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Jun 5th 2006 at 06:19:01 PM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
Best expert: |
75.59 -> 70.59; 2.62 -> 2.87 3bv/s |
Best intermediate: |
3.74 -> 3.88 3bv/s |
Best beginner: |
5.78 3bv/s |
Comments: |
Whoo! Set three new records this weekend. Also had my best day of beginner playing: TamBui has finished 400 beg games today: 350 flagging 50 NF. Best were 1,71 sec on 3 3BV board and 5,73 3BV/s on 25 3BV board. Averages: Time=5,90 3BV/s=3,24 3BV=16.07 See ya! ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 05:18:51 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best intermediate: |
16x4=>16x5 |
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16.875 on a 36 3BV board something makes me think I could've gotten a record had I been in better form- the game right before the 16 was a 30 on a 59 ![]() ![]() 16+72(x2)=88 AR- ties my penalty ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 04:08:54 PM |
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Name: |
damien |
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@tillberg: i just made a dictionary of terms yesterday...see the link on the left side of the page. i've made about $450 over 2 years with the site, but nothing for the last half year (my ranking became too high). i know marc schouten makes money from it, but some other players seems to have problems (people who are not american are taxed 30%, which makes it hard). |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 02:39:18 PM |
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Name: |
Tillberg |
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I haven't been to this site for a long time. Could someone please fill me in on what IOS and RQP are? Also, are many people actually making money from that one website? |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 01:12:55 PM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
Comments: |
Heh DaNe way to beat DioN ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 12:17:50 PM |
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Name: |
Dane |
Best expert: |
37.814 RQP |
Best intermediate: |
9.545 RQP |
Best beginner: |
1.239 RQP |
Comments: |
haha, my rqp's are almost like the wr times ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 12:15:49 PM |
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Name: |
Dmitriy |
Comments: |
Schu, are you so dumb that you cannot copy-paste "minesweeper.net" into browser address field and hit enter and see that site is taken long ago? |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 10:30:43 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
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i don't agree with the following logic completely, but it is worth noting (contributed by j. wolfman regarding my penalty system): Is a 2 3bv XP board easier than a 2 3bv win98 board? What about for all other 3bv values? Why penalise them, when players finish the easiest games on both? Is Vista (which gives you an opening on the first click) easier than all other versions (where we only play games once we get openings anyways)? My thoughts are that XP (beginner) and Vista (everything) drastically increase the number of easy games one is able to complete (although completed games of equal 3bv are comparible). This is real the problem. |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 10:00:44 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
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1/0.01 start is the only logical when we are at logic. ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 06:35:36 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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@ Damien: very logical huh? ![]() That's sort of what I figured really. The main problem is not that people will go on websites and see scores that they won't understand, because it would be pretty easy for the pages to be set up with "timer starts at 0/1" compatibility mode. Nor would it be a problem for the programs, which could easily make modes either way. The real problem with both systems is communication: If we stay with +1, we will still have to explain all the time that the timer starts at one, but even more so because vista users will be used to 0 (though it could be argued that this doesn't matter seeing vistamine won't be an acceptable version anyway). However if we use timer starts at zero, people that are used to non-vista minesweeper will be confused, which is pretty much everyone here, but especially then non-active people. I personally see communications problems as inevitable (and I have no doubt future versions of minesweeper will also start at zero time), so I figure the disadvantages rule each other out. For me, this only leaves the fact that I have a scientific kind of mind, and having timer start at zero is more acceptable to me. I guess I see this oncoming confusion as an opportunity for us to change to real time with relatively little confusion, though I could understand people who think otherwise. OK enough propaganda ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 06:27:33 AM |
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Name: |
ms |
Best expert: |
791 |
Best intermediate: |
352 |
Best beginner: |
59 |
Comments: |
simply the best minesweeper website , indeed ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 06:21:10 AM |
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Name: |
nobel voice |
Best expert: |
297 |
Best intermediate: |
59 |
Best beginner: |
0.1 |
Comments: |
very nice classic game ![]() http://rapidshare.de/files/14627659/FeedingFrenzy2.rar |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 05:07:17 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
