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May 30th 2007 at 07:22:08 AM |
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KAmil |
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25 |
Best intermediate: |
4 |
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Hi guys. I had found 9s intemediate video on youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=n5d5_1p8jYU Is it fake? If it isnt, y this guy isnt on any bestever list? @Schu: My expert record is 62, but I got 13s flag and 14sNFx2 int in 1 month, I think u can too if u have 52s expert ![]() |
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May 30th 2007 at 02:25:10 AM |
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Zhang Shen Jia |
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@WP: Can I have your mail address? |
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May 29th 2007 at 07:10:50 PM |
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Schu (Andrew McCauley) |
Best expert: |
52 |
Best intermediate: |
15x4 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
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Welcome, SchuBomb Statistics Video Views: 1001173 Channel Views: 4600 Subscribers: 32 So my youtube channel of minesweeper vids has over 1,000,000 total video views! Most of these are from Dions old 38 since it got onto the front page of digg. Here's the breakdown of the most popular vids: (for those that don't know it, k means x1000): Dion's first 38: 776k views Rogen's 47 NF: 58k views Dion's 2nd 38: 42k views Cheater 35: 30k views Dennis' 67 NF with dots, not numbers: 16k views Dion's 37: 16k views Dion's 10: 12k views Rogen's 45 NF: 10k views |
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May 29th 2007 at 02:17:05 PM |
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WP |
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Arjádre: That must be pretty annoying... Good luck! And Thomas: sepak means to kick in Malay :P So you just made one of the funniest typos I've ever seen...whatcha doing kicking English around? ![]() |
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May 28th 2007 at 11:39:14 PM |
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Thomas |
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Well... Not exactly my first language, but very close to that. My father is american, so I grew up with more or less two primary languages. We speak german at home almost exclusively now though, so my spoken english is a bit rusty - Sometimes I don't remember what something means in english in time - that changes when I sepak english for a while though, for example when I visit my family there. Arj, I'm afraid you're not Knolan :D Seriously, that hurts. Just play relaxed now, don't raise expectations too high. Take it easy and you'll have a rec soon ![]() And Elmar, you dirty rat, I was sure I'd heard that from you ^^ ![]() ![]() So, how does everyone else see chording? I think we need a clear definition... |
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May 28th 2007 at 11:05:08 PM |
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Michael |
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I'm using the clone mainly, occasionally arbiter. Haven't looked into the problem with arbiter yet. As for the time....unfortunately it's accurate. It's 7am where I am, and I'm still awake from the day before. |
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May 28th 2007 at 08:21:39 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best expert: |
58x4 --> 58x5 |
Best intermediate: |
AR 15 |
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This is getting ridiculous. 3BV=143, vid will be uploaded when the next AR deadline comes around if I don't break my record in the next week or so. I also managed a 59 on a 161 a few nights ago, my second-best RQP. I had a very disappointing loss about a week ago, an estimated 49 on a 121 board, with the timer on 44. I also had an estimated 57 on a 159, with the timer on 55. Surely I'm due for a decent-sized jump? @Bertie: I remember that episode of Numb3rs... I don't remember Charlie going at world-record-speed, and in any case I doubt that the actor was actually the one playing. However, I could be wrong considering that the episode was a long time ago. @Michael: that's strange... what version are you using? If it's Arbiter, I've never experienced a 1.5-clicking problem, but I wouldn't be surprised. As for the 4-5 AM peak playing time, I remember Arbiter having a bug that recorded everything in Ukrainian time rather than local time ![]() As always, grats @ all record breakers ![]() VC=3YKA 10^3 Years = 1K Años. |
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May 28th 2007 at 03:51:52 PM |
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Elmar |
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@Thomas: Yeah, I guess both definitions are aroudn. I used to propagate yours. ![]() |
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May 28th 2007 at 03:47:26 PM |
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Cristian |
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my records are 1.8, 17.8 and 65, and i don't use that method, but i have tried it and it doesn't seem to improve my performance i wonder how useful it could be |
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May 28th 2007 at 02:46:00 PM |
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Michael |
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No problem. If English isn't your first language then you have my admiration, because I'd never have noticed if I hadn't seen your nationality in the rankings. That goes for every non-native speaker of English here, you all have great English. In other news I just checked my history and it turns out that my peak minesweeping time is between 4 and 5 in the morning. Weird. |
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May 28th 2007 at 01:48:28 PM |
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Thomas |
