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Dec 2nd 2007 at 09:10:48 AM
Name:  

Kyle Barry

Best expert:  

45 upk

Comments:  

hey everyone should try this 105 3bv board i just got on expert. You don't have to make a single guess after the initial click. I just played it about 30 times. Unfortunately i didn't finish when it counted. It's in my video folder idk how to make a link

   
Dec 2nd 2007 at 07:51:35 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

There's a new guy to the site, Joshua Whittaker, who is really, really fast...but he is really, really not efficient! I link to his video folder below. He made 2 new records yesterday:

63.423 on a 161 (384 clicks)
59.999 on a 130 (360 clicks!!)

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Dec 2nd 2007 at 04:07:13 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Int NF 37/39 est 11,61 lost on a guess
F*** F*** F*** F*** F***

   
Dec 2nd 2007 at 03:04:41 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

NF 55->54,484

Best intermediate:  

NF 12x3

Best beginner:  

NF 1x7

Comments:  

on 147 3rd best time ever

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Dec 2nd 2007 at 01:18:51 AM
Name:  

WP

Comments:  

@Michael: I agree absolutely :)

   
Dec 1st 2007 at 12:03:02 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

I definitely didn't expect to be nominated for the IMC. Although I've been playing minesweeper for years, I've only been part of the community since about March. My worry is that not having a great knowledge of what's happened previously in the community, or what things the IMC has dealt with in the past, might hold me back.

One thing I would say is that the IMC has always seemed somewhat mysterious. I would propose that, whoever gets in, the IMC discussions should be open to everyone to view, and even participate in. By 'everyone' I mean members of the official site at minesweeper.cc. Then the IMC board members get the final say, after all views have been considered. Maybe this is how it works already, and it just feels different because there isn't a great deal happening. Either way, I think if you make everything completely transparent, you gain people's trust. And there's no reason why it shouldn't be a trusted body, it's just a group of minesweepers who know what they're talking about (in theory ).

   
Dec 1st 2007 at 08:13:08 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best intermediate:  

NF 4,12

Comments:  

NF 71/72 @ 4,146

   
Dec 1st 2007 at 07:35:12 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

The perfect IMC is joni, schu, gergely, christoph, rodrigo, curtis and roman.

The IMC has not been effective for many reasons.

1) With no rules it has no direction. People still argue about what the IMC is supposed to do, the rules for elections keep changing, the meeting places keep changing, there are no rules about archiving conversations, no rules about how many votes are needed to make decisions….
2) The IMC does not have a good way to meet. The Forum was a disaster, because there was no way to see if someone had posted….when no one posts for a week, you start looking less….and quit eventually. IRC is better, but usually only 4 members can meet at a time.

Gergely quit after he realised no one was willing to make the IMC a registered organisation. Schu and DB quit because no progess was made on their ideas (polls stay open forever when 1 or 2 people don’t vote…there are no rules about voting). I basically quit during the summer because I was spending 20 hours a week (besides my job) to finish the new database (which was important because some IMC members want to delete and replace most of my website). Christoph has mostly been trying to build the CC website and Elmar is working 60h a week and kept losing his internet…so no one was going to the Forum because no one was going to the Forum.

I do not believe the IMC can do anything serious unless it organises itself, and this is why the last two years have mostly been a joke.

I agree with Joni that I am part of the disease (you said it nicely!), and I seriously thought about not running. I would be very happy not to join if I thought at least 5 of those 7 I mentioned would get elected. (If someone fails, I'd suggest Tommy K)

   
Dec 1st 2007 at 01:21:25 AM
Name:  

Jason Kriegel

Comments:  

Honestly Joni, I wouldn't really say that I'm in the same stage now that you were in last year. But that's only because my allotted playing time has diminished considerably due to other interests (namely Guitar Hero lol). That said, I do visit the Guestbook every day and keep pretty well informed of what's going on in the community.

