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Aug 15th 2006 at 09:49:45 PM |
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I am a fan of your website! |
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I am a fan of your website! Keep up the good work! Your website is my favorite! Visit my webpage! We have a lot in common! My website is like your's! You should visit my website! Our websites are alike!Thank you friend! |
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Aug 15th 2006 at 11:03:29 AM |
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Schu |
Best expert: |
58 |
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15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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Here's the deal guys: For those that don't know, I'm trying to make a statistic for minesweeper called OBV (optimised board value) that takes into account the amount of openings, non-3BV numbers, and "islands" (groups) of non-openings 3BV and attempts to use statistics to give these weightings. the aim is for OBV/s to be a true performance value, for a good OBV/s to be achievable on any board (0 correlation from OBV/s to OBV, 3BV, openings etc. for the community average). For this, I need game histories from people, specifically, game histories using clone 2006 release 2, since it records the islands. I need as many games from everyone of all 3 levels as possible, and as many players as possible to submit histories. this is because: 1) the more data, the better the regression gets and 2) the more players, the less players individual style will influence the results. I've been getting the info from detrusors Clone rankings, so submit your histories there: http://www.planet-minesweeper.com/class_home.php If you don't have an account already, get Detrusor to make you one. Detrusor goes on holidays on Friday and I'd like to get this information before then, so the sooner you do this, the better. Otherwise, he comes back early September, and I'll be in the throes of my 21st birthday, so I won't give a $h1t for at least a week. But if you don't have time this week, try to get a history in by early September so it'll be ready for the second version. Thanks |
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Aug 15th 2006 at 06:41:29 AM |
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Thomas |
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@Damien: If you need a little bit of webspace, I could provide some! How much do you need? |
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Aug 15th 2006 at 03:18:16 AM |
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damien |
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Site Down |
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Well, if you try to find the site today you will get a message saying it is gone. My dad owns metanoodle.com and accidentally (I hope!) let it expire. He is in a different time zone, so if God finally decides He likes me, my dad will renew it when he gets to work in about 5 hours. Worst case, the site goes down for two weeks while I wait for my new credit card to be issued ![]() |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 07:06:38 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
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29/30 estimated 6.54 3bv/s (this was due to my mouse wire getting in the way, which dragged down my mouse at the end argh!) p.s. I realized that the link urls are mixed up, the other one is the beginner video, and this one is the int blast! ![]() |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 07:04:30 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
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Argh, I promised to post these videos earlier, but I had internet problems on Sunday. Oh well... Blasted 12.90 43/44 LC: |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 11:34:27 AM |
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Jake |
Best expert: |
39 |
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nice Tommy!!!!!! and Jarjar: my 7.74 c/s on exp was a 47 on a 170something; it was 3/6 ranks or so at the time. If I wanted a time 10s below my record I could probably hit 10 ;-) |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 10:24:51 AM |
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Arjádre |
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@Thomas: whoa!!!! grats!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() haha f*cking rilian.net... The *correct* link to the brutal vid is below ![]() |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 07:08:12 AM |
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damien |
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nice, thomas!i think christoph will now have to cut his holiday short.... 3bv 118 ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 06:01:28 AM |
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Thomas |
Best expert: |
59,31-->55,65 |
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OH YESSS!!! I finally did it! A mid50 time, which is also an austrian record :D /me watched exp game --> Time: 55,65 «» Est Time: 55,65 «» 3BV: 118 (118) «» 3BV/s: 2,15 «» Ranks: 2 / 10 of 10 / 50% «» IOE: 0,39 «» CL/S: 5,45 «» Openings: 18 / 18 «» Path: 7084 «» ThroughPut: 0,71 «» Correctness: 0,55 «» ios rank: 9 «» rqp rank: 4- Tommy Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ![]() ![]() Vid linked below ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 05:48:12 AM |
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Nikolaj |
Best intermediate: |
17x2=>17x3 |
