Subject: SSC 2/20/10

Date: Sun Feb 14 17:40:24 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
will be in the 10x1 variant.

Date: Mon Feb 15 20:59:16 2010
User: ScaryGaryTheFairy
Message:
Is that MrBob's variant?

Date: Mon Feb 15 21:19:34 2010
User: Dr.Xeena
Message:
Yes. Maybe Denny could call 10x1 MrBob....?

Date: Mon Feb 15 21:21:55 2010
User: mycatmax
Message:
Got my vote.

Date: Thu Feb 18 19:01:15 2010
User: deadwing
Message:
here is a sample 10x1 20347-5 solved on 3rd try - now 1/42 bump

Date: Fri Feb 19 16:24:14 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
bump

Date: Fri Feb 19 16:25:30 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
btw, I also like the idea of calling this variant mrbob. It would be a very neat way to honor and remember him.

Date: Sat Feb 20 02:34:44 2010
User: bobswidow
Message:
Mr. Bob would have/ is honored in spirit to have 10x1 named after him. When he first started playing 10x1, he felt that the game truly massaged the brain to search all the columns before putting the correct card on the preceding higher number. We used to play with regular 52 card packs to see if we could manage the games "manually". He was intrigued by the statistics of success and the "Grouchos '"and"" Mabb's and the many players"comments. All of you freecell players who responded simply by playing the game enriched Mr.Bob's life. We were tied to the home base and the hospitals, so freecell gave Bob the fun outlet his mind needed to relax and live. What is in a game? What you put into it? What you give to it . What you get out of it. Thank you Denny et al! You enrich all our lives. Jeanne aka mrs bob , now bobswidow

Date: Sat Feb 20 13:22:34 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
here's how they stand at the halfway mark 1. Gulbis 22 22 22 45 93.33% 4:42 3.53 0:00 2. mycatmax 0 47 21 10895 85.02% 3:37 657.90 0:40 3. TNmountainman 0 34 15 559 84.97% 5:16 49.07 6:16 4. !_--SLOW-ISHAM--_ 15 15 15 184 36.41% 0:47 2.41 1:55 5. bobswidow 13 28 13 4531 75.90% 5:44 433.39 5:53 6. EuniceM 0 10 10 48 79.17% 2:36 2.09 1:42 7. rws33315 2 10 10 196 70.92% 2:43 8.92 0:02 8. parapraxis 2 12 9 532 59.40% 2:27 21.83 3:55 9. TeaBagger 0 8 8 18 83.33% 4:27 1.34 0:28 10. Baggins 0 24 7 1492 81.43% 3:28 86.37 7:32

Date: Sat Feb 20 20:45:41 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
here is the current top ten list. Still plenty of time to win the streak of the day. 1. Gulbis 0 28 28 52 92.31% 4:55 4.27 10:44 2. firenze 0 26 23 1093 82.98% 2:55 53.15 0:50 3. mycatmax 0 47 21 10920 85.02% 3:37 659.64 2:14 4. Buffy 0 50 20 497 94.37% 3:10 26.25 7:36 5. Dr.Imhungry 2 47 19 253 89.72% 2:27 10.36 0:00 6. banjoman 10 18 18 41 87.80% 1:38 1.12 0:37 7. Kaos 0 47 17 2663 88.96% 2:34 114.66 3:57 8. d164280 13 49 17 2276 83.35% 4:21 165.61 0:01 9. SAB 0 30 16 2436 67.78% 3:04 125.13 1:09 10. CubicSprock 0 32 16 202 88.12% 2:00 6.75 0:24

Date: Sun Feb 21 01:30:16 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
Congratulations to Imhungry for a decisive win, Here are the final 25 1. Dr.Imhungry 35 2. Gulbis 28 3. firenze 23 4. mycatmax 21 5. Buffy 20 6. OO7 20 7. banjoman 18 8. Kaos 17 9. d164280 17 10. CubicSprock 16 11. SAB 16 12. C.O.Jones 15 13. TNmountainman 15 14. !_--SLOW-ISHAM--_ 15 15. bobswidow 13 16. calicokid 13 17. frontier5 12 18. BrownsRedSox 12 19. rws33315 12 20. hotnurse 11 21. kenwa 11 22. jimmyp 10 23. smelly_cootiefied_fence_post 10 24. EuniceM 10 25. parapraxis 9

Date: Sun Feb 21 02:13:45 2010
User: loungelizard
Message:
Didn't Gulbis win?

Date: Sun Feb 21 02:41:44 2010
User: Dr.Imhungry
Message:
Thx ken. You know I can't avoid an SSC with a low cell count :)

Date: Sun Feb 21 11:37:25 2010
User: Dr.Xeena
Message:
Congrats Dr.Imhungry! Let me know if you want your trophy. Regarding the mrbob; I think bobswidow should decide how she would like the name punctuated. Whether it's mrbob, Mr.Bob or Mister Bob, or whatever. Then we should direct this to Denny.

