Subject: 8x3 Level 7 Project
Date: Sat Sep 15 16:11:14 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:The first 20000 have all been attempted.
Date: Mon Sep 17 08:42:08 2018
User: Buttock-Wrench
Message:I'm pecking away at them from time to time, alternating between "not played" and "played but not a lot". Leaving the presumably harder ones for you better players to kill off. Hope that's all right.
Date: Thu Sep 20 23:59:14 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:#21546, anyone?
Date: Tue Sep 25 18:02:39 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I just completed #22222. It took me 2:22.
Date: Wed Sep 26 14:47:18 2018
User: freecell_online
Message:I done #23521 Still take me 3:10. I think that was good for me. I am a beginner :)
Link: Freecell
Date: Wed Sep 26 17:30:17 2018
User: TNmountainman
Message:#23521-7 has already been beaten long ago. It's now 12/31. Not to mention, no one by the handle of "freecell_online" has any official plays. Maybe you played it anonymously. No offense - just clarifying for others.
Date: Thu Sep 27 04:46:51 2018
User: Buttock-Wrench
Message:To clarify further: freecell_online was just taking the opportunity to advertise another Freecell site on here.
Date: Thu Sep 27 09:20:09 2018
User: TNmountainman
Message:Yes; just didn't want to say that.
Date: Sun Sep 30 20:37:42 2018
User: Kaos
Message:I've beaten Game:
8x3 20876-7
Plays: 56
Wins: 1
Percentage: 1.79
on the third attempt. I had 20052 almost beaten after some careful play but missed out on swapping black sixes and then could never get back to where I was on numerous subsequent replays.
Date: Thu Oct 4 16:29:54 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Just lost a streak on the previously unplayed 27244.
Date: Thu Oct 4 18:15:40 2018
User: calicokid
Message:just got 27244 on the second try. I would have lost that streaking too! Kind of deceptive looking for sure.
Date: Tue Oct 9 18:17:58 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Woohoo! I finally got one of the really difficult ones! #19413 is now 1/173. It only took me four tries, & 5:00 on the winning attempt. I don't remember how I did it, but the two red 9s in the upper left went home last.
Date: Tue Oct 9 18:22:48 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Okay, I can't count. It was my third attempt, but it seemed like four.
Date: Tue Oct 9 19:32:29 2018
User: calicokid
Message:WOW!
I was trying that game earlier, but couldn't crack it.
Kudos!
Date: Wed Oct 10 20:53:45 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Somebody solved it.
Date: Fri Oct 19 21:58:10 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Anyone want to try #26163?
Date: Fri Oct 19 22:15:59 2018
User: firenze
Message:8/1
Date: Mon Nov 5 18:55:32 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:#28614?
Date: Mon Nov 5 19:24:09 2018
User: firenze
Message:done
Date: Sat Dec 8 13:39:05 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:All deals have now been attempted. 453 remain unsolved.
Date: Sat Dec 8 14:02:31 2018
User: The_Interpreter
Message:A lot of those 453 have only been tried one or two times. So, the actual unsolvables are probably fewer.
Date: Sat Dec 8 14:06:33 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I'm going after the once-tried deals.
Date: Sat Dec 8 14:16:47 2018
User: ix
Message:any game past 20549 is solvable with the exception of
22517
23050
24024
24385
24474
25815
26181
26809
26814
26924
27160
27922
29669
29671
31175
31449
two notable solvable games are
25666 119
28522 93
Link: http://freecell.net/f/c/view_games.html?;8x3,7,p,0
Date: Sun Dec 9 14:43:00 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Somebody solved the "notable" games.
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:03:30 2018
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:Maybe I will try a couple. I mean, how hard can they be if Colt can solve them.
BTW, things that go together:
peanut butter and jelly
macaroni and cheese
salt and pepper
fish and chips
bacon and eggs
Heisman and Oklahoma quaterbacks
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:17:34 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Bacon goes with eggs. I'll give you that. But salt with pepper? Not necessarily. Salt is for hard-boiled eggs, pepper is for hamburgers. Fish and chips? Blech. Fish is better with malt vinegar sauce... and mashed potatoes! And given that Johnny Womanziel "won" the Heisman, I'm not sure I'd want it. By the way, I'm still waiting on those mouse ears, and for you to beat dallas. Oh, and what's a "quaterback"?
