LMI has hosted many different contests this year, with many different themes and ideas. To celebrate the contests of 2012, we have put together a page where you can vote for your favorite 3 Sudoku tests and your favorite 3 Puzzle tests. The voting includes the special contests as well in addition to the monthlies. At the end of voting period (6th Jan 2013), we will announce the winners in different categoies.

The voting page has the same posting methodologies used for the individual contests feedback pages, with an option to post the votes in forum, along with the anonymous option too. There is also a Voting Power categorization giving a bit more points to the votes of different players.

We hope everyone enjoyed the contests of 2012 and will continue to enjoy them through 2013. We also thank the authors who have made this year possible, and hope for more contributions from all of you in the coming years.

Enjoy the voting, Happy Holidays.

Different Categories :
There are 4 different categories
1) Sudoku - Popular Choice
2) Sudoku - Critics Choice
3) Puzzle - Popular Choice
4) Puzzle - Critics Choice

Every player who has participated in at least one test at LMI in year 2012 has some amount of voting power depending upon the category, as explained below.

Category		Your Vote Power
Sudoku	Popular Choice	Number of Sudoku tests played + Number of Sudoku tests authored or test-solved (All Beginners contest merged into 1)
	Critics Choice	Your maximum Sudoku ratings in year 2012
Puzzle	Popular Choice	Number of Puzzle tests played + Number of Puzzle tests authored or test-solved (All TVCs merged into 1)
	Critics Choice	Your maximum Puzzle ratings in year 2012

ETA : Added Number of tests authored / test-solved to vote power for Popular choice

Hi,

Tapa Variation Contest 2012 and Beginners Sudoku Contest links are pointing to 8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012.
Please check.

Regards,
Ravi

How will the winners be decided?

Every player can vote upto 3 Sudoku tests and 3 puzzle tests. There is no sequence among the 3 voted tests, and all of them will be treated equally.
After a player votes, all his vote power (depending upon the category) will be equally distributed among the 3 tests. After the voting period ends, the tests with maximum votes received will be declared as winner.


Notes
• We will be declaring only the top 3 tests in each category.
• If a player decides to vote only for 2 tests, 1/3rd of his voting power will be equally distributed among the remaining tests.
• If a player decides to vote only for 1 tests, 2/3rd of his voting power will be equally distributed among the remaining tests.
• Authors / Test solvers are allowed to vote for their own tests.

Link for voting : http://logicmastersindia.com/feedback/F2012/

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Classics vs. Innovatives	Link
	Fugitive Warrant	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012	Link
	akil oyunlari magazine competition	Link
	Seven Samurais	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Sudo-Clones	Link
	Sudoku 8X8	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link

Fixed.

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Killer Shootout	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	123 GO	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Classics vs. Innovatives	Link
	Fugitive Warrant	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Classic Tapa Contest	Link
	Fillomino-Fillia 2	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link

Copy Paste, the 2 Killer tests, TVCs, Seven Samurais are really near misses as my favorites.

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Classics vs. Innovatives	Link
	Shapes and Sizes	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Shapes and Sizes	Link
	Sudoku 8X8	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Classic Tapa Contest	Link
	forsmarts 10th Anniversary Contest	Link
	Logirace	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Killer Shootout	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012	Link
	forsmarts 10th Anniversary Contest	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Sudo-Clones	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	123 GO	Link
	Logirace	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Fugitive Warrant	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	123 GO	Link
	Classic Tapa Contest	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Diagonal Vision	Link
	Sudo-Clones	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Borders & Beyond	Link
	Seven Samurais	Link
	Word Show	Link

Most favorite sudoku is Killer Sudoku from Classics vs. Innovatives
Most favorite puzzle is Meiosis Tapa from Tapa Variation Contest XI

Edited by Takeya 2012-12-28 8:07 PM

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Copy Paste	Link
	Killer Shootout	Link
	Shapes and Sizes	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Fillomino-Fillia 2	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link
	Seven Samurais	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Classics vs. Innovatives	Link
	Fugitive Warrant	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012	Link
	akil oyunlari magazine competition	Link
	Fillomino-Fillia 2	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Copy Paste	Link
	Diagonal Vision	Link
	Killer Shootout	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Fillomino-Fillia 2	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link
	Seven Samurais	Link

Hard to choose sudoku competitions, there were so many good ones. Easy to choose puzzles - these, where I participated:)

Ah, those would have made some interesting categories too.

Just wanted thank Takeya who shared this idea to have a voting based Contest of the year.

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Beginners Sudoku Contest	Link
	Classics vs. Innovatives	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Fillomino-Fillia 2	Link
	Puzzle Marathon	Link
	Tapa Variations Contest 2012	Link

I loved Akil oyunlari competetion so much so that i tried to order copies of Akil oyunlari magazines...but sadly they are not available for sale commercially in india...It had everything maths based puzzles ,good hard crosswords etc...would love to see it again and i would also like to make a suggestion ....contests like Di , puzzle cup and so on can be considered for ratings ...particularly when the participant is allowed to have an option whether the test should be considered for his ratings or not what is the point in excluding some for ratings and including the rest.
And the best idea that was conceived in LMI i feel is Beginners sudoku .I am getting a taste of the different variants that exist in sudokus gradually...I am sure many others would feel the same...The fun that you get when u catch hold of that sole candidate in sudokus is what i like the most and most of the hard sudokus were designed exactly of that sort..Hope Beginners sudoku contest continues next year with full vigour and may the variants never get exhausted!

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Classics vs. Innovatives	Link
	Shapes and Sizes	Link
	Sudoku 8X8	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012	Link
	Seven Samurais	Link
	Word Show	Link

My favorite Sudoku tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	Copy Paste	Link
	Shapes and Sizes	Link
	Sudoku Screen Test	Link
My favorite Puzzle tests in 2012 (sorted alphabetically)	akil oyunlari magazine competition	Link
	Fillomino-Fillia 2	Link
	Word Show	Link