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berni
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| berni posted @ 2014-02-17 5:03 PM debmohanty - 2014-02-16 4:35 PM
In the original versions ( see puzzles at LMD), Berni had used the number of corners/quarters. But for Marathon, he suggested that we divide the clues by 2 so that each clue shows the numbers of connected cells. I agreed that it is a better representation.
To avoid confusion I now halved all numbers at LMD too (and adjusted the instructions accordingly ). |
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Joo M.Y
Posts: 72
Country : South Korea | Joo M.Y posted @ 2014-02-17 5:34 PM Yajilin's answer key should be fixed. :) |
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devarajand
Posts: 114
Country : India | Any basics to solve Araf. Easy smaller practice puzzles available? |
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rob
Posts: 170
Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2014-02-18 11:25 PM |
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macherlakumar
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Joo M.Y
Posts: 72
Country : South Korea | Joo M.Y posted @ 2014-02-19 7:12 PM |
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devarajand
Posts: 114
Country : India | Thanks for practice puzzles. But I am unable attempt Araf. Any basics to solve it. |
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rob
Posts: 170
Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2014-02-19 10:03 PM |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | devarajand - 2014-02-19 8:01 PM
Thanks for practice puzzles. But I am unable attempt Araf. Any basics to solve it.
I don't know about particular tricks except that
1 ) if two consecutive numbers are adjacent - then draw a bar between them
2 ) Two numbers connected should at least have difference of two
These are pretty much from Rules of ARAF.
Others things you can check out is as the size of region has to be between those two numbers, so see if any closed or forced regions are formed, which makes size of region not falling between the two.
I don't know whether i explained clearly, but if you start an puzzle and got stuck then put that here, so we can help out to direct that puzzle. And then may be you can figure out some tricks on your own.
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nyoroppyi
Posts: 3
Country : Japan | I made an Araf practice. It's bit hard at the end, but I think this practice will be helpful to solve Marathon puzzle last year.  (araf-practice.png)Attachments ----------------  araf-practice.png (5KB - 5 downloads) |
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Administrator
 
Country : India | Based on useful feedback from chaotic_iak, puzzle image for Turning Fence is made paint-friendly (i.e. flood fill can be used to draw lines ). Paper solvers shouldn't see any difference after printing.
Please note, this is just an informative post, and is not indented to encourage you to solve on paint.
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Country : India | Submission page now has puzzle details
Submission page now has details about each puzzle (size / relative difficulty / author ).
The puzzles are sorted based on relative difficulty (i.e. easiest puzzle at top & most difficult puzzle at the bottom ). Puzzles of similar difficulty are sorted by familiarity. As it happens in many cases, difficulty is a matter of perception and preference. So your experience may differ.
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Country : India | Test starts 6 hours earlier than plannedBecause of administrative constraints, Puzzle Marathon starts 6 hours earlier than planned. Test end time does not change.
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2014-02-21 8:29 AM Here's a little nudge to the layout of my puzzle.
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auroux
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Country : France | auroux posted @ 2014-02-21 8:53 AM Ungh. Emboldened by the announced "Easy" difficulty level of the KakurOH, I expected to make quick work of it and started 30 minutes before I actually had to leave. Stupidest idea ever. Oh well. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Congratulations to Gotroch for solving all 10 (as first player and also all at one stretch) |
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razapor
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Country : United States | razapor posted @ 2014-02-21 11:40 AM In Scrabble is there a possible 2nd solution? My 2544494613 is rejected but it looks right, to me. Horiz words from top to bottom : 2 -kruglov, winter,meng; 4-evensen; 5-tikhonova;6-haug;9-nagano,heiden;10-skeleton;11-vedenin;13-oslo,oreiller;14-ulvang;16-enke;18-klassen;19-gustafsson.
Thank You.
Maybe I'm counting wrong. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | razapor - 2014-02-21 11:40 AM
In Scrabble .... Are you counting the number of letters or number words?
We expect number of letters.
if you are counting number of letters, and still getting wrong mark, can I ask you to send your solution (a photo ) to logicmasteradmin@gmail.com ? Edited by debmohanty 2014-02-21 11:47 AM
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Country : India | FoxFireX - 2013-03-03 5:02 AM
... Is there a way to abandon a solve that you just don't think you'll ever complete? I couldn't find a way to move on and try a different one, so I was stuck using my entire day's time banging my head against a faulty bit of logic.
Like previous years, there is time limit this year too. Once you start a puzzle X, you can't start another puzzle Y until you submit X or one hour is over, whichever is earlier. So 2 (and more ) puzzles can be started together. But you have to wait for 1 hour or submit the first puzzle correctly.
It was not clear last year that you actually have to reload the submission page. We have added a "Refresh Status" button for this purpose. |
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xevs
Posts: 43
Country : Japan | xevs posted @ 2014-02-21 2:18 PM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Heyawake | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Scrabble | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
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Gotroch
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Country : Czech Republic | Gotroch posted @ 2014-02-21 3:03 PM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
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xevs
Posts: 43
Country : Japan | xevs posted @ 2014-02-21 3:45 PM I could do better in mini coral, statue park, yajirin and nunro.
My 4th favorite was Araf.
Thank you all for excellent puzzles!
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razapor
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Country : United States | razapor posted @ 2014-02-21 7:55 PM Darn, I repeated vedenin. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Yajilin Answer KeyFor Yajilin, in the IB only columns are marked, but the actual puzzle has both rows and columns marked.
Please take a note.
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