Subject: Never won winnables!
Date: Wed Oct 12 17:52:09 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:BRAVO, ThunderRoad!
This w7x4 was also a surprise, but somewhat lesser:
Game: W7x4 10134-8; ... Game stats: 4/1/25%/1820; ... Player Elo: 2303.695 ▲ 0.467.
Date: Wed Oct 12 18:23:15 2022
User: WRAC
Message:I finally won 4x9 2689-5, but I wasn't the first. It took me a whopping 36 tries, not my finest hour.
Date: Wed Oct 12 18:33:17 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Gee, 2 in a row: ... Game: W7x4 679-8; ... Game stats: 4/1/25%/1820; ... Player Elo: 2304.161 ▲ 0.466.
BRAVO WRAC!
Date: Fri Oct 14 02:13:13 2022
User: Gulbis
Message:You Win
Game: W7x4 19187-8
Game stats: 36/1/2.8%/2190
Player Elo: 2511.116 ▲ 1.101
Elapsed: 19:33
Streak: 35
This was a very tricky one but I'm still surprised at these stats.
Date: Fri Oct 14 22:14:18 2022
User: Kaos
Message:I got this one to pip kenwa for victory in the Freakout from Thursday:
0/13 22:24 7x3 9920-8 Tournament 3:03 Won 3.2% 2132 1 31
If you are up for a challenge, see if you can win it before reading the spoiler commentary below:
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Ten of the misses were mine but I had a strong sense it was winnable, and that turned out to be the case. What's interesting is that the solution was eerily similar to a victory that WRAC wrote about at the old Hotel Netcell well over a decade ago. In the WRAC win, there were two black queens on top of each other and he put one of them into a FC and eventually made it pay off. The approach here was similar but in this case it was two red nines. Putting one of them up looks silly at first glance but I'm guessing it's the only way to crack the deal open.
Date: Sat Oct 15 04:02:47 2022
User: sebcbien2
Message:10x0 18624-5 Streak 3:47 Won 4.2% 2142 1 24
I didn't find it difficult, probably the first intuition (which column to open first) was the good one
Date: Sat Oct 15 05:40:43 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 10x0 32108-5; ..... Game stats:; ..... 27/1/3.7%/2159; ..... Player Elo: 2308.922 ▲ 2.423.
What a good start to the SSC today!
Date: Sun Oct 16 08:16:12 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 4x7 13490-5; ..... Game stats: 4/1/25%/2112; ..... Player Elo: 2317.113 ▲ 1.911.
Date: Sun Oct 16 09:16:24 2022
User: strassenbeuge
Message:Not so easy.
Game: 6x5 29201-7
Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1826
Player Elo: 1950.547 ▲ 2.686
Elapsed: 1:14:50
Date: Thu Oct 20 10:27:01 2022
User: rbw--3
Message:9x2 16956-8 HotStreak 3:56 Won 14.3% 323 1 7
Date: Sat Oct 29 23:52:42 2022
User: joeygray
Message:Unusual for me to post here, but proud to have worked this one out.
Game: 7x5 18438-11
Game stats: 2/1/50%/1710
Player Elo: 2029.358 ▲ 1.110
Elapsed: 48:29
Date: Thu Nov 3 09:06:40 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 9x0 5998-5; ..... Game stats: 28/1/3.6%. ... Unfortunately, it was not my 1st try. My doc made a stupid mistake.
Date: Thu Nov 3 09:35:11 2022
User: joeygray
Message:Fortunately, you mean. Denny’s database reflects truth for a change.
Date: Thu Nov 3 11:02:49 2022
User: TitanicTonys_deckofcards
Message:I refuse to accept any blame for that loss. I only do what I'm told!!
Date: Thu Nov 3 13:59:11 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:HA, HA, HA. You just can't give up on being ABUSIVE, even though it's a total failure!
