edp@ipl31.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.)) (12/08/90)
Okay, I did Minehunt with 48 mines. Actually, I think it is more interesting to do it with fewer mines but to explore the entire playfield. -- edp (Eric Postpischil) "Always mount a scratch monkey." edp@jareth.enet.dec.com
ram@tellabs.com (Bob Martin) (12/08/90)
In article <17951@shlump.nac.dec.com> edp@ipl31.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.)) writes: >Okay, I did Minehunt with 48 mines. Actually, I think it is more interesting to >do it with fewer mines but to explore the entire playfield. Today I finally completed 48 mines with a score of 76 (80 is max for 48 mines). I agree it is more fun to explore the entire minefield, but you'll find that with more than 40 mines, this becomes extremely difficult, mainly because a lot of the open spaces are "buried" in blocks of mines. Today's game (48 mines/ 76 points) had three such "buried" spots, which is actually quite low for this many mines. The other space was accessible, but I could only tell it was in one of two spaces, and it wasn't worth blowing such a good game, so I let it rest! The highest number of mines that I've maxed score for is 42. I've come within 4 of the max score for 44, 46, and 48 mines. The best score I've had for 50 mines so far is 41 (I haven't even reached the goal yet), where 78 would be the max. The most aggravating thing is when you have a good game going and you find that there is no path to the goal, because it's completely barricaded! Bob -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bob Martin | ram@tellabs.com ...!uunet!tellab5!ram Tellabs, Inc. |"Listen to me now, and believe me later" - Hans & Franz Lisle, IL. 60532 |"Flibble-dee Floo" - Grumpy Old Man
rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew) (12/11/90)
> .... The most aggravating thing is when you have a good game > going and you find that there is no path to the goal, because it's completely > barricaded! > Bob Okay. But tied for "most aggravating" is when the game starts off with "NEAR 3 MINES." Ray --
ram@tellabs.com (Bob Martin) (12/13/90)
In article <7360028@hpfcso.HP.COM> rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew) writes: >> .... The most aggravating thing is when you have a good game >> going and you find that there is no path to the goal, because it's completely >> barricaded! >Okay. But tied for "most aggravating" is when the game starts off with >"NEAR 3 MINES." Or when it says "Near 2 mines", and you guess the right one, and then it says "Near 4 mines", so it did you no good to guess right! -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bob Martin | ram@tellabs.com ...!uunet!tellab5!ram Tellabs, Inc. |"Listen to me now, and believe me later" - Hans & Franz Lisle, IL. 60532 |"Flibble-dee Floo" - Grumpy Old Man
edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.)) (12/17/90)
More fun than "near 3 mines" immediately is to take the diagonal and get "near 7 mines". Anyway, the new record for number of mines is: 54. -- edp (Eric Postpischil) "Always mount a scratch monkey." edp@jareth.enet.dec.com