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MoltkeWarding
Profile Joined November 2003
5195 Posts
April 30 2007 09:03 GMT
#1
For the expert setting.

My best time so far is 202 seconds.
Kaotu
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States986 Posts
April 30 2007 09:09 GMT
#2
149 on expert. Supposedly a good player can get 80 secs but I just can't figure it out (last semester I pushed hard to get good at minesweeper but didn't happen).
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14912 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-30 09:49:12
April 30 2007 09:48 GMT
#3
To even be considered moderately good, you're supposed to have combined beginner, intermediate, and expert times less than 100 seconds
my bests are beginner 3 seconds, intermediate 22 seconds, and expert is what killed me..cause it's like 130
*note* I did some searching online a few years back to see how fast people actually were, that first statement wasn't to be a prick, but it seems that averaging under 100 seconds is pretty standard to be good
pOOwarrior-
Profile Joined January 2007
United States518 Posts
April 30 2007 09:48 GMT
#4
Beginner: 3
Intermediate: 34
Expert: 119

I have pics but since the timer can be frozen they're pretty worthless =o
I'm pretty far away from my peak minesweeper play (which of course is still nothing compared to the craziest players on them minesweeper sites).
Ganfei1
Profile Joined January 2007
China667 Posts
April 30 2007 09:56 GMT
#5
I can't even believe there's a community of minesweeper players. Everything has it's niche, I guess. My best time on expert would be something like 5 minutes. ;P
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Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
April 30 2007 09:59 GMT
#6
On April 30 2007 18:56 Ganfei wrote:
I can't even believe there's a community of minesweeper players. Everything has it's niche, I guess. My best time on expert would be something like 5 minutes. ;P
it's all in recognizing certain patterns and having the handspeed to clear them quickly

i had a friend who was clicked insanely fast at minesweeper (he would either lose or clear expert in under 60 seconds) and i tried to get him into starcraft but he just wasnt interested ): he probably would have been able to crack 300 apm with training
aaaaa
Polemarch
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada1564 Posts
April 30 2007 10:02 GMT
#7
55 seconds, i think.

i used to play a lot while on the phone with boring people like 10 years ago, don't really play it anymore. i could give some advice, but you're probably just better off reading the minesweeper community sites.

get the "minesweeper clone" client... it's got a ton of features that you'll like if you start to get serious about minesweeper.
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MoltkeWarding
Profile Joined November 2003
5195 Posts
April 30 2007 10:11 GMT
#8
On April 30 2007 18:59 Zanno wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2007 18:56 Ganfei wrote:
I can't even believe there's a community of minesweeper players. Everything has it's niche, I guess. My best time on expert would be something like 5 minutes. ;P
it's all in recognizing certain patterns and having the handspeed to clear them quickly

i had a friend who was clicked insanely fast at minesweeper (he would either lose or clear expert in under 60 seconds) and i tried to get him into starcraft but he just wasnt interested ): he probably would have been able to crack 300 apm with training


A handicap for me is my cheap mouse, and I die 60% of the time on misclicks.
tiffany
Profile Joined November 2003
3664 Posts
April 30 2007 10:20 GMT
#9
i think we've had a few threads on this before. i stopped playing ever since i got a laptop, but my best times were 3, 23, and 64
HonestTea *
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
5007 Posts
April 30 2007 10:23 GMT
#10
Beginner: 5
Intermediate: 17 (that was more luck than skill... my average is around 25)
Expert: 97 (my day of glory)
returns upon momentous occasions.
Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
April 30 2007 10:31 GMT
#11
On April 30 2007 19:11 MoltkeWarding wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2007 18:59 Zanno wrote:
On April 30 2007 18:56 Ganfei wrote:
I can't even believe there's a community of minesweeper players. Everything has it's niche, I guess. My best time on expert would be something like 5 minutes. ;P
it's all in recognizing certain patterns and having the handspeed to clear them quickly

i had a friend who was clicked insanely fast at minesweeper (he would either lose or clear expert in under 60 seconds) and i tried to get him into starcraft but he just wasnt interested ): he probably would have been able to crack 300 apm with training


A handicap for me is my cheap mouse, and I die 60% of the time on misclicks.
most of the time he would get to a point where he had to guess and would just pick whichever one was closer to his cursor
aaaaa
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
April 30 2007 10:38 GMT
#12
There's pros for these too? O_O

On my calculator easy mode (8x8), I managed to do it in 23 seconds

I never beat Expert mode T_T I kept getting mixed up between flagging and actually checking for mines. Maybe this is why I lose so many Dragoons to Spider Mines T_T
^-^
gameguard
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Korea (South)2132 Posts
April 30 2007 10:39 GMT
#13
i almost finished expert in 999 seconds. I think it stopped counting after that lol.
Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
April 30 2007 12:54 GMT
#14
2-26-88
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Wonders
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Australia753 Posts
April 30 2007 13:11 GMT
#15
Beginner: 8 seconds
Intermediate: 40 seconds
Expert: 126 seconds (148 non-flagging!)

