@ 2013-11-17 10:24 AM (#13490 - in reply to #13489) (#13490) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 1801 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-11-17 10:24 AM Few notes : Firstly, we're making some changes to the score page now (computing bonus, canceling B2/E5 using my previous suggestion, and computing the changes). So if the score page does weird things for a while today, please bear with us Secondly, we're not considering E4 errors for the bonus, and the bonus will be computed for the rest as announced. Something that isn't announced is, even players who have just one Sudoku wrong are eligible for bonus. So its either players who have just one grid wrong, or players who have 10 cells wrong across multiple grids. | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-17 6:57 PM (#13494 - in reply to #13371) (#13494) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-17 6:57 PM
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@ 2013-11-17 7:33 PM (#13495 - in reply to #13371) (#13495) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-17 7:33 PM
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@ 2013-11-17 8:38 PM (#13496 - in reply to #13371) (#13496) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 67 Country : France | Puzlifouk posted @ 2013-11-17 8:38 PM Very pleasant time. I usually don't play Sudoku contests, but this one was very attractive. It would have been better for me to unterstand what "Converse rule applies" meant... | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-17 10:02 PM (#13497 - in reply to #13371) (#13497) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-17 10:02 PM
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@ 2013-11-17 10:21 PM (#13498 - in reply to #13371) (#13498) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 10 Country : Germany | Semax posted @ 2013-11-17 10:21 PM
Overall it's a fairly nice test, I enjoyed it. It's a bit unfortunate that there was no JOC example in the test case. For submitting, after ten puzzles without popup I was pretty sure I had done something very very bad when there was a popup after the eleventh puzzle. I was confused and read the popup twice very carefully, just to more than double my solving time. And another little thing that I don't understand: Why is there an automatic submission after 5 minutes? There are so many situations where this is bad. Can you tell me one situation where this is good? | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-17 10:30 PM (#13499 - in reply to #13371) (#13499) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-17 10:30 PM
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@ 2013-11-17 11:45 PM (#13501 - in reply to #13371) (#13501) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 2 Country : Turkey | Aras posted @ 2013-11-17 11:45 PM
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@ 2013-11-18 2:15 AM (#13502 - in reply to #13371) (#13502) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 739 Country : India | vopani posted @ 2013-11-18 2:15 AM I finally got to participate in an LMI screen test! (after co-authoring the first, authoring the second and testing the third). Even though the B2: Repeated Neighbours has issues, I wanted to share what I did. '3' cannot occur in R5C1, R5C2, R5C3, R6C2 due to the puzzle rules. If '3' is in R6C3, it also has to be in R5C4 but since it is a 'Just One Cell' sudoku (so, non-unique), I submitted R6C1 as '3'. Pretty cheeky huh? Did anyone else get this weird funda? ;-) Also, an interesting thought about using 'uniqueness' in Just One Cell, it sounds funny though. Edited by Rohan Rao 2013-11-18 2:30 AM | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 2:46 AM (#13503 - in reply to #13502) (#13503) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland | Fred76 posted @ 2013-11-18 2:46 AM Rohan Rao - 2013-11-18 2:15 AM I finally got to participate in an LMI screen test! (after co-authoring the first, authoring the second and testing the third). Even though the B2: Repeated Neighbours has issues, I wanted to share what I did. '3' cannot occur in R5C1, R5C2, R5C3, R6C2 due to the puzzle rules. If '3' is in R6C3, it also has to be in R5C4 but since it is a 'Just One Cell' sudoku (so, non-unique), I submitted R6C1 as '3'. Pretty cheeky huh? Did anyone else get this weird funda? ;-) Also, an interesting thought about using 'uniqueness' in Just One Cell, it sounds funny though. Hey my friend-despite-the-fact-you took-part-in-WPC, Interesting reasoning, although it is wrong. "...If '3' is in R6C3, it also has to be in R5C4..." you can conclude that 3 in R6C3 is not the answer of the JOC sudoku, but you can't conclude that 3 cannot be placed in R6C3 (it can be one of the multiple solution). I was in such a hurry about submitting my solution after having found the 3 in R5C4 that I didn't thought that it could not be possible, as it has to be in R6C3 as well (what I've seen however). Fred | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 3:36 AM (#13504 - in reply to #13371) (#13504) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-18 3:36 AM
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@ 2013-11-18 4:02 AM (#13505 - in reply to #13371) (#13505) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 31 Country : United States | joshuazucker posted @ 2013-11-18 4:02 AM
