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Here is the link for Instruction Booklet that lists points table and puzzle types.

Link - http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2011/onlineQ.asp

Timing is given as 60 minutes in booklet. Satrting at 2pm & submissions are allowed till 3.30.. that means.. we can start online round a lil late at 2.30?

priygupt - 2011-04-20 9:58 AM

Timing is given as 60 minutes in booklet. Satrting at 2pm & submissions are allowed till 3.30.. that means.. we can start online round a lil late at 2.30?

That is correct.
[ It is same with Sudoku round as well.]

Is this test open to all?

TroyS - 2011-04-22 4:17 AM

Is this test open to all?

Troy, Given that we've decided to keep it at fixed period, we do not expect lot of international players to participate.
However, everyone is free to participate during that time.

Note also that the puzzles difficulty level will be much less than a 'typical' LMI monthly puzzle test.

Do you plan to open this tournament to international players for longer period of time (for example 24 hours as last year)? Thanks, Radek

radekivv - 2011-04-22 11:20 AM

Do you plan to open this tournament to international players for longer period of time (for example 24 hours as last year)? Thanks, Radek

Radek,
Just answered above. It will be at the fixed time, and will not be extended. We don't expect too many international players to participate.

I hoped that the limited time applied only to those who wanted represent Indian team at WPC. Thanks anyway. I will download puzzles later if they will be available - 3:30 AM is too early for me

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Thanks, Radek

Organisers - 2011-04-22 12:34 AM

radekivv - 2011-04-22 11:20 AM

Do you plan to open this tournament to international players for longer period of time (for example 24 hours as last year)? Thanks, Radek

Radek,
Just answered above. It will be at the fixed time, and will not be extended. We don't expect too many international players to participate.

Password protected puzzle booklet uploaded (it has 7 pages)
Flash submission enabled.

LMI flash system will do some basic checks and warn if the answer is not in expected format. You can ignore those warnings, if you want to.
All submissions will be recorded irrespective of warnings.

Can we click submit button after we solved each puzzle ?

rvarun - 2011-04-24 2:00 PM

Can we click submit button after we solved each puzzle ?

Yes.

Simple loop is probably not correct.I could not solve it.Wasted time with this and paint by number

Edited by anurag 2011-04-24 3:14 PM

anurag - 2011-04-24 3:12 PM

Simple loop is probably not correct.I could not solve it.

Are you saying
Simple Loop has multiple Solutions
OR
Simple Loop does not have a solution
OR
You couldn't solve it

anurag - 2011-04-24 3:21 PM

(1,3) or (2) or (3)

Interesting. You yourself are not sure what you want to say.

Lets wait till the results are out at 3:35 (10 minutes from now)

I actually listed out all possible combinations of answers to your questions. I said i could not see a correct way of building the loop,after spending a lot of time(on the right side of the grid).

I submitted my battleship answer in paint by number :-(

Players can see their own score at http://logicmastersindia.com/IPC2011/score.asp

Note : We have found that some players have used unfair means. It needs some cleanup before everyone can see others' scores.

Administrator - 2011-04-22 6:12 AM

we do not expect lot of international players to participate.

Why not? It is easier to find 60 minutes to spare than 120..... the standard is good, and, then, you are not taking into account the addiction factor....

could solve only 4. pathetic performance :(

But kudos to organisers for wonderful puzzles.Only I wish like ISC it was also of 2 hours with some more puzzles thrown in.

top 20 (including international players)

hey when will be the indian top 15 will be displayed waiting eagerly?
all the mishap happend with me that could be at this precious time of competition..(my net got disconnected)
searching for a nearby cafe was horrible in afternoon.. :(
anyways was enjoying to solve the puzzles although .
could not able to solve groupsum (being tough for me) and loopfinder (didnt get time)..

once again, hats down for another perfect organization.

Hello, I submitted my answer when the timer read "00:10" but the reply from the server was "Answer cannot be submitted". What do i do? Help!

the time is over now

forcolin - 2011-04-24 3:34 PM

Administrator - 2011-04-22 6:12 AM

we do not expect lot of international players to participate.

Why not? It is easier to find 60 minutes to spare than 120..... the standard is good, and, then, you are not taking into account the addiction factor....

stefano, thanks for participating and congrats on a good score!
As everyone can see by now, we had really easy puzzles in this round. We were not sure if this is something international players would appreciate.
added to that, we have the Sudoku round still running for 48 hours.

