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Feb 11th 2006 at 11:15:27 AM
Name:  

Robert Benditz

Comments:  

heck, stupid guestbook formating screwed up my post, actually the names of the guys posting the last 3 lines are missing, better so maybe

   
Feb 11th 2006 at 11:13:37 AM
Name:  

Robert Benditz

Comments:  

[20:30:15] * Quits: Arj_ (Quit: mom is home) - BEWARE ARJ'S MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
that must be a witch
she kidnapped Katharina and Peter
mystery revealed

ARJ=Arjadre

   
Feb 11th 2006 at 10:41:49 AM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  

A friend of mine needs help to search two of his best friends. They were on a journey around the world. The last contact to them was an email from bolivien. From there their accounts were emptied afterwards. More details on: http://www.katharinaandpeter.info
If one of you has contacts to bolivien or has any idea how one could find them, please mail to katharinaandpeter@gmx.net

   
Feb 11th 2006 at 05:35:50 AM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez

Comments:  

Hi all,

Arrrrrgh, I am extremely sorry, but the AR problem remained... And I'm still missing intermediate time for those who already re-submitted.
So please, for the last time (I promise!!!), re-re-submit your AR times (link below)
That won't happen again... I'm really sorry .

Note: you can verify that it worked by clicking on "info" tab, after having submitted: it should show you what you submitted.

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Feb 11th 2006 at 02:54:35 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Sorry, I will post them... I've been rather busy lately and am just about to go visit a friend now so I will post them later. I haven't played much Minesweeper either but the 'old' vids are still pretty nice, I suppose!

   
Feb 11th 2006 at 02:51:07 AM
Name:  

Gero

Best expert:  

56

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Just wanted to say that I will be in Budapest, too. Just wrote Gergely a mail (hope you recieved it). Now I must book a room and buy my tickets for the train.

2nd is the same as always: Send in your 3BV/s vids. Post them in the forum of Grégoire or sent it here: minesweeper-clan@gmx.de
@Dennis Lütken: Hm, you were one of the first writing for the 3BV/s rankings, but now you didn't post any vid of you. Come on, I want to see your over 4 3BV/s on Int!!!

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Feb 10th 2006 at 10:28:08 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

i like the current AR state so i dunno, resubmit it or not

   
Feb 10th 2006 at 09:22:42 PM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

AR 74

Best intermediate:  

AR 20

Comments:  

whoo, started the AR off on the right foot... got a 74 on a cookie, and nailed down my usual 20 so I can concentrate on expert.

the 74 (on a 3bv=139) was easy except one corner that had maybe a 10% chance of being solved... 3x4 with 8 mines or something. I spent 3 seconds going "sweet Jesus, what is this??", so there went the 71.

The 20 (on a 3bv=30) did not feel at all like one; it came between a 2.77 on a 79 and a 2.91 on an 87; I was flagging brutall, and thought it would be like a 24 on a 50, and then it spontaneously ended.

I also blasted a 32/38 est 19 and a 28/41 est 17, so maybe I can sub20 this interval. But I'd rather get another sub70 so that's where the effort's going

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Feb 10th 2006 at 02:04:40 PM
Name:  

Grégoire Duffez

Best expert:  

51

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

As you can notice, this Active Ranking period has been nicely f*cked up, for some reason. So I am asking to all people listed in the current ranking period (at least the names are correct!) to submit again their times.
Just use the current submit form (link below) as if it was for period 3 (I'll clear it after that, so that you'll be able to submit for period 4).

I am fixing a new deadline of this late period 3, so that you have enough time to re-submit: Sunday February 12th, 23:59:59 GDT (Grégoire Duffez Time, i.e. GMT+1).

I guess you have understood that you should NOT SUBMIT FOR PERIOD 4 until this temporary deadline.

I hope i was clear enough... if not, just ask.
Allez salut, et banzaï!

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Feb 9th 2006 at 11:26:32 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

AR 70

Best intermediate:  

AR 20x3=>19, 2.82=>2.87 3bv/s NF

Comments:  

19 on a 43 (my highest 3bv for a sub20) and 23 on a 66...After the 2.87 I also got a 2.85 NF (25 on a 70) and 2.86 flagging (28 on a 79) 70+19=89...my best AR total ever...

@Rasmus:

Btw, I am no longer "dead"... My parents hooked my computer back up to the internet...

About UPK...I have only received one int board so far... and I have gotten several sub30 3bv int boards since my first UPK post this year..... Please email your illegal int and exp boards to the address below...

