Thread - Qixi Festival - Chinese Valentine's Day

@ 2010-08-14 1:11 AM (#1164 - in reply to #1064) (#1164) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2010-08-14 1:11 AM

!!! Best of luck to everyone !!!

@ 2010-08-14 8:36 PM (#1167 - in reply to #1064) (#1167) Top

Fred76

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Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-14 8:36 PM

Hard !!!

@ 2010-08-14 9:15 PM (#1168 - in reply to #1167) (#1168) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-08-14 9:15 PM

Fred76 - 2010-08-14 8:36 PM

Hard !!!

Oops Fred.... now you are scaring me

@ 2010-08-14 9:24 PM (#1169 - in reply to #1167) (#1169) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2010-08-14 9:24 PM

Tough set.
The puzzles were really nice, especially since I like Match-Makers puzzles.
I liked the concept of transfering digits without knowing directly which one goes where, it makes the relay concept more complete :-)

Looking forward to results and feedback of others.

@ 2010-08-14 9:28 PM (#1170 - in reply to #1169) (#1170) Top

debmohanty

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debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-14 9:28 PM

Rohan, thanks for your comments. Hopefully that will un-scare Rishi.

@ 2010-08-14 9:35 PM (#1171 - in reply to #1064) (#1171) Top

Minfang Lin

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Minfang Lin posted @ 2010-08-14 9:35 PM

Thanks for feedback.
To Fred: i think you can do better.
I hope someone could make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. :-)

@ 2010-08-14 9:49 PM (#1172 - in reply to #1064) (#1172) Top

Fred76

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Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-14 9:49 PM

Hard..... but beautiful !

And yes I think I could do better, I've done mistakes !

Fred

@ 2010-08-14 10:04 PM (#1173 - in reply to #1170) (#1173) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-08-14 10:04 PM

debmohanty - 2010-08-14 9:28 PM

Rohan, thanks for your comments. Hopefully that will un-scare Rishi.

Im bad at matchmakers and I dont think anything Rohan said unscares me

You are forgetting that now I am a part time Sudokist... I am not even sure I will be able to take 2 hrs away at a stretch

@ 2010-08-14 10:37 PM (#1174 - in reply to #1173) (#1174) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-08-14 10:37 PM

It can never be worse. First did a mistake in Puzzle No 7 and then carried forward the digits to spoil Puzzle No. 8.
In short screwed...........

@ 2010-08-15 12:41 AM (#1176 - in reply to #1064) (#1176) Top

alien2357

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alien2357 posted @ 2010-08-15 12:41 AM

Great set of puzzles. Awfully difficult.
I'm glad I was able to participate this time around. Can't always have 2 hours straight to do puzzles, but when I do, it's always FUN!
Everyone at LogicMastersIndia should be commended. Your mock tests and other puzzle sets are typically high quality stuff. Thanks!

-Allen

@ 2010-08-15 1:28 AM (#1177 - in reply to #1064) (#1177) Top

Semax

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Semax posted @ 2010-08-15 1:28 AM

Wow, very nice puzzles. Didn't finish in time but afterwards I have let them meet ;)

@ 2010-08-15 6:24 AM (#1178 - in reply to #1064) (#1178) Top

Gotroch

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Gotroch posted @ 2010-08-15 6:24 AM

Really nice puzzles.

Matchmaker part was beautiful.

@ 2010-08-15 7:28 AM (#1179 - in reply to #1178) (#1179) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-08-15 7:28 AM

Overall a nice set of sudokus. The objective was to make Niulang and Zhinv meet, however, both got lost somewhere. The matchmaking logic was beautiful, and unfolded very logically.

@ 2010-08-15 10:37 AM (#1180 - in reply to #1179) (#1180) Top

amitsowani

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amitsowani posted @ 2010-08-15 10:37 AM

The small point classics were really beautiful and I had never enjoyed solving classic puzzles so much before.
I struggled on the higher point ones, maybe there is something that Im missing in solving the more difficult ones.

Matchmaker was awesome. It was not too difficult to identify which sudoku goes where. The puzzles were high quality too, especially the anti knight sudoku.
I broke the touchy sudoku, else would have had a few more points :(

It might have been better if there were more time to solve, or maybe two separate sections, so that people do not have to choose between which section to solve.

