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Jun 25th 2008 at 03:59:57 PM
Name:  

Elmar

Comments:  

Fiiiiiinaaaaaaaleeeeeee !!!

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 03:05:50 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Hi guys, there probably will not be an update this week. After installing AVG, I immediately got multiple virus infections, task manager is disabled, removing/installing programs does not work, the CPU runs at 100% and system restore no longer works. I will shop for a new computer this weekend, and try to find a copy of Access (it costs £520, can't afford that - does anyone own a disk?). After getting a new comp, if I can't continue using Access, perhaps it is time to finally get the rankings purely online. I was hoping to avoid going Vista, let you guys know what happens. (Btw, the data is safe, I back it up every few weeks and the computer drive should still be accessible).

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 11:24:39 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

huh weird... didn't even work during "preview"

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 11:22:41 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

btw this new flashy version not only sucks at loading but now also at umlauts...
ae = ä, oe = ö, aa = å, ë‹, ç

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 11:18:40 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

Gergö ... the answer is simple... a fellow sweeper apparently from Seattle tried to download your beginner game, and managed to click on it 100 times in 3 minutes (probably his browser went mad or something) no bugs on the video script this time at least =).

the counter is incremented when the download is started (i.e. when the link is clicked upon) It would be way too complicated and a waste of resources to actually keep track of the download till it finishes and then increment the counter.

Hope that helps to calm your soul

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 09:00:17 AM
Name:  

tK

Comments:  

@Ronny your account is activated and I disabled admin activation, I don't know why I switched that on in the first place, probably from paranoia when I set up the forum and didn't want anyone to be able to register and post _yet_.
But now everyone can activate his account himself, so no problems registering.

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Jun 25th 2008 at 08:46:45 AM
Name:  

Jon S

Best expert:  

51

Comments:  

Congrats to Ronny and other recent record breakers

I uploaded a couple of my latest expert videos, including 51 seconds from yesterday. I think I'll manage a sub-50 this summer.

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 06:28:49 AM
Name:  

Gergõ

Comments:  

I found that my beg nf 3,46 has totally 106 downloads. I can hardly imagine that so many people would like to enjoy my last October's record (I have at least six 2 seconds already). What's more, it is in my NF folder, and in my records folder, as well, and in the 'records' folder it has only 3 downloads (this would be the acceptable number...). Do you know the reason of this phenomenon?

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 05:36:57 AM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

@Ronny: Heh, I forgot about that, but still - it only takes *you* two seconds to register. Then it takes the moderator however long they feel. Perhaps it is unnecessary, I'm not sure. It is something of a barrier to free discussion. Tommy, maybe it could be taken off for a while and see if anything negative comes of it? I dunno, I have no experience of running a site.

@joni: Old forum? I'm not sure what you mean - this guestbook? Minesweeper planet? Or is there something on minesweeper.cc? If you mean something else, I don't know it. I'd say the new forum has advantages over all of them.

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 04:05:52 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Micheal: 2 seconds aint exactly true. I've registered, but still waiting for an moderator to activate the account. I personally find that annoying and unnecessary.

   
Jun 25th 2008 at 12:41:03 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

can you please explain why the NEW forum is better than the OLD forum Michael?
i agree the discussion on the statute is what has been needed, YES! (maybe you mean forum as latin word not the software thing)

   
Jun 24th 2008 at 05:28:23 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

The new forum is exactly what has been needed. With just a few more people I think we can get somewhere. It takes 2 seconds to register.

   
Jun 24th 2008 at 02:38:37 PM
Name:  

tK

Comments:  

@Ronny, I think thats a shame, I would have loved to have you in the discussion.
I'll reply in the forum - for the exact reason I think that having a forum is important: Nobody will find what we write now later (unless he really wants to find it or accidentally stumbles over it), but if we want to see the whole discussion in, say, three years, we will need the information concentrated somewhere, it would be lost here.

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Jun 24th 2008 at 01:57:29 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@tk: I've read some of the issues on the forum. The most important issue I feel is the ranking. I don't see the point in starting a complete new ranking. Most people on the old lists worked hard for their records and still deserve their name on the official IMC list. (I would love to see my records still on the list in 10 years time as well, even if my proof will be lost in time). Sure not all records on Damiens ranking can be verified any more, but removing hundreds of valid records to remove a couple of cheats sounds stupid (honor the legits, ignore the cheats). I rather see myself being #600 of the world, knowing it might be #550 without cheats, then being #200 of the world knowing that there are over 400 players that beat my score as well, but aren't listed due to rule changes. My opinion: the more old names listed the merrier and only apply the new strict rules to all new world ranked scores..