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grrr, I went from 17,23@42 to 17,15@43... If you watch the video, you can see how is somebody deprived of 16 because of not guessing at bottom left corner... ![]() Also 50-50ed 86/87@24,67 would´ve been my 3bvs record ![]() |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 04:49:03 AM |
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Thomas |
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BTW, I have no idea where that weird signature came from. I didnt type it (I actually went back to check). VC was something completely different too... |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 04:47:31 AM |
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Thomas |
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The same happens to me... Wow Ian! Nice on tying my record ;) You really are making great progress, this is starting to seriously scare me ;) Does that mean that you have a sup3 exp but not on int? ![]() progq |
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Aug 14th 2006 at 03:07:44 AM |
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Thy CowMan |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 11:40:09 PM |
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AreOut |
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And whats your grandma's record?! ![]() |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 10:11:50 PM |
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Arjádre |
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note: vids on arbiter .46 appear to play slower than full speed |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 10:08:25 PM |
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Arjádre |
Best expert: |
AR 63 (3BV=137, OBV=162ish) |
Best intermediate: |
AR 17 (3BV=46) |
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I'm on my grandma's computer, using her mouse. This is no ordinary mouse. It's really easy to click at rates of 6, 7, or even 8 clicks/second. Exp Cl/s record: 5.xx=>6.98 (the 63)=>8.37 TAKE THAT BADGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! vid linked below note: this computer (running windows ME) does not support clone 2006. Therefore I am using arbiter .46 . |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 03:10:04 PM |
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Banzhaf |
Best expert: |
76 |
Best intermediate: |
23 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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Yesss, I LOVE Arbiter, since I play with that mega cool Predator time letters I'm gonna get the best of the world! ![]() |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 01:46:11 PM |
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joni |
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congrats Ian!!!!! You're improving really fast. Damien, the video section looks really nice. I was watching some videos to compare the players styles. I was amazed by the clinical clicking precesion of Dan Cerveny, with sequences of right and left clicks interlaced together. Then I watched the videos of Guyla Pap, and found he has a completely different style, literally SOLVING the board, by flagging less than 30 mines. I guess that's why they are called "elite"... I also noticed that the video of Marc Schouten is missing (a little ironically, since it was he who first introduced the videos ![]() I'm eagerly awaiting some videos of Sorin and Stevan, to have a look at some elite Balkan-style sweeping. ![]() keep up the good work ![]() |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 11:45:52 AM |
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Ian |
Best expert: |
2.something naff --> 3.01!!! |
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRH!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOW!!!LK:JKDO:JOIWEKej;ofifl;i;r;ru;rug+ OMG!!! IT'S A 3!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 73.91 on a 220 grid ![]() |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 11:08:35 AM |
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Thomas |
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Very nice Ian! ![]() ![]() Something else that really helped me to sub70: Try, while you play, to play for high flag/click efficiency. And dont try to do that fast, go at a comfortable pace, never try and go efficient and extra-fast at the same time, youll either blast or totally suck ![]() Uh oh, someones gonna overtake me now... ![]() Good luck! Happy sweeping ![]() |
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Aug 13th 2006 at 08:00:49 AM |
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Ian |
Best expert: |
63.14 |
Best intermediate: |
21.86 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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The merits of this new relaxed way of playing are incredible... after my 63 on a 133 (which I thought was a bit flukey), just got a 64 on a 155 ![]() And nice one Thomas, I'm very jealous ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2006 at 02:30:19 PM |
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Thomas |
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3bvs/s: 2,9x-->3,01!!! |
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SUP3! [23:29] I decided to play one more game after shutting down firefox [23:29] * Tommy last exp game --> Time=65,66 Est Time=65,66 3BV=195 (195) 3BV/s=3,01 Ranks=2 / 1 of 8 / 93,75% IOE=0,57 CL/S=5,28 Openings=14 / 14 Path=7337 ThroughPut=0,94 Correctness=0,60 ios rank=1 rqp rank=1 ;| [23:29] SUP3!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Linked below :D |
