June 11, 2003, 03:07
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King
Local Time: 19:25
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Location: You think you're better than me? You've been handling my ass pennies!!!
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I am the Minesweeper King
Who can beat my score on expert?
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"Luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." - Chris Cornell, "Mindriot"
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June 11, 2003, 03:10
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Deity
Local Time: 20:25
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Maybe not on expert, but I can cream you on beginer and intermediate.
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June 11, 2003, 03:11
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King
Local Time: 03:25
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You do realise how easy it would be to cheat in this artificial competition you've just created?
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Maybe not on expert, but I can cream you on beginer and intermediate.
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I dislike them, because they're awfully similar to Starcraft: Click-fest where the one with the best control of mouse and quickest reflexes wins, not the one with the most utilized brain-power.
...and he hasn't shown us his scores yet on those levels, has he?
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June 11, 2003, 03:12
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Deity
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another life wasted
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June 11, 2003, 03:14
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King
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Originally posted by Tuomerehu
You do realise how easy it would be to cheat in this artificial competition you've just created?
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Yeah, but I figure it's minesweeper, and cheating at minesweeper is just sad 
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"Luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." - Chris Cornell, "Mindriot"
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June 11, 2003, 03:20
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Emperor
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Pfff. I had less than 120 on expert and even this isnt good enough. I think the world record is 53 or something.
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June 11, 2003, 03:21
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Apolyton Grand Executioner
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My best two ever on expert were 54 and 58 seconds.
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June 11, 2003, 03:38
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King
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Were all the mines lined up around the edges or something? How the hell did you go that fast?
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"Luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." - Chris Cornell, "Mindriot"
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June 11, 2003, 03:54
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Prince
Local Time: 21:25
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From my experience, the trick to the really fast scores is not to mark the mines.
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"We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine
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June 11, 2003, 04:16
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Apolyton Grand Executioner
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Two handed. I used a mouse in one hand to move around, and a pen tablet in the other to do the actual clicking. The other part is just knowing the patterns and being able to eliminate questionable squares faster. I didn't get any huge breaks from the start, but I did get resolvable patterns almost all the way through, so I only had to guess a couple of times.
No matter what you do, there's a big element of luck, since you can always come down to two squares in a corner with one mine.
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Bush-Cheney 2008. What's another amendment between friends?
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June 11, 2003, 04:24
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Deity
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Ooo, Minesweeper. I used to play it a lot 6 years ago 
My best is around 90 something, not as good as MtG's, but I only used one hand. 
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(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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June 11, 2003, 04:24
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Prince
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If you don't mark mines, you can't do the cool clicking with both buttons that opens up all the tiles touching a number with all its mines marked already. Thats how to get speed.
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June 11, 2003, 04:26
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OTF Moderator
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You say that's your best score but it clearly says Mike so it must be my score!
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June 11, 2003, 05:04
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Deity
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A long time ago, Minesweeper (together with Solitary) used to be the only game I had on my PC, and I could play it for days on end when I was really bored...
IIRC my record times are:
Beginner: 3 seconds
Intermediate: 16 seconds
Expert: 86 seconds
Not marking the bombs really holds you back as it forces you to think about which tiles are mines and which aren't -- and thinking is the last thing you need to do with this game...
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June 11, 2003, 05:24
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Prince
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Originally posted by Locutus
Not marking the bombs really holds you back as it forces you to think about which tiles are mines and which aren't -- and thinking is the last thing you need to do with this game...
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One must train one's mind to see the patterns.
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June 11, 2003, 05:37
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Emperor
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My real name's Anonymous, so you can imagine how much I suck at Minesweeper.
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If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.
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June 11, 2003, 05:53
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King
Local Time: 16:25
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Anyone can edit the highscore data file for minesweeper under windows 9x. In XP they seem to have hidden it though.
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Grrr | Pieter Lootsma | Hamilton, NZ | grrr@orcon.net.nz
Waikato University, Hamilton.
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June 11, 2003, 05:56
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Deity
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Grrr - you left the capital for HAMILTON?!?!?! 
Must I call Frozzy and Sn00py in here to laugh at you?
And I could never get that Minesweeper cheat to work...
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June 11, 2003, 06:15
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Deity
Local Time: 11:25
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Anyone can edit the highscore data file for minesweeper under windows 9x. In XP they seem to have hidden it though.
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Why would anybody bother? 
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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June 11, 2003, 06:17
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Local Time: 14:25
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My best scores suck, but I don't play that often. 311 on expert.
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I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
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June 11, 2003, 06:36
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Local Time: 05:25
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I rarely win at expert, because there is always an element of luch even in late game, and because I'm not automated enough not to think at all when playing minesweeper.
The few times I won at expert, it's a 600+
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June 11, 2003, 06:37
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King
Local Time: 16:25
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Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
Grrr - you left the capital for HAMILTON?!?!?!
Must I call Frozzy and Sn00py in here to laugh at you?
And I could never get that Minesweeper cheat to work...
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Err ... yeah  .
Frozzy can't speak ... he's in cambridge ... that's worse .
Meh ... Waikato uni surprisingly had some of the best computer gear for first year comp sci students.
Anyways ... will be back in welly in two weeks ... it'll be all good  .
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Grrr | Pieter Lootsma | Hamilton, NZ | grrr@orcon.net.nz
Waikato University, Hamilton.
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June 11, 2003, 08:45
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Deity
Local Time: 05:25
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My best two ever on expert were 54 and 58 seconds.
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Ok, gotta ask...
I there ANYTHING you're not good at*, you're presence here isn't doing any wonders for my (others too?) confidence and self-asteem, you hear 
* please tell us, so we can point at you and laugh for a change
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June 11, 2003, 08:46
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Deity
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And I could never get that Minesweeper cheat to work...
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There IS a cheat for minesweeper???
Good to know that I'm not THE most sad person on the internet
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June 11, 2003, 08:51
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OTF Moderator
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My best two ever on expert were 54 and 58 seconds.
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Ok, gotta ask...
I there ANYTHING you're not good at*, you're presence here isn't doing any wonders for my (others too?) confidence and self-asteem, you hear
* please tell us, so we can point at you and laugh for a change
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Modesty?
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June 11, 2003, 09:16
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Emperor
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Moderating? 
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June 11, 2003, 09:23
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Deity
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And I could never get that Minesweeper cheat to work...
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There IS a cheat for minesweeper???
Good to know that I'm not THE most sad person on the internet
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Hey! I was just, y'know, interested....
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June 11, 2003, 10:09
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Deity
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Didn't mean you but the person who made the cheat (unless that is you of course )
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June 11, 2003, 10:37
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Emperor
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The minesweeper "cheat" isn't really a cheat. It's just editing the text file that holds the high score table.
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June 11, 2003, 10:45
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Deity
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I think there are tools that help you play as well: automatically mark bombs and open tiles that can't contain bombs, etc.
Pretty pathetic indeed if you actually use such tools...
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