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Aug 5th 2006 at 02:49:16 PM |
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Thomas |
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Oh, and I'm pretty sure what you used as a mousepad was a cutting board ;) |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 02:47:56 PM |
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damien |
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nice joni! it was great to meet you. the plastic things is a 'cutting board'. can you send the vid? it might still make this weekend's update of the site. luck! |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 02:47:29 PM |
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Thomas |
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Very nice joni! Yes, I definetly agree :D I dont think It will take much longer though ![]() |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 02:27:11 PM |
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joni |
Best intermediate: |
17.2 -> 16.8 |
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Hi everybody, [congratulations Thomas, it's about time you break that 60 don't you think?] These days I've been settling down in my room at a student residence just outside Stockholm. I'm following a swedish language course, and I've been doing some sightseeing... Everything looks nice, and I'm relaxing a little. Last week it was really tiring, my (low cost airline) itinerary was Torino-Bratislava- bus to Vienna then bus to Bratislava-Frankfurt-Stockholm. Had some nice intensive days in Vienna, and enjoyed the company of all of you guys. I wished it would have lasted a bit longer... About sweeping. I didn't take my mousepad with me, and the table I have here has some kind of curved shape and my optical mouse doesn't like it at all. So I have only played density these days. Finished some intermediates with 70, 75 and 77 mines, no luck with 80. Tried expert with 130 bombs as you suggested Damien, looks interesting, haven't finished it yet though. Today I was looking for sth in my little kitchen (I really have to thank the German girl who must have been in this room before me, because she's left me a lot of stuff, kitchenware, maps, some books, a couple of extra matrasses etc. etc. Thank you Franziska!) and I found ... I don't know how it's called in English, in fact I don't know how it is called in any language. It's a flat plastic thing, you put on the table and you chop onions on it (or carrots or potatos maybe), so that you don't damage the table. I hope you got it. I tried it as an emergency mousepad . It's a bit small, and I don't recommend it for long playing time, cause it starts to hurt you, but hey I just broke my int record on it!!! It must have been all merit of the 32 3BV board, cause I played a sloppy game. I was insecure from start to finish, I switched to NF in the middle of the game, and I nearly blew it in the end, but stopped myself from releasing the click in time, and lost another second while finding the last square. Anyways, a record it is! |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 09:21:26 AM |
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Arjádre |
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The emulation did not jump to 1. |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 08:24:56 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
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****!!! I thought up to now that this AR would last up to today, therefore including an 18 that I got earlier... Also, I didnt submit my scores for the last AR... I guess that makes me the moron of the period ![]() so I'm at 19-60 now, as I cant remember getting an 18 anywhere since the tourney, what makes it even worse is that I think I might have... I guess I'll just have to get a 17 ![]() |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 08:19:19 AM |
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Thomas |
Best expert: |
60-->60*3; 60,42-->60,38; NF: 73-->69,66 AR60 |
Best intermediate: |
AR18 |
Comments: |
Well, what can I say, the 60,42 is finally broken :D if only by a couple of hundredths. Today was definetly another highlight in my minesweeper career, I got: another two 60es a NF sub70 and a couple of totally wacky estimates, such as: game completed about 50/150, est40 (!) game completed aboute 90/190, est47 it was incredible, it all happened after that NF 69... I really should play NF more often... Or maybe NF just irons out what ive built on to my style recently. This is going to be my best AR yet!!! My VC looks strangely familiar too, it's 7NJ5. BTW Damien, I remember I told you that I had 4,something 3bvs/s beginner in Vienna, but I discovered that I have a 5,16 on my laptop a couple of days ago :D My best time there is still a four though :D!!! I guess I really need to improve my reflexes... |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 06:43:04 AM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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Well, XP must start at 1 because the 1 3bv board I got on XP ended with a score of 1 so to me that's the same thing as starting the timer at 1. VC: P635 (third time in a row now...) |
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Aug 5th 2006 at 05:07:14 AM |
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Schu |
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Arj: it does start at 0, it just jumps to 1 straight after the first click. I thought that was what the emulation did anyway....can't check because I've run out of computers... it's what all winmine does as far as I know, it's just the clones and sorins recorder that really start at 1. |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 11:32:52 PM |
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Jake |
