:19 PM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

Besides football, here's this new poll: How should I vote, if I play with my whole lower arm laying on the table, but my elbow is just in the air? And what's the goal?

   
Jul 1st 2004 at 03:05:12 PM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

Yes... very surprising ! I hope that Greece won't win the Euro, it would give some kind of "excuse" to the french team for being eliminated in the 1/4 final !

   
Jul 1st 2004 at 02:09:00 PM
Name:  

Daniel

Comments:  

What's happening to European football. Greece in the final, what odds would you have got on that at the start of the tournament?

   
Jul 1st 2004 at 04:07:06 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@Manu&The Oracles follower:
I've seen the match and I can understand both of you.
Portugal had four situations where a Portugese was alone against the Keeper, all four times it was defenitally a "must-score". So I think the four gaols Manu clamed are realistic. But on the other hand it was extremly poor how they managed to miss. So I understand if The Oracles follower don't want to see 'such forwards' - as he writes - in the final. Well I'm not sure about the two goals of the oranges, at least the second one should have been givven. The foul that the referee saw was a bit strange I think, I wasn't sure who was the first one to hold the opponent. It could have been a penalty as well. The fist one is more difficult, the Portugese on the right side could have been as close to the goal as Nistelrooij in which case he would have been on side. So I don't understand Manu's 0.
The follower writes that Nistelrooij was fouled in the penalty area, well I guess he was - like Figo, Makaay, Robben, Pauletta,... there should be more penalty-disicions (like in the Bulgaria-Italy match).
I think a nice and fair result after 90 mins would have been a 4:4.
The only realy good point of The Oracles follower was that the referee was from Sweeden, that wasn't a good idea of the UEFA. But the match is over, so what all this discussion is for?
I wish it was next monday, than we will be able to talk about minesweeper again and forget all this Euro2004 staff.
And perhaps we can celebrate Elmars new record

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Jul 1st 2004 at 02:50:33 AM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

I really really don't agree with "The Oracles follower" concerning the Euro ! I wanted to come here and tell my opinion about that, and what can I read ? Exactly the opposite of what I wanted to say !
How is it possible to have such different analyses about the same match ???
In my opinion, The "orange" were not far from being ridiculous yesterday night ! It was already some kind of miracle that they reached the 1/2 final, but that time everybody saw that it really was the maximum that they could do ! I think that 2-1 lets people think that it was close, which is absolutely not the case : Portugal could have won 3-0 or 4-0 it would have been logical.
I hope that the Czecks will get into the final, so that we can see the best final that we could hope for !

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 03:59:43 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

I never expected Denmark to reach the final anyway, so I've been cheering for Portugal all along! Portugal is my favourite team so I'm very happy to see them in the final. Unfortunately I didn't get to see the match because I had a friend visit me and something went wrong when I tried to tape it so I won't be able to watch it either!

Anyway, I don't think it's fair to say that Portugal isn't among the best teams. I think they've played fairly well and they certainly did better than a lot of the 'great' soccer nations like Germany, France, Italy, England and Spain! I do think they are one of the best teams and it's certainly fair that they reach the final. I agree that the Czechs play better right now and I think they'll end up winning the final (IF they can beat the Greeks) because they have really amazed me with their great play! Of course it wasn't nice to see them beat the Danes like that but on the other hand they did a really nice job and Koller and Baros are two of my favorite czech players so it was nice to see them score some goals! I hope they'll make it to the final, as I'd definitely like to see them play against Portugal! That way one of the best teams in this championship would definitely win in my mind!

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Jun 30th 2004 at 03:18:41 PM
Name:  

Katy LaVallee

Best beginner:  

4.05 3bv/s ..... 4.41 3bv/s

Comments:  

i don't play much beginner, but i've been sucking lately so i decided to practice beginner some to see if it helped. i don't know if it helped, i guess i'll find out later. but, i just finished my 400th beginner game on the clone (see how little i play?), and i beat my beg 3bv/s. that's something i guess.

