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Sep 9th 2006 at 10:32:26 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

.828 IOE NF, AR 72

Best intermediate:  

.9x=>1.000 IOE NF, AR 18

Best beginner:  

1.000 IOE NF

Comments:  

My goal for today was to get 1 IOE NF on int and after many failed attempts (54 clicks on a 52 and 59 clicks on a 57), I got an easy 39 3BV board with 5 openings and nailed it, finishing using 39 left clicks (unfortunately it took 30 seconds lol- I didn't want to blow it) .

   
Sep 9th 2006 at 01:59:47 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

Finally got a good game today; 63 on a 197! Second RQP and Second 3bv/s (at 3.139) I got a string of sub70s, and something like 3 sub65s today... perhaps things are looking up.

   
Sep 9th 2006 at 09:09:23 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

i agree ian. (you saw my penalty discussion a few months ago). at the moment, there are no penalties because i need to learn how to program it in php. thanks.

   
Sep 9th 2006 at 06:56:51 AM
Name:  

Thomas

Best intermediate:  

17,39-->17,12 17*2

Comments:  

Nice Roman!
I just got a second 17 on a 43
Link should work in a cpuple o minutes

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Sep 9th 2006 at 04:39:07 AM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Wow, nice one Roman!

@Stephen: All those terms are defined in the Dictionary part of the site (metanoodle.com/minesweeper/dictionary.html)


Anyway, the real reason I was posting was about the Penalties if a game isn't recorded. I think that the time stated should be the average of all the times possible. So, for example, in WinXP minesweeper, if someone gets 20 on Int, that could be anywhere from 20.00 to 20.99, so 20.50 is written. And in Win95 minesweeper (with Timer Jump), the same 20 could be anywhere from 19.00 to 20.99 (if the timer jumped by a whole second) so 20.00 is written. However, when someone using Timer Jump minesweeper gets a 1 on beginner, the times could only range from 1.00 to 1.99 (because there can be no timer jump in a 1) so 1.50 should be taken as the time rather than 1.00.
Perhaps I'm being a bit funny, but 1/2 second could make all the difference

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Sep 9th 2006 at 02:34:00 AM
Name:  

Roman Gammel

Best expert:  

2nd sub 50 NF !!!

Comments:  

Hello, sweepers! I got another sub50 NF today - 48,323 on 3BV 130. Very close to Dan's 48.35 on 3BV 131 . To get second sub50 NF was one of my goals before retire, now it's done

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Sep 8th 2006 at 11:00:43 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

My impersonating days are over. what is RQP and IOS and IOE by the way?

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 10:36:06 PM
Name:  

Jake

Comments:  

well, just don't impersonate me ;-)

the technological improvement was a significant one - I basically gained full command over the mouse, as opposed to having it nearly slip from my hands half the time.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 10:29:52 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

I stand corrected. As you said I was stirring up a flame of a conversation. If you truly improved that much jake, then sorry for the accusation. that is insane to get that quick that fast. like from getting 90 seconds to a 39 in about a year? I never played 10 hours a day, but i was playing a few hours a day and going from 71 average to 63 average is crazy. I haven't been here the whole time there was discussion about Jake... it honestly does seem unbelievable. but you seem to have a lot of people backing you up.

also, the fake posts are done i hardly ever check this page out anymore but... if there is a controversy (i.e. jason tran, stevan, now jake) in my opinion I stir things up.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 08:36:49 PM
Name:  

Jake

Comments:  

thanks, DB and jarjar... my odd expert graph is because I improved my setup significantly, bringing my average from 71 to about 63 in a few days... then just kept at it. Maybe I just have too much time on my hands :P

that's really the secret to minesweeper success - discard any other possible uses for one's time! Stop socialising, travelling, masturbating, etc... just play it for 10 hours straight every day.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 08:33:42 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

14x2

Comments:  

Well Stephen, you have proved that you weren't around for the whole thing. If this is a cheat, it is certainly an elaborate one. Almost a year in the making, and I know Jake personally. He doesn't take minesweeper *that* seriously. He played 10k int games, and 10k int games only... with nothing else from the other levels. This was over a period of several years.

Now, unless you're Tam Minh Bui, not playing expert is not going to lead to much improvement. Now what did this period of time lead to? Increase in hand strength. Which is why he reached his click rate.

I was rivals with Jake for quite a long time before life got in my way. I followed him down through the 70s and into the mid 60s before I stalled because I had other commitments. In short, his rate of improvement is indeed possible with a LOT of time commitment.