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Feb 9th 2006 at 04:08:10 PM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  

Hi. I was a bit quiet the last weeks. That was because I came home from Leeds and found in Vienna something that you could call chaos. It wasn't as bad as it could have been but much worse than I expected it to be. Especially one thing REALLY SUCKS: A very **** #@*+% **** idiot burned down half the economical university of vienna. Paranoia took over and the security level was raised beyond every senseful limit. However, it looks like there's no chance to enter the department on the weekends this summer.
And that means that I'll have to schedule the Vienna International Minesweeper Meeting 2006 on a weekday.
I plan it for the second half of July. So PLEASE: Let me know if you'd like to come to the meeting and which weekday would be best for you. And please mail me as soon as possible since I want to set a date before the Budapest tourney (@Gergely: you'll hear from me tomorrow). This time I plan to add some socializing so that it will be a meeting but just a tourney.

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Feb 9th 2006 at 02:56:38 AM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

**** Levente, could you imagine other nicks for yourself?

   
Feb 8th 2006 at 11:38:25 PM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

68

Comments:  

* RilianGentlyMakesLoveToPigs blasted last exp game --> Est Time=65,20 3BV=141 / 214 3BV/s=3,33

that was the suckiest suck that ever sucked suck. Maybe I need a nick that does not disparage the guy who wrote my Minesweeper program.

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Feb 8th 2006 at 09:35:45 PM
Name:  

Andrew McCauley (Schu)

Best expert:  

64

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

Congrats rasmus & arjadre

100 intermediate 3+ 3bv/s!!

Highlights:

First ever (though I probably got at least 1 on winmine): "911" 2005, 38.12 on a 113, 3.04, highest 3bv ever completed.

second: 21/10/05, 23.48 on a 69, 3.07. IOS, RQP and 3bv/s record.

third: 29/10/05, 35.23 on a 106, 3.10. 3BV/s record. Also, most efficient of all 3+ 3bv/s. (3rd IOE overall)

4th and 5th were both on 23/11/05

6th (record, 25.81 on an 81, 3.26, record for IOS too) and 7th were both on 25/11/05

8th (record, 25.18 on an 85, 3.52, IOS and RQP record too) to 12th were all on 02/12/2005, 5 in one day (out of 97)

33rd, on 17/12/2005, was 21.49 on a 64, beating RQP and least time for a 3+

51st was first of new year, meaning 1st to 50th all in 2005, 51st to 100th all in 2006 (though more are certain to come)

53rd, on 03/01/2006, was 21.65 on a 78, 3.78, record in 3BV/s, RQP, IOS, and continued the .26, .52, .78 record series, hopefully meaning my next record is 4.04.

55th to 61st were all on 08/01/2006, 7 in one day (out of 70), a new record. 5 of them were between 16:32 and 17:02 (out of 25). This was also the day I got my 15 record and 2 18s, and also an expert 67 at 2.43 3bv/s.

70th on 17/01/2006, was 19.61 on a 58, first simultaneous sub-20 and 3+, and least time for a 3+

82nd on 26/01/2006 was 19.65 on a 63, 3.38, 2nd simultaneous sub-20 and 3+, also 6th 3bv/s.

96th on 03/02/2006 was 19.81 on a 57, 3rd simultaneous sub-20 and 3+

100th was 22.41 on a 70, 3.27, only NF on the list so far and beating NF 3bv/s, RQP, IOS, IOE and on top ten Nf times, also narrowly missing out on NF clicks/s top ten. 8th RQP overall, 6th IOS overall, 6th IOE overall, 16th 3bv/s overall. Mindblowing for me!

Overall: 100 from 4847 games (average: 2.27)

since 25/11/2005: 95 from 2950 (average: 2.35)

since 02/12/2005: 93 from 2636 (average: 2.36)

this year: 50 from 1190 (average: 2.43)

this month: 10 from 164 (average: 2.46)


I must admit, 4 appear to have been rounded up to 3.00 but should have been under, but still, I probably got a fair few 3+ on winmine, seeing I got 3 20s on winmine.

3.0x: 46
3.1x: 26
3.2x: 14
3.3x: 11
other 3: 3.42, 3.52 and 3.78

OK that's the end of my self-indulgent rant, thanks!

Vid of #100 (only NF so far) is linked

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Feb 8th 2006 at 04:14:29 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

70.92=>70.87 (70x2)

Best intermediate:  

18x4 (20x3 AR)

Best beginner:  

1x2

Comments:  

A nice little 118 board...my old and new records are ridiculously similar... .05 sec apart and 1 3bv apart... However, I got a 72 on a 152 last night, so I still think I'm capable of sub70...but for now, all my records are light syndromes... 20-70 for the AR...