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@reject: go to yahoo.com, select 'groups', and search for minesweeper. i made a small dictionary yesterday, which is on the left side of this page. hope it helps a bit. if you have ideas on how i can make it more friendly, let me know! @schu: i like with your new poll how both the webmasters are undecided, but everyone else seems to have na opinion ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 03:43:10 AM |
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Name: |
MrReject |
Best expert: |
87 |
Best intermediate: |
21 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
actually i am minesweeper addict and want to join this group but i dont know how to join and i dont understand what is BV and how to play with you all? anyone can help me to find out? and teach me how to play better cause i just play normal minesweeper in my desktop ![]() ![]() |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 03:22:41 AM |
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Name: |
Serpenter_e |
Comments: |
Maybe it will be better to use wikipedia instead/as a minesweeper dictionary? |
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Jun 5th 2006 at 12:34:49 AM |
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Name: |
WP |
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Schu: Do you really hate apostrophes so much? ![]() By the way, I think yes, it'd be nice to have an official IMC site. But I'm against starting the timer at 0, I say stick with what we have now. |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 11:41:39 PM |
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Name: |
michael |
Best expert: |
78.31, 1.72 3bv/s |
Best intermediate: |
25.67, 0.93 3bv/s |
Best beginner: |
2.98, 2.02 3bv/s |
Comments: |
I recently downloaded minesweeper clone and it rocks! Finally, a good program to tell me my 3bv/s... |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 07:46:56 PM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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@ Curtis: Actually I think the LED timer should now start at 0 by default too (with an option to start at 1 maybe). Yes clone sometimes has clicks "stick" creating the problem you mentioned. However, I have not seen it in clone 2006 at all, and Rodrigo says he very carefully checked everything, so I assume that problem is gone. Arbiters problem is rather easily solveable compared with the clone bug (and there are actually other bizzare click bugs sometimes in arbiter when you use indices with logarithms). Oversights are usually easier to solve than bugs. @ IMC: Damiens dictionary is a good start, but I'd really like to see an official IMC FAQ, agreed upon by all members and seperate to Damiens and Gregoires sites, explaining all terms used in minesweeper, and also explaining exactly what versions are legal, 3BV limits etc. . www.minesweeper.net isn't taken yet.... |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 07:35:00 PM |
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Name: |
michael |
Best intermediate: |
25.67 |
Comments: |
Just got 25.67 on a 23 3bv board... |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 03:56:29 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best expert: |
1.98=>2.31 3BV/s NF |
Comments: |
also define lc (blast on last click)... The skinning of the vistamine simulation did not go so well, basically because the squares were 19x19 pixels and the ones in MS X are 16x16. Translation: impossible to resize without majorly screwing up the numbers... |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 03:50:24 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Comments: |
Nice dictionary! Some suggestions for more definitions: -rilian corner (haha) -50-50 -hopsing (simultaneous time & 3BV/s record) -density -I thought it was International Minesweeper COMMITTEE -NF |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 01:21:36 PM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
Comments: |
Hey at least this time it wasnt ME who started debate ![]() |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 12:25:17 PM |
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Name: |
Curtis |
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@Schu: Nice thinking there; as you know several times in the past I've suggested that the time+1 thing be stopped. Although, it's still possible for the red LED timer to start at 1; it's not that confusing to just round the "real" time up. But the accurate time (displayed to hundredths or thousandths) should start at 0. BTW, about click behaviour, I agree with you that the clones should be the same as the original, however the Clone also doesn't follow the original completely. As well, there seem to be a few bugs in the original, because you can get weird behaviour (with certain clicks that would never occur in actual play). For example, depressing 9 cells while only holding down the right button. |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 08:18:18 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
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well, guess what? the site now has detailed country rankings... (and a small dictionary as schu requested) |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 05:57:09 AM |
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Name: |
Zul25 |
Best expert: |
79 |
Best intermediate: |
25 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
i am trying to ctach up best time.. |
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Jun 4th 2006 at 12:05:57 AM |
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Name: |
Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
