How a bearish Freecell game developed
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Once you have won a game of Freecell, and can therefore see the total number of plays, it's interesting to watch how the top 10 develops as more games are played.
To accomplish this, leave the browser window/tab open to the won game and keep toggling the checkbox labeled "Show a player's first score, not their fastest." On each click the count of played games will update along with the players' positions on the leaderboard.
This extremely bearish game:
https://greenfelt.net/freecell?game=910002635
required 1126 plays before 10 players had won it.
After 2000 plays the range for the top 10 times was 2:04 - 2:44.
On my first outing I had managed 2:22, and that sufficed to hold #5 until the 2000th play.
The first player to crack the 2:00 mark was Hookedbad, and s/he did this around 2200 plays.
Until 3600 plays my 2:22 was still in the top 10 -- I finally dropped off after 3623.
By 4300 plays, no one had achieved a better time than Hookedbad's 1:50.
I recaptured the #1 position with a 1:31 at 4536 plays. Much later, at 8697 plays, that #1 holds. Plays have slowed way down, and soon this game will be of only archival interest. Top 10 shows times of 1:31 - 1:58.
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zudensternen - I don't need a reply or want an explanation but I've been watching and I simply cannot understand why your above post hasn't raised some sort of response other than this one.
Hi @binky3, thanks for the reply. It's a mystery, but I've learned that I can't predict whether any online post will raise interest, or fall flat.
I see now that @DeusExMachina has taken #1 in that game with a time of 1:05.
And now for the 'homedoggy Reality Tour'...
980 in 5:06
**13:30 #1380 yucky **
Now that's what I'm talking about.
For amy game in which @DeusExMachina can't do better than 1:05 — a time in the single- or double-digit minutes is no disgrace.
I wasn't t talking about scores. I was referring to the responses. Binky
I did not think I would ever win this game. It was so tricky. Finally won it. Moves and time-nothing to brag on, but wow-that was fun. Thanks for posting the game,@zudensternen.