Jay-qu Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 I am going through a minesweeper phase, I love logic puzzles and recently I have renewed my love for this little addictive game! So people what are you times? My best are:Beginner - 11 secondsIntermediate - 67 secondsExpert - 315 seconds Ill post updates as I beat them :) J Quote
ronthepon Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 Eleven huh? Must have been by fluke! Beginner - 15Intermediate - 83Expert - Strangely, I've never managed one ever... keep trying though... Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 Beginner: 12. I don't even care about the other ones. I just like trying to beat my beginner time. I also don't play it that often though... Quote
sanctus Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 Here are time of one (ie. me) who thought to be strong:beginner: 8intermediate: 61Expert: 117 I also posted such a thread a long while ago, tinny managed it in 112...I also went searching for world best times and naively thought I could compete, world records are about 40 seconds.............for the expert!!!!!!(and the world champion is from Oz, Jay)You can see videos of those people here :The Authoritative Minesweeper: World records and the winmine community ANd the old thread is (page 2 and further):http://hypography.com/forums/books-movies-games/1002-favorite-games-5.html?highlight=MinesweeperNow, I get only to 150, because I don't have anymore a mouse with the middle button, if you don't know what it does try with clicking the scroll button, you will be much quicker... Jay-qu 1 Quote
Jay-qu Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Posted February 26, 2007 Yup I have seen that world record, they are crazy to watch! The 11 was somewhat of a fluke, I have managed 8 but that was on another computer years ago and I didnt even know how to play it properly :evil: Ill keep trying, now I have some scores to beat! Quote
Jay-qu Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Posted February 26, 2007 BTW the middle button funtion can be done also by holding done the right button and clicking the left :evil: Quote
Jay-qu Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Posted February 27, 2007 I was on a roll just before, beat all three scores :) Beginner - 9 secondsIntermediate - 63 secondsExpert - 297 seconds Quote
sanctus Posted February 28, 2007 Report Posted February 28, 2007 I just did a 57 intermediate, now you have to work to improve your expert... it's very easy to get to 140 actually, just do no think but just do... Quote
Jay-qu Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Posted February 28, 2007 Lol, yeah I know what you mean, I seem to be able to do half the board in >100, but I nearly always screw up somewhere along the way! Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted February 28, 2007 Report Posted February 28, 2007 I just did a 57 intermediate, now you have to work to improve your expert... it's very easy to get to 140 actually, just do no think but just do... I suppose that if you play long enough, you no longer look at the numbers themselves, but rather the colors and the patterns that they form. Once you recognize the patterns in the back of your mind, you'll be able to make quick actions. Quote
sanctus Posted February 28, 2007 Report Posted February 28, 2007 Yes, that's it.For example if you have 3 cases (and the others empty) marked as 1 2 1, the two 1s are mines... Quote
Jay-qu Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Posted February 28, 2007 Yeah, there are many little logical tricks that I have be recognising and now I dont have to think out the logic anymore, so my times are slowly creeping down :hihi: Quote
sanctus Posted March 1, 2007 Report Posted March 1, 2007 As I said now I get only to 141 (with this mouse) tell me when you beat this so we can start a competition between us. Quote
Jay-qu Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Posted March 1, 2007 will do ;) Can anyone offer any insights into how each game is made? are they called upon from a database of premade games, or is each created individually? I notice you cannot loose on the first click, so is the rest of the game determined from that point on? Quote
Boerseun Posted March 1, 2007 Report Posted March 1, 2007 I see quite a couple of guys on that website (on the world ranking list) have scores for beginner at 1 second. Is that actually possible without cheating? I seriously doubt it... My bandwidth sucks too hard for me to download any of the vids, so I can't say. But ONE SECOND? NO FRIGGIN' WAY! Quote
Jay-qu Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Posted March 1, 2007 I think its total luck and the whole board just works itself out in one two or three clicks.. i dont think you can do much more than that in a second! Quote
sanctus Posted March 1, 2007 Report Posted March 1, 2007 And the counter starts on 0, that means you have 2-[math]\epsilon[/math] seconds to finish in 1. And no its not cheating, try 100 of them and you get down to 5 or so (as I didn't remember my old mouse and old computer record I wrote the records I do now, but I was at 5, 6 or 7). Jay, if you surf a bit on the world ranking site and links from there there is all the explanantion: I remember having it read ages ago somewhere Quote
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