6 months ago, I watched this video with having cleared a few beginner boards, now my expert time is 73, and I have accumulated 855 trophies. Thanks for this video!
Hey just wanted to let you know, your videos helped me get below triple digits on hard mode and im continuously trying to perfect the strategies you explain. Thank you!
@@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
1. Don't safety click 2. Chord the spaces that will open the most 3. Don't use flags if you don't need to 4. Know when to use flags and when to not use flags
I can vouch for playing slower more deliberate playstyles to help pick up on patterns/techniques. I spent a few months exclusively focused on playing for highest efficiency possible (without any respect for time) and taking time to study boards and look for the *best* possible click or chord in each situation helped me pick up on some techniques for efficiency and learn which situations flags are worth using in and where they aren't, especially when looking for potential (or guaranteed) openings. The playstyle of going for pure efficiency doesn't directly translate into normal games but there's enough stuff you can learn from it that it's worth dabbling in a bit if you struggle with it.
This video was super helpful. Going to slow down and play some more difficult boards for awhile. I was really proud of my 39s intermediate pb, but i recently realized how far i have to go before im happy with it. Im recording all my games as of recently and its painful to watch back every time. 40-50s feels so fast until you watch it back. I really needed a direction to focus on. Once ive fixed my safety chording and wasted clicks issues a bit im going to throw in some new strategy and try to build the muscle memory while im still going slow. Ive been so focused on time and had this idea that i needed to keep going fast to get better at going fast. It didnt occur to me at all to truly slow down for awhile to practice. Thank you so much for the advice
Very nice video, better than the others you have made in the topic. It'd be fun to see you replay and comment some of your own plays and deal with the various types of stats. Eg wasted clicks, efficiency, deduction,. Thanks
I have a fucking 98 second PR and just found out that chording is a thing from this video. My solving speed has literally been reset to my beginner days because I'm not used to doing the 1.5 click. Thanks for the info, I'll have to rewire my brain a little bit...
Nice vid. I regulary play NF and the main problem I'm having is misclick, usually when I clicked the right square then drag my mouse a bit too far and it ends up opening the other square ** just realized that I had mouse acceleration turned on after all this time so that explained my problem.
I learned the game playing on costom board 50x50 with 700 mines, i know is a little bit so much mines but it helped me a lot. My record was 83s in 1 year of practice, and i learned the game without any tutorials (selflearning or idk how its called) and now i watch tutorials and i didnt findanything new for me (patterns), but i find this video and i think i will learn to play faster without flags (my expert no flag record was 138s) and wen i learn to play nf faster, i ll combine the no flag gameplay with normal gameplay, because sometimes playing no flag mode u can solve some parts faster.
I play 100% no flag. I got bored doing it the other way and needed the extra challenge. It means I can't chord, sadly. I think my best time back in the day was 120 something seconds, which isn't bad for no chording!
What is the significance of the dark blue fours does that mean that those fours are the explosives that is in minesweeper the bombs that go off when you hit the wrong block
80 seconds through practice alone? Wow, I'm top 100 in mastery and top 3000 in endurance, efficiency, and difficulty, been finishing top 1000 in 3 seasons in a row, and I only have one time below 115
I tried turning mouse pointer precision off, and since then I just haven't been able to control my cursor at all when playing Minesweeper. I've been hoping I would somehow get used to it, but it hasn't happened so far, and it's been feeling like a struggle just getting the cursor on the right square most of the time. Did I mess something up, or does it just take more time still to get used to, or is it possible it might just not be for me?
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'm playing minesweeper Q mobile for 4 years and I'm trying to be better everyday but It's becoming so long to beat my previous record (playing on 16x16 40mines did 20.93 secs) so I'm trying to find some tricks to be better but it's quite impossible (WR is 12 secs like wtf)
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.
Even though I say it myself, I'm getting pretty good at this. My only complaint , , , whenever logic runs out, and I have no option other than to guess, it doesn't matter what the probabilities are - my next click nearly always explodes a mine.. Is it just me?" Tsk"
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
@@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
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.
6 months ago, I watched this video with having cleared a few beginner boards, now my expert time is 73, and I have accumulated 855 trophies. Thanks for this video!
Hey just wanted to let you know, your videos helped me get below triple digits on hard mode and im continuously trying to perfect the strategies you explain. Thank you!
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
1. Don't safety click
2. Chord the spaces that will open the most
3. Don't use flags if you don't need to
4. Know when to use flags and when to not use flags
I can vouch for playing slower more deliberate playstyles to help pick up on patterns/techniques. I spent a few months exclusively focused on playing for highest efficiency possible (without any respect for time) and taking time to study boards and look for the *best* possible click or chord in each situation helped me pick up on some techniques for efficiency and learn which situations flags are worth using in and where they aren't, especially when looking for potential (or guaranteed) openings.
