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@ 2014-05-22 4:09 AM (#15347 - in reply to #15326) (#15347) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-22 4:09 AM

prasanna16391 - 2014-05-20 3:32 AM


Pentomino Division is basically the Pentominous from GMP - http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=pentominous



Note: Pentominous doesn't have the restriction that each region can contain at most one letter, which the competition puzzle, Pentomino Division, does (as mentioned in the Instruction Booklet). Other than this, there's no change.
@ 2014-05-22 2:58 PM (#15350 - in reply to #15186) (#15350) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-05-22 2:58 PM

Update - Points table published


Points table is now added to Instructions booklet and can be downloaded from http://logicmastersindia.com/2014/IPC/


@ 2014-05-22 6:55 PM (#15357 - in reply to #15186) (#15357) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2014-05-22 6:55 PM

For the Tom Tom puzzle does operations division and subtractions apply if the group is having more than two cells? If yes, then I assume that operator will be applied in decreasing order.



@ 2014-05-22 7:26 PM (#15358 - in reply to #15357) (#15358) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-22 7:26 PM

rajeshk - 2014-05-22 6:55 PM

For the Tom Tom puzzle does operations division and subtractions apply if the group is having more than two cells? If yes, then I assume that operator will be applied in decreasing order.





Yes. And yes.
@ 2014-05-23 7:32 PM (#15365 - in reply to #15186) (#15365) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-23 7:32 PM

A little information about the authors -

Thomas Snyder and Grant Fikes are both from the USA, and are regular authors on Grandmaster Puzzles, where I am a contributing author too. You can find out more about them here and here. I have previously linked to some of the puzzles on this site, in this thread as practice, but you will find many other Classic puzzle types there too to practice for the weekend competition, like Nurikabe, Slitherlink, TomTom, Star Battle, Battleships, Araf, etc. I highly recommend the site for high quality puzzles in general.

Bram de Laat is from the Netherlands, and has a blog called Para's Puzzle Site. I have linked to a few puzzles that can be used from his blog too, but here too there are some great puzzles across a variety of types. There should be some helpful classics here too. Also, I recommend viewing the Slitherlink solving tips post by Bram, discussing patterns that are helpful in solving this puzzle type.

James McGowan is from New Zealand, but competes in the UK team internationally. He has been on "double duty" for this weekend, what with also being the main author for the UK Puzzle GP. He doesn't have his own blog, but has contributed puzzles to the UKPA forum, the German Puzzle Portal, and the upcoming Art of Puzzles book (by GM Puzzles). He's been quite helpful as one of the test solvers too.

There are contributions from the Organizers too, namely me and Deb Mohanty. Since you're already on LMI if you're reading this, Deb's basically the person who runs the site, and has also authored many contests here, including multiple National Championships. I have my own blog, but I'm not nearly as active as I used to be. My recent efforts, apart from writing puzzles for GM Puzzles and the recent Monthly Tests on LMI, have gone into starting a Patronage system for LMI. While the Championship is free, if you enjoy our contests, and want to give something back, please check it out.

Also, thanks to all the Test Solvers:

James McGowan, as mentioned above.
Bastien Vial-Jaime from France.
Vladimir Portugalov from Belarus.
Tiit Vunk from Estonia.
@ 2014-05-24 11:07 AM (#15370 - in reply to #15186) (#15370) Top

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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-05-24 11:07 AM

in Tiki Tour, can a tent belong to 2 trees? In other words, can 2 trees have only a single tent that is adjacent to both trees?
@ 2014-05-24 11:56 AM (#15371 - in reply to #15370) (#15371) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-24 11:56 AM

mathcrazy - 2014-05-24 11:07 AM

in Tiki Tour, can a tent belong to 2 trees? In other words, can 2 trees have only a single tent that is adjacent to both trees?


Each tree must have its "own" tent.
@ 2014-05-24 5:54 PM (#15373 - in reply to #15186) (#15373) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2014-05-24 5:54 PM

Word Nurikabe: Can the two or more given letters be part of same word? I assume that answer is yes as instructions does not restrict it. Please do clarify if possible.
@ 2014-05-24 6:04 PM (#15374 - in reply to #15186) (#15374) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-05-24 6:04 PM

Erratum

The Instruction Booklet is missing the rule for Word Nurikabe that "each letter given belongs to a separate word". This will be clarified soon on the Submission page and this sentence will be there in the Puzzle Booklet too. We're sorry for the confusion.

@ 2014-05-25 8:45 AM (#15378 - in reply to #15186) (#15378) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-05-25 8:45 AM

How to get the password?


Exactly following steps are needed to get the password for the puzzle pdf.
Note that the "Start IPC 2014" button will be enabled only after 2:00PM.
If the button is still disabled, you need to refresh your browser.




@ 2014-05-25 1:26 PM (#15379 - in reply to #15186) (#15379) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2014-05-25 1:26 PM

Prizes

Apart from the top 3 being invited to represent India at the World Championships, we have some prizes to offer the top 10, in the form of LMI Merchandise. We haven't yet decided the exact distributions, but those eligible will be posted here and e-mailed to to provide their address and other details if they want to receive the prizes.


Also, participation certificates will be e-mailed to everyone, but if you want a signed hard copy of the certificate with your rank, it will be couriered to you for a fee that will be announced later. Please mail at prasannaseshadri@logicmastersindia.com if you want to order a hard copy.

