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rob
Posts: 170
 
Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2014-02-27 12:17 AM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | 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 | |
Great marathon, thanks to everyone involved! It's really hard to pick favourites. The Heyawake was too hard for me, but that's fine. I still need to solve that one properly. And apparently, I need to practice Kakuro. If there's anything to criticize, I felt the dots on the Turning Fences were so large that it was a little hard to mark them for turn vs. no turn, and that some puzzles used a little more of an A4 page than my printer can deal with. |
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debmohanty
 
Country : India | rob - 2014-02-27 12:17 AM
If there's anything to criticize, I felt the dots on the Turning Fences were so large that it was a little hard to mark them for turn vs. no turn, and that some puzzles used a little more of an A4 page than my printer can deal with. I created all the pdfs after receiving image files from authors, so sorry about any printing issues.
I think I just reused last year's templates, but it looks like I should be having more margin around the page than what we had. |
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mucha
Posts: 13
Country : Poland | mucha posted @ 2014-02-27 5:35 PM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | 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 | |
Great contest! |
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chaotic_iak
Posts: 241
Country : Indonesia | rob - 2014-02-27 3:17 AM
If there's anything to criticize, I felt the dots on the Turning Fences were so large that it was a little hard to mark them for turn vs. no turn, and that some puzzles used a little more of an A4 page than my printer can deal with.
On the other hand, small dots and Paint users can't flood fill the dots easily... |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-02-28 6:26 AM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | 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? | Bit unfair | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
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esther59
Posts: 8
Country : Switzerland | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly 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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psi_yerr
Posts: 1
Country : India | where can I get the password
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | psi_yerr - 2014-02-28 1:47 PM
where can I get the password Hi, Select the puzzle you want to start and scroll down a little (or more depending on your screen size ), where you will find the puzzle name you have selected along with a button for starting it. Once you click on the button the password will be shown and the timer will start for that puzzle. See attached image for better clarity. Regards, Ravi  (Marathon_Psswrd_Fetch.png)Attachments ----------------  Marathon_Psswrd_Fetch.png (32KB - 2 downloads) |
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greenhorn
Posts: 164
Country : Slovakia | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
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PuzzleScot
Posts: 31
Country : United Kingdom | Thanks to all the authors - wonderful, beautiful set of puzzles :)
I have some 'w's against my scores (Not that it matters for position, just pride), which I presume means 'wrong'. However, I believe I never entered a wrong answer. Why is this?
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PuzzleScot
Posts: 31
Country : United Kingdom | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Yajilin | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly 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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rob
Posts: 170
Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2014-03-01 12:49 AM You should have (up to) two 'w's, which mark the two puzzles that don't factor in to your final score, because they're weakest/worst/whatever. |
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udoroh
Posts: 17
Country : Poland | udoroh posted @ 2014-03-01 3:52 AM submit in sudoku 4x4 don't allow to take the answer |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Turning Fences was nice. The tutorial was very helpful.
But needs lot of concentration.
one mistake in finding which dot is turning or not turning and any where if you draw line without justification you are at the dead end. I felt Tracing back mistake is very difficulty in this type so had to start over all again :(
But yes one more type added to my favorite list.
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SKnight
Posts: 25
Country : United States | SKnight posted @ 2014-03-01 4:06 AM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Yajilin | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
I thought Palmer's Statue Park was particularly nicely constructed, both because of the repeating structure (with different solutions in each occurence ) and the way the pentominos sort of paired off neatly as the solve progressed until you had two matching pairs to place in the middle. The mini-coral had very nice logic once I got the hang of it, but it took me longer than it should because I was teaching myself to solve it as I went. Still, once I grokked the more Fillomino like aspects it was lots of fun. Detuned's Heyawake was beautiful but deadly. Spent a very very long time just figuring out a really good break-in, but once I got some momentum it was a fun solve. |
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Nilz
Posts: 29
Country : United Kingdom | Nilz posted @ 2014-03-01 4:52 AM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | | | 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? | Fairly Nice | |
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katarina
Posts: 4
Country : Croatia | | 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. | Araf | | | 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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forcolin
Posts: 172
Country : ITALY | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly 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? | Fairly Nice | |
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davidji1
Posts: 1
Country : United Kingdom | How do I get the passwords for each puzzle in the marathon? Thanks |
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Administrator
Country : India | davidji1 - 2014-03-01 7:27 PM
How do I get the passwords for each puzzle in the marathon? Thanks Please refer to this post. |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-03-01 11:02 PM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | 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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figonometry
Posts: 30
Country : Canada | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Mini Coral | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | KakurOH | | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly 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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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Finally done with all, Last one was Statue Park for me , did messed up at last but solving to fit two T's and X's was awesome at the end.
Luckily got the bonus.
Overall All were beautiful puzzles, Thanks to all authors.
Could have grabbed bonus even though little in all of the puzzles but, the puzzles like Turning Fences, Heyawake with small mistake tracing back was huge problem.
Scrabble too made a mistake but recovered fast but not enough to grab time bonus.
I really enjoy the marathon, hoping for 10 on 10 again next year :) |
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Bram28
Posts: 35
Country : The Netherlands | Bram28 posted @ 2014-03-02 1:15 AM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Araf | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Nanro | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Statue Park | | | 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 | |
I just love the annual marathon! Thanks to the puzzle makers! |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-03-02 2:45 AM | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Scrabble | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Turning Fences | | | Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. | Heyawake | | | 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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