Subject: Never won winnables!
Date: Fri Nov 13 15:32:44 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1-5 10329
Now 1/3. All 3 tries are mine. Fun game.
Date: Fri Nov 13 15:43:00 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1-5 31766
Now 1/5. First try. Much easier than the one just above. Or at least seemed to me.
Date: Fri Nov 13 16:29:58 2020
User: Kaos
Message:Another streak preserver.
Game #: 8x2 27046-5
Game stats: 36/1/2.78%
Elapsed: 2:12
Streak: 5
Date: Fri Nov 13 19:09:02 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:Kaos -here's another
6x5
#25304
diff 5
43/0 0%
Date: Fri Nov 13 21:23:54 2020
User: Oded789
Message:Game #: 6x5 25304
Game stats: 56/1/1.79%
Difficulty: 5
Elapsed: 3:14
3rd try, though on the first two for some strange reason I did exactly the same mistake.
Once you have the opening sequence, it's not hard.
Date: Sat Nov 14 17:00:44 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:Oded - it's 1 out fo 56
it must be a little hard
Date: Sat Nov 14 17:09:27 2020
User: Oded789
Message:Okay, the opening moves are not what you might think at first sight.
I felt that for a 0/53 game (when I approached it) it was relatively not that hard, and have encountered several 6x5 in the 20s or 30s that have been harder for me.
Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't.
Date: Sat Nov 14 18:44:16 2020
User: Kaos
Message:Yes, lots of tries (without success) from me. So, not a Kaos-friendly layout. Obviously, I found the previous 6x5 posted by JackStraw much easier.
Date: Sun Nov 15 08:17:56 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:This game ended another players streak last Wednesday, so I have played it in Custom Mode.
Game #: 6x5 26651-5;....... Game stats: 23/1/4.35%.
Date: Sun Nov 15 09:08:26 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:User: JackStraw
6x5 #25304-5;...... 43/0;..... 0%.
I now see that Oded beat me to it, but here it is again, anyway:
You Win,...... Game #: 6x5 25304-5,...... Game stats: 58/2/3.45%.
Date: Wed Nov 18 23:31:35 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:another 6x5
#31378
45/0 0 %
Date: Thu Nov 19 08:35:43 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:Jack, that game is certainly not easy; it took me 68 moves!
Btw, it helps if you mention the difficulty level.
You Win. .... Game #: 6x5 31378-5; .... Game stats: 51/1/1.96%; .... Difficulty: 5; .... Moves: 68/159.
Date: Thu Nov 19 14:21:54 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:well done
Date: Thu Nov 19 21:45:02 2020
User: PhilN73
Message:Ouch.
11x1 31310-8 is now 1/56. 8th time lucky.
I think the first move I made was to send a king to the only freecell, and then play 10x0 for quite a while, before finally sneaking out a free column. Glad I didn't get that one in streak play...
Date: Thu Nov 19 21:49:11 2020
User: WRAC
Message:Ouch is right. Took me an embarrassing 32 attempts. Now 2/59 after I FINALLY realized that putting the 3 of diamonds on the 4 of clubs was fatal.
Date: Thu Nov 19 23:53:40 2020
User: ix
Message:with those clues i was able to win it, but it still took me 4 tries. even so, it felt really, really good!
Date: Fri Nov 20 15:10:54 2020
User: ElGuapo
Message:Game #: 9x2 12355
Game stats: 7/1/14.29%
Difficulty: 9
Elapsed: 2:57
Streak: 46
Not super remarkable, but always glad to keep a streak alive.
Date: Sat Nov 21 00:25:27 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:yet another 6x5
# 4584
diff. 5
33/0 0%
Date: Thu Nov 26 00:23:04 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:seldom played but never won
4x10
diff 6
#12674
0/7 0%
broke my best ever streak of 14
Date: Sat Nov 28 12:12:57 2020
User: rws33315
Message:Game #: 12x0 3138
Game stats: 3/1/33.33%
Difficulty: 6
Elapsed: 13:51
Streak: 16
This one was a challenge for me.
Date: Mon Nov 30 23:49:43 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:10x1
#16862
diff 5
126/1 0.79 %
I'm guessing the solution involves the 6 of spades
but I couldn't get to it
Date: Tue Dec 1 14:37:59 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
I give up. Someone win this one please 12x0 17975-5
Date: Tue Dec 1 15:54:13 2020
User: ix
Message:great game btw!
Date: Tue Dec 1 22:35:31 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
ah... i see it now. i was thereabout a couple of times but went wrong moving the QD to free the ace
thanks!
