Bwahahahaha! It's mostly pattern recognition. A couple of years ago I had a competition going with a friend of B's who told me that his old boss could clear a large minesweeper in under 2 minutes (geeky, yes). We both tried over several months and although neither of us could get under 120, I won our little race - he was bemused that a woman could 'think logically' enough to be good at it! Little did he know them was fightin' words!
Anyway, I don't play it much any more, got too much else to do with my time, really. But if you are interested, here are a couple of tips *g*: * it's not real. Nobody gets blown up. Hit a few squares at random, F2 to reset if you bum out. The idea is to clear a decent starting block. * start from corners, mark (right click) definite mines. * patterns: a pair of 2's next to a corner indicates that the first 2 squares are mines. In a long line, '3's indicate 3 mines in a row. 1-2-1 indicates that there is a free space between 2 mines. * click the left & right mouse button together on an uncovered square to clear the identifiably blank squares around it. This will also indicate 'possible' mine squares.
Of course very often it comes down to pot luck :-(
Work is 'OK', thanks. I think I'm back in the groove now.
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Date: 2006-01-05 08:19 am (UTC)Anyway, I don't play it much any more, got too much else to do with my time, really. But if you are interested, here are a couple of tips *g*:
* it's not real. Nobody gets blown up. Hit a few squares at random, F2 to reset if you bum out. The idea is to clear a decent starting block.
* start from corners, mark (right click) definite mines.
* patterns: a pair of 2's next to a corner indicates that the first 2 squares are mines. In a long line, '3's indicate 3 mines in a row. 1-2-1 indicates that there is a free space between 2 mines.
* click the left & right mouse button together on an uncovered square to clear the identifiably blank squares around it. This will also indicate 'possible' mine squares.
Of course very often it comes down to pot luck :-(
Work is 'OK', thanks. I think I'm back in the groove now.