I can't understand how one could go faster, it seems physically impossible for me. And it's possible to finish expert with only 2 or 3 guesses, just think of what the numbers say about where the mines aren't as well as where they are.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-30 13:21:02
April 30 2007 13:19 GMT
#16
i've no mouse micro at all, so 198 expert.

for small 9 seconds
medium forgot
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semioldguy
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States7488 Posts
April 30 2007 13:27 GMT
#17
Wow, I suck at minesweeper. On this computer my high scores are:

Beginner - 13 seconds
Intermediate - 73 seconds
Expert - 242 seconds

Though I think I have better scores, nothing amazing by any means, on other computers.
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Kaolla
Profile Joined January 2003
China2999 Posts
April 30 2007 13:32 GMT
#18
i had beginner in 1 second, unfortunately that time is lost, it was at a friend's PC and i rly sucked at that game back then... (still do)
i think my best on expert is like 400 or so >_<
its me
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20665 Posts
April 30 2007 13:38 GMT
#19
129.

Beginner 4
Intermediate 39

Never got good at expert, and only OK at beginner/intermediate.
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
tiffany
Profile Joined November 2003
3664 Posts
April 30 2007 13:52 GMT
#20
beginner is 100% luck, pointless to try to get "good" at
medium is for micro practice, ie no flagging
expert is what counts, but even then it takes a couple guesses
Sharkey
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
668 Posts
April 30 2007 13:59 GMT
#21
Beg: 1 sec (WR, Yay!)
Int: 21 sec
Exp: 86 sec (poor)

I did get 14 seconds on Intermediate, but it was glitched (although not my fault).

I got 25 seconds on Intermediate on my laptop mouse, too bad I didn't have a real mouse.
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Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
April 30 2007 16:19 GMT
#22
I'll play anyone honorable here at MSN minesweeper battle for money.
why so 진지해?
EscPlan9
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2777 Posts
April 30 2007 18:04 GMT
#23
I've been playing this a lot at the office lately... but I still suck pretty bad.

Begin: who cares, luck
Intermed: 133
Expert: 370
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Hans-Titan
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
Denmark1711 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-30 18:08:10
April 30 2007 18:07 GMT
#24
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EDIT: That's not me btw.. I've never completed a game of MS.
Trying is the first step towards failure, and hope is the first step towards disappointment!
RoTaNiMoD
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States558 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-30 19:47:46
April 30 2007 19:47 GMT
#25
rekrul i would love absolutely nothing fucking more than to play bet games of minesweeper flags

guz i'm a gamboholic and cuz it's fun to play w/ people who really get what's going on

i have pokerstars and fulltilt money

pm me! willing to do $10-$50 per game, perhaps more
Dendra
Profile Joined July 2006
Croatia801 Posts
April 30 2007 19:56 GMT
#26
expert depends so much on luck, you can click randomly 5-6 times and each time open a good portion of fields without mines and then you already solved half of it. sometimes you'll get 3 clicks and 4th will end up with a mine.
only time i remember is beginner 5sec and expert 150-160.
Believing isnt seeing.Seeing is believing,but may not be reality.
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
April 30 2007 22:40 GMT
#27
On May 01 2007 01:19 Rekrul wrote:
I'll play anyone honorable here at MSN minesweeper battle for money.


wtf lol
^-^
cSf.Vicek
Profile Joined January 2004
Czech Republic271 Posts
May 01 2007 00:04 GMT
#28
once i finished beginer on 1 click ^_^ no one can ever beat me, yay!
tiffany
Profile Joined November 2003
3664 Posts
May 01 2007 00:26 GMT
#29
On May 01 2007 04:56 Dendra wrote:
expert depends so much on luck, you can click randomly 5-6 times and each time open a good portion of fields without mines and then you already solved half of it. sometimes you'll get 3 clicks and 4th will end up with a mine.
only time i remember is beginner 5sec and expert 150-160.

wrong. there are patterns in expert that are determined by your actions. notice how you never hit a mine with your first click. even if you open up a huge area whether you complete it quickly or not depends mainly on skill.
Dendra
Profile Joined July 2006
Croatia801 Posts
May 01 2007 01:58 GMT
#30
On May 01 2007 09:26 tiffany wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2007 04:56 Dendra wrote:
expert depends so much on luck, you can click randomly 5-6 times and each time open a good portion of fields without mines and then you already solved half of it. sometimes you'll get 3 clicks and 4th will end up with a mine.
only time i remember is beginner 5sec and expert 150-160.

wrong. there are patterns in expert that are determined by your actions. notice how you never hit a mine with your first click. even if you open up a huge area whether you complete it quickly or not depends mainly on skill.