You were right on in your statement that I might not consider myself a worthy candidate lol. I haven't been here as long as many others, and I definitely haven't reached the levels of success so many others have. That said, we seem to be suffering from a lack of candidates. So I'll run. At the very least, my relatively light work schedule (I'm a waiter and I only work nights) should be conducive to my being able to participate in meetings if elected

I appreciate the vote of confidence, especially considering this is the first post longer than 4 lines I've ever made

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Nov 30th 2007 at 07:31:32 PM
Name:  

Schu

Comments:  

Joni - top 9 doesn't mean you were #9

I would have voted for you (and I'd certainly vote for you in these elections). But it's a moot point.

Thanks Tommy - I'll run after all. But I probably won't be able to do many IRC meetings, but I will most certainly participate in forum-style debates and votes.

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 07:12:27 PM
Name:  

Dane Stubbs

Best beginner:  

4 seconds

Comments:  

i got 4 seconds on beginner when do i go on the record lists

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Nov 30th 2007 at 05:30:23 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

i apologise for the double post (sitting on a crappy internet connection) i had no intention of spamming (I leave that to Rilian and AreOut , though none of them is been that active lately either)

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 05:26:53 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

I really appreciate your support, but I have to inform you I am not running. as Elmar mentioned, I have retired long ago. I had some really great moments as part of this community, and I look forward to meeting some of you again, but I have moved away from the game itself. I'm spending my free time pursuing other interests, and beside that I've got lost of uncertainties regarding my future for the next year to worry about.

Last year would have been the perfect time for me to have been part of the IMC, but I thought I was not old enough in the community to candidate. That opinion was shared by others, and sincerely, even if I had I don't think I would have made it in, (btw Schu you said at the time I made your top-9 shortlist, but I doubt you would have voted for me at the end =D).
That is why i would like to propose (i was really sceptical about this autocandidation thing since the beginning, considering the ratio between extroverted/self-confident vs introverted/insecure members a minesweeper community might have) four people, who I am convinced would do a very good job:

Jason Kriegel and Michael Dunlop, because they have been around for some time and have got the commitment and passion to really do something. They are in the same phase of integration to the community I was last year, and I can tell they are ready for the job, although they themselves might not be convinced about it.
Manuel Heider and Gabriel de Tarragon are older foxes compared to the previous two. They have been active for a long time including the IRC and the French forum and I've always liked their ideas and views on things.

I just wanted to add that, though I've had a great time in their company and I consider Rogen and Damien very good friends, I would have preferred to see them not run and step down from the IMC.

Sorry for answering so late... for the length of this post... and for the fact that i probably won't have a look/post something in here again before next thursday.
Gjithë të mirat
joni

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Nov 30th 2007 at 05:21:54 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

I really appreciate your support, but I have to inform you I am not running. as Elmar mentioned, I have retired long ago. I had some really great moments as part of this community, and I look forward to meeting some of you again, but I have moved away from the game itself. I'm spending my free time pursuing other interests, and beside that I've got lost of uncertainties regarding my future for the next year to worry about.
Last year would have been the perfect time for me to have been part of the IMC, but I thought I was not old enough in the community to candidate. That opinion was shared by others, and sincerely, even if I had I don't think I would have made it in, (btw Schu you said at the time I made your top-9 shortlist, but I doubt you would have voted for me at the end =D).
That is why i would like to propose (i was really sceptical about this autocandidation thing since the beginning, considering the ratio between extroverted/self-confident vs introverted/insecure members a minesweeper community might have) four people, who I am convinced would do a very good job:
Jason Kriegel and Michael Dunlop, because they have been around for some time and have got the commitment and passion to really do something. They are in the same phase of integration to the community I was last year, and I can tell they are ready for the job, although they themselves might not be convinced about it.
Manuel Heider and Gabriel de Tarragon are older foxes compared to the previous two. They have been active for a long time including the IRC and the French forum and I've always liked their ideas and views on things.
I just wanted to add, that though I've had a great time in their company and I consider Rogen and Damien very good friends, I would have preferred to see them not run and step down from the IMC.
Sorry for answering so late... for the length of this post... and for the fact that i probably won't have a look/post something in here again before next thursday.
Gjithë të mirat
joni

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Nov 30th 2007 at 02:51:50 PM
Name:  

WP

Comments:  

I agree with Schu that Joni would make a good IMC member, IF he accepts ;) But as Elmar says, he's probably retired... So, Joni, what do you think about coming forward as a candidate?