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Aug 12th 2006 at 02:29:52 PM |
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Thomas |
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3bvs/s: 2,9x-->3,01!!! |
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SUP3! [23:29] I decided to play one more game after shutting down firefox [23:29] * Tommy last exp game --> Time=65,66 Est Time=65,66 3BV=195 (195) 3BV/s=3,01 Ranks=2 / 1 of 8 / 93,75% IOE=0,57 CL/S=5,28 Openings=14 / 14 Path=7337 ThroughPut=0,94 Correctness=0,60 ios rank=1 rqp rank=1 ;| [23:29] SUP3!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Linked below :D |
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Aug 12th 2006 at 09:26:41 AM |
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damien |
Best expert: |
New Video Section |
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I've put up a new video section, so please send me all the videos that are missing. (I would like 5-10 videos for each level, with the date from all sub50 players....I do not have email for Brian, Takemasa, Alain...etc, so if you know them can you write them? Thanks!) I really hope the World Record section creates some new categories. (LH? Density? Highest 3bv values?......) Have fun ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2006 at 05:33:18 AM |
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Thomas |
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Wow, congrats Arj! ![]() ![]() Try not to pass me before I reach the top100 ![]() I blasted a couple more good estimates today, most notably est 58 on a 146 (I think) when I was about to be done with the more tedious section. ![]() @Rilian: Great job on Arbiter 4.6, and I like the new popups, but I think that the highscore window could be a little less complicated. Maybe go back to the old version and build in a "Advanced..." button that pops up the version you have now, otherwise great job!!! ![]() |
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Aug 12th 2006 at 12:23:03 AM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
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Congrats Arj, I knew you would pass me in good time! I shall work on my expert in order to regain my spot back, muahahaha. I made two of the most frustrating blasts in my minesweeper career Thursday night: -6.54 3bv/s beginner LC -Estimated 13 43/44 LC as well (but the clock was on 12.9, so I could've had a 12 second game) I'll post videos on Sunday, currently spending the night at a friend's house! Plus I have much much homework, yargh! |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 08:25:38 PM |
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Dmitriy |
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Arbiter 0.46 released ![]() also, i am finally going on my 2-week vacations. cya all |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 03:54:17 PM |
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manuel heider |
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hey, say nothing against my tables!!! ;-) i got a 48 just in time for the AR so im satisfied too ;-) mfg |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 03:18:15 PM |
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Christoph |
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what a dissapointing AR for me this time!! I really would have wanted this sub60. But I couldn't find time to sweep. At Manuels place the tables were the opposit of fitting to my needs, so I couldn't do better than 66. Yesterday and today I had an hour each to wait at a trainstation, so I did trainstation-sweeping. It went like 69, 62, LC58, 62, LC55, 64, 66, 63, 67, LC59, 62, 67, 65. How annoying! Finally I found half an hour in the evening to score 69, 67, 64, 65, 70 and then the very last game of the period: I was at 58 with a 3 out of 7 guess situation left, the first guess took me a whole second, the second one was easy then and I was left with a 50/50 to LC it at 60.20. One of the 62s was even a 62.00. So actually I have to congratulate Thomas for his first ever passing me on AR - well change that next time ![]() Tomorrow morning I'm gonna be in Bruxelles, I think I'll chack the guestbook before I'm gonna leave here in Ghent. I'll then make my way to south germany then. I'm supposed to be in Strasbourg from 17:10 to 17:56 and Offenburg from 18:24 to 19:00. So if there are any sweepers around who'd like to have a coffee at a trainstation with me, just post here or mail me. |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 12:59:22 PM |
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Arjádre |
Best expert: |
62.481=>61.265, 73=>72 NF |
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!!!!!!!!!!!!! THREE consecutive records in one day- 62, 72 (3bv=159), 61, with no finished games in between! [15:41:22] * Arj Last exp game: 61.265 seconds @ 125 3BV @ 2.074 3BV/s @ 29.54 RQP with 4.1cl/s, IOE=0.506, 47 unflagged, and 9 openings. Ranks: 1/319. Schutistics: 72.117 BAT @ 144.06 OBV @ 2.39 OBV/s Puts me ahead of Tam on bestever ![]() 1+15+61=77... Tied 104th. Soooo close to top100 ![]() Conveniently done 15 minutes before the AR deadline lol. 15+61=76 My best AR ever by two seconds! I'm satisfied. ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 11:59:14 AM |
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Arjádre |
Best expert: |
62.633=>62.481 |
Best intermediate: |
15.818 |
Best beginner: |
1.16 |
