Who Squares Wins!

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fetcheveryone Jun 2023 11:28am, 12 Jun 2023 29,057 posts	0 fetcheveryone You should also probably go here first: fetcheveryone.com/user-settings-location.php and set your home location.
fetcheveryone Jun 2023 11:28am, 12 Jun 2023 29,058 posts	0 fetcheveryone Once the game knows that, it'll set up your grid somewhere you can reach it You can tinker with it once the grid exists.
ChickenRunr Jun 2023 11:33am, 12 Jun 2023 2 posts	0 ChickenRunr Once the game knows that, it'll set up your grid somewhere you can reach it You can tinker with it once the grid exists. I've set up the grid to give the best coverage, but I have the Solent in the SW and an airfield NW. Swimming is a maybe but I probably won't be allowed to share the runway with our local Spitfire & a ton of light aircraft.
fetcheveryone Jun 2023 11:36am, 12 Jun 2023 29,059 posts	0 fetcheveryone Perhaps you could nudge your grid eastwards if NW and SW are troublesome. There's nothing that says your runs have to start in the middle of the grid.
ChickenRunr Jun 2023 11:44am, 12 Jun 2023 3 posts	0 ChickenRunr I'm already on the far NW edge. It's the best fit I can get to give the most potential. Will see how it goes today & maybe tweak after the stats are in.
fetcheveryone Jun 2023 11:48am, 12 Jun 2023 29,060 posts	0 fetcheveryone There are a lot of wins to zero in the bottom dozen or so matches - so you might find your first match is a walkover - but as soon as you start winning, the quality of opponent gets tougher.
ChickenRunr Jun 2023 11:57am, 12 Jun 2023 4 posts	0 ChickenRunr I expected as much. Sounds like excellent coding. Now have a minesweeper map in excel - 171 available grid sections. The big Q is how to bag them all in one go
chunkywizard Jun 2023 12:01pm, 12 Jun 2023 16,410 posts	0 chunkywizard there's badges for the amount of squares got in a week, including one for getting them all. Remember you have 1 grid move a week to make this easier. It's a rabbit hole, question is, do you want to go down it?
theOtherRichard Jun 2023 12:02pm, 12 Jun 2023 278 posts	0 theOtherRichard Thanks for a good game magnumpti Back-and-forth all week. So I hope you don't mind that I popped out for a short stroll this morning to flip one of your squares to give us a draw.
Night-owl Jun 2023 12:20pm, 12 Jun 2023 42,836 posts	0 Night-owl Thanks for the game last week geordiegirl was a close one didn't know what way it would go. Thought you might get it back this morning. I got this otherwise I might have given up mid week Hello Groundhog