Subject: Never won winnables!
Date: Fri Sep 9 19:13:25 2022
User: WRAC
Message:Nice job!
And I tend to lose games for exactly the same reason. I keep thinking I can cure myself of this habit, but...
Date: Fri Sep 9 20:02:16 2022
User: ix
Message:>> was actually surprised to see it was winnable.
wasn't the elo in the you lose message? did you intentionally not look?
Date: Fri Sep 9 20:03:46 2022
User: ix
Message:oh, i thought you meant you were surprised when you won it, never mind
Date: Fri Sep 9 21:45:08 2022
User: WRAC
Message:I didn't express that clearly at all.
What I meant was, after losing the game on my first attempt, I was expecting it to be unwinnable.
You'd think I would have learned this lesson by now: Unless a game is obviously unwinnable, there's a very good chance it is.
Date: Sat Sep 10 02:25:20 2022
User: sebcbien2
Message:just because it's quite rare to get a played unwon game in streak mode
You Win - Game: 12x0 28651-8
Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1669
Elapsed: 6:07
Date: Tue Sep 13 06:13:30 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:It's not all that rare, imo.
Game: 4x9 12814-5; ..... Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1803; ..... Player Elo: 2301.452 ▲ 0.432.
Date: Tue Sep 13 07:08:44 2022
User: sebcbien2
Message:I meant for 12x0😉
Date: Thu Sep 15 00:59:52 2022
User: Klepp
Message:6x5 12897-5
...first of 66, but a bunch were my losses...sort of a mind-numbing game for me...
Date: Sat Sep 17 18:25:03 2022
User: TitanicTonys_deckofcards
Message:Master, isn't this where we brag on that one we spent hours on?
Date: Sun Sep 18 02:31:22 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 6x5 27242-8; ..... Game stats: 21/1/4.8%/2130; ..... Player Elo: 2318.416 ▲ 2.058.
Date: Sun Sep 18 16:03:37 2022
User: datrox-3
Message:Game: 8x2 31751-12
Game stats: 29/1/3.4% (all attemps are mine)
Quite interesting. A lot of opening moves leading to nowhere. When I decided for the right opening of remained interesting but solvable.
Date: Sun Sep 18 16:04:22 2022
User: datrox-3
Message:of = it
Date: Sun Sep 18 16:21:02 2022
User: Klepp
Message:W9x2 10580-9
First of first hardly counts, but it rewarded 777 thousandths Elo...ahhh, triple SEVENS:
Theology...take it or leave it (at one's own risk).
Link: The Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Date: Mon Sep 19 09:15:43 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 5x6 14131-5; ..... Game stats: 2/1/50%/1842; ..... Player Elo: 2321.214 ▲ 0.478.
Date: Mon Sep 19 18:22:35 2022
User: JackStraw
Message:11x0 3 3935 - 6
broke my 10 game win streak
it had never been played before
played it again and won it easily
Date: Tue Sep 20 07:08:02 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Wow! ..... Game: 7x3 23685-5; ..... Game stats: 53/1/1.9%/2076; ..... Player Elo: 2308.084 ▲ 1.694.
Date: Tue Sep 20 18:32:45 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Gee, I'm getting some good ones:
Game: 9x0 9518-5; ..... Game stats: 21/1/4.8%/2430; ..... Player Elo: 2313.901 ▲ 5.399.
I think that's my biggest single game 'Elo' increase in a very long time!
Date: Wed Sep 21 09:20:31 2022
User: Narrows
Message:This Elo seems very important to you.
Sad.
Date: Wed Sep 21 23:41:18 2022
User: Patti_Scialfa
Message:One of the craziest games I've ever won. Didn't seem possible 'til near the end.
W10x1 31748-6
Game stats: 10/1/10%/1912
Date: Mon Sep 26 17:08:12 2022
User: Klepp
Message:8x2 12004-5
...first of 40, but I lost to it once...
Date: Tue Sep 27 05:35:44 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 5x5 12723-5; ..... Game stats: 5/1/20%/2136; ..... Player Elo: 2307.604 ▲ 2.212.
I can't believe my good luck -- I'm now 4/4 in 5x5!
Date: Tue Sep 27 07:38:44 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Gee, this must be my lucky day. --- I'm now 3/3 in 4x7!
Game: 4x7 26206-5; ..... Game stats: 2/1/50%/2057; ..... Player Elo: 2309.146 ▲ 1.541.
Date: Thu Sep 29 07:06:57 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 6x3 4667-5; ..... Game stats: 26/1/3.8%/2166; ..... Player Elo: 2320.574 ▲ 2.380.
Date: Fri Sep 30 11:27:20 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W8x3 13680-10; ..... Game stats: 5/1/20%/1896; ..... Player Elo: 2322.210 ▲ 0.636.
Date: Sat Oct 1 17:40:34 2022
User: Kaos
Message:This was from Today's Freakout. I thought it was pretty hard but who's to say.
10/1 16:07 6x4 27121-8 Tournament 7:14 Won 25% 282 1 4
Date: Mon Oct 3 05:46:19 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Wow, nice game:
Game: W8x3 8582-10; ..... Game stats: 44/1/2.3%/2268; ..... Player Elo: 2320.521 ▲ 3.483.
Date: Tue Oct 4 14:22:57 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 4x8 3272-5; ..... Game stats: 5/1/20%/1978; ..... Player Elo: 2314.901 ▲ 1.015.
Date: Tue Oct 4 19:03:42 2022
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:Got this one first try and it also looks like a deal that could easily have been 0-60. Anyone else looking to see if it is as hard as I think?
