This is Will broadcasting out to my listeners from the Will Cave. How we all doing out there? That’s great.
Eh, who’s played Minesweeper Flags? If you haven’t, the game involves minesweeper, but with a twist. Instead of avoiding the mines, you are in fact LOCATING them. It’s pretty trippy stuff, and you can play it on MSN Messenger.
And recently, Claire and I have become deeply invested in the game. We play quite regularly. And sadly, she beats me just as regularly. That sucks because I used to think I was pretty good at it.
(Déjà vu? She destroyed my GH crown! (And my pride along with it.))
But the game, while partially skill based has a heavy reliance on luck. And this is where I fault and Claire does quite well in. I’ve convinced myself that this game must love her or something (Hmm…) because seriously, there’s no way someone can just be that lucky. Take for instance, tonight’s game. She makes the first move and opens up many mine opportunities for myself. I take all of these, and the score is 11-0!
Then what happens? After 1 random click on the board, I open up a BIGGER area where mines can easily be found, and the score in about 2 moves becomes roughly 11- 15! What the hell?! This was no fault of my own; I clicked a random area! It’s completely, quite frankly, BS.
When you read this Claire know that I will beat you again. That day will come. And when it does, I will be singing it from the rafters, if such a rafter can be located. I refuse to call it skill.
- Willim!a (For every game she can beat me in, there’s a name she cannot spell. OH SNAP!)
Willim!a
You’re blog made me laugh…and you’re attempt to undermine my skill and victory and call it “luck”. The Urban Dictionary, a highly reputable source in the internet world, defines luck as “What losers say when they get their ass whipped by someone better than them.”
EXAMPLE
WILL: Wow Claire. You found 26 mines and I only found 7. You have such great luck!
CLAIRE: No Will(ima), that’s where you’re wrong. If it was 26 to 25, then that COULD be considered lucky. But look at the difference in scores. Also taking into consideration that I have beaten you EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, I think it’s safe to consider my winnings the result of supreme skill.
PS. For the record, WILLIAM, in the urban dictionary, is defined as follows:
An English name coming from the German name, Vilhelm, literally meaning will(desire, will) and helmet (protection). It has many variants in over 50 languages.
WILLIAM is the #5 most common male name.
2.451% of men in the US are named WILLIAM.
Around 3002475 US men are named WILLIAM!
WILLIAM is the #1118 most common female name.
0.007% of females in the US are named WILLIAM.
Around 8925 US females are named WILLIAM!
Funnily enough, Willim!a is undefined.