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Whooooooooooo! Not a sub60, but at least a 62 just in time for the AR (I was at 63) ![]() [14:45:02] * Arj Last exp game: 62.481 seconds @ 146 3BV @ 2.375 3BV/s @ 26.308 RQP with 4.39cl/s, IOE=0.541, 33 unflagged, and 11 openings. Ranks: 1/73. Schutistics: 69.586 BAT @ 152.39 OBV @ 2.479 OBV/s Vid linked below: |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 09:27:00 AM |
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Ian |
Best expert: |
63.14 |
Best intermediate: |
21.86 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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@Tomas: Hehe, I'll try not to ![]() Anyways, I've done a bit more thinking on the timer jump / exact time problem. The rules at the moment state that non-timer jump versions incur a 0.50s penalty because that is the average timer jump suffered by others. Since I'm using Recorder, and can therefore measure the jump precisely (well, almost), I think that the fairest thing to do is to get an "XP Time" by subtracting the timer jump from the total time (as in, what the time would have been if I'd been doing it on XP) and then add the 0.50s penalty. For example, I just got a 3.98 on beginner (my first recorded 3!), but there was amazingly no timer jump visible at all, and so the actual time would become 4.48s. This would then be fair in comparison to someone not using recording software. At the moment it's not fair because a) it's better for me to pretend I haven't recorded anything and my times are just 3-21-63, b) any timer jump over 0.50s disadvantages me, and c) any timer jump under 0.50s disadvantages everyone else. But then of course times can be achieved that are below what the Minesweeper clock says ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 06:08:30 AM |
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Thomas |
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Very nice Ian and Joni!!!! ![]() ![]() I think Ill get a mid 50time soon, Im getting superb estimates, getting pretty low 60es regularily and almost finished a couple of games, most notably my 54 est 55. I think I might even pull a hopsing ![]() I know that sounds far-fetched, but Im pretty confident, I have the feeling Im getting faster day by day. Good luck with sub20 Ian! And dont pass me ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 05:19:43 AM |
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Name: |
Ian |
Best intermediate: |
23.99 --> 21.86 |
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Love you all! 21.86 NF on a 38, RELAXED ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 05:01:31 AM |
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joni |
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Yesterday, I was playing your favorite density board damien, exp with 130 mines, and made a really nice game. I found myself repeatedly in difficult situations (5 or 6 in a row) where my rythm was broken and I thought there was no way out but to guess, and still found a way to get beyond each one of them without having to. I eventually lost on a forced guess 20 mines from the end at about 150 seconds, but I was proud of that game. When I switched to classic expert I got my third sub70 ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 03:37:48 AM |
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damien |
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arghhh....got to 14 mines left on a 141 expert board...and i lost by clicking where there was 100% sure a mine. what a waste! i had already planned how to take several of my next moves and they were all correct, so at the least i should have got to 7 mines left in 13 squares (two 50/50, two 1-out-of-3, the rest unknown). i would have at least had a 1/6th -1/10th chance of finsihing it (which is very good odds for this level!) ![]() |
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Aug 11th 2006 at 02:47:49 AM |
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damien |
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a guy asked me for some of my custom videos...but none of my records are recorded. so, the last few weeks i've been playing 141 mines on expert and 80 mines on int with no luck. so, i changed to 81 mines today and won in less than 5 minutes, score 66s. it is stange how custom works! my 90mine int is not recorded, but that was also made in less than 10min of playing the first time i tried it. at least now there is more evidence. i really want that expert score, but 141 is pretty ridiculous :) |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 07:01:19 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
Best intermediate: |
4.55 RQP |
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Got another sub-5 RQP on intermediate... 17.38 @ 3.53 3bv/s ![]() |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 05:32:48 PM |
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Daniel Brim |
Best expert: |
53 |
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@Ian: Your 63 reminds me of my 53, which was my 3rd sub60. |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 03:09:04 PM |
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joni |
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@Ian I'd say "play the way you wanna play it". What I think is mostly important in the intermediate, is that you shouldn't try to think. Just let your hand do the job. Focus on sth else, and let it choose the best way to solve the board. I agree with Thomas that playing some nonflagging will help you better your skills. Still, if you're a flagger, I think that you will set your best time flagging. I did my record just some days ago, flagged (what my hand thought neccessary ![]() happy sweeping!! |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 02:43:15 PM |