   
Feb 8th 2006 at 03:34:48 PM
Name:  

Patrick Storer

Best expert:  

58

Comments:  

new best expert 3bv>>> 2.90

   
Feb 8th 2006 at 10:03:15 AM
Name:  

Rasmus H. Jensen

Best expert:  

63.01 ----> 62.65

Comments:  

Finally a new time record! 3BV = 148.

In top 100 as no. 100 =)

Not a very good game but video is linked.

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Feb 8th 2006 at 01:37:03 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best expert:  

72 flagging, 87 NF

Comments:  

Tonight was a night of LC failures. First, I missed an 85 NF on LC. Next I missed an 83 NF LC on a 181 (which is an outstanding game for me flagging).

Then I missed a 67 because I couldn't find the last square (mostly because there were only 46 flags placed). I was right next to the last square, too I was going at only 3 clicks/s, too. Video linked

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Feb 7th 2006 at 10:52:54 PM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

RQP 32.60->31.63

Comments:  

after having no luck today - winning 6 games but no sub80, and blasting things like est69 104/166 and est78 177/199, I got this 75.95 on a 180! 3bv/s=2.40.

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Feb 7th 2006 at 09:58:03 PM
Name:  

Dane Skabelund

Best expert:  

88

Comments:  

sub90x2--->x3
new 89 on 146 board

   
Feb 7th 2006 at 07:03:58 AM
Name:  

Rasmus H. Jensen

Comments:  

Thanx Schu! I just knew you would love me for that 5.08 =)

About the NF. If I feel really inefficient on epx I play a little int NF just to get my style zeroed in. Otherwise I don't. But if you feel so strongly about it maybe I should. You know... Just to beat you again - sorry =)

   
Feb 7th 2006 at 06:43:49 AM
Name:  

Dmitiy

Comments:  

hey everyone,

ARE THERE ANY/GOOD DELPHI PROGRAMMERS FROM ACTIVE MINESWEEPER COMMUNITY ?

sorry for caps, but this is important message

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Feb 7th 2006 at 02:30:12 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

hey mark!

(mark is my brother...but he's in canada at the moment)

make sure you click on the 'tips' link on the left page if you haven't already...then wait for other responses. see you around.

   
Feb 7th 2006 at 01:56:14 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

68

Comments:  

whoa, I may be getting good at this.

Today's scores: 71, 73x2, 74x2, 75, 79, 80x2, 84, 86... one of the 80s was at 2.42 3bv/s!

I also almost pulled a Hopsing, 137/172, est65@2.62! Both time and 3bv/s would've been records. Oh well, my last game was a 71, I'll take that any day! Watch the video, watch me flag-unflag-flag-unflag-flag around that 3-4 at 6 o'clock.

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Feb 6th 2006 at 10:37:42 PM
Name:  

Schu

Comments:  

oops, I thought the smilies weren't working, but I guess they just went to the end.....
Anyway, NF I'm 2/18/82 and 4.45(new record)/2.84/2.18

   
Feb 6th 2006 at 10:31:02 PM
Name:  

Schu

Best expert:  

AR 68

Best intermediate:  

AR 17

Comments:  

Daing it Rasmus, now you've beaten all my 3bv/s records! I used to be able to say all mine were better than yours (even if the actual times weren't), but now I can't.

Well done!!

At least I beat you NF (do you ever play NF?)

   
Feb 6th 2006 at 08:48:10 PM
Name:  

mark moore

Best expert:  

238

Best intermediate:  

60

Best beginner:  

8

Comments:  

hey anyone got some tips for improving times besides practicing alot?

   
Feb 6th 2006 at 02:00:08 PM
Name:  

manuel heider

Comments:  

i just suck :(
after missing a 225 3bv board on the last click with est 3,25 3bv/s (guess) i now missed a 153 3bv board on the last click, i didnt have to guwss, i hjust missclicked ;( est 53 !!!
that sucks

   
Feb 6th 2006 at 11:56:59 AM
Name:  

Levente

Comments:  

@Rasmus - congrats!

Arjadre would like to make it known that he is dead.

[12:00] just letting you all know that I'm going to be offline for a while
[12:00] until then, happpy sweeping
[12:01] *** Arj_ [cfed2377@init-F59EA151.prohosting.com.ua] has quit [Quit: I use http://minesweeper-community.com/irc because it rocks! see ya all!]

sucks being 15, eh?

