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Posts: 349 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | amitsowani posted @ 2010-03-08 2:31 AM Being the tester couldnt participate :( But I got a first hand look at the puzzles which were a little more tougher then the final cut. Gaurav reduced the difficulty of the puzzles for the Skyscraper, Circles and Arrow Path. Overall the test had a good mix of puzzles with difficulty ranging from quite easy (Mirror Sudoku) to the diabolic Skyscraper. I didnt find the arrow path sudoku interesting, it gets solved one box at a time and required more of scanning then anything else. The circles puzzle was awesome. I couldnt get a start into the puzzle, during the first round of testing. The entry point was quite difficult to spot, so Gaurav added a second equally difficult entry point to the puzzle, hoping that solvers will spot at least one of these to solve the puzzle. This was the first time I was solving a Blackout puzzle which was not created by Deb, was relieved to know that easy puzzles can also be created for this type :) Good to see Sumit back in the fray :) I will be creating puzzle for the next mock along with my room-mate Kshitij. Watch out for the Mock 16, as we have some interesting variations in store for you !! |
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Posts: 460 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | purifire posted @ 2010-03-08 12:26 PM Amazing Puzzles... blackout was comparatively easy when we compare to the ones created by Gaurav in the past... descriptive pairs was damn interesting.... the skyscraper ate my head!!! :D intersting mock overall... Thanks Gaurav... |
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Posts: 148 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : France | Ours brun posted @ 2010-03-08 4:19 PM Nice set of puzzles Gaurav. Wrong Skyscrapers was really great ! I also expected more players to complete the whole set, seeing that I lost much time (about 20 minutes) doing some puzzles twice (including the Skyscrapers Sudoku) but did all of them anyway (with a stupid mistake on the last cell of Blackout Sudoku...). I suppose the fact that most puzzles were "rare" or new variants can explain it. I personnally love solving puzzles that I had never seen before. :bleh: |
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Posts: 2 Country : China | yangzhou posted @ 2010-03-08 4:24 PM 1] Mirror Sudoku: R(m)C(n) = R(9-m)C(9-n) for all 4 corner boxes. In short box 1&9 and box 3&7 will have digits so that they form mirror image. (eg: R3C2 & R6C7 will have same digits) is it "9" or "10" ? R(m)C(n)=R(10-m)C(10-n) 2] Repeatable Extra Region: There are two extra regions of 9 cells each but digits can repeat in those regions. Both the regions contains same set of numbers, same number of times. eg: If one region contains 1,1,2,3,4,4,5,7,9 then the other region will also contain same numbers 1,1,2,3,4,4,5,7,9 all numbers should be in the same order, right? |
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Posts: 148 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : France | Ours brun posted @ 2010-03-08 4:35 PM 1] It is "10". Gaurav had already corrected it, but not in his first post. 2] Not necessarily in the same order. Both regions just need to contain the same set of numbers. Edited by Ours brun 2010-03-08 4:39 PM |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2010-05-24 10:04 AM Check Diagonally Nonconsecutive Sudoku at http://janoslaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/diagonally-nonconsecutive.html |