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carolyn juran (Flcisme)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Flcisme
Post Number: 46
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 9:38 pm: | |
This stinker has been hanging around my desktop for longer than I can remember. I just wonder if I should submit the score and give it up. I hate to if it is winnable???
eight off
1817442871
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 901
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 11:21 pm: | |
carolyn. Richard posted the solution for this one. |
carolyn juran (Flcisme)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Flcisme
Post Number: 47
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 7:43 am: | |
Richard, oh Richard, where did you post it???? I didn't think I had asked about this one previously there are four games on my desktop that I keep going back to and this is one that has me stumped. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2447
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 8:23 am: | |
It was Trisha who posted it actually. Just paste 1817442871 into the search engine up at the top right of this screen and it will locate it for you Carolyn. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2448
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 8:27 am: | |
Please post your other tricky numbers here and I'm sure someone will be able to help you. The regulars just click on "Last day" or "Last week" at the bottom left of this screen to see what new posts there may have been. You don't really need a seperate page for each of them unless you particularly want to. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 903
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 12:25 pm: | |
Yes. It was Trisha. I should have been more attentive. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 920
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 5:10 pm: | |
Neighbour/Neighbor? Colour/Color? Seperate/Separate? I'll never figure out the Scottish spellings! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2449
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 6:04 pm: | |
English! It's like a foreign language. |
carolyn juran (Flcisme)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Flcisme
Post Number: 48
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 8:06 pm: | |
1929966501 eight off.
How about this one? Should I just give up on it? I have three others I have had on the desktop a long time. They are:734923684 - 1329567385 AND the real stinker........
1817442871,
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2470
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 6:31 am: | |
You're very persistant with 1817442871 Carolyn. I've located the solution Trisha posted ages ago and transferred it here.
I've solved one of the others and will see if I can do anything with the remaining two.
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 917
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 5:08 pm: | |
Very nicely said Richard. |
carolyn juran (Flcisme)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Flcisme
Post Number: 49
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008 - 5:33 pm: | |
Here are more stinkers. The first two I am sure are dead ducks... but I would like an expert opinion? The others are new battles. I get new resolve on these when I learn that they are solvable. Thanks also for the help on how to post on here. This is the only site I have ever done it on so it was very helpful
1929966501
734923684
1817443081
1917372802
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2521
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008 - 6:36 pm: | |
That's a very bad bunch Carolyn. I'll work on them some more later today. (It's 00.35 here). I'm pretty certain that the top two are unwinnable. The other two look doubtful too. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2523
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 5:37 am: | |
I've cracked 1817443081 Carolyn. I'm beginning to wonder if you know how to use the solutions that people have uploaded for you. It will make life a lot easier if you take a few minutes to learn how it's done. It's really quite easy and even if you made a complete muck of it (which you won't) you can't mess anything up in your PC.
It looks like you have your unwon games on your desktop.Open 1817443081. The cards will be dealt out exactly where you left them. Now just ignore them altogether.
Look up to the top left of your screen and you'll see.....Game....Options....Internet....Help.
Click where it says "Game" and this will drop down.
Now click where it says "Open game" and a new window will appear. It will look something like this.(You won't see any Midshipman files though. That's only on my PC>).
Near the botton you'll see an empty box with "File name" written to it's left. You need to paste a link into it, and then click where it says "Open".
You must stay online. Now the game which I've uploaded will run on your PC. It may take a minute or two depending on your download speed.
The game will run to the spot where I left it.
Now you back up to the top left of your screen and click on "Game" again. This time you click on "Save as" on the menu that drops down. You now have your own copy of the game I uploaded.
Please see my next post. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2524
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 5:40 am: | |
This is the solution for your game Carolyn. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2525
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 5:56 am: | |
If you click on it it will open and you'll get a window like this.
Just ignore all the numers. The only bit we are interested in is up at the top. THIS.
../18/Eight_Off_1817443081_Carolyn_New-5339.unk
Just highlight it and copy it.
This is the link that you have to paste into the box where it said "File name". Every uploaded game has a different link. That's why I've shown you where to get them from.
Once you get the game to run on your PC you should save it before you hit automove or complete it yourself. Then any time you have Eight Off open on your PC you can go back up to the top left of your screen and click where it says "Game" and then select "Open" in the drop down menu. You just highlight whichever saved game you want to open.
I know this is a lot to take in in one fell swoop, but it is remarkably simple once you decide to give it a try. Anything you don't understand? Ask us please!
I'll see if I can win any of your other games now. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2526
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 6:04 am: | |
I forgot to tell you why you should save these games. Once you have your own copy of a game which someone else has posted, you can open it and click on undo repeatedly and see which moves that person made to win the game. You can undo and redo as often as you want. |
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