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Jun 30th 2004 at 02:19:02 PM
Name:  

The Oracles follower

Comments:  

What a ridiculous match! 3 days ago the Netherlands kicked Sweeden out and today the referee is from Sweeden. Two such beautyful goals and both are canceld? What an unbeliveable brutal foul against Davids and not even yellow where you couldn't say anything against red? Have you seen this nice punch against Nistelrooij in the penaltyarea?
How was it possible that that not one of the Portuguese player had any chance against van der Saar in 1-1 situations. I don't think that a team with such bad forwards should reach a final of an European championship.
I realy like the Portuguese soccer, but it would have been great if the two best teams would have reached the final.
Now there's no one left who can possible beat the Czech Republic (expect Collina and Merk of course).

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 01:35:09 PM
Name:  

The Prophet

Comments:  

This weekend Elmar, this weekend!
... just try - you'll see

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 12:24:01 PM
Name:  

Active Ranking

Comments:  

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

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Jun 30th 2004 at 11:15:51 AM
Name:  

The Oracles follower

Comments:  

@Elmar: 'A't least The Oracles follower can -commit- mistakes.

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 11:11:21 AM
Name:  

The Oracles follower

Comments:  

@Elmer: Perhaps The Prophet made a mistake. But in some houres we could know if The Oracle was wrong.

But THE HISTORY will tell us THE TRUTH about both.

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 08:58:59 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

If the oracle always tells the truth, than the champion of the EURO2004 is already known. If the champion was already know I should have beaten my record, which I haven't.
This yields: The oracle doesn't always tell the truth.

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 01:21:52 AM
Name:  

Yencha

Best expert:  

225

Best intermediate:  

78

Best beginner:  

9

Comments:  

wow... i wish my expert was a 9... sorry 'bout that people!

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 01:18:45 AM
Name:  

Yencha

Best expert:  

9

Best intermediate:  

78

Best beginner:  

225

Comments:  

This evil little game has been the only thing keeping me sane the past 2 weeks of Summer Break. Does the little smiley on the top of minesweeper creep everyone out or is it just me?

   
Jun 30th 2004 at 01:05:20 AM
Name:  

The Oracle

Comments:  

@The Prophet: 6 weeks ago the oracle told us that the Netherlands will win.
speech of the Oracle

   
Jun 29th 2004 at 10:55:55 PM
Name:  

The Prophet

Comments:  

Elmar will get his new record before Euro2004 champion is known!
I said so

   
Jun 29th 2004 at 10:11:13 PM
Name:  

Derek Miller

Best expert:  

111

Best intermediate:  

30

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Hey, I thought you guys might be interested to know this. I just happened to be playing beginner tonight and I got yet another 3 second time. After lookin at it for a bit, I noticed it looked familiar. I looked in my files and it happens that I got the same beginner board about a year ago. Contact me at my email address if you want the Screenshots of both the boards to put up in the "Randomness" category.

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Jun 29th 2004 at 02:08:53 PM
Name:  

Stephan

Comments:  

Elmar, your being-stuck-at-57 is quite ridiculous. So, I recommend you to cross the line to 56. - Seriously speaking, I wish you all the best to get a sub-57 as soon as possible. You deserve it!

   
Jun 29th 2004 at 01:40:49 PM
Name:  

Roman Gammel

Best expert:  

29.12.03 - 29.06.04: "Sub60 journey"

Comments:  

Hi, people! One minute is a little time interval for human, but huge for sweeper. Six month ago I got my first sub60 (59) and my "Sub60 journey" began. Today I noticed that it's great day to make conclusions and to look at my results from the outside. In the beginning of this journey I had strong incentive to improve my style and speed to achieve better results, it took much time to do it. Of course I'll continue to play and I hope I'll get sub50 soon, but now I'd like to tell you about this ****ing day.

About 4 PM I realized that I have 95 sub60 and it will be great if I could get 100 sub60 six month after my first sub60. At first situation was normal - I got 4 sub60. Then s=h=i=t happened. 6-7 hours of playing without any sub60, it was complicated to finish a game, my wrist hurts, but I finished about 10 games including 4x60 and 2x61. Elmar, now I understand your situation , I hope you'll overcome it, good luck . One of this 60s was on a 3BV 207 board - this is my new 3BV/s record 3,45 (previous was 3,31). At 0:01 AM I was upset, I can't express this despondency.