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Feb 6th 2006 at 07:35:46 AM
Name:  

Rasmus H. Jensen

Best expert:  

3,05

Best intermediate:  

3,85

Best beginner:  

4.68 ----> 5,08 3BV/s

Comments:  

You really inspired me, Levente

Time: 6,71 - 3BV: 29

11,98 total.

Link to video below ->

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Feb 6th 2006 at 03:33:09 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

68

Comments:  

and in more interesting news, I followed that barrage of beginner with 5 expert games: 76, 85, 74, another 74 , 80. The 85 was 2.21, and the 80 was 2.29 3bv/s.

I had never noticed this before, but the best warmup for expert is ... really brutal flagging on beginner.

(My int games sucked... got a 28 on a 78 and a 26 on a 64 and otherwise trash! )

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Feb 6th 2006 at 01:37:51 AM
Name:  

Levente

Comments:  

ooh, just noticed RQP record of 0.89 on that board too!

   
Feb 6th 2006 at 01:37:09 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best beginner:  

2.69->2.46

Comments:  

I'm going for a 3bv/s record, dang it. 3bv=4 on the board.

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Feb 5th 2006 at 07:35:07 AM
Name:  

Arjádre

Comments:  

@Levente and Elmar:
@Damien: I'm using a windows98 computer, but it seems you've already got the file by now...

   
Feb 5th 2006 at 06:49:49 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best beginner:  

3.68->3.98 3bv/s

Comments:  

played a few games... and by a few, I mean 352. I got at least 30 that were sup3.5 3bv/s, and almost got to 4.

I want to get to 4.18 - if I can get 4.18 on int, I don't see why I shouldn't on beginner.

for times, 3x3 I think. Didn't get good times since I used a pretty brutal flagging approach, assuming each board was 3bv=30.

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Feb 5th 2006 at 06:37:20 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

thanks dmitriy...hotmal blocked it. can you put it in a zipped folder? really appreciated.

btw...i do know how to spell elamr's name correctly

   
Feb 5th 2006 at 04:28:33 AM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

Damien I have sent you the file.

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Feb 5th 2006 at 03:51:55 AM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

Grats Elamr!!

@Damien: i am trying to find it.. too many archieves to browse..

   
Feb 5th 2006 at 02:48:49 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

congrats, elamr.

does anyone still have/use windows 98 (2nd ed)? my old computer deleted a file necessary for boot up that i'd really appreciate getting. so, does anyone have the file 'win.com'?
(the computer guys aid they'd fix it....for 60 euros...but i'd rather not!)
thanks to anyone who responds.

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Feb 4th 2006 at 04:53:16 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Got my third sub50 today.
Time=49,35 3BV=121 3BV/s=2,50 Rank Time=2 Rank 3bv/s=2285

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Feb 4th 2006 at 04:23:20 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

2.37=>2.37x2 3bv/s grrrr

Comments:  

@Thomas: I've been getting what I consider some good times on high-3bv boards. The key is planning each click rather than blindly clicking fast. My newer 2.37 is an 83 on a 196 board. A few days ago I got an 80 on a 130. The 80 was at <3 clicks per second and the 83 was at <4 clicks per second, both around 55-60% efficiency.

Anyways, right after my 2.37 (83 on a 196), I got a 2.3 (81 on a 185) and then a 77 on a 156 at 2.04 3bv/s....It's ridiculous how many 3bv/s records I'm getting without any time records...

   
Feb 4th 2006 at 01:14:13 PM
Name:  

Thomas

Comments:  

Thanks!
Is there anyone else here who plays >200 3bv boards almost as fast as 130 3bv boards? And if yes, what can I do to get that kind of efficiency on low-3bv boards?

   
Feb 4th 2006 at 12:48:00 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

2.33x2=>2.37 3bv/s

Best intermediate:  

2.78=>2.82 3bv/s NF

Comments:  

@Thomas:

The exp record was 91 on a 214 two days ago; I forgot to post it. The int record was 24 on a 66 just now In other news, yesterday I got a 2.54 on a 3 3bv beginner board, and today I missed a 74 on a 139 board on the last click...stupidity, nothing else Sorry for overposting.

   
Feb 4th 2006 at 10:44:50 AM
Name:  

Thomas Kolar

Best expert:  

83-->78,69

Comments:  

I sub80ed!!!

