How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	representation could have been better
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?	Very nice
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

Nice sudokus !

Thanks, Deb !

I knew my black cartridges were empty and that I would have some problems soon.... It was today :( . Fortunately the online solving was enabled. So, tanks for the online solving too :)
I have no idea if I could have made a better time with my plan of solving the 9*9 variants on paper.

Fred

You should get the cartridges refilled soon since next weekend's Sudoku Surprise will not have online solving.
:wink:

i recommend getting ink on ebay

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty?	Most puzzles were worth the right amount

Yes, it's planned. My problem is that when my printer tells me that the cartridges are empty, it's far to be true, I can still print a lot of sheets until it doesn't print correctly. So I prefer to wait until it's really empty, hoping there is no sudoku tournament that day ...

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty?	Many puzzles were worth too much or too little

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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

Nice excellent puzzles.
But i guess not a good test for me.
Anyways, My favorite was Odd Sum Pair.

Thanks Deb for awesome puzzles.... however two wrongs put me off...

How to download the password?

Go to the submission page. Login there. Click on start "Odd Even Variations". You will see the password.

Nice puzzles. This one was the first for me as came to know about sudoku mahabhrat just 3-4 days back.
so due to insufficient practice couldn't do that well. But tried my best. Enjoyed it!! looking forward to the next ones.
Thanks Deb Mohanty for the guidance.

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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?	Very nice
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

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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?	Very nice
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

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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 for the feedback.
I think you have got a good score considering that 1) this is your first participation 2) there are no submission from you in last 30 minutes or so.

Deb - excellent set of puzzles my friend! I was making very good time until the large quadro. Made a goofy mistake early on, and took way too long trying to fix it. Not only did I still get that one wrong, but I cost myself the extra few minutes I needed to finish the last puzzle. Nevertheless, enjoyable as always. Regards to the LMI crew, Dave

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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
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

Thank you.
I did practice from the booklets of earlier rounds and insructions booklet of odd and even variations,as you had suggested.
Not new to sudoku completely. I participated in the Bombay Times Competition last year and had managed to clear the first round.
Thanks.

How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ?	variations represented the theme well
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?	Very nice
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

Encompassing the less common variants,this episode of SM turned out to be very difficult for me.With about 2 minutes left on the clock and 25 odd cells to be filled in the odd even count(15),I made a desperate attempt and guessed at 2 circled cells knowing that chances of finishing it logically are close to nil.Thankfully and luckily,the guesses turned out to be right and the time was just enough to submit the 2 answer keys .

Even though the outcome is that I have completed all,I'm not content with the way that I solved this test,
as I remember resorting to guesswork in 3 sudokus atleast.

Oddly,my favourites in this test or the ones that I enjoyed solving the most are the classics as the rest were mostly a kind of struggle between me and the sudokus.I wasted a lot of time on the first sudoku that I attempted(Odd even count(5)) just like in the last episode.Got broken twice and then noticed the logical continuation.Not a great thing to experience at the beginning of a test.

So to conclude,an interesting and a very difficult test.Not surprising though,because the author is Deb!.
The sudokus were excellently constructed .Thanks a lot for a great test Deb.