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Pento Parade — LMI October Puzzle Test — 11th - 13th October47 posts • Page 1 of 2 • 1 2
@ 2014-10-06 8:33 PM (#16800 - in reply to #16735) (#16800) Top

Richard Stolk @ LMD



Richard Stolk @ LMD posted @ 2014-10-06 8:33 PM

Link to original post : Pento Parade Leftover (1) - Pentopia (von Richard)

Logic Masters India hosts a puzzle contest every month. I had the honor to prepare the puzzles for the coming contest. It will be held from 11 till 13 October 2014. It will be called Pento Parade ; A set of different Pentomino variants. Some of the variants are published here in the portal earlier by me. As always the case after making puzzles for a contest, I had a few unused puzzles and I would like to share them here in the portal. At the same time, I can make some extra advertisement for ... (0 mal gelöst)


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@ 2014-10-06 8:34 PM (#16806 - in reply to #16735) (#16806) Top

Richard Stolk @ LMD



Richard Stolk @ LMD posted @ 2014-10-06 8:34 PM

Link to original post : Pento Parade Leftover (2) - Pentomino Yajilin (von Richard)

Logic Masters India hosts a puzzle contest every month. I had the honor to prepare the puzzles for the coming contest. It will be held from 11 till 13 October 2014. It will be called Pento Parade ; A set of different Pentomino variants. Some of the variants are published here in the portal earlier by me. As always the case after making puzzles for a contest, I had a few unused puzzles and I would like to share them here in the portal. At the same time, I can make some extra advertisement for ... (0 mal gelöst)


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@ 2014-10-08 3:43 PM (#16815 - in reply to #16735) (#16815) Top

Richard Stolk @ LMD



Richard Stolk @ LMD posted @ 2014-10-08 3:43 PM

Link to original post : Pento Parade Leftover (3) - Pentomino Word Search (von Richard)

Logic Masters India hosts a puzzle contest every month. I had the honor to prepare the puzzles for the coming contest. It will be held from 11 till 13 October 2014. It will be called Pento Parade ; A set of different Pentomino variants. Some of the variants are published here in the portal earlier by me. As always the case after making puzzles for a contest, I had a few unused puzzles and I would like to share them here in the portal. At the same time, I can make some extra advertisement for ... (0 mal gelöst)


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@ 2014-10-09 11:28 AM (#16821 - in reply to #16735) (#16821) Top

Joo M.Y



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Joo M.Y posted @ 2014-10-09 11:28 AM

One more practise puzzle for Pentomino Word Search (by Matus) has now appeared on slovaksudoku.com.

http://www.slovaksudoku.com/en/blog/2014/10/pentomino-word-search.h...

Edited by Joo M.Y 2014-10-09 11:29 AM
@ 2014-10-10 1:57 PM (#16824 - in reply to #16735) (#16824) Top

Richard Stolk @ LMD



Richard Stolk @ LMD posted @ 2014-10-10 1:57 PM

Link to original post : Pento Parade Leftover (4) - Mini Pento Loops (von Richard)

Logic Masters India hosts a puzzle contest every month. I had the honor to prepare the puzzles for the coming contest. It will be held from 11 till 13 October 2014. It will be called Pento Parade ; A set of different Pentomino variants. Some of the variants are published here in the portal earlier by me. As always the case after making puzzles for a contest, I had a few unused puzzles and I would like to share them here in the portal. At the same time, I can make some extra advertisement for ... (0 mal gelöst)


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@ 2014-10-10 3:45 PM (#16830 - in reply to #16735) (#16830) Top

Richard Stolk @ LMD



Richard Stolk @ LMD posted @ 2014-10-10 3:45 PM

Link to original post : Pento Parade Leftover (5) - Pentapa (von Richard)

Logic Masters India hosts a puzzle contest every month. I had the honor to prepare the puzzles for the coming contest. It will be held from 11 till 13 October 2014. It will be called Pento Parade ; A set of different Pentomino variants. Some of the variants are published here in the portal earlier by me. As always the case after making puzzles for a contest, I had a few unused puzzles and I would like to share them here in the portal. At the same time, I can make some extra advertisement for ... (1 mal gelöst)


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@ 2014-10-10 5:34 PM (#16832 - in reply to #16735) (#16832) Top

mathcrazy



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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-10-10 5:34 PM

In Touching Pentominoes, should all Pentominoes be necessarily connected? Or can there be Pentominoes which are not linked at all? In the example given, all Pentominoes are connected through the corners.
@ 2014-10-10 5:37 PM (#16833 - in reply to #16832) (#16833) Top

Richard



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Richard posted @ 2014-10-10 5:37 PM

mathcrazy - 2014-10-10 5:34 PM

In Touching Pentominoes, should all Pentominoes be necessarily connected? Or can there be Pentominoes which are not linked at all? In the example given, all Pentominoes are connected through the corners.