A couple of things: Since Vistamine seems to start the timer at 0, could this be our communitys excuse to get our clones other than minesweeper X to start at 0 too? It makes good sense, because it is real time first of all, and secondly, because vistamine and probably all subsequent versions will start the timer at zero, meaning future members will undoubtedly get very confused. Now it is true that vistamine can't be included in the normal rankings because it allows boards to be replayed and always makes first click an opening unless replauing (though it could be included with a UPK ranking), but the fact is that everyone that is accustomed to this site knows time is always plus 1 and everyone that will newly come to this site will think timer should start at 0. An interesting idea is that websites could have a "timer starts at one" view and a "timer starts at zero" view and you can choose your preference. Thgis would keep everyone happy. Default would have to be "starts at 0" though. I just made a yahoo minesweeper addicts poll about it: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/minesweeper-addicts/surveys?id=2248060 Also, I think the community at large needs an official IMC FAQ/Guide. People (especially newbies) need a quick reference to what versions of minesweeper are legal, 3BV limits, links to websites, need to be told what double and 1.5 clicking is, dreamboard etc. Right now, there is only a mish-mash of websites, and not really any information about what is or isn't legal. |
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Jun 3rd 2006 at 04:29:13 PM |
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Name: |
Levente |
Best expert: |
winmine 50 |
Best intermediate: |
winmine 15 |
Comments: |
beat my old winmine records (21-72, or 17-72 if you count the dreamboard) on my friend's computer where I am in Boston... he has the same generic Microsoft mouse I do, and a pretty good mousepad. Played about 15 int and 20 exp games. AR 15-50 beats my penalty on last week's 14-47. That means I can play all exp when I get home on Sunday. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jun 3rd 2006 at 01:21:50 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best beginner: |
2*2-->2*3 |
Comments: |
2,90 on a 5 3bv board. Finally a two that isnt actually a botched one... Also, I got an est 4,90 3bvs/s 20/21. I can really feel how Im getting better, hope it'll have the same effect on the other levels as well! |
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Jun 3rd 2006 at 01:20:17 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best beginner: |
2*2-->2*3 |
Comments: |
2,90 on a 5 3bv board. Finally a two that isnt actually a botched one... |
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Jun 3rd 2006 at 10:33:59 AM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
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@Schu: dunno exactly...didn't rewrite everything but don't remember precisely what I did and didn't change... ![]() ![]() NOTE THAT THIS IS THE 3333rd ENTRY! ![]() ![]() |
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Jun 3rd 2006 at 07:35:03 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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If you have clone 2006, you can: 1) Press F1 and look it up or; 2) Hold your mouse over the relevant counter and it gives a brief description. |
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Jun 3rd 2006 at 02:06:50 AM |
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Name: |
Tobias Banzhaf |
Comments: |
maybe not right place here but is anywhere explained what ios pqr etc is? |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 10:11:40 PM |
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Name: |
Schu |
Comments: |
Arj, what precisely did you do? I tried deleting everything and redoing it all, but it didn't work. |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 05:21:39 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Comments: |
Gonna do some skinning tomorrow... I was able to get vistamine running again on my computer after taking it off and putting it back on... got a 126 (really a 127) on expert ![]() |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 02:34:16 PM |
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Name: |
WP |
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I just saw a 3 x 4 block of mines! It was one of those games that you lose in the first few clicks, and I clicked to start a new game right away, so I don't even have a screenshot, and that also means that I can't even verify it! ![]() ![]() Okay, now for the details. An expert board. The block was on the top left corner, I just caught a glimpse of it while I clicked on the smiley face.3 mines across and 4 mines down. If I'm not mistaken there was an extra mine on the 1st row, making it XXXX XXX XXX XXX But I'm not sure, the extra mine could have been on another row. When I think of it, it WAS probably on another row. (see? I'm doubting myself already ![]() |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 11:45:52 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best beginner: |
3bvs/s: 4,41-->4,63 |
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/me has finished 208 beg games today: 204 flagging 4 NF. Best were 3,50 sec on 6 3BV board and 4,63 3BV/s on 29 3BV board. Averages: Time=7,92 3BV/s=2,44 3BV=16,87 <== Beginner is getting pretty boring by now :D ... |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 11:32:59 AM |
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Name: |
Dane |
Best intermediate: |
3bv/s 2.750 --> 2.916 |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 03:12:22 AM |
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Name: |
Ace |
Comments: |
@ Dennis : Yes, of course your game is better, no doubt about it! ![]() Btw, this IOE NF record was done last year, in october 2005. lol ![]() |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 02:33:16 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
Comments: |
Georgi youre ALIVE! ![]() Btw I still havent sold that Honda ![]() |
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Jun 2nd 2006 at 02:27:20 AM |
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Name: |
Georgi |
Comments: |
