Subject: Never won winnables!
Date: Thu Oct 21 02:27:28 2021
User: Uberman
Message:I can only assume this was one of those games where I got lucky with the path I chose, as it didn't seem *that* tricky*, but feel free to try it anyway if you want.
Game:- 6x4 #7281
Difficulty:- 5
Game Stats:- 90/1 1.11%
Elapsed:- 5:25
Streak:- 2
*certainly not as tricky as that one I played in the Freakout yesterday which Hop solved in about a tenth of the time it took me!
Date: Wed Oct 27 17:36:28 2021
User: rbw--3
Message:Game #: 7x3 16707
Game stats: 67/1/1.49%
Difficulty: 5
Elapsed: 6:30
Streak: 1
Date: Thu Oct 28 01:33:45 2021
User: Uberman
Message:Nicely done!
Date: Sat Oct 30 16:31:01 2021
User: rbw--3
Message:Game #: 7x3 20008
Game stats: 62/1/1.61%
Difficulty: 5
Elapsed: 7:30
Streak: 2
Date: Sun Oct 31 13:07:25 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:I was only able to get this one because I got the corresponding w6x5:
Game #: 6x4 31744-8; ........ Game stats: 8/1/12.50%.
Date: Tue Nov 2 19:36:52 2021
User: sebcbien2
Message:Full pack of ELO points today !
Game #: 12x0 13189
Game stats: 5/1/20.00%
Difficulty: 6
Elapsed: 4:29
Date: Wed Nov 3 13:46:18 2021
User: d164280a
Message:Try this one on for size. 10x1 24929-9 104/1/0.96 ELO3875
Date: Wed Nov 3 22:40:25 2021
User: ElGuapo
Message:Not many of these 8x3-6s left!
Game #: 8x3 22462
Game stats: 16/1/6.25%
Difficulty: 6
Elapsed: 2:41
Date: Thu Nov 4 18:43:03 2021
User: redberet
Message:Got 4 of these today, shoulda had 5. All worth 7.5 points. Seemed like I was getting cherries on every pull. Still got to win the game though.
11/4 16:25 12x0 3669-12 Streak 4:29 Won 50% 2525 1 2
Date: Sat Nov 6 22:24:21 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:WOW, and it was my last game of the day: .... You Win.
Game #: 7x4 1815-9; .... Game stats: 23/1/4.35%!!
Date: Tue Nov 9 13:45:31 2021
User: Klepp
Message:23076-5 8X2 first of 39 ELO 3202.
Date: Fri Nov 12 11:45:16 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game #: 9x2 12744-6; ..... Game stats: 5/1/20.00%; ..... Moves: 50/150!
Date: Fri Nov 12 12:18:34 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Never gonna happen!!!!!!!!
Date: Sat Nov 13 06:16:23 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Gee, my 1st game today was a tough one:
Game #: 5x6 13502-5; ..... Game stats: 4/1/25.00%!
Date: Tue Nov 16 16:43:48 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Hop won a good W10x1 today:
Date, ........ Time, .............. Game, ................ Elapsed, ..... W/L, ..... Win%, ..... Elo, ..... Wins, ..... Plays
11/16, ..... 16:28, ..... W10x1 31860-10, ..... 12:07, ...... Won, ...... 3.3%, ..... 3885, ...... 1, ........... 30.
Date: Tue Nov 16 20:08:29 2021
User: Klepp
Message:24961-5 8X2 first of 40.
Date: Thu Nov 18 00:46:48 2021
User: ix
Message:so this is what it feels like!
You Win
Game #: 9x2 11254
Game stats: 21/1/4.76%
Difficulty: 11
Elapsed: 14:14
Date: Thu Nov 18 15:51:51 2021
User: JackStraw
Message:10 x 0
#24517
diff 5
27/1 3.70 %
thank you
Date: Sun Nov 21 19:26:49 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game #: 6x5 25894-9; ..... Game stats: 4/1/25.00%.
Date: Mon Nov 22 17:05:52 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:OOPS, I only got this one on my 4th try:
Game #: 6x5 26615-10; ..... Game stats: 4/1/25.00%.
Date: Tue Nov 23 18:45:39 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game #: W-6x5 5259-5; ..... Game stats: 26/1/3.85%; ..... Moves: 76/171. ..... And, yes, using cards, 🙂!!
If more players would use cards, there wouldn't be so many games that have never been won, imo!
Date: Fri Nov 26 16:37:59 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:This is the game that stopped me in the WWCX last Wednesday:
Sorry You Lose. Game #: 909-9; Game stats: 1/0/0.00%.
I would love to hear how it can be won??
Date: Fri Nov 26 17:06:53 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:AND, I lost -7.23 Elo points because of itt, GRRR!
Date: Fri Nov 26 19:34:55 2021
User: Kaos
Message:Gave it (4x10-9 #909) some tries. Definitely a hard game.
Date: Mon Nov 29 16:42:33 2021
User: WRAC
Message:I think I need two player names, one for the days when I'm the mood to study games for long periods of time, and one for the days when I'd rather just try any old seemingly productive path and then move on to the next game.
Happily, this deal came up on one of the former days:
Game #: 9x2 10579
Game stats: 18/1/5.56%
Difficulty: 10
Elapsed: 14:54
Streak: 33
This is one of those relatively rare games where you can easily clear a column without losing a free cell and you think it's going to be smooth sailing from there... except it isn't.
