# minesweeper mastered **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934 "2001-07-02T08:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/1 "2001-07-02T08:49:12Z")
i just posted a _2 second_ completion time for the beginner level of minesweeper. add that to my 37 second intermediate and 96 second expert. [booming god voice] **Can _anyone_ beat me?** [/booming god voice] ---
**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/2 "2001-07-02T08:58:47Z")
But don’t you realize how immoral and evil your actions are? Read the link, and REPENT! 😃 [http://rcm.usr.dsi.unimi.it/rcmweb/fnm/](http://rcm.usr.dsi.unimi.it/rcmweb/fnm/) ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/3 "2001-07-02T09:01:42Z")
Damn. There goes the pride in my 9 second time on beginner. Cant remember my other times, but you got me beat there too. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/4 "2001-07-02T09:12:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amati \* > \*\*i just posted a _2 second_ completion time for the beginner level of minesweeper. add that to my 37 second intermediate and 96 second expert. [booming god voice] **Can _anyone_ beat me?** [/booming god voice] \*\* Yep. Not on the Beginner level, but I’ve always been a firm proponent of the theory that if enough games are played, a 1- or even 2-second Beginner score can be attained through lucky placement of mines, so I attach little importance to my Beginner score (I haven’t even played a single game on Beginner since I reformatted, so I guess that makes my record 999). 33 and 87. Though I’ve only broken 100 on Expert 4 times. ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/5 "2001-07-02T09:18:37Z")
yea, that damn expert…so frustrating to lose late in the game. i admit, the 2 second was 70% luck, but it still makes me feel good. there were only 2 blank blocks for me to click after the first click. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/6 "2001-07-02T09:26:12Z")
Yeah. I have to give you credit for the 2 second win, the 1 second win would be pure luck, but a 1 second reaction time on clicking 2 more blocks is pretty damn good. How long have you been playing? ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/7 "2001-07-02T12:19:41Z")
Did anyone else, on meeting a boasting minesweeper player, sneakily edit the .ini file, putting in your own name, and a time 2 seconds quicker? …or was that just me? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/8 "2001-07-02T14:44:54Z")
well, no one will ever beat the 0 seconds i have on expert, that i wrote in myself… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/9 "2001-07-02T15:06:13Z")
I can beat the intermediate record, with a time of 23 seconds. I don’t remember my best on expert, but it’s low 80’s. I need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/10 "2001-07-02T15:26:40Z")
I can get a 30 second score on Expert _without editing the ini file._ I just don’t know what’s wrong with you folks. It’s _easy_. Tell you what, to show my generosity, I’ll give you a tip: Click both mouse buttons, then press shift-escape, release shift-escape, then release the mouse buttons. The clock stops. Now you too can get great minesweeper scores without resorting to editing the score file! ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/11 "2001-07-03T04:58:34Z")
i’ve been playing a while, long enough to know that you, **Sengkelat** , are not a true minesweeper player. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/12 "2001-07-03T06:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sengkelat \* > I just don’t know what’s wrong with you folks. It’s _easy_. Tell you what, to show my generosity, I’ll give you a tip: > > Click both mouse buttons, then press shift-escape, release shift-escape, then release the mouse buttons. The clock stops. Now you too can get great minesweeper scores without resorting to editing the score file! Didn’t work for me, Sengkelat. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/13 "2001-07-03T07:07:10Z")
It works. It’s cheating, but it works. Did you think that “trick” would come as a surprise to anyone? We know about it. The registry edit “trick,” too. Go home, cheaters!! ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/14 "2001-07-03T07:43:31Z")
you are not true minesweeper afficianados. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minesweeper-mastered/70934/15 "2001-07-03T11:39:13Z")
I hadn’t heard of the clock-stopping trick before. Interesting. Tried it once, just now, just to see that I could make it work. It was strange, calmly clicking away with the clock stopped at 3 seconds. But the game just isn’t right without the urgency that the clock provides. My best scores won’t compete with the experts here. I got down to the upper 40s on Intermediate, and into the 130s on Expert, back before I found the SDMB. Since then, my Minesweeper game has fallen off severely due to inattention.