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Feb 4th 2006 at 10:10:34 AM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best intermediate:  

18x4 (18x3 legal)

Comments:  

@DB: grats...grr my best 3bv for an 18 is 41...

Last night I blasted an awesome 33 3bv board... I opened the opening (there was only one), and then I was like, "I don't feel like sweeping anymore... I wanna take a nap... DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" so I intentionally blasted it. Then I saw the 3bv, and my head was suddenly much more awake. I replayed it and got a 15. In expert, I got a 78 on a 171, an 82 on a 189, and an awesome est74 168/211 at 2.89 3bv/s...I guess it just wasn't meant to be

   
Feb 4th 2006 at 03:42:34 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best intermediate:  

21x4 today

Comments:  

I have a total of like 13 sub22, and today I got 4 of them... 3bv range from 41 to 53!

also got a 3.19 3bv/s on a 90, and finished the night with a 25.12 on a 68. Overall I had three or four sub9 RQP games tonight.

Out of 180 played. My hand hurts. Intermediate night sucks.

/me retires, or something.

has that "identify the text in this image" ever spelled out something obscene? That would be awesome.

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Feb 4th 2006 at 03:31:26 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best intermediate:  

18x2-->18x3

Comments:  

This is getting stupid. This was 18.93 NF on a ... 46!! I still don't have a 19 and my 3bv max for a 20 is 42. Video linked.

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Feb 3rd 2006 at 11:21:42 PM
Name:  

Levente

Best intermediate:  

18.83

Comments:  

congrats, Dmitriy!

Time to sacrifice DB again for good luck... I've got 2x21 today (47 and 53 3bv/s). I think I need to get my skill to the point where I can get a 19 on a 45 or 50, because gawd only knows I'm no good at the 30s.

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Feb 3rd 2006 at 11:18:47 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Best intermediate:  

20x7 -> 20x8 and new record 20,01 on 42 bv board

Comments:  

(09:10) (O`Rilian) FFFFFF
(09:10) * O`Rilian blasted last int game --> Est Time=20,96 3BV=38 (39) 3BV/s=1,95 >:)
(09:10) (Gerbils) screwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
(09:10) (Gerbils) **** Rilian!
(09:10) (DB) timer at 19?
(09:11) (O`Rilian) at 20
(09:11) (O`Rilian) stupid 50/50
(09:12) * O`Rilian last int game --> Time=20,01 Est Time=20,01 3BV=42 (42) 3BV/s=2,20 Ranks=1 / 1458 of 5828 / 87,50%
(09:12) (O`Rilian) FF
(09:12) (Gerbils) hahaha ****
(09:12) (Gerbils) oh dear
(09:12) (DB) what he said
(09:12) (O`Rilian) i said Fire Fox

incredible
i have totally blasted like 10 20-sec games on last clicks plus these 8 finished...

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Feb 3rd 2006 at 11:16:49 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Best intermediate:  

20x7 -> 20x8 and new record 20,01 on 42 bv board

Comments:  

(09:10) FFFFFF
(09:10) * O`Rilian blasted last int game --> Est Time=20,96 3BV=38 (39) 3BV/s=1,95 >:)
(09:10) screwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
(09:10) **** Rilian!
(09:10) timer at 19?
(09:11) at 20
(09:11) stupid 50/50
(09:12) * O`Rilian last int game --> Time=20,01 Est Time=20,01 3BV=42 (42) 3BV/s=2,20 Ranks=1 / 1458 of 5828 / 87,50%
(09:12) FF
(09:12) hahaha ****
(09:12) oh dear
(09:12) what he said
(09:12) i said Fire Fox

incredible
i have totally blasted like 10 20-sec games on last clicks plus these 8 finished...

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Feb 3rd 2006 at 04:35:52 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

Nice Dane! you remind me times when i jumped from 29 to 27 ... and then to 26,99 lol. pretty nice that was not 28,0x

   
Feb 3rd 2006 at 01:39:18 PM
Name:  

Dane Skabelund

Best intermediate:  

29 ----> 27.94

Comments:  

It's been a while since I've played

   
Feb 3rd 2006 at 09:56:34 AM
Name:  

Samuel Ambler

Comments:  

I just swept an 8*8 board with 35 mines in 57s - here's a link:

http://www.planete-demineur.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=722

   
Feb 3rd 2006 at 03:45:54 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

And just as magically as my last message disappears, it reappears! Like magic

   
Feb 3rd 2006 at 03:30:53 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

Um... not sure where my message went... but it was on a 44 (!) and was the first game I won since my first sub20.

