Minesweeper

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Platypus
What is this double click method?

Can someone explain minesweeper? I can do it so slowly after recognizing patterns but I've never actually understood it.

I rule at FreeCell though

Easy example

If you see this in a row where S is solved and a,b,c are unknowns:

SS1a
SS2b
SS1c

You know that a nd c are bombs. Why?

the '2' tells you that two of the three unknown cells (a,b,c) are bombs. If 'b' were a bomb, 'a' and 'c' could not be bombs since the '1' cells would be satisifed. Therefore '2' can not be satisified.

This is probably the most powerful trick I know of.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Why does it say Minesweeper Clone 2006 in the vid?? Could it be a l337 h4x0r edition??

I think that this is a version of the game that makes it so you never have to guess.

Even the best player will probably have to make 2 or 3 50-50 guess clicks on a game of expert, making the chance of actually clearing the thing fairly small. I didn't see a single guess in this game, I'm guessing that this minesweeper clone probably rejects boards that'll make you guess.

 

[chuckywang]

The problem with Expert is that almost always you'll need to guess.

Not so with Intermediate, so that's what I usually play. 17 seconds for Intermediate. Beat that!