That's awesome, congrats on the improvement! Sub 100 is a good landmark to pass, best of luck pushing it down further

@@DardHong coming back to this vid for a refresher on tips. Got down to 85, but no PBs in around 2 months. Here's another (well deserved) view on your vid lol

how much have you improved ur time that way? asking for a friend)

wow, i never win when playing this games

its the same deal with me and flagless, i can barely get a sub-200 that way even though i have an 85-sec pb (on google ms)

honestly! music to my ears

@@bremily4495 mhm mhm. And such great minesweeper advice too! Absolute genius!

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The mouse pointer precision part of the video was the one part I got any pushback on, and wasn't as unanimous as I thought at the time - there are plenty of people who have found success without it on. Ultimately when it comes to mouse control there's a lot of different variables for how someone uses a mouse, and the most important thing is finding what works best for you. For me, the pointer precision change was helpful (And felt comfortable fairly quickly), but if you have given it a fair shot then there's no rules saying you have to keep using it to do well. Tweaking mouse sensitivity or the board size are other things you can consider, but misclicking etc will always be a part of the game to some extent if you're going at your max speed

@@DardHong Thank you for your reply! That is very helpful. I think for the time being at least, then, I will stick with the pointer precision on; at any rate, there's plenty for me left to improve on beyond this.

I do! Usually at least every weekend. www.twitch.tv/dardhong

@@DardHong thx i might be over there for :)

World record on intermediate is actually 6.75 seconds, which is nuts :D 20 seconds is good already, but if you aren't already good at playing no flag I think that might help you - especially for playing on mobile and on intermediate

@@DardHong At this point the game just feels full RBG based and i don't really understand how playing no flags could help cuz I can simply open by clicking on numbers

@@PabloHernandez0 There is some RNG involved, but if you consistently play to a high enough standard you will still see the results. For example, I can't get sub 20 every game, but I am fairly confident I can within 15 minutes of trying. As well as the points I made in the video, personally I found having to switch between flags and clears on mobile costs a bit of time, and if you don't do that you're limiting solving options and speed. Also for intermediate in particular, no flag playstyle will perform better on the low 3bv boards and will lead to you finding openings which are more prevalent on intermediate. While I was getting a more efficient playstyle, intermediate was the first thing that saw improved results - and no flag can help with that. There's often more to improve on than you think.

@@DardHong No, I don't change the mode between "set the flags" and "open the boxes" I have the same mode as you (i.e. when I click on the boxes it puts a flag and when I click on the numbers that open boxes) at this point I would just like to watch the gameplay of a pro person on the phone to see what makes such a big difference between my score (20s) and his (it's the first time in 4 years that I have been talking seriously about minesweeper with someone lol)

@@PabloHernandez0 There are advantages in clearing spaces without flagging first, is what I am saying :) My mobile app let's you see replays - they just go faster and play more efficiently. I know the top mobile players also use two fingers at once to play which speeds them up.

it's a smart thing when playing high difficulty, to avoid mental mistakes that might cost you 20-30 minutes of work to that point. It's less smart in situations where you want speed, particularly going for personal bests on Expert.

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Your comment came up in notifications, not sure why it didn't post properly here though. But I did get to read it, so I appreciate it! Gl improving your time :)

@@DardHong, thank you! I already got it down to 158 seconds I was curious what were you going to say to my questions about quests and difficult boards. I hope you saw them as well As for my comment: maybe it's held for moderation and you need to approve it manually

@@7kenjoyer Eyy, congrats! Guess it just showed the first part of the comment, didn't see any questions there

@@DardHong, thank you! Let me just copy the rest of it: There are a couple of things I wanted to ask. What kinds of quests do you accept? From what I've seen there are quests that barely anybody should mind because they get completed by casually playing (get x exp in standard mode, win x expert games, etc.) but there are ones that need actual time investment and obviously not everybody wants to do that. I'd like to know which ones to send and not waste your time Another thing I wanted to ask. How do I go about high difficulty boards? After reading the guide by Crewmate I've tried playing some yesterday and it felt like they're a lot about luck (not that I can comprehend them well enough yet). I'd like to go for a 100k difficulty one for 100 trophies some time in the future and I assume it takes a ton of attempts. How good do I need to get at the game to start attempting them or basically at what point it's only limited by luck and how much of it do I need? Is there a difference between big and small boards of the same difficulty? I've seen people play different ones which made me think there must be a difference. Maybe smaller boards of the same difficulty are actually easier but I have no idea how it calculates the difficulty Thank you!

@@7kenjoyer I'm not super into doing quests, so whether or not I do them basically depends on the day. You'd be better off finding someone else in the chat who wants them (especially since my laptop died and I cant play atm). As for the high difficulty boards - winning definitely does involve luck, and you do have to adjust your expectations for how likely it is to win. The dimensions that I recommended (1k difficulty) is a good way to get invested in trying your hardest to win, without being too unreasonable of a grind. 100k on the other hand.. it takes a ton of attempts even with optimal playing and wouldn't be something I would wish on somebody :D Smaller dimensions with the same difficulty means higher mine density, and I think they are more difficult to win. If you try one out, you'll notice you get stuck very quickly. Theres definitely people who know more about difficult boards than I do though, and I'm sure they would be able to answer in more detail if you were to ask in the chat

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