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:22:37 2018
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:Hey, unlike you, I didn't have the option to have spelling as one of my college courses. They said spell check would qualify for those credits.
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:27:38 2018
User: The_Longhorn
Message:I don't know about Colt, but I was spelling champion of my class in grades 1 & 5. By the time I got to the University of Texas, I was ready to move on to bigger challenges. And if you got spell check for a credit at o.u., it was probably so you wouldn't lose your eligibility. You still misspelled a word. (HINT: look for the red, squiggly line under a word.)
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:35:03 2018
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:A real Texan would use the word squiggly. Way too SoCal.
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:38:07 2018
User: The_Longhorn
Message:Since no squiggly line appeared under "squiggly", I figured it was a real word. Or maybe you're ready to concede that a Texan invented spell check.
Date: Sun Dec 9 15:42:22 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Hey, The, I know those squiggly lines work.
I have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC.
It plainly marks four my revue
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I've run this poem threw it,
I'm sure your please to no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
Not a squiggly line in my poem!
Date: Sun Dec 9 22:26:54 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:29658? 30303?
Date: Thu Dec 13 17:02:29 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:All unsolved deals have been attempted at least twice. 196 unsolved deals remain, minus the 73 unwinnables leaves 123.
Date: Thu Dec 13 19:29:28 2018
User: calicokid
Message:Somebody took down 29658
Date: Thu Dec 13 21:22:38 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:All unsolved deals have been attempted at least thrice. 166 unsolved deals remain, minus the 73 unwinnables leaves 93.
Date: Fri Dec 14 18:17:03 2018
User: ix
Message:there's actually only 54 unwinnables, 19 of free@last's list were winnable, and have already been won.
Date: Fri Dec 14 19:08:53 2018
User: ix
Message:142 unsolved deals, 88 solvable remain, homestretch.
Date: Fri Dec 14 19:26:27 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:87. I just took out 27744.
Date: Fri Dec 14 21:22:33 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:24000 & 25000 both solved.
Date: Sat Dec 15 21:15:46 2018
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:99 deals remaining, at least 45 winnable.
Date: Sun Dec 16 08:28:35 2018
User: The_Interpreter
Message:Maybe, if you listed the potential winnables, you could get some help.
Date: Sun Dec 16 11:11:29 2018
User: ix
Message:the 44 remaining solvables:
22127 76
23142 23
23166 11
23766 11
23796 12
23982 23
24225 22
24238 11
24359 16
24499 19
24512 10
24648 22
24766 14
24806 10
25053 17
25126 19
25321 12
26191 10
26576 10
26797 29
26846 11
26921 10
27023 11
27370 20
27553 10
28018 17
28494 13
28743 22
28976 10
29054 12
29095 26
29309 14
29557 17
29584 13
30701 30
31074 11
31105 17
31117 13
31730 25
31754 23
31970 30
32149 31
32161 18
32609 36
Link: http://freecell.net/f/c/view_games.html?;8x3,7,p,0
Date: Sun Dec 16 13:59:27 2018
User: calicokid
Message:Just got 22127. I think it's 109/1. Wasn't as hard as the numbers suggest though.
Date: Sun Dec 16 15:39:06 2018
User: calicokid
Message:knocked out:
23142
23166
23766
23796
23982
24225
24238
Date: Sun Dec 16 15:41:51 2018
User: calicokid
Message:and 24359
Date: Sun Dec 16 16:15:07 2018
User: ix
Message:and all between playing and winning tournaments. amazing, thanks calico. 34 remain.
Date: Sun Dec 16 16:25:29 2018
User: ix
Message:updated list and game attempts:
24499 22
24512 10
24648 22
24766 14
24806 12
25053 17
25126 19
25321 12
26191 11
26576 10
26797 29
26846 11
26921 12
27023 11
27370 20
27553 10
28018 17
28494 13
28743 22
28976 11
29054 12
29095 26
29309 15
29557 17
29584 13
30701 34
31074 16
31105 17
31730 25
31754 23
31970 30
32149 31
32161 18
32609 61
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