Game: 7x5 18458-9
Game stats: 1/1/100%/1465
Player Elo: 1907.211 ▲ 0.587
Elapsed: 4:29
Streak: 48
Today: 1
Date: Tue Oct 4 19:35:28 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 6x5 16827-8; ..... Game stats: 16/1/6.3%/2090; ..... Player Elo: 2317.424 ▲ 1.728.
Date: Wed Oct 5 03:35:29 2022
User: datrox-3
Message:To game: 7x5 18458-9
No obvious opening moves and careful play needed for a long time. Nevertheless I wouldn't consider the game as a toughie - though I needed 2 tries (it is game punishing careless play). Game Status quiet OK now: 66 %
Date: Wed Oct 5 17:11:18 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W9x2 15772-8; ..... Game stats: 23/1/4.3%/2018; ..... Player Elo: 2319.437 ▲ 1.216.
Date: Wed Oct 5 17:23:07 2022
User: Narrows
Message:Did you win this game on your first shuffle?
Date: Wed Oct 5 17:37:29 2022
User: Klepp
Message:I beat one earlier, but first of three is just too weak to clog up the true intended nature of this thread...and so it is in life as well, where one measures one's strengths/weaknesses, modifying one's behavior thereof...(Living is easier with clear conscience...
Date: Wed Oct 5 17:56:21 2022
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:Hey Klepp, I played your 9x2 - I assumed it was this one:
Game: 9x2 13792-7
Game stats: 5/2/40%
Player Elo: n/a
Elapsed: 2:42
Not too challenging if you remember to choose the correct card to build down on after plotting it out.
Also tried TT's game from a few days ago:
Game: W8x3 8582-10; ..... Game stats: 44/1/2.3%/2268;
That one is a handful. Obviously, it is unclear how many attempts it took him. Couldn't see an opening there.
Date: Wed Oct 5 19:01:06 2022
User: Klepp
Message:9x2 31619-9
first of 83, but it took me four tries...
Date: Thu Oct 6 04:40:49 2022
User: TitanicTonys_deckofcards
Message:It took *us* LOTS of tries, Dr. Bombay. My corners and edges were sore the rest of the day!
Date: Thu Oct 6 16:54:58 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:I thought that this was a difficult game:
Game: 5x6 15955-5; ..... Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1881; ..... Player Elo: 2320.342 ▲ 0.594.
Date: Thu Oct 6 18:26:35 2022
User: Narrows
Message:Did you win this game on your first shuffle?
Date: Thu Oct 6 21:49:47 2022
User: Mastermind
Message:Reg. 8582 can't say how many attempts TT had but seeing that Spades cards have to be sent home (requiring clearing column 7) I needed a solitary attempt.
Ditto for 4705 which was uncharacteristically botched up by Hop.
Date: Fri Oct 7 21:21:43 2022
User: Narrows
Message:TitanicTonys_deckofcards, how could you possibly lose a 13x0w?? It's winnable!! You're a deck of cards.
Really!!
Date: Sat Oct 8 02:20:42 2022
User: TitanicTonys_deckofcards
Message:Just to clarify.............I am an inanimate object, and/or a set of them. I can only do what my master instructs me to do. Can't even make suggestions; not to mention......altho my face cards have eyes, they can't see the whole layout. Fortunately, *most of the time* he doesn't blame me, but it's a tough gig, that's for sure.
Date: Sat Oct 8 03:10:11 2022
User: Klepp
Message:I'm praying for your long-awaited emancipation, TT_decko'...you've surely suffered grave, protracted injustices...
Date: Sat Oct 8 03:39:07 2022
User: ix
Message:
Date: Sat Oct 8 18:44:55 2022
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:Got this one to keep my SSC streak going in the Mr.Bob variant:
Game: 10x1 13881-7
Game stats: 4/1/25%/1650
Player Elo: 1922.314 ▲ 1.400
Elapsed: 4:51
Streak: 28
Date: Tue Oct 11 02:09:16 2022
User: Uberman
Message:Tricky little 8x0 that was 4/0 after I'd played it the first time. But I couldn't let a winnable 8x0 just sit there laughing at us, so I felt compelled to polish it off so that we're a step closer to getting all 765 games won.
Game: 8x0 727-5
Game Stats: 6/1
ELO: Nope
Date: Tue Oct 11 16:18:16 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:I sure couldn't find a way to win either of these two 4x9 games:
Date ........ Time ......... Game .............. Mode ..... W/L ..... Win% ...... Elo ...... Wins ..... Plays
10/11 ..... 12:39 ..... 4x9 2689-5 ....... Streak ..... Lost ......... 0% ...,.. 1714 ........ 0 ........... 1.
10/10 ..... 18:04 ..... 4x9 30148-6 ..... Streak ..... Lost ......... 0% ...... 1778 ........ 0 ........... 1.
I am assuming that they really are winnable.
Anyone else want to have a try?
Date: Tue Oct 11 16:52:08 2022
User: Narrows
Message:If TTDOC can't win them, nobody can.
Date: Tue Oct 11 19:01:04 2022
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:This one isn't too hard:
Game: 4x9 30148-6
Game stats: 3/1/33.3%
Player Elo: n/a
Elapsed: 6:0
Date: Wed Oct 12 16:22:13 2022
User: ThunderRoad
Message:This was a surprise:
You Win
Game: 8x2 16376-5
Game stats: 55/1/1.8%/2169
Player Elo: 1775.458 ▲ 7.307
Elapsed: 3:34
Streak: 1
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