@ 2010-08-15 4:02 PM (#1181 - in reply to #1180) (#1181) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-08-15 4:02 PM

Amazing set of puzzles.... thoroughly enjoyed them.... Im not sure how amit and Rohan found match makers easy :D

I wasted nearly 20 mins trying to resolve them... :)

Had a great time solving them nevertheless...

@ 2010-08-15 4:24 PM (#1182 - in reply to #1171) (#1182) Top

Fred76

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Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-15 4:24 PM

I hope someone could make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. :-)

Although my performance was below my abilities, I would not have been able to make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. I'll be surprised if more than 2 people can achieve this goal.

P.S.: I like surprises

@ 2010-08-15 4:32 PM (#1183 - in reply to #1182) (#1183) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-08-15 4:32 PM

Fred76 - 2010-08-15 4:24 PM

I hope someone could make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. :-)

Although my performance was below my abilities, I would not have been able to make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. I'll be surprised if more than 2 people can achieve this goal.

P.S.: I like surprises

I agree with you Fred.

@ 2010-08-15 4:45 PM (#1184 - in reply to #1183) (#1184) Top

skywalker

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skywalker posted @ 2010-08-15 4:45 PM

I had no problem to identify puzzles in matchmaker (7-8 minutes for all eight), but some of them were really hard to solve and I lost a lot of time on them. Classics were as always from Chinese authors, beautiful & tough.
I enjoyed after the test solving puzzles not solved during the test.
Thanks for great puzzles

Branko

@ 2010-08-15 5:21 PM (#1185 - in reply to #1184) (#1185) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2010-08-15 5:21 PM

skywalker - 2010-08-15 4:45 PM

I had no problem to identify puzzles in matchmaker (7-8 minutes for all eight),

Branko

Wow Branko, That was fast.... It took me 20 mins to identify puzzles in Matchmaker :)

Rishi

@ 2010-08-15 10:07 PM (#1186 - in reply to #1185) (#1186) Top

skywalker

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skywalker posted @ 2010-08-15 10:07 PM

I had only doubts about diagonal and 3 in a row (E/O) after about 5 minutes, but with small guess i resolved that. I was not well prepared for this competition, I haven't seen points table before the contest and I spent most of the time solving some difficult MatchMakers puzzles and not solving classic relay.
But, anyway, excellent and enjoyable test.

Branko

@ 2010-08-15 10:54 PM (#1187 - in reply to #1181) (#1187) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2010-08-15 10:54 PM

purifire - 2010-08-15 4:02 PM

Amazing set of puzzles.... thoroughly enjoyed them.... Im not sure how amit and Rohan found match makers easy :D

I wasted nearly 20 mins trying to resolve them... :)

Had a great time solving them nevertheless...

I said 'I like Match-Makers', I didn't say 'I found them easy' :P

@ 2010-08-16 11:03 AM (#1188 - in reply to #1064) (#1188) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-08-16 11:03 AM

Today is the Qixi festival and according to the story Niulang and Zhinv should meet today. For that to happen, someone needs to complete all 17 sudokus today.

@ 2010-08-16 2:49 PM (#1190 - in reply to #1064) (#1190) Top

Ziti

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Ziti posted @ 2010-08-16 2:49 PM

This was a wonderful set and a nice treat to celebrate the Qixi Festival. Thank you to everyone responsible for such a great competition!

@ 2010-08-16 4:56 PM (#1191 - in reply to #1064) (#1191) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-16 4:56 PM

For those, who have struggled to match the MatchMakers, Lin Min Fang has prepared a chart on how to match the grids with rules. She will upload soon after the test is over.

I'm sure there will be lot of oohs and aahs after the chart is posted.

@ 2010-08-16 11:07 PM (#1194 - in reply to #1064) (#1194) Top

motris

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motris posted @ 2010-08-16 11:07 PM

Very fun (but difficult) competition. Thanks to the organizers. I at least learned this time that I don't need to type in the whole answers but with so much typing at the end I forgot to hit submit on my nonconsecutive :(. Off to finish the last puzzle.