Date: Sun Feb 21 11:46:44 2010
User: Dr.Xeena
Message:
loungelizard: Gulbis may have been ahead at midnight eastern time, I don't know cuz I was out like a light. Perhaps you are confused with the old time which was eastern, and the new freecell.net time, which is central.

Date: Sun Feb 21 11:47:15 2010
User: d164280
Message:
Congrats Dr.Imhungry!

Date: Sun Feb 21 12:25:50 2010
User: hotnurse
Message:
I think loungelizard was referring to the fact that the winner was a Dr. So that would make the second place really the winner. I have never heard if the Dr. rule applies to the SSC.

Date: Sun Feb 21 12:39:36 2010
User: Kaos
Message:
Big Kudos to ImHungry. 10x1 is definitely a tough variant. I had games that were 38/4, 28/6, and 17/3 just to get ot of level-5. I had this game to get to 17 wins (18438-6). Looking at it, I thought it was impossible but played it anyway. Anyone else care to give it a shot?

Date: Sun Feb 21 13:15:13 2010
User: TNmountainman
Message:
Congrats also to Dr.ImHungry. I must not have been tipping *my* dealer enough, as I got brutal deals, too. In my streak of 15, #6 was 2/25, and #9 was 4/21. And then the one I lost on was 1/4....

Date: Sun Feb 21 15:43:31 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
The dr rule does not apply to the saturday competition. It ends whenever the streaks of the day end.

Date: Sun Feb 21 16:38:26 2010
User: hotnurse
Message:
Thanks Ken, I didn't think it applied, but wasn't really sure. It makes sense though because the SSC does not effect anyone's stats.

Date: Sun Feb 21 16:42:13 2010
User: TNmountainman
Message:
It doesn't? I think it does......

Date: Sun Feb 21 16:52:56 2010
User: Dr.Xeena
Message:
Stats, yes. Ratings no. I believe the ratings are all about tourneys.

Date: Sun Feb 21 17:18:33 2010
User: hotnurse
Message:
Ok, I meant ratings. Sorry............

Date: Sun Feb 21 17:50:43 2010
User: kenwa
Message:
You can use any name you want to on the SSC. Some people use their Dr persona, some their main nick and others use another alias. I personally like to use my primary name. One advantage of using your main name or the dr is at least others know who you are and we all know who to pin the medal on at the end :O) Others use different names for a variety of reasons. The rules are simple, the name at the top of the pile for that variant on that day is the winner. I think it has brought in a few names into competition and has shown some streak stars who consistently show the rest of us their freecell accuracy skills.

Date: Mon Feb 22 17:01:46 2010
User: Gulbis
Message:
This isn't the first time I've gone to bed being the leader and woken up only to realize somebody else beat me. My timezone sucks LOL

Date: Mon Feb 22 17:28:11 2010
User: firenze
Message:
Isn't every time zone 24 hours?

Date: Mon Feb 22 17:59:55 2010
User: Gulbis
Message:
It's not the same. The person who plays later has the advantage of knowing the first person's results so he/she knows how much to play to beat the result. The first person doesn't have that luxury. This is especially clear if we take a variant like 9x4 where all games are solvable. I could solve 100 or 200 or maybe 300 games, whatever I need to have a solid lead but someone who comes later can always go to 5 games more if they're really determined to win. You say - I can solve 5 games more too if I'm really determined to win and that's true, I can solve a hundred games more if I'm really determined but at a certain point I must stop and then the other player knows the result they must beat to win. The last players always have this advantage. I'm not angry or anything, I had a nice streak, I just explained why I made that comment because you asked.

Date: Tue Feb 23 15:48:56 2010
User: C.O.Jones
Message:
Stay up later on Saturday nights, then.

Date: Tue Feb 23 16:53:05 2010
User: calicokid
Message:
I would argue in the case of an easier variant that the earlier player can put up a number that precludes later attendees from even giving it a go. For instance if I wake up to say 10x3s where somebody already has 200+ games, then I can almost guarantee that I'm going to mow the lawn... :D

Date: Tue Feb 23 17:33:10 2010
User: roo
Message:
It's good to see that Americans also call it "mow the lawn". Occasionally I'll say "cut the lawn" but usually it's "mow".

Date: Wed Feb 24 15:08:22 2010
User: jimmyp
Message:
I thought he meant "service the wife".

Date: Wed Feb 24 15:41:00 2010
User: C.O.Jones
Message:
Too much listening to "My sweet farm girl", methinks, jimmyp.