BTW, sorry for being to lazy and register at the forum

   
Jun 23rd 2008 at 08:17:42 AM
Name:  

tK

Comments:  

Hey everyone,
I know I've posted this before, but the IMC has a new forum - located at imc.martinpre.net / linked below - and we are trying to write statutes that define how the IMC works, and how our work is documented so that we don't have a debate like the one between christoph and damien (it wouldn't have been possible if there would have been a clearly documented decision with proper definitions regarding a certain topic, no matter who was right).

So, we are trying to write down how we are going to do things - but in order to do that, we need to know WHAT we are going to try to do.

And deciding that is in the hands of the community.
A couple of people have posted, but there are also many people that posted sth on the GB once and have not posted in the forum yet.

I this is supposed to go in the right direction, we need your input. I saw great ideas out there, and I would really appreciate also having them in the forum.

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Jun 23rd 2008 at 02:40:04 AM
Name:  

Kat

Comments:  

GRATS MAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you won the race i am such a bad loser!

   
Jun 23rd 2008 at 02:38:11 AM
Name:  

Kat

Comments:  

....and....

   
Jun 23rd 2008 at 01:19:37 AM
Name:  

Kat

Comments:  

OH GET ****ED! 9 months and well over 80 sub70s and still nothing under ******* 61. minesweeper can kiss my ******* ass!

   
Jun 23rd 2008 at 12:39:25 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Gergõ: Welcome back and very nice 3BVs, congrats.

I still think I'll retire now. Only thing I'm not sure of yet is how I'm gonna fill in all the extra hours of free time to make it easier to resist playing minesweeper. (Best way to quit an addiction is to start another one)


Attached you'll find a video compilation of my time records with music and stuff.

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Jun 23rd 2008 at 12:01:01 AM
Name:  

Gergõ

Comments:  

@Ronny: Big grats !!! Please, do not retire! Pleeeeeaaaaseee
@all: I returned. I fulfilled the concert, and became a fellow of a Hhungarian metal webzine. This weekend was the first period to play since a month, and two great games were born. I made a 20 on int NF (11. time), and a fantastic expert game. I made a 74,712 on a 171 board! It was an IOS record, second time, and very first 3BV/s, a 2,320! My previous 3BV/s record was 2,121... Disregarding that 67, I have 2+16+74=92.

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Jun 22nd 2008 at 01:46:38 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Best expert:  

NF 79 (3x) / FL 74 -> NF 70,822 (3BV=131) :D

Comments:  



My long waited NF time jump forward on expert. FINALLY

My new dutch total: 2,377 + 16,467 + 70,882 = 88

I've always promised myself I would retire when getting a NF score like this one. So tonight I'll sleep on it to decide if this will be my goodbye from playing minesweeper.

Vid linked

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Jun 22nd 2008 at 12:26:50 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Rankings Updated.


Not a lot of news this week. I added another 150 Chinese clone videos (now that I can watch them) and I am half way done adding the players Detrusor gave permission to copy (there are some problems finding videos and dates). Probably spent too much time watching Euro2008!

   
Jun 21st 2008 at 05:53:26 PM
Name:  

Zhang Shen Jia

Comments:  

@damien:
Sub40 2008 Jun 05 Fritz Loehr is the 4th German to sub50 with a 49.13 (3bv=117). i just got my 1st sub50 on exp /me exp game --> Time: 49,13

Sub40?Sub50?

   
Jun 21st 2008 at 04:39:18 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

nice manu! (btw kamil, you have 10x4 clone and 10x1 msx right?)

very annoying day today. first game was a 47, then i last clicked a 46 (138) and a 49 (176), and i 2nd last clicked a 48 (153) and a 49 (150).

