Subject: Never won winnables!
Date: Sun Aug 2 13:16:02 2020
User: d164280
Message:First try 11/1 20359-10, 1/22, 33:35. Can you get it first try?
Date: Sun Aug 2 17:15:16 2020
User: strassenbeuge
Message:Tricky game. Not so difficult once you get the right opening, but a lot of red herrings. Needed 5 tries. Good job solving it in streak play, d16.
Date: Wed Aug 5 11:51:00 2020
User: Spud
Message:You Win
Game #: 8x2 21994
Game stats: 555/5/0.90%
Difficulty: 10
Elapsed: 8:18
I thought it was time to give this another go but I still had no new ideas so had to resort to looking at Hop's screenshot. Even then it took me another 5 tries. I had certainly never reached that position in any of my previous attempts. Comfortably the most difficult deal I've ever seen.
Date: Wed Aug 5 20:56:09 2020
User: rbw--3
Message:You Win
Game #: 11x0 19293
Game stats: 25/1/4.00%
Difficulty: 5
Elapsed: 5:17
Probably luck. Figured a way to clear 1 column.
Date: Wed Aug 5 21:12:56 2020
User: Kaos
Message:11x0 19293-5 doesn't seem too hard (one attempt in just over 3 minutes).
I'm tempted to try the 8x2 but not looking for bruises at the moment.
Date: Wed Aug 5 21:26:51 2020
User: rbw--3
Message:I was surprised it was 1 for 25 after. It looked like the top tier players could solve it.
Date: Thu Aug 6 21:37:04 2020
User: redberet
Message:6x4 20836-5
66/1/1.52%
10:23
59/137
Date: Fri Aug 7 09:18:30 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:redberet and I are in training for the SSC
Game #: 6x4 19217
Game stats: 66/1/1.52%
Difficulty: 5
Elapsed: 4:03
Streak: 1
Today: 1
Date: Fri Aug 7 10:04:05 2020
User: Uberman
Message:Haha, amazing coincidence!
Date: Sat Aug 8 09:05:51 2020
User: Uberman
Message:Game #: 6x4 8812-5
Game Stats: 70/1 1.43%
Elapsed: 5:50
Brain usage required: 73%
Date: Sat Aug 8 17:52:09 2020
User: redberet
Message:6x4 30873-5
54/1/1.85
5:28
Too bad, I had it beat on first try. Them 6x4's are falling like flies today.
Date: Sun Aug 9 13:54:19 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
You Win
Game #: 12x0 16918
Game stats: 21/1/4.76%
Difficulty: 6
Elapsed: 4:54
Streak: n/a
Today: n/a
arg... 10 of those losses are mine
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:02:36 2020
User: Spud
Message:You Win
Game #: 8x2 10688
Game stats: 43/1/2.33%
Difficulty: 10
Elapsed: 3:14
Aaaaaargh! Spent about an hour on this during today's freakout, convinced it had to be solvable. Finally got it, but about 2 seconds after the bell.
Date: Sat Aug 15 09:55:17 2020
User: RottinJohn
Message:Game #: 9x3 17989
Game stats: 1/1/100.00%
Difficulty: 7
Elapsed: 2:49
Actually was a gimme. Really the only reason I put it here is the only time (to the best of my recollection) that I was the first to play an individual game.
Date: Tue Aug 18 00:21:41 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:anyone remember winning this ?
10 x 1
#29455
diff 5
1 out of 124
Date: Tue Aug 18 16:09:16 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:I am not going to sleep tonight until I can win this game ... 10x1-5 ... 29455
Date: Tue Aug 18 17:56:48 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:Excellent - as it should be
Date: Tue Aug 18 20:33:43 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:SOS
Date: Wed Aug 19 05:02:48 2020
User: Spud
Message:Second try. Now 3/258, I started with column 6.
This came after taking 31 attempts and 90 minutes to solve 9x1 10619-4 from yesterdays potluck which WRAC must have got in about 2 minutes. Sometimes you just don't see it...
Date: Wed Aug 19 06:36:28 2020
User: sebcbien2
Message:My very first attempt with this version for today wwc
I bumped on this one:
Game: 5x8 27850-5
Plays: 8
Wins: 0
Percentage: 0.00
Date: Wed Aug 19 18:57:11 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:The Eagle has Landed
Date: Thu Aug 20 03:32:38 2020
User: Kumquat-of-Conciliation
Message:So went about what, something like 38-40 hrs. without sleep? Great job.
Date: Thu Aug 20 11:34:56 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Date: Thu Aug 20 16:13:11 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:byronsmoot - I think you have a real shot at Player of the Week Honors
Date: Thu Aug 20 16:34:59 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:JackStraw ... I know you are making light of my struggles with that one game ... but if there is a Prize ... I will take it ... hopefully it is Pepsi and Pop-Tarts.
Date: Thu Aug 20 18:13:38 2020
User: Oded789
Message:Won 5x8 27850-5 on the 3rd try, now 1/11.
For a level 5 game of 5x8, not easy. Took me some time to find the right plan.
As for 10x1 29455-5, it's now 4/268 and I think about half the tries are Byron's. Talk about determination!
Date: Thu Aug 20 19:07:29 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:byronsmoot - I would never mock your effort and success . I used to do a lot of mountain biking and I venture very few people have eaten more pop-tarts than me and lived. Mostly chocolate and cinnamon but have dabbled in all flavors. Why doesn't the frosting ever melt no matter what you do to it ?