After 6 month of "Sub60 journey" I have 99xsub60 and best result 50s. Maybe we'll see my "Sub50 journey" soon. Good luck, sweepers!!

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Jun 29th 2004 at 12:25:44 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Hey, what's going on? Have I shocked you all with how cruel this game can be?
Don't worry, I haven't killed myself yet....

It doesn't take much more though....

   
Jun 28th 2004 at 12:12:51 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

AR 16-57x3

   
Jun 28th 2004 at 12:11:50 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

57x6->57x7!!!

Comments:  

Did I say it was getting ridiculous?

Now THIS IS ridiculous....3bv152....

   
Jun 28th 2004 at 10:08:57 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Dave: Nope....

   
Jun 28th 2004 at 04:48:13 AM
Name:  

Dave Morgan

Comments:  

hmm, can anyone view the .png files (right at the top) on my webpage???

This should put me at 67 in the best ever I think - 2 places above my previous best of 69

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Jun 28th 2004 at 04:40:41 AM
Name:  

Dave Morgan

Best expert:  

64->61

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

It's been 6 months coming, but finally a new expert record for me!
Just like last time I was out of practise and playing sloppily after not playing much for a couple of months, and then out of no where up pops the box! (Personally I don't find it as exciting as when it was a white box that popped up, but oh well)

I'll upload the screenshot and video as soon as I work out how ftp works in windows

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Jun 27th 2004 at 05:00:09 PM
Name:  

Lloyd

Best intermediate:  

19.45 -> 19.22 (19x5)

Comments:  

It's not much, but it's a record! It's my second 19 in as many days, the other being on a 56 3BV board, this on a 39. Just 1/4 of a sec to go to get to 18. I've been at 19 as long as I can remember (maybe a year even).

   
Jun 27th 2004 at 07:55:05 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@Dennis: Unfortunatly I lost nearly all my minesweeper documentation when my computer broke down last summer (that was also the reason why I dropped out of the AR). So I've no original vid. But I edited the board on the clone and replayed the game (wasn't easy to play it in 2.06 again and with the same clickpositions and intervalls). If you sent me your email, I could send you the vid (it looks nearly exactly like the original).

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Jun 27th 2004 at 04:45:16 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Thanks Georgi for all this incredible work you've done. The community owes you a lot.

Good luck Détrusor, you really know how to attract people to your site.

   
Jun 27th 2004 at 02:46:24 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

My fellow-sweepers,

As you may know, I will no longer update the Bestever ranking. I was looking for someone to substitute me in this noble activity. I believe I found the right person.

Let us welcome Gregoire Duffez (Detrusor) as my successor of the Bestever ranking and wish him good luck

He will continue to keep it alive ... moreover he will automate it as much as possible

He registered a new mail address for all record breaking announcements and proofs.

Please start sending your new bests to

----------------------------------------------
bestever@planet-minesweeper.com
----------------------------------------------

   
Jun 26th 2004 at 03:11:17 PM
Name:  

Dave Matson

Best expert:  

2.14 3BV/s --> 2.21 3BV/s

Comments:  

Whoo-hoo! It was on a 208 3BV board.

   
Jun 26th 2004 at 12:56:23 PM
Name:  

Daniele

Best beginner:  

3,72 3bv/s --> 3,73 3bv/s

Comments:  


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Jun 26th 2004 at 12:36:10 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

How will I ever recover from this.....

If anyone wants to have a good laugh, I got it all on video....

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Jun 26th 2004 at 11:25:08 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  


I just missed an estimated 48,00 after 44 secs on a **** 50/50!!!

   
Jun 26th 2004 at 08:05:49 AM
Name:  

Iguana

Best expert:  

2.04 3BV/s (NF)

Best intermediate:  

2.91 3BV/s ---> 2.99 3BV/s (NF)

Best beginner:  

4.33 3BV/s (NF)

Comments:  

21s for a 60 3BV intermediate.
@ Lloyd : Congrats for your 2 new records

   
Jun 26th 2004 at 05:39:30 AM
Name:  

Iguana -> Jan Dubois

Best expert:  

79 (2x) ---> 78

Best intermediate:  

18 (2.77 ---> 2.91 3BV/s)

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

78.31 on a 158 3BV board (2.04 3BV/s)
3rd sub20: 19.93 on a 55 3BV board (2.91 3BV/s)
All in Non-flagging

   
Jun 26th 2004 at 01:52:16 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

@Georgi:

I didn't plan to update my home site the next couple of days, but if you enter this URL: http://jontrans.0catch.com/AR/55,81.mvf
, you should be able to download the video file (I hope).

