

Though I am not quite at that level, I've been playing for many years and have followed the competitive minesweeper community from time to time. A quick youtube search will find you expert games being solved in under 40 seconds. (This is not of me, just an example to illustrate how fast my average game goes). To get an example of the speed of my average game watch this video I only play expert now, and my average time for completing a game is 85-90 seconds, and my fastest time for completing expert is 72 seconds. Let me start by first saying that while I'm a master at the game I am by no means at the very top level. I will walk through some of the basics of the game as a starting point for playing and demonstrate how the game can be beneficial to you and your gamer skills. Yes, that is an eyebrow-raising claim to make, "minesweeper can help the competitive gamer?!?!" Indeed it can I have witnessed the effects both on myself and on others. Particularly, since this is a gamer community, how minesweeper can help your gaming skills.

I am here today to tell you about the benefits of continual play of minesweeper. The rewards are self-satisfaction, bragging rights if you're fast enough, and in the old days a smiley face wearing sunglasses. You click squares and numbers appear, or if you're unlucky you click a mine and the game tells you to try again. For the majority of people, it's a game that you tried after you gained access to a computer for the first time as it was conveniently placed in the "Games" folder. #1 Minesweeper is a game that most everyone knows about.
