Doug Osbourne (USA) and Case noted that clicks per second does not reward efficient players. This caused confusion because Georgi did not explain how he counted required clicks. This would eliminate the Dreamboard problem from the rankings. Three days later, Georgi suggested the creation of a 'Real Speed Ranking' based on required clicks solved per second. He suggested the creation of a program to count required clicks. Slow games are often played better than fast games. Theoretically Lasse could break the world record on that board. He noted that a 52 by Vincent Yeh required only 98 clicks and compared this to boards Lasse Nyholm had completed. Georgi thought the best measure for speed was not the score instead, the best measure is the required clicks solved per second. Georgi soon had a brainstorm and mentioned his idea in both the Guestbook and in Minesweeper Addicts. He did not take the idea seriously and casually mentioned it to Georgi Kermekchiev (Bulgaria). Lasse Nyholm first counted the required clicks to complete a board in December 2001. I don't think you can say whether a board is good or bad only looking at the number of clicks needed, but I think it has a lot to say."Īlthough soon forgotten, this was the birth of 3BV. "One click per opening and one for every numbered square not touching an opening.
Mike Robinson (USA) asked Lasse how clicks were counted and Lasse replied: Ben Drucker (USA) then claimed that up to 4 clicks per second was possible as he had nearly achieved it on Intermediate. He thought 200 was possible for a professional NF player, but noted the NF 52 by Vincent Yeh (Taiwan) required only 98 clicks. Lasse Nyholm (Denmark) counted the board and found that it required 207 clicks, while his own NF record of 65 required 161 clicks. The next day Khor Eng Tat (Malaysia) asked how to define difficulty. In fact, all one needed was was to click more efficiently. Paul Kerry (UK) counterclaimed that he always took more than 100 clicks to complete boards NF. He thought that 2 clicks per second was unlikely and told Mike that he should have more sub60 scores. Case Cantrell (USA) tried to count the number of clicks required and announced that it was more than 100. He believed the board was too difficult for a NF player. Matt McGinley (USA) claimed that a 53 by Mike Lowder (USA) was fake in the Guestbook on Dec 16, 2001.
The game places flags when all safe squares are open. Each opening (and the numbers it opens) requires one clickĪnd each remaining number requires one click. This game requires a minimum of 39 left clicks.