Now you yourself haven't exactly been the most trustworthy person, Mr. fake Lasse. I honestly think your post is not much more than a flame. Let the people who have actually been around for this debate it out, we know much much more about it than you do.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 08:28:45 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Comments:  

@Stephan: as for the 81 exp avg, it's important to note that dion's avg is lower because he started on clone only after he had gotten down into the 50's I believe. Jake's history dates back to when he still considered exp times in the 90s "decent"

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 08:22:27 PM
Name:  

Schu

Comments:  

I'm simply going to put it this way: I'd always thought of Jake/Levente as being someone with huge flaws and huge waknesses. Huge clicks/s and ****house IOE. However, I also thought of him as someone with great potential because of his extremely early sup-4 3BV/s on int. I always imagined that he'd jump straight over me all of a sudden, which he did, all he had to learn was a bit of efficiency.

So, for me, if that first sup-4 is genuine, I would think of him before the whole massive improvement as a player with huge undiscovered potential. In that case, I don't see any more reason to doubt his records than anyone else on the list except for the people I've met in person (Dion, Benny Benjamin and Jason Tran) and myself. Who'd have thought I'd say I believe Jason Tran more than everyone else!! No offense Jase....

If you think that initial sup-4 was faked, and this whole thing is a huge ruse to make some legitemacy for his huge (faked) improvement, then you've got some proving to do.

Personally, I still put my support behind Jake, I believe him.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 07:10:40 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

also, what on earth is RQP? is it good to have a lower or higher RQP? what's a world-class RQP for each level?

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 07:09:33 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Comments:  

one second *slower*

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 07:08:28 PM
Name:  

Stephen

Best expert:  

54

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Hey all it's been awhile and I'm not going to post any spam :). How is everybody. Dennis congrats i see you have progressed a lot. Sorry to burst everybody's bubble, but have you seen Jake's detailed history for the clone? It's absurd. IMC clearly isn't doing its job if they think it's legit. look at his time details for expert. his average expert time is 81 seconds. now look at dion tiu. or lasse, people we know aren't cheating (i know you are thinking ironically "Benson" accused him of cheating but of course we know he wasn't).

My record int score is one second faster than jakes but my average time was 10 seconds faster than him. my average 3bv/s was 2.8 with all my history and his was 2.1. that's not a number two in the world average sorry.

Always love to stir up controversy, and boy is his history controversial. Either he got REALLY good REALLY quickly after being REALLY below average or he is cheating.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 04:57:24 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

58

Best intermediate:  

15

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

Haven't posted in awhile... focusing on schoolwork...

@IMC: In defense of Jake, I saw him nearly get a sub20 on int (I was watching over his shoulder... the timer was around 17 or 18 when he blasted) when we met up in Florida last April when he was about 33rd on bestever. The setup was horrible, though, and during a week of playing on that setup the best score I got on expert was 76... and no other sub80s. I don't doubt Jake's playing ability.

@ all record breakers

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Sep 8th 2006 at 03:23:16 PM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

@Joni: I know nothing more than you, unfortunately but I'll check that a bit later. Send me a mail so that I won't forget

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Sep 8th 2006 at 01:58:10 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

haha, right, Benzhaf
also hides in the tray, when minimized

grats all the recent record breakers
X9X7

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Sep 8th 2006 at 01:56:56 PM
Name:  

Louis

Best expert:  

82,49 ----> 75,021 NF !!!

Best intermediate:  

18,3

Best beginner:  

1,95

Comments:  

Sum of 94 Best ever here I am !!!!!

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 01:30:28 PM
Name:  

Banzhaf

Comments:  

a little bit weird, my records sum to 100,12
but in the country ranks I'm listed with 98

menno, I want to get a funny VCode, too

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 01:13:51 PM
Name:  

Banzhaf

Best expert:  

stiLL 74

Comments:  

@Eric: Use Arbiter with its super cool Boss Key Feature

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 12:56:28 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

@Gergely: If you happen to read this, I've wanted to ask about this for a long time. Do you think that Hungary will make it into the Schengen by 2007? If it does, I might consider coming to the tourney in Budapest (it would eventually depend on other factors too), if not, I would need a visa and I don't have the time or the nerves to deal with embassies...
thank you

BTW I've kept hammering down my RQP all week. I bettered it twice today and now it's down to 24.9. Today it was a special day, because I finished most expert games in a day ever. The funny thing is, that I don't know the exact number. Apparently, they were sooooo many (I'd be surprised if they were more than 10 ), that my clone history file got corrupted . I guess that means 4 months of statistics gone, unless someone can magically bring it back to life...