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I don't think anyone really cares about winmine all that much... everyone seems to gleefully download one of the clones when offered the opportunity to do so. I think vista will be the exact same thing. "hey I can beat exp in 68 seconds" "go make a vid" ... "here's 3-20-71, put me on bestevar" everyone's happy. I think we can categorically reject all vista scores because everyone will know of the UPK feature. (Well, almost everyone... there will be those that will know of neither that nor chording!) |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 11:22:29 PM |
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Arjádre |
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TIMER STARTS AT 1, NOT 0, ON VISTA MINESWEEPER! THE IMITATION WAS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! The video of someone playing on a demo version of windows vista is linked. All that trouble over nothing... at least with the timer. It seems that the first click IS always an opening ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 08:39:25 PM |
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Danny |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 12:44:42 PM |
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Thomas |
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Nice Damien! If there is one thing you could change, make the colors a little less bright. Otherwise great job, and a great idea! I like that streak of blue in my row in the beginner leg column... ![]() Grats Manu!!! ![]() I missed a 205/212 est. 3,01 3bvs/s today, that would have been a great chance to sup3, on the other side it might be not that bad as I intend to get a highscore soon anyway, so I might as well pull a hopsing to go with it before its too late ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 11:00:15 AM |
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Jake |
Best intermediate: |
5.5 |
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grats, Manu!!!! You're 4th, actually, to sup5... Oli has a 5.01 or 5.02, so you're 3rd in the rankings! ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 09:25:24 AM |
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manuel heider |
Best intermediate: |
4.955 -> 4.987 -> 5.042 3bv/s |
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;-) so now im the 3rd person who has done this sorry damien ;-) vid is below mfg |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 08:59:11 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
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So you cant get better scores even with it?! ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 03:54:05 AM |
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Name: |
Challenge Space Yard |
Best expert: |
2:31.831 |
Best intermediate: |
39.600 |
Best beginner: |
5.028 (flagless) |
Comments: |
New cheat code detected for Windows Minesweeper (functions only in XP version): 1. Start Windows Minesweeper 2. Reveal at least 1 tile. 3. Hit WINDOWS KEY + D. 4. Restore. |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 02:22:39 AM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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D*MN!!! ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 4th 2006 at 01:30:47 AM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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@Christoph: Great! ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2006 at 11:49:39 PM |
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Christoph |
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@Dennis: Actually it wouldn't be any problem for me to go to Aarhus since I'm on interrail. I'd like to stay tomorrow in Copenhagen. But if I take a train on sunday morning I'd be in Aarhus around 11. We could meet for lunch and you'd get rid of me with the half past 2 train to Hamburg. |
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Aug 3rd 2006 at 06:27:22 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
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I am the infamous link-forgetter! |
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Aug 3rd 2006 at 06:26:43 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
Best intermediate: |
3.88 -> 3.93 |
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New record, woot!! I'm gonna get back to doing my homework now ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2006 at 03:17:15 PM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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@Christoph: Sorry I haven't responded to your email. I return to Aarhus tomorrow morning (from the northern part of Jutland) but I won't get to go to Copenhagen since I have other plans. It's really too bad because I would have loved to meet up. Well, if you or anybody else should ever happen to be in Aarhus, let me know. ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 3rd 2006 at 12:19:37 PM |
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Christoph |
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thx Gergely. Damien, good job with the rankings, one has really everything on one view. I'm in Copenhagen right now. Unfortunately Lasse has no time, but I'll meet Stubbe tomorrow - I'm really looking forward to that. |
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Aug 3rd 2006 at 02:28:34 AM |
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Gergely |
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Just wanted to congratulate to Manuel for the win on the tournament and to Christoph for the great work he put into the programming... and for beating me yet again by two seconds ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 10:06:43 PM |
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Kat |
Best expert: |
98.804 |
Best intermediate: |
30.328 |
Best beginner: |
