Minesweeper Opening Strategy: Breaking 50/50s

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:38 Method explained
2:22 Analysis
6:05 How to play "the breaker" approach
7:10 Thank you :)

Special thanks to MSCoach, without his engine this video would not have been possible
Here's a link to the solver's page:
Thanks Scar for the collection of 50/50s :)

Any feedback is very appreciated, enjoy! :)

[SureBuddy]

My very last move was a 50/50. Only two squares left and I picked wrong... I get why people would play a no guessing version after that.

[claudehuggins]

In high school I was the weird kid for always playing minesweeper in class. Loved it for ages and discovered a lot of the patterns on my own thinking I was the only one who gave a shit about the game. Only learned this past few months that there is a community for it. Coming across this channel was a delightful surprise! Would love to see more!

[squabble]

never did i think i’d end up watching high quality mine sweeper content but here we are

[wasntwas]

The best way to break a 50/50 is to say, "how tje hell have i gotten 4 of these bastards?" And click the cool dude in the top middle kf the acreen.

[МихаилКолосков]

the worst in 50/50 is that they often shows up by the end when you almost finish

[alphabulblax]

I love it when YouTube randomly recommends me a video that makes me aware of a whole subculture I never knew existed.

[spirit_x]

0:01 at the bottom left there’s a 1 that definitely can’t be there

[made-of-amelium]

Somewhere there's a version of Minesweeper I played that, if a guess is required, will always be safe, but if a guess isn't required and you guess anyway, then it will always be a mine (or something like that). I quite enjoyed that version since it still requires you to be mindful of whether or not you should guess without outright avoiding any particular board states.

[torna]

I love that this video is just one second short of being 8 minutes long. This man's a leyend

[aeiouaeiou]

Thanks for this! It randomly showed up in my recommended and i just clicked on it. I'm glad I did because this is such a nice video. You have good tips, nice music and production, and a super nice voice IMO.

[Saimonarts]

I would have never thought that a minesweeper community existed, but this video opened my eyes.

[BlackJacket]

This will revolutionize my minesweeper games 😈Thank you

[ralokt]

Nice analysis!

It would have been nice to throw in the variant two squares above the breaker. It can be a good choice too, just not when going for winrate, and I think it's a pretty nice example for maximizing winrate vs identifying forced guesses early (and maybe still dying to them), which is also fine for eg endurance.

[liviocosta]

youtube be like "he'll watch anything at this point"

[solinvictus]

Commented, liked, and subscribed!

Never had interest in minesweeper, but this video is good and well made

May the algorithm bless you, sweeping stranger

[joaoalbuquerque]

The last video got me hooked into playing minesweeper. And this one is just as good! Thanks for the great content.

[Fantastish]

Very helpful! Not only showing wha to do, but also showing how, and most importantly, why to do specific moves, thanks!

[dashthatonedude]

the only reason im here is because my crush is into minesweeper and i wanna impress them but ngl, this is actually a well made video

[BloxxingDinosaurus]

There is this game called Minesweeper: Collector, and it counts a round as completed if you flagged all the mines, so at a guessing spot you can just place the flag(s) in one way or another, until you found the one that works.

[Falco.]

I didn't expect that there was an interest in this. I remember reading a paper about the best approaches a few years ago. And at the end they said that sometimes is just luck involved