Date: Thu Aug 20 20:40:40 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:Oded ... I suspected Spud's column 6 opener ... and I know I was on the cusp dozens and dozens of times until I realized the 3 of Spades was the key.
JackStraw ... I never question this Super Food.
Date: Fri Aug 21 13:51:32 2020
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Game #: 10x2 17584
Game stats: 2/1/50.00%
Difficulty: 11
lost my streak because of this.
Date: Sun Aug 23 15:56:22 2020
User: outskirts
Message:BTW ~ I am the 1
Date: Mon Aug 24 13:11:16 2020
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:This is very surprising for me. I didn't expect a game this easy at level 8. There may be harder games than this even at level 1.
You Win
Game #: 6x5 9141
Game stats: 1/1/100.00%
Difficulty: 8
Elapsed: 1:08
Streak: 35
Date: Tue Aug 25 18:11:58 2020
User: d164280
Message:Probably my best tournament solve to best an excellent player, Spud , 16 to 15 in a potluck, with 2min remaining. 8x1 18527-3 second try in 7:51 1/23.
Date: Wed Aug 26 00:40:01 2020
User: Kaos
Message:Hey 49’ers fan. Great win. Spud is a fantastic player - both fast and a great solver. I liked the 8x1 and played it exclusively once I got to 14 wins but couldn’t get it to go. But, I was very sure it was winnable which, of course, you confirmed. Well done 👍.
Date: Wed Aug 26 04:48:07 2020
User: Spud
Message:Well done, very nice solve. Finally got it on my 20th attempt after at least an hour. Had a bad feeling about this one as soon as I failed on my first try. I got so close that I knew it had to be winnable, but it's often the case that the closer I get on the first try, the harder it is to solve.
Date: Wed Aug 26 14:59:25 2020
User: d164280
Message:Thanks guys. When I got to 15 I saw you got there 15min. before me , as usual. The fact that you didn't get it in 15min., it must be unwinnable. But I had 10min remaining so why not have a look? The kind of game you think you can get close only to eventually get stuck. Make a move and think that's it, wait, still can do this, that's it ,wait still have this, knowing I had to get to those red 9's buried at the bottom of column one, which looked impossible. Didn't get to the 9's till the very end, but it worked out. Then I thought it must be past the bell, only to find, to my surprise, there was still a min and a half left. Fun game cause I got, a bitch if I hadn't!
Date: Fri Aug 28 15:01:25 2020
User: Kaos
Message:A pair of 7x3's from Spelunker and Traditional today. The Spelunker game (32550-7) was interesting because it requires focusing on one black ace and one red ace - but the choice of which is the tricky bit.
Game: 7x3 32550-7
Plays: 32-1
Percentage: 3.12
Game: 7x3 12446-8
Plays: 23
Wins: 1
Percentage: 4.35
Date: Fri Aug 28 15:44:21 2020
User: Spud
Message:Most of the tries on 12446 are by me, I'd just about given up on it being winnable then I saw it had been solved so had to keep going. Got there in about 20 tries. If you used the same solution as me I'm amazed you got it in 2 tries.
I'm still working on this one solved by zippyquick in yesterday's Spelunker. So many possibilities it sent my head spinning. What's really annoying is that I'm sure I got the right idea once but I can't figure out how I got there.
Game: 7x4 11635-9
Plays: 66
Wins: 1
Percentage: 1.52
Date: Fri Aug 28 15:55:40 2020
User: d164280
Message:I feel your annoyance, to get to within one move of solving, knowing you made one misstep along the way, then can't find your way back. Dang!
Date: Fri Aug 28 16:28:56 2020
User: Kaos
Message:"I feel your annoyance, to get to within one move of solving, knowing you made one misstep along the way, then can't find your way back. Dang!"
d164280: On the 8x1 you solved yesterday, I got to the 9's, made one mis-click, and then couldn't get back to the solution.
Spud, only two tries for me was correct. I'm going to look at the 7x4 again.
Date: Fri Aug 28 16:30:45 2020
User: Kaos
Message:Game #: 7x4 11635-9
Game stats: 72/2/2.78%
Let me know if you want a hint. One tricky move required. What I wold call a tease.
Date: Sat Aug 29 13:07:23 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:10 x 1
diff 5
# 28124
1 out of 95
byronsmoot don't know how much sleep you'll lose over this one
you can clear the far left column easy enough but never got it right after that
Date: Sat Aug 29 13:17:51 2020
User: ix
Message:as a 10x2:
Game: 10x2 28124-5
Plays: 39
Wins: 7
Percentage: 17.95
nice solve
Date: Mon Aug 31 16:58:04 2020
User: Oded789
Message:Game #: 7x3 21265
Game stats: 10/1/10.00%
Difficulty: 6
Elapsed: 3:34
Somehow I got it easily. Alas, just after the bell.
Date: Mon Aug 31 21:27:56 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:JackStraw
I took me 15 tries ... but I am still calling it a Piece of Cake
Clear column one combined with working the middle columns.
Date: Mon Aug 31 23:18:45 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
Only took 5 tries
Game: 12x0 5142-6
Plays: 10
Wins: 1
Percentage: 10.00
Date: Tue Sep 1 19:58:27 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:Smoot here's another piece of cake
10 x1
diff 5 #17144
1 out of 67
3 of the losses are mine- never got close to ace of clubs
Date: Tue Sep 1 20:12:44 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:JackStraw
10x1 17144-5
Are you not entertained?
Clear column 7, then build down column 1 on the 10D ... the Ace of Clubs stays put until pretty close to the end.
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