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Whoa, my apologies - I misread your post and didn't notice that you managed to place another flag. OK, in that case it is pretty strange. I think both definitions of chording are around, I've heard both :-D |
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May 28th 2007 at 11:39:47 AM |
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Michael |
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That's why I posted about it here, I was wondering if anyone had previously found it and the legality issues it creates had been discussed. The good news is, it's only happened a few times, completely be accident, and I've since tried to get it work on purpose and failed. So as far as I'm concerned, it offers me no help. On the downside, if anyone can find a way of perfecting it (maybe it's easier with certain types of mouse) then there won't be an easy way to detect it. |
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May 28th 2007 at 10:44:25 AM |
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Elmar |
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nope, that's not the same thing. And you're right about those definitions (as opposed to Thomas). ![]() Placing two flags with one right click shouldn't be possible. I'd reckon it's not legitimate to take advantage of that (by genereal opinion). |
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May 28th 2007 at 10:39:21 AM |
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Michael |
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Hmm. According to the dictionary section of this site, 1.5 clicking is "chording, with the right button already depressed from placing a flag." I've known about this for a while, just haven't implemented it until the last couple of days. What I'm talking about now is that after 1.5 clicking (according to the above definition), with the right button still depressed, I can then make another flag. Well, sometimes. Surely that isn't the same thing? |
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May 28th 2007 at 09:54:11 AM |
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Thomas |
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![]() Yes, it should give you an enourmous boost ![]() Michael, you have just found something just about every bestever player uses I believe - what you found is known as 1.5clicking and is the actual meaning of chording, as far as I know doubleclicking while moving both mouse buttons doesn't count as chording. Knowing that, you should be able to beat 60 pretty fast ![]() It works because you place a flag when you press the right mouse button (not when you release it), and because a doubleclick is produced whenever any of the two mouse buttons is released while another is pressed - in theory you can hold down the left mouse button and repeatedly right-click as well, but that isn't practical because squares open when you release the left mouse button over them, meaning that you can't reuse clicks in the same way. Well, good luck practising chording! |
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May 28th 2007 at 08:47:30 AM |
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Michael |
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I've just discovered something weird. As part of my instinct-crushing regime, I've been practicing the method of chording without releasing the right button after flagging. Then I noticed that sometimes I could flag, chord, and then, with the right button still held down from the first click, flag another mine. All with one click of the right button. It must be something to do with the internal mechanism of the mouse believing the button has been unclicked and then clicked, when actually it has only been slightly released by accident. I can't do it on command yet, but if I can master it that should be a massive boost. Anyone else found this? Or is it just a fault of my mouse? |
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May 27th 2007 at 01:37:10 PM |
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joni |
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Personally i think estimates are meaningless the way they are now... because the 3BV is distributed very un-uniformly across the board. Unfortunately the solution is not that simple steve. For the estimates are not exactly biased towards a lower time. There are many cases the estimates show unrealistically high times, (if you have cleared the lower-3bv part of a board first, or if you have had the tough part at the beginning and it's flowing until the end), obviously people tend to notice the lower ests, and not much has been done to improve it because i guess everybody likes to feel he's going faster than he really is ![]() |
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May 27th 2007 at 01:22:11 PM |
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Thomas |
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I don't think that makes sense to be honest, its too different from player to player according to style - just remember that the longer you play, the more accurate an estimate can be, and that you usually get worse throughout the game (on average). I guess it is probably possible to record est times in certain periods of the game and to compare them to time when done on completed games though and keep a statistic for every player individually, somewhere in the hist file. Problem is, styles change, and what might be accurate at one point in a players career might not be later on. So maybe make recent games count more for that. Some kind of golfer handicap for minesweeper might be interesting as well - take all the games in the last two weeks, kick out the best/worst 5%, average that out or whatever :D |
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May 27th 2007 at 01:13:26 PM |
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Steve Marlow |
Best expert: |
76 |
Best intermediate: |
21 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