@ 2014-05-25 1:31 PM (#15380 - in reply to #15186) (#15380) Top

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2014-05-25 1:31 PM

Will this become restricted forum after test begins like other monthly tests ?
@ 2014-05-25 1:47 PM (#15381 - in reply to #15380) (#15381) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2014-05-25 1:47 PM

swaroop2011 - 2014-05-25 1:31 PM

Will this become restricted forum after test begins like other monthly tests ?
Yes.
@ 2014-05-25 1:47 PM (#15382 - in reply to #15186) (#15382) Top

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2014-05-25 1:47 PM

ok
Best of luck to all :)
@ 2014-05-25 1:52 PM (#15383 - in reply to #15186) (#15383) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2014-05-25 1:52 PM

All the best :)

@ 2014-05-25 4:44 PM (#15384 - in reply to #15383) (#15384) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2014-05-25 4:44 PM

Score Page


Official Score Page


Unofficial Score Page (for international players)




@ 2014-05-25 4:53 PM (#15385 - in reply to #15186) (#15385) Top

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achan1058 posted @ 2014-05-25 4:53 PM

 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


I really should not do the test when tired. Wasted a huge amount of time on the easy questions.

By the way, only my score is showing on the scoreboard, while everyone else gets 0 points. Is that normal?

Edited by achan1058 2014-05-25 4:59 PM
@ 2014-05-25 5:01 PM (#15386 - in reply to #15385) (#15386) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-25 5:01 PM

achan1058 - 2014-05-25 4:53 PM

I really should not do the test when tired. Wasted a huge amount of time on the easy questions.

By the way, only my score is showing on the scoreboard, while everyone else gets 0 points. Is that normal?


For now, yes. We're working on the incorrect submissions to release the proper official results.
@ 2014-05-25 5:13 PM (#15387 - in reply to #15186) (#15387) Top

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rajibrborah posted @ 2014-05-25 5:13 PM

 Did the Instructions Booklet (IB) provide enough information about participating in IPC? Yes, mostly.
 Did you understand the puzzle rules, examples and answer keys from the IB? I understood all of them.
 Did you find enough easy puzzles to solve during the championship? Yes, there were many of them.
 After your experience in IPC, are you going to participate in future championshiops or contests at LMI? Most likely


The rules of the every puzzle should be listed in bullet form.

Each bullet point should have one and only one restriction of the puzzle mentioned in it.

Currently, one instruction statement of the puzzle has multiple restrictions mentioned in it (or all the rules are described in a paragraph format) - increasing the probability of a new-comer to miss one of the multiple restrictions.
(Anyway, some of the statements in the instructions are complicated/convoluted for new comers.
So breaking the instruction statement down into individual bullet points, with one rule per bullet point will make it clearer to new-comers)

= = = =

While the participants are supposed to read the rules very carefully, but it does help if the same are listed in bullet-wise fashion so that the solvers (especially new-comers and non-regular-puzzle-solvers) don't miss any facet of the puzzle.

It also makes it easier for non-regular solvers to validate the answers upon submission - by checking against each bullet point.

Edited by rajibrborah 2014-05-25 5:24 PM
@ 2014-05-25 5:18 PM (#15388 - in reply to #15186) (#15388) Top

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macherlakumar posted @ 2014-05-25 5:18 PM

 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Fairly balanced
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice


@ 2014-05-25 5:23 PM (#15389 - in reply to #15387) (#15389) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-25 5:23 PM

rajibrborah - 2014-05-25 5:13 PM

The rules of the every puzzle should be listed in bullet form.

Each bullet point should have one and only one restriction of the puzzle mentioned in it.

Currently, one instruction statement of the puzzle has multiple restrictions mentioned in it - increasing the probability of a new-comer to miss one of the multiple restrictions.
(Anyway, some of the statements in the instructions are complicated/convoluted for new comers.
So breaking the instruction statement down into individual bullet points, with one rule per bullet point will make it clearer to new-comers)

= = = =

While the participants are supposed to read the rules very carefully, but it does help if the same are listed in bullet-wise fashion so that the solvers (especially new-comers and non-regular-puzzle-solvers) don't miss any facet of the puzzle.

It also makes it easier for non-regular solvers to validate the answers upon submission - by checking against each bullet point.



Thanks for this feedback. These are very good points. We'll consider them in the future.
@ 2014-05-25 5:24 PM (#15390 - in reply to #15186) (#15390) Top

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rvarun posted @ 2014-05-25 5:24 PM

 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Fairly balanced
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? A bit hard
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-05-25 5:33 PM (#15391 - in reply to #15186) (#15391) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2014-05-25 5:33 PM

 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-05-25 5:42 PM (#15392 - in reply to #15186) (#15392) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2014-05-25 5:42 PM

Official Results


Congrats to the top 3 -
1. Amit Sowani
2. Rohan Rao
3. Swaroop Guggilam

The Official results can be seen here - http://logicmastersindia.com/2014/IPC/score.asp

As mentioned earlier, the top 10 are eligible for prizes. Please mail me at prasannaseshadri@logicmastersindia.com for claiming prizes/certificate hard copies.

Thanks.

On a personal note, I'm quite happy with the 3 solvers making it to the Indian team.



@ 2014-05-25 5:52 PM (#15393 - in reply to #15392) (#15393) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2014-05-25 5:52 PM

Congratulations to all winners.
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