The Mine Sweeper Trilogy

Well, it's not a trilogy, but I have a tendency to never be perfect and always make mistakes. Stupid ones if I have the chance. But I've realised, mistakes coincide with alert levels. Okay, that may just be a tad obvious. Here's my pretty bad research where the one of the many holes is that I didn't record all the games I failed. Mine Sweeper Expert is one of the most addictive games I play until I get it right, and if I can't make it, I end up leaving it miserably. So, when I do complete one perfectly, or with sheer dumb luck, I recorded it.

I began recording my "victories" from april 27th 2008 and here's all the won games and their speeds. y-axis is time in seconds, x-axis is the game played.

	Date	Time	Secs	Note
1.	27 Apr 08	4:29 PM	422	First time in a while.
2.	19 May 08	10:58 PM	381
3.	25 May 08	2:50 PM	273
4.	25 May 08	5:06 PM	197	Saw a finish in 16 secs on utube
5.	06 Jun 08	7:53 PM	238
6.	08 Jun 08	12:50 AM	198	Long Weekend excitement?
7.	08 Jun 08	2:12 PM	254
8.	08 Jun 08	2:29 PM	239
9.	08 Jun 09	10:56 PM	178
10.	08 Jun 9	11:25 PM	186
11.	08 Jun 10	8:09 PM	220
12.	08 Jun 11	7:26 PM	250
13.	08 Jun 19	6:11 PM	189
14.	08 Jun 19	6:29 PM	166
15.	08 Jun 19	8:12 PM	228
16.	08 Jun 21	8:12 PM	173

It seems I am more alert when I have no assessments...

We can assume everything in between those given times are of me failing at minesweeper.

Or it may be due to me discovering the untold secret of minesweeper! Yes I'm slow, but if you want, I can give a little tutorial of what I know. I've never read any guides though so I may not be entirely correct even though it's working.

So why did I start screen capping them in the first place. Besides extending the rarity of the moment, I had an idea of having a collection of all the possible mine formations and all completed. I know you can do it with a little photo shop on bombed fields but what's the fun in that.

so if you want to see them, here they are!

Mine Sweeper Moments

Guild Wars - Things I want

Here's my favourite character: Jin Cream

Type: Ranger, Factions, Luxon

Never really liked her name but one day I'll remake her again. But I'm still going to spoil her with things that she'll love.

Norn Armour

Incendiary Arrows

Full: For 3...13 seconds, targets struck by your arrows are interrupted and set on fire for 1...3 seconds.


Signet of Capture: Casses Flameweb (Ring of Fire - Mission)

Campaign: Prophecies Profession: Ranger Attribute: Wilderness Survival Type: Elite Preparation

Energy: 5 Activation: 2 Recharge:24

Lurker (Crab)

Level(s): 5
Location:
Red Version - Pongmei Valley, in the Am Fah stronghold between Maatu Keep and Boreas Seabed.
Blue Version - In every explorable area in the Jade Sea.
White Version - In some areas in Eye of the North.

Black Wolf

Location: I saw one on the way to Asura from Eye of the North.
Level(s): 5

Black Widow

Location: I saw one on the way to Asura from Eye of the North.
Level(s): 20, Already Hearty, Elder, or Dire
Inflict piercing damage

Black Widows spawn in the Underworld next to a Reaper (except the Reaper of the Labyrinth) after the quest for that reaper has been fulfilled. The easiest reaper to free and to perform the quest for is the Reaper of the Forgotten Vale and his quest is "Wrathful Spirits".

Koahm's Flatbow

Unique item dropped by Koahm the Weary in the The Shattered Ravines.

Piercing Dmg: 15-28 (req. 9 Marksmanship)
Lengthens Crippled duration on foes by 33% (Stacking)
Energy +5
Health +30

Linked attribute(s): Marksmanship
Damage type(s): Piercing
Dropped by: oahm the Weary
Skin: Skull Flatbow (dyed white)