I had decided a few days ago (seeing the small number of candidates) that I would run in the election if there weren't enough people who had come forward on the 30th. I think I will do so, even though the deadline's been extended. I do hope there will be other candidates though.

@Thomas: thanks for the support!

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 02:02:29 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

I'm flattered by the suggestion Thomas, but I'm not sure how much I could contribute :/ If I do anything earth-shatteringly useful in terms of minesweeper, I'll post it, and then the IMC can act (or not )

Finally reached 100 sub-55s... the 100th being 54.99 on 172

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 01:31:19 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

I believe Joni is retired and I believe he said he won't run for IMC.
I am pretty much retired as well. Haven't played in almost 2 months (mostly because I don't have an appropriate table). Also, I don't have much time now that I work (~60h/week). I could of course sit in on meetings and give my view on decisions and vote, but I don't think I can contribute much. That's why I wanted to give others a chance to run...

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 11:38:29 AM
Name:  

Rogen

Comments:  

First Russian Minesweeper Championship: Dec, 1 2007, starts approximately at 9:00 GMT, online results here: http://flash-back.ru/ms/

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 08:25:42 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best beginner:  

2800 sub5

Comments:  

What would must I do as IMC?

   
Nov 30th 2007 at 06:32:35 AM
Name:  

Thomas

Comments:  

In that case I nominate you schu ;-) Incidently, what about elmar and gergely?

I can also only support joni and manu!

Additionally I would like to propose WP, Nikolaj, Bertie, Ian, Kamil, Gabriel, Tam, Banzhaf and Arj (random order).

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Nov 29th 2007 at 07:59:25 PM
Name:  

Daniel Brim

Comments:  

I don't have the appropriate amount of time to dedicate to the IMC, plus I found it very stressful, so I will NOT be running for reelection. Good luck to all who participate.

   
Nov 29th 2007 at 07:07:29 PM
Name:  

dane

Best beginner:  

4 seconds

Comments:  

4 seconds in beginner

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Nov 29th 2007 at 05:38:54 PM
Name:  

Schu (Andrew McCauley)

Comments:  

Due to frustration with the inactivity of a few IMC members, and hence sever issues I wished to discuss weren't really conclusively resolved, I am not sure if I'll run this year.

I want to throw my wholehearted support behind Jonian Grazhdani. I think he's exactly what the IMC needs (consider his article about arbiter "features"), and I was annoyed that last year he didn't get in before the deadline to be nominated.

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Nov 29th 2007 at 03:37:20 PM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  

We suffer from a little lack of candidates this year. To run for the elections you just need to login at minesweeper.cc and fill in the from you are directly routed to (on your detail page) - it's very easy indeed.
However, I'm not gonna start the election with 5 candidates - that wouldn't be too democratic. For a proper election at least 8 candidates should run.

>>> So the subscription phase will extend to friday the 7th December.

Tommy's absolutly right, there's too less discussion about the elections this year. If there's someone you'd very much like to see in next years IMC just go ahead and post here or contact this person (he/she just needs to do two clicks to run).
I'll give it a go first and suggest Manuel - I know him form tournaments in Vienna and Budapest and visited him in Germany; he knows a lot about the game and a good analytic view for vids, moreover I know him to be intelligent.
So, Manuel, I'd enjoy to see you in the list of candidates.

If like that or however - bring the discussion to life and some names up, there's a lot of work arising in 2008 and it would be nice to have a board of seven to deal with it.

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Nov 29th 2007 at 03:34:27 PM
Name:  

grzegorz

Comments:  

grzegorz: google never lies

dion: just read this
http://www.planet-minesweeper.com/active-ranking/Lasse_profile.htm

   
Nov 29th 2007 at 03:26:08 PM
Name:  

grzegorz

Comments:  

dion: i don't know when but Lasse wrote himself how much sub50's he's got overall. maybe i'm wrong but if I remember that was something about 10,000 times . i would check that, but i haven't much time too read all archive

   
Nov 29th 2007 at 02:18:31 PM
Name:  

Thomas

Best expert:  

42,16

Best intermediate:  

12.00

Best beginner:  

2.44

Comments:  

IMC elections...

I thought that this topic would probably come up here sooner or later, and seeing as I was running, I thought I'd wait until the community expressed what it expects. (And school stress isn't helping).