Date: Thu Nov 3 14:37:35 2022
User: Narrows
Message:The fact that you responded does not make it a total failure. You caricaturize it as abusive and even capitalize the word. It is obvious that it bothers you.
Please think positive about this. You have almost completed step one. Eleven more to go.
Date: Thu Nov 3 15:09:47 2022
User: redberet
Message:You can always blame it on London, Tony.
Date: Fri Nov 4 12:25:35 2022
User: WRAC
Message:Game: 9x2 3783-11
Game stats: 75/1/1.3%
Player Elo: n/a
Elapsed: 2:30
Alas, this took me 8 tries. A game that looked absolutely unwinnable... until I saw the trick, at which point it was ridiculously easy.
Oh well.
Date: Sun Nov 6 16:09:46 2022
User: Klepp
Message:This is a variant I'm not much good at, so I do this "first of (merely) four" guilt-free.
Game: 4635 6x6-6
Plays: 4
Wins: 1
Percentage: 25.00
Elo: 1669.631
Date: Mon Nov 7 06:09:37 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game stats; ..... 2/1/50%/1798; ..... Player Elo: 2319.389 ▲ 0.380.
Date: Wed Nov 9 11:11:18 2022
User: strassenbeuge
Message:Game: 10x1 7713-8
Game stats: 8/1/12.5%/1830
Player Elo: 2018.691 ▲ 2.058
Elapsed: 7:06
Just wondering. It wasn't so hard.
Date: Sun Nov 13 16:34:41 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W6x5 29679-9; .... Game stats: 5/1/20%/2048; .... Player Elo: 2326.124 ▲ 1.358.
Date: Sun Nov 13 16:43:09 2022
User: Narrows
Message:How many times did TTDOC lose it?
Date: Wed Nov 16 18:08:24 2022
User: d164280
Message:9x0 30896-5, 0/23 when I first encountered this bitch, now 1/51 after 28 attempts. I'm never going to get two in a row if I keep getting games like this!
Date: Sat Nov 19 06:40:06 2022
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: 7x4 7468-7
Game stats: 8/1/12.5%/1839
Player Elo: 1825.001 ▲ 4.264.
Date: Sun Nov 20 17:32:28 2022
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:I've gone back to playing the 10-sums now that the Elo points aren't quiet so nasty including my fave 6x4. I was a bit surprised to see the numbers on this deal:
Game: 6x4 11268-5
Game stats: 76/1/1.3%/2310
Player Elo: 1847.102 ▲ 7.521
Elapsed: 3:47
Streak: 4
Today: 4
Date: Sun Nov 20 18:19:33 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W6x5 27712-7; .... Game stats: 9/1/11.1%/1956; .... Player Elo: 2332.680 ▲ 0.829.
Date: Tue Nov 22 06:43:55 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Wow, I think that this is my most difficult w6x5 win ever!
Game: W6x5 5997-8; .... Game stats: 13/1/7.7%/2059; .... Player Elo: 2335.509 ▲ 1.372.
It's scary that Elo expects me to win this kind of game most of the time.
I guess it's not possible for me to know what the game's Elo was before I beat it?
Date: Tue Nov 22 08:28:19 2022
User: Narrows
Message:If you counted the times you lost before you posted your win, Elo would not expect you to win this kind of game most of the time.
Date: Tue Nov 22 11:43:02 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Silly person, the whole purpose of using cards, is to avoid posting losses,🙂!
Btw, it doesn't always work; stupid mistakes are still possible.
Date: Tue Nov 22 12:18:59 2022
User: Narrows
Message:Is it silly that your personal Elo is meaningless because you don't post the ones you lose? Also, the games you don't post your loses to have a lower Elo than they should have, therefore failing to give other players their correct increase when they beat it.
Date: Tue Nov 22 16:00:40 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:No, it's not silly; it is highly satisfying! I hadn't thought of that last part. Excellent, that will make it even harder (or impossible) for them to ever catch up with me. HoHoHo!