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Jun 25th 2004 at 07:37:46 PM
Name:  

Lloyd

Best expert:  

68 -> 67

Comments:  

Just 8 games after setting my previous record, I do it again! It was only a 126 3BV board, and it took me about 1.5 sec to find the last square, but I have no complaints!

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 02:33:27 PM
Name:  

Michael S. Repton

Comments:  

Sorry about that; it's working now, so here ya go:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ball1418/minesweep76.jpg

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 02:06:55 PM
Name:  

Michael S. Repton

Best expert:  

77 –> 76

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ball1418/minesweeep76.bmp

(sorry about using bitmap, the only computer I could convert it on is down at the moment. the third "e" was a bit of overexcitement.)

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 01:11:57 PM
Name:  

Katy LaVallee

Comments:  

congrats lloyd

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Jun 25th 2004 at 12:06:56 PM
Name:  

Justin

Best expert:  

77 --> 73

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Too bad I was "actually" playing on custom so it doesn't show in my records... But its not like those records really matter anyway!

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 09:32:29 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

57x5 -> 57x6!!!

Comments:  

This is getting ridiculous.....

This beats my old being-stuck-record of 66x5...
AR 16-57x2

Congratz to all record breakers!

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 04:12:45 AM
Name:  

Lloyd (aka piman)

Best expert:  

69------> 68.06

Comments:  

This was only my 14th game finished in the last 2 weeks, and one of those was the only 70 I've gotten.

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 04:01:53 AM
Name:  

Dion Tiu

Comments:  

@Gareth: Heh, yeah Hurlstone. It's been awhile since you left school, i think i was in year 9 back then. I knew Michael Seymour and Joey in your grade since they went to my primary. And your tutee, Emmet, is in my grade.
I was surprised to see your name on the best ever list too. It was such a coincidence.
This new record doesn't change my rank, still 5th. I'm just glad to get sub 60 total
@Georgi: Check your email.

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 03:55:23 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Christoph: Can I see the vid for the 7 3bv board in 1.06 seconds? I would very much like to see that!

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 03:03:59 AM
Name:  

Georgi

Comments:  

Congrats Dion and Jon!

Have you got record videos?
Would be nice to watch them ...

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Jun 25th 2004 at 02:31:38 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@Jan Dubois: I don't know, but it is at least possible. I played a beginner with a 3BV=7 in 1.06 secs. That's pretty close. I was very dissapointed cause the LButtonDown on the last quare happend befor the end of the first sec but unfortunatly it is the LButtonUp that counts.

   
Jun 25th 2004 at 02:30:42 AM
Name:  

Gareth White

Comments:  

Hey Dion,
Are you serious that you went to my school? Hurlstone? Dude, that is incredible! Wow, I can't believe that you know me. I wish that I could say the same about you, but unfortunately your name doesn't ring a bell. Sorry, I'm sure I will hear about your successes later down the track.
Anyway, it's good to know that an Aussie is going so incredibly well in minesweeper! Gee, do you still live around the area, maybe we can meet up some day.....
Oh yeah, and congrats on the new record! Where does that place you now?

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 11:51:20 PM
Name:  

Sean Reynolds

Comments:  

does anyone know how to make videos from the recorder play back smoother? when i play back videos they are very choppy

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 11:28:43 PM
Name:  

Jan Dubois (Iguana)

Comments:  

Did any body finish a beginner in one seconde with a 3BV higher than 4?

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 11:24:51 PM
Name:  

Jan Dubois (Iguana)

Best expert:  

79 (2x)

Best intermediate:  

18

Best beginner:  

1 (3x)

Comments:  

Hello everybody !!!
I did my third 1 seconde.
After 1.90 (3BV of 2), 1.93 (3BV of 2),now 1.99 (3BV of 4)!
@Jayson and for everybody, if you want to see it:
http://www.planete-demineur.com/french/sweepers.php?mode=viewprofile&id=60
Now I'll try to improve my 79...