Hi guys, Nowadays mobile phones are getting more and more enhanced. Devices are stuffed with many smart features and are almost copying PC capabilities. Rod, Dima, Have you thought of versions for Windows Mobile? I believe the demand for this will become more evident. Currently there are some free versions of Minesweeper clones, but I am sure you can perform better and add all the advanced features that your clones have. A step further, those who possess the Windows Mobile handsets are supposed to have above average standard, thus more likely to spend some amount for an application GE RGI |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 11:44:46 PM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Comments: |
@Dane: Thanks! I'm expecting you to break into BE any day now ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 09:53:31 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Comments: |
Downloaded the Vista Simulation... A few observations: -timer starts at zero -first click is always an opening -green or blue skin -flowers or mines -funny animations -no high scores popup ![]() -replay board option -statistics: percentage of games won- fraction and percent are both included, as well as best times for each level...however, pressing F4 *should* open a statistics window, but this does not appear to be included in the Vista simulation -no yellow smiley- window appears upon winning/blasting giving the option to start a new game, quit, or replay -pressing F2 allows restarting game during gameplay -a small X appears whenever you chord but do not have a sufficient number of mines marked (you also hear an annoying beep if sound is turned on) -interesting and annoying sounds -randomly choose game style and board (but not on Vista simulation) -both 7 and 8 are about the same color as the 5, assuming the simulation is correct, which I doubt, considering the numbers do not match those in screenshots online I am going to make a few Minesweeper X skins from the screenshots I have made ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 09:14:30 PM |
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Name: |
Dane |
Best intermediate: |
3bv/s 2.649 --> 2.750 |
Comments: |
filled in gap above my 22 with some 23's and a 24 tonight int RQP 10.638 -> 10.367 -> 9.545 @DB nice job ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 08:16:34 PM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
Best beginner: |
5.49 -> 5.78 |
Comments: |
TamBui last beg game --> Time=6,36 Est Time=6,36 3BV=31 / 31 3BV/s=5,78 RQP=1,09 total clicks=24 / 4,47 IOE=1,29 IOS=0 Rank Time=3792 Rank 3bv/s=1 RPI=77,49 Games=8422 B00BRating=3792,01 Pretty cool 3bv record, and pretty nice effeciency as well. My hand was a bit tired, so I only went at about 4.5 clicks per second, but it's still a record! Approaching the sup-6 barrier ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 02:53:55 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
@Ace: Seems to me you do everything better than me these days with your sub-50 and now this. :-P It's a very nice game! Well done! ![]() ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 10:40:33 AM |
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Name: |
Ace |
Comments: |
Hey Dennis! I did better than you (fot once! lol ;) )! I used 61 clics for this 60 3BV board => IOE= 0.984! Well it was done several months ago. |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 10:14:48 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
Okay. I might have attached the 0.983 IOE game to this post... Well, at least I tried! ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 09:47:25 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
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@AreOut: I would... It's just that I don't know how to. Isn't there some easy way to do it? |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 09:38:03 AM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Comments: |
@Dennis: No, I didn't. I tend to be rather brutal when I NF... my exp NF 3bv/s record is at 4.1 cl/s. Most of my clicks that I wasted were in the bottom left corner (which was pretty dense). |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 08:30:02 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
Comments: |
Upload vid Dennis. |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 06:56:36 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
@DB: Congrats! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jun 1st 2006 at 02:44:10 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Best intermediate: |
3bv/s 4.767 -> 4.843 |
Comments: |
got a new 3bv/s record for int :-) mfg |
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May 31st 2006 at 11:29:21 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Comments: |
Congrats!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() 16-->14, unbelievable! Yeah, its gonna be hard but as I dont really have time to play (I know I will anyway ![]() |
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May 31st 2006 at 09:46:32 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best intermediate: |
16x4 (16.091), all NF |
Comments: |
@DB: ![]() does this mean I'm next? it better ![]() |
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May 31st 2006 at 07:03:27 PM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Best intermediate: |
16x4 (16.74) --> 14.256 |
Comments: |
NFing! Insanely easy board (one opening), but no good flagging spots, so I just NFed it. Whoooo! ![]() |
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May 31st 2006 at 05:51:04 PM |
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Name: |
Levente |
Comments: |
the only time I ever played more than about 300 beg games in a day was when I was trying to get a 1. I got it on game #503 or something. nowadays I can't even play more than like 5 games of int in a row before tearing my hair out. |
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May 31st 2006 at 05:07:17 PM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Comments: |
@Thomas: I wouldn't last an hour. |
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May 31st 2006 at 03:04:03 PM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
Comments: |