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Sep 8th 2006 at 11:49:10 AM
Name:  

Ian

Best expert:  

63.14 --> 62.99

Comments:  

Yeehaa! Sub-63!! Scored 62 at long last on a 149 I'm just pleased with the improvement to be honest And conveniently before the AR deadline

VCode 3338... weird, all numbers

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Sep 8th 2006 at 11:40:40 AM
Name:  

Eric

Best expert:  

112

Best intermediate:  

32

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

I'm getting better, but only doing it at work with a boss looking over your shoulder isn't easy.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 06:41:54 AM
Name:  

Traian

Comments:  

67, first sub70 after one year.
I'm back in the game

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 05:57:44 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

14x2

Comments:  

See now, Christoph, now I'm worried that if I ever get down to that point, you're going to ask me to travel abroad, and quite frankly I can't afford it; most people can't.

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 05:03:44 AM
Name:  

Gergely

Comments:  

Congrats, Jake/Levente!
I downloaded that video and seemed just natural to me. I really don't know if the IMC thinks the file's not corrupted, what other proof do you need? A recording by a camera can be speeded up as well.

Btw, just downloaded the arbiter 'for screening purposes only' but played a few boards - and I think it has very smooth gameplay

   
Sep 8th 2006 at 12:33:05 AM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  

@Jake: Noone wants to deny your scores, all we want is to verify them.

If you come to Budapest or Vienna next year, everything's fine (of course I'd like to see you in Vienna ). I personally would take it as verification if I'm convinced you're gonna show up at one of the tournys since that would include that I'm sure you've nothing to hide. But if I think of how often Stevan said he'd show up and then didn't, I don't know how to convince me.
Noone wants to offend you. But there have been cheaters in the past, that's one of the main reasons, why the IMC exists. So if we're not there for asking you for additional proof when you claim a WR, what are we for then?

   
Sep 7th 2006 at 09:54:46 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Best beginner:  

5.10(x2) 3bv/s NF

Comments:  

Tied my current nonflag 3bv/s record: 4.72 on a 19 board, and only one click more than the 3bv from getting a 1 IOE.

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Sep 7th 2006 at 07:12:32 PM
Name:  

Jake

Best intermediate:  

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 ...

Comments:  

nice, tam!

So what would the esteemed IMC, with its esteemed attitude, prefer? Other than to see me in Vienna or Budapest, which is a few months away...

I don't *really* care about the 9 on the bestever... it doesn't change my #2 ranking, and it's just int... but deny me a 35 or so on exp and I will start randomly busting heads

Verification code: GW47 - that's George W. with an AK-47, just about the most frightening thing I can imagine. Ph33r to those that d00bt the 9!

   
Sep 7th 2006 at 07:10:22 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

Here's another pretty good game, nearly a sub-20 on a 79 board (only off by .14 seconds I think). Sorry if I post so much by the way, but I really enjoy to share my videos and keep my memories of improvement through the guestbook.

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Sep 7th 2006 at 07:08:32 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Best intermediate:  

4.55 -> 4.51 RQP

Comments:  

Here's a record I haven't broken in a while: intermediate RQP. Got my 4th 15 this Active Ranking, hopefully I can destroy this syndrome near the end of this ranking or at least by next AR. Anyway, check it out:

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Sep 7th 2006 at 03:37:34 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

I strongly believe that he is indeed telling the truth. I know him in person... and was with him for a week in July. He's not one to cheat. At this point, with the way all of you are skeptical, he could do just about anything and you could claim that it's faked, cheated, etc etc.

   
Sep 7th 2006 at 11:49:56 AM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Out of interest, what additional proof would suffice? Obviously a screenshot is pointless, and I can't think of anything else that's "secure"

And I still can't get sub-63 (but estimates are looking good)

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Sep 7th 2006 at 10:54:45 AM
Name:  

IMC

Comments:  

Perhaps some of you may wonder, why Jake's 9 is not yet updated in the best ever.
The IMC had a look at it in the last weeks and discussed about Jake and the communities attitude
towards him. We came to the conclusion that we have to ask him for additional proof - what we did.
So there might be some more delay till the update.

   
Sep 7th 2006 at 04:11:33 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Victoria has a very good psychology reputation. (My girlfriend came from Scotland to study psychology in Victoria). She can probably tell you about all the important professors. Victoria is famous for its Behavioural Analysis program.

I can tell you anything you want to know about food and housing. As a student you get free bus travel for the entire city. It is on a small island (the size of Denmark!), it rains twice a week, the weather is warm and you will probably not see snow unless you travel. Victoria is always green, gardens start growing in February (unlike the rest of Canada!). The 2 hour ferry trip to Vancouver is one of the most beautiful places you will see in your life (the mountains are 16,000 feet). I can suggest a lot of places for you to visit. The university is beside the ocean, and has the most best marine biology program in the country.