The playstyle of going for pure efficiency doesn't directly translate into normal games but there's enough stuff you can learn from it that it's worth dabbling in a bit if you struggle with it.
how much have you improved ur time that way? asking for a friend)
wow, i never win when playing this games
This video was super helpful. Going to slow down and play some more difficult boards for awhile. I was really proud of my 39s intermediate pb, but i recently realized how far i have to go before im happy with it. Im recording all my games as of recently and its painful to watch back every time. 40-50s feels so fast until you watch it back. I really needed a direction to focus on. Once ive fixed my safety chording and wasted clicks issues a bit im going to throw in some new strategy and try to build the muscle memory while im still going slow. Ive been so focused on time and had this idea that i needed to keep going fast to get better at going fast. It didnt occur to me at all to truly slow down for awhile to practice. Thank you so much for the advice
Clean and precise : GG !
Bro this video is so helpful and well made, I wonder why it has so little views. Cheers
Watched this video to get better at the recently released minesweeper mini-game in Dota2. Love this video tysm
shame the minesweeper community isn't that big, this is some high quality fucking content
what a glorious voice you have good sir
honestly! music to my ears
@@bremily4495 mhm mhm. And such great minesweeper advice too! Absolute genius!
Best video on Minesweeper! RIght on the points!
Thanks! I've already figured all of this out myself intuitively, but this vid was still super self-verifying for me
Very nice video, better than the others you have made in the topic. It'd be fun to see you replay and comment some of your own plays and deal with the various types of stats. Eg wasted clicks, efficiency, deduction,. Thanks
I have a fucking 98 second PR and just found out that chording is a thing from this video. My solving speed has literally been reset to my beginner days because I'm not used to doing the 1.5 click. Thanks for the info, I'll have to rewire my brain a little bit...
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)
Man I can't believe I'm searched for this but it's worth it
You have got a new sub
Watching this cause of dota 2
same here
Good video. Clear and precise. I hope to see more.
Thanks, I've been safety cording all this time and only now realize it's been slowing me down and making my mind lazy.
Nice vid. I regulary play NF and the main problem I'm having is misclick, usually when I clicked the right square then drag my mouse a bit too far and it ends up opening the other square
** just realized that I had mouse acceleration turned on after all this time so that explained my problem.
this was truly a Minesweeper
i love that yt recommended me this
I learned the game playing on costom board
50x50 with 700 mines, i know is a little bit so much mines but it helped me a lot. My record was 83s in 1 year of practice, and i learned the game without any tutorials (selflearning or idk how its called) and now i watch tutorials and i didnt findanything new for me (patterns), but i find this video and i think i will learn to play faster without flags (my expert no flag record was 138s) and wen i learn to play nf faster, i ll combine the no flag gameplay with normal gameplay, because sometimes playing no flag mode u can solve some parts faster.
Fantastic
Thank you so much for the guide :)
I play 100% no flag. I got bored doing it the other way and needed the extra challenge. It means I can't chord, sadly. I think my best time back in the day was 120 something seconds, which isn't bad for no chording!
thanks! this was super helpful! Currently at a pb of 80 on expert and trying to figure out how to maximize clicks, it's hard!
Nice video 💯👍. For doing fastest times, I like Intermediate with no flags (NF) than on Expert.
😳 not this video being actually really good...
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What is the significance of the dark blue fours does that mean that those fours are the explosives that is in minesweeper the bombs that go off when you hit the wrong block
Clean and precise
Nice video. I wish I had seen this video earlier, I have already quitted playing minesweeper :^)
80 seconds through practice alone? Wow, I'm top 100 in mastery and top 3000 in endurance, efficiency, and difficulty, been finishing top 1000 in 3 seasons in a row, and I only have one time below 115
I tried turning mouse pointer precision off, and since then I just haven't been able to control my cursor at all when playing Minesweeper. I've been hoping I would somehow get used to it, but it hasn't happened so far, and it's been feeling like a struggle just getting the cursor on the right square most of the time. Did I mess something up, or does it just take more time still to get used to, or is it possible it might just not be for me?
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'm playing minesweeper Q mobile for 4 years and I'm trying to be better everyday but It's becoming so long to beat my previous record (playing on 16x16 40mines did 20.93 secs) so I'm trying to find some tricks to be better but it's quite impossible (WR is 12 secs like wtf)
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.
Do you still stream on twich
I do! Usually at least every weekend. www.twitch.tv/dardhong
@@DardHong thx i might be over there for :)
Even though I say it myself, I'm getting pretty good at this. My only complaint , , , whenever logic runs out, and I have no option other than to guess, it doesn't matter what the probabilities are - my next click nearly always explodes a mine.. Is it just me?" Tsk"
I don't understand why I write a long comment and it doesn't go through.. am I banned or something?
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
Hmm
OH MY GOD HE GOT A 7
TWICE 😱😱
I'm shocked how many flags you place. I assumed the fastest players rarely even flag at all.
Safety cording is a thing!
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.
But how to mobile player
'How can I go quicker' I bet your girlfriend tells you the opposite. Actually I bet you don't have one.
This would have been useful 30 years ago
it's never too late.
Just play the game and stop trying to get random suggestions out of youtube 💀
Why can't I win at expert minesweeperrrrrrr. so difficult
Good video. Clear and precise. I hope to see more.