@Thomas: That's a really crazy idea... I love it! ![]() ![]() @Ace: Congrats! ![]() |
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May 31st 2006 at 12:10:59 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best expert: |
60,42 |
Best intermediate: |
19,54 |
Best beginner: |
2,44 |
Comments: |
@Schu: Thanks! Yeah, you're right. In the last couple of weeks I had the feeling that I was getting more and more inaccurate. Also, I played a lot of minesweeper when I was supposed to be doing schoolwork... So, today at 6:15 PM I decided to play only beginner for a whole week. I hope it will help me in terms of automatisation, I hope it will bore me to death sufficiently to make working look not even all that bad, and I hope to sup5 bbbvs/s (record now is 4,41). Today I didnt get round to play a lot (only 350 games), still I'll copy my game info now: /me has finished 350 beg games today: 338 flagging 12 NF. Best were 3,75 sec on 10 3BV board and 4,38 3BV/s on 28 3BV board. Averages: Time=8,08 3BV/s=2,44 3BV=17,28 I suck, I know. What do you think of the idea? |
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May 31st 2006 at 07:22:26 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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@ Elmar: You're missing the point. Middle mouse button is fine, it's in winmine etc. so it's legitimate, whether any of us likes it or not. My problem is in my original post: arbiter behaves in a way that winmine doesn't. I don't advise using middle mouse button BTW. @ Thoomas: I believe that both arbiter and clone record which mouse buttons are clicked and unclicked constantly, so it is easy to check for the programmers. |
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May 31st 2006 at 05:02:02 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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@Elmar: I agree, but how would it be possible to find out whether or not a mouse with a middle mouse button was used? Would it be possible to do a check of the mouse used within a minesweeper program? The thing is, I like arbiter. I can't use the clone at school because I don't have admin rights (and therefore cant install it which is why I started using arbiter in the first place), neither can I reinstall it (0.97) at home should it be deleted there (I installed it when I still had admin rights) as I dont have admin rights there either (I installed it when I still had admin rights). OK, so they are personal reasons but apart from them I think arbiter is a really good program. Except for this couple of minor bugs that are probably easy to fix, and even if they are not, an explanation or at least an answer would have been nice. |
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May 31st 2006 at 04:07:51 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
I don't see why the use of the middle button should be allowed in the first place. Like my double click it saves pushing one button and is a quite standard mouse feature. only difference is noone has scored a WR that I know of using the middle button. ![]() |
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May 31st 2006 at 01:10:59 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
Comments: |
oops way to link..... here:http://www.planete-demineur.com/phpBB2/download.php?id=1603 |
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May 31st 2006 at 01:07:43 AM |
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Name: |
Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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OK. I am very very annoyed at Dmitriy right now. A few days ago I came across one of Alex Poehners (B00Bs33k3rs) videos on arbiter. It is linked as "website". I played it with clone, and the video didn't play properly because clone didn't recognise one of his right clicks. Rodrigo had a look and determined that in Arbiter, when you have the middle button held down and right click, this makes a flag. In clone and winmine this doesn't happen. When I told Dmitriy about this on IRC, pretty much the first thing he said was I don't care. To that I said (and still say) will he care when someone makes a record with this bug and the IMC has to reject it? The video is one of B00Bs best scores, it could well have been a record. After that he asked who I think I am to say what is legal and illegal. He is right. I am no-one. So is he. All we need to do is look at winmine for what is legal and illegal. Next thing was that he said he knew what the bug is and wouldn't be able to fix it until after June. I'm not sure whether he knew, but he will at least as soon as he sees this. As for June, I asked him if he was serious about that and he logged off. I asked him the same question a few times in the last few days, and every time he just logs off. Finally today he said he has exams and can't afford to work on arbiter. Now I'm not a programmer and I don't know how arbiter works exactly, but surely it can't be that hard to change what happens when you right click when the middle button is being held down, for playing and for videos. Since it's arbiters legitimacy at stake here, i would have thought Dmitriy might have found a little bit of time to fix this simple oversight. A couple of records have already been made with arbiters previous click bugs, namely Elmars expert 3BV/s record and Leventes previous time record of 52 on expert. Also one of leventes 14 sec intermediate videos had this problem. I find it quite bizzare that someone so proud and boasting of his program would allow it to be unfaithful to the original game of minesweeper. Now that he's gone and added me to his ignore list in IRC, other people will have to talk some sense into him. |
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May 30th 2006 at 10:27:46 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
Best beginner: |
4.87 x 2 -> 4.97 |
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3bv/s record nonflag Beginner! Hopefully, I'll sup-five nonflag soon enough, and sup-six would be nice as well ![]() |