Last year we had an extreme discussion going on before the elections, and I think its a shame that this year the community doesn't seem as involved as last year.

I have the feeling I pretty much wrote all I could today last year, and as I don't have a lot of time I'm not going to write it all down again unless someone wants to hear whether my stance has changed or not on a particular topic.
However,
http://www.minesweeper.info/downloads/Guestbook7.zip
and
http://home.popperschule.at/tkolar/imc.doc
give a lot of information, and I still agree with pretty much everything I wrote then.

The first link points to the 2006 archive of the guestbook, where the discussion took place, and the second one to a programme I wrote for the last election.

I propose the nomination system again next year, I have the feeling that this way is a lot less interactive.

Grats @ everyone with highscores!

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Nov 29th 2007 at 12:33:25 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

One of my goals, before I retire, is to get a sub50 on a 200+ 3bv board. Came close today: 51.355 on a 197 @ 3.912

   
Nov 28th 2007 at 03:52:02 PM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

I've played a bit more int lately. I set a new personal best for 2007. I was quite satisfied when I saw that the timer showed 14 seconds. Then I looked at the counter window, and realized that I had finished the board in 14,000 seconds. Kinda disappointing that I wasn't 1/1000 sec faster...

The 3BV was 32. Pretty nice board, but five openings are a little much if you want to go ultrafast.

I've been playing ok on expert, but made some stupid mistakes every time I was about to sub-60

Oh, and I was wondering if 16 openings are a lot on intermediate. It does beat my second highest by three openings.

   
Nov 28th 2007 at 10:33:06 AM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

Arjádre - I hadn't even noticed!

   
Nov 28th 2007 at 08:08:46 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

does Lasse still play?

   
Nov 28th 2007 at 01:05:14 AM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

Dunno exactly but I think its over 1500...so you still have long way to go :D

   
Nov 27th 2007 at 09:50:42 PM
Name:  

Dion Tiu

Comments:  

I made my 1000th sub50 on Minesweeper Clone today. Its been just over 4 years since my first sub50, which was a 49. I think Lasse made this milestone much quicker than I did, and im still quite behind him. However, playing less and less these days, im not sure if I'll ever catch him lol. Anyone know his exact total?

   
Nov 27th 2007 at 04:00:50 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Comments:  

@Michael: nice!
Interesting that it's an anagram of UPK...

   
Nov 27th 2007 at 03:04:16 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

NF 2,876 -> 2,932

Comments:  

178 3BV in 61,716s
I sent u email chris

   
Nov 27th 2007 at 01:19:25 AM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  

@Kamil: I'll be in Warsaw from the 14th to 16 December. If you'd like I could have a break on the way there to meet you (in Katowice perhaps - I've unfortuneately not the time to go all the way to Bielsko-Biala). On the 14th app. at 2pm would probably be best for me.

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Nov 26th 2007 at 06:27:45 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

Hi everyone, just thought I'd spread the word about another RSI/CTS prevention gadget. It's called "PUK", and it's a wrist rest that can actually slide around on the desk so that it doesn't restrict your movement. I don't have one yet, but I'm planning to buy one. I'll link the website.

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Nov 26th 2007 at 01:41:35 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

ouch Christoph! you'll crack a big one soon I'm sure...

hehe Elmar the Croatians weren't that happy with the draw this time though, btw what's going on with the IMC candidations... or is it becoming like the England manager post?

   
Nov 26th 2007 at 12:12:05 PM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  


I could somehow take my second LCed 53 on a 50/50 guess a view days ago. But this time it the timer was at 51.29 and again it was a 50/50 LC.

my poor walls

   
Nov 26th 2007 at 11:41:55 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best beginner:  

6,135 WR

Comments:  

OMG!!! Ive just got Beg NF 6,031 3BV/s : 10 3BV in 2,658!!! I cant believe that I got 2nd and 3rd NF 3bv/s world record in 5 minutes playing Vid in my folder ( in 3BV/s scores, not in 2on10 )

   
Nov 26th 2007 at 11:26:38 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best beginner:  

6,135 NF

Comments:  

Just got 5,966 3BV/s : 13 3BV in 3,179s It was very easy board, I go 6,5 next try Vid in my folder

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 08:27:41 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best intermediate:  

RQP 4.455-------->4.401

Comments:  

2 15s on 50 3BV boards today... my 10th and 11th sub5 RQPs!
Vid attached. (this time!)