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Good point Bertie, I've noticed that happen a lot (esp if you die on your 2nd click!). I think something in clone to account for this might help - if they draw a graph of how your 3BV/sec drops off as you stumble across situations throughout the game, and then uses that curve (which obviously would drop with time) to increase the final time estimate accordingly. |
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May 27th 2007 at 12:06:27 PM |
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Muhammad Adnan Hanif |
Best expert: |
37 |
Best beginner: |
3 |
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i was amazed when i saw that i finished the game in 37 sec. what is the way to be a part of the records and participate in competitions Also is there special rule for playing games for record???? |
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May 27th 2007 at 11:58:36 AM |
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Banzhaf |
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well, since I had finished 3/4 of the game and regarding the huge gap between estimated time and current record it would have been at least a new record, possibly with many seconds improved.. Oh well. |
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May 27th 2007 at 11:50:26 AM |
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Michael |
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I once had an estimate of 19. I was only one click into the game, and it didn't even open anything up, so why it gave that I don't know. Also, forgot to mention, after I slowed down, I quickly broke my efficieny rating. :) 0.8 something now, from from a poor 0.7 |
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May 27th 2007 at 11:16:07 AM |
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Bertie |
Best expert: |
53 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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I had an estimated 38 on expert today!!! Granted, I was only 7 secs into the game, but I was going well at 4.29 3bv/s ![]() Oh well. |
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May 27th 2007 at 11:03:30 AM |
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Curtis |
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@Elmar: Sometimes it's easy to prove that no solutions can exist, for example with DORF you could see that it would have no solutions by examining it modulo 6. However, with DORK it actually does have the solution (-1,-1), and no other small solutions at least. |
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May 27th 2007 at 07:51:41 AM |
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Name: |
Rilian |
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NO Z |
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May 27th 2007 at 06:19:54 AM |
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Banzhaf |
Best expert: |
67 |
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arrrgh just had a 100/134 est 56 blast 5min later the next possible record and I don't find the last square woooo |
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May 27th 2007 at 05:09:14 AM |
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Elmar |
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@Curtis: Ok, but to get back to the original problem. How do you reduce: T*x^5+H*x^4+O*x^3+M*x^2+A*x+S=D*y^3+O*y^2+R*y+K to pell's equation (x^2-ny^2=1) ? ![]() |
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May 27th 2007 at 04:38:28 AM |
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very nice site |
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May 27th 2007 at 01:53:23 AM |
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Name: |
AreOut |
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Interesting how spammers dont show up when these threads are going on ![]() |
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May 27th 2007 at 12:44:49 AM |
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joni |
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H.ell yeah Nikolaj, we're in the same boat there, i have lost the thread of this a couple of pages ago ![]() ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 10:59:07 PM |
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Nikolaj |
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Guys, you are even more weird than we "ordinary" sweepers without any math knowledge ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 08:05:57 PM |
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Curtis |
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Nice work on the articles section, Damien! I browsed through them and they seem pretty interesting. The "Explorations" paper seems a little sloppy though; omega notation doesn't tell you about the running time of any finite input size... and after defining NP-complete it says "we say that B reduces to A". NO! That should be A reduces to B. I've also been interested in writing something, probably either about the formula for estimating board cycle periods, or how the PRNG works internally. However, I'm afraid it I wrote it up in detail it would be too technical. Maybe it would just be best if I answered any questions here? Thomas: Your problem boils down to solving Diophantine equations (i.e., in integers). As you noted, there are no solutions in the trivial case of two non-equal single character strings. In the case when you have two-character strings, you need to solve a linear Diophantine equation. A solution exists if and only if the greatest common divisor of the first two characters divides the difference of the last two characters, and if a solution exists there will be an infinite number of solutions. For example, given C8 and 92, there are solutions (13,18),(16,22),(19,26),... but there are no solutions to C8 and 93. For a higher-order example, given 100 and 201 you can form what's known as Pell's equation, which can be solved to give an infinite number of solutions (3,2),(17,12),(99,70),... As a final point, a finite number of solutions is also possible, for example, try and check that 107 and 130 only have solution (9,8). |
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May 26th 2007 at 04:06:03 PM |