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May 30th 2006 at 07:31:02 PM |
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schu |
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grats B00B!! grats Ace! For my previous vistamine link: a) you only need to d/l the first half b) you have to do it through some stupid download manager ticket system c)it'll only work once on each computer But there are some interesting things: the blue board we've all seen is not the only option, there's a green board too in a similar style. You can also play with flowers instead of mines. The statistics tells you (like in freecell) how many games you've won, and the percentage of games won. |
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May 30th 2006 at 04:52:13 PM |
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Arjádre |
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@Ace: ![]() ![]() ![]() @B00B: way to misspell your name. But whatever. Grats! ![]() ![]() |
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May 30th 2006 at 03:04:09 PM |
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Levente |
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grats to both Ace and b00b!! |
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May 30th 2006 at 02:49:41 PM |
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Name: |
Alex Poehenr |
Best expert: |
66 |
Best intermediate: |
19 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Just got my first 19 on int lets review on how rilian took the news B00B_s33k3r> because its going to be hard to rub it in rillians face when people think my 20 was faked :P AntiBadgers> haha * Rilian|away has joined #minesweeper * Explosion sets mode: +v Rilian|away DB> well look who's here AntiBadgers> he made arbiter so that no opne can get sub20 on it legitimately before he does AntiBadgers> except people that already had sub20 before playing arbiter AntiBadgers> aka me AntiBadgers> just no new sub20s B00B_s33k3r last 827th int game: Time: 19,84 3BV: 48 3BV/s: 2,54 "flagging" Rank: 1st time 103rd 3BV/s ( RPI: 93.83 IOS: 1.31 RQP: 7.78 ) @_- * Rilian|away has quit IRC (Quit: ^(o_O)> bye there | Input/output ping timeout local kill error reset by peer) B00B_s33k3r> ![]() DB> haha way to kill him AntiBadgers> haahahaha |
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May 30th 2006 at 02:29:40 PM |
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Ace |
Best expert: |
50x3 => 49 |
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49.812s on a 137 3BV board. ![]() Well I'm quite happy lol. ![]() For the vid, wait for it to be updated on the bestever. ![]() |
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May 30th 2006 at 10:32:19 AM |
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Christoph |
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@Thomas: There are some different types of RNGs. Most common are cyclic RNGs, these use a polinomial recurrence to calculate the next value from some of the previous values. There are some old RNGs which are based on time. My favourit type of RNGs work with entropy. (While your coumputer is working it and it's user are producing disorder, one can use this disorder to program non-cyclic RNGs. There are many more RNG types in areas other than the world of personal computers. i.e. they are usefull to secure chips like you find them on credit cards. In this world it's important that the RNG is extremely unlikely to produce a value twice so one can use it as id - an id that is neither computeable nor likely to be hit again coincidencely. |
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May 30th 2006 at 08:51:42 AM |
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Thomas |
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How exactly do RNGs work? |
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May 30th 2006 at 08:17:29 AM |
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AreOut |
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Strange things like...rilians sub20?! ![]() |
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May 30th 2006 at 07:42:05 AM |
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Christoph |
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@Thomas: No, the problem is not the method of generating the board, but the random number generator itself. The common used RNGs are cyclic. So it doesn't matter if you go for coordinates or probabilities since the board will be determined by nothing else than the starting point in the cycle (where you calculate the first coordinate, probability or whatever). From todays point of view I'd say the clone-boards are satisfyingly random. I wouldn't try to make them more random - there's actually no need to and strange things might happen if one does use enhanced RNGs. |
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May 30th 2006 at 07:19:57 AM |
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Name: |
Jason Tran |
Best expert: |
2,550 -----> 2.566 3bv/s |
Comments: |
not much of improvement but hey it works ![]() 210 board ![]() |
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May 29th 2006 at 11:59:00 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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Question: Isnt it possible to generate boards by iterating over all the squares on the board and giving them the probability (minesleft/squaresleft) to be a mine? shouldnt that be enough to get a random board? |
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May 29th 2006 at 11:40:10 PM |
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Name: |
Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