   
Jun 21st 2008 at 01:19:41 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Just made my 6th sup 4,9 NF: 65 in 14,2 @ 4,924
Tomorrow morning Im going for about 3 weeks holiday and probably I wont be able to play

   
Jun 21st 2008 at 09:26:14 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best intermediate:  

10x10

Comments:  

@Manu: nice, but I still have 2,5x more 10 than u

   
Jun 21st 2008 at 03:33:55 AM
Name:  

manuel heider

Best intermediate:  

10x3 -> 10 x4

Comments:  

Last game: 10.88sec - 3BV=35 - 3BV/s=3.543 - level=int *flagging* - Ranks: 3/8039 - IOE=0.814 - RQP=3.071

erm, out of nowhere, nice board.... ;-)
mfg

   
Jun 20th 2008 at 04:31:07 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

grats Cryslon ... now it's only Kat left ...

sequel? no chance... i'm not american (and i prefer european filmmaking).

@all (and especially DB): the irc channel has moved to a new server (because the previous one was finally shut down by its owners). the new address is:
/server irc.newnet.net
/join #minesweeper

Have a nice midsummer!! (or midwinter for kat and the other southeners )

   
Jun 20th 2008 at 10:03:32 AM
Name:  

Maksim Bashov

Best expert:  

58 (57.43)

Best intermediate:  

16 (15.15)

Best beginner:  

1 (0.56)

Comments:  

Hello fellow sweepers! I've just broken the minute barrier...

Think that i should post it here, maybe Joni will include the date of this memorable event in Unincluded Features sequel.


Happy sweeping!

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Jun 19th 2008 at 01:38:20 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Best expert:  

NF 44

Comments:  

Just made 45,186 NF on 150, again beating Rogen's 45,941 in my fodler

   
Jun 19th 2008 at 11:03:30 AM
Name:  

language nazi

Comments:  

you're a genius kamil!!! it takes some talent to manage to contradict yourself in only 4 words

/joni

really nice game Aris... it would have probably taken a bit longer than 55 with that ending... but it really sucks losing like that . luck on your next record

   
Jun 19th 2008 at 08:26:32 AM
Name:  

Aris

Best expert:  

59

Comments:  

just made my biggest blast ever!!!127/134 3bv wtih timer on 53,est55 .stupid mistake.......... .of course in my folder

   
Jun 19th 2008 at 07:33:31 AM
Name:  

KAMIL

Comments:  

I DONT MAKE MISTAKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   
Jun 19th 2008 at 02:57:29 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@KAmil: Manuel Heider finished 1000 Intermediate games in 11h 11m, so if you only finish 4 in 4 hours, that can't be (only) due to 'forced guessing', but mostly due to unforced guessing and mis clicks. Remember......you're only human and you make stupid mistakes just like everyone else.

   
Jun 18th 2008 at 01:58:04 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Ive just wasted 4 hours on playing Int and solved 3 board in this time all boards blasted on forced guessings

   
Jun 18th 2008 at 01:43:24 PM
Name:  

Rogen

Comments:  


   
Jun 17th 2008 at 11:31:10 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@Ronny: my most stupid record ever was Int NF 3,998 when I wanted to get sup4

   
Jun 17th 2008 at 11:31:51 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Best expert:  

FL 2,107 -> 2,337 (204 of 205).................10 seconds later.........................................2,112 :(

Comments:  

Argghhh most stupid record ever.

   
Jun 17th 2008 at 01:13:19 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@Rodrigo: yep, u can change squares-showing speed for exp and beg, but its ok for int

   
Jun 16th 2008 at 04:20:31 PM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

Really frustrating day.

- est 53, blasted at 100/108 with timer at 49
- est 51, blasted at 100/133 on a forced guess
- est 52, blasted at 92/133 (I think)

Should've finished the first one at least, all the squares were in one corner. I did get my first 59 though, also my first sub-60 since my two month break.

@Rodrigo - if you're making a new version of the clone, is there any way you could get the squares to open up as quickly as they do on viennasweeper? I love the interface of your clone, all the menus and options are brilliant, but the speed difference is really noticable on my computer, and I seem to play better with the quicker one.

   
Jun 16th 2008 at 09:28:23 AM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

erm... there should be no differences with the previous one... how did you get there? i remember you had some kind of program... try typing:
/server irc.newnet.net [enter]
see what happens... say if you get any errors as "connection refused" or "can't resolve server" or such

   
Jun 16th 2008 at 08:19:21 AM
Name:  

fritz

Comments:  

@joni: can you please tell me how to get to the new irc #minesweeper
i have difficulties to get there , i need an easy exlanaton.