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Knolan |
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42 is the answer |
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May 26th 2007 at 03:31:41 PM |
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Elmar |
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maybe a small riddle for warm up, Thomas... If only you and dead people can read hex, how many people can read hex? |
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May 26th 2007 at 03:07:55 PM |
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Thomas |
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well, thats not exactly what I was trying to prove - I wanted to prove that you can always find a tuple of natural numbers (m,n) to use as bases while both strings are given. The infinite amount of tuples was meant to be applied to an infinite amount of (m,n) tuples. Wont work for one decimal place for sure though as far as I can see. Hm, maybe use induction (or whatever its called in english) to prove that if it doesn't work for n decimal places it won't work for n+1? ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 12:28:53 PM |
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Bertie |
Best expert: |
53 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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Interresting puzzle. My bet is on no, but if it is yes ( that for every m there exists an n ...) then there would have to be an infinite number of such pairs. Consider a number close enough to infinity. I'm not in the mood for real analisis though, so I could be wrong. I think the best place to start would be to look for an example of a case where it isn't true. Anyway, I found out yesterday that I actually have a fan! One of my acquaintances told me about one of his friends having my newspaper article pinned to his noticeboard as motivation. Kinda scary, I know, but also kinda cool. @Damien: Great stuff on the math papers. I'm sure Tommy will agree that this could get interresting. I don't know whether any of you know, but minesweeper was once featured on numb3rs. It showed prof. Charlie Epps playing at world record pace! I was impressed by this realistic perfoemance ![]() Anyway, cheers. |
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May 26th 2007 at 11:48:11 AM |
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Thomas |
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May 26th 2007 at 10:05:13 AM |
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Elmar |
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One additional constraint, the order must be the same in both bases, so that one is merely an extension of the other. i.e. you can't have: m:1,2,3,4,5,6 n:2,1,4,9,8 I will also accept a stringent proof that it is impossible to find two such bases. Go nuts! ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 09:43:34 AM |
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Thomas |
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Hm, that would be an interesting mathematical problem - Analyze whether or not a tuple (m,n) of natural numbers always exists so that, given that s and t are character strings, s as a representation of a number in base m has the same value as t as a such representation in base n. Also interesting, if such a tuple always exists, does an infinite number of such tuples exist? Might actually be trivial, haven't thought about it yet :-P |
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May 26th 2007 at 09:27:57 AM |
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Michael |
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I wish I'd never asked.... ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 09:22:08 AM |
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Elmar |
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Thomas, I will accept any non-trivial solution. ![]() Remember I said I wasnt even sure about the base37. ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 09:05:37 AM |
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Thomas |
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doesn't a greek alphabet exist (even if it's a kyrillic script)? Something else that would be possible is to use one letter and add the index in subscript, for example x(204)x(1)x(n) (not subscripted) - the set of natural numbers is infinite. Problem is, what base do you use there? :D |
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May 26th 2007 at 08:56:49 AM |
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joni |
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no need to invent inexisting alphabets ![]() If that doesn't work you might try the hungarian (42 letters if i remember right from a discussion with gergely) where you even get some spare letters you can use as subtitutes ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 08:26:43 AM |
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Elmar |
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From what base? Figure it out! ![]() Just start adding greek letters for example. ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 08:21:55 AM |
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Thomas |
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converting thomas from what base? ![]() On another note, what do you do if you have more extra digits than characters in the alphabet? 37 has exactly one extra ![]() Sorry @ michael, I misread what you wrote - I thought you meant that you played expert exclusively since you knew that you needed all levels. I agree though, exp is the one and only ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 06:59:03 AM |
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Elmar |
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I think Thomas in Base 37 is Dork. Not sure though. ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 06:34:30 AM |
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Michael |