5.669 |
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Thanks Schu. Yes, i'm still a flag-a-holic so i'll try your idea. Might keep me out of meetings:P |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 09:54:35 PM |
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Schu |
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er, I mean Jake. Badgers anyway.... |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 09:51:57 PM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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Nice Kat! Keep it up. I just though of another thing that might help with your flagging problem (if you're still having it). Try to concentrate on the double-clicks that you do rather than on the flags. Probably Leventes latest games are the best example of what I mean. |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 02:17:07 PM |
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Kat |
Best expert: |
117.089 |
Best intermediate: |
30.328 |
Best beginner: |
10.070 |
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Hi all!! I have been so sick since around the time i got the clone (no connection:P) that i though it was impossible to play! I was really getting very cranky with it ![]() And after just a few games yesterday i started dreaming in minesweeper again....nice to be back. |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 04:21:58 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
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"the 11 is played very badly on a beautiful 30 board" Well I guess Detrusor is familiar with that ![]() |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 03:35:52 AM |
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Thomas |
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Hi Damien, hope you had a good trip back! The vids would interest me, could you put them online somewhere? |
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Aug 2nd 2006 at 02:34:12 AM |
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damien |
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well, if badgers thinks he's been getting good boards, i just had an armenian player send me arbiter videos for 1-11-55. the 11 is played very badly on a beautiful 30 board, and the expert board is the easiest i have ever seen and is a 102 board! (the 1.84 is 5 clicks in a very obvious row beside each other). |
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Aug 1st 2006 at 10:40:32 PM |
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Name: |
Badgers |
Best intermediate: |
10.49 |
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[01:38:56] * Badgers blasted last int game --> Est Time=9,12 3BV=30 / 31 @ 3,81 :E not a 50/50, just a dense patch with a 6 and a 5 and ... apparently in the heat of the moment, I can count to neither 5 nor 6. |
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Aug 1st 2006 at 02:11:59 PM |
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Thomas |
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BTW Christoph, I should probably tell you that I got a 62 today too ;) |
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Aug 1st 2006 at 09:48:46 AM |
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Thomas |
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Yup, send an email with the vids to damien and detrusor and they'll put the scores up. For BE you can also post in the topic in detrusors forum (click on "Website"). |
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Aug 1st 2006 at 09:19:59 AM |
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David |
Best expert: |
74 |
Best intermediate: |
22 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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Does anyone know how to get my scores posted on the rankings? Do you need video of it? |
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Aug 1st 2006 at 07:41:24 AM |
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Thomas |
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I just UPKed Leventes record board and blasted at the first time, second time I got a 49. The best I did was a 43 so far... Thats the first time I really do serious UPK, so far all I did was UPK an int board that I blasted :D |
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Jul 31st 2006 at 11:23:00 PM |
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Name: |
Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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Stephan! Just the man I wanted! You're good with statistics, right? Would you like to help me with my project of OBV (Optimised Board Value)? It's a statistics-based improvement of 3BV. The idea is that there are a few things that contribute to slowing sweepers down: 1) openings 2) 3BV except for openings 3) numbered squares on the border of opening(s) 4) "islands", groups of 3BV clumped together 3BV says 1 and 2 have value 1 and 3 and 4 make no difference, but OBV uses players histories (so far, 3 if you include me) to attempt to get a regression between expected OBV and those 4 factors. What I've managed to do so far has been to get an OBV demo that has a pearson correlation with (real, no added second) time of .73, where 3BV is at about .66. Also, the OBV-time regression line goes through the origin, where 3BV needs an intercept. The crowning achievement is that OBV/s has almost no correlation with OBV or 3BV, meaning you can get a good value on any board value (sure, there are lucky boards too that the stats don't show, but no statistics could make them go away). 3BV/s has a very heavy correlation with 3BV (about .75). Sorry if that's a little sketchy. I'm only just getting into statistics and I hear you know a bit about them, so I'd appreciate any advice, ideas or whatever! |
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Jul 31st 2006 at 04:57:19 PM |
