Subject: Never won winnables!
Date: Sat Jan 7 17:20:12 2023
User: ix
Message:
Date: Sat Jan 7 18:27:07 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:O yes, quite a lot of warm feelings
Date: Sat Jan 7 22:44:16 2023
User: Klepp
Message:9x1 31919-5
first of 26
Date: Mon Jan 9 06:13:01 2023
User: TitanicTony
Message:Game: W6x5 28695-7; ..... Game stats: 4/1/25%/1856; ..... Player Elo: 2366.602 ▲ 0.405.
Date: Tue Jan 10 01:45:36 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Game: 6x4 - 3941/5
Game Stats: 127/1 0.8%
Elapsed: 5:31
ELO Bounty: +7.108
Date: Tue Jan 10 06:30:09 2023
User: TitanicTony
Message:VERY impressive, Uberman! Congratulations, 🙂!
Date: Tue Jan 10 06:58:23 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Thanks. I wasn't able to win the follow-up game however. I came close, but it's still out there in the wind if anyone's interested.
It's 6x4 - 22531-5 (82/0)
Date: Mon Jan 16 16:23:32 2023
User: TNmountainman
Message:Quite intricate, but was mildly surprised it had never been knocked off:
9x0 9424-5
Now 26/1/3.8%/2431
Had no idea until I finished that I had also won my previous 9x0, for a "streak" of 2. 🤷
Date: Tue Jan 17 00:36:07 2023
User: ElGuapo
Message:This one was surprising too, hardly slowed me down. I must have avoided a trap somewhere.
Game: 7x5 31440-11
Game stats: 13/1/7.7%/1956
Player Elo: 2023.512 ▲ 3.305
Elapsed: 3:13
Streak: 13
Date: Thu Jan 19 14:22:11 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:Sometimes I am wondering about ELO. ELO for an unplayed game is the same like this one.
Game: 7x4 24984-8
Game stats: 10/1/10%/1648
Date: Fri Jan 27 18:38:55 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:Game: 7x3 31520-5
Game stats: 454/1/0.2%
About 150 attemps... A good candidate to compete with game 6x6 19867-5. A huge amount of dead ends.
Date: Fri Jan 27 20:40:28 2023
User: Kumquat-of-Conciliation
Message:Wowser. 😳😲🤯
Are you known for patience and/or sticktoitiveness(sp?) in real life? (serious question)
Date: Sat Jan 28 01:52:44 2023
User: Uberman
Message:That's a level of dedication my tiny brain cannot comprehend - congrats indeed!
Date: Sat Jan 28 04:57:19 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:I don't consider myself to have much stamina. But when I'm gripped by a problem, I can really sink my teeth into it. And this little 7x3 looked so solvable and yet resisted so much. I couldn't let that happen to me...
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:40:55 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: W8x3 32457-10
Game stats: 4/1/25%/1861
Player Elo: 2048.308 ▲ 2.068
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:47:47 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:>>Date: Sat Jan 28 04:57:19 2023
>>User: datrox-3
>>Message: "I don't consider myself to have much stamina."
Humble, indeed. 150 attempts is an ultramarathon.
Date: Mon Jan 30 09:56:48 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Wow, what a happy surprise!
Game: 9x1 13172-5
Game stats: 40/1/2.5%/2157
Player Elo: 2052.340 ▲ 5.286
Date: Wed Feb 1 07:39:02 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: W7x4 29811-10
Game stats: 4/1/25%/1875
Player Elo: 2056.463 ▲ 2.117
Date: Wed Feb 1 15:33:59 2023
User: sebcbien2
Message:good day for the W7x4 WWCX players !
Game: W7x4 892-7
Game stats: 4/1/25%/1703
Player Elo: 1962.195 ▲ 1.488
Date: Fri Feb 3 02:58:58 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Think I must've zoned out on this one, or something...
Game: 6x4 #3634-5
Game stats: 72/1
Elapsed: 2:41
Date: Sun Feb 5 14:41:58 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:Game: 9x2 914-5
Game stats: 108/1/0.9%
Needed about 30 attemps. Is there anybody who can tell me if this is really a tough game. Or is it just tough for me?
Date: Mon Feb 6 02:38:54 2023
User: Uberman
Message:I gave it my best 'one-shot', datrox, but couldn't see anywhere you can go with that one. One of those games I'd probably assume was unwinnable if not for ELO and...well...you posting it here, so well done I'd say!