Lots of fun! Some of them were pretty darn hard, but most of them were perfect for the quick online solve. It was definitely in reach even for someone like me to finish within the time limit. A few of them were a lot harder to do without a pencil! A good memory exercise for me to see how much of that I could keep in my head. The colors interface would have been nice for bifurcating at times if I could have figured out how to make it work for me instead of changing the color of everything when I clicked on a color. | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 4:07 AM (#13506 - in reply to #13371) (#13506) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 31 Country : United States | joshuazucker posted @ 2013-11-18 4:07 AM Oh, forgot to mention: the popup warning about just one cell was very confusing because I had filled in just one cell! So I worried that somehow the interface thought that I had submitted a puzzle with a non-1 number of filled-in cells. It would be nice to be warned about the warning. | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 11:08 AM (#13507 - in reply to #13371) (#13507) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 1 Country : India | weckdippy posted @ 2013-11-18 11:08 AM
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@ 2013-11-18 11:58 AM (#13509 - in reply to #13506) (#13509) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 1801 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-11-18 11:58 AM joshuazucker - 2013-11-18 4:07 AM Oh, forgot to mention: the popup warning about just one cell was very confusing because I had filled in just one cell! So I worried that somehow the interface thought that I had submitted a puzzle with a non-1 number of filled-in cells. It would be nice to be warned about the warning. (Semax's point too) I agree, we should've said that this will happen. That'll be noted for next time (if at all we do variant JOCs again, that requires a think through in itself), and having a JOC in the example series on interface is also a good idea. | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 12:16 PM (#13510 - in reply to #13371) (#13510) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 542 Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2013-11-18 12:16 PM
In the solving interface, it would have to better if we could have been given different colors for backtracking the puzzles. | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 1:10 PM (#13512 - in reply to #13371) (#13512) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 2 Country : Hungary | IGy posted @ 2013-11-18 1:10 PM
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@ 2013-11-18 2:26 PM (#13513 - in reply to #13371) (#13513) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-18 2:26 PM
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@ 2013-11-18 5:20 PM (#13515 - in reply to #13503) (#13515) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 739 Country : India | vopani posted @ 2013-11-18 5:20 PM Fred76 - 2013-11-18 2:46 AM Hey my friend-despite-the-fact-you took-part-in-WPC, Interesting reasoning, although it is wrong. Yes, I am also an 'exception' B-) B-) "...If '3' is in R6C3, it also has to be in R5C4..." you can conclude that 3 in R6C3 is not the answer of the JOC sudoku, but you can't conclude that 3 cannot be placed in R6C3 (it can be one of the multiple solution). I was in such a hurry about submitting my solution after having found the 3 in R5C4 that I didn't thought that it could not be possible, as it has to be in R6C3 as well (what I've seen however). Fred I know, I feel so stupid. I had a hearty laugh after I realized what I did. | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 5:51 PM (#13516 - in reply to #13371) (#13516) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 152 Country : United Kingdom | detuned posted @ 2013-11-18 5:51 PM Can't remember if I made this point before - I think I did for a previous screen test - but having an "undo" button seems to take away the whole point of doing things in your head. I certainly made liberal (ab)use of it... | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 5:59 PM (#13517 - in reply to #13371) (#13517) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 152 Country : United Kingdom | detuned posted @ 2013-11-18 5:59 PM I'd also like to know what is "incorrect" with my E5 - JOC5 - Killer solution. I entered R1C4 as a 6. The reasoning goes like this: 13 in the bottom right is either 256 or 346 - either way we certainly can't have R6C4 as 6. By the law of leftovers this means R1C3 cannot be a 6. The 6 in R1 must therefore go in C4 because it can't be part of a 7 or 8 cage... edit: n/m I see e5 seems to be missing on the results page, i assume it's a bad puzzle... Edited by detuned 2013-11-18 6:26 PM | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 6:27 PM (#13518 - in reply to #13371) (#13518) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-18 6:27 PM
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@ 2013-11-18 8:21 PM (#13519 - in reply to #13371) (#13519) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2013-11-18 8:21 PM
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@ 2013-11-18 8:58 PM (#13520 - in reply to #13371) (#13520) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 225 Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2013-11-18 8:58 PM A nice set of puzzles. I underestimated myself and decided to skip two of the JOCs and end up finishing 20 minutes early. :( | ||||||||||||||||||
@ 2013-11-18 9:17 PM (#13521 - in reply to #13516) (#13521) Top | |||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 170 Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2013-11-18 9:17 PM detuned - 2013-11-18 5:51 PM Can't remember if I made this point before - I think I did for a previous screen test - but having an "undo" button seems to take away the whole point of doing things in your head. I certainly made liberal (ab)use of it... I agree, felt a lot faster on the harder puzzles once I started trying out things. Maybe one or two levels of undo to deal with actual typos? |