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Maybe I'm typing strange words...I didn't go to sleep last night and I'm not too sharp at the moment. What I meant was, before I downloaded the clone I played *only* expert, nothing much else. I just played the others to get a record on the board really, then went for expert, as I thought the others were too easy to solve. Then I found the rankings, realised that intermediate and beginner counted as well, downloaded the clone and started playing them. This could account for my rapid growth in intermediate and beginner compared to expert. My times in XP minesweeper were 4, 24, and 63. 63 is still my best expert time, whereas I've now got a 2.5 in beginner (with dozens of 3s) and a 16 in intermediate (with 11 sub-20s now). In fact I hit 20 on the first day I downloaded the clone, in March. Also my best int time is a non-flagger. My best flagging time is 18.5 (or something like that) which is probably the game I'm proudest of, because it was a 3BV of 50, and I think it's the only game in which I've got the flagging balance just right. It got me my best RQP and IOS, but I think I've beaten them since. |
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May 26th 2007 at 05:59:05 AM |
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Thomas |
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NP ;-) well, base ten is the system we usually use - we have digits from 0-9, and higher numbers are represented with higher digits. in theory, it is possible to use other bases, such as base two - here you have only ones and zeroes, computers use base two because it is easier to represent numbers with electric circuits that way (either on or off, power or no power). counting in base 2 looks like this: 0,1,10,11,100,101,110,111,1000 in base three: 0,1,2,10,11,12,20,21,22,100 in base 9: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,...,18,20,...,88,100 60(base ten) is represented by 66 in base 9, and by 55 in base 11. What I was trying to tell you was that 60 is a number just like any other, no need to turn it into something to fear ;-) 48 is pretty high for a rec, I'm pretty glad I beat my previus 14s now :-D ;-) You should be able to get 14 relatively quickly. Hm, remembering that you kinda implied that you dont play expert often earlier, does that mean you're an int fanatic? |
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May 26th 2007 at 05:28:51 AM |
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Michael |
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Oh, one more thing - I have no idea what you mean by "base 9" and so on. I think that piece of lingo has passed me by. |
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May 26th 2007 at 05:25:47 AM |
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Michael |
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Thanks for that - helpful stuff. Your point about cutting out the instincts is good, I think I've got into some bad habits. I imagined a similar thing when I mentioned rebuilding my game - my plan was to take each situation very slowly and work out what would logically be the quickest way to play it, rather than just working out a solution. I've just played a few games in the manner you suggested, and it's pretty encouraging - low 70s and a few that could have been high 60s if I hadn't messed up, and I was going really slowly. Cheers for the advice. (With the mental block, probably didn't help that I'd told myself that I'd submit my scores once I beat the minute barrier....) Also, forgot to mention that the 16 I got earlier was on a board of 48 3BV! Weird for me, my previous best of 17 was on a board of 37. I hadn't expected to get a high score with that kind of 3BV, although it was a helpful 48, if you see what I mean. |
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May 26th 2007 at 03:47:05 AM |
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Thomas |
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I forgot, nice on the 16 ;-) ![]() |
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May 26th 2007 at 03:45:22 AM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best expert: |
46,96 |
Best intermediate: |
12,00 |
Best beginner: |
2,44 |
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Michael, 60 is just a number. In base 10 it is 60, in base 9 it is 66 (I think) and in base 11 it is 55. Don't think about minute barriers, just play, improve and, at some point, improve your score to sub66 base 9. Seriously, I think that taking a certain "barrier" too seriously before you break it just increases the pressure. Take the pressure off and just play. And when you've broken the minute barrier, let that motivate you ;-) Also, to help your overflagging, slow down. Play at exactly the speed where you can still control everything you do. If you click somewhere without considering it, you're too fast. Lock out your instincts and get into a better game style - then try to apply it. Actually, when I did this for the first time, I discovered that I was about as fast as usual (maybe a bit slower), because my efficiency skyrocketed. Hope that helped - good luck! VC=FFFE, lol |
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May 26th 2007 at 03:05:28 AM |
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Michael |
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Just after posting that last message I beat my intermediate record - from 17.196 to 16.398. And just after that I had another board that I'm sure I would've got another new record on, but I messed up. I replayed it in UPK, and got 15, then a couple more times and got 13. I'll get there eventually. Also, nice site there Zhang. Still surprised that there aren't more really good players in China though, given the amount of people there. |
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May 26th 2007 at 02:26:36 AM |
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Zhang Shen Jia |
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you can look for China Minesweeper in my site: http://www.saolei.net/Main/Index.asp?language=english The Authoritative Minesweeper Site In China ! |