@serpenter: it's arbiter

   
Jun 16th 2008 at 03:09:42 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@Damien: And in News u have wrote that Fritz's 49 is sub40

   
Jun 16th 2008 at 01:48:25 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@Damien: there is an error if I try to download Martin Toft Madsen's 49 vid from the world ranking... I remember that there was an error with some1 else I think that u should check all the vids and repair mistakes
btw, few ppl have linked video for beginner,r u going to put beg vid for all in the ranking?

   
Jun 16th 2008 at 12:18:47 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Joni: Clone 2007....somehow some weird custom high score got enabled (without formula!). I don't know how, but it did happen after the first finished expert board after having imported my records from my history file (due to another bug).

   
Jun 15th 2008 at 11:33:58 PM
Name:  

Name field is required

Best expert:  

serpenter_e

Comments:  

fritz - Best expert:
49,13============>48,12
/me exp game --> Time: 48,12 «» Est. Time: 48,13 «» 3BV: 150 (150) «» 3BV/s: 3,18 «» Ranks: 2 / 19 of 2044 / 99,53% «» RQP: 15,12 O_O

rank 2 ?

   
Jun 15th 2008 at 10:55:25 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

@all, the irc server we were at closed its gates this morning after 8 years of honorable service (Yoni had created the #minesweeper channel there 4-5 years ago)... i thought i'd keep the tradition going (being named Joni too ) and created a new channel at the aptly named irc.newnet.net ... seems like a nice compromise between size and stability.

server: irc.newnet.net
channel: #minesweeper

Damien can you make a news out of this? and update any links you might have on the site?

@Ronny: weird... what clone was that??

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Jun 15th 2008 at 04:54:04 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

Ever had the feeling that you've just hit the jackpot and seconds later found out you didn't win anything at all? I just did!

An hour ago I was playing some NF expert to try to break my long waited time record so I can finally retire from minesweeper happily. After a while I got a nice board and without losing concentration or my nerves I managed to clear all squares very quickly............when pressing the last square I knew it had to be faster than my 79 record. So I pressed it, the pop-up showed, I looked at the timer: 75 seconds!!!!
I was sure I hadn't flagged and it couldn't be my flag (74s) record, so I was about to jump out of my chair and had already raised my arms, when I looked at the index window to be sure: 5 FLAGS....WTF I'd flagged? WHEN!?! .........confused and disappointed about not getting my NF time record and not being able to retire, I comforted myself knowing I at least broke a flag record, because of the pop-up. That was till I looked at what the pop=up said:
"You've broken....bla bla .....9x9 record".......WTF is THAT!!? Is that a joke? 9x9 record on Expert?! Even more confused I started to check my 3BVS...no record....IOS...no record.......RQP....no record..........WTF!? 9x9 record? OMG WTF I'm screwed!!!!

Thanks for listinging, I needed to get this of my mind.

   
Jun 15th 2008 at 04:00:33 PM
Name:  

damien

Best expert:  

How to watch Clone videos from China and Japan

Comments:  

Go to the "Control Panel" and select "Regional and Language Settings".

On the "Regional Options" tab set "Standards and Formats" to "China (Hong Kong)". Leave "Location" as your country (my computer is set to "Canada").

On the "Advanced" tab, set the language for non-unicode programs (ie, Clone) to "English".

Reboot your computer and you can now watch Clone videos from China, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan. On my computer these settings allow me to watch ALL clone videos - Chinese and English.

WARNING: Any videos you make with these settings will display as 'corrupted' if you try to watch on your normal settings, so you should use your regular settings when you play.

This trick was noticed by Yuuki Nakaguri and posted in the Forum on 28-Oct-06. The only setting he changed was to make English the language for non-unicode characters. His other settings were Japan (location) and Japanese (format).

   
Jun 15th 2008 at 08:56:02 AM
Name:  

damien

Best beginner:  

Website Updated

Comments:  

Fritz gets a 48 a few days after his first sub50, Reid Sinclair starts a video folder and uploads all his 43, 44 and 45 second expert games and best int scores, Aris gets sub60, Kamil gets another 10, Scott Eng gets 221 mines on 2430, Gabriele Fici loses 207 mines on 2430 on the last click - only 1 of the last four squares was a mine and he clicked on it. And, Rodrigo is back!

   
Jun 14th 2008 at 04:24:51 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Best intermediate:  

FL 3,082 -> FL 3,242 (3BV=102, 13 flags, 7 openings)

Comments:  

My 2nd flag int 3BVs record in today...this time a much bigger improvement.
(5 minutes before the record I even blasted a 3,7xx after 64 of 74!!!! )

I also tried if I would flag better on expert as well after this (I hadn't been able to solve an expert board flagging in 9 days!!!) and with 10 minutes interval I finished my 2nd (76,2 on 149) and 3rd (78,2 on 152) ever sub80 flagging game.

