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@ 2014-04-01 5:00 AM (#14720 - in reply to #14718) (#14720) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-04-01 5:00 AM

tamz29 - 2014-04-01 1:36 AM

Will this count towards the monthly rating?
It will not. It is not running on weekends; so we have no idea how many players are going to participate.
@ 2014-04-01 6:20 AM (#14721 - in reply to #14641) (#14721) Top

kiwijam



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kiwijam posted @ 2014-04-01 6:20 AM

Who is the author(s)?
@ 2014-04-01 6:37 AM (#14722 - in reply to #14721) (#14722) Top

chaotic_iak




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chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-04-01 6:37 AM

I guess since it's written "Logic Masters India presents", the author is Deb. But yeah, it's a bit unusual...
@ 2014-04-01 6:51 AM (#14723 - in reply to #14641) (#14723) Top

swaroop2011




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swaroop2011 posted @ 2014-04-01 6:51 AM

WOW WHAT A TEST,
Usually i print the PB immediately after 1 minute realized why it cant be printed and then seeing puzzles realized it is not needed as well.
So Nice enjoyment test. :)
Hope i could perform this way in one of regular tests :p

Edited by swaroop2011 2014-04-01 6:53 AM
@ 2014-04-01 1:47 PM (#14725 - in reply to #14641) (#14725) Top

Satvinder



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Satvinder posted @ 2014-04-01 1:47 PM

It was a fabulous test.
@ 2014-04-01 2:40 PM (#14726 - in reply to #14725) (#14726) Top

greenhorn



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greenhorn posted @ 2014-04-01 2:40 PM

@ 2014-04-01 7:07 PM (#14730 - in reply to #14641) (#14730) Top

connect4



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connect4 posted @ 2014-04-01 7:07 PM

Very fun. I could have saved a minute, too, if I'd noticed the "Puzzles 11-20" tab. That was a tough thing to find :)
@ 2014-04-01 9:47 PM (#14732 - in reply to #14641) (#14732) Top

jaku111



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jaku111 posted @ 2014-04-01 9:47 PM

Nice :)
@ 2014-04-01 10:03 PM (#14733 - in reply to #14641) (#14733) Top

auroux



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auroux posted @ 2014-04-01 10:03 PM

Meh... Nice joke but no fun for those of us who were looking forward to a puzzle contest :( With 4x4 grids this could have been much better.By the way, I would like to dedicate my performance to AT&T -- "providing third-world quality internet access at first-world prices since 1876" -- who kindly contributed an extra 30 seconds to my solving time...Denis

Edited by auroux 2014-04-01 10:04 PM
@ 2014-04-01 11:01 PM (#14734 - in reply to #14641) (#14734) Top

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macherlakumar posted @ 2014-04-01 11:01 PM

Excellent test its not FAST its actually LIGHTNING FAST :)
After opening the puzzle booklet and saw the first puzzle I was thinking "Did I open the right pdf?, Are these the puzzles?"
Looks like the test is designed to test the capability of entering the answer keys without errors :D.

The test is really fun, especially the last one. Looking forward to more of such tests.

Thanks and Regards,
Ravi

@ 2014-04-02 12:11 AM (#14736 - in reply to #14641) (#14736) Top

bob



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bob posted @ 2014-04-02 12:11 AM

I am only able to view the first page. I have re-downloaded it several times. Is this intentional?

Bob
@ 2014-04-02 12:26 AM (#14737 - in reply to #14641) (#14737) Top

logik66



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logik66 posted @ 2014-04-02 12:26 AM

I cannot open the right document, only the instruction booklet which i cannot print?!
@ 2014-04-02 1:02 AM (#14738 - in reply to #14641) (#14738) Top

logik66



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logik66 posted @ 2014-04-02 1:02 AM

I understood.
@ 2014-04-02 2:31 AM (#14739 - in reply to #14641) (#14739) Top

bob



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bob posted @ 2014-04-02 2:31 AM

Still trying to get this to work. Only LMI contest I've ever had technical trouble with. First page appears normal, other nine just say "PDF" No amount of clicking or reloading does anything else. Oh well I solved two of them for last place!
@ 2014-04-02 4:30 AM (#14740 - in reply to #14641) (#14740) Top

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devarajand posted @ 2014-04-02 4:30 AM

Good. I too initially thought this as IB. After downloading thrice and failing to print, I realized the PB. The first contest I finished full and got bonus points. Good fun on fools day. Thanks
@ 2014-04-02 6:21 AM (#14741 - in reply to #14641) (#14741) Top

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WA1729 posted @ 2014-04-02 6:21 AM

