minesweeper

[foznice]

so who plays minesweeper?... I've been playing for quite a while and it's the most addictive little game in the world once you get the hang of it. Would be interested to see other peoples times...

mine are:

Begginer:7 seconds..

Intermediate:44 seconds

Expert:100 seconds

it's becoming a habbit.. whenever im using 56k ill open up and a do a quick game while I'm waiting.. it becomes the ultimate procrastination technique , those who play it will know what I'm talking about...

[elbee111]

WOW!!!

My best time for expert is 238 secs.

I thought that was a bloody good time.

El Bee

[POOMBAH]

I played Minesweeper once...

first square I clicked was a mine. LOL

haven't touched it since

[foznice]

yeah you get good at it after a while... and POOMBA, the first square will never be a mine

but the second square could be..

[ZigenGT]

so who plays minesweeper?... I've been playing for quite a while and it's the most addictive little game in the world once you get the hang of it.  Would be interested to see other peoples times...

mine are:

Begginer:7 seconds..

Intermediate:44 seconds

Expert:100 seconds

it's becoming a habbit.. whenever im using 56k ill open up and a do a quick game while I'm waiting.. it becomes the ultimate procrastination technique , those who play it will know what I'm talking about...

I think i hold the world record for Begginer : 3 Seconds!! & I have 2 friends as witnesses! :cooldance

[POOMBAH]

yeah you get good at it after a while... and POOMBA, the first square will never be a mine

but the second square could be..

U prolly rite, only tried it once an that was aaaagez ago. what do all those numbers mean? I've been playing it on my computer now. Dude you got me hooked

[foznice]

I told ya it was addictive!!!! ahaha, well say you click on a square and it says one. That means in the surrounding 8 squares, 1 of them is a mine. So usually, with the process of elimination you can mark out exactly where mines are with the right click and solve it.

elbee111: If you wanna improve your expert times,... say you have a 2.. mark in the two mines that you know of.. then put your mouse over the number 2, then press both the mouse buttons together, it opens up all the remaining squares around the 2.. which saves you having to click them open individually

ZigenGT: thats nice!!.. One of my mates has a 3 second record as well.. but I think the problem with begginer is that you need luck to improve your times.. like if the first square you click on opens up the entire thing but nice none the less!

[skyzerr33]

mine are:

Begginer:4 seconds..

Intermediate:38 seconds

Expert:119 seconds

i know someone who did expert in 94 he got lucky and had apile along the outside edge.

[TEAMSHADOW]

[foznice]

hmm i should probably work on my begginer times... I've heard of kid at school getting a 90something as well for expert but I don't know for sure.. The same friend I spoke about before with the 3 second beginner has a high 90's score for expert as well.. Damn.

[elbee111]

This talk blows me away as I play minesweeper at least a few times a week.

My best is 238 secs for expert. I would have assumed that I could proudly display this for the world to see.

Now less than 100 is WTF! material to me.

How many random clicks does one do to get in this ballpark ? I normally click 6 random squares before settling into the game proper.

El Bee

[foznice]

yeah 6 random squares sounds about right to me.. try to start at the top bottom or sides... stay away from the corners when you start. In other news I have a new smashing record for my intermediate time... 26seconds !!! YES!!!.. now I have to get a better begginer time of 4 seconds or less to beat a collective time of under 130 seconds..

[skyzerr33]

r u guys skipping squares u know r mines?

without marking them either. plus the left click and double click methods. i keep hitting randoms till i get a big chumck taken out.

[Birnie]

Does everyone know the 'both' buttons technique?

I didn't until my brother showed me.

That's a big way to improve times.

[foznice]

I always mark the mines now out of habbit.. but i find it useful when your up to the last 5 and you have to guess, but if you know exactly how many mines are left then you don't have to guess.

the both buttons technique is thing I tried to explain before, it brought my times down like a sack of potatoes

[Birnie]

Oops, didn't see that bit...

[Birnie]

I used to play this years ago on the old 486....for AGES !!!!

I even wrote it in 'C' fro something to do after learning a certain programming method at Uni..(before i dropped out ) ....beer was more fun

[foznice]

hehehe, wow thats a while.. I think I've been playing for... 1 year and a bit now?? something like that.. so ridiculously addictive.. can't be on a computer without playing it...

[BlueDog]

i have a record for beginner of one second.. no joke it was a fluke i know but still

[foznice]

woooooooooooooooooo that's insane!!!!