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Re: Attempted Find
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Reply to: #89237 by Blooming Flower
Apr 30, 2007 11:38pm
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At one time in my life I was solving them by starting at one and working my way through.


You want to hear nerdy, one of my professors created an online 'competition' version of the game where you could set the number of free cells between 1 and 8. The person who could win a particular game by using the fewest free cells wins. If more than one person ties for the number of fewest free cells, then the person who does it in the fewest number of cards moving wins. And if there's a tie there, the person who does it first wins.

My professor had won most of the game with four free cells, and I went in and beat him in most of them by using fewer card movements. So he upped the stakes and started winning some of the games with three free cells. So I did the same, but beat him on the number of moves it took it win.

Then he won a couple of games with just TWO free cells. I didn't even think this was possible! Those games were tough, and I managed to beat him. It was war. =) I went back and tried to win some of the games with three free cells and won them with two.

Then he actually won a couple of games with just one free cell. I never did find a way to beat him, but I started trying to win games with just one free cell and won a few myself.

About 15% of the games we were able to win with just one free cell. About 50% of them we were able to win with just two free cells. We never found a game we couldn't win with three free cells. If you played with four free cells, you didn't have a chance of winning!

You become VERY careful about EVERY move you make. Later I went and played Free Cell on Windows with four free cells. The habits I picked up trying to win with just one or two free cells came naturally, and I ended up winning about 75 games in a row without even trying.

I've lost some of my skills, though. My best streak on this computer is only 51 wins in a row. *sigh* Right now, I'm at 12 wins.

I need to play with a couple of free cells for a bit, though. THAT was a really a lot of fun. =)

-- Ryan
Re: Attempted Find
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #89238 by Green Tortuga
May 1, 2007 12:17am
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That is funny. I can't get more than a few games in a row without having to start a game over. I tried one time to play free cell with a deck of cards while camping once. I couldn't do it. I am too used to the computer making my moves for me.

Janet, Blooming Flowers
Re: Attempted Find
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #89238 by Green Tortuga
May 1, 2007 3:37am
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Quote I've lost some of my skills, though. My best streak on this computer is only 51 wins in a row. *sigh* Right now, I'm at 12 wins.


For what it is worth, I read before that only 1 game of the 30000+ on the Windows version is supposed to be impossible to win...
Re: Attempted Find
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #89245 by Eidolon
May 1, 2007 5:31am
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That one game that is supposedly impossible to win is #11982. I cannot say that I have played every one of the 30.000 plus games, but I have tried this one - I would agree that 11982 is impossible . . . for what it is worth.
launch date
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Reply to: #89228 by Blooming Flower
May 1, 2007 8:37pm
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I'm really looking forward to going to Stone Mountain this year.
I plan on launching at least five hitchhikers, if not more

I'd like to post them before I go. But what if I have 'failure to launch'?

Is it possible to change a launch date after posting a HH?

S~N~K
Re: launch date
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Reply to: #89446 by Sits N Knits
May 1, 2007 8:48pm
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Is it possible to change a launch date after posting a HH?


Yes, you can change the launch date at any point.

TG
Re: launch date
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Reply to: #89447 by Trekkie Gal
May 2, 2007 5:10am
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Due to the amount of rain here I put in my clue the day I will plant my box and don't ya know it pours that whole weekend!!? Then I go out the next weekend and the sheriffs decide to have lunch where I want to plant (oh no officer really there are no drugs in the bushes in that little container). Too many questions ya know so I drive away for yet another day.

Then I see all these hits on my clue and I get frustrated that they will give up on my box.

CP
Re: launch date
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Reply to: #89495 by CP and The WeeFolk
May 2, 2007 5:27am
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Can you put a little note in the clue until you get a chance to plant it? Just slip it in at the top of the clue.

Then when you actually plant it, you can take it off and post a big "Finally Planted -- Name of Box" post.

MC
Re: launch date
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Reply to: #89496 by Mama Cache
May 2, 2007 1:57pm
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That's what I do. Date finally planted and then updated. I think a launch date is great for boxers planning a trip and knowing there will be more boxes there when there get there.

Mama Cache, I think you are not too far from me.

CP