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Posts: 419 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2014-04-19 2:11 PM
That was a feast of sudokus!Last night I was thinking how it would be like to complete all sudokus except the 2 155 pointers and end up with 800 points.I remember number 8 as being the last thing on my mind before I dozed off.... So the first thing I did during the test was keeping the 2 bigger pointers seperately away from the rest and solve the remaining.As I see, this had worked to my advantage.Not sure if I would have touched even 500 if I had got a bit 'greedy' and attacked any of the higher valued ones. Keep my story aside and the test itself was incredible and fascinating! Of the ones I completed ,the stand-outs that I liked very much were Palindrome Search sudoku,Arrow sequences Sudoku and Consecutive sudoku in that order.Looking to complete the Hamle and Quad Max later. Incredible test Prasanna with lovely solve paths in all !Keep up the good work.Oh! should I say this to the Prasanna from the Parallel Universe too?! :-p | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 139 ![]() ![]() Country : Estonia | TiiT posted @ 2014-04-19 3:58 PM
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Posts: 42 ![]() ![]() Country : Japan | Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2014-04-19 5:10 PM
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Posts: 2 Country : Japan | daisuke_t posted @ 2014-04-19 5:25 PM
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![]() Posts: 172 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : ITALY | forcolin posted @ 2014-04-19 5:39 PM
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2014-04-19 6:29 PM
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2014-04-19 7:36 PM
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Posts: 80 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Canada | achan1058 posted @ 2014-04-19 9:10 PM forcolin - 2014-04-19 2:57 AM I wish I did the Hamle. Tried it after the contest was over and it took 1/2 the time as the quad max, for the same amount of points.A fairly good contest for me. As Aaron says the linked consecutive was a bit vicious and I had to force through the solution and costed me some time. IMHO The Hamle was the best one, very logically constructed. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2014-04-19 10:24 PM In the IB, the Hamle Sudoku had two given 4s overlapping each other. Is this possible? | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 164 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Slovakia | greenhorn posted @ 2014-04-19 10:46 PM tamz29 - 2014-04-19 10:24 PM In the IB, the Hamle Sudoku had two given 4s overlapping each other. Is this possible? I have not seen the IB puzzle, but it is said that "numbers must all land on unique spots." I solved the contest puzzle with this rule. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-04-20 12:00 AM tamz29 - 2014-04-19 10:24 PM In the IB, the Hamle Sudoku had two given 4s overlapping each other. Is this possible? As I see the IB, I believe you've interpreted that numbers must move by a distance of 1 cell, whereas the rules say the movement will be the distance of the number's value. The two 4s in the IB move to R1C1 and R6C6. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 145 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : France | auroux posted @ 2014-04-20 4:17 AM Very nice set. But as already pointed out above, the Hamle was (for me at least) easier than the Quad Max and in fact no harder than the Linked Consecutive. Still not sure if starting with the big ones was a reasonable strategy, but at least I had a lot of fun with those harder puzzles. Thanks Prasanna (from both universes)! | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 80 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Canada | achan1058 posted @ 2014-04-20 10:29 AM The scoreboard is showing up completely blank for me. It was working fine yesterday. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 42 ![]() ![]() Country : Serbia | skywalker posted @ 2014-04-20 12:56 PM
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![]() Posts: 172 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : ITALY | forcolin posted @ 2014-04-20 2:26 PM achan1058 - 2014-04-20 10:29 AM The scoreboard is showing up completely blank for me. It was working fine yesterday. happens to me too. Aaron, Hamle is a type of puzzle relatively uncommon. Not surprisingly, puzzle players like you and me find it easier than those who are mainly sudoku players. Hence (i guess) the relatively high score stefano | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-04-20 2:34 PM forcolin - 2014-04-20 2:26 PM Aaron, Hamle is a type of puzzle relatively uncommon. Not surprisingly, puzzle players like you and me find it easier than those who are mainly sudoku players. Hence (i guess) the relatively high score stefano Yup, this was exactly the reason I placed a high value to it. The logic of "movements" and using the second grid will be new to many. I just compared it to where something like a Tapa being valued higher than something like a Domino Hunt will still make me always go for the Tapa first and mostly finish it faster, the puzzle solvers would find this one over valued but thats part of individual strengths/weaknesses. I just went by tester timings which basically happened to invert (one had the Quad Max being much harder and the other had the Hamle being much harder) and my own feeling and placed the same value to both. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-04-20 2:35 PM forcolin - 2014-04-20 2:26 PM achan1058 - 2014-04-20 10:29 AM The scoreboard is showing up completely blank for me. It was working fine yesterday. happens to me too. Should be fixed now. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 83 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Czech Republic | Gotroch posted @ 2014-04-20 4:09 PM
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Posts: 225 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2014-04-20 5:49 PM prasanna16391 - 2014-04-20 12:00 AM tamz29 - 2014-04-19 10:24 PM In the IB, the Hamle Sudoku had two given 4s overlapping each other. Is this possible? As I see the IB, I believe you've interpreted that numbers must move by a distance of 1 cell, whereas the rules say the movement will be the distance of the number's value. The two 4s in the IB move to R1C1 and R6C6. Thanks Prasanna and Matus, Sorry, had a mind blank. | ||||||||||||||||||
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2014-04-20 8:51 PM
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Posts: 3 Country : Czech Republic | krytterka posted @ 2014-04-21 3:23 AM
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Posts: 164 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Slovakia | greenhorn posted @ 2014-04-21 4:23 AM
I enjoyed the puzzles, but most were not worth their awarded points. I had a feeling that they have the same difficulty. I do not know why, but the three most expensive sudokus (Quad max, Linked Cons and Hamle) were the easiest for me (besides the classics). On the other hand, I had many problems with both Arrows and Trio Sudoku. Also broke Palindrome Search few times, but it was just because of my stupidity, not the difficulty of that puzzle. Anyway, nice test, looking forward to the puzzle PU II. Edited by greenhorn 2014-04-21 4:33 AM | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 2 Country : India | shameem posted @ 2014-04-21 11:44 AM Dear All, Can anyone kindly explain, what does the question actually mean for "2 Even 2 Odd Sudoku - 70 Points"; which says (“Their” Straight 2 Even 2 Odd Sudoku):- There can never be more than 2 consecutive digits of the same parity in a row or column. What means parity over here? I am slightly lost in here. Thanks | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2014-04-21 11:48 AM @shameem Parity refers to odd (1 3 5 7 9) or even (2 4 6 8) property of the digits. All the rule means is : There can not be more than 2 odd digits placed next to each other in a row/column. Also there can not be more than 2 even digits placed next to each other in a row/column. |