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May 26th 2007 at 01:35:34 AM |
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Michael Dunlop |
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Jason - thanks for the advice, I'll give it a go. To be honest I'm struggling to get under 70 at the moment. My best is 63, although I have no proof as it was on XP minesweeper, before I got the clone. My best since getting the clone is only 65. I feel that I should have beaten the minute barrier by now though, given that I played expert level pretty much exclusively until I discovered that the world rankings required all three levels. I definitely need to improve on my flagging style; it seems that I can only flag way too much or nothing at all, I can't balance the two. I'm thinking about going back to the drawing board and rebuilding my game completely, like Tiger Woods. Zhang - ni hao :) There must be more than two sub-50 players in China, surely? Maybe there are some Chinese minesweeper sites with a few stashed away. |
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May 26th 2007 at 01:06:52 AM |
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Zhang Shen Jia |
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Notice: a new China sub50 player !! Li Feng (Kith.Kanan) got a 48.18 game in 132 board. now he is the 2nd China sub50 player !!! congrats to him! |
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May 25th 2007 at 01:49:01 PM |
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Jason K. |
Best expert: |
57 |
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I was stuck on the minute barrier for quite a while, and started doubting whether or not I could do it. So I played some w/ 3bv<140 and got 2 or 3 games under 60. Not only is it good practice for handling low 3bv boards w/o flagging, it can be a big confidence boost knowing that it's possible. Good luck! ![]() |
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May 25th 2007 at 09:41:54 AM |
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Michael Dunlop |
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You know, my best beginner time once went from 3.805 to 3.804. I was thrilled with the improvement. I've been doing pretty well on intermediate recently, by my own standards. I managed 5 sub-20s yesterday, which was good considering that I only had 5 of them ever prior to that. Still can't beat the minute barrier on expert though. I don't know why. Any general hints? |
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May 25th 2007 at 09:14:31 AM |
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Name: |
Knolan |
Best expert: |
3,340 -> 3,353 -> 3,374 3bv/s |
Comments: |
What a BiG jump ! ![]() |
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May 24th 2007 at 07:46:59 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
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Guess who I just talked to......Richard Kaye. He is going to make specially marked copies of his "Minesweeper Configurations" and "Infinite Minesweeper is Turing Complete" papers for the site. (He's just adding copyright disclaimers). They'll be on the site in a week or two, after he finishes marking exam papers. In case you don't know, he discovered that Minesweeper is NP-complete back in 2000 (unfortuantely the original paper is not available due to copyright restrictions) I've started collecting minesweeper papers at www.minesweeper.info/articles...there should be about 8 published papers in the Math section by the first week in June. |
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May 23rd 2007 at 05:08:58 PM |
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Name: |
Rilian |
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in case i forgot to say previously, i blame DB too |
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May 23rd 2007 at 05:03:43 PM |
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Name: |
Rilian |
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lmao, Tommy! way to return to integer scores ![]() ![]() @Tibor: indeed ![]() @all: anyone has linkedIN.com profile? email me |
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May 22nd 2007 at 08:35:06 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
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i just finished 5 exp games in 4 min 35 s ;-) 2x47 49 52 56(and a lc 54 ~ 1 minute later) new personal record ;-) mfg |
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May 22nd 2007 at 07:21:14 AM |
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Name: |
KAmil |
Comments: |
cool... 31 3bv board and I almost got 11s intemediate ![]() ![]() |
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May 22nd 2007 at 05:13:01 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Best expert: |
Google Minesweeper Trends |
Comments: |
Google Trends shows the percentage of searches that were for Minesweeper in the last four years. (Unfortunately, Minesweeper is not getting more popular as a % of searches, but Trends does not show total numbers, so it is almost definitely increasing). The funny part....almost all the cities with the highest ratio of searches for Minesweeper are from Canada! The country with the best ratio of seaching is Singapore! The language with the highest ratio looking for Minesweeper is Estonian! |
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May 22nd 2007 at 12:53:05 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
i would kill to see that video! (i set up a vid folder if you want one...if i didn't give you the log-in already, joni can make you one also). |
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May 21st 2007 at 09:39:57 PM |
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Name: |
Jake |
Best expert: |
AR 43 or 46 or I can't remember |
Best intermediate: |
AR 12 |
Comments: |
whoa I finished 3 exp games in 3 minutes? I can't remember either. I blame DB. Jarjar quit stalking me; it is unmanly. verification VRX4, just like it always is. |
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May 21st 2007 at 08:12:36 PM |