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Nov 25th 2007 at 08:27:22 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best intermediate:  

RQP 4.455-------->4.401

Comments:  

2 15s on 50 3BV boards today... my 10th and 11th sub5 RQPs!
Vid attached.

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 07:15:24 PM
Name:  

Schu (Andrew McCauley)

Comments:  

This is a message I got from facebook:

This guy is doing an experiment, if you want to participate, check out his website!

"I'm running a psychological experiment involving reaction times in Minesweeper.

The project has a Facebook group at http://cambridge.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6475851445 and a website at http://www.cambridgemines.co.uk.

Best wishes
Tom Murphy
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge"


Sounds interesting... also anyone on facebook, my profile is the website link.

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Nov 25th 2007 at 04:55:57 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

oops, double CTRL-v and forgot this:

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 04:54:16 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

ooh, I see another disappointment for England coming up. WC quali groupF:
1. Croatia
2. England
3. Ukraine
4. Belarus
5. Kasachstan
6. Andorra
3. Ukraine
4. Belarus
5. Kasachstan
6. Andorra

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 02:34:36 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

10 Sub-50s!
44.73, 46.33, 47.91, 48.35, 48.48, 48.76, 48.90, 49.39, 49.43, 49.62. All in folder. Also approaching 100 sub-55s (93 current).
Grats everyone, especially Kamil (:O), I'm watching my back

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Nov 25th 2007 at 01:57:58 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

I finished about 12 expert games in the last two hours....47 (on a 161), five minutes later 49 (on a 175) and the next game I lost 100/111 (est 46). It should have been est 36: I play easy boards very badly. Next 52, 52 then finished at 44 but couldn't find the last square until 46 (on a 146).

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 01:15:04 PM
Name:  

grzegorz

Best expert:  

52

Best intermediate:  

14

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

damien: he is to young but he is really on fire .

grats kamil, second best exp player in poland. I think that you will join to sub50 players very very sooon. goodluck

England out of EC- big surprise but i won't cry. For me more important is, that Poland will play on European Champs for the first time in the history .

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 08:37:29 AM
Name:  

fritz

Best expert:  

2,867====>2,967

Comments:  

69,48 sec 3BV=203
i'm getting closer to sup3 on exp

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 07:33:10 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

couldnt*

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 07:32:31 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

exp 49 and I could find last 2 squares

   
Nov 25th 2007 at 01:52:52 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

After 55NF -> 52 FL I decided to try playing with flags on int, and got 13 on 47 it's my 1st sup38 3bv to 13s

   
Nov 24th 2007 at 08:10:05 PM
Name:  

Arjádre

Best expert:  

3.442-------->3.600 3BV/s

Best intermediate:  

3.627-------->3.666 3BV/s NF (from a few weeks ago), 3.835 3BV/s overall

Best beginner:  

5.083 3BV/s NF, overall

Comments:  

Whoo! It scares me that my exp 3BV/s is only .235 away from my int 3BV/s... gotta work on that!

64.609 on a 229 3BV board at 3.60019 (sup3.6!) 3BV/s and 17.946 RQP (rank 2) and 1.30846 IOS (rank 1)... vid linked.

KAmil, your momentum is amazing. Please don't sub50 before I do!
And congrats too all other record breakers as well!

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Nov 24th 2007 at 05:52:30 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Website updated

   
Nov 24th 2007 at 05:08:02 PM
Name:  

manuel heider

Best intermediate:  

3bv/s 4.16 -> 4.201

Comments:  

i also did a int NF ebv/s record:

Horst2104 Last game: 16.236sec - 3BV=64 - 3BV/s=4.201 - level=int *non-flagging* - Ranks: 1595/1058 - IOE=0.821 - RQP=3.865

mfg

   
Nov 24th 2007 at 07:09:14 AM
Name:  

fritz

Best intermediate:  

3,41==>3,81

Comments:  

26.45 sec on 3BV=97
@kamil everytime i think i can get closer to your records you're always getting much better.