There is one campus and it is inside Ring Road, which is a perfect circle. (I used to run around this 2.2km road at night). The dorms are on the outside edge of the circle, so you can walk everywhere in less than 10 minutes. There is a lot of sports. Two years ago they built new dorms, so about 10,000 of the 17,000 students live on campus.

Victoria is famous for rich people to retire, so it is not a big party town (It has 230,000 people but only 6 nightclubs). The drinking age is 19, and University starts at 19...so you will be amused to watch people for the first month. Marijuana is very popular, and there is a club that smokes it in public. There is only one pub on campus and it is cheap. Most people drink in their rooms and then take the bus downtown for the fancy places. You will often see deer on campus late at night.

Compared to Denmark, Canada is very cheap. Books are more expensive in North America than Europe (about $100 per textbook). You should buy medium meal plan. School starts in September and ends in April, all the exams are in December or April and Chrismas holidays are two weeks (this is the best time to travel, or go skiing at Whistler).

And of course, we Canadians are much more fun than our noisy neighbours!

Email me if you want to know more!

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Sep 7th 2006 at 02:51:39 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

@Schu: Thanks for the reply! The information I've gotten about Deakin University is that there are 6 campuses, 3 of them being in Melbourne and 3 of them in Geelong. Adelaide is not an option I'm afraid, since my university doesn't have any exchanges with that university. Thanks anyway though! I'll keep looking and asking around!

   
Sep 6th 2006 at 06:57:11 PM
Name:  

Schu

Comments:  

@ Dennis: I'm sure all us sweeperoos will be glad to see you here if you do come! I believe deakin university is actually in geelong, not Melbourne, about 45 minutes train ride away from Melbourne, just so you know.

I can't speak for any of the unis you mention, but give a good consideration to Adelaide, it is an excellent institution, it is very receptive of international students (and we are getting lots more european students now) and adelaide is cheaper to live in than any of the places you suggest.

That said, Adelaide isn't all that exciting a city or anything but it is quite nice. One of the charms of it is that Adelaide Uni is basically in the city center, and it is only 50 metres away from the main shopping mall

But good luck in your search!!

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Sep 6th 2006 at 04:55:19 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

@Dane: It's about time

   
Sep 6th 2006 at 04:36:16 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Oh... forgot:

Email: dennislutken at yahoo dot com

   
Sep 6th 2006 at 04:34:42 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

@Damien: I don't know if you read this but I'm also not sure which email I should send this to so I'll just put it here so others can read it as well. ;o)

I have started to look into the possibility of studying abroad for a semester. It looks like it's very much a possibility and I have several options of universities. At this moment I am primarily considering universities located in Canada and Australia. Well, my first priority right now is University of Victoria and then just now when I was looking in the countries list I saw that you're from BC and then in your profile on the AR page I found out that you've studied at that universtity. I don't know for sure whether I'll be going there but I was just curious to know if you could tell me something about the area and the life of students there...? In case you're wondering, I'm studying psychology and I will be taking courses at the graduate level. On their website it looks like they have a lot of nice course offerings and I've heard from a guy in the States that it's a beautiful place but I'd like the opinion of someone who's studied there himself, so if you could let me know, it would be much appreciated!

@Australian sweepers: If any of you guys know anything about which of these universities/areas would be recommendable please let me know:

Australian National University, Canberra
Deakin University, Melbourne
Griffith University, Queensland
University of Sydney, eh... Sydney! ;o)

I haven't looked at these universities and their course offerings much myself but I will do so pretty soon. It would just be nice to know if anybody would recommend any of these.

   
Sep 6th 2006 at 02:49:48 PM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

Welcome to the club, Dane

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Sep 6th 2006 at 02:19:36 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Nice one Dane! It's really cool to finally get world ranked

Btw Damien, what's happened to the UK page on country ranks? It only appears to have 3 people on it?

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Sep 6th 2006 at 02:01:56 PM
Name:  

Dane

Best expert:  

76x5 ----> 75.37

Best intermediate:  

21

Best beginner:  

3

Comments:  

on 3.1 with recorder
3BV = 157
finally sum 100 --> 99

   
Sep 6th 2006 at 01:25:18 PM
Name:  

Ian

Best expert:  

63 --> 63x2

Comments:  

Woo, this works 63.80 on a 152 (previous 63 was on a 133 I think) And AR BEST!!! YEEAH! But still no record . Still, only about 3 games completed with my new relaxed method

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Sep 6th 2006 at 01:02:34 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