	@ 2010-08-14 1:11 AM (#1164 - in reply to #1064) (#1164) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2010-08-14 1:11 AM !!! Best of luck to everyone !!!
	@ 2010-08-14 8:36 PM (#1167 - in reply to #1064) (#1167) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-14 8:36 PM Hard !!!
	@ 2010-08-14 9:15 PM (#1168 - in reply to #1167) (#1168) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-08-14 9:15 PM Fred76 - 2010-08-14 8:36 PM Hard !!! Oops Fred.... now you are scaring me
	@ 2010-08-14 9:24 PM (#1169 - in reply to #1167) (#1169) Top
vopani Posts: 739 Country : India	vopani posted @ 2010-08-14 9:24 PM Tough set. The puzzles were really nice, especially since I like Match-Makers puzzles. I liked the concept of transfering digits without knowing directly which one goes where, it makes the relay concept more complete :-) Looking forward to results and feedback of others.
	@ 2010-08-14 9:28 PM (#1170 - in reply to #1169) (#1170) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-14 9:28 PM Rohan, thanks for your comments. Hopefully that will un-scare Rishi.
	@ 2010-08-14 9:35 PM (#1171 - in reply to #1064) (#1171) Top
Minfang Lin Posts: 40 Country : China	Minfang Lin posted @ 2010-08-14 9:35 PM Thanks for feedback. To Fred: i think you can do better. I hope someone could make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. :-)
	@ 2010-08-14 9:49 PM (#1172 - in reply to #1064) (#1172) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-14 9:49 PM Hard..... but beautiful ! And yes I think I could do better, I've done mistakes ! Fred
	@ 2010-08-14 10:04 PM (#1173 - in reply to #1170) (#1173) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-08-14 10:04 PM debmohanty - 2010-08-14 9:28 PM Rohan, thanks for your comments. Hopefully that will un-scare Rishi. Im bad at matchmakers and I dont think anything Rohan said unscares me You are forgetting that now I am a part time Sudokist... I am not even sure I will be able to take 2 hrs away at a stretch
	@ 2010-08-14 10:37 PM (#1174 - in reply to #1173) (#1174) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 329 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-08-14 10:37 PM It can never be worse. First did a mistake in Puzzle No 7 and then carried forward the digits to spoil Puzzle No. 8. In short screwed...........
	@ 2010-08-15 12:41 AM (#1176 - in reply to #1064) (#1176) Top
alien2357 Posts: 1 Country : United States	alien2357 posted @ 2010-08-15 12:41 AM Great set of puzzles. Awfully difficult. I'm glad I was able to participate this time around. Can't always have 2 hours straight to do puzzles, but when I do, it's always FUN! Everyone at LogicMastersIndia should be commended. Your mock tests and other puzzle sets are typically high quality stuff. Thanks! -Allen
	@ 2010-08-15 1:28 AM (#1177 - in reply to #1064) (#1177) Top
Semax Posts: 10 Country : Germany	Semax posted @ 2010-08-15 1:28 AM Wow, very nice puzzles. Didn't finish in time but afterwards I have let them meet ;)
	@ 2010-08-15 6:24 AM (#1178 - in reply to #1064) (#1178) Top
Gotroch Posts: 83 Country : Czech Republic	Gotroch posted @ 2010-08-15 6:24 AM Really nice puzzles. Matchmaker part was beautiful.
	@ 2010-08-15 7:28 AM (#1179 - in reply to #1178) (#1179) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-08-15 7:28 AM Overall a nice set of sudokus. The objective was to make Niulang and Zhinv meet, however, both got lost somewhere. The matchmaking logic was beautiful, and unfolded very logically.
	@ 2010-08-15 10:37 AM (#1180 - in reply to #1179) (#1180) Top
amitsowani Posts: 349 Country : India	amitsowani posted @ 2010-08-15 10:37 AM The small point classics were really beautiful and I had never enjoyed solving classic puzzles so much before. I struggled on the higher point ones, maybe there is something that Im missing in solving the more difficult ones. Matchmaker was awesome. It was not too difficult to identify which sudoku goes where. The puzzles were high quality too, especially the anti knight sudoku. I broke the touchy sudoku, else would have had a few more points :( It might have been better if there were more time to solve, or maybe two separate sections, so that people do not have to choose between which section to solve.
