@ 2015-07-26 7:39 PM (#18833 - in reply to #18540) (#18833) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2015-07-26 7:39 PM B3 - Rule fixed in updated IB. Swaroop's interpretation about A3 Unscramble is correct that 1) placement of symbols does not matter 2) the actual puzzle may not have letters. |
@ 2015-07-26 10:48 PM (#18840 - in reply to #18540) (#18840) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2015-07-26 10:48 PM If possible can we have page numbers in the actual puzzle booklet either in bottom right or top right corner, it would be really helpful. Thanks. |
@ 2015-07-26 11:56 PM (#18841 - in reply to #18540) (#18841) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2015-07-26 11:56 PM Just a typo correction needed: In J3- Loop The Loops (Apply rules of J1,J2 slitherlink instead of K1,K2 Slitherlink). |
@ 2015-07-27 8:26 PM (#18846 - in reply to #18540) (#18846) Top | |
Posts: 15 Country : India | mjaipal posted @ 2015-07-27 8:26 PM Lots of new variants - to be expected from Prasanna :) Didn't quite follow the Square count & unscramble. In unscramble, r we just looking at the same letters occurring in both the options? And in square count what are the number of squares belong to? |
@ 2015-07-27 8:39 PM (#18847 - in reply to #18846) (#18847) Top | |
Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2015-07-27 8:39 PM mjaipal - 2015-07-27 8:26 PM Yes. In unscramble, r we just looking at the same letters occurring in both the options? mjaipal - 2015-07-27 8:26 PM The letter "A" belongs to 3 different squares. See image below.And in square count what are the number of squares belong to? (SquareCount.png) Attachments ---------------- SquareCount.png (9KB - 5 downloads) |
@ 2015-07-27 10:11 PM (#18850 - in reply to #18540) (#18850) Top | |
Posts: 241 Country : Indonesia | chaotic_iak posted @ 2015-07-27 10:11 PM In Statue Park it says: Answer key: Enter the first three pentominos seen along the marked rows & columns. (– if not enough pentominos). Since the bank is not necessarily the set of pentominoes, I suppose it should read "three shapes" (and "not enough shapes") instead? |
@ 2015-07-27 10:23 PM (#18851 - in reply to #18846) (#18851) Top | |
Posts: 1802 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-07-27 10:23 PM mjaipal - 2015-07-27 8:26 PM Lots of new variants - to be expected from Prasanna :) Out of the Classics, only Not Alone and Balance Loop haven't appeared in multiple LMI contests before (not counting Three-Point Snake since the additional rule from normal snake is minimal and actually can make things easier). Some of the variants are probably newish. Anyway, here are some practice links. Outside LITS - http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=Outside+LITS Balance Loop - http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=Balance+Loop Not Alone - http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.in/search/label/Not%20Alone - Just one unless you have the enthusiasm to deduce which grid is the Not Alone from the Matchmaker, but that one has a really cool deduction as a break-in. Statue Park, Gapped Kakuro & Loop The Loops have both appeared in past LMI Marathons, so solving those should get you more than enough practice on the two types. Other than that, some Loop The Loops will be on my blog, https://prasannaseshadri.wordpress.com/ and some Gapped Kakuros should be on GM Puzzles and Serkan's blog, https://yureklis.wordpress.com/ . Statue Park will be on GM Puzzles too. Full Tapa will be found in a past Tapa Variations Contest, and Fillomino [Stars] in Fillomino Fillia and on Palmer's blog, https://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/ . |
@ 2015-07-27 10:24 PM (#18852 - in reply to #18540) (#18852) Top | |
Posts: 1802 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-07-27 10:24 PM Oh and for three point snake - https://solvetheunsolvable.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/puzzle-26-snake/ http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=three+point+Snake |
@ 2015-07-27 10:31 PM (#18853 - in reply to #18540) (#18853) Top | |
Posts: 1802 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-07-27 10:31 PM Continuing with practice links, for Statue Park with unconventional banks, see the PDF in this post - https://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/puzzle-pack-2/ |
@ 2015-07-27 10:31 PM (#18854 - in reply to #18850) (#18854) Top | |