I've just been playing for a few days really frantically, and clicking at like 5 lc/s, so my hand got really tired, and now just switched back to relaxed playing to see what would happen: first game, 68s on a 184
Dunno what's happened to my expert vid, I'll chase that up

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Sep 6th 2006 at 10:10:45 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

Ian that's exactly what I was talking about, you start the game, and then you gt into a rythm, and after a while it looks like a really good game, and then you feel it's taking too long, and the rythm isn't braking (which happens in low 3BVs) than you realise it's a high 3BV, and when you finish you see it's a 200sth 3BV with 2.6-2.7 3BV/s usually. Funny that, as I was writing this post, i was having one of such games, I got very tired and didn't have the nerves to find the last empty square so i LCd on a bomb, and then I saw it was a 238 3BV board... I'm expecting a 250 any moment now

jokes aside, I would have been much more annoyed if I hadn't finished a 146 3BV board today, and bettered my record 63.6 -> 61.07. I'm getting closer to that minute barrier, and maybe that's why I didn't enjoy this record that much like the previous ones...

I've seen a video of yours once Ian, and I think we have similar styles, I also try to solve the board part NF, part flagging, but flag more towards the end as I get tired, so I flag around 60-70 bombs. You click faster if I remember correctly. BTW your best expert video at planet-minesweeper is missing

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Sep 6th 2006 at 08:47:33 AM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

@ Joni: Yeah, I do seem to finish high 3BV boards a lot more than low ones, which is actually starting to get really annoying because I try really hard and get around 2.7 3BV/s, and then it's a 210 board
And just now, 138 board, LCed in a really dumb place but it would have been a guess anyway (but 63.46 on the clock! ).

VCode R4RR (almost RARR!)

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Sep 6th 2006 at 02:48:34 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

Barca: 52->51

Best intermediate:  

Barca:14

Best beginner:  

Barca: xxx

Comments:  

3bv 133, watch out Edu!

   
Sep 6th 2006 at 02:46:53 AM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

And now Damien?!

   
Sep 5th 2006 at 02:25:23 PM
Name:  

Zach

Best expert:  

71

Best intermediate:  

19

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  

Just discovered the site a few weeks ago, for first the first time. Began trying expert with 141 mines and just did it in 221 sec, it was the first time I even got close to finishing this board. Would have been quicker, but I was interupted in the middle.
r fiÑ

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Sep 5th 2006 at 12:58:58 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

Greetings to all you guys,
I'm up in Stockholm again, after the two weeks of well deserved vacation back home. I threw away that cutting board, and finally bought a mousepad, but I'm having a very strange session this evening. It seems like I'm not able to finish low 3BV games... chronologically the 3BVs of the games I have finished are 211, 159, 207, 220, 195, 202. I got a couple of nice looking 130s, and I always get a fast start and then I blow up, I do a stupid mistake, or I make one of my trademark misclicks, or i guess wrong... I don't know, maybe it's my sweeping style that is better suited to high 3BV or maybe it's my guessing (I've played density and NF quite a lot lately)... Anybody has had similar experiences?

Is there anybody who enjoys playing high 3BV boards more than low 3BV?

On the other hand, the popup keeps coming up as I finish. I broke my IOS record 3 times 1.231->1.238, my RQP twice 28.0->26.5, and 3BV/s once 2.774->2.778. I'm desperately awaiting a good 150-160 board so that I can hopsing (like that's ever gonna happen )

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Sep 5th 2006 at 07:58:06 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Minor details... the important thing is, I'm in the book!

   
Sep 5th 2006 at 07:38:39 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

I also thought Elmar's Syndrome was (N)x7 (or greater?)

   
Sep 5th 2006 at 07:01:40 AM
Name:  

Rogen

Comments:  

@Damien: IOS's formula is also incorrect. IOS=log(3BV)/log(time-1)

   
Sep 5th 2006 at 05:55:42 AM
Name:  

Elmar

Best expert:  

46

Best intermediate:  

12

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I made it into the dictionary!
@Damien: The entry for Chord is wrong. You put the same as for Doubleclick.
Almost broke the Spanish record this weekend with an est 47 @ 111/121

   
Sep 4th 2006 at 08:26:21 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Best expert:  

Boston 64.04

Best intermediate:  

Boston 17

Best beginner:  

Boston 3

Comments:  

Well, I moved to Boston last week, and have been struggling somewhat... I am getting some random great games and a lot of crap games. The latest great game is that 64.04, it was on a 170 I'm trying to get the best MA high scores according to Damien's rankings, as I'll be here more often than not for the next 5 years.

   
Sep 4th 2006 at 05:47:34 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

I got my 200th sub-20 today on intermediate, as well as my 150th sup-5 on beginner.