Date: Tue Nov 22 16:32:51 2022
User: firenze
Message:That's so sad and pathetic. I actually feel sorry for you. El Guapo, Denny, and others put a lot of work into developing an Elo for this site. all for people like you to make it meaningless. How will we ever know if the game ratings or the player ratings are what they should be.
Date: Wed Nov 23 10:39:33 2022
User: MrFixit
Message:Again, my perspective: I don't care. Ignore. Worry about starving kids.
Date: Wed Nov 23 10:56:53 2022
User: firenze
Message:It may be time to let it go, Denny.
Date: Wed Nov 23 11:25:37 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:It is NOT "meaningless", imo!
Perhaps it is a teeny, tiny bit less meaningful? But, it is still very good!
It was never meant to be perfect, and never will be.
Date: Thu Nov 24 20:12:30 2022
User: d164280a
Message:11x0 15114-5 1/24, 11x0 6698-5 1/33, 11x0 20762 1/30, all first try, no handicap, no cards, no cheating!
Date: Sun Nov 27 20:08:24 2022
User: redberet
Message:I got this on a 2nd try. Tried a different approach and then it was like downtown.
Game: 8x2 29219-5
Game stats: 32/1/3.1%
Date: Mon Nov 28 06:02:42 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W6x5 25041-9; ..... Game stats: 4/1/25%/2023; ..... Player Elo: 2341.893 ▲ 1.116.
Date: Wed Dec 7 13:50:29 2022
User: Klepp
Message:W9x2 8192-9
first of 20...
cards floated around in my imagination until it came to me...took me forever, somebody with Elo >2200 should solve it <6min. (if they're worth it (without cards ought to go without saying--sadly--it doesn't go without saying here, though)...
Date: Wed Dec 7 16:44:44 2022
User: strassenbeuge
Message:Game: 10x1 14667-7
Game stats: 59/1/1.7%/2121
Player Elo: 2041.929 ▲ 5.008
Elapsed: 32:47
A hard one. But it didn't feel so hard that it was unbeaten.
Date: Thu Dec 8 06:01:04 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: 9x2 26952-6; ...... Game stats: 5/1/20%/1780; ...... Player Elo: 2360.151 ▲ 0.274.
This was definitely a hard game, imo.
Date: Thu Dec 8 16:14:59 2022
User: strassenbeuge
Message:Game: 11x0 29862-5
Game stats: 23/1/4.3%/2000
Player Elo: 2041.014 ▲ 3.612
Elapsed: 32:06
Date: Mon Dec 12 16:05:04 2022
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:I've been streaking (or trying to streak) in 8x2 quite a bit but maybe I should be trying 7x3:
Game: 7x3 1842-5
Game stats: 37/1/2.7%/1976
Player Elo: 1810.264 ▲ 5.886
Elapsed: 2:39
Streak: 1
Date: Fri Dec 30 18:33:22 2022
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W6x5 26865-10; ...... Game stats: 5/1/20%/2093; ...... Player Elo: 2379.463 ▲ 1.305.
Date: Sat Dec 31 04:19:21 2022
User: redberet
Message:The only thing of note was the amount of 6's.
Game: 7x5 9197-11
Game stats: 1/1/100%/1604
Player Elo: 1998.183 ▲ 0.758
Elapsed: 6:00
Streak: 66
Today: 6
That plus the fact that the streak was/is composed of only level 11's. It's gone a long way towards making up for concurrent losses.
Date: Thu Jan 5 09:45:22 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Calling andaronjim!!
11x0 3602-5 Now 0/31, but (apparently) winnable.
Date: Thu Jan 5 11:54:49 2023
User: redberet
Message:One of those where you need to get rid of one suit first.
Game: 7x5 6531-11
Game stats: 7/1/14.3%/1864
Player Elo: 1986.054 ▲ 2.710
Date: Sat Jan 7 17:12:19 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:Game: 7x3 10711-5
Game stats: 50/1/2%/2033
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