	@ 2010-08-15 4:02 PM (#1181 - in reply to #1180) (#1181) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-08-15 4:02 PM Amazing set of puzzles.... thoroughly enjoyed them.... Im not sure how amit and Rohan found match makers easy :D I wasted nearly 20 mins trying to resolve them... :) Had a great time solving them nevertheless...
	@ 2010-08-15 4:24 PM (#1182 - in reply to #1171) (#1182) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2010-08-15 4:24 PM I hope someone could make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. :-) Although my performance was below my abilities, I would not have been able to make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. I'll be surprised if more than 2 people can achieve this goal. P.S.: I like surprises
	@ 2010-08-15 4:32 PM (#1183 - in reply to #1182) (#1183) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-08-15 4:32 PM Fred76 - 2010-08-15 4:24 PM I hope someone could make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. :-) Although my performance was below my abilities, I would not have been able to make Niulang and Zhinv meeting. I'll be surprised if more than 2 people can achieve this goal. P.S.: I like surprises I agree with you Fred.
	@ 2010-08-15 4:45 PM (#1184 - in reply to #1183) (#1184) Top
skywalker Posts: 42 Country : Serbia	skywalker posted @ 2010-08-15 4:45 PM I had no problem to identify puzzles in matchmaker (7-8 minutes for all eight), but some of them were really hard to solve and I lost a lot of time on them. Classics were as always from Chinese authors, beautiful & tough. I enjoyed after the test solving puzzles not solved during the test. Thanks for great puzzles Branko
	@ 2010-08-15 5:21 PM (#1185 - in reply to #1184) (#1185) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-08-15 5:21 PM skywalker - 2010-08-15 4:45 PM I had no problem to identify puzzles in matchmaker (7-8 minutes for all eight), Branko Wow Branko, That was fast.... It took me 20 mins to identify puzzles in Matchmaker :) Rishi
	@ 2010-08-15 10:07 PM (#1186 - in reply to #1185) (#1186) Top
skywalker Posts: 42 Country : Serbia	skywalker posted @ 2010-08-15 10:07 PM I had only doubts about diagonal and 3 in a row (E/O) after about 5 minutes, but with small guess i resolved that. I was not well prepared for this competition, I haven't seen points table before the contest and I spent most of the time solving some difficult MatchMakers puzzles and not solving classic relay. But, anyway, excellent and enjoyable test. Branko
	@ 2010-08-15 10:54 PM (#1187 - in reply to #1181) (#1187) Top
vopani Posts: 739 Country : India	vopani posted @ 2010-08-15 10:54 PM purifire - 2010-08-15 4:02 PM Amazing set of puzzles.... thoroughly enjoyed them.... Im not sure how amit and Rohan found match makers easy :D I wasted nearly 20 mins trying to resolve them... :) Had a great time solving them nevertheless... I said 'I like Match-Makers', I didn't say 'I found them easy' :P
	@ 2010-08-16 11:03 AM (#1188 - in reply to #1064) (#1188) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-08-16 11:03 AM Today is the Qixi festival and according to the story Niulang and Zhinv should meet today. For that to happen, someone needs to complete all 17 sudokus today.
	@ 2010-08-16 2:49 PM (#1190 - in reply to #1064) (#1190) Top
Ziti Posts: 42 Country : United States	Ziti posted @ 2010-08-16 2:49 PM This was a wonderful set and a nice treat to celebrate the Qixi Festival. Thank you to everyone responsible for such a great competition!
	@ 2010-08-16 4:56 PM (#1191 - in reply to #1064) (#1191) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-08-16 4:56 PM For those, who have struggled to match the MatchMakers, Lin Min Fang has prepared a chart on how to match the grids with rules. She will upload soon after the test is over. I'm sure there will be lot of oohs and aahs after the chart is posted.
	@ 2010-08-16 11:07 PM (#1194 - in reply to #1064) (#1194) Top
motris Posts: 199 Country : United States	motris posted @ 2010-08-16 11:07 PM Very fun (but difficult) competition. Thanks to the organizers. I at least learned this time that I don't need to type in the whole answers but with so much typing at the end I forgot to hit submit on my nonconsecutive :(. Off to finish the last puzzle.