Thread - Sampler Platter

@ 2010-08-09 8:56 AM (#1112 - in reply to #934) (#1112) Top

davmillar

Posts: 44

Country : United States

davmillar posted @ 2010-08-09 8:56 AM

Thanks to everyone who tried my puzzles this competition! I appreciate all of you taking the time to enter and solve my puzzles.

Regarding round 4: I'm sorry about the unusual rules in this round. Because I wanted to use all rule types but have separate sections, I thought combining the odd-sum pair and consecutive clues in that way would be the easiest and most logical way to combine the clue types. Now looking back I can see it caused a lot of confusion. If I ever do a similar puzzle set in the future I'll be sure to exclude any confusing rules like this one.

Please also let me know if there is any additional feedback anyone has - I always aim to improve the way I create puzzles to make the best experience for puzzle solvers.

David

@ 2010-08-09 10:56 AM (#1124 - in reply to #934) (#1124) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-09 10:56 AM

Sampler Platter discussions outside LMI forum

http://www.sudokuxtra.com/forum/read.php?2,439
http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36
http://sudokuvariante.forumactif.com/tournois-officiels-f19/lmi-aug... (in French)

@ 2010-08-09 11:44 AM (#1127 - in reply to #1107) (#1127) Top

purifire

Posts: 460

Country : India

purifire posted @ 2010-08-09 11:44 AM

cnarrikkattu - 2010-08-08 10:39 PM

Very, very nice puzzles. I like how the logic flowed in the latter stages even though it looked like it shouldn't.

A feature suggestion for the online submission: give a warning when you haven't filled all the cells you need to (all cells pre-"show cells to fill" time, highlighted cells after clicking "show cells to fill"). I almost missed a region of cells to fill in one of the 6x6 puzzles!

Hi Chris,

The warning feture has not been added on purpose. The purpose is not for a player to only solve it but also to input the answer correctly... If in an actual competition I submit a sudoku with a few blank cells (Which in reality has happened with me plenty of times, including the Indian National Championship this year ), nobody gives me a warning to fill up the blank parts. So in a way we are tying to make people double chk the puzzle to ensure completeness in solving as well as submission.

@ 2010-08-09 11:48 AM (#1128 - in reply to #1127) (#1128) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-09 11:48 AM

Rishi, Good point.
By the way, for those who don't know, Rishi left one cell blank, which cost him the title.

@ 2010-08-09 8:07 PM (#1132 - in reply to #934) (#1132) Top

Fred76

Posts: 337

Country : Switzerland

Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-09 8:07 PM

David, thanks for creating grids and preparing tournament. I enjoy this !

Especially grids of stage 4 and 5 were nice and it was interesting to solve them.

In my opinion, it could have been 2 or 3 more difficult grids to settle best players otherwise than bonus time.

Fred


	@ 2010-08-09 8:56 AM (#1112 - in reply to #934) (#1112) Top
davmillar Posts: 44 Country : United States	davmillar posted @ 2010-08-09 8:56 AM Thanks to everyone who tried my puzzles this competition! I appreciate all of you taking the time to enter and solve my puzzles. Regarding round 4: I'm sorry about the unusual rules in this round. Because I wanted to use all rule types but have separate sections, I thought combining the odd-sum pair and consecutive clues in that way would be the easiest and most logical way to combine the clue types. Now looking back I can see it caused a lot of confusion. If I ever do a similar puzzle set in the future I'll be sure to exclude any confusing rules like this one. Please also let me know if there is any additional feedback anyone has - I always aim to improve the way I create puzzles to make the best experience for puzzle solvers. David
	@ 2010-08-09 10:56 AM (#1124 - in reply to #934) (#1124) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-09 10:56 AM Sampler Platter discussions outside LMI forum http://www.sudokuxtra.com/forum/read.php?2,439 http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36 http://sudokuvariante.forumactif.com/tournois-officiels-f19/lmi-aug... (in French)
	@ 2010-08-09 11:44 AM (#1127 - in reply to #1107) (#1127) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-08-09 11:44 AM cnarrikkattu - 2010-08-08 10:39 PM Very, very nice puzzles. I like how the logic flowed in the latter stages even though it looked like it shouldn't. A feature suggestion for the online submission: give a warning when you haven't filled all the cells you need to (all cells pre-"show cells to fill" time, highlighted cells after clicking "show cells to fill"). I almost missed a region of cells to fill in one of the 6x6 puzzles! Hi Chris, The warning feture has not been added on purpose. The purpose is not for a player to only solve it but also to input the answer correctly... If in an actual competition I submit a sudoku with a few blank cells (Which in reality has happened with me plenty of times, including the Indian National Championship this year ), nobody gives me a warning to fill up the blank parts. So in a way we are tying to make people double chk the puzzle to ensure completeness in solving as well as submission.
	@ 2010-08-09 11:48 AM (#1128 - in reply to #1127) (#1128) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-09 11:48 AM Rishi, Good point. By the way, for those who don't know, Rishi left one cell blank, which cost him the title.
	@ 2010-08-09 8:07 PM (#1132 - in reply to #934) (#1132) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-09 8:07 PM David, thanks for creating grids and preparing tournament. I enjoy this ! Especially grids of stage 4 and 5 were nice and it was interesting to solve them. In my opinion, it could have been 2 or 3 more difficult grids to settle best players otherwise than bonus time. Fred