I think I made a big leap forward with flagging today.

All vids in my folder and sorry for the record spam

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Jun 14th 2008 at 11:24:57 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

*wrong link

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Jun 14th 2008 at 11:22:52 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Best intermediate:  

FL 3,018 / NF 3,017 -> FL 3,082 (3BV=77, 6 flags, 6 openings)

Comments:  

3BVs record on board with 6 openings.

Vid linked

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Jun 13th 2008 at 12:54:57 PM
Name:  

Cristian Gallego

Comments:  

hi, 1.32 on beg with 6.12 3bv/s is my new record. I'm from Venezuela

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Jun 12th 2008 at 11:53:30 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Best intermediate:  

NF 10x9 -> x10

Comments:  

33 3bv, 1st in world 10s on Minesweeper X and my 4th official 10 linked

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Jun 12th 2008 at 12:44:37 PM
Name:  

fritz

Comments:  

@kamil:

so sorry

@ronny: i already posted it here:

if you wanna know sth about me, then ask in the gb, on irc chat, on youtube, etc.
i will then put question with my answer in my profile

   
Jun 12th 2008 at 12:29:02 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@KAmil: LMAO, have you been taking drugs when Poland scored 1-0? In case you forgot....you can't beat 1,000 when the timer stars at 1,000

@Fritz: Congrats. BTW, pretty amazing improvements that you've made over the last year. You need to update your profile.

   
Jun 12th 2008 at 12:27:42 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@fritz: u destroyed a good joke now nobody will get it

   
Jun 12th 2008 at 12:06:19 PM
Name:  

fritz

Comments:  

@kamil: that vid in your folder named as the "0" is a beg board with 3BV=15 you blasted after 0.915 sec

   
Jun 12th 2008 at 11:51:56 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Best beginner:  

NF 1x21 =============> 0,989!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments:  

on 3 AAAAAAAA Ive just broken sub1 beginner barrier. I was afraid that it will be my next 1, but I looked on a timer and saw that beautiful 0 vid linked
also made 46FL on 146 today (4 sub47 during active ranking!)
@Fritz, Ronny: big congrats

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Jun 12th 2008 at 09:16:34 AM
Name:  

fritz

Best expert:  

49,13============>48,12

Best intermediate:  

14,55

Best beginner:  

1,76

Comments:  

/me exp game --> Time: 48,12 «» Est. Time: 48,13 «» 3BV: 150 (150) «» 3BV/s: 3,18 «» Ranks: 2 / 19 of 2044 / 99,53% «» RQP: 15,12 O_O



@ronny: big grats

   
Jun 12th 2008 at 04:04:23 AM
Name:  

Nikolaj

Comments:  

@joni: I'm afraid there is no chance... didn't play minesweeper for... ehm... 5 months?

   
Jun 12th 2008 at 12:35:53 AM
Name:  

Scott

Comments:  

Woot! I just beat the density record with 221 mines on a 24x30 board! Been trying to break this record forEVER! Just emailed it to Damien and hopefully he'll have it up on the next update. Hmmm, now back to the standard speed boards, or do I keep playing density?

   
Jun 11th 2008 at 03:20:51 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Best intermediate:  

NF 2,959 (3BV=118 ; 40s) -> NF 3,017 (3BV=79 ; 27s)

Comments:  

Good new and bad news......

Bad news: I clearly didn't make 3 days of not played minesweeper.

Good news: SUP3!!!! SUP3!!!! SUP3!!!! SUP3!!!! SUP3!!!! SUP3!!!! SUP3!!!!

Vid linked

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Jun 11th 2008 at 02:28:53 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

"my name is joni and I haven't played minesweeper since ... uhm ... i don't remember really and i even see myself tumbleing down in the rankings all the time and fellow neighbors greeks and italians getting closer and still don't have any motivation to play... is that good? "

on another note the czech republic lost today... that's a sign we should expect a record from Nikolaj soon, right?