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Christoph |
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Finally I got the rankings online. @Stephan: great to see you around! We really missed you here. |
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Jul 31st 2006 at 11:43:39 AM |
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Stephan |
Best intermediate: |
17 while playing a World Championship... |
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Haven't been posting here for ages... I wanted to thank Christoph for a great organisation of the latest Minesweeper World Championship. And I'd like to point out that it was a great pleasure to meet Damien, Manuel, Gyula, Thomas K., Joni, Andreas F. and the famous Nonosweepers "Maruda" and "Nikolaj" Farnik personally (and to meet Christoph as well as Gergely again)! Of course, I'm quite satisfied with my results, especially winning all NF rankings ;) |
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Jul 31st 2006 at 09:26:21 AM |
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Name: |
Schu |
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I'm close to finishing my newer version of OBV, but I wanted to run a fefw things by the community. Does a very large formula have lots of problems? If I include the amount of ones, twoes etc. in the regresion I use, the size of the formula is tripled and the correlation improves about 4% relatively speaking. I don't think 2% is important enough to worry about, so my guess is *no*. now, do we want OBV to be able to make a good in-game estimate like 3BV does? I havent tested it much, but I think it couls even make a better estimate. However, the correlation decreases by about 12% relatively, which is rather significant. I'd probably say no to this one too, I'd prefer the better statistics. Prehaps this alternate version of OBV could become an estimate tool though. The good news: With my favoured version of OBV, there is a pearsons correlation of -.03between OBV/s and 3BV. +1 means the two things are proportional, -1 means they are negatively proportional, 0 means no relation between he two things whatsoever. -.03 is negligible, meaning that your performance on a board in OBV/s is not affected by the 3BV of the board, so you a re just as likely to get a good or bad OBV/s on any 3BV. Some boards may be lucky or fast beyond their statistics of course, but there's nothing I can do about that. the prototype OBV seems to have a range of 120-210 for expert. |
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Jul 30th 2006 at 09:58:56 PM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Best expert: |
53; AR 56 |
Best intermediate: |
14x2; AR 17 |
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Well, I felt like posting, so I am. Friday was probably one of the most frustrating days in my sweeping career. As of then, I had 3 sub60s, 57x2 and 53. I was in decent form, but I kept getting extremely difficult boards. I sup70d about 5 times in a row, all with boards that were sup180 OBV. To compliment that, I LCd a 54, a 56, and lost an est 54 121/125, all on 50/50s. The last estimate could have easily been a 53 or even a 52, after the 50/50 it was a simple flag and chord and the board would have been done. Fast forward to today. I had some time to kill, so I booted up my desktop (my primary computer is now a macbook pro, and I don't have XP installed on it yet, so no minesweeper on it). I played some minesweeper, finished some good games (75 on a 231, 2nd 3bv/s at 3.1; 65 on a 18x, etc). Finally, I got a decent board and did well, getting a 56 on a 133, for my 4th sub60. Since I'm off to college in a month now and don't have minesweeper on my current computer, my playing time is probably going to be limited for now, so it feels good to be shown that I can still break a minute! |
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Jul 29th 2006 at 06:55:20 AM |
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Name: |
joni |
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@Christoph (+ Damien, Stephan & others...) [I'm writing here in case someone reads this before you read your email...] I'm sorry I missed the appointment for lunch today. For what I know Austrians have an issue with punctuality, so I knew I had to be there spot on, so no apology by my side would be acceptable ![]() anyways I wrote you an email, please read it, so that you can contact me if you guys organize sth else. I really hope there's another chance for me to spend time with some of you again here in Vienna See ya |
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Jul 29th 2006 at 04:25:21 AM |
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Thomas |
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Nice Rilian! For a moment I thought the 3bv was below limits :D |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 04:38:53 PM |
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Name: |
Dmitriy |
Best intermediate: |
3,45 -> 3,61 |
Comments: |
(02:29) * Rilian|work last 8262nd int game: Time: 28,09 3BV: 98 3BV/s: 3,61 "flagging" Rank: 2108th time 1st 3BV/s ( RPI: 87,24 IOS: 1,38 RQP: 7,76 ) O_O (02:27) (Rilian|work) three dot sixty one ![]() |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 01:55:00 PM |
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Name: |
Etienne |
Comments: |
Thanks Dennis, I will try to nf on expert, but it will probably take some time. |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 01:35:25 PM |
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Name: |
Jake |
Comments: |
very nice manu!!!! ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 08:45:04 AM |
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Name: |
Roman Gammel |
Comments: |