Here's a completely random game: 58/95 est 5.70 3bv/s, nice and dense on 3bv squares.

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Sep 4th 2006 at 02:41:57 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Yay, I'm on fire tonight! Got a 65, and then a 64! And loads of other sub-70s too, and on boards with 3BVs as high as 180. I think I'm just clicking faster, and more accurately Hopefully a new record will come soon!

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Sep 4th 2006 at 12:09:50 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

Damien: Thanks for the compliment! but I will not have much time to sweep nowadays due to PSAT's and SAT's coming up. And I think it will take me another year or so before I sup-5 on intermediate. I play custom a lot nowdays to learn my patterns too, you can see how much I guess by watching my vides. Thanks for updating me on the rankings by the way

   
Sep 4th 2006 at 12:04:17 PM
Name:  

Ian

Best expert:  

63.14

Comments:  

AAAAAGH! 83/122 3BV est. 56.38 Still, at least I know it's possible

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Sep 4th 2006 at 11:05:53 AM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Heh, it makes my annoyance at 66×3 this AR look like nothing...

And have you got a screenie Damien? Nice one anyways

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Sep 4th 2006 at 11:02:55 AM
Name:  

manuel heider

Best intermediate:  

11,97

Comments:  

i think im on a syndrom :/
yesterday : 2nd int : 12.19
today 2nd int : 12.10
and 4th int 12.6
that makes a total of 13x12s
and no f****** 2nd 11
:/

   
Sep 4th 2006 at 11:01:38 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

I did it!!!!!!

141 mines on expert in 224 seconds. (Last 11 mines took 110 seconds).

4 months later. my god, i'm glad that's over.

   
Sep 4th 2006 at 08:25:07 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

thanks guys. btw...i just figured how to list only countries i have players from in the country menu....makes it a hell of a lot shorter!

   
Sep 4th 2006 at 07:30:56 AM
Name:  

Thomas

Comments:  

K, here it is :D
I just noticed that I dont have an arbiter .46 18 yet :D

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Sep 4th 2006 at 07:22:45 AM
Name:  

Thomas

Best intermediate:  

17,39

Comments:  

Nice ranking, damien!
However, I think it would look a lot nicer with my 17 to grace it :D
Ill post the vid in a couple of secs, gotta switch computer first.

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Sep 4th 2006 at 06:33:23 AM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Ooh, loving the hot new look! And woohoo, 309th --> 157th!! Bring on top 100

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Sep 4th 2006 at 04:56:39 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

I am really pleased to say, new world rankings are up! (I switched the rankings from html to php).

Hopefully, with some more work I'll be able to add some of the 240MB of videos and pics people have sent with their scores....but I'm still a noob! Let me know if you have ideas.

I'm changing my database so it stores all submitted scores for each player. Gregoire can do this with clone files, but I'd like to be able to create score timelines for every winmine player. The goal is to allow you guys to select a day (as far back as 1998) and generate a world ranking. Good? Bad idea? Anyways, best of luck to all record breakers.

Tam: you are improving too fast. You will beat me to sup5 on int

   
Sep 3rd 2006 at 10:29:06 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

[08:05] * Tam last 15740th beg game: Time: 3,98 3BV: 12 3BV/s: 4,02 "Flag" Rank: 603rd time 1750th 3BV/s ( RPI: 92.53 IOS: n/a RQP: 0.98 ) @_@

[08:12] * Tam last 15747th beg game: Time: 3,97 3BV: 12 3BV/s: 4,04 "Flag" Rank: among NF games 406th time 118th 3BV/s ( RPI: 98.34 IOS: n/a RQP: 0.98 ) :'(

[08:20] * Tam last 15753rd beg game: Time: 3,96 3BV: 12 3BV/s: 4,05 "Flag" Rank: among NF games 406th time 112th 3BV/s ( RPI: 98.36 IOS: n/a RQP: 0.97 ) :@

I also had 3.73 on a 12 3bv board. Weirdest night ever for beginner.

   
Sep 3rd 2006 at 07:59:23 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

Next you know, we'll be testing Jake for steroids

   
Sep 3rd 2006 at 05:54:19 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

.8xx IOE=> .986 IOE

Comments:  

82 on a 211 with 214 clicks
2.6 3bv/s and 2.64 cl/s

   
Sep 3rd 2006 at 04:51:10 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Best intermediate:  

Sub-20 73 board

Comments:  

Tam last 1816th int game: Time: 19,71 3BV: 73 3BV/s: 3,90 "Flag" Rank: 153rd time 14th 3BV/s ( RPI: 95.45 IOS: 1.46 RQP: 5.05 )

Here's a game I'm pretty proud of. My highest sub-20 board yet.

