The contest HCS 4 will start in two hours. A few notes on manual score adjustments can be found in the German forum:
http://forum.logic-masters.de/showthread.php?tid=1140
Good luck to all participants!

Edited by Hausigel 2013-04-05 1:46 PM

Hello,
the contest is over, and I would already like to thank all participants, even though only four of the twelve intended HCS rounds are finished. I appreciate every single attendance, no matter if the participants are top solvers or try only a handful of puzzles in each contest.
As usual, I have sent messages to those who entered a solution code with the wrong syntax. I have also made a couple of score adjustments without penalty for puzzle 3 (Anglers) where the wrong entries were based on an unwanted alternative interpretation of the solution code. Further score adjustments will only take place on the initiative of the participants. I will finalize the scoring on Wednesday noon, you can sent score adjustment requests (to: hcs@hausigel.de) until then.
Hausigel

The next contest, HCS 5 (Loop puzzles), is going to take place May 24-27. The instruction file is already available.
Link to the contest page: http://www.logic-masters.de/Wettbewerbe/wettbewerb.php?chlang=en&id...
Hausigel

Hello,
just a short reminder that the contest HCS 5 will start tomorrow.
Concerning manual adjustments: As usual, I will inquire in case of wrong syntax; apart from that, adjustments are only made on request of the participant. In either case, you can only receive 80% of the points.
Hausigel

The contest is over, please send any score adjustment requests (hcs@hausigel.de) no later than Wednesday noon, after that I will finalize the scoring.

Short reminder, the next contest will take place this weekend. Link to the contest page:
http://www.logic-masters.de/Wettbewerbe/wettbewerb.php?chlang=en&id...

The contest has started. Good luck to all participants.

The contest is over, thanks to all participants. Score ajustment requests can be made until Wednesday noon (hcs@hausigel.de).

Hi folks,
the contest HCS 7 will take place Jul 12-15.
The topic of this contest is: Instructionless. I know that contests of this nature are generally controversial. There is a thread in the German forum for more information about the interpretation of the contest rules. Questions are welcome, of course. Link to the thread:
http://forum.logic-masters.de/showthread.php?tid=1165
Hausigel

The demonstration puzzle in the instruction file contained an error, I have uploaded a corrected version. Sorry.
Hausigel

Just a short reminder that the contest HCS 7 (Instructionless) will start in a few hours. Please note that manual score adjustments will only take place if you can convince me that you have found an alternative solution, not in case of typos of any kind. Good luck to all participants.

Hello,
I have made a very stupid error (thanks to uvo for noticing). There is a new version of the contest file, uploaded on Friday at 12.35; the order of the puzzles, some scores and two puzzles (9 and 10 in the corrected version) have changed.
I apologize for the inconvenience. I hope those who downloaded the old version can read this in time. If there are any problems related to this issue, I will of course adjust the scores in your favor.
Hausigel

The contest is over, thanks to all participants.
Score adjustment requests can still be made until Sunday (hcs@hausigel.de); see the German forum for more details.
Hausigel

The contest HCS 8 will take place Aug 23-26.

The contest HCS 8 (Aug 23-26) has been set up, and the instruction file is available:
http://www.logic-masters.de/Wettbewerbe/wettbewerb.php?id=48
Please note that the instruction file does not contain any examples. You will find example puzzles here:
http://www.hochhausigel.de/e-varianten.html
Regarding manual score adjustments: Traditionally, in my Skyscraper puzzle contests there will be no penalties for manual adjustment in case of typos. Still, I hope to have as little work as possible in this regard. :) I will inquire myself if I spot a mistake that looks like a typo to me; apart from that, you are welcome to send me an email with score adjustment requests no later than Wednesday after the contest.
Hausigel

In the English instructions for Puzzle 6 (Incomplete) should one of the words "row" instead read "column"?

You are right, sorry about that. Martin Kollar also noticed the mistake, I have uploaded a corrected version of the instruction file.

Hello,
the contest has started, have fun.
I will not sit on my PC around the clock, but I will regularly send messages to the participants if I suspect entry mistakes, so it might be a good idea to check your email after your 120 minutes.
Hausigel

Hello,
the contest is over, preliminary results should be visible now. If you have any score adjustment requests, please send them to me until Wednesday noon.
Hausigel

The scoring table of the contest HCS 8 has been finalized; congratulations to Ulrich Voigt, Hideaki Jo, Michael Ley and Kota Morinishi. You will also find the updated total scoring on the HCS overview page. Please let me know if you find any mistakes.
Hausigel

Hello,
the next contest will take place Sep 13-16.
Hausigel

Hello,
the contest HCS 10 is planned to take place Oct 4-7 as WPC preparation.
Hausigel

Oh my, there'll be lots of WPC preparation that weekend... (there'll also be an LMI puzzle test if all goes as planned).
Denis

Hello,
the contest HCS 9 will start in about 12 hours; I hope you enjoy the puzzles.
Concerning score adjustments: I will inquire only in case of syntax errors, otherwise I will wait for the participants to send their score adjustment requests to me first; in either case, there will be a 20% penalty for manual score adjustments. Please note that there is a clarification of the rules for the puzzles 19-22 (Blackout Math) in the German forum.
Hausigel

Hello,
the contest HCS 9 is over; thanks to all participants. Score adjustment requests are still possible till Wednesday noon (hcs@hausigel.de). Meanwhile I have activated the next contest which will take place Oct 4-7. Link to the contest page:
http://www.logic-masters.de/Wettbewerbe/wettbewerb.php?id=49
Hausigel