   
Feb 3rd 2006 at 03:26:34 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best intermediate:  

18-->18x2!

Comments:  

So the first int game I played after I got my first sub20, I got my second. This one, however, was on a 44 3bv!

   
Feb 3rd 2006 at 03:26:25 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

RQP 32.85->32.60

Comments:  

had the best sweeping day of my life today... 24 exp games won, including eight sub80s (my previous record for a day was three). Best time was a 73, and I also got a 3bv/s=2.44 (82s), and then a 76.90@2.35 (vid is linked) for an RQP record!

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Feb 2nd 2006 at 05:25:57 PM
Name:  

Lasse

Comments:  

So you guys don't want me to come to the tournament? I just cancelled my flight out. Well, Happy Sweeping.
Lanyjé

   
Feb 2nd 2006 at 02:06:24 PM
Name:  

Rasmus H. Jensen

Best expert:  

AR 63

Best intermediate:  

AR 18

Comments:  

Mmm good day of sweeping.

Got my first sub 20 in over a month - 18,51 on a 38

Then I got a 63,95 on a 156. Pains me I didn't beat it, since the last 10 seconds were really poor sweeping. But still

And just now I beat my RQP-rec (24,26 -> 23,29). 67,54 on a 193

   
Feb 2nd 2006 at 01:57:13 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Best intermediate:  

20x7

Comments:  

I have tracked spammer's IP. it was easy. two (american) of 5 ip registrators replied the same, others do not find ip. here are results:

OrgName: University of Alberta
OrgID: UNIVER-50
Address: 1030 General Services Building
City: Edmonton
StateProv:
PostalCode:
Country: CA

for those who interested:
http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=129.128.228.39

assuming all (and past events) .. i suppose Stephen .. am i right? if not sorry

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Feb 2nd 2006 at 12:38:44 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Thanks, Elmar...the last post was not written in Lasse's style (except for the last two words he was famous for!).

The three posts are from:
129.128.228.34
129.128.228.39
129.128.203.13

They are all from the same person with the same internet provider. Unfortunately, they all originate from the University of Alberta, in Canada...
They do not match directly with anyone who has posted in the last 300 entries though.

   
Feb 2nd 2006 at 10:34:00 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Damien and Christoph: There's no way that's really Lasse except maybe for the first post.

   
Feb 2nd 2006 at 09:44:43 AM
Name:  

Lasse

Comments:  

I have just booked the flight to be there for February 22 - I need a nice holiday. I will catch taxi from airport and be in a nice hotel in Budapest for a few days. It will be good to see you all at the tournament: I look forward to it. Happy sweeping.

Lanyjé

   
Feb 2nd 2006 at 04:48:35 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

AR 68

Best intermediate:  

AR 21->20

Comments:  

got a nice 20.50 today despite some heavy flagging, after blasting a 51/61 est 21 (!) and a 38/49 est 19... both mostly NF, lower right corner, hidden mine trick - when you expect a "2" and see a "3" - STOP CLICKING!

I may very well sub20 again soon... but I may instead sit on 20-68 and save my energy for next AR.

DBrim, do not look at this link unless you want more UPK because this is the board I emailed you.

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Feb 2nd 2006 at 02:47:11 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Best expert:  

51 NF - 61 F

Comments:  

I decided to give it a try. I played flagging on expert for about 45 minutes and finished 3 expert games. I got 84x2 and 87 so not very impressive!!! Well, it was still kind of fun to try flagging again. It's been such a long time!

   
Feb 2nd 2006 at 01:42:39 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

@Arjadre

It doesn't work




I missed a good opportunity to sub70 tonight on a stupid mistake.... estimated 69 106/124 with no forced guesses remaining.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 07:16:11 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Comments:  

hehe, not, not bot

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 07:14:55 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Comments:  

@DB: Grats

Last night I blasted a 276 3BV exp board... Is this a record? Board is linked (I think...the floppy ended up with .lnk, bot .mbv)

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Feb 1st 2006 at 05:43:21 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best intermediate:  

20.23 (20x5) -->18.26

Comments:  

Sub-20

On a 32... video linked

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Feb 1st 2006 at 05:38:25 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

featuring DB ^

grats

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 05:37:49 PM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

68

Comments:  

@db: congrats! Way to not f0ck with the dust devil!

[I still pwnz0rz you in expert. ]

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Feb 1st 2006 at 05:33:10 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Best intermediate:  

20x6 -> 20x7

Comments:  

new 20,98 on 45 bv

including missed 20 sec on last clicks and last 50/50s i have 11x20 ... LOL

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 04:35:50 PM
Name:  

James C.