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Sep 3rd 2006 at 04:16:52 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

if you email the txt file, insteadof zipping it, the recorder files go berserk. otherwise, no problem except lots of txt files before you finally win a game. with arb/clone you can wait to you finish and press save.

   
Sep 3rd 2006 at 02:11:31 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Yeah, you can set clone to record all videos with certain criteria (I forget the exact wording but e.g. Level = exp and Mines > 200 and Solved3BV = 3BV).

I haven't known Recorder to make mistakes with my boards... what sort of errors come up?

I got a 66 today (AR best) and LCed a 65

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Sep 3rd 2006 at 01:28:47 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

If you are playing near the records, a video is very preferred : ) Screenshots are ok, but if you have a vid, it is much nicer. Arbiter is very good for custom vids (the Recorder is too much editing for me and occasionally makes mistakes with large boards). I think Clone2006 also has custom options.

   
Sep 3rd 2006 at 12:03:38 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

I have a question: If I played a custom game with high mines, is a video required or just a screenshot?

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 10:35:41 PM
Name:  

"Jarjar" (Arjádre)

Best expert:  

AR 58

Best intermediate:  

AR 16

Comments:  

@Tommy: way to pass me again

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 10:30:58 PM
Name:  

Jake

Comments:  

also: it's int... sub10 is more a relief than an accomplishment, like "can I move on now in life and get a 36 and make Jarjar happy?"

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 10:17:02 PM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

I know I know, the video is just weird is all, as well as your 10 NF! I hope like I didn't sound like I accused you, I know I phrased everything really badly, but maybe your mistakes are coincidental. Oh well, still a great video

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 09:26:52 PM
Name:  

Jake

Best intermediate:  

:P

Comments:  

@Tam: I'd have more enthusiasm if my internet didn't cut out every 3 god**** seconds!! (32 minutes and counting, on attempting to post this...) It's hard to muster up some genuine COCKS EXCREMENT OSTRICH action when I'm ready to throw my wireless card out the window.

I don't recall the 10NF video, but suffice it to say, I make mistakes, occasionally dumb guesses - I'm not the world's most elegant sweeper, especially not when playing int, which to me is like beginner - wait a while and you'll get a good board. Anyone in the chat knows how many sub10s I've gotten within 2-3 of finishing and then screwed up because I got sloppy. I just click **** fast and that's the entirety of the secret to my success

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 11:28:59 AM
Name:  

Thomas

Best intermediate:  

18,xx-->17,39 on 46

Comments:  

Holy **** jake, stop it!!!!
That vid looks pretty natural to me, the slip almost looked like you were still opening squares at random and still slowing down but not entirely in control of what you were doing yet. I watched the vid in slow motion and found a couple of minor mistakes that im pretty sure nobody would make anymore if they had UPKed a board a lot (and assuming that you cheat, you'd be able to give it a lot of tries). I believe the part about mouse control too, I saw you missing a couple of squares on the first click in the NF sections (no offense). Would be cool if you could come to Vienna!!!

And I go to 17... I just had to stay ahead of twice your time

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Sep 2nd 2006 at 10:44:30 AM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

Also for the mouse excuse... that explanation is a bit edgy, because you clicked way off from the intended spot and just headed up from there. And your mouse control seemed perfectly fine for the rest of the game.

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 10:39:51 AM
Name:  

Tam Minh Bui

Comments:  

I am sorry about this, but my I have to agree with Lutken on my suspicions. The beginning is a bit hard to believe because there is almost no hesitation, and as for that "magic opening..." it really is NOT a practical area to solve at, it would've been more genuine if you solved the two squares next to the 2-3 before just heading right into the opening.

There is another video I am also suspecting very much, and it is your 10 second nonflag video. There is a portion in the video where you work at the bottom-right corner and you just run down on the boxes next to the 2-3-2, revealing another 2-3-2. Not only that, but then you run back up and solve all the ones. And more weird is the guess after that area, which you just brought your mouse down to solve an area that could've possibly been a mine.

I'm not accusing you of being a cheater, but my suspicions run a bit high. Your enthusiasm also seems a bit limited for the only sub-10 in the world. Sorry bro.

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 08:52:52 AM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

Okay... 66 on a 146 (Expert), again after playing low density. And it was a really bad finish

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Sep 2nd 2006 at 08:45:55 AM
Name:  

Ian

Best intermediate:  

18 *blush*

Comments:  

Wow, sub-10! Grats! That really was a brilliant board. I can't really get a grip on it atm, because my computer plays Arbiter videos at about 2/3 speed (it runs for 15.7s) but I think it looks genuine, so very well done. Lucky that bottom-right bit has a high 3BV count (12), it's so close to being outside the limits

My brother got me to play 24x30 with 99 mines just now (nothing like a confidence boost ) and I got 66, which wasn't overly good, but the weird thing was, I played one expert game next and got 67 straight away on a 137 (good time for me). Hmm... new best time strategy?