notice how i get on mine from first click, thus your theory is dead.
Believing isnt seeing.Seeing is believing,but may not be reality.
JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
May 01 2007 02:06 GMT
#31
On May 01 2007 09:26 tiffany wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2007 04:56 Dendra wrote:
expert depends so much on luck, you can click randomly 5-6 times and each time open a good portion of fields without mines and then you already solved half of it. sometimes you'll get 3 clicks and 4th will end up with a mine.
only time i remember is beginner 5sec and expert 150-160.

wrong. there are patterns in expert that are determined by your actions. notice how you never hit a mine with your first click. even if you open up a huge area whether you complete it quickly or not depends mainly on skill.


patterns are determined when u press new game or whtaever it is. dont believe me? type in xyzzy and hold shift for one second. top left pixel of your screen will turn black if you're mousing over a bomb.

you can most definitely click a bomb first
(\o/)  If you want it, you find a way. Otherwise you find excuses. No exceptions.
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Kaotu
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States986 Posts
May 01 2007 02:38 GMT
#32
There's different versions of mine sweeper. With the standard version the mine format has nothing to do with your own course of action, so you can and often will hit a mine with your first click. There are several modified versions, however.
CrownRoyal
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Vatican City State1872 Posts
May 01 2007 04:48 GMT
#33
I just recently started playing minesweeper to pass time in my business classes

my best times are something like

Beginner: 8
Intermediate: 55
Expert: 250
You're pretty when I'm drunk.
tiffany
Profile Joined November 2003
3664 Posts
May 01 2007 05:11 GMT
#34
On May 01 2007 11:06 JeeJee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2007 09:26 tiffany wrote:
On May 01 2007 04:56 Dendra wrote:
expert depends so much on luck, you can click randomly 5-6 times and each time open a good portion of fields without mines and then you already solved half of it. sometimes you'll get 3 clicks and 4th will end up with a mine.
only time i remember is beginner 5sec and expert 150-160.

wrong. there are patterns in expert that are determined by your actions. notice how you never hit a mine with your first click. even if you open up a huge area whether you complete it quickly or not depends mainly on skill.


patterns are determined when u press new game or whtaever it is. dont believe me? type in xyzzy and hold shift for one second. top left pixel of your screen will turn black if you're mousing over a bomb.

you can most definitely click a bomb first

if you play legitimately you can never click a mine first.
Storchen
Profile Joined September 2006
Sweden4385 Posts
May 01 2007 07:06 GMT
#35
2
24
70

I played minesweeper almost daily for 4-5 years. I should be better by now, but I'm not.
RoTaNiMoD
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States558 Posts
May 01 2007 07:14 GMT
#36
2-23-68

the first milestone is beating expert. the second milestone is beating expert <100. the third milestone is beating all 3 with a combined time <100. the greatest milestone would probably be not caring in the first place, but that is not a possibility for us.
patrick321
Profile Joined August 2004
United States185 Posts
May 01 2007 07:58 GMT
#37
3
26
66

When i was a beginner i thought it was a game for the intelligent. Then i began to understand the mine locations and started thinking it was a game of speed. Now i'm pretty sure that just having pure speed isn't enough. To be great you have to maximize the effectiveness of every one of your clicks. I used to flag nearly all of the mines but now i avoid about 25 of them. The guy in the video probably avoids 70% of them.

The cool thing is that video is currently the world's fastest time and it was set in april of 07... last month. Much like starcraft, minesweeper is a game so deep that people are still finding ways to improve their game.
MaZza[KIS]
Profile Joined December 2005
Australia2110 Posts
May 01 2007 10:11 GMT
#38
On May 01 2007 16:14 RoTaNiMoD wrote:
2-23-68

the first milestone is beating expert. the second milestone is beating expert <100. the third milestone is beating all 3 with a combined time <100. the greatest milestone would probably be not caring in the first place, but that is not a possibility for us.


I have reached that milestone... was there the first time I opened minesweeper and went "ahhh... sif bother!"
I really wanted a bigger opponent, like Nate Marquardt, or King Neptune, or Zeus, or Zeus and Fedor, or Fedor on Zeus's shoulders, and they can both punch but only Zeus can kick.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-02 04:21:32
May 02 2007 04:10 GMT
#39

tutorial

and this is kinda funny, I still can't tell what box he needs to uncheck in the middle there.

..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5757 Posts
May 02 2007 05:40 GMT
#40
that video is sick. guy is a PRO!
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
May 02 2007 08:05 GMT
#41
On May 02 2007 13:10 CharlieMurphy wrote:

and this is kinda funny, I still can't tell what box he needs to uncheck in the middle there.
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARjiXI6tkn0

all click speed no thinking. it is fairly obvious to notice what went wrong there
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tiffany
Profile Joined November 2003
3664 Posts
May 02 2007 08:23 GMT
#42
incredibly slow click speed.

was irritated that he had to flag every single mine and double click so much
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