Not all Pentos are necessarily connected; free floating pentos might occur.
@ 2014-10-10 5:55 PM (#16834 - in reply to #16833) (#16834) Top

mathcrazy



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mathcrazy posted @ 2014-10-10 5:55 PM

Thanks for clarifying :)

Richard - 2014-10-10 5:37 PM

mathcrazy - 2014-10-10 5:34 PM

In Touching Pentominoes, should all Pentominoes be necessarily connected? Or can there be Pentominoes which are not linked at all? In the example given, all Pentominoes are connected through the corners.


Not all Pentos are necessarily connected; free floating pentos might occur.
@ 2014-10-10 10:22 PM (#16837 - in reply to #16787) (#16837) Top

Richard



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Richard posted @ 2014-10-10 10:22 PM

Richard - 2014-10-03 8:05 PM

As always the case when writing a test, I have made a few puzzles more than necessary. The leftovers will be published in the portal of LM Germany in the coming days, following the schedule:
Sunday: Pentopia
Monday: Pentomino Yajilin
Tuesday: - (Sudoku Variants Series-day)
Wednesday: Pentomino Word Search
Thursday: Mini Pento Loops
Friday: Pentapa

By providing these practise puzzles, I hope everyone can have a decent preparation for the test, to enjoy it even more! :)


Meanwhile the last practise puzzle has been posted in the portal of LM Germany. You can find Pentapa here. I hope the practise puzzles have triggered you enough to participate!

I wish all participants good luck and a few fun hours.
@ 2014-10-11 5:34 PM (#16838 - in reply to #16735) (#16838) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-11 5:34 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? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? A bit too many puzzles
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-11 5:48 PM (#16839 - in reply to #16735) (#16839) Top

greenhorn



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greenhorn posted @ 2014-10-11 5:48 PM

 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? A bit skewed
 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? A bit too few puzzles
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


I love monothematic contests and here I found many great puzzles. The best for me was the harder Pento In The Box even though I do not like this puzzle type. Thanks Richard!
@ 2014-10-11 7:48 PM (#16840 - in reply to #16735) (#16840) Top

chaotic_iak




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chaotic_iak posted @ 2014-10-11 7:48 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-11 8:00 PM (#16841 - in reply to #16735) (#16841) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-11 8:00 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-11 9:43 PM (#16842 - in reply to #16735) (#16842) Top

carljohan



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carljohan posted @ 2014-10-11 9:43 PM

I just tried the first puzzle of each type out of contest. Really liked these styles :)
@ 2014-10-11 11:36 PM (#16845 - in reply to #16735) (#16845) Top

rob



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rob posted @ 2014-10-11 11:36 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Thanks, that was fun!

Points per time did vary quite a bit, but that's probably just me sucking at Sum Pentominos...

Edited by rob 2014-10-11 11:38 PM
@ 2014-10-12 2:08 AM (#16846 - in reply to #16735) (#16846) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-12 2:08 AM

 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? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-12 9:56 AM (#16847 - in reply to #16735) (#16847) Top

Joo M.Y



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Joo M.Y posted @ 2014-10-12 9:56 AM

 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-12 3:23 PM (#16848 - in reply to #16735) (#16848) Top

Puzlifouk



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Puzlifouk posted @ 2014-10-12 3:23 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? Fairly Nice
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? A bit too many puzzles
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-12 5:49 PM (#16850 - in reply to #16735) (#16850) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-12 5:49 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-12 6:51 PM (#16851 - in reply to #16735) (#16851) Top

Yuhei Kusui



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Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2014-10-12 6:51 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-12 7:40 PM (#16852 - in reply to #16735) (#16852) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2014-10-12 7:40 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


It was a very nice test. I mean very very nice. Also I overally like pentomino puzzles, so I really enjoyed them. There was right amount of puzzles - I didn't expect to finish anyway, so - it's perfect. Actually I didn't practice too for it, so no big expectations.
There was a small thing with the points distribution, but I take that as my personal opinion and skills - so, also it was nicely done.
And there were some very enjoyable ones too.

Big thanks.
@ 2014-10-12 7:56 PM (#16853 - in reply to #16735) (#16853) Top

rimodech



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rimodech posted @ 2014-10-12 7:56 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
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2014-10-12 9:48 PM (#16855 - in reply to #16853) (#16855) Top

tamz29



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tamz29 posted @ 2014-10-12 9:48 PM

I can see a lot of work put in to make this happen.
Good to have the practise puzzles before the contest too, you're very productive!
Thanks, Richard.
@ 2014-10-12 10:58 PM (#16857 - in reply to #16735) (#16857) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2014-10-12 10:58 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? Fairly Nice
 How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? Just right
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Key component of this test being enjoyable was that reflections were always allowed. I hate checking for that. Thanks for the test!
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