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Sep 2nd 2006 at 07:54:37 AM
Name:  

Schu

Comments:  

Rilian, Benny Benjamin and I saw Dion do a 43. I don't doubt that Jake could do or have done a 43 or even that 9, but no-one that I know of has seen him do it. You must have been confused.

BTW

GRATZ YOU CRAZY YANK!!!!

Dion, smite him

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 07:46:56 AM
Name:  

Jake

Comments:  

haha I think that was Schu watching Dion. (As for me, I'd be far more impressed with a 37 than with a 7 on int... int can get patho easy much more often than exp!)

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 07:46:04 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

@Dmitriy:

We had a meeting (a week-long one at that), but that was more of a road trip than anything else, the only "sweeping" he did was nonosweeper when he first arrived at my house, that was soon after I broke into the sub20s on nono (I LCd a 16 while he was there). The other nights we were in hotels and he was taking a break from minesweeper in general.

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 07:34:45 AM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

DB, you haven't sweeping meeting with jake this summer ??

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 07:30:58 AM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

@Dmitriy:

I have never witnessed him getting a 43 on expert. He disliked my setup so much that he did not play minesweeper well. I haven't seen him sweep since January, and his best time back then was 76, so that's not going to help out much.

FWIW, I know his nono times are valid.

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 07:26:11 AM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

@Dmitriy: I'd be much more impressed by a person who can get a 9 on int and who says he could have gotten a 7 or an 8 than a person who can get a 43 or even 39 for that matter on expert. ;o)

   
Sep 2nd 2006 at 01:46:48 AM
Name:  

Dmitriy

Comments:  

Dennis: i guess that is enough for you that DB saw Jake getting 43 on expert?
WXEY!

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Sep 1st 2006 at 10:14:46 PM
Name:  

Jake

Comments:  

@Dennis: I'll do my best to make it to Vienna and/or Budapest next year! Now all we need is to get Dion to make it because I am far too lazy to fly to Australia to see him!

   
Sep 1st 2006 at 10:07:30 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

Unhackable... Yeah, right! I'm not saying he cheated, just that it seems a little TOO good to be true. ;o) Doesn't matter anyway. He can have his score count even if he did cheat... if you ask me! I don't care really. Minesweeper used to be based on the honor system anyway as is the Active Ranking. The only one who can ever know for sure whether your scores were obtained fairly is yourself, unless somebody else is watching you play and that's not often the case. Anyway, all I can say is that I would love to see him play in real life. ;o)

   
Sep 1st 2006 at 10:01:30 PM
Name:  

Jake

Best intermediate:  

9 :P

Comments:  

@Dennis: that magic opening: my mouse button refused to release and enact a left-click. Note the hesitation and the me mousing over 2-3 cells without successfully clicking on them - I was actually attempting to start with the square above and to the right of the 2-3-2 vertical (would've revealed a "3"). Also note terrible mouse control as I was literally fighting the button.

Pure dumb luck

had I had any mouse control it would've been a 7 or 8, because it's such a stupidly easy board.

   
Sep 1st 2006 at 06:35:08 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Comments:  

If it had been UPK he would not have flagged and chorded at about 8.6 seconds. As for the looking for another opening at the beginning instead of continuing to solve, it looks pretty natural and something that I would have done had I been playing NF and for efficiency because it *looks* like a natural place for an opening. And remember, Arbiter is the "solely unhackable minesweeper".

   
Sep 1st 2006 at 05:44:57 PM
Name:  

Dennis Lütken

Comments:  

@Jake/Levente/whatever: Sorry to be a bit suspicious about this but to me you 9-sec int record looks VERY much like a UPK game! You start out getting a couple of openings which is, of course, possible. Then you find the square in the upper left corner immediately - no hesitation. Right afterwards you 'choose' to get another opening instead of just starting to solve. That makes no sense to me. Why would you do it if not because you KNEW it was an opening? I don't know if you cheated but I'm just not just not buying into this. Sorry!

   
Sep 1st 2006 at 05:43:42 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best intermediate:  

15

Comments:  

@Badgers: now get that 35 already
@Tam: ow!
@Dane: ow!!! you're really overdue to make bestever. good luck

VC: 6ARM. Sorry, I only have 2 arms wtf there appears to be some random stuff at the end of that last post

   


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