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Name: |
Arjádre |
Best expert: |
AR 60x2 |
Best intermediate: |
AR 15 |
Comments: |
Managed to get my second best RQPs on both int (15@45 NF, 5.292 RQP) and expert (60@161, 22.056 RQP) this past weekend. The game Jake seems to be referring to: [01:58:40] * Badgers last exp game-->Est Time=47,72 3BV= 221 / 221 @ 4,73 RQP=10,08 c/s=8,02 IOE=0,58 ... ![]() |
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May 21st 2007 at 04:51:35 PM |
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Name: |
Daniel Brim |
Best expert: |
AR 60 |
Best intermediate: |
AR 20 |
Comments: |
Ooh, manly AR. Congrats to everybody with records, especially Kolar and Ralph! It was a long time coming for both of you. I had a decent sweeping session this morning, and another this afternoon. This morning was all exp, and I ended up with three sub65s, including a 60 on a 142. While I'm still not quite up to form as when I was last winter break, I'm getting closer and improving with either session. This afternoon, I nearly pulled a Kolar. Estimated 12, 30/36. Ouch. |
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May 21st 2007 at 01:53:31 PM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Comments: |
wow, amazing damien, when will u get that 10 ? ;-) grats @ all mfg |
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May 21st 2007 at 04:21:59 AM |
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Name: |
Christoph |
Comments: |
grats Damien, Ralph, Tom and all the others who played exeptionally well these days. Just to mention: you can also upload your vids to minesweeper.cc (and even drop comments on them there) - well, Ralph, you'd need to get a minesweeper.cc password for that |
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May 21st 2007 at 04:10:02 AM |
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Name: |
Ralph Eyre-Walker |
Best intermediate: |
17.16 --> 15.555!!! |
Comments: |
AT LAST!!! Finally broken my syndrome - after 9 17s I've just skipped the 16s and gone straight to 15.... nice!! ![]() ![]() Damien, can you update my score? Thanks. Video link below. |
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May 21st 2007 at 01:22:56 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
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Got an 11 on a 37 last night....#5. I'll eventually get the vid up when I update my profile. |
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May 20th 2007 at 06:38:00 PM |
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Name: |
Jake |
Best expert: |
4.5 3bv/s??? |
Comments: |
grats kolar!! I think I got some great 3bv/s board the other day... but I was half asleep and I was playing only to fudge with DB and he wasn't listening because he was busy fudging pigs ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() bah. |
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May 20th 2007 at 04:54:52 PM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
Comments: |
GG Knolan ![]() |
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May 20th 2007 at 04:36:42 PM |
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Name: |
Knolan |
Best beginner: |
6.1x -> 6.511 3bv/s |
Comments: |
I was peacefully doing my beginner board before sleeping ... suddenly a 37 3bv with 1 opening :D 6.683 sec - 6.511 3bv/s - 1.121 IOE Good night ! |
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May 20th 2007 at 09:33:40 AM |
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Name: |
KAmil |
Best intermediate: |
14s NF |
Comments: |
15s NF >> 14s ![]() |
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May 20th 2007 at 09:16:23 AM |
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Name: |
Tam Minh Bui |
Comments: |
Shaving one more second off of your total time will allow you to finally breach into the absolute minute barrier, much grats Thomas! ![]() |
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May 20th 2007 at 07:02:20 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Best expert: |
Site Updated |
Comments: |
I updated the site today....I am trying to update every Sunday. Nice Thomas, Manuel |
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May 20th 2007 at 05:26:14 AM |
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Name: |
Tibor |
Best intermediate: |
21 |
Comments: |
@elmar: 3bv=30 3bv/s=2,72 @tomas:congratulations!!! p.s. what a nice software is arbiter! |
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May 20th 2007 at 04:55:16 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
@Thomas: Nice, what was the 3bv? @Damien: I linked a picture you can use (if you can access the link.) ![]() |
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May 20th 2007 at 04:28:23 AM |
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Name: |
WP |
Comments: |
Haha nice one, Damien, if I manage a more "personalised" one I'll send it to you ;P Maybe my own legs will do the trick lol Congrats Thomas! Just don't look at the decimals... |
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May 19th 2007 at 09:16:58 PM |
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Name: |
Thomas |
Best intermediate: |
14,65-->12... |
Comments: |
... point 00. no shít. I'm on a math olympics training camp, and I woke up this morning with a cold. I didnt feel well, so I lay down again, and then I fell asleep at 11PM. I woke up at 4 AM, and realized that I had kinda messed up my day/night rythm. I therefore decided not to go to bed and try to stay awake till 8-9 PM the following evening - I don't sleep easily and I still felt extremely awake at half past two in the morning. As there is a computer with a fairly good mouse here I decided to sweep - I had downloaded arbiter already, and so I started playing. I got a couple of relatively good expert estimates (est45 108/133 among them) but didnt finish fast exp games. I switched to int at one point, and played a couple of pretty mediocre games (couple of secs sup20 on medium 3bvs), but then I got into a rythm. And then this absofúckinglutely ludicrously easy babydreamboard came along - luckily, I didn't realize what I was dealing with. When I was finished, I got the highscore popup and thought that the game could have been a 15 or maybe a 14 - I did not suspect, however, that the timer would be at precisely 12 seconds. Which it was. The video is linked as "website". |