   
Jun 11th 2008 at 02:07:11 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

Hello, my name is Ronny and havent played minesweeper for 2 days


(Not planning to make it 3 and sorry for the spam)

   
Jun 11th 2008 at 01:13:01 PM
Name:  

Kamil

Comments:  

I played some Int on Clone today and solved 37/38 in 10,5 but couldnt find last square
Then dreamboard-hunting but no luck for 3 hours
@fritz: congrats

   
Jun 11th 2008 at 12:22:33 PM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

@Rodrigo:

Congrats with your latest int score. I might send you an e-mail with suggestions for the next version of the clone some time.

@IMC:

I just registered on the forum. I'll try to read through the threads when I have a little more time. Maybe I can contribute with some posts soon

   
Jun 11th 2008 at 12:07:24 PM
Name:  

fritz

Best intermediate:  

14,68 ====> 14,55 (14x2)

Comments:  

/me int game --> Time: 14,55 «» Est. Time: 14,55 «» 3BV: 34 (34) «» 3BV/s: 2,50 «» Ranks: 1 / 2536 of 3770 / 66,37% «» RQP: 5,79 ;-|

i didn't expect it, therefore i can be very happy with this game


   
Jun 11th 2008 at 10:55:41 AM
Name:  

fritz

Best expert:  

3,59===>3,68

Best intermediate:  

4,23

Best beginner:  

6,38

Comments:  

/me exp game --> Time: 64 «» Est. Time: 64 «» 3BV: 232 (232) «» 3BV/s: 3,68 «» Ranks: 618 / 1 of 2033 / 84,82% «» RQP: 17,37 :-x


   
Jun 11th 2008 at 04:47:29 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Ive just played all Dion's 11s board in upk and made 9,710 on 31 in 1st try

   
Jun 11th 2008 at 03:47:26 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Just blasted 128/129 @ 44 anyway Im getting good with FL. I have all NF world records, so for now ranking is the most important thing for me

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 10:32:29 PM
Name:  

Serpenter_e

Comments:  

Hello Rodrigo 8)
can u make clone open sourced, it will be really great. At least for IMC

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 03:47:20 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

hey Rodrigo! grats for your record and your results at uni I don't know if one has more free time when doing a phd than when doing a master thesis, I would have thought the former was more stressing , but whatever, improvements on the clone are always welcome Before you solve the very important problem KAmil posted i would think it would be worthwhile to take a look at the following:

1. compatibility between the Latin charset and the Asian charset versions of the Clone.
2. figure out (and hopefully take measures on) why the memory consumption of the Clone is titanic.
3. fix "double click to open a vid produces 'video is corrupted' error".
...
this is what comes to mind for the moment... night all!!

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 01:37:52 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Just solved 158/159 in 45 but couldnt find last square
@Rodrigo: Ronny was right, now Im nicely asking instead of

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 12:34:32 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Rodrigo: Good to see you around here, btw. I always thought the creator of Clone had retired from playing minesweeper. In case your wondering what KAmil was referring at. After playing a zillion beginner/intermediate/expert boards on Clone he statistically concluded that the 3BV restrictions of Clone 2007 aren't the IMC determined 2,30,99 but actually 3,31,100 (or 101). It's seems like an '>' versus '>=' software buggy to me (I'm a programmer myself and made a lot of those bugs). Is there any possibility that you or another programmer will continue the Clone project? It would be to sad if the source would be lost, because it still is the most complete Minesweeper Clone that I know of, so if the Clone project can be continued, there would be no need for someone to make a whole new Clone in the future.

BTW, I think you should open a paypall account and say that for each bug fix you want people to donate money. I would sure be willing to finance.

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 11:23:54 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Kamil: sometimes nicely asking for a favor is a little more effective than


   
Jun 10th 2008 at 10:41:06 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

Just made 46,916 on 146 Im getting good with flagging in my folder

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 07:33:25 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

@Rodrigo: in the 1st of all u should fix Clone to generate 2 3bv boards for Beg

   
Jun 10th 2008 at 06:38:18 AM
Name:  

Rodrigo

Best intermediate:  

15 ====> 15x2 !!!

Comments:  

Hello everyone, it's me, Rodrigo! Such a long time I don't post here!

Although I didn't post here for ages, I have been continuously sweeping during this time, and yesterday I got a really amazing result: my second 15!!!! An interesting thing is that my first 15 was achieved on a 26 3BV board, 3,5 years ago, back when there was no official 3BV limits. So it was accepted in the Best Ever. This time, my new 15 is on a 46 3BV board, at 3,079 3BV/s, and of course I am much prouder of this one.