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joni |
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you should really write sth too Robert, and I had started to write sth before damien did, but wasn't quite sure what I wanted to include in it, so I set it aside... It seemed odd that nobody had spoken about the tournament's atmosphere, one week after it had finished. What I thought was mostly strange was that Thomas didn't share his impressions with everybody in the guestbook, I thought he would have done so immediately, judging by the way he was always keeping us informed of his times during the tournament sessions... ![]() BTW, nice work Damien ![]() |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 02:00:09 PM |
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Thomas |
Best intermediate: |
18,40 |
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My opinion: Dont go frantic, on int you should stay in control and play efficiently. As its less dense, brutal chording helps less, especially on potential record boards. NFing is a good idea, a lot of people NF int (I dont usually, but I got a 19 at the tourney NF), NF int is great for training at the very least. Think of int as opening the holes... Oftne youll get boards where you NF almost everything as theres nothing where you can reasonably chord. (Again, especially low 3bv boards.) I know the feeling, I had the same problem for a while and I wouldnt say Im good at int, But I guess I might get a 17 soon (I have a few 18s already). Also, what makes int sorta tough is that you dont shave off as many seconds. And I think that often gives you the impression that youre not improving, when as a matter of fact you are. It would be interesting what the average ratio int rec/exp rec is, I think its somewhere between 1:3 and 1:4. So the difference between 70 and 60 on exp on average would be equivalent to between 17,5 and 15 and 20 and 23,33 on int. Statistic guys out there, Id really be interested in the true ratio ;) Good luck improving! |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 01:37:49 PM |
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Ian |
Best expert: |
63.14 |
Best intermediate: |
23.99 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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Gah, sorry to double-post, but I really need some help on how to do Intermediate. I've tried for ages, and I keep on getting cruddy 26s and 27s. Should I be flagging, non-flagging or flag as necessary? How much is a good score dependent on getting a good board? Should I try and relax, or try and be as frantic and fast as possible? |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 11:13:18 AM |
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Name: |
Ian |
Best expert: |
63.14 |
Best intermediate: |
23.99 --> 22.98? |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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Grr... silly Recorder broke as I got my first 22... the Time field shows 22.98, but apparently the 3BV was 1 and I solved 0 ![]() ![]() And tis indeed a good article ![]() |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 10:00:09 AM |
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Elmar |
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Great article Damien. But couldnt you simply load the file into an editor and do replace , by . ? |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 05:36:34 AM |
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Thomas |
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Hey damien, great article! I didnt win at mcDonalds, I got a 70 which christoph beat with a 69 and AFAICR you beat with a 68 (Im not sure about the last bit though...) |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 03:12:13 AM |
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damien |
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hehe....i mixed up jan and andreas (without the penalty) when i read the scores...i'll fix those mistakes later. ![]() |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 02:19:06 AM |
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Nikolaj |
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hey damien what do you mean by "The Farnik brothers were nearly even, while Jonian and Andreas Fuchs each lost several places due to penalties." after the expert session? Even without the penalty he got, I would beat him by some 130 seconds, I´m not THAT bad ![]() Still nice report ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 10th 2006 at 12:15:05 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
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Great report Damien! ![]() |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 02:04:17 PM |
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Name: |
damien |
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I wrote a very detailed report about the Vienna tournament, link is on the home page. It took the last 6 hours to write and make the stats (Christoph didn't save the stats sorted and my computer doesn't recognise commas as decimal holders!)...so I really hope you guys enjoy it! You should all come next year, or to Budapest. Ian uses Win98, and Minesweeper has a very famous 'jump' in those versions. All that happened is that he started the game at 0.74s according to the clock on the computer. The accepted time is what the Recorder says, because it agrees with what the Minesweeper timer displays. ![]() |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 12:34:26 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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63 a fourth sub70? Nice!!! ![]() That reminds me of my first three sub70es: I went from 70 directly to 65. A couple of days later I got another 65, and then, half a week later: 60. I only beat that record a few days ago, when I went from 60,42 to 60,38 ![]() ![]() ![]() It feels like I finally really beat it today though ![]() I dont know what will be done about the timer jump, Ive never seen something like that before. |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 11:58:03 AM |
