Re: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain?
Hey Chris, the game concept is very simple. It's the logistics of the game that make it so difficult. Okay, so you clear cells, then see a bunch of other ones. some of these cells are unknowns. They could be mines, or they might just be clear. Then there are numbered cells. These are cleared cells that tell you how many mines surround them. Let's start with a real simple example. You are in a part of the screen where you have a cell labelled 1. All around that labelled cell are other numbers, except for one unknown cell. This unknown cell is a mine, and you need to flag it. Of course, life is never that easy... Now try visualizing this. There is a cell labeled 1. Above that labelled cell is another 1. All around these are numbers except for two blank cells. One of these is a mine, and the other is not and can't be, since otherwise the 1 cells would say 2. What you do here is try to figure out, by reading all the labeled cells that connect with each blank cell, and determine which is the mine. There are, I'm sure, a whole host of strategies, but my left brain, the logical part, isn't nearly as developed as my right brain. In other words, I stink at the game and can't get much farther than intermediate. HTH anyway. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:12 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain? Hello everyone, this is Chris here. Sorry if this subject seems poor, but can you please try and explain a successful game of Minesweeper? I have Accessible Minesweeper for the iPhone and Gma Minebuster for the Pc. When I click on the first open cell, called the protected cell, I can clear the cells, no problem! However, please what on earth do I exactly do to the numbered cells, such as 1 mine or 2. Asking because for some reason even if I click on just one open cell away from the cell to which I suspect a mine is located, I end up exploding the mine, thus losing the game! I think it's the numbered cells I don't understand. Now I admit I do win on Accessible Minesweeper sometimes on the basic grid only, but have never won Gma Minebuster on any of the grids! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks! Before I go, I must admit it's a good way to waste 5 minutes in a good way isn't it? -- Chris --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain?
Another example: Cells are labeled A1 through E5, starting with the column then the row, A through E from left to right and 1 through 5 from top to bottom. Try A1 at the top left. It is numbered 1. A mine is in an adjacent cell, but which one? Try A3. It opens a whole bunch of cells, including A2 and B2. Now, you know that the mine is in cell B1. As you progress, it gets hairier, with more possibilities, but that's an easy example of the logic. I'm not very good at the game yet, either, as I only downloaded it yesterday. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Ken The PionEar kenwdow...@me.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain? Hey Chris, the game concept is very simple. It's the logistics of the game that make it so difficult. Okay, so you clear cells, then see a bunch of other ones. some of these cells are unknowns. They could be mines, or they might just be clear. Then there are numbered cells. These are cleared cells that tell you how many mines surround them. Let's start with a real simple example. You are in a part of the screen where you have a cell labelled 1. All around that labelled cell are other numbers, except for one unknown cell. This unknown cell is a mine, and you need to flag it. Of course, life is never that easy... Now try visualizing this. There is a cell labeled 1. Above that labelled cell is another 1. All around these are numbers except for two blank cells. One of these is a mine, and the other is not and can't be, since otherwise the 1 cells would say 2. What you do here is try to figure out, by reading all the labeled cells that connect with each blank cell, and determine which is the mine. There are, I'm sure, a whole host of strategies, but my left brain, the logical part, isn't nearly as developed as my right brain. In other words, I stink at the game and can't get much farther than intermediate. HTH anyway. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:12 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain? Hello everyone, this is Chris here. Sorry if this subject seems poor, but can you please try and explain a successful game of Minesweeper? I have Accessible Minesweeper for the iPhone and Gma Minebuster for the Pc. When I click on the first open cell, called the protected cell, I can clear the cells, no problem! However, please what on earth do I exactly do to the numbered cells, such as 1 mine or 2. Asking because for some reason even if I click on just one open cell away from the cell to which I suspect a mine is located, I end up exploding the mine, thus losing the game! I think it's the numbered cells I don't understand. Now I admit I do win on Accessible Minesweeper sometimes on the basic grid only, but have never won Gma Minebuster on any of the grids! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks! Before I go, I must admit it's a good way to waste 5 minutes in a good way isn't it? -- Chris --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain?
I guess I'll have to keep trying. I have better luck on the phone than on the Pc perhaps due to the grid size, i.e. basic on the phone and play beginner grid on the pc. Chris On 18/06/2013 14:52, Ken The PionEar wrote: Hey Chris, the game concept is very simple. It's the logistics of the game that make it so difficult. Okay, so you clear cells, then see a bunch of other ones. some of these cells are unknowns. They could be mines, or they might just be clear. Then there are numbered cells. These are cleared cells that tell you how many mines surround them. Let's start with a real simple example. You are in a part of the screen where you have a cell labelled 1. All around that labelled cell are other numbers, except for one unknown cell. This unknown cell is a mine, and you need to flag it. Of course, life is never that easy... Now try visualizing this. There is a cell labeled 1. Above that labelled cell is another 1. All around these are numbers except for two blank cells. One of these is a mine, and the other is not and can't be, since otherwise the 1 cells would say 2. What you do here is try to figure out, by reading all the labeled cells that connect with each blank cell, and determine which is the mine. There are, I'm sure, a whole host of strategies, but my left brain, the logical part, isn't nearly as developed as my right brain. In other words, I stink at the game and can't get much farther than intermediate. HTH anyway. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:12 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain? Hello everyone, this is Chris here. Sorry if this subject seems poor, but can you please try and explain a successful game of Minesweeper? I have Accessible Minesweeper for the iPhone and Gma Minebuster for the Pc. When I click on the first open cell, called the protected cell, I can clear the cells, no problem! However, please what on earth do I exactly do to the numbered cells, such as 1 mine or 2. Asking because for some reason even if I click on just one open cell away from the cell to which I suspect a mine is located, I end up exploding the mine, thus losing the game! I think it's the numbered cells I don't understand. Now I admit I do win on Accessible Minesweeper sometimes on the basic grid only, but have never won Gma Minebuster on any of the grids! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks! Before I go, I must admit it's a good way to waste 5 minutes in a good way isn't it? -- Chris --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. . --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
[Audyssey] Minesweeper, can you please try and explain?
Hello everyone, this is Chris here. Sorry if this subject seems poor, but can you please try and explain a successful game of Minesweeper? I have Accessible Minesweeper for the iPhone and Gma Minebuster for the Pc. When I click on the first open cell, called the protected cell, I can clear the cells, no problem! However, please what on earth do I exactly do to the numbered cells, such as 1 mine or 2. Asking because for some reason even if I click on just one open cell away from the cell to which I suspect a mine is located, I end up exploding the mine, thus losing the game! I think it's the numbered cells I don't understand. Now I admit I do win on Accessible Minesweeper sometimes on the basic grid only, but have never won Gma Minebuster on any of the grids! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks! Before I go, I must admit it's a good way to waste 5 minutes in a good way isn't it? -- Chris --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
