![]() ![]() In life, sometimes we work very diligently and skillfully, only to find that the result of our particular situation is out of our hands.Ĥ. Your former successes and current skill level have nothing to do with whether you win or lose the game. Almost inevitably, you’ll get to the end of a minesweeper board with only a handful of mines to go, and you’ll run into a situation where you must blindly mark one mine between two boxes. No matter how much you’ve honed your skills, and no matter how well you’ve done in any past situation, there will always be circumstances that are out of your control. What’s more is that unless you make a conscious effort to dive in and work toward your goals despite not knowing your precise path, you will never even set out to do anything, let alone accomplish something.ģ. In life, there is no playbook for becoming the person you want to become. There is no strategy for success in the beginning. In minesweeper, you begin games by randomly clicking to find openings from which you can work. There is no trick or gimmick to successfully getting started. In life, most of us are not held back by our vices or legitimately bad things all too often, we relinquish the pursuit of spectacular dreams in light of our noble but moderate successes.Ģ. There are four different levels of difficulty in minesweeper - easy, medium, expert and custom - and it is often comfortable success at one level that keeps a person from challenging themselves on a higher level. Good things - not bad things - are most often what keep us from doing great things. Through my years of sweeping, I have come to realize that minesweeper has a lot of things to teach us about life. When the world seems imperfect, the minefield reminds me that we are guided through existence by rigid, infallible rules. Like a middle-of-the-road drinking problem, it is simultaneously the foundation of my peace and the bane of my existence. UPK is also a problem of Vista minesweeper, because you are allowed to play a game many times until you win.First things first… I don’t like minesweeper. This is an example of Unfair Prior Knowledge. Players began using board cycles to play the same board multiple times. First, it uses a small number of boards that repeat. Microsoft minesweeper is no longer allowed on the rankings except in special cases. Whilst one of the tournaments listed above used the version of Minesweeper that came with Windows Vista, do note that Microsoft versions aren't allowed anymore: ![]() Shanghai 07 used Clone 0.97, while all other tournaments used Clone 2007. Budapest 05/06 and Vienna 05 used Clone 0.96. ![]() Vienna 06/07/08, Budapest 07, Munich 10, UK 11 and Zurich 11 used Viennasweeper, which was not an official world ranking clone until 2008 but was given permission by the IMC to be used. Budapest 08 used Windows Vista because it was sponsored by Microsoft. Most tournaments used official clones of minesweeper. So which versions of the game are used competitively? According to the Minesweeper Wiki, competitive Minesweeper is usually played on competitively-sanctioned clones of the original Minesweeper: Programs You can check out some of the best times posted here. The ranking started in April 2000 and in October 2012 was accepted by Guinness World Records - Minesweeper Wiki: World Ranking History In terms of world rankings, Authoritative Minesweeper is the most recognised source (in Western culture at least). While many versions & clones of Minesweeper exist for many platforms, the competitive players appear to stick to desktop-PC versions. Unfortunately no, there doesn't appear to be any competitive listing of Minesweeper times as played on a mobile device. ![]()
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