   
Nov 24th 2007 at 06:04:47 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best intermediate:  

NF 3,998 -> 4,12 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments:  

!!!!! Finally, I've just became the 4th to sup 4 NF 3BV/s on int !!!!! 70 3BV in 17,991s
@Damien: sorry about 3rd email, but I didnt knew that I would get 3 records

   
Nov 24th 2007 at 05:18:13 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

I play about 1-2 hours/day, but sometimes I play Heroes 3 or Delta Force
@Damien: My biography broke down, I cant see and edit it. It happened after I changed (in Word)letter size from 12 to 14, then copyed and submitted. Can u repair?

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 07:41:46 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

Interesting find, joni.

And Kamil - well done on the new records. I have virually no chance of catching you now, because I only play around 3-6 hours a week.

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 03:25:35 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

@Kamil, Big grats! I am sure Damien would be overjoyed to read those emails, he's got a weakness for young guys improving fast. Oh well, at least you won't beat Knolan's record for fewer sub-60s before a sub-50.

On another note (intended mainly for AreOut), we might have an explanation why the Croatians were so relaxed while playing at Wembley. website attached

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Nov 23rd 2007 at 02:37:50 PM
Name:  

daniel

Comments:  

i think thats really enough kamil, just stop that...you're demotivating us all
i'm not that happy about england...on the one hand you mustn't go to the EC if you give away two match points...on the other hand russia didn't cover itself with glory by losing aginst israel and wining only 1:0 against andorra...

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 10:02:50 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best beginner:  

6,135 NF

Comments:  

Just got NF 5,838 3bv/s : 18 3bv in 4,083s Vid in my folder

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 09:17:47 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

130/134 est 51 lost on a guess
127/227 @ 4,084 lost on a guess
200 sub 3 Beginner: 1x7, 2x193

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 08:10:13 AM
Name:  

Bertie

Comments:  

KAmil is on fire!!! Congrats. One more improvement and you'll leave me in your dust! Good luck

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 07:09:18 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOPSING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on 159

Comments:  

54 -> 52,083
3BVs 3,095 -> 3,113
RQP 19,223 -> 16,733
IOS 1,27764 -> 1,28867
@Damien: I sent u my exp record, but I got new one today, so read my 2nd email please

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 05:02:28 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

If you are only interested in triangles, SuperMinesweeper, Exotic Minesweeper and Professional Minesweeper were some of the first versions to have triangles. The first non-square variant was Hexmines (which uses hexagons) in 1996 by Ron Heuse. ProMine was written in 1998 and has 16 different shapes...SuperMinesweeper has 100+ different shapes and variants, etc.

If you have scores on regular minesweeper, please send them to me damienalexmoore at yahoo.com .. good luck!

   
Nov 23rd 2007 at 03:56:02 AM
Name:  

Bertie

Best expert:  

53

Best intermediate:  

13

Best beginner:  

2

Comments:  

@David: I see you've stumpled upon one of those ideas every sweeper has at some point or another. Which I think is a good omen, but doesn't mean it's a new idea. Check out the answers.com page I linked (click on "website" below. To link like this just paste the URL in the 'website' field on the geustbook form) under variations, almost at the bottom. You'll find that not only has the idea of non square, 2-D tiling been done, but also the ideas of tiling 2-D on a 3-D surface (like a cube or dodecahedron) but also actual 3-D fields. The 2-D on 3-D thing means thet not every square has the same amount of neighbours, which keeps you on your toes. The 3-D idea on the other hand is a great example of the other thing you failed to realize while playing on the triangular board (mainly because it isn't as promenent). The more neighbours per square, the more intertwined they become, which means it takes alot more work to find every mine. Playing the 3-D versions you'll soon realize that you take alot longer (clickwise) to find a mine seeing that every square has not only 8 or 12 neighbours, but 26!

And on the subject of sacrificing perfection for speed. FYI: The world record holder, Dion Tiu, has a technique closer to perfection than I have seen in any other sweeper. That's why he's the best. Watch one of his vid's and take a look at the events window. It's really empty. (although still not completely).

