I shall list it as "transferable skills" and hope there is never an anti-personnel device emergency.

[slemslempike]

Just how am I doing with my work recently?

Beginner: 9 seconds
Intermediate: 37 seconds
Expert: 143 seconds

(Expert is about 50 seconds off my previous personal best of around two years ago, which is when I last went through a mine-sweeping phase, but I am currently somewhat hindered by only using my laptop touchpad, which has developed a rather dodgy left-click. I feel that getting out my usb mouse would be a step too far, so it will probably have to stay at this unsatisfactory level for a while.)


I really don't understand why supporting statements don't write themselves.

Comments

[netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com]

Beginner: 9 seconds

Now that is impressive, even in my dissertation avoiding days I never got it down past 15 seconds. Clearly you have a gift.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I've had seven seconds before, but I don't really count beginner because it mostly depends entirely on where the mines are rather than skill. I've been lucky enough to get grids where you only need to click a few squares to clear all the free squares.

I must absolutely not now look on metalib to see what studies ahve been done on minesweeper. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

I am in AWE. It took me, literally, not exaggerating one teeny bit, YEARS to do the Expert level. I started trying in first year as an undergraduate, and finally finally managed to do it once towards the end of my master's. And I think it took me about ten minutes.

AWE.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

I got it down to four seconds once through blind mindless clicking. But I'm not sure it was worth the 79 days of investment.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I started playing minesweeper when I was about twelve, so this is also YEARS of practice. And I think I'm a bit addicted to it, as I find myself playing it when I actually don't really want to. But I am quite proud of my clicking ability (hence the post of boasting, as well of despair).

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I think it probably was. Four seconds!

[whatho.livejournal.com]

It was great! There was no application of skill whatsoever! It was like strafing the deck of a ship with a distant machine gun, and with one's eyes closed. I've never actually done that, mind. I had to stop playing Mindsweeper when I started dreaming about it. And also daydreaming about it. That just felt a bit wrong.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Minesweeper. I don't want to play mindsweeper. It sounds upsetting.