I've been completely out of programming the Clone (but not of sweeping) for the last year or so because I was working my master degree dissertation. I finally presented it on May 25th and it was accepted. Next week I'm moving to Rio de Janeiro to start a doctorate course there.

Now that I (hope to) have more free time, I've been thinking about making major changes on the Clone. I've been reading the GB constantly, but still didn't compile a list of nice features to include. Anyway, I already have some ideas. Any suggestion is appreciated, either here or on my e-mail.

P.S.: as I still don't have a folder on the Wiki page, I uploaded it in the old style: geocities page!! It is inside the zip file on the "website URL" field below. Damien: can you update my 15 in the World Ranking?

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Jun 9th 2008 at 10:45:01 PM
Name:  

joni

Comments:  

great game Aris Big grats for finally achieving that sub-60 goal well deserved my neighbour With a small improvement on int you should be able to get first place outright on the country ranks as well... just hopefully not too much improvement to go by me too Keep it up!

   
Jun 9th 2008 at 07:16:31 PM
Name:  

lt

Comments:  

Can anyone help me with arbiter, when I click the first box opens and then it freezes.

   
Jun 9th 2008 at 02:54:40 PM
Name:  

Aris

Best expert:  

62(clone)=============>59.75(viennasweeper)

Comments:  

OMG!!!!
59.75 on a 143 3bv wtih 2.43 3bv/s.just broke the minute barrier an im very happy!!!!!!!
ohhhh and yesterday i made an expert 3bv/s record with 2.96 on a 212 3bv.

videos in my folder

   
Jun 9th 2008 at 02:48:40 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Fritz: Txs.......Oranje 3-0 Italy

@Damien: I already commented on previous page about Diegos vids, so I'll just copy/paste it: his vids look a lot like he solves them with pre-knowledge. Especially his split second starting moves seem to suggest he knows his first clicks. Also on expert he opens 2 openings half way on unlikely positions and he moves directly to the surrounded square in lower right corner and doesn't even hesitate on the square next to it. To me he seems to have played his boards before.

   
Jun 9th 2008 at 12:53:22 PM
Name:  

fritz

Best expert:  

3,59

Best intermediate:  

4,19==>4,23

Best beginner:  

6,38

Comments:  

total 3BV/s is now 14.217

/me int game --> Time: 21,29 «» Est. Time: 21,29 «» 3BV: 86 (86) «» 3BV/s: 4,23 «» Ranks: 962 / 1 of 3757 / 87,21% «» RQP: 5,02

this record came out of nowhere. i only wanted to pass the halftime of italy vs. netherlands and then...

@ryo: thx

@ronny: grats, go oranje !

@damien: on main page in news it only says "fritz l" , there#s a rest for that

   
Jun 9th 2008 at 12:50:41 PM
Name:  

damien

Comments:  

Website updated on Sunday. Congrats to fritz getting in top40.

I would like you all to watch Diego Vizia's videos. His playing history is like this:

18Jan07: 4 (xp) - 21.202 (clone) - 78 (xp)
28Jan07: 3 (clone) - 75 (xp)
12Aug07: 1.234 (3) (7aug) - 12.580 (42) (11aug) - 60.258 (155) (12aug)
12Aug07: Made 7,927 3bv/s in 2.134s 3bv=9.
13Aug07: Made 8,991 3bv/s in 3,558 3bv=23.

I feel there is something not right with the 12 video and the 3bv/s videos. His Clone 3-22 and XP 75 (on video) are 'normal'. I would appreciate your comments. At the moment, these scores are on probation

   
Jun 9th 2008 at 10:59:38 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Best intermediate:  

Clone record: NF 18,209 (3BV=41) -> NF 17,487 (3BV=41)

Comments:  

Finally broke my Clone record after 3 months. My best 10 times on clone were within 1,2s (besides my MS time of 16s).....so my Clone stats started to look like an annoying Elmar/Fritz streak.