Comments:  

@Dennis: A tennis pro may not be able to beat badminton pros, but suffice it to say he would fair much better than a non-badminton player, and probably even better than the average backyard badminton player. I remember when you were stuck at 61 for a while and you switched to NF. I was always curious how well you would do if you just stuck it out with both fingers. It's not like you don't play efficiently enough.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 03:44:57 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

@James: I kind of made that point too when saying that I could play flagging but that it would be like a tennis player choosing to compete in badminton. At least for me, the two styles are two completely different things.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 01:32:50 PM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

I think AreOut made the best point ever about the whole flagger, non-flagger debate.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 12:05:15 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Best intermediate:  

20,40 >>> 20,32 on 50 bv board @ 2,58 bv/s :)P

Comments:  

Yupie!! a small progression.. of the syndrome

on the 50 3bv board btw - it's not ethical to me set records on low-3bv boards.. so, if the board was 25 3bv? i'd get a 10 sec record

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 11:25:57 AM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

Gergely you can offer TV stations to buy rights for live coverage

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Feb 1st 2006 at 10:43:46 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

i don't post much, so didn't even notice the image verification...at least it is a short one.
good luck gergely...i really should buy a mouse so i can practice!
dennis: on my worst days it has taken 1-2 hours to finish a game, but usually i get 5 an hour.
lasse: please consider coming...i think wizzair or easyjet have a copenhagen flight.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 08:32:27 AM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

haha, Dennis, you're right - i finish almost as much NF expert games as flagging

@btw: this image verification is good cuz sometimes you press enter occasionaly and thus make double post. this will prevent it, lol tnbn

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 07:14:53 AM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

Rasmus, nobody forces them to play NF.

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Feb 1st 2006 at 07:12:10 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

@Gergely: I didn't mean to offend you or anybody else either. I was simply trying to point out that this tournament doesn't seem to be for everyone with those rules. I suppose that's okay. This way, only the elite can participate. After all, most players flag, so it's not really a bit problem, except for NFers and Dmitriy :-P

If I were to ever participate in a tournament I think I would like it to be held over two days and I'd certainly like to have to finish less expert games. I finished one game today in an hour of playing and it was only 71 because my main goal was to finish as many games as I could... Mind you, I'm a bit rusty as well...

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 07:07:30 AM
Name:  

Rasmus H. Jensen

Comments:  

Why don't you just make it 5 games for flaggers and 3 games for NFs - same time period? Seems fair to me.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 07:06:41 AM
Name:  

James C

Comments:  

Wow, wouldn't I like to be a fly on the wall in that effort.

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 05:10:51 AM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

I'd like to make two things clear:
First, I don't want to offend anyone. I'm open for discussion on the rules and apologise if I did offend someone.
Second, on the NFer problem: if we had more time to play (I have the computer room for only saturday and it's also free this way) we'd play another session where speed is the most important thing, so the best or best 2 finished boards count. Or, we'd have an NFer section - but for only one person I don't want to create it.

BTW, Cross your fingers so that the best players will be rewarded - I'm gonna negotiate with sponsors!

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Feb 1st 2006 at 03:22:36 AM
Name:  

Levente

Best expert:  

68

Comments:  

I have a new opening strategy for expert... I start at the upper left, click wildly and guess liberally until something nice opens up. If nothing opens, well then next game.

I am pretty convinced that the corners are the hardest part of an expert game, so if I get 1/4 guaranteed, I am in much better shape as far as completion rate goes.

tonight I solved about 12 games in 2 hours, including consecutive 72 and 74 - my record for consecutive boards. 72 on a 156, and 74 on a cookie of a 128, but with a difficult section at the end that I was happy to not have guessed on, but it definitely turned a 71 into a 74.

almost got 3 sub80s tonight... tried for a third sub80, got 80.23 and 80.26. D'oh!

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Feb 1st 2006 at 03:05:10 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Hey, I would have to slow down to the point where it would get ridiculous! I am an NF player and it's MUCH harder to finish boards that way, no matter what your speed is. At least I think so. I could switch to flagging in tournaments but that would make no sense. It would be like playing tennis professionally and try to make a go at it at the world championships in badminton. I too can finish many boards when flagging but for the sake of experimenting I tried to go reasonably slow on expert yesterday playing NF. I had estimates between 70 and 80 usually (normally they are between 60 and 70) and I still didn't finish ONE board in an hour of playing. Anyway, my problem I guess... maybe I just suck at playing Minesweeper without even knowing it!

