I'm a Freecell Junkie.

[martybee]

I have to play it all the time!
Even before I check my email, I have to pull up a game and play it. First thing in the morning and last at night. (well almost)
I tell myself, "It's good therapy for your brain." Whether it is or not, I have myself convinced it is! Does anyone else have this same affliction?

 

[bill2000]

Right there with you Marty. Play it all the time. Keep track of my win percentage over 100 games. Not satisfied if I drop below 90%. My name is Bill, I have a freecell problem.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I have been known to play a few, too.
Hey- it's free!
There may not be a Free Lunch, but at least we got Free Cell!

 

[Targets Guy]

Count me as hooked as well. It is a nice way to relax and to kill time while waiting for the wife to get ready when we are going somewhere.

Thank goodness for the "easy" game settings.

 

[Telecaster]

I've never played Freecell, but I have Finger Arts SolitairePro on my phone and it's an addiction. I just have to beat my high score.

 

[joe44va]

After winning 1,000 games straight I decided I was addicted and did the cold turkey thing. I'm now a recovering addict who is afraid to play again. If the urge gets really strong, I go reload something.

 

[steveno]

I played freecell a LOT on Windows 7. I was not happy when they removed it from Windows 10. I looked at several Windows 10 versions and they are not near as good as the Windows 7 version or at least none that I found

 

[bill2000]

After winning 1,000 games straight I decided I was addicted and did the cold turkey thing. I'm now a recovering addict who is afraid to play again. If the urge gets really strong, I go reload something.

1000 in a row??? I call shenanigans. Screen shot of your statistics page or it didn't happen lol.

 

[Targets Guy]

I played freecell a LOT on Windows 7. I was not happy when they removed it from Windows 10. I looked at several Windows 10 versions and they are not near as good as the Windows 7 version or at least none that I found

I use Solitare Plus with windows 10 and it works good for me. Lots of other games on Solitar Plus as well.

 

[Rustyt1953]

There have been some amazing gaming advancements since the Earth cooled.

 

[Old_Cop]

I had to play a game after I read this thread.

 

[Welshman]

I'm hooked as well. I have a slow internet connection and pass the down time with Free Cell and other times just for fun (I'm pushing 38,000 games). I use it in the morning to make sure my brain is awake.

I use to have a fairly high win percentage, until I decided I won't quit a game without beating it. Then my percentage dropped, but somehow it seems more satisfying. It amazes me that there are some games that if you don't get the first few moves right - you're DONE!

 

[Bkreutz]

I played Freecell a lot until I started playing Spider Solitaire. Don't think I've played Freecell in over a year.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I don't know what it is and I'm not going to find out.

I have enough problems as it is.

 

[BigBill]

I play a few online games it keeps cobwebs from forming in my brain. I'm up all night playing games sometimes.

I like free cell, words with friends, rummy, etc.

 

[Alpo]

Couple of questions.

I wasn't aware, until this thread, that there was a statistics page. 62%. 23000 wins, 17000 loses. Longest winning run, 22. Longest losing run, 11.

Welshman said something about his win ratio, and the way he phrased it, if you quit a game, it doesn't count? If I'm stuck and there's no way I see to win it, I quit it, and it's NOT a lose, but if I continue until it tells me I lost, it is?

Someone else said something about "easy games". On Spider Solitaire they have "Easy, Medium and Hard", but I don't see that option on Free Cell?

 

[Tom S.]

Freecell and suduko are part of my before bed activities.

 

[Targets Guy]

The game on Solitare Plus has a minimum number of moves that need to be made in order to count it as a game. Once you reach the minimum you "lose" the game whether you quit, restart or go to a new game. On the Freecell on my desktop I cannot find a "easy, medium or hard" but on my game on the Ipod I have such a setting.

 

[Welshman]

Couple of questions.

I wasn't aware, until this thread, that there was a statistics page. 62%. 23000 wins, 17000 loses. Longest winning run, 22. Longest losing run, 11.

Welshman said something about his win ratio, and the way he phrased it, if you quit a game, it doesn't count? If I'm stuck and there's no way I see to win it, I quit it, and it's NOT a lose, but if I continue until it tells me I lost, it is?

Someone else said something about "easy games". On Spider Solitaire they have "Easy, Medium and Hard", but I don't see that option on Free Cell?

No, if you quit a game and/or restart, it counts as a game played and a loss. There are no options for "difficulty" of the games, but every game can be won.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I played a lot of Freecell on the Windows 3 box I kept in my office to do documents on. I never bonded with the versions I got on my Macs.

High addictibility factor, though. I have been in more than one judge's chambers where counsel had to patiently sit and wait five minutes or so while the judge finished a game. The expression that comes to mind is "breach of judicial decorum".