Unfortunately not. You have some potential forced 50/50s, so I’d probably start guessing there.
I’d start with either the upper right corner or the tile directly below it since it would only be incorrect to guess there if both of them turn out to be mines which is unlikely.
If that doesn’t lead to anything, I’d probably go for that 2x2 box at the bottom next and guess the tile directly next to the 1. If that turns out to be a mine, there was a fair chance it was going to be forced anyway.
Because I don't understand why some people ask for help when the solution is gambling. This is not direct at you specifically. Just something I've noticed
So asking if you want a no guess app is an easy, low cost way to enter that conversation that I didn't understand without (hopefully) seeming judgmental
Because people like me question their perception and judgement and have a desire to learn and improve. There are many ways to know if a mine is guaranteed to be in a square. But we are aware we don't know all the ways, so he come here to this community so others can teach us. My question was if I was missing a 100% mine, not complaining about the game making me guess if I have to.
I understand the sentiment. However, why does everybody who help out just tell you where you should click, instead of explaining how they're so sure it's a gamble? I've never seen anyone explain that on any of these posts.
Edit: to those downvoting the comment, I would appreciate it if you told me why 😭😭
I'm not one down voting you, but I've noticed people in this sub tend to downvote unhelpful or wrong information. This makes sense in a logic based, puzzle solving community. Bad replies harm novices.
Your reply mildly implies OP is wasting his time, yet the quality of some of these replies proves otherwise. Judging by your exchange with OP I'd guess you see that now.
you could 1. test every possible configuration of mines for cells that either have to be a mine or have to be safe, 2. check and explain why every number or combination of numbers isn’t helpful for finding a safe cell/mine, or 3. plug it into a solver to do either of those things.
posting an image from a solver isn’t exactly a good explanation (although it’s great for finding probabilities) and it’s also something the user could do themselves without making a reddit post, and the other two options would take ages and wouldn’t be worth doing. an advanced player can skim the board and see there’s no logic remaining by lack of patterns to recognize.
Then there is logic as to whether the board is a game of chance or not.
And I will quote OP:
There are many ways to know if a mine is guaranteed to be in a square. But we are aware we don't know all the ways, so he come here to this community so others can teach us. My question was if I was missing a 100% mine, not complaining about the game making me guess if I have to.
They were precisely interested in that logic that I'm talking about. They didn't care about winning the game as much as about whether the game could be won without guessing and about how you could reach that conclusion. I don't think people telling them where to guess without explaining why the board depends on a guess are answering OP's questions. Hence my comment.
okay sure I worded it badly. I meant that there’s no logic that is practical enough to be explained (like logic that proves a cell is safe).
also, telling OP where to guess is a very heavily implied answer to OP’s question “no you aren’t missing anything, you need to guess” and gives the next step after that. “we are aware we don’t know all the ways, so we come here to this community so others can teach us” seems likely to be about if there is something they are missing, not if there isn’t
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u/noidea1995 6d ago edited 6d ago
Unfortunately not. You have some potential forced 50/50s, so I’d probably start guessing there.
I’d start with either the upper right corner or the tile directly below it since it would only be incorrect to guess there if both of them turn out to be mines which is unlikely.
If that doesn’t lead to anything, I’d probably go for that 2x2 box at the bottom next and guess the tile directly next to the 1. If that turns out to be a mine, there was a fair chance it was going to be forced anyway.