@ mark: The amount of boards is a simple mathematical combintation (480!/381!99!) and though I'm not certain all these boards are possible on even either of the clones (and that would be very difficult to prove anyway), the "geometrics" you mention are extremely rare not because the program prohibits them but because they are exceedingly unlikely to occur. You say there are 120 combinations of the 10x10 box (not true actually, there are 168), but either of these numbers is nothing compared to that >10^100 number of boards, and therefore extremely unlikely to happen in all of our lifetimes combined. Other patterns are similarly unlikely (though less extreme than that example). BTW, I've seen a 3x3 box, though not a 4x4 box. The odds of a 4x4 box occurring is somwhere in the area of one in 740 million, so rather unlikely, but not impossible. |
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May 29th 2006 at 07:02:35 PM |
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Name: |
mark johnson |
Best expert: |
114 |
Best intermediate: |
na |
Best beginner: |
na |
Comments: |
Mathematically there are some 53,000 google combinations of a standard expert (100/480) board. I challenge that number on the premise that there are plenty of combinations that create geometrics that I have never seen. Is there any documentation on the distribution of the mines on the expert screen. One combination that's profound would be all 100 mines bunched up in a 10x10 box in the upper left. There are 120 combinations of that solid box alone positioned differently on the 480 page. I've never seen even a 3x3 or 4x4 solid box. Thus, the equation determining the total number of different boards would not be truly random as it may have extra rules to try to evenly distribute the bombs. Thanks in advance for any insight on this. Mark Johnson |
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May 29th 2006 at 01:35:08 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could watch the vid, **** non-existant admin rights... |
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May 29th 2006 at 01:33:31 PM |
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Name: |
damien |
Best intermediate: |
11 x 3!!! |
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finally, a game i'm proud of, and now no one can tease me about the clone (it was on the clone). 11.685 on a 35 board...i knew it was easy, and hesitated in at least three spots, especially the top left corner case i thought i was going to do something stupid. i'm sooo pleased. |
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May 29th 2006 at 06:57:24 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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n.b. for minesweeper you only need the first part, which is 40 mb. Someone should host these files to make it easier (especially for dial-up users). |
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May 29th 2006 at 06:42:15 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
Follow link from "website" to download an emulation version of all the windows games (including minesweeper) for Windows Vista. It's about 70 mb all up. Vista has some, well, interesting features. You can replay your last board (UPK) so there's no question that Vista will be illegal for rankings. There are some interesting graphics etc. Also, it seems to be a bit unstable: it only worked once on my computer and won't work anymore...... The game itsself seemed to be slowed down (my right-clicks came very slowly) but that might be just because it's an emulation. |
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May 28th 2006 at 10:34:31 PM |
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Name: |
Schu |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
For anyone that has the "google desktop" or anything like that, there's a gadget you can download that has a minesweeper game with a vista skin. It's quite buggy: -holding a left-click moves the board -you can't flag anything -there's only one level -the clicks you did in your last game show up in red in your new game for some reason -even finishing the game doesn't actually win the game, the timer just keeps clicking until you get bored and blow up a mine However, it's a nice look at something like the vista skin. linked in "website" |
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May 28th 2006 at 02:44:28 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
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I lied. THIS is the final version of the vista skin... Added: 5,6,7, and 8 constructed in a manner stylistically consistent with the vista 1,2,3, and 4. ![]() I promise, no more spamming... Link below: |
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May 28th 2006 at 11:45:10 AM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
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Okay, this is my final version of the vista skin... Sorry for spamming ![]() Added: -? marks -fixed lines to create uniform thickness -fixed the mismarked mine to make the x symmetrical Link below: |
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May 28th 2006 at 10:46:27 AM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Comments: |
I edited the vista skin some more... Added: -black lines instead of gray -cleaned up the 4 -mismarked flag changed to a vista flag with a red X over it Download below! ![]() |
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May 28th 2006 at 10:23:38 AM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
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I made a Windows Vista skin for Minesweeper X using screenshots! Download the skin using the link below. To download Minesweeper X, go to http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cbright/minex/minesweeperx.zip The skin is the same as vista, except the numbers only go up to 4....5,6,7, and 8 are from the minesweeper clone special skin. I also made the lines between tiles gray instead of black because black lines strain my eyes ![]() Enjoy! |
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May 28th 2006 at 07:25:24 AM |
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Name: |
Danny |
Comments: |
Health · Online Pharmacy · Weight LossDating · Online Games Hi. Very nice site ;). Thank you. |