Damien, you lost perfect opportunity to get the title twice ![]() Grats Manu! ![]() We're waiting for results |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 07:55:47 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
Elmar congratulates Manuel and Damien! ![]() |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 06:52:15 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
Very nice, and very close tournament! Damien won the Beginner competition, Manuel won the Intermediate session (beating Damien by 2s), Damien won the Expert session (beat Manuel by 7s), and after the extra session Manuel won the tournament (leading bz 4 seconds!). Official results we arrive soon. |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 03:47:53 AM |
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Name: |
Dennis Lütken |
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@Etienne: I would definitely recommend you to switch to not placing any flags, if that's what you feel most comfortable with or find to be the most fun. I switched to NF (non-flagging) when I was at 28 on int and later when I was down to 61 on expert and now I am at 1-12-51 NF. Anyway, good luck getting your times down, either way you choose to do so! ![]() @Tam: I'll second that. Beginner is part luck but it definitely involves skill as well and I enjoy playing some beginner once in a while as well. ![]() |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 12:42:13 AM |
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Best expert: |
0.0 |
Best intermediate: |
0.0 |
Best beginner: |
0.0 |
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Jul 28th 2006 at 12:40:27 AM |
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Name: |
minesweeper |
Comments: |
Movies: ------- Part 1B: http://rapidshare.de/files/27296790/pla_chinese_nuclear_bomb_1967_part_1_of_2_full.flv.html Part 2 : http://rapidshare.de/files/27297164/pla_chinese_nuclear_bomb_1967_part_2_of_2_full.flv.html FLV Player (Flash Video Player): -------------------------------- http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10505954.html?tag=lst-0-1 |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 03:12:41 PM |
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Name: |
Dmitriy |
Comments: |
Everyone good luck on tourney! ![]() i personally bet Oli will pwn all.. (sorry damien ![]() vc is JeNNY... ![]() |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 02:56:38 PM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
Comments: |
I think beginner 3bv/s is a different type of skill from intermediate and expert... Speed and reaction time are definately required for beginner, and quick pattern analyzation as well in order to land good 3bv/s's. Yes some boards are lucky, but that does not mean beginner as a whole is a "noob" mode. I like to play beginner in order to see how much I've developed as a minesweeper player (from int an exp), and I really enjoy it as well! |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 02:44:16 PM |
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Name: |
Etienne |
Best expert: |
97 |
Best intermediate: |
20 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
Comments: |
I got a 20 on Intermediate without flagging about 35 mines. My expert time sucks because I flag. Should I just not flag on expert? |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 10:40:10 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Comments: |
Nah, Int is a part of the game, OK, beginner is too, but its all about luck. Int does require a lot of skill. Im not saying I dont like expert more ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 03:43:47 AM |
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Name: |
Jake |
Best expert: |
39 |
Comments: |
Tommy: I'd be happy to ban intermediate too! Expert, to me, is the one true judgement of quality minesweeper play. As for Cowman's sup9... you pig rapist; I hate you, etc etc etc ;-) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 03:37:00 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
Comments: |
Saper while supper?! |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 03:33:29 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Comments: |
I have an even better idea: BAN BEGINNER. (I can dream, right?) :D ![]() Seriously, I think that beginner scores shouldnt influence a players place in the rankings. (AR rocks ![]() OK, I know, weve had this discussion for about a hundred times already, but, well, you know... You understand what I mean. ![]() OK, so I guess my post doesnt make sense at all. Dang. And so that this post makes some kind of sense: Im looking forward to seeing you all on friday! |
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Jul 27th 2006 at 01:44:31 AM |
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Name: |
Christoph |
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I can promise that the IMC will talk about this topic very soon (so Damien and I have something new to speak about during todays supper ![]() Right now he and his girlfriend are doing some sightseeing in vienna while I'm still not finished with setting everything up for the tourny ![]() |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 10:47:40 PM |
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Name: |
Harryck Repse |
Best beginner: |
9,52 3bv/s? |
Comments: |
And by the way, I think the 3bv minimum should definitely be raised. I'm not even a very good sweeper, my scores barely good enough for top ranking and yet I still broke the 3bv/s record for beginner by 2 3bv/s, therefor I think my record should not count as any record but just as a lucky 1,41 second beginner. Also something strange is that I broke my record of 4,33 by getting 1,92 on a 4 3bv board with both a 7 AND a 6. After that I broke that record on the lucky 4 3bv board. Therefor my top 5 scores are: 1,41 1,92 4,33 4,36 4,57. Quite strange, really. |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 10:38:56 PM |
