addicted to Freecell

[gmorris]

My forum friends, I have an aweful addiction. I am addicted to that game Freecell. I find myself playing at work every time I have a minute to waste. I've even found myself playing at home.

So far, my current best is 7 wins in a row. Some wind bag here at work claims to have won 15 in a row, but judging by his haircut, I think he is full of BS.

[Demiurge]

I think my uncle tried to play all the games of free cell windows had. :eek:

[gmorris]

Some older versions of Windows had a smaller # of games, maybe 25,000 or so. But, newer versions of Windows have 1,000,000 different games.

I hope you uncle gave up on his quest. He's probably still playing if he didn't.

[jdhdiggs]

My record is 374 games in one day of "work"

(17 in a row-one time, Usually about 5-6)

[gmorris]

Excellent work there jdh, 374 games in a day. Hilarious!:D

I feel Freecell to be far superior to Solitare. I actually feel smarter when I finished a Freecell/Time wasting session. The way I figure it, if I keep playing, I will eventually feel smart enough to do some actual work. But right now, I'm feeling pretty stupid, so I'd better get busy, and waste some more time.

[jdhdiggs]

Now its on to that spider solitaire. 4 suits is damn impossible. Oh, and yes I'm overpaid for the mundane dung I have to do day in and out...

[Demiurge]

Originally posted by gmorris
Some older versions of Windows had a smaller # of games, maybe 25,000 or so. But, newer versions of Windows have 1,000,000 different games.

I hope you uncle gave up on his quest. He's probably still playing if he didn't.


Think he still has Windows ME. It only had like 25,000

[Shizelbs]

My best friend's record is 174 wins in a row.

On another note, man, I sure wish I had a desk job.

[Demiurge]

Originally posted by Shizelbs
My best friend's record is 174 wins in a row.

On another note, man, I sure wish I had a desk job.

Just got mine. :D It has it's downfalls as well....Like the day frickin' DRAGGGGGSSSSSSS...

[dorokusai]

I once lost 176 games of Solitaire in a row.....I only play Go Fish now :mad:

[HBombToo]

I can't even play The Wheel of Fortune:eek:

HBomb

[gmorris]

Originally posted by Demiurge
Just got mine. :D It has it's downfalls as well....Like the day frickin' DRAGGGGGSSSSSSS...


Easy answer; play more Freecell. Dugh;)

[Shizelbs]

Thats its, I'm dropping out of school.

[gmorris]

Originally posted by Shizelbs
Thats its, I'm dropping out of school.


Probably a wise move, should leave you with plenty of time to play Freecell!!:eek:

[petrym]

I like Freecell as well, my goal now is not to use the freecells at all -- just get the cards out directly. So far I've finished these game numbers using no freecells:
164
361 difficult
450
616
856
892
1081
2015
2215
2366
2779
3021 difficult
3850
4709
4825
5020
5300
5749
5878
6256
6547
7167
7299
7642
7870
8674 difficult
8929
9255
10958
11004
11267
11378
12067
12294
12576
12793
13464
13951
14239
14949
15213
15273
15929
16074
17586
17643
17672
18313
18492
18971
19085 difficult
21227
21314
21516
21931
22366
22416

[gmorris]

petrym, you sir, are super.

You are the reigning king of the timewasters. Not only have you added a twist to the game by eliminating the free cells, you have documented your progress. I salute you.:D

I will try some of those games you listed. Sounds fun.

[petrym]

Yeah, pretty sad huh. :cool:

Unemployment rocks!

[Demiurge]

Originally posted by gmorris
Probably a wise move, should leave you with plenty of time to play Freecell!!:eek:

On your cardboard box! :p

[petrym]

add 23363 to the list of using no freecells

[petrym]

Looks like the first post got truncated... here's the rest:
23958
24538
24580
24690
25001
26590
26694 (difficult)
26974 (difficult)
28103
29186
29202
29302
29318
29565
29943
30412
31276
31457
32245
32445

[del44]

I thought I was the only one addicted to this game. I once had a 93% win ratio. And that was over 1800 games. Alot of the losses were because the pc froze up or I just shut it down during a gamer. I only play it once in a while now.

[gmorris]

del44,

super nice home theater!! I really like the acoustic panels you put up. The two that have the lights behind are very trick. Excellent work.

[del44]

Thanks gmorris, The panels gave the room a more comfortable atmosphere. Also controlled the sound better. And the cost was minimal.

[gmorris]

I just finished building my own panel. It is similar to yours.

I used a 1x2 frame, put a piece of 1/4" hardboard on the back, and glue eggcrate style acoustic panels onto the hardboard. I then covered the frame with a very nice material.

The overall outside dimensions are 49" wide x 37" tall. I hung the center right on the first order reflection point of my right speaker. I didn't need one on the left because of a curtain. It make a HUGE improvement.

I like your use of many panels. I could only talk the fiancee into letting me hang just the one. You lucky dog, you....

[petrym]

add 24378 to the list of using no freecells :cool:

[gmorris]

still at it aye' Petrym?!;)

How's the job search going?

I haven't yet tried to play a game without using the freecells. I'm now trying to see how fast I can win a game. I did one down around 3 minutes. Didn't actually clock it, but 3 mins. is close.

[Sami]

Freecell is too easy, there is no way I will lose in that game. Try Arachnid/Spider with maximum decks.

[petrym]

Hiya gmorris,
Still nothing yet, I'm trying though! :D

Sami,
Try game #11982

[petrym]

How about this one? All cards out for a 52 card flourish to finish:

[Sami]

Originally posted by petrym
How about this one? All cards out for a 52 card flourish to finish:
That's self-inflicted damage... :)

[gmorris]

petrym is the reigning King of Freecell. No one shall doubt his power. I bow in homage to the King of the 'Cells.

[NCrewson]

Dammm,

I thought was pretty good at freecell with 50 some wins in a row. Oh well, I've moved on to minesweeper (or back to minesweeper I guess). Best time on expert is 185 and getting better. I have to play at home only though. They remove the games from the puters at work and limit access to the web. Still haven't blocked this site though.

Nathan

[jdhdiggs]

Originally posted by gmorris
petrym is the reigning King of Freecell. No one shall doubt his power. I bow in homage to the King of the 'Cells.
No crap, trying to reproduce the screenshot

[jdhdiggs]

Money!

[Sami]

http://sami.kallio.com/sami/freecell.jpg

LOL

[jdhdiggs]

Nice one...

[petrym]

Good job jdhdiggs! :cool:

Now Sami, did you use the old CNTL-SHFT-F10 trick? You need all Kings at the end! :D

[Sami]

Originally posted by petrym
Now Sami, did you use the old CNTL-SHFT-F10 trick? You need all Kings at the end! :D
Yes, I did. That game has no solution so no point in trying to solve it.