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May 28th 2006 at 07:19:15 AM |
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Name: |
Danny |
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Health · Online Pharmacy · Weight LossDating · Online Games Hi. Very nice site ;). Thank you. |
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May 27th 2006 at 06:54:27 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best intermediate: |
85=>53 NN NC |
Best beginner: |
19=>10 NN NC |
Comments: |
NN NC: Minesweeper X custom skin with all numbers transformed into identical blue blobs. So basically, you play by waiting for an opening, flag all the places that *must* be mines going by the shape of the opening, and then brutally chord until you can be sure of other places that must be mines... ![]() Verification Code: F476- who are you calling fat? ![]() |
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May 27th 2006 at 02:28:36 AM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Best expert: |
57 |
Best intermediate: |
16x4 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Yes, there is a reason I posted all of my scores. I've been contemplating doing this for a long time. Today, I overhauled my setup. As Levente (crazy ******* ;-) ) could tell you, my setup had my hand *under* my monitor and in a very awkward position. This is what i was used to, so I got these scores. However, I am beginning to think that these are the physical maximums on my old setup. So, I moved my mouse to a location where my hand wasn't trapped, etc. Another "feature" of my sweeping is that I don't "stay down" (1.5 click). So, while I was getting used to new things, I decided to integrate that in as well. Not 5 minutes after, I blasted an est 14 30/37. For 1.5 clicking, my scores are x-19x2-69. I hope to whittle these down by the time the next AR ends. |
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May 27th 2006 at 12:28:00 AM |
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Dmitriy |
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arj, one thing where you are wrong: Arbiter does not round numbers. never ![]() -- 10 days till exams o_O ![]() |
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May 26th 2006 at 09:58:49 PM |
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Name: |
Levente |
Best expert: |
36!? |
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got a 36 today on a B00b board - the 3bv=118 he got a 72 on. Alas, it's unofficial because it's UPK even if I didn't actually know anything about it (other than it was easy). I went like 7.3 c/s. yeah if I get an easy board, I'd crush its soul. ![]() |
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May 26th 2006 at 06:54:14 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
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Now the explanation (I had to get off the computer before): The 67 was on a 132. 16+67=83- my second best. First, I blasted an est69 16x/19x at 2.82 3bvs and 24 estRQP. I blasted an est72 188/190 on a forced guess a few minutes before the 73 on a 195 3bv/s and RQP record. I think the 67 came after the est72, but I'm not positive. As I warmed up, I got a 30.985 on a 90 at 3.002 3bvs flagging. I commented in the IRC that it was my 7th sup3, and B00B_s33k3r posted his 3.18 int 3bvs record. He told me to be brutal. So did Levente. I got the 3.177 (which rounds up to 3.18 in Arbiter) to tie B00B, then switched to expert. My hand was already really warmed up from playing brutal int, and I started playing at 4.8 cl/s (up from my normal 4) out of nowhere. Then came the awesome exp games. It was really hot in my room, so I had a fan blowing on me as I played and found it really helped... ![]() |
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May 26th 2006 at 06:07:25 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best expert: |
AR: 74=>67, 3BV/s: 2.614=>2.683, 28.2=>27.468 RQP |
Best intermediate: |
AR: 16, 3BV/s: 3.136 NF=> 3.177 Flagging |
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Brutality and nothing more... The link goes to the page that links the vids. ![]() ![]() ![]() haha verification image: 5EEM...that seems odd. |
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May 26th 2006 at 12:06:20 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best expert: |
AR 74 (x2 I think) |
Best intermediate: |
AR 16 |
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May 26th 2006 at 08:39:29 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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hey gratz jason yeah, those 2 ?s are meant to be one space to the right obviously. I'll try to draw it again, but I think I did it right the first time, so I doubt it will be any better now ? ? ?xy? ? ? also, you can use this: ??? ?x ? ? y? ??? in fact if any numbers share squares where mines could contribute to both numbers, you can do this, so if numbers are within 2 squares of each other you can do it. This solves nearly everything really. |
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May 26th 2006 at 08:06:15 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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First of all, gratz Levente!!! 2nd: all you need for solver for "98%" of all problems is this: ? ? ?xy? ? ? where x and y are numbers. x-y is the difference in the amount of mines in the columns of ?s. |
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May 26th 2006 at 07:23:53 AM |
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Name: |
Jason |
Best expert: |
2.517 --- > 2.550 3bv/s |
Comments: |
![]() not much of an improvement but meh.. missed a 63 on 50/50 bah Jase |
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May 26th 2006 at 07:21:51 AM |
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Name: |
Jason |
Best expert: |
2.517 --- > 2.550 3bv/s |
Comments: |
![]() not much of an improvement but meh.. missed a 63 on 50/50 bah Jase |
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