Date: Tue Dec 1 22:41:54 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
clarify... moved the QD (instead of QH) onto KS to free the ace
Date: Tue Dec 1 22:52:07 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
oh... and how did you get there in 0/0 moves?
Date: Tue Dec 1 23:25:12 2020
User: ix
Message:it's a bug, when you return to a saved game (i play in chrome but went to firefox cause it's easier to screenshot) that's what shows.
Date: Thu Dec 3 02:19:21 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1-5 #15861
1/6 - 16.67%; first try.
Date: Sat Dec 5 11:14:12 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:8x3
#24844
diff 5
60/1 1.67%
Date: Sat Dec 5 17:00:52 2020
User: Spud
Message:From today's Freakout, I won this just after the bell.
Game #: 6x4 2070
Game stats: 50/1/2.00%
Difficulty: 9
Elapsed: 9:25
Date: Sun Dec 6 10:13:03 2020
User: Mastermind
Message:# 6x4 8898 5
This game came up in streak play and solved in second try. Now 130/1.
Spud, have a go at it.
Date: Mon Dec 7 09:54:43 2020
User: Spud
Message:I've had 3 goes at it and it looks like the kind of game that will take me 50 tries. The obvious line of play looks like it's getting somewhere but doesn't work. So the correct solution is going to be that obvious line but with some small finesse or a completely different approach (of which there appear to be several) and I have no idea which to concentrate on. I'll save it for when I can devote a couple of hours to it!
Date: Mon Dec 7 20:38:15 2020
User: WRAC
Message:I've been trying to work on my patience - which has mostly been a losing battle - but this evening I had the following triumph:
Game #: 10x1 3421
Game stats: 9/1/11.11%
Difficulty: 7
Elapsed: 26:22
Streak: 25
This was a mental test, just about the hardest difficulty level I can solve on a first attempt (without getting very lucky). Of course, I'll probably lose a 50%er before my streak reaches 30, but for now I'm going to savor this one. Maybe I'll take a stab at Mastermind's 6x4 after my brain recovers.
Date: Mon Dec 7 21:44:34 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1-5 #10609
First try. Now 1/6.
Date: Tue Dec 8 09:08:19 2020
User: WRAC
Message:Game #: 6x4 8898
Game stats: 138/2/1.45%
Difficulty: 5
Elapsed: 2:01
Took me 5 attempts (3:00, 2:11, 2:15, 3:07, 2:01). I didn't try to win it on the 1st one - just wanted to enjoy it.
Fun game - thanks, Mastermind. Nice job getting it in only two tries!
Link: 6x4 8898-5
Date: Fri Dec 11 11:26:22 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1 29749-5
Now 1/5. Took me 3 tries. Really fun game.
Date: Fri Dec 11 19:38:46 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1 28794-5
Now 1/5. First try.
Date: Sat Dec 12 00:18:10 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:this came up my 3rd game on Hot Streak
4x10
diff 9
#12087
41/0 0.00%
Date: Sat Dec 12 13:31:51 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:Some of these 9x1 games are silly difficult!!
Game #: 9x1 24859-5;....... Game stats: 37/1/2.70%.
Date: Tue Dec 15 11:38:29 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1 4299-5 Now 1/6.
8x1 30525-5 Now 1/8.
Both first try.
Date: Thu Dec 17 03:51:31 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:8x1 26301-5 Now 1/6.
8x1 73-5 Now 1/6.
Both first try.
Date: Thu Dec 17 12:05:14 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:6x5
diff 5
#21662
17/0 0%
Date: Thu Dec 17 17:07:41 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:@ Jack, it is an interesting game, with several big moves: You Win..... Game #: 6x5 21662-5;
Game stats:18/1/5.56%;..... Moves: 62/183.
Date: Fri Dec 18 04:43:08 2020
User: Uberman
Message:Dang, almost snagged a one-percenter...
6x4 - 5 #17951
99/1 - 1.01%
ELO - 2267
Date: Fri Dec 18 11:22:00 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:Gee, TN, of course I nearly wore out my cards on that one (6x5, 21662-5)!!!
Maybe for Christmas I will buy myself a new deck of cards, 🙂 !!
But, I doubt if new cards will help me much; I just don't have what it takes any more, 🙁 !!
Date: Fri Dec 18 12:50:29 2020
User: pseudonymous
Message:10x1 7796-6 now 6 and 1, previously unbeaten ... Yes!!
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