Posts: 1802 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-07-27 10:31 PM chaotic_iak - 2015-07-27 10:11 PM In Statue Park it says: Answer key: Enter the first three pentominos seen along the marked rows & columns. (– if not enough pentominos). Since the bank is not necessarily the set of pentominoes, I suppose it should read "three shapes" (and "not enough shapes") instead? Yes. Will be changed soon. |
@ 2015-07-28 6:39 AM (#18855 - in reply to #18847) (#18855) Top | |
Posts: 114 Country : India | devarajand posted @ 2015-07-28 6:39 AM Square Count. A&D has 3 squares. B & E 2 each. But IB has AB, DE. |
@ 2015-07-28 7:51 AM (#18856 - in reply to #18540) (#18856) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2015-07-28 7:51 AM Please count properly, it's all possible squares that can contain that alphabet. A and B has 3 squares D and E has 6 squares. |
@ 2015-07-28 9:02 AM (#18857 - in reply to #18855) (#18857) Top | |
Posts: 1802 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-07-28 9:02 AM devarajand - 2015-07-28 6:39 AM Square Count. A&D has 3 squares. B & E 2 each. But IB has AB, DE. Include 3x3/4x4/ and so on. With the image shown above for A, 3x3 and above isn't possible but it is for D, B and E (and C has many squares). Just noting to anyone viewing this point of the forum - Practice links posted on page 1. |
@ 2015-07-28 2:45 PM (#18858 - in reply to #18540) (#18858) Top | |
Posts: 114 Country : India | devarajand posted @ 2015-07-28 2:45 PM Ok. Thanks |
@ 2015-07-29 8:25 AM (#18866 - in reply to #18847) (#18866) Top | |
Posts: 15 Country : India | mjaipal posted @ 2015-07-29 8:25 AM Thanks Deb |
@ 2015-07-29 8:25 AM (#18867 - in reply to #18540) (#18867) Top | |
Posts: 15 Country : India | mjaipal posted @ 2015-07-29 8:25 AM Thanks Prasanna |
@ 2015-07-29 9:51 AM (#18868 - in reply to #18540) (#18868) Top | |
Posts: 33 Country : India | puneet87 posted @ 2015-07-29 9:51 AM Thanks Prasanna for the links to puzzles. i loved the Not Alone puzzle, took few minutes to find a guaranteed entry point but it was very quick from thereon. |
@ 2015-08-04 8:27 PM (#18920 - in reply to #18540) (#18920) Top | |
Posts: 24 Country : India | lrani posted @ 2015-08-04 8:27 PM When I open IPC 2014 for sample it is asking for password. Pls let me know. |
@ 2015-08-04 9:45 PM (#18921 - in reply to #18540) (#18921) Top | |
Posts: 668 Country : India | swaroop2011 posted @ 2015-08-04 9:45 PM @Irani Use this link to download. (You will find the Password too). http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/downloads.asp |
@ 2015-08-05 1:53 PM (#18923 - in reply to #18540) (#18923) Top | |
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2015-08-05 1:53 PM Points Table |
@ 2015-08-06 12:37 AM (#18926 - in reply to #18540) (#18926) Top | |
Posts: 172 Country : ITALY | forcolin posted @ 2015-08-06 12:37 AM in B3, As easy as ABC (numbers) judging from the solution after "Letters ’x’ and numbers ’n’ outside the grid indicate that ’x’ is the ’n’th letter in that row or column" you should specify "looking from that point of view" (or similar wording). otherwise it's ambiguous |
@ 2015-08-06 2:43 PM (#18931 - in reply to #18540) (#18931) Top | |
Posts: 24 Country : India | lrani posted @ 2015-08-06 2:43 PM Any specific link which has more examples on gapped kakuro puzzles pls |
@ 2015-08-06 6:10 PM (#18932 - in reply to #18931) (#18932) Top | |
Posts: 1802 Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2015-08-06 6:10 PM lrani - 2015-08-06 2:43 PM Any specific link which has more examples on gapped kakuro puzzles pls http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=M201303P https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/puzzle-76-gapped-kakuro/ https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/puzzle-4-gapped-kakuro/ http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/2015/06/sunday-surprise-13-gapped-kak... That's 4 huge puzzles :) |
@ 2015-08-06 8:45 PM (#18933 - in reply to #18540) (#18933) Top | |
Posts: 241 Country : Indonesia | chaotic_iak posted @ 2015-08-06 8:45 PM "Players submitting all 35 puzzles correctly are eligible for bonus points." How much are the bonus points? "Answer key: Enter the first three shapes seen along the marked rows & columns. (– if not enough shapes). For the example the answer key is OL-, Z--, OT-, LSI" Since the tetromino bank doesn't have any S, I suppose the S in the fourth answer should have been Z? |
@ 2015-08-06 11:15 PM (#18934 - in reply to #18540) (#18934) Top | |
Posts: 24 Country : India | lrani posted @ 2015-08-06 11:15 PM Can you also share the link for more examples on full tapa pls. |