i'm bored out of my mind at work and was just wondering what everybody's best scores at minesweeper were?beginner : 6 secondsintermediate : 122 secondsexpert : haven't beaten it at work yet.
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Started by creepy20, Aug 17 2005 11:25 AM
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 11:25 AM
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 11:39 AM
I enjoy playing Free Cell all day, I've gotten pretty good. Its not as simple as it seems sometimes. Longest winng streak 29 games.
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 11:52 AM
Man, I thought the company I work for was throwing away money by giving us limited internet access, somehow this sight hasn't been blocked yet (knock on wood). If I could play games and surf the net I wouldn't ever get anything done. Damn, now I'm having a craving for Minesweeper, I might have to pull it up during the Neg-O tonight.
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 12:06 PM
I was addicted to Minesweeper in University:Beginner - 4 seconds (lucky board setup - no skill)Intermediate - 36 secondsExpert - 104 seconds - I could never crack 100 no matter how hard I triedThis was on a wheel mouse, I wonder how'd I'd do with an optical mouse... And yeah, I had WAY better things to do with my time, but I wasn't a big fan of studying.
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 12:56 PM
Beginner-5 secondsIntermediate-40 secondsExpert-129 seconds
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 02:29 PM
Can someone explain the skill aspect of minesweeper? I have played it many a time and I just click randomly as I have no clue on how to beat the game?What the hell are you suppose to do?
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 06:45 PM
mark33f said:
Can someone explain the skill aspect of minesweeper? I have played it many a time and I just click randomly as I have no clue on how to beat the game?What the hell are you suppose to do?
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 07:25 PM
only way to get a really fast time is to click randomly and after 100 times, you might score the big onekinda like 25-handed hold em
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 08:18 PM
Beginner- 3 seconds(I clicked like I was on crack)Intermediate-59 secsAdvanced-......dunno...but its not impressive
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 08:41 PM
devilsslide said:
mark33f said:
Can someone explain the skill aspect of minesweeper? I have played it many a time and I just click randomly as I have no clue on how to beat the game?What the hell are you suppose to do?
"Your presence here is making me want to throw up. Could you please go somewhere else and leave me alone?"
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Posted 17 August 2005 - 10:45 PM
I used to play minesweeper all the time until I discovered poker which seems to be a much more profitable way to waste my time.Beginner - 3 secIntermediate - 24 secExpert - 88 sec
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Posted 18 August 2005 - 02:54 AM
man i thought getting anything below 6 sec was impossible..you guys are my hero's....well not really...but now I have something to try and beat today...3 sec on beginner?? thats just insanenote to self...do crack and you will get to 3 sec on minesweeper.
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Posted 18 August 2005 - 07:17 AM
How can you guys possibly beat expert in under 100 seconds?... It's not that it's too hard I just can't click that quick. I'd be lucky to beat 200 seconds I think.
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Posted 18 August 2005 - 06:47 PM
Fubar The Sperm said:
I enjoy playing Free Cell all day, I've gotten pretty good. Its not as simple as it seems sometimes. Longest winng streak 29 games.
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Posted 19 August 2005 - 05:37 AM
I am blown away by some of these scores! 3 seconds for beginner, 23 seconds for Intermediate, under 100 for Expert!?! WOW ... I wonl;t bother posting my best scores...
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Posted 23 April 2008 - 09:57 AM
My best times at Minesweeper would be on an old computer at home no longer used. I think they were around:
Beginning: 6 seconds
Intermediate: don't remember for sure, I think fortysomething
Expert: 124 seconds.
I could never get under 100 seconds on expert, either. However, I'm glad to know I'm not a total chump.
The version of Freecell that old computer had had 32,000 games. I played all 32,000 in consective order (I kept a piece of scrap paper with the last number played, and tended to play in 25-game increments -- it took months). One of them is unbeatable (you can find out which if you Google it), but all the rest are winnable. Newer versions come with a lot more, but I've done enough with it.
Right now I waste time with Spider Solitaire, with a win rate of 62%.
As for playing Minesweeper, it is hard to explain in words. As Devilsslide said, the number you reveal tells you how many mines that square is touching. You put them together in a kind of logic sequence -- a series of if-then questions. IF X square is touching 1 mine, THEN 7 of the 8 squares around it are not mines. By process of elimination (and additional information, since each nearby square tells you about all the ones it touches), you can narrow down which one is the mine. My husband is extremely bright, and he thought it was a random game until I showed him -- some people don't see it as a logic sequence right off the bat.
Beginning: 6 seconds
Intermediate: don't remember for sure, I think fortysomething
Expert: 124 seconds.
I could never get under 100 seconds on expert, either. However, I'm glad to know I'm not a total chump.
The version of Freecell that old computer had had 32,000 games. I played all 32,000 in consective order (I kept a piece of scrap paper with the last number played, and tended to play in 25-game increments -- it took months). One of them is unbeatable (you can find out which if you Google it), but all the rest are winnable. Newer versions come with a lot more, but I've done enough with it.
Right now I waste time with Spider Solitaire, with a win rate of 62%.
As for playing Minesweeper, it is hard to explain in words. As Devilsslide said, the number you reveal tells you how many mines that square is touching. You put them together in a kind of logic sequence -- a series of if-then questions. IF X square is touching 1 mine, THEN 7 of the 8 squares around it are not mines. By process of elimination (and additional information, since each nearby square tells you about all the ones it touches), you can narrow down which one is the mine. My husband is extremely bright, and he thought it was a random game until I showed him -- some people don't see it as a logic sequence right off the bat.
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Posted 23 April 2008 - 11:22 AM
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