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Nov 22nd 2007 at 08:21:47 PM
Name:  

David Jonathan Bush

Best expert:  

88

Comments:  

Is anyone interested in triangles instead of squares?

Interior triangles have 12 neighbors instead of 8. The luck factor goes way down and the skill needed goes way up. There are tons of completely new patterns to learn. The only software I know which offers this is XBomb which runs on Linux.

My guesstimate is that in expert level Minesweeper, more than 90% of the games require you to take a chance at least once in order to finish. I suppose most of you out there choose to go for speed rather than perfection, by which I mean you don't mind lots of blowups on your way to a low score. I prefer to go the other route. I will restart with two spaces left rather than risk a virtual explosion.

Xbomb triangles provides a MUCH higher percentage of pure skill boards. It might even be over 50%, although I still make too many mistakes to be sure. Also the software will always start you off with 0 bombs in the triangle you initially click.

You can see a half-size image of my best time so far at http://tinyurl.com/3e35qz I hope the link works!

Maybe I missed something? Is there some version of Minesweeper which produces "no luck" boards?

Thanks for your attention?

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Nov 22nd 2007 at 03:15:46 PM
Name:  

Joerg Reschke

Best expert:  

69

Best intermediate:  

26

Best beginner:  

4

Comments:  


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Nov 22nd 2007 at 02:30:13 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

@ Rogen - Russia should be qualifying over England anyway, with the amount of people you have. In terms of skill, England should go through, but we had a man with no balls and no brains in charge. And Ian's right, he's one of the top players now, so I think the minesweeper comment was a bit off.

   
Nov 22nd 2007 at 02:09:39 PM
Name:  

Чура Михайло (Chura Mykhaylo)

Best expert:  

76,853

Best intermediate:  

18,741

Best beginner:  

2,075

Comments:  

it's my records

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Nov 22nd 2007 at 01:33:44 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

@Damien: Yeah, I watched the Italy game. Quite a pity the thing with the penalty. I would've prefered to see England qualify instead of Italy. Would have been fun to watch England get elimated by Germany in a penalty shoot out in a pub in London...
Well, at least this way we may have a chance to make up for last years semi-final.

   
Nov 22nd 2007 at 01:04:19 PM
Name:  

Christoph

Comments:  

sometimes it hurts - stupid guesses

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Nov 22nd 2007 at 12:34:53 PM
Name:  

fritz

Best expert:  

65.58====>63.89

Best intermediate:  

16

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

63,89 on 122. new personal record
but
i actually finished at 58 and it took me 5 seconds to find the last square

i don't know how to comment this
just frustrated... but also happy...

   
Nov 22nd 2007 at 12:08:46 PM
Name:  

Ian

Comments:  

I take offence at the minesweeper comment (only a 12/41 away Rogen!)... but I don't feel at all disappointed about the football result It's about time everyone took note of how poorly organised our team is.
Now let's have no more football talk

   
Nov 22nd 2007 at 05:54:50 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@Damien: your 71/79 nf at 4.109 on int suck, I have 73/75 lost on a guess at 4,23

   
Nov 22nd 2007 at 01:46:39 AM
Name:  

Rupert Foggo McKay

Best expert:  

55.204

Best intermediate:  

17.434

Best beginner:  

3.23

Comments:  

When are the world rankings going to be updated? I'm expecting to go up by 70 places once my new expert is counted.

   
Nov 22nd 2007 at 12:48:03 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

hahahaha Elmar, love your recap . It's sad not to have them in the Euros though, i enjoy watching them running up and down the pitch. Respect to the formidable Croatians, and grats to Rogen (guess you were completely drunk when you wrote that, but that's no apology)

@Damien: Italy does always go through for some reason (deservedly or not ) it's just in their blood to qualify even in the most absurd circumstances. Would have been funny to have seen the French go out instead , (not to mention Portugal)

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 11:50:26 PM
Name:  

AreOut

Comments:  

Grats Rogen I'm happy too! :D Ostriches baseball sux

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 07:36:19 PM
Name:  

Ostriches

Comments:  

Congrats Rogen for being the most colossal assdouche in the world.

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 04:32:29 PM
Name:  

Rogen

Comments:  

U can't even imagine how I'm happy!! :) Cya England :) Even in minesweeper u suck

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 03:54:49 PM
Name:  

Robbie

Best expert:  

59 -> 57!