I can't believe that it took me ten seconds to figure out the Heyawake.
@ 2014-04-02 9:17 AM (#14743 - in reply to #14641) (#14743) Top

digant



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digant posted @ 2014-04-02 9:17 AM

Hi,
I can not see the puzzles(FAST) in PB. It is all solved one. How can I attach a screen shot.
@ 2014-04-02 10:49 AM (#14744 - in reply to #14641) (#14744) Top

Yuhei Kusui



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Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2014-04-02 10:49 AM

I'm interested how the point allocation has been decided :-)
@ 2014-04-02 11:51 AM (#14745 - in reply to #14744) (#14745) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2014-04-02 11:51 AM

Yuhei Kusui - 2014-04-02 10:49 AM

I'm interested how the point allocation has been decided :-)
All I can say, on behalf of the author (which also means I am not the author), the points distribution is not random.
@ 2014-04-02 2:50 PM (#14746 - in reply to #14641) (#14746) Top

chaotic_iak




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chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-04-02 2:50 PM

Sooo... Guess who.

I am the author of the test.

Thank you for everyone that has participated (although the test is still running!), and I hope you had fun. It was my idea to put an April Fools test on LMI. Initially my idea was 12x12 puzzles with trivial answer keys, but Deb gave a different idea of making the puzzles as small as possible, and so you see it: my Fillomino scores the lowest number of cells in a puzzle on LMI ever. (I intentionally didn't put 1x1, because one might see the Fillomino to have only one answer key field before starting. Also if an empty 1x2 is still unique, why not? Nurikabe was different; Deb liked a previous version with 12x12 and that 17 replaced with 136, so there, the hardest puzzle of the test. Heyawake came close as second.)

Congratulations to xevs, at the moment, to hold the fastest time of 153 seconds, thus also amassing the highest score on LMI ever with nearly 43.5 thousand points (unless someone knocks him from the top place on this contest). About me being on the scoreboard? That was a test entry (which Deb didn't remove...), with the sole penalty being a Hitori that was updated about 20-30 minutes before test started and Deb hasn't changed the answer key meanwhile. (I excused for "typo" to some people that asked me.)

As it turns out, even this test is still not perfect, with some people having technical problems... But most importantly a person that struggled with the test, finishing 18 puzzles with 44 penalties and timed out. Oops, I should have removed the examples from the Puzzle Booklet; looks like he tried to solve the examples from what the records say.

auroux - 2014-04-02 1:03 AM

Meh... Nice joke but no fun for those of us who were looking forward to a puzzle contest :( With 4x4 grids this could have been much better.


If this runs on and I turn out to author the next April Fools Contest...well, expect the unexpected. :P

macherlakumar - 2014-04-02 2:01 AM

Excellent test its not FAST its actually LIGHTNING FAST :)


Did you notice the footer in the Puzzle Booklet? ;)

Again, thank you for your participation! Please rate the puzzles too.




Time to ask about the technical problems.

bob - 2014-04-02 5:31 AM

Still trying to get this to work. Only LMI contest I've ever had technical trouble with. First page appears normal, other nine just say "PDF" No amount of clicking or reloading does anything else. Oh well I solved two of them for last place!


Can you attach a screenshot or something? The PB is intentionally designed to be not printable and not editable, but selectable (the images can be copied); I might mess up with something when fiddling with those unusual settings.
@ 2014-04-02 2:53 PM (#14747 - in reply to #14641) (#14747) Top

xevs



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xevs posted @ 2014-04-02 2:53 PM

I hope I could do better to score over 50,000, since I think this is the last chance to get such a high score ;o)
@ 2014-04-02 2:56 PM (#14748 - in reply to #14641) (#14748) Top

chaotic_iak




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chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-04-02 2:56 PM

Next time I author a test, I'll make the total score 1,000,000. :P

Oh, because it was missing from the post above... Take the puzzle scores, subtract 50 from each, and convert to letter. ;)
@ 2014-04-02 2:58 PM (#14749 - in reply to #14641) (#14749) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-04-02 2:58 PM

The above post by xevs is intentionally made public (to see if someone can take the challenge and get 50K)
@ 2014-04-02 3:52 PM (#14750 - in reply to #14641) (#14750) Top

meowme



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meowme posted @ 2014-04-02 3:52 PM

Hang on... Am I seeing things wrongly, or is the total (raw) score 1273 points, such that 50000 points requires completion in roughly 1.5 minutes? Surely I'm miscounting? Even the 20 answer keys need more than that...
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Realshaggy posted @ 2014-04-02 4:46 PM

Wow.

Thank you! I always dreamed of finishing a contest! And I beat Michael Ley too. I think, this is the best time to retire :-)
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