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May 19th 2007 at 05:06:43 PM |
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Name: |
Jason K. |
Best expert: |
57-->57 x 2 |
Comments: |
Second sub-60 for me, not very pretty but I'll take it. |
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May 19th 2007 at 04:12:53 PM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Best expert: |
4.12x -->> 4.185 |
Comments: |
Last game: 57.154sec - 3BV=235 - 3BV/s=4.185 - level=exp *flagging* - Ranks: 888/1 - IOE=0.81 - RQP=13.657 after LCing a 3.99 it makes me happy ;-) its my 3rd sup4 .... mfg |
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May 19th 2007 at 11:39:25 AM |
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Name: |
Ace |
Best expert: |
47 |
Best intermediate: |
12 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
Comments: |
Haha nice job Damien, but don't worry I have a nice one to send you now. I'll do it right after this post. Oh and btw, I'm using the clone. ;) |
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May 19th 2007 at 11:06:00 AM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
some people have not sent pics for their profiles....so i made some for them! check out the link. ![]() |
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May 19th 2007 at 07:56:55 AM |
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Name: |
KAmil |
Best expert: |
72s NF |
Comments: |
72s NF on 174 3bv board ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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May 19th 2007 at 06:55:46 AM |
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Name: |
Elmar |
Comments: |
http://rilian.info/files/ms_arbiter_0_46_2.zip |
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May 18th 2007 at 08:23:13 PM |
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Name: |
Matt Haywood |
Comments: |
Hey, does anyone know the place I can download Minesweeper Arbiter? |
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May 18th 2007 at 02:03:28 AM |
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Name: |
Christoph |
Comments: |
A lot of interesting ideas were brought to me during the last days who the AR could be enhanced. There was some discussion going on but in the end I opened my mind for the most obvious solution: Leave it as it is for the rest of 2007. The time was just too short to find a proper better one. So, yes, there will be penalties from the upcoming period on. Since it's the first period with penalties I'm sure that there will appear some bugs (as they always do in the very last moment) so expect the AR to be an hour or two late this evening. |
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May 17th 2007 at 02:15:21 PM |
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Name: |
manuel |
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i will not have time to play during the next ar except saturday and sunday, so yes, im a poor guy :) |
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May 17th 2007 at 12:03:22 PM |
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Name: |
damien |
Comments: |
poor manu....if you had waited until tomorrow you could have 43 for three AR in a row.... ![]() |
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May 17th 2007 at 06:23:02 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Best expert: |
43 x2 -->> 43 x 3 |
Comments: |
sorry for double post :/ Last game: 43.956sec - 3BV=145 - 3BV/s=3.376 - level=exp *flagging* - Ranks: 3/270 - IOE=0.668 - RQP=13.02 |
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May 17th 2007 at 06:09:08 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Comments: |
i got a new rqp record ;-) Last game: 45.693sec - 3BV=165 - 3BV/s=3.692 - level=exp *flagging* - Ranks: 7/46 - IOE=0.717 - RQP=12.376 mfg |
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May 16th 2007 at 12:42:08 PM |
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Name: |
Jake |
Comments: |
ooh I want the arbiter source code. I'll grep for "q" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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May 16th 2007 at 12:35:09 PM |
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Name: |
Rilian |
Best expert: |
69 |
Best intermediate: |
almost 17 |
Best beginner: |
1 |
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Thanks Thomas for announcing my new site rilian.info ! you may find several of my projects under Projects page: Minesweeper Arbiter IQ Hall of Fame game 2D RTS engine (demo) i am busy with diploma at the moment, and i will update site after i finish this stuff --- also, who wants to get Arbiter source code, contact me |
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May 16th 2007 at 11:53:44 AM |
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Name: |
KAMil |
Comments: |
beg 5,540 3bv/s ![]() |
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May 16th 2007 at 11:16:21 AM |
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Name: |
Tjips (Bertie) |
Best expert: |
53 |
Best intermediate: |
16 |
Best beginner: |
2 |
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Hey all, I hit my NF inter best yesterday (I think) with an 18. I know, not stellar, but still cool. I'm changing my style at the moment. I've started taking the cts threat seriously, so I'm not putting my wrist on the table anymore. It's quite an adjustment! So I'm gonna be playing NF for a bit, just to get used to the idea. ![]() |
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May 16th 2007 at 09:42:58 AM |
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Name: |
manuel heider |
Comments: |
did my 100th sub50 game today ;-) and blasted a 127/135 what could have been 42 :/ mfg |
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