   
Feb 1st 2006 at 12:51:11 AM
Name:  

Dane Skabelund

Best expert:  

88

Comments:  

@rules discussion
Maybe I don't understand because I'm at a different playing level than most of you, but I don't see what the big deal is with the exp time limits (at least for flaggers). I mean, I don't really play much at all (I can still count my sub90s on one hand), but I can still consistantly complete an exp board in about 20 min.
Can I make an analogy between competitive running and minesweeper? It seems to me that raising guess frequency above a certain level is like starting out too fast in a race. You can burn out and not be able to finish. Risky playing is good for bestever, but why should it not be a necessary risk in competition?

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 10:01:22 PM
Name:  

Rilian

Comments:  

Dennis: sorry, but your screenshot would not count like a legal skill confirmation . you should download a leet minesweeper program which will record your replay files. check out teh link

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Jan 31st 2006 at 05:53:44 PM
Name:  

Denis

Best expert:  

339

Best intermediate:  

19

Best beginner:  

11

Comments:  

Hi
I started playing minesweeper just a couple of weeks ago and i think i found a bug in the game or something like that. Anyway,this bug helped me clear the intermediate game in 19 SECONDS!!!
I even got a screenshot,but i dont think this is enough evidence because even those who saw it didnt believe me.I just want to know if anything like this happened someone else.

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Jan 31st 2006 at 03:49:23 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

about tourney rules.. i will not participate this year but even if i'd participate i think i could not complete that huge amount of boards in 3 hours... i have completed only 23 expert boards this year and only 900 ints, but still.. i can "finish" boards but i would have to slow down then and stop my guess-guess-:)-guess-guess_95%completion-guess-blast style

Dennis, you are right.. so is Elmar and others i think

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 03:42:17 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy (типа верификация тут)

Comments:  

[01:28:11] haha that was me
[01:28:15] "Dmitriy"
[01:28:21] oops
[01:28:33] wow... didn't mean to post that that many times
[01:28:41] haha WTF happened there
[01:28:57] didn't see it for awhile
[01:37:58] lol @ hamsters making fake-gb-posts
[01:38:10] hehehe

... very funny

but yeah, Arbiter rules!

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Jan 31st 2006 at 01:31:21 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Best expert:  

I don't ever play expert. I'm Dmitriy.

Best intermediate:  

20

Best beginner:  

Arbiter rules!

Comments:  

yeah I as well am not sure about the image verification... our major problem is not spambots, but rather people impersonating other people.

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Jan 31st 2006 at 01:05:57 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best intermediate:  

2.73=>2.74=>2.78 3bv/s NF, 20.99=>20.62 (3bv=48) AR

Comments:  

All of this was last night, too...I couldn't post because my parents would have heard me creep over to the computer...

@damien: I really hate the image/text/whatever verification. But if it's a necessary evil, then I understand...I'm not sure though...

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 12:27:19 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

@Hopsing:

He was saying that he shouldn't judge the rules if he's not going.

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 10:58:57 AM
Name:  

Robert Benditz

Comments:  

I don't quite get the meaning of this:

"@Dennis: I think it's quite unfair to judge the rules if you don't even plan to participate"

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 09:04:21 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

"Sadly, no NFer participated in the two tournaments so far[...]"
What about Stephan and Jon?

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 08:42:58 AM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

1 is luck, 3 couldnt be luck at all. 5 is OK for me and even more but 3 is quite enough.

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Jan 31st 2006 at 08:39:30 AM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

@Dennis: I think it's quite unfair to judge the rules if you don't even plan to participate.
But: if NFers would come I'd gladly change the rules or make an other category for best 2-3 games finished, for example. Sadly, no NFer participated in the two tournaments so far and the results of these show that everyone should be able to finish 5 expert boards during 2 hours. Last year, we had 3 hours for the same amount of boards and everyone finished them. And in Vienna, only 1.5 hours of playing time were dedicated to play expert - and still everyone finished 5 exp.
And the bottom line is that in my humble opinion a tournament is not only about speed but also skills - that latter including being precise. Of course NFers should be in a different category, but one game is still just about luck.

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Jan 31st 2006 at 08:32:00 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

I think live tourneys are one of the rare occasions where we can actually whitness the completion percentage of the players. IMO it would be a shame to give that chance away and only consider the best 3 games.

   
Jan 31st 2006 at 06:31:15 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

For once I must say that I agree with Stevan!

   


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