On 15 August he announced the competition was cancelled. After a holiday, he announced 10 August he was unable to find a sponsor but the tournament would take place on 18 September if enough players could come. Christoph noticed the choice of sponsor might mean some players could not use their own mouses. Daniel Lynch (Ireland) suggested calling it the 'Minesweeper World Championship' and approaching Logitech and Microsoft to sponsor the event, and he contacted Microsoft Ireland about sponsorship. Nothing happened for a few months.Ĭhristoph then posted in the Guestbook on that he still wanted to organise a tournament and asked interested players to email him. Christoph and Rodrigo then discussed several ways to adapt the Clone or the website to host such a competition. This prompted Gergely to suggest on 29 April the possibility of online tournaments. Rodrigo released an online multiplayer version of his new Minesweeper Clone on 10 April. By the 19th only 4 players had registered so a deadline was set for that Friday. On 4 April he created a site for the tournament (). He did offer a choice of 3 or 5 Expert, and offered to make shirts for competitors. It was also true that players compare times to gauge greatness. Christoph replied that having previously organised tournaments for other games, he wanted to keep it simple and neutral for both Flaggers and NF players. Stevan Gvozdenovic (Montenegro) proposed playing 5 games of each level, and Rodrigo Camargo (Brazil) suggested there should be various types of contest at the tournament and gave examples of different playoff formats. A room was booked for 1000 to 1800 with three 2 hour sessions for Intermediate, Expert, and either level. Christoph announced on 1 April that the tournament would happen if 8 players registered, and the format would be a sum of 6 Intermediate and 3 Expert games.
Lance Votroubek (USA) said he would consider hosting a competition for American sweepers. Dave Matson (Canada) said it should be called the 'World Championship' to attract sponsors, and Gergely Nagy (Hungary) said mouse makers should be asked for support. Many players were excited but said they could not come because of distance or money. He booked a computer lab at the University of Vienna for 9 May but offered other dates. The first person to suggest a minesweeper meeting and competition was Christoph Nikolaus (Austria) on. The minesweeper community wished tournaments were possible for many years, but it was not until 2004 that it became a serious possibility.
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