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This is super fun!... until you meet someone who is just sweeps (pun intended) the floor. There is no way for me to even play with some players. I wish I could

by vladde 2y ago

This is super fun!... until you meet someone who is just sweeps (pun intended) the floor. There is no way for me to even play with some players. I wish I could "block" them, because the fun is gone when every tile is gets completed before I can even react. My best game was my first, where I played against people my skill. Whenever the user "rapidash" is in the lobby, I might as well just quit, since I won't be able to get in more than one or two correct placements.

aswerty 2y ago
I just assumed they were bots since they seem to be clicking at the rate limit.
- pessimizer 2y ago
  The rate limit is extremely low for good minesweeper players. My mean time for finished expert games without marking is something like 130 seconds. If I half-mark in order to use the left+right click effectively, that knocks like 20 seconds off. The rate-limit seems to be 2 clicks/sec. a 130s time at expert is 3.8 clicks/sec. My record is just a little more than half that.
  - Polemarch123 2y ago
    I agree with this, for good Minesweeper players (my record on expert is around 55 seconds) a rate limit of 3 per second is low enough that it feels frustrating and glitchy. I think I averaged approximately 5 clicks/second on vanilla Minesweeper, but presumably with higher peaks. I imagine at launch you're getting more curious first-time players, but your community would likely gravitate towards more experienced players over time. A simple suggestion to encourage more fair matchmaking without building a big system for it is to have separate Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced boards, and let players self-select.
  - mitsu_at 2y ago
    I'm not that fast, but I often ran into the rate limit in situations where e.g. I know where the next handful of flags are, and I click in bursts.
  - Suppafly 2y ago
    >The rate limit is extremely low for good minesweeper players. This, I'm not good at minesweeper, but I've watch people who are and they generally clear a board before I even realize what's going on. I suppose it's a bit like NERTS, the multiple player solitaire, if you aren't that great at immediately recognizing solitaire moves, someone else beats you too them. I can play it with people I know but when I play with randoms that play all the time, I quickly lose.

by vladde 2y ago

aswerty 2y ago

I just assumed they were bots since they seem to be clicking at the rate limit.

pessimizer 2y ago
The rate limit is extremely low for good minesweeper players. My mean time for finished expert games without marking is something like 130 seconds. If I half-mark in order to use the left+right click effectively, that knocks like 20 seconds off. The rate-limit seems to be 2 clicks/sec. a 130s time at expert is 3.8 clicks/sec. My record is just a little more than half that.
- Polemarch123 2y ago
  I agree with this, for good Minesweeper players (my record on expert is around 55 seconds) a rate limit of 3 per second is low enough that it feels frustrating and glitchy. I think I averaged approximately 5 clicks/second on vanilla Minesweeper, but presumably with higher peaks. I imagine at launch you're getting more curious first-time players, but your community would likely gravitate towards more experienced players over time. A simple suggestion to encourage more fair matchmaking without building a big system for it is to have separate Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced boards, and let players self-select.
- mitsu_at 2y ago
  I'm not that fast, but I often ran into the rate limit in situations where e.g. I know where the next handful of flags are, and I click in bursts.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  >The rate limit is extremely low for good minesweeper players. This, I'm not good at minesweeper, but I've watch people who are and they generally clear a board before I even realize what's going on. I suppose it's a bit like NERTS, the multiple player solitaire, if you aren't that great at immediately recognizing solitaire moves, someone else beats you too them. I can play it with people I know but when I play with randoms that play all the time, I quickly lose.