But I get your point - LMI's tests are mostly 120 minutes. It will be nice to see 60 minutes' test.

karanjt - 2011-04-24 3:54 PM

Hello, I submitted my answer when the timer read "00:10" but the reply from the server was "Answer cannot be submitted". What do i do? Help!

Karan, I got your PM too.
As per server time, you started at 2:31:28 PM. So by the time see you saw "00:10", it was already past 3:30 PM.
We can't do much, but request you and everyone else to read the rules, timings properly.

I really liked this contest. Thank you for your great work. These easy puzzles can be kind of refreshing. For me as an average solver it means a lot more joy to be able to solve >10 puzzles in 60 minutes than staring at a difficult puzzle so long that you have no more energy for the remaining one and a half hour

Edited by ch1983 2011-04-24 4:25 PM

priygupt - 2011-04-24 3:32 PM

I submitted my battleship answer in paint by number :-(

You should see the credit now.

I am not able to see my score. The score sheet is empty.

ch1983 - 2011-04-24 4:25 PM

I really liked this contest. Thank you for your great work. These easy puzzles can be kind of refreshing. For me as an average solver it means a lot more joy to be able to solve >10 puzzles in 60 minutes than staring at a difficult puzzle so long that you have no more energy for the remaining one and a half hour

Thanks Christian for your feedback. I get your point that it is also important to have "easy puzzle tests"

I agree with Christian; it is pleasant to have, from time to time, an easy test ; at least for us average solvers. Moreover, after the ridiculous performance I did on the sudoku test yesterday, this puzzle test was really welcomed to comfort me a bit.

As usual, organisation was top and puzzles were nice ; thanks for 50' of fun - once again.

Otherwise, I lost much time on the "Weights" puzzle and did the Minesweeper three times. Some stupid mistake on Hitori, too. I probably could have saved 5 to 10 minutes, so, the test was definitely easy. Just what I expected and needed today !

hey my name not listed in the score table
please check it out waited desperately..
i started my test at 2.50 or some ended at 3.30 before due to some problem i started lately.
plz check it

Edited by swaroop2011 2011-04-24 6:54 PM

Bastien, First of all, your performance yesterday is not that bad. You are still in the top 20. Of course, it could have been much better if had done something more meaningful in last 20 minutes :-)

It should definitely be easy to organize such 'short-and-sweet' tests more frequently. I think LMI should sincerely consider having more tests of these kind more often.

Thanks once again Stefano, Christian and Bastien for your views.

swaroop2011 - 2011-04-24 6:53 PM

hey my name not listed in the score table
please check it out waited desperately..
i started my test at 2.50 or some ended at 3.30 before due to some problem i started lately.
plz check it

Check now!

thank you very much
hey there will not be seperate list for seeing the top 15 selected ones for ipc finals
plz tell
waiting for ur reply
thanking in advance

Edited by swaroop2011 2011-04-24 7:26 PM

thanks for a great afternoon !
did a few silly mistakes in minesweeper and hitori.....
how many are to be selected for nationals final ?...when will you declare the final names of the selected ones...?

swaroop2011 - 2011-04-24 7:01 PM

thank you very much
hey there will not be seperate list for seeing the top 15 selected ones for ipc finals
plz tell
waiting for ur reply
thanking in advance

Swaroop,

You are at number 4 amongst Indian participants, hence you can presume that you are part of top 15. Congratulations!!!

thank you
enjoyed a lot with all the puzzles
could have done better if that problem wouldn't have been occurred.
anyways happy endings..
congratulations to all other selected ones

Edited by swaroop2011 2011-04-24 8:48 PM

debmohanty - 2011-04-24 2:59 PM

Bastien, First of all, your performance yesterday is not that bad. You are still in the top 20. Of course, it could have been much better if had done something more meaningful in last 20 minutes :-)

But... I did. I solved 4 puzzles during these 20 minutes. The Product Frame (wrong) and the Inequality (wrong-wrong-wrong)... :-)

We had withheld Abhineet Shrivastava's results. We've added his name back in score page after due verification.

Edited by Organisers 2011-04-25 1:34 PM

@Organisers : My name is not on the final list though it says that I have qualified in the online round.

oldmonk - 2011-04-26 9:18 PM

@Organisers : My name is not on the final list though it says that I have qualified in the online round.

Funny. I see your name at No.19 at http://www.logicmastersindia.com/IPC2011/allqualifiers.asp

Yes maybe there was some problem with my browser caches. Sorry for the trouble.