@ 2013-10-06 4:23 PM (#13062 - in reply to #12880) (#13062) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 225 Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2013-10-06 4:23 PM The puzzles by themselves were great. But I'm not sure if these are suitable for a competition. I think they require a lot of trying-out-all-the-combinations-type logic. The second part was brutal, puzzles taking 30+ minutes. I feel that I'd enjoy them if they were for leisure solving (some beautiful deductions needed), but the competitive environment killed the puzzles. Too many hard puzzles in too little time (even though the test was a lengthy 135 minutes). The terrible answer keys didn't help either. We have 20 completely different types which makes too many different answer-keys formatting. I'm not blaming the puzzles (I like a lot of them), but the way it is presented (in a timed condition) made it a harsh experience. If these were in puzzle magazine or other casual-solving medium, I'd love them! | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-10-06 5:48 PM (#13065 - in reply to #12880) (#13065) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 9 Country : Turkey | ukonet posted @ 2013-10-06 5:48 PM
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@ 2013-10-07 2:04 AM (#13073 - in reply to #13057) (#13073) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 80 Country : Canada | achan1058 posted @ 2013-10-07 2:04 AM chaotic_iak - 2013-10-06 2:53 AM After going back and doing the rest of the puzzles, I agree with you strongly on some of the puzzles. The hitori slitherlink, magnetic kakuro, and star battle sudoku, and even the battleship minesweeper to a lesser extent felt a lot that way. The pentamino domino was nice, though.Regarding puzzle quality. The one that I can most remember is Hitori Fences. I solved the Hitori before I started working with Fences, so it's just putting two puzzles in one. Another one is the lack of interesting features of the puzzles. The aesthetics are just average (not even rotational symmetry), and the solutions to the puzzles (at least those I attempted) don't really have nice tricks. Perhaps there are a few, but it's much less than what I expect about puzzles that ignore aesthetics. Edited by achan1058 2013-10-07 2:05 AM | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-10-08 5:22 AM (#13092 - in reply to #12880) (#13092) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 35 Country : United States | FoxFireX posted @ 2013-10-08 5:22 AM Did the scoring for Hex Dominos change? Suddenly I have a wrong answer on that, and the stats claim only one person correctly solved that puzzle. | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-10-08 5:50 AM (#13093 - in reply to #12880) (#13093) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 145 Country : France | auroux posted @ 2013-10-08 5:50 AM FoxFireX and others: there was a bug in the scoring engine concerning the answer key for Hex Dominos; but I believe it's been fixed. In any case, don't worry, the correct answer is still considered correct, and hopefully the final scores table will reflect that properly. (Deb seems to be working on it.) -- Denis | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-10-08 7:53 AM (#13094 - in reply to #12880) (#13094) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2013-10-08 7:53 AM Score is now public. Password removed from puzzle booklet. | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-10-08 2:45 PM (#13097 - in reply to #12880) (#13097) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-10-08 2:45 PM
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@ 2013-10-09 12:11 AM (#13105 - in reply to #12880) (#13105) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 145 Country : France | auroux posted @ 2013-10-09 12:11 AM Thanks everyone for the feedback, and sorry that the test turned out to be harder than anticipated! I hope most of you still enjoyed the test. Lots of lessons to learn here as a new LMI test author... next time I'll try to do better! Congratulations to Ulrich who nearly finished the test, and to Nikola and Palmer for taking the next two spots. Denis | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-10-09 6:19 AM (#13109 - in reply to #12880) (#13109) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 35 Country : United States | FoxFireX posted @ 2013-10-09 6:19 AM I'm used to not finishing in time, but I had a blast with this one. I actually had a little bit of an easier time with a couple of the Remixes than some of the Hexes. Makes me wish I could figure out ahead of time which ones I would find easier, then allocate my time after the fact. :) |