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Jun 24th 2004 at 07:32:48 PM
Name:  

Robert Benditz aka Hopsing

Best beginner:  

2x2

Comments:  

Hi
Playing the minesweepergame Dangerousmines I got another 2. Fortunately it is my second 2 because I doubt you would accept it. It is a 2.8. I think there is nothing wrong with dangerousmines, but maybe timer is slow, who knows?

Dangerousmines topscores: http://www2.silvercrk.com/lobby2/DMinesTopScores.html
Screenshot: http://www.benditz.de/bilder/2dm.jpg
Happy sweeping

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 01:01:07 PM
Name:  

Georgi

Best expert:  

NF 86.94 (154 3bv) ----> 82.24 (146 3bv)

Comments:  

new best non-flagging

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 10:19:24 AM
Name:  

Gustaf Forsman

Best expert:  

54

Comments:  

Sorry to say this Jon, but i have nothing but freetime this summer
Happy sweeping and go Zlatan!!!

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Jun 24th 2004 at 09:32:48 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Best expert:  

56x2 ---> 55

Comments:  

I thought it was about time to do something about my expert score, since it seems like "everybody" are improving that one nowadays. After missing another 56 on a STUPID mistake the other day (3BV ca. 145), I was relieved to get my revenge with 55,81 on a 132 3BV board earlier today. I see that sub-50 getting closer. Maybe I can reach it by next year?

BTW: Congratulations to all the record breakers. I got to do something about that sweedish player that swooped past me on the expert list. As if their football team's success isn't enough. Fortunately, I've got a lot of spare time this summer

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 08:07:00 AM
Name:  

Katharina Schüller

Best expert:  

92

Best intermediate:  

32

Best beginner:  

6

Comments:  

This are my records, I will improve it, because i'm young

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Jun 24th 2004 at 07:47:30 AM
Name:  

Dion Tiu

Best expert:  

45

Comments:  

ABOUT TIME!!!
Staying up until 1am on a school night was worth it. What an important record, this gives me a sub-60 total.

   
Jun 24th 2004 at 02:34:25 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Gareth: It's GREAT to see that you finally got a sub-20. Did you flag mines or not? I've stuck to NF on int but on expert my best times were achieved with flagging, although I did get a 65 NF. I'm not really THAT far ahead of you on expert I think. I've only got that one 61 and two 65 which are lower than 68 which is apparently where you are at and don't mind my int score. I used to be a real int geek playing nothing but int for 4 hours a day so that's how I got there so fast. I still have to struggle for my sub-20s so it's not like I'm anywhere near as good as Damien or Dan. In fact Dan has got an average int time of 19 point something. Very impressive, by the way!

But Gareth, good luck improving your times even more! I've been stuck on my times for quite a while now. My ultimate goal has always been to get a sub-60, although it just doesn't seem like such a big deal anymore. Perhaps because so many people have already done it or perhaps because I know I could already do it at my current level with the right kind of LUCK! Good luck man!

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Jun 23rd 2004 at 10:50:30 PM
Name:  

Dion Tiu

Comments:  

Oh yeah, congratulations on your first sub-20

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 10:49:35 PM
Name:  

Dion Tiu

Comments:  

Hello Gareth, remember me? I went to your school. Im not sure if we've ever met but i sure know about you and your mathematical achievements
BTW there is a crack for camtasia in the videos section of this site.

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 09:36:10 PM
Name:  

Gareth White

Best expert:  

68

Best intermediate:  

20x3---------------------------------------> 19!!!!

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hey Dennis, remember me? I FINALLY got that sub-20!
Massive relief. It's been over a year since I've posted here.
And since I've been gone, you've improved your intermediate by about 5 seconds, and your expert by well over 30 seconds. Now you are WAY ahead of me

I have started to take videos of my runs now. I downloaded the trial version of Camtasia, and made videos until the 30 days expired. I don't know how to use Camtasia for free now. Any tips? I am not prepared to pay money just to record minesweeper videos, so if there is no other option I guess I will just not take videos.

