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@ 2016-02-12 4:03 PM (#20967 - in reply to #20869) (#20967) Top

vopani



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vopani posted @ 2016-02-12 4:03 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


Really nice sudokus!
I was lost on both the Average sudokus... but otherwise it went smooth.
QuadMax 9x9 and X-Frame 9x9 were my favourites.

Thanks Harmeet and Rakesh.
@ 2016-02-12 4:12 PM (#20968 - in reply to #20869) (#20968) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2016-02-12 4:12 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-12 5:29 PM (#20969 - in reply to #20869) (#20969) Top

marred



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marred posted @ 2016-02-12 5:29 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? were not represented well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Below Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Classic Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2016-02-12 7:49 PM (#20970 - in reply to #20869) (#20970) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2016-02-12 7:49 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-12 10:13 PM (#20971 - in reply to #20869) (#20971) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2016-02-12 10:13 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? X Sum Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2016-02-12 10:40 PM (#20972 - in reply to #20869) (#20972) Top

margareta456



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margareta456 posted @ 2016-02-12 10:40 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Consecutive Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-12 10:46 PM (#20973 - in reply to #20869) (#20973) Top

MrLiang




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MrLiang posted @ 2016-02-12 10:46 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? X Sum Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-13 12:40 AM (#20975 - in reply to #20869) (#20975) Top

Swagatam



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Swagatam posted @ 2016-02-13 12:40 AM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Average
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2016-02-13 3:15 AM (#20976 - in reply to #20869) (#20976) Top

wgryciuk



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wgryciuk posted @ 2016-02-13 3:15 AM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Consecutive Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-13 3:20 AM (#20977 - in reply to #20869) (#20977) Top

David McNeill



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David McNeill posted @ 2016-02-13 3:20 AM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-13 3:23 PM (#20979 - in reply to #20869) (#20979) Top

RameshLMI



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RameshLMI posted @ 2016-02-13 3:23 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? X Sum Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-13 5:14 PM (#20980 - in reply to #20869) (#20980) Top

Vishal



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Vishal posted @ 2016-02-13 5:14 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? representation could have been better
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2016-02-13 6:29 PM (#20981 - in reply to #20869) (#20981) Top

TiiT



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TiiT posted @ 2016-02-13 6:29 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Below Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-13 10:05 PM (#20984 - in reply to #20869) (#20984) Top

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ghirsch posted @ 2016-02-13 10:05 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? X Sum Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Thanks for another great test Rakesh and Harmeet. All of the puzzles I solved were very nice, but my favorites were QuadMax 2 and X Sum Frame 2 (I really liked the deductions for X in this one).
@ 2016-02-13 11:14 PM (#20985 - in reply to #20869) (#20985) Top

gaurav.kjain



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gaurav.kjain posted @ 2016-02-13 11:14 PM

Really nice sudokus....Liked construction of all of them.
Hats off, Rakesh and Harmeet.
Kropki seems to be a no starter for me logically, Rakesh/Harmeet, please provide me THE logical starting point.

Technically for me 2015-16 SM is ended as, I will be co-authoring last round of SM along with Amit.
All the rounds were really great and I enjoyed them a lot. Thanks for the authors and organizers for all great SM rounds throughout the year.

@ 2016-02-13 11:54 PM (#20986 - in reply to #20985) (#20986) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2016-02-13 11:54 PM

gaurav.kjain - 2016-02-13 11:14 PM

Kropki seems to be a no starter for me logically, Rakesh/Harmeet, please provide me THE logical starting point.
I guess you are referring to the 9x9.
(1) One starting point is R1C3/C4 -> one of them has to be 3. You can find out easily that the 3 must go in R1C4. You can then fill out all cells in row 1. R1C1 cannot be 5 (look at the long sequence in col 1) so it will be 1.
(2) R5C1 is even (count odd/even in box4). Using this, we can complete col 1, as there is only one place for the number 2.

After this, it should be simpler.
@ 2016-02-14 12:20 AM (#20988 - in reply to #20869) (#20988) Top

detuned



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detuned posted @ 2016-02-14 12:20 AM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? representation could have been better
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Classic Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-14 1:16 AM (#20989 - in reply to #20869) (#20989) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2016-02-14 1:16 AM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? representation could have been better
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-14 1:51 AM (#20990 - in reply to #20869) (#20990) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2016-02-14 1:51 AM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? X Sum Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2016-02-14 2:05 AM (#20991 - in reply to #20869) (#20991) Top

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forcolin posted @ 2016-02-14 2:05 AM

The puzzles were all right but the point distribution was rather poor. IMHO for the big kropki 16 points were faaaaaar too many, while the big average with only 13 points was underrated.
@ 2016-02-14 11:44 AM (#20992 - in reply to #20986) (#20992) Top

gaurav.kjain



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gaurav.kjain posted @ 2016-02-14 11:44 AM

rakesh_rai - 2016-02-13 11:54 PM

gaurav.kjain - 2016-02-13 11:14 PM

Kropki seems to be a no starter for me logically, Rakesh/Harmeet, please provide me THE logical starting point.
I guess you are referring to the 9x9.
(1) One starting point is R1C3/C4 -> one of them has to be 3. You can find out easily that the 3 must go in R1C4. You can then fill out all cells in row 1. R1C1 cannot be 5 (look at the long sequence in col 1) so it will be 1.
(2) R5C1 is even (count odd/even in box4). Using this, we can complete col 1, as there is only one place for the number 2.

After this, it should be simpler.



Thanks a lot Rakesh, I really forgot to use Even/Odd marking , it makes it so easy which was looking a non starter to me , I remember Prasanna also mentioned it earlier.
@ 2016-02-14 1:21 PM (#20993 - in reply to #20869) (#20993) Top

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2016-02-14 1:21 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Kropki Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-14 2:28 PM (#20994 - in reply to #20869) (#20994) Top

Hotel



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Hotel posted @ 2016-02-14 2:28 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? representation could have been better
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Kropki Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-14 4:39 PM (#20995 - in reply to #20869) (#20995) Top

peluri



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peluri posted @ 2016-02-14 4:39 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? variations represented the theme well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? X Sum Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-02-14 9:48 PM (#20996 - in reply to #20869) (#20996) Top

pranavmanu



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pranavmanu posted @ 2016-02-14 9:48 PM

 How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? were not represented well
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? QuadMax 4Odd 4Even
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


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