Vid linked

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Jun 9th 2008 at 10:19:53 AM
Name:  

Ryo Nishihara

Best expert:  

55

Best intermediate:  

11

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I didn't know my mvf videos did't work on other computers.
I think I should change to another clone (arbiter,vienna...) if it works properly.
My 1 and 11's avi videos are at the link below. Exp's file size got so enormous that the video can't be uploaded till I get good at computer
@Fritz: grats! Hope I'll be doing the same

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Jun 9th 2008 at 05:22:10 AM
Name:  

tK

Comments:  

Hey everyone,
I would like to announce that the IMC discussion has started in earnest again in the IMC forum (linked below and can be found at http://imc.martinpre.net). However, discussions run best when they have participants, and the more the better.
So, I would like to invite everyone to contribute to the discussion. We have split up the discussion into subtopics so that it is not necessary to read through everything in order to understand what is going on in one part.
I have just started a thread about IMC rankings that I believe to be of interest for the whole of the community and hope that people will offer their opinion there, seing as most people that posted on the guestbook said that rankings were one of the most important tasks for the IMC, and seing as there is probably going to be a lot of controversy here.
It would be great if people offered their opinion on a topic so important for the community.

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Jun 9th 2008 at 02:45:05 AM
Name:  

Ronny

Comments:  

@Der1k: Well there's 'Mine Swept' and 'mekasweeper' but I have no idea whether or not they are good clones or not. I don't think there's any official Clone for the MAC that's allowed for the world ranking, I'm afraid.

   
Jun 8th 2008 at 09:18:28 PM
Name:  

Der1k

Comments:  

My friend has a mac and was wondering how they could get minesweeper downloaded for free. Do any of the clones work/is there somewhere they can play?

   
Jun 8th 2008 at 02:41:40 PM
Name:  

NYMIKE

Best expert:  

93.718

Best intermediate:  

27.316

Best beginner:  

4.771

Comments:  

Damien thanks for adding me, hope my videos were transferred successfully.

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Jun 8th 2008 at 08:05:40 AM
Name:  

Kamil

Best intermediate:  

FL 13x4 -> 12,9xx

Comments:  

on 55
also made 11NF on 43, 1st Clone sub 12 since May
Btw. Ive noticed that if u do your 1st click on a correct squar, u change Dreamboard's 3bv from 30 to 25

   
Jun 8th 2008 at 04:17:51 AM
Name:  

KAmil

Comments:  

both yesterday's 10 vids r in my folder 10,69 and 10,67

   
Jun 8th 2008 at 01:09:18 AM
Name:  

John Assmother

Best expert:  

7

Best intermediate:  

3

Best beginner:  

1

Comments:  

I have best times ever, please add me to site

   
Jun 7th 2008 at 11:18:26 PM
Name:  

tK

Comments:  

Hey everyone,
sorry that I was gone for the last 2 1/2 weeks - I was away for math olympics and now have a girlfriend, which meant that I didn't have much time for anything else (and she lives in Vorarlberg, ~500km away , so we wanted to spend all the time we could together), and if I had some time I had to do sth for school.
But now I'm back and will hopefully find time for the IMC again!
BTW @ Ian, did you make the IMO this year? I didn't (and missed the Middle European competition by one place ) but my girlfriend takes part

Oh, and I hate being betatester for bravenet.

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Jun 7th 2008 at 01:43:21 PM
Name:  

Jon S

Comments:  

I've never even tried to get sup-1 yoghurt/day

   
Jun 7th 2008 at 01:39:30 PM
Name:  

Ronny

Best expert:  

NF 79,766 (3BV=116, March) -> 79,466 (3BV=128, May) -> 79,189 (3BV=156)

Comments:  

NF 79 (x2) -> 79 (x3) (let's hope it's not the start of an Elmar or Fritz streak )

It does show I'm improving, since the board now had 40 3BV more than my first 79s. Only bad thing about the board was that I got a little nervous in the end and wasted about 2 or 3 seconds double checking every click.

Vid linked

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Jun 7th 2008 at 01:02:41 PM
Name:  

KAmil

Best intermediate:  

10x7 -> x8 -> x9

Comments:  

on 35 and 40 3bv Together with my upked 10 its 10x3 in 1 day
last time then I made 10x2 in 1 day I didnt get 10 for more than a month
also made 13NF on 63, I will check the exact time tomorrow. If its low 13, it can be my 2nd sup5NF
also made 11, but Ive just decided to stop saving all my 11 vids
Congrats to Fritz

   
Jun 7th 2008 at 11:11:56 AM
Name:  

Michael

Comments:  

@WP: I check the IMC board every few days but there's never anything new. I made a long post on the guestbook here and a reasonably long post on the board itself, but there isn't anyone else really doing the same (with regard to IMC matters)

It's hard to have a conversation by yourself - come on guys.

   


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