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Name: |
Thy Cowman (Harryck Repse) |
Best beginner: |
9,52 3bv/s? |
Comments: |
Lol, that "some Latvian sweeper" is me ![]() |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 09:45:39 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Comments: |
grats @ all record breakers... Some sweeper from Latvia (times- 1-19-78, all outliers according to him) got a 1.41 on a 3bv=4 beginner board, with a legit (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????) 3bv/s of 9.52- a totally luck-based game. This brings to mind Jake's lc 1.36 on a 4 at over 10 3bv/s about a month and a half ago, as well as the debate over what an *appropriate* minimum 3bv for 3bv/s beginner records. A question for the IMC? The vid is linked below. |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 03:45:24 PM |
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Dmitriy |
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Why did not you tell, Detrusor, that i sent you this script yet in 2005 ? Slipping ? |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 03:39:21 PM |
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Grégoire Duffez |
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Hi everyone! Good news today, the Clone Rankings are working again for MinesweeperClone 2006!! You're all invited to upload your history files following the link below. Please email me if you have any issue. - For MSClone 0.97 (and before) users: please email Rodrigo first in order to convert your history into the 2006 format - for dark-side users of Arbiter: I'm glad to welcome you on the Clone Rankings! You are almost able to upload your history... Almost ![]() By the way, of course all new variables are stored in the database (distance, flags, openings etc...), so I'll be able to create more interesting rankings for sure... So far there are 465 961 games in the database ![]() Beside that, I'll be on vacation the next week, right after the Active-Ranking deadline... I'll see you later then. Have a great tournament! |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 02:42:17 PM |
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Thomas Kolar |
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Thanks for the map, Rogen! Excellent idea! |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 06:49:05 AM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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That Minesweeper map is an excellent idea. I added a photo and my best times with both hands as well. I think it would be nice if others did the same. ![]() |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 01:50:03 AM |
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Jake |
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thanks Dion! I hope we make it a good competition :-) I want to beat you 33-34 or something!! ![]() |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 01:47:58 AM |
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Dion Tiu |
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lol, Jake, congrats! You just might get that 34 before me at the rate you're going. Its insane. I havent had much time to play, so no time for retaliation ;p |
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Jul 26th 2006 at 01:46:03 AM |
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Kat |
Best expert: |
95 (clone 117.089) |
Best intermediate: |
32 (clone 40.783) |
Best beginner: |
6 (clone 10.070) |
Comments: |
Thanks to those who helped me get clone....it's ...um...really good but a fair bit freaki, now i have to learn what all those things mean in the high scores part....i got a 42.766 int NF which i am pleased about- ty Schu! you think the maker of clone could have made it a little easier to understand for the few of us that are not too smart. anyway, i hope to get my clone scores down as i get more used to it. |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 11:47:38 PM |
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Jake |
Best expert: |
39 |
Best intermediate: |
10 |
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thanks, all!! I just hope this latest development spurs Dion to finally get that 34, because if he doesn't, I just may have to! ;-) note for Rogen's map: US residents, who may be a bit more provincial than the rest of the world and not used to this sort of thing... you have to put "USA" as part of the address. ;-) |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 11:29:18 PM |
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Roman Gammel |
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Grats, Badgers. ![]() @All: add your location to the map of minesweeper community (check the link) |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 08:23:52 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
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YARRRGHHHH!!! Levente, Jake, whoever you are, you are definately the manliest man EVER. One rank away from Dion, reduce those two seconds!! ![]() |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 06:30:40 PM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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@Jake: Congrats! You're absolutely crazy! Way to go. I wonder if there's a limit to your abilities hidden SOMEWHERE...? ![]() |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 05:02:02 PM |
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Jake |
Best expert: |
watch the video! |
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I wore out my old mouse... actually, I had four identical mice and that was the last one, so I went to buy another one just like it, but they were all out, so I got a little Logitech... after five (six? Jarjar can tell you) straight sub50s, a food break, some games of no consequence... I get THAT. **** YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 10:53:53 AM |