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Name: |
Ian |
Best expert: |
63.14 |
Best intermediate: |
23.99 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
Comments: |
Thanks Thomas ![]() Also, looking at the video (linked), I estimate the timer jump stole about 0.6s off the time (play it at lowest speed and the time goes from 1.36 to 2.00 instantly). Any chance of compensation? ![]() ![]() Vcode: YNNY (yes no no yes?) |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 09:35:49 AM |
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Thomas |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 09:28:27 AM |
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Ian |
Best expert: |
68 --> 63.14!!!! |
Comments: |
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! A nice 133 board finally came my way ![]() |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 07:13:43 AM |
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joni |
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Congrats Tommy!!! By the way, that was a cruel ending. I could feel your panic. You did VERY well to hang on to that, I would've blown it for sure. ![]() |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 07:07:36 AM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
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Congrats to all, especially arj and kolar. And kolar, no passing me. As for me, a period of trasition approaches. I've gotten 16-61 on this laptop, but I'm feeling rather held back by my mouse now. I'll be purchasing another one eventually, so I can have better control (and click faster!) Detrusor, expect my biography later today or tomorrow, depending on how ored I get at work ![]() |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 04:34:30 AM |
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Thomas |
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OK, vid uploaded :D VC=88BH BH in german=bra rofl |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 03:30:04 AM |
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Thomas |
Comments: |
Thanks damien ;) I sent you an email ;) |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 03:25:05 AM |
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damien |
Comments: |
well, congrats thomas! you can keep your 10 dollars |
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Aug 9th 2006 at 03:11:24 AM |
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Thomas |
Best expert: |
60*3-->59,31!!!!!!!! |
Comments: |
sub60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MINUTE BARRIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /me exp game --> Time: 59,31 «» Est Time: 59,31 «» 3BV: 161 / 161 «» 3BV/s: 2,76 «» Rank Time: 1 «» Rank 3bv/s: 10 «» RPI: 99,18 «» IOS: 1,24 «» RQP: 21,48 «» Games: 552 «» Cl/s: 5,29 On a 161, I started going extremely slow and then got faster as the game went on. AR 18-59!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 11:07:32 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best expert: |
62.633 |
Best intermediate: |
16.091 (16x7) ============> 15.818 |
Best beginner: |
1.16 |
Comments: |
FINALLY ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() * Arj Last int game: 15.818 secs @ 39 3BV @ 2.623 3bv/s @ 6.01 RQP with 4.72cl/s, IOE=0.557, 40 unflagged, and 5 openings. Ranks: 1/334. Schutistics: 21.055 BAT @ 46.18 OBV @ 3.116 OBV/s Brings me back up to 113th on bestever... After a night of disappointing losses on exp (including an est52 100/145), I switched to int, getting 19@45, 26@61 (hard board), 17@39, and then 15@39. It felt great. |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 09:47:12 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
hey manuel...i got my first sub3 rqp a few hours before you did...2.995 on a 14 |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 04:41:05 AM |
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Name: |
Grégoire Duffez |
Comments: |
Hi there Before going on vacation (again!), I wanted to remind you that if any of you wants to write his biography like those who already did it, (s)he's welcome! You'll have a small icon beside your name, linking to your biography... Send the bio to my email or using the contact form, and I'll attach it to the rankings once I'll come back See you |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 03:30:23 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Comments: |
sorry for posting again :/ Horst2104 Last game: 14.068sec - 3BV=63 - 3BV/s=4.821 - level=int *flagging* - Ranks: 26/10 - IOE=0.797 - RQP=2.918 2nd rqp and 2nd ios ;-) |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 03:04:30 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Comments: |
... and a new rqp (and ios) record : Horst2104 Last game: 13.234sec - 3BV=59 - 3BV/s=4.823 - level=int *flagging* - Ranks: 11/9 - IOE=0.766 - RQP=2.744 finaly sub3 rqp ;-) |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 01:37:57 AM |
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Name: |
Peter |
Best expert: |
