Subject: one of mrbob's favorites

Date: Sat Nov 25 13:17:52 2006
User: porcupinetree
Message:
10x1 9916-5 is winnable - just barely. It now sits at 1 for 39 - I got it streak play today at 0 for 22. Good luck to anyone tries it.

Date: Tue Nov 28 15:05:33 2006
User: mrbob
Message:
I play 10x1 because I can't play 8x4 every 4 minutes for 24 hours--or whatever it takes now to be noteworthy (assuming you win em all) these days, and I know I'll never have a 1,000 game streak. But with a little luck, you can be famous in 10x1, at least for a day, with a two hour effort, and get your name onto some of the list and records. I decided I wasn't put off upon learning that not all 10x1's are solveable, but could accept and enjoy a game of mixed chance and skill. cf.Texas Hold ,em. For a while, that offered the option of assuming a game just wasn't winnable--instead of admitting the possibility that I just blew it--admittedly harder now that Denny pokes the game stats at you. Given the odds against drawing 50 winnable games in a row, let alone, as you point out, winning them, the current all time streak of 77 is a stupendous accomplishment. I'll still venture my nickel that 100 will never be reached. It is a good little game.

Date: Thu Nov 30 15:16:29 2006
User: mrbob
Message:
I will admit, however, that when I have a respectable streak going, and encounter a truly unwunnable game, I question liking the game!