Keep a list of the tougher games
The thread titled “This game’s a bear” got me thinking that some of us enjoy tackling games that are challenging to win. I for one have gotten into the habit of checking the High Scores and playing only games with best time > 1 minute. This approach to picking games obviously hits a bit of a wall with the set of games turning over at the top of each hour.
Anyway, the site could do the grunt work by keeping a list of the games with high best scores. This could be done several ways.
- list all games with the best score above some threshold.
- list the n toughest games from the past 24 hours (ideally a rolling 24-hour window rather than resetting at midnight GMT like the GotD)
Whichever way it's engineered, I think it would be preferable to use the average of the top ten scores rather than the top score so that good, challenging games don't fall off the list when a single player manages to record a good time.
Bonus points for providing some way for New Game to be limited to this list.
I don’t know there would be a market for doing the same things for games with fast times. That might be nice for games that are harder to win and especially those where many deals are impossible or very difficult to win.
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I like this idea.
List of the toughest games...now that's an interesting idea. Puts the fast players and us slow players on a more equal playing field.
Sign me up.
Terrified but also interested.
Me too!
Free Cell Game # 65218 is unsolvable tried 5 times never made it past 4 minutes before locking it.
Hi Gerald , saw your thread and gave it a try...check out leader board for Seahaven #65218.
P.S. Free Cell #65218 has already been solved 4 times whereas Seahaven #65218 hadn't been solved.
Thanks anglais will give it a try later,
I tried Seahaven #65218, got it first go. Just showing off really. Can't resist.
I prefer difficult games.More of a challenge.Bring it on!
What 7 letter english word is the same if you remove 1 letter?
In fact its the same if you remove 2 letters and its the same if you remove 3 letters.
Message me privately if you think you know it.
No correct answers so far.
Can I send you a letter?
@graeme, adding an extra letter doesn’t seem to have changed the word in the conundrum set by @homedoggy either
did you post or mail it?
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I sent mine by Priority mail and it was still wrong...
homedoggy stated not to google it so have to disqualify myself as I cheated looking at word riddles. Hello homedoggy!
My apologies all, I sent my letter by carrier- pigeon.Homedoggy,you should receive it,with the correct answer by the fall,depending on the prevailing winds and the hope that the pigeon will not be distracted by a member of the opposite sex.Best wishes.
Sounds like they got it. The correct answer is "mailbox"
Here's another one... What weighs more...a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
You can answer here if you'd like.
Same? Pound is a pound?
Well now I feel less guilty in using google by cheating thought the word was "alone" what do I know? I think the pigeon got lost in the Bermuda Triangle in making it's way to homedoggy. while chasing that cute little female pigeon.
Sorry lasso...that is incorrect.
a pound of feathers , is my guess!
...because...
after posting I did look it up a pound of feathers weighs453.59 grams, a pound of gold, 373.24 grams
Brilliant! Now who would have thought of that.
What Rock Group has 4 members that don't sing?
Diversion into fun word games aside, I want to add my vote for @DeusExMachina 's original proposal for a way to find difficult / easy games.
Hahaha! Oh well.
Easy 52 card pickup
hard 40 Thieves
Rock group with four members that don't sing: The Ventures, of course B^)
Sorry dbwoerner, not correct, thou if riddle was one member that doesn't sing I would say Milli Vanilli, lol
Since no one has attempted to solve this riddle will give everybody 1 hint it is in the state of South Dakota!
Huh! what could it be....
I don't know if this helps in finding difficult/easy games , within last 6 months David and Jim sent me some information on all games on this site, and have found it very interesting for the newcomers and some that have been on site for long period of time, don't know if it is what some are asking or info am including below could be useful to anyone for the players who play for fun, or for the more technically advanced players on this site. I have enjoyed looking at the info included in this information, I hope some or all will enjoy it.
https://stats.greenfelt.net/d/000000001/green-felt?orgId=1
please click on above URL
Well, I guess it must be "sedimentary", or whatever "Rock group" the Black Hills are composed of B^)
Close but no cigar , actually it is Mount Rushmore the four presidents carved in rock.
For me, all I can do now is to skip all those games with the best time > 1 minute. That is definitely a great idea, especially for those who enjoy challenging games.
Since this was a while ago, I forgot to explain my riddle. Gold is measured on the troy scale which only has 12oz to a pound.
Riverrat, that web site with all the statistics was fascinating. From these discussions, I always thought that Free Cell was the most popular game.
Thank you jezzbelle , was checking forums and seen your post on Grafana site as I expect it is updated on occasion as look at it ever so often , as I have site bookmarked for easier access. it has a lot of informative information and was happy I received it last year. Have a good day and stay safe.