Subject: Amazing 8x4...
Date: Fri Jan 11 16:13:42 2019
User: TitanicTony
Message:This 8x4 game didn't seem to me to be all THAT difficult!
Game #: 8x4 17508;..... Game stats: 413/352/85.23%;..... Difficulty: 10.
In fact, I was even able to win it as an 8x3!
Game #: 8x3 17508;..... Game stats: 1/1/100.00%;..... Difficulty: 10.
Date: Fri Jan 11 16:21:25 2019
User: jamesblackburn-lynch
Message:Is 85% "that" difficult?
I guess I tend to think of them as generally easy until the 60%'s. People do run into these games in tournaments too.
James
Date: Fri Jan 11 17:04:17 2019
User: TitanicTony
Message:Thanks James, I tend to forget about the tournaments. I was thinking, "61 level 10 streaks ended", but, of course, as you point out, that almost certainly isn't true. So, not so "amazing" after all. It caught my attention because it was the 2nd 8x4 in a row that I also won as an 8x3, and the 1st one was quite easy (376/380):
1/11 4:09 pm 8x3 17508-10 Streak 3:07 Won
1/11 4:03 pm 8x4 17508-10 Streak 3:29 Won
1/11 3:38 pm 8x3 12476-10 Streak 2:33 Won
1/11 3:34 pm 8x4 12476-10 Streak 2:41 Won
"Not all THAT difficult" was actually meant to mean "fairly easy".
Date: Sat Jan 12 06:01:22 2019
User: TitanicTony
Message:James, Not really an "experiment", but definitely trying to reduce the number of "never played" level 10 games in several variants. More than a third of 8x3/10 games have still not been played. Only 75 players have gotten to level 10 in 8x3, but only 46 of those have made it to 60 (my best is 'only' 57). I see that you have only played 8x3, 72 times, whereas I have played 574 of them (actually more, since the 'custom' ones aren't counted). I DEFINITELY prefer (W)8x3!
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