Comments:  

wow...i havent been on here in a while
still playing NF :)
happy thanksgiving to those of us in america

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Nov 21st 2007 at 03:53:42 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

@curtis: more people are starting to use msx, especially for custom games.

@elmar: people in scotland are going crazy...they are so happy for the croatians!! Btw...Scotland would have gone through if the referee didn't give Italy that free kick at the end (and France loses to Ukraine)...but it wasn't even shown on British television? If Scotland won, Italy would have failed like England.

@everyone: i just lost 71/79 nf at 4.109 on int.

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 03:37:53 PM
Name:  

Curtis

Comments:  

@Eric: Clone doesn't support it. Most don't care but if you must use it, Minesweeper X is an option. </advertising>

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 02:42:13 PM
Name:  

Sweeper

Comments:  

Multiplayer co-operative online minesweeper:
http://www.mooble.fi/minesweeper

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Nov 21st 2007 at 02:28:56 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

OMG
2:3

I'm afraid that will be a sad championship in England next year....

   
Nov 21st 2007 at 01:53:20 PM
Name:  

Cristian

Best intermediate:  

16.22

Comments:  

hello, I'm Cristian Gallego, from Venezuela, and I did 16.22 in intermediate today

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Nov 21st 2007 at 12:23:22 PM
Name:  

fritz

Best expert:  

2,71==>2,79=====>2,867

Best intermediate:  

3,41

Best beginner:  

5,06

Comments:  

71,11sec on 201
now 11.337 total
i also had a personal best exp RQP score 24.496 66sec@2,72. i have noidea if that's good so can you please tell me you RQP scores.

   
Nov 20th 2007 at 11:43:00 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

55NF -> 54 FL

Comments:  

on 134

   
Nov 20th 2007 at 03:18:21 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

omg, Ive just got new fl record 59->58 and then 56NF on 144, 3 sub60 in 1 day

   
Nov 20th 2007 at 12:02:39 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

58NF on 159, my 2nd sub60 NF and 1st 58 ever , also new school record

   
Nov 19th 2007 at 11:49:37 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

NF 2,865 -> 2,876

Comments:  

174 3bv in 61,505s
3bvNF sum= 6,135 + 3,998 + 2,876 = 13,009

   
Nov 19th 2007 at 05:59:27 PM
Name:  

Rupert Foggo McKay

Best expert:  

55.204

Best intermediate:  

19.85

Best beginner:  

3.23

Comments:  

I just got a new best expert time:
55.204
This smashes my old record by nearly 6 seconds.
Unfortunately I can't see how to upload the video with this post, I'll send it to Damien to confirm anyway. I also can't find how to get into my profile any more...

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Nov 19th 2007 at 04:24:04 PM
Name:  

Eric

Comments:  

Why won't it let me shift click in the clone?

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Nov 19th 2007 at 03:14:21 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Best expert:  

NF 97,173->87,432 (on 3BV=130)

Comments:  

Still a far way from being world ranked, but 10s improvement on NF sure made my day.

Plus, nobody can say the WR is over twice as fast as my recordt anymore.

@Kamil: I know what you're thinking....No, I'm still retired

   
Nov 19th 2007 at 10:58:01 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

55NF

Comments:  

166/170 est 53 lost on a guess, it would be my time and 3bv/s record. Vid in my folder

   
Nov 19th 2007 at 10:12:13 AM
Name:  

daniel

Comments:  

@fritz: same to you
@damien congratulation!!! i'd never have the patience to play a game like this and to try again and again after the many blasts i think you had had

   
Nov 19th 2007 at 05:22:29 AM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

I finally finished 212 mines on 24x30 (played during lunch for the last 3 months). Only 24 guesses! I also finished 9x9 with 36 mines (12 guesses). No wonder the success rate is so low! Vids are in my folder. The last 2 clicks on the 24x30 game were a 1/2 and a 1/3.

   
Nov 18th 2007 at 01:44:03 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

I've gone down six places in the rankings! Hmph. Anyway, blasted an estimated 49 yesterday, a forced guess at 100/125. :(

   


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