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Minesweeper players cleared 1,500 mines from the ‘nerve’ board
If you’ve ever fired up the puzzling classic Minesweeper for a quick game, and found yourself sweating the first time you clicked the big red 3, you’ll appreciate the achievement of reddit user OtterDeity, who managed to clear 99×99 – Square-sized minesweeper boards, marking up to 1,500 mines in the process.
otter god posted a screenshot The finished circuit board, which you can see below. OtterDeity described the experience as “nerve”, saying the board took him “about 2.5 hours” to complete, which seems to me rather fast for such a large board, although some commenters naturally disagreed .
A staple of the game since 1992, Minesweeper sees players trying to deduce the location of a certain number of “mines”, using numbers displayed by clicking on tiles that tell you how many are in the squares adjacent to that tile Mines (but not where they are) a typical minesweeper board size is about 15×20 pieces, giving you an idea of how big OtterDeity’s finished board is: you can see it below.
The post quickly gained a lot of attention, receiving nearly 200,000 likes in the past four days. Various mine-sweeping-related debates also followed, the most interesting of which were commenters judging how much guesswork was involved in solving board problems, leading to a larger debate about how far inference can take you in mine-sweeping .
User Javop with “Maybe not. About 20% in normal expert mode [of the board] Mined, this is already 15% mined. “So, they claim, you’re ‘unlikely’ to encounter a situation where your chances of hitting the mine are exactly 50/50. Choose, there’s always a moment where you have to take a deep breath and flip a coin.”
QuantumPolagnus, which claims to have processed the numbers, said the plate was about 15.3% mined. “If you look closely at the cleared chessboard, there are lots of big open areas, and they can work around an area and be able to solve it logically without having to guess.” QuantumPolagnus then tried the same size puzzle, but after 20 minutes “Fuck it up”. “I have to admit, some palms have been sweating for so long,” they admitted.
Not everyone is impressed by OtterDeity’s achievements. “This is very low density and resolution,” says Masterzergin [of] 1 mine every 6 seconds”, while jimmyshampoo post image They claim the same sized chessboard with 2,000 mines took them “25 minutes.” Not that they are bragging.
Considering it takes me two hours to complete a tenth of this size, that seems like an impressive feat from where I’m sitting. The success of OtterDeity also makes me want to tentatively click on the little gray squares at lunchtime.If you feel the same way, you can clean up with a range of free online minesweeper games, including thisor from Microsoft Store.