379 |
Best intermediate: |
74 |
Best beginner: |
14 |
Comments: |
Great site. I have only just started playing minesweeper but i think im addicted. Not sure what chording is or how it works. Can someone help me out? |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 12:57:40 AM |
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Name: |
jerry hill |
Best expert: |
520 |
Best intermediate: |
393 |
Best beginner: |
25 |
Comments: |
what a great site ![]() |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 12:55:37 AM |
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Name: |
motaro |
Best expert: |
231 |
Best intermediate: |
59 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
very good site ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 8th 2006 at 12:38:32 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
nice, manuel! now i will definitely not beat you... i got my third 11 yesterday...slow and steady works for me ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 06:58:00 PM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
Best intermediate: |
3.93 -> 4.05 3bv/s |
Comments: |
Tam has finished 25 int games today: 25 flagging. Best were 18,50 sec on 71 3BV board and 4,05 3BV/s on 71 3BV board. Averages: Time=23,02 3BV/s=3,03 3BV=66.76 A second day of very great intermediate games, I can definately note my progress! And I have finally attained sup-4, woot (also an RQP record of 4.55)!!!!!!! ^^ ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 04:31:52 PM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Best intermediate: |
5.042 ->5.336 |
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Horst2104 Last game: 18.804sec - 3BV=95 - 3BV/s=5.336 - level=int *flagging* - Ranks: 1330/1 - IOE=0.856 - RQP=3.524 ;-)))) |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 12:53:39 PM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Comments: |
...and he's 24th on the BE list. D-amn, i've been away for too long. |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 12:51:38 PM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Comments: |
oh my god, Hopsing made it in the dictionary! ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 08:50:07 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Comments: |
don't even get me started about the sub60 misses, ok? ![]() @C: ok man, we'll keep in touch. I'm not letting this GB out of my sight. ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 07:09:48 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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Hehe, lol, nice! And, as I write this entry I get this game: /me blasted exp game --> Time: 54,09 «» Est Time: 55,30 «» 3BV: 132 / 135 «» 3BV/s: 2,48 «» Rank Time: 0 «» Rank 3bv/s: 0 «» RPI: 0 «» IOS: 1,23 «» RQP: 21,27 «» Games: 526 «» Cl/s: 5,17 =( FUC.K!!! That would have been it... The situation was determinable, and I only had the bottom corner left... I cant believe I fu*ked up a potential austrian record... AAAAARGH, I cant believe it! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 7th 2006 at 06:40:20 AM |
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Name: |
Christoph |
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@Traian: Hey, would be nice to meet you in vienna! I'm at the moment on Interrail and won't be there untill app. the 24th. @Thomas: I'm at AR 18-63 at the moment, not bad for playing ONLY at Burger King, Stubbes flat, McDonalds and on a train. (I've to show you some of the vids from playing on the train, when I'm back in vienna - they look like I had 5 liters of vodka). |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 11:06:56 PM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
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Tam has finished 27 int games today: 27 flagging. Best were 16,63 sec on 42 3BV board and 3,60 3BV/s on 81 3BV board. Averages: Time=22,21 3BV/s=3,01 3BV=64.55 :( Had a really nice sweeping day for intermediate, I think it's my best. First time I have ever reached sup-3 average for intermediate, and I also got the most sub-20's I have ever gotten in a playing session (eight total, including two 16's and two 17's). Also, I got my best 3.84 on a 15 board for beginner today, my best 15 :) |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 04:42:11 PM |
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Name: |
b1gg3st n00b 0n 34rth |
Best expert: |
236 |
Best intermediate: |
57 |
Best beginner: |
15 |
Comments: |
Wow, good site. I thought I was the best in the world. You guys rock. What are some tips I could use to get better? I really hate minesweeper. |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 02:33:48 PM |
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Name: |
joni |
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Damien, I don't want to bother you in the middle of the update, but you have just made the most common misspelling of my surname ![]() Anyways, don't worry, it took me a long time to get to the ranking, and even if it takes to the next update to get that corrected I don't mind ![]() |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 11:22:33 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
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I don't know yet. Let's move this discussion on mail, or yahoo messenger. We are disturbing the people on this GB. |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 11:20:15 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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4 1/2 months till Im 16, then I can get beer here ;) austria rocks ;) We could just go to BK while Im still 15, do games played in bars count for the BK rankings christoph? Well, if not we can always go to a bar after playing a few BK rounds... When will you come to vienna? |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 11:16:38 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
