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Logic Masters India announces WPC Practice Test
Dates : 10 th — 13 th October
Instruction Booklet & Submission : here
Author : Ko Okamoto (xevs)
Length : 90 minutes
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MellowMelon
Country : United States | The dotted wall example seems not to be unique; the bottom left corner can be shaded or unshaded. Was the 7/- clue supposed to be 7/1? It fixes this and makes the clues symmetric. |
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Country : India | MellowMelon - 2013-10-08 1:32 AM
The dotted wall example seems not to be unique; the bottom left corner can be shaded or unshaded. Was the 7/- clue supposed to be 7/1? It fixes this and makes the clues symmetric. You are right; the clue should have been 7/1.
Updated version of IB uploaded with this change and Points Table. |
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kiwijam
Posts: 187
Country : New Zealand | kiwijam posted @ 2013-10-08 3:02 PM Arigatoo gozaimashita, Okamoto-san.
Thank you for creating this contest.
And I'm pleased that it is before this weekend, I was worried it would start after I started travelling. :)
Edited by kiwijam 2013-10-08 3:02 PM
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xevs
Posts: 43
Country : Japan | xevs posted @ 2013-10-08 3:41 PM kiwijam - 2013-10-08 6:02 PM
Arigatoo gozaimashita, Okamoto-san.
Thank you for creating this contest.
And I'm pleased that it is before this weekend, I was worried it would start after I started travelling. :)
????????/ Dou itashimashite, kiwi-san.
The schedule is determined within conversation with Mr. Deb Mohanty.
Hope your great score in this test and also in WPC ;- ) |
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Administrator
Country : India | NOTE :
In Pentopia, Pentominoes are not allowed to touch each other, even diagonally.
(IB was missing the words "even diagonally". We have added those two words now) |
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auroux
Posts: 145
Country : France | auroux posted @ 2013-10-09 9:02 AM The link for v2 of the IB seems to be broken -- it gives me the IB for Magic Cube from 2011. -- Denis |
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Country : India | auroux - 2013-10-09 9:02 AM
The link for v2 of the IB seems to be broken -- it gives me the IB for Magic Cube from 2011. -- Denis Fixed. |
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Country : India | This thread is restricted. |
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Country : India | Question in PM
Is this test rated?
No. It is planned at such a time where players will be busy with travel and related issues. |
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Country : India | Feedback page enabled. |
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achan1058
Posts: 80
Country : Canada | | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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AndreyBogdanov
Posts: 44
Country : Russia | | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2013-10-10 5:49 PM | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | 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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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2013-10-10 6:39 PM I could not get correct answer for Pentopia second puzzle. If possible can someone post the pentominos used for this? I am able to get one answer using N, I, L, F, X and T Pentomino but corner arrow is getting wrong while using this or I have to reflect one of Pentomino which is not allowed.
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MellowMelon
Country : United States | Rajesh: see if you can fix your solution by just completely dropping the I pentomino. (That last deduction made me laugh, by the way.) |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2013-10-10 8:51 PM MellowMelon - 2013-10-10 8:42 PM
Rajesh: see if you can fix your solution by just completely dropping the I pentomino. (That last deduction made me laugh, by the way.)
You are right! Dropping the I makes solution correct. Good puzzle. Enough space left to place one pentomino confused me and I made error placing I there and ending up having no solution.
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | MellowMelon - 2013-10-10 8:42 PM
(That last deduction made me laugh, by the way.)
Me too. I kept wondering during the solve if that empty space would be an L or an I, and it took a while to reach the actual solution, because I'm slow with reflecting pieces. Nice work to force nothingness. |
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auroux
Posts: 145
Country : France | auroux posted @ 2013-10-11 3:23 AM Wow, that was a very nice test! Didn't manage time very well, but all the puzzles I tried were a lot of fun... |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-10-11 4:35 AM | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-10-11 3:28 PM | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-10-11 9:02 PM | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-10-12 3:46 AM | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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munna
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Country : India | munna posted @ 2013-10-12 1:24 PM | 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? | Fairly Nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-10-13 4:42 AM | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too few puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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anderson
Posts: 16
Country : United States | | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
It'd have been nice if the "pentominoes can't be reflected" rule were emphasized because I don't think it's standard (see Para's blog and USPC 2013, for example ). Or maybe I'm just a little annoyed because I spent lots of time on that puzzle thinking I screwed up because I thought it was non-unique, and eventually gave up >.< Other than that, it was a lot of fun and the puzzles were well-constructed! |
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Administrator
Country : India | Solutions booklet uploaded. Link |
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chaotic_iak
Posts: 241
Country : Indonesia | | 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 | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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WPC Practice Test — 10th - 13th October