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Jun 23rd 2004 at 05:14:15 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

11

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Well, Jayson, it is physically possible to get one second, if you lok on the left hand column and note a link to Videos, go there, download the codec, and watch some one second videos. (also check out some of Lasse's videos, and to see the world record 41 second expert of Lanyje, go to www.active-ranking.de.vu and look to the archives, go to 2002 period 26 (or 2003 i'm not sure) and then it will have the videos where it says '2002 world records' near the bottom of the page (have to have the codec for that too) i think you'll be more amazed by that video than any of the 1 sec videos.

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 04:08:12 PM
Name:  

Roli

Best expert:  

54

Comments:  

Got close to my new record with a 56 yesterday. Feels good to see that it wasn't pure luck and there's way to improve.

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 03:37:41 PM
Name:  

Patrick

Best expert:  

70

Best intermediate:  

23

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

Well I was hopeful of getting into top 100, but looks like it will be a while longer...
Just finished my 70 expert

How do i find out about that 3bv stuff? I know what it means, but what can i compare it to?

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 08:04:03 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

61

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

@ Jason: I can tell you this with absolute certainty... It IS psysically possible to finish beginner in 1 sec. There are boards out there that only require 1 or 2 clicks but I've seen a player finish a board requiring 4 clicks in just 1 second! I've finished one board on 8x8 beginner in 1 second and three on 9x9 beginner in 1 second, so I know it's possible!

To me it's a much bigger mystery how somebody can get such low expert scores but hey, I know that's possible too and although there might be a few cheating minesweepers around I don't think you'll find many here. There are tons of video proof so you better believe it. Your scores aren't bad either! I think you can do better than 8 on beginner though if you can get such nice scores on int and expert! Good luck!

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 07:52:04 AM
Name:  

Jayson

Best expert:  

129

Best intermediate:  

47

Best beginner:  

8

Comments:  

I've got a long way to go. But doesn't anyone find it suspicious that some people completed beginner in 1 second? Is that physically possible?

Check out this new site, where I found out that people hack into their systems to change their best time data:

http://cheatchannel.4players.de:1033/files/minesw.htm

I'm actually disappointed that you people are falling for it.

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 07:00:29 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

Italian players played very bad, that's obvious...but i can't accept what Morten Olsen said, after seeing what happened in the match.
Bah...
Btw...there are more important things in life...

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Jun 23rd 2004 at 06:15:51 AM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

I think it was obvious that they did NOT agree. Did you watch the match ? Both team gave 100%. I can't see why Danmark would have accepted to take the last goal cause it makes them play against the czecks who play clearly better than Germany or Netherlands in this Euro. Thing is that the 2 best team of group C are qualified. The only thing that I don't understand is why Italy played just like they were already qualified for the 1/4 finals. But I'm not going to make fun of the way they played, as France did not play lots better...

   
Jun 23rd 2004 at 05:05:34 AM
Name:  

Daniele

Comments:  

Of course Denmark and Sweden agreed! it was obvious

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Jun 23rd 2004 at 01:45:10 AM
Name:  

Manu

Comments:  

Traian : Are you saying that Sweden and Danmark agreed to make this 2-2 BEFORE the match ? I don't think it is the case. For me Sweden and Danmark were simply better than Italia in those 3 first matches. I'm not sure at all that Danmark can't beat the Czech republic, we'll see !

   
Jun 22nd 2004 at 10:00:52 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Congrats Daniel
Denmark - Sweden: 2-2... Nice Too bad for Italy Although I'm afraid we can't beat the Czechs, as they are the best team so far in the Euro 2004 IMO

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Jun 22nd 2004 at 02:59:10 PM
Name:  

Traian

Comments:  

Hey all!
Denmark - Sweden 2-2... That was sooo predictable. Too bad for Italy. As a Latin, I am somewhat sorry for Spain and Italy.
Anyway, the next AR period I'll be very active, so watch out.
(I'm a bit drunk right now, so excuse my grammar mistakes)
Bye!