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Romania. You could've looked me up in the bestever list. I did. ![]() Well, keep in touch, dude. my y!m id is traian96. I'll be in Vienna soon. Maybe we'll get a glass of beer. I hope you're not under-age... ![]() |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:58:47 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Comments: |
I'm from Vienna. Where are you from? |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:42:25 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Comments: |
from where in austria are you? |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:40:18 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best intermediate: |
18,40 |
Comments: |
Dont worry, 14 pwns my 18 :D |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:37:09 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Best expert: |
64 |
Best intermediate: |
14 |
Comments: |
don't worry, i'm not even close. ![]() |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:36:17 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best expert: |
60*3 |
Comments: |
Hehe, good luck! Try not to sub60 before me though ;) |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:34:51 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
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i tried to, i even got a 16 on int. the 2006 clone is great. i guess my hands, eyes and mouse are tired. but i'd still love to meet some of you guys. i've just changed my job and i'm pretty sure i'll be doing trips to Vienna and Munchen in the next period. well, i'll start checking this GB more often from now on. who knows, it may give me the impulse to start again. and go sub60. and beat hopsing. ![]() |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:31:02 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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No, and there are other things you cant say either, but I cant list them, as they would be censored anyway ;) |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:30:11 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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Why dont you start again? |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:29:59 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
Comments: |
you can't say d-a-m-n? |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:29:22 AM |
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Name: |
Traian |
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****, i miss this. too bad i don't sweep anymore. ![]() |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 10:13:36 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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Nice on the NF expert game christoph! And nice whole seconds :D Dennis, you really should come to vienna next year, this year was real fun, if you and Stephan both come next year, we'll have two NFers ;) That would mean that Stephan would have to start training again, which makes it even better ;) What are your AR Times christoph? I'm still at 19-60 (If I dont find out that the 18,98 I got recently was after the 28th :D) |
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Aug 6th 2006 at 09:51:03 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
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Today was the day I had my first sweeper meeting. I met up with Christoph who came to Aarhus at around 10:30 am. We wanted to play pool but found out they didn't open until noon so we just went to Burger King where we ate and then started sweeping. I had partied all night and gotten to bed at 6 am so I was still half drunk and started to get hung over as we played. Christoph won all the beginner legs with no real competition. Then we played a little expert and he managed to finish his first non-flagging expert game ever. During the last half of the game he went very slowly because he just wanted to finish the board so it took him 186 seconds to finish the 128 3bv board but it was still quite nice to watch. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 05:03:52 PM |
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Name: |
Jake |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 04:17:57 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Comments: |
Looks like someone has found his dreamvc and is UPKing it... |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 03:50:34 PM |
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Name: |
Danny |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 03:09:23 PM |
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Name: |
joni |
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oh I just sent the email, before reading your posts. I didn't think you'd react so fast ![]() |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 03:05:54 PM |
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Name: |
reid |
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i've been telling people that i'm no. 1 in the US(in expert) and just saw that some guy jake warner is making a liar out of me. not very nice, jake. i'm kidding, of course. good job. well, i'm about to go to Pollo Tropical for chicken on the grill. good luck all |
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