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kishy72
Posts: 419
Country : India | kishy72 posted @ 2014-11-17 1:26 AM prasanna16391 - 2014-11-17 12:11 AM
This is interesting because overall (including the Chain) I found Round 3 easier than Round 2.
Subjective, I guess.I managed to finish episode 2 in about 65 mins and the current one dragged me until the very last.So you can pretty much sum up how difficult it was for me.
Maybe you are just not familiar with the O-E marking ways to make these puzzles easier? I am bringing up this point mainly because this is one of the reasons for categorizing the variants - to discuss specific techniques that may be common to a category.
You have hit the nail on the head.I too felt that the lack of familiarity with those O-E marking hurt me a lot.Also, I probably should have solved the example puzzles of the new variants like Odd sum pair and Odd Even count which I failed to do...... |
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davep
Posts: 43
Country : United States | davep posted @ 2014-11-17 1:28 AM | 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 | |
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Maksim
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Country : Belarus | Maksim posted @ 2014-11-17 7:28 PM | 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 | |
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puzzlemad
Posts: 28
Country : United Kingdom | Thanks for these. First competition for me for ages and no wrong submissions either. :) |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-11-17 9:02 PM | 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 | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2014-11-17 9:06 PM | 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 | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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puzzlemad
Posts: 28
Country : United Kingdom | | 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 | |
I don't know if it was my printer, but I found the shading on the cells for teh even sudoku very dark. I'd actually printed the example booklet off a different printer and that was fine. |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
 
Country : India | kishy72 - 2014-11-17 1:26 AM
You have hit the nail on the head.I too felt that the lack of familiarity with those O-E marking hurt me a lot.Also, I probably should have solved the example puzzles of the new variants like Odd sum pair and Odd Even count which I failed to do......
The way I see it is, now you have a better idea where your strengths and weaknesses are, and that's a net positive to take out of it ; ) I generally just circle the odds. Might be better markings out there, but practicing the types basically lets you try out such markings, and grow accustomed to the ones that suit you specifically. |
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rajeshk
Posts: 542
Country : India | rajeshk posted @ 2014-11-17 11:31 PM | 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 | |
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easonrevant
Posts: 7
Country : United States | | 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 easy puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Average | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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detuned
Posts: 152
Country : United Kingdom | detuned posted @ 2014-11-18 4:27 AM | 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 | |
In its own understated way, I thought was as good a Sudoku test as I've solved for quite a while! |
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bubbler
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Country : South Korea | bubbler posted @ 2014-11-18 8:19 AM | 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 | |
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Country : India | Password removed and solutions appended. |
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lenzo
Posts: 22
Country : ITALY | lenzo posted @ 2014-11-18 10:22 PM | 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 | |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Congratulations Rakesh, Kishore and Saheer for taking the top 3 Indian spots. After 3 rounds, Kishore leads the leaderboard, followed by Rakesh and Jayant.
Congratulations also to Jan, Kota and TiiT for their very impressive timings and finishing as top 3 overall.
Thank you everyone for their feedback, I'm happy that the round was generally liked by all.
There has been some comments about the difficulty of some sudokus - I don't have much to add other than what Prasanna has already mentioned. But I would encourage players (especially new players ) to post here if they are not able to solve any of the variants logically.
So, three rounds over now, four more to go. It has been an exciting tournament for the organizers with so many Indian players participating.
Over to Rakesh for the Outside round.
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