   
Jun 22nd 2004 at 12:39:50 PM
Name:  

Katy LaVallee ... or something completely different

Comments:  

just wanted to say congrats to daniel on his new expert time

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Jun 22nd 2004 at 09:28:00 AM
Name:  

payam pakbin

Comments:  

emmmmm........180 first sweepers ! not bad

by the way why doesn't the top 100 list been updated since then ?! and have the best expert record changed ?

   
Jun 22nd 2004 at 08:48:05 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@payam pakbin: You would've been about 2 years ago when the TOP100 on this site were updated the last time. Now your about N°180. Still nice scores though, keep on sweepin'!

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 10:03:26 PM
Name:  

payam pakbin

Best expert:  

69

Best intermediate:  

21

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

i'm in top 100 !!!

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Jun 21st 2004 at 04:04:05 PM
Name:  

Daniel Lynch

Best expert:  

67 -> 66

Comments:  

140 3bv

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 02:34:44 PM
Name:  

Martin Toft Madsen

Comments:  

Congrats to all the recordbreakers and to Oli and Sorin. Nice you finally get another sub50 Sorin
Also nice to hear from Roelof and Owen!
I hope Denmark wins tomorrow, but I must say I am not very sure about it... Could be very nice if Denmark and Sweden both qualifies for the quarter finals!

Dennis, did you have a nice time in Thailand? I never got to wish you a nice journey

Last thing: I should have written an AR profile, but things have gotten a little out of hand since my graduation about a week ago, with parties and so on. In fact, this is the first time since then I have had more than 10 minutes or so at my computer, so I hope you all can wait a little longer to read my profile and survive a period without any...

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Jun 21st 2004 at 01:11:39 PM
Name:  

Michael S. Repton

Comments:  

congratulations Hopsing... you still haven't quite caught me up yet, though!

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 11:15:45 AM
Name:  

Robert Benditz aka Hopsing aka Harry Potter

Comments:  

Thx to all
Gustaf is refering to this picture: http://benditz.de/bilder/harrypotter.jpg
Dennis Lütken created it skillfully
Here is the original picture: http://benditz.de/bilder/hoppiinal.bmp
The original is 4-5 years old.

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 11:09:08 AM
Name:  

Gustaf Forsman

Best expert:  

3.22 3bv/s

Comments:  

It was a 65 on a 209 3bv board, very nice i'd say
Congrats again Hopsing aka Harry Potter

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 10:43:54 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@Dave: As far as I know the last ~0.01 secs are not shown in the vids. I had this problem too. I guess that is because the vid stops on the last click but in the game the computer needs some time to show the last square(s) befor stopping the counter. I already sent a mail about that to Rodrigo some weeks ago but got no answer. I had a vid of a game that ended on a whole sec but the vid showed a sec below with x.9

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 10:32:56 AM
Name:  

Dave Matson

Comments:  

Congratulations Hopsing! Nice work. I'm glad to see that at least one of us got sub 100!!!

I watched your video, and I was wondering if you noticed that your counter in the bottom said it was 20.90, but the red timer on the top said it was 20.8. Is this common, or is this something Rodrigo should look into?

Anyway, nice work!

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 09:50:45 AM
Name:  

Robert Benditz aka Hopsing

Best expert:  

77

Best intermediate:  

22=>20

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

IT'S DONE!!!!!
SUB100
After finishing exactly 100 intermediate-games today, the 101th finished-int-game made me jumping around
A really nice 20.90.

Obviously I was mistaken when I predicted that expert-improvement is more probable than int-improvement.
I am so happy.
Check my page to see my great video
Happy sweeping
Robert

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Jun 21st 2004 at 09:18:05 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

**** doble-posting!
@Daniele: I'm sorry for the extra "l"

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 09:16:41 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@Danielle: Befor you go mad because of a 2-2 Italy should beat Bulgaria. Just remind how Russia played their last match

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 09:16:41 AM
Name:  

Christoph Marx

Comments:  

@Danielle: Befor you go mad because of a 2-2 Italy should beat Bulgaria. Just remind how Russia played their last match

   
Jun 21st 2004 at 07:39:36 AM
Name:  

Gustaf Forsman

Comments:  

Haha, 2-2 would be fun cuz then whole Italy would be sooo mad.

   


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