Meanwhile, I see Tony's 4x10 still hasn't been won. Maybe I'll take a look at it later.
Link: 4x10 909-9
Date: Mon Nov 29 18:45:58 2021
User: Klepp
Message:8x2 3268-5 first of 29...not easy, much at all...
Date: Mon Nov 29 18:56:36 2021
User: WRAC
Message:Took me 18 tries, but I solved 4x10 909-9.
Tony (and anyone else who's interested),
Clear column 2 and then column 4, but RESIST the temptation to put the JD on the black queen in column 2. This is the "obvious" move that steered me wrong for a while. Save this spot for the JH.
The 2nd trick is to switch the positions of the two black nines. In other words, bury the 9S near the top of column 4, keeping the 9C available. Then clear column 1 and start sending clubs home. This will give you just enough space to win the game!
Date: Mon Nov 29 19:10:27 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:CONGRATULATIONS, WRAC, 🙂!! And, thanks!!
I think it was my most difficult ever (w)4x10 game!
Date: Tue Nov 30 18:59:19 2021
User: Klepp
Message:8882-5 8X2 first of 46, but I lost twice to it, pitiful...
Date: Fri Dec 3 02:32:20 2021
User: sebcbien2
Message:It worth spending some time on it
12x0 14205-6 Streak 17:28 Won 16.7% 3697 1 6
Date: Thu Dec 9 00:51:44 2021
User: JackStraw
Message:7x3
# 14241
diff. 5
34/1 2.94 %
also ran my string to 13 in a row
felt very strange making all the right moves instead of
all the wrong moves
lost on # 13466
a game never before played
Date: Fri Dec 10 14:02:59 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:This one was truly difficult, imo!
Game #: 10x1 22346-10; ...... Game stats: 6/1/16.67%.
Date: Sun Dec 19 00:02:58 2021
User: JackStraw
Message:6x4
diff 5
#8133
102/1 0.98%
I was not the person who won this
Date: Mon Dec 20 15:01:51 2021
User: Klepp
Message:This hardly qualifies, but it does highlight how lack of due diligence hampers some in this game...
9X2-6 19244 first of 5...
Date: Sat Dec 25 15:33:27 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Wow, using cards definitely has its advantages!!
You Win. ..... Game #: 6x4 22604-5; ..... Game stats: 105/1/0.95%!
That should be worth about 8 Elo points, which will help make up for some recent losses!
Date: Sun Dec 26 18:37:08 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Fun game! ... I first solved it as a 6x4.
Game #: 6x3 22529-5; ..... Game stats: 17/1/5.88%.
Date: Sun Dec 26 19:24:40 2021
User: TitanicTonys_deckofcards
Message:Uh, he meant to say "We solved" there.
Just being precise...
Date: Mon Dec 27 09:51:25 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:Being precise... "We" solved this one too:
Game #: 5x5 29227-5; ..... Game stats: 10/1/10.00%!
Date: Mon Dec 27 13:38:27 2021
User: rws33315
Message:13x0 32427x10. Now 55/0 .
Date: Mon Dec 27 13:46:05 2021
User: rws33315
Message:I was playing W13x0 and this one popped up.
13x0 32427x10, game history says I was playing streak.
I guess this must be a part of some bug.
Maybe is winnable?
Date: Mon Dec 27 14:13:03 2021
User: TitanicTony
Message:13x0 32427-10 is not winnable, imo!
There are only 4 possible opening moves: the H8, the 2 black Q's and the H5. All 4 go nowhere!
Date: Mon Dec 27 14:16:00 2021
User: sebcbien2
Message:well known bug indeed, if you search "bug" in body of discussions, you'll find multiple references to it
sequence from your recent play, which is a typical one:
12/27 13:07 13x0 1322-10 Streak 2:22 Won 95.5% 1075 106 111
12/27 13:04 13x0 5174-7 Winnable 24:16 Won 84.4% 1222 81 96
12/27 10:56 13x0 17057-7 Winnable 1:05 Won 100% 717 60 60
you played winnable, then started one, you probably went away, maybe using another device to resume, finished it and click play and you switch without noticing it to Streak mode. The upper selection still shows Winnables but the bottom right indicator shows Streak (that's the only one to trust)
To come back to winnable, you have to select another variant and select 13x0 winnable again
Date: Mon Dec 27 15:37:01 2021
User: rws33315
Message:Thanks !
Date: Sun Jan 2 13:42:17 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Sometimes w5x8 games are remarkably easy (with cards, of course):
Game: 5x8 18019-5; ..... Game stats: 6/5/20%.
Game: 5x7 18019-5; ..... Game stats: 3/2/20%.
Game: 5x6 18019-5; ..... Game stats: 5/1/20%.
Game: 5x5 18019-5; ..... Game stats: 18/1/5.6%.
Date: Mon Jan 3 09:37:56 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 4x7 894-5; ...... Game stats: 4/1/25%.
Date: Mon Jan 3 15:43:49 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W5x8 1667-6; ..... Game stats: 3/1/33.3%; ..... 1652.
Date: Sat Jan 8 23:07:48 2022
User: Klepp
Message:30073-5 6X5 first of 35...3700 and some decimal places Elo.
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