Ms Hearts and minesweeper god...

[GenghisK]

That's not the true samurai way to cheat. But actually i must admit that you had stimulated me a lot and I like that. If you were not there then I would never have been able to get those times. Actually there's several methods I use:
_ of course lot and lot of practise
_ only sweep mine if they can make you go faster (i.e. with the left+right clik)
_ the first click is always essential. It's never a mine so you must manage to have at least 50 squared revealed. Otherwise, say farewell to the record. To be honest I started and restarted hundreds of times until I get a lot of squares cleared. And I think last night I pressed F2 at least 400 times before getting an interesting game. But then I was lucky since 40 mines were on one quarter of the screen! So it went really fast... But of course I wouldn't be able to beat my record everyday. And I woudn't be keen to restart 500 times each night till 3 am
Anyway. Practise, little beetle. Practise. it's much more interesting than those stupid 3D shooter...

 

[duke o' york]

I apologise for being a Johnny-come-lately here, but did anyone really believe that DoM was playing those times? Even before he came clean about it, I knew that he had done exactly what Cornmaster did on the tunnel snakey game. I think it was Cornmaster, but I may be wrong so I apologise before any libel charges are brought against me. But I was shocked to see you posting a Hearts score of 2 with pride! Even I can win a love game and I never play it. I remember once I went to a party at my mate's house and someone wanted to play cards but when they couldn't agree on what to play, I realised that the only game everyone would know the rules to was Hearts. Grrr..... omnipresent Microsoft.

 

[CornMaster]

Originally posted by duke o' york
I knew that he had done exactly what Cornmaster did on the tunnel snakey game. I think it was Cornmaster, but I may be wrong so I apologise before any libel charges are brought against me.

HOLD ON THERE!!!!!

I did what???

I MADE A MOVIE of my games so people couldn't say I cheated!!!! And I still don't think I had the highest claim to a score.....I did get about 23?? though...which WAS DAMN HARD!!!

Anyway....since you weren't sure it was me....I won't kill you...Just had to set everyone straight.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Originally posted by duke o' york
I apologise for being a Johnny-come-lately here, but did anyone really believe that DoM was playing those times?

I did try to be fairly obvious about it by making it be only one second better than his times.

My wife's times were very real though, so I was a bit surprised about Genghis' first scores posted. But now that he has played many, many, many, many, many more games he is definately the master.

 

[GenghisK]

You forgot indeed "many many many..." (x400 times )
Well, actually if I play for fun it's always in expert mode and it takes me in average 250 up to 400 sec when a field is too heterogeneous. But if I need to break a record then I don't hesitate to restart x times... True true. So there's also a lot of luck in each game, I admit.

 

[Dell19]

Yes but...You could be playing Civ 2 or even 3 instead.

 

[GenghisK]

I'd rather rule Orion than playing Civ3. No MP, no buy. As simple as that. Mmm, well maybe I'll buy it anyway but I still prefer Hearts in java on the net. Now I only miss a MP minesweeper and the world would be perfect

 

[duke o' york]

OMG!!!!

I'm really very sorry Cornmaster. I remembered the doctored images thing but now I have checked back I realise that it was Palehorse and not you. I'm so sorry for having besmirched your reputation as one of the worm greats on this site.
I would have checked this after I posted but I had to go and do some real work and forgot. Sorry about this.

 

[Matrix]

I'm almost addicted to minesweeper. These are my records:

Beginner: 4.
Intermediate: 35.
Expert: 111.

 

[damunzy]

Originally posted by duke o' york
OMG!!!!

I'm really very sorry Cornmaster. I remembered the doctored images thing but now I have checked back I realise that it was Palehorse and not you. I'm so sorry for having besmirched your reputation as one of the worm greats on this site.
I would have checked this after I posted but I had to go and do some real work and forgot. Sorry about this.

But remember I changed the score to "PH76" and named the file something like"*_fake.gif". So I wasn't trying to pull the wool over anyone's head, just playing a joke. I also did a good job, IMHO, of making the screen look like it was actually played.

 

[GenghisK]

damn, this thread still alive?? there's a long time i gave up... Now i'm the god of... Tetrinet. No no really, I'm God himself
Just ask Corny, how many times he got crushed within 1 min

 

[Dell19]

Well you should be good at it considering how much time you spend playing it...

 

[GenghisK]

Pfff, even though I could be a beginner, a God shall stay a God. In all modesty of course
Only need 5 mins to unleash my wrath upon all those who dared challenge me