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Rasmus H. Jensen |
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>Dennis< Almost a WR on a 3 3BV-board. Jean-Frédéric Christmann has a 1.43... Grats Lev! |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 04:57:03 AM |
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Arjádre |
Best expert: |
AR 63 |
Best intermediate: |
AR 18x2>18x3=>18x4=>17x1=>17x2 |
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@Dennis: almost the rec for a 3bv=3 board. The link leads to someone with 1.43. still no sub17 this AR grrr grats to badgers for his int RQP and 3BV/s recs last night (up to 16.95 total 3bvs), as well as to the other record breakers ![]() LMAO- VC: AWTF aww, what the f*ck? |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 04:45:15 AM |
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Roman Gammel |
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@Dennis: about a week ago I got 52 NF on 3BV 130 ![]() @All: Check minesweeper map of Russia (red dots are cities with active sweepers). Link: www.gammel.narod.ru/russia.gif |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 03:51:45 AM |
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Dennis Lütken |
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Almost what??? On another note, I got a 55.135 yesterday on a 134 3bv board. Very nice, especially since it's only my second sub-60 in AGES and since it's my first 55 ever as far as I remember. ![]() VC: UCUP... Hmm, a U-cup... Those have got to be huge - and made of silicone!!! ![]() |
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Jul 25th 2006 at 02:15:55 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
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http://planet-minesweeper.com/overall.php?id=27 Heh almost ![]() |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 04:34:19 PM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
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Well, I haven't given up beginner 100%, but I can put it off for quite some time due to already achieving very nice times on it and also recently landing the 3bv/s record. Surely I hope to sup-7 one day, and even sup-8, but I think that my skill is lacking in quick pattern recognition in order to do that. By playing expert, I hope that this will help me develope as a minesweeper player! I think 1.10 is the World Record for a 2 3bv board (the other faster times are either 1 or 1.01, but I think that is due to 1 3bv boards and also lag to cause the 1.01). I may also have world record on 3 3bv board, which is 1.59 for me!! :D To my current knowledge, I hold current world record for having the most 1-second beginner games (8 total)! |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 02:38:03 PM |
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Jake |
Best expert: |
44.40->44.28 |
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* Badgers last exp game --> Est Time=44,27 3BV=142 / 142 @ 3,28 RQP=13,49 c/s=6,30 IOE=0,52 O_O OBV=159. Almost a 43, too - missed the last square! vc: V7EK - I swear I've seen that one before! |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 03:56:03 AM |
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Thomas |
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Oh, and Tam: I wasnt expecting you to give up playing beginner :D Have you found out whether or not the 1,10 was a WR? |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 03:53:32 AM |
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Thomas |
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Levente, that is just sick :D Grats!!! ![]() ![]() Dennis: Maybe Ill sub60 at the meeting ![]() ![]() Joni: I also often think sub60 and mean sub70, dont worry about that... I guess its sorta logical, as the times START with a 6, I often almost wrote sub60 intstead of sub70 ![]() You should get back into the game quickly, I arrived back to vienna from Canada on thursday and thought that I wouldnt get back into shape before the meeting either. And Look what happened yesterday ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 02:51:33 AM |
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Danny |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 02:17:37 AM |
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Ace |
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Badgers, you're becoming truly insane... ![]() Grats anyway! ![]() |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 01:24:38 AM |
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schu |
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Um, posted a little early. wanted to say this: GRATZ you crazy buggers!! vc: MEFU, as in me f@#$ u haha. |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 01:22:58 AM |
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Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
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so here we are again: I want to ask the IMC stuff.... July 3rd 2006 12:58:37 AM Name: Schu (Andrew McCauley) Comments: I'm trying to write a draft for the idea I had of an IMC minesweeper FAQ, but there are a few things I need to know: what is required of people getting into the best-ever lists? Are clone and Arbiter the only options, or can minesweeper X be used? can winmine be used at all? (I know dreamboards and <2,30,99 3BV aren't) are screenshots accepted at all for best ever? Are beginner videos required? For Damiens countries list, do you require screenshots/videos? For the sub-6/36/99 lists, what do you need? What are the plans on removing the +1 from time+1? Is it decided? with regards to things like Elmar Technique and middle mouse button, what is legal and what isn't? My guess is that anything you can do with a simple mouse without any modification