Date: Wed Feb 8 15:56:37 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:Game: 7x3 31501-5
Game stats: 70/1/1.4%
Interesting game. It was hard to find promising openings. Then all of them turned out to be dead ends. And when finally one of them was the right one there came another trap along to cause further attemps
Date: Thu Feb 9 16:58:09 2023
User: datrox-3
Message:Game: 7x3 14356-5
Game stats: 58/1/1.7%
Not as difficult, but still brain-twisting. Again nowhere an opening. But it was only hidden. Then careful playing was enough.
Date: Fri Feb 10 07:43:39 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:I tried, and tried, and I could not win this game:
Game: W4x10 26887-8
Game stats: 1/0/0%/1837
Elo: 2048.356 ▼-6.275.
Date: Fri Feb 10 08:00:29 2023
User: Kumquat-of-Conciliation
Message:How very curious. Your individual stats page only shows a single play of 5:44. That's an awful lot of trying to fit into that time frame.
Date: Fri Feb 10 09:37:36 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:I give Mrs. T a lot of credit for even attempting a 4x10. One look at the 4x10 layout, and I am looking for the QUIT button.
Date: Fri Feb 10 14:44:41 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Wait....you think it really is Mrs T.?
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:01:01 2023
User: Kumquat-of-Conciliation
Message:Not trying to speak for Buzz, but yes, it is her - or.......well, you know how it works....
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:13:48 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Oh right OK, did they post about it somewhere? Must've missed that...
Date: Sat Feb 11 06:55:56 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Bingo!
Date: Sat Feb 11 07:31:55 2023
User: outskirts
Message:It's like a flashing yellow neon sign.
Date: Sat Feb 11 09:40:18 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:The entire Titanic family is welcome here.
Date: Sat Feb 11 09:45:02 2023
User: Kumquat-of-Conciliation
Message:Does that include DiCaprio, Winslet, Bates, et al? The iceberg itself I assume is excluded?
Date: Sat Feb 11 09:52:17 2023
User: BuzzClik
Message:Of course! This board is famous for hosting dead people and actors pretending to be dead people. The more voices, the better.
As for the iceberg, I am assuming they'd prefer a cold reception.
Date: Sat Feb 11 14:36:33 2023
User: redberet
Message:Harmony in the House of Cards.
Date: Sun Feb 12 16:10:06 2023
User: redberet
Message:This surprised me. Seemed like a run of the mill.
You Win
Game: 7x5 653-11
Game stats: 10/1/10%/1903
Player Elo: 1877.693 ▲ 4.392
Elapsed: 8:59
Date: Sat Feb 18 19:17:25 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: 7x3 12948-5
Game stats: 44/1/2.3%/2030
Player Elo: 2059.302 ▲ 3.758
Date: Sun Feb 19 17:40:43 2023
User: redberet
Message:I had a scratch to try for one today.
Game: 8x0 7840-5
Game stats: 2/1/50%/1932
Player Elo: 1885.773 ▲ 4.639
Elapsed: 11:22
Date: Sun Feb 19 23:44:00 2023
User: redberet
Message:This had several openings. I took three.
Game: 9x0 8431-5
Game stats: 27/1/3.7%
Date: Mon Feb 20 01:02:12 2023
User: Uberman
Message:Well done red! Gotta love it when you get a win in 8x0 after playing only 4 games in a session. Not that I'd know.
Date: Mon Feb 20 03:29:12 2023
User: redberet
Message:Thanks, Uberman, I'd let a couple slip through on my last excursion, so it does feel good to get this one.
Date: Tue Feb 21 16:08:34 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: 4x10 31321-5
Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1660
Player Elo: 2061.914 ▲ 0.725.
Date: Fri Feb 24 06:37:11 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: W10x1 6121-8
Game stats: 16/1/6.3%/1944
Player Elo: 2069.967 ▲ 2.664.
Date: Mon Feb 27 08:30:53 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: 7x4 26337-10
Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1837
Player Elo: 2070.217 ▲ 1.681.
Date: Mon Feb 27 10:32:38 2023
User: Ellie2
Message:Game: 7x4 22717-10
Game stats: 2/1/50%/1801
Player Elo: 2072.632 ▲ 1.403.
Date: Wed Mar 1 07:27:29 2023
User: sebcbien2
Message:I don't like narrow variants, so my way of playing them is mostly based on intuition and luck, so I was lucky
Game: 6x7 29406-5
Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/1422
Player Elo: 1985.621 ▲ 0.301
Elapsed: 5:13
Date: Tue Mar 7 06:40:32 2023
User: TitanicTony
Message:This was a good win, imo!
Game: W6x5 20876-10; ..... Game stats: 3/1/33.3%/2045; ..... Player Elo: 2394.041 ▲ 0.956.
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