beyond changing the cursor speed is legal, including middle mouse button, since that was part of winmine originally. Is this right? Is there any agreement from the IMC about this? Back to minesweeper X, if it is allowed for records (is it?), are skins legal? Since the special skin from clone is not from winmine, this raises an interesting question. Basically, I imagine there are a range of positions that you can take: 1: only original winmine skins are acceptible 2: skins are acceptible so long as they are basically equivalent to winmine skins like the special skin 3: so long as they have numbers and are simple, they're OK 4: anything at all is acceptible. I doubt any of them could actually make minesweeper easier to solve, so my opinion is #4. (personally, I'd like to see some handicapped skins like no-numbers only colours skin integrated into clone, and the skin recorded to history so you can search it like you search for NF games). Is my 72 NF NN counted as legal by the way? hmm, are the 3BV limits 2-30-99 is legal or 2-30-100 is legal? That's all for now... |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 01:07:08 AM |
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Tam Minh Bui |
Best intermediate: |
15 (x2) -> 14.87 |
Best beginner: |
5.78 -> 6.70 3bv/s |
Comments: |
Unable to sleep on the night before school starts for me, I awoke from my bed and decided to watch some television. Becoming bored from no good shows on, I decided to perhaps play some games of sweeper (it can't hurt, right??) Turns out, I get two of the records that I have sought after for a VERY long time, especially the beginner 3bv/s record (which has come after eight 1-second games and 89 other sup-5's). I didn't know which video to post because I felt so frantic, so I decided that if anyone is interested, they can browse the bestever forums to find these games! This is the happiest I have been in my minesweeper career in a very long time. I can finally quit beginner, and start working on my expert!! I hope that this is somewhat inspiring to my sweeper friends. I will see you all in October. Good luck with all your records!! ![]() (what can I say? Levente's world records have rubbed off on me!) |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 12:58:48 AM |
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Badgers is Jake |
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that would be Badgers... because to make the sense, is needed both before and after. i am bad in english, so i'd never use "be to address" "or the penalty of deathification to be resultinged" |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 12:34:28 AM |
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Jake |
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oh yes, and I'm changing my name to Jake Warner... please be to address me by correct-name or the penalty of deathification to be resultinged. whoo |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 12:33:15 AM |
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Badgers |
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@Damien: way to handle the dead badger @Dion: thanks!!!! ![]() |
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Jul 24th 2006 at 12:01:18 AM |
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damien |
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badgers. i saw my first badger in the wild (dead on a road here in scotland...i threw it into a field). apparently, levente is in better shape. |
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Jul 23rd 2006 at 09:48:25 PM |
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Dion |
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lol, Congrats Levente, crazy stuff... ![]() |
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Jul 23rd 2006 at 07:51:25 PM |
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ZOMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Best intermediate: |
10!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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* Badgers last int game --> Est Time=10,48 3BV=34 / 34 @ 3,58 RQP=2,92 c/s=6,21 IOE=0,57 :| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 23rd 2006 at 07:47:26 PM |
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Arjádre |
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just got 3 consecutive sub30 RQPs on exp then........... GRATS BADGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jul 23rd 2006 at 06:37:34 PM |
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Kat |
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LOL@sweeperoo and rural NSW tends to be very sparsely populated with a lot of dial-up internet access leading to sweeping while pages load...lots ![]() |
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Jul 23rd 2006 at 06:22:16 PM |
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Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
Best expert: |
58 |
Best intermediate: |
15 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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@ Kat: Nice! Glad to hear my suggestion helped! You'll probably never get better without flags than flagging (though you may for beginner) but it's great practice. What is it with rural NSW? Dion was from rural NSW too! I'm from Adelaide, nice to see another sweeperoo! @Levente: Gratz crazy mofo |
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Jul 23rd 2006 at 06:09:13 PM |
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Name: |
badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers |
Best beginner: |
3bv/s: 7.44 |
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* Badgers last beg game --> Est Time=3,15 3BV=16 / 16 @ 7,44 RQP=0,42 c/s=8,37 IOE=0,88 Yorp. World record! Watch manu get a 9 just to goat us all. |
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