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@ 2015-12-22 11:54 PM (#20333 - in reply to #20332) (#20333) Top

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2015-12-22 11:54 PM

kishy72 - 2015-12-22 6:58 PM

The incorrectly done Mochikoro puzzle where all islands are not connected solved in the last few mins of the test .Apparently,there are ways one can gain points by solving incorrectly too !

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prasanna16391 - 2015-12-22 11:24 PM

I too gained points by solving incorrectly, in a more indirect way. I solved the Japanese Sums 25 pointer incorrectly by placing a digit by mistake where it shouldn't be, which enabled me to reach an incorrect solution and move to the 105 pointer much faster than I would have if I had solved correctly. Considering I solved the 105 pointer with 1 minute to spare, I'd say the mistake gained me 80 points


haha interesting things.
@ 2016-01-28 8:02 PM (#20841 - in reply to #1525) (#20841) Top

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brecher92 posted @ 2016-01-28 8:02 PM

Not sure where this question belongs, but I'm curious how much time a competitive puzzler might typically take to double-check their entries of the answer key during a timed competition. I just lost 78 points in GP Round 1 because I didn't double-check my entries. Do most people always set aside time at the end to double-check? Or after each puzzle? Or just continue to plow through the remaining puzzles and hope for the best?
@ 2016-01-28 10:16 PM (#20842 - in reply to #1525) (#20842) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-01-28 10:16 PM

For me I just plow through and hope for the best. My accuracy has improved in general with more experience though.
@ 2016-01-31 12:09 AM (#20864 - in reply to #20842) (#20864) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2016-01-31 12:09 AM

I could not proceed much Logical in this Fillomino Stars puzzles. Please do help me to get any logical continuation to this puzzle.
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Edited by rajeshk 2016-01-31 12:17 AM
@ 2016-01-31 9:49 PM (#20870 - in reply to #20864) (#20870) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2016-01-31 9:49 PM

rajeshk - 2016-01-31 12:09 AM

I could not proceed much Logical in this Fillomino Stars puzzles. Please do help me to get any logical continuation to this puzzle.
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You are missing a crucial deduction here just like I did when I solved it before .

1) R4C1 can't be a star .If it is a star,R3C1 can't be filled by anything.
2)Following the earlier deduction ,you have R5C2 not being a star.If it's a star,R4C2 can't take any digit 1,2 or 3.
3)Now we have R5C4 as a star as otherwise Rows 4 and 5 can't take a total of 4 stars.

Just a suggestion.Please post bigger images next time so that people find it easy to look where you are stuck : )

Edited by kishy72 2016-01-31 9:51 PM
@ 2016-01-31 9:54 PM (#20871 - in reply to #1525) (#20871) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2016-01-31 9:54 PM

By the way,the bottom 3's can't yet be connected(logically).This image was taken from the same stuck puzzle posted earlier in LMI.

http://logicmastersindia.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=126&s...
@ 2016-03-02 6:32 AM (#21172 - in reply to #1525) (#21172) Top

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brecher92 posted @ 2016-03-02 6:32 AM

Could someone point me in the right direction on Kropki #39 from the WPF GP Round 2? I'm not an expert on this puzzle type, so I'm sure I'm missing some elementary logic here, but I've gotten absolutely nowhere on this.
@ 2016-03-16 1:25 AM (#21280 - in reply to #1525) (#21280) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2016-03-16 1:25 AM

Encountered this frustratingly irritating Linesweeper variant that plays around with the rules in the Loop PR round.I couldn't complete it during the test (and even later), discarded it in a corner and totally forgot about it until I saw it creeping up in the LMI fun contest again.So I decided to clear up this puzzle once and for all .I continued until this point unsure of whether it is right or wrong.Could someone post the steps until the end?

What is the logic for solving this particular puzzle other than the obvious ones at the lower right and top left and the not so apparent top right ?

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Edited by kishy72 2016-03-16 1:26 AM
@ 2016-03-16 2:10 AM (#21281 - in reply to #21280) (#21281) Top

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-03-16 2:10 AM

kishy72 - 2016-03-16 1:25 AM

Encountered this frustratingly irritating Linesweeper variant that plays around with the rules in the Loop PR round.I couldn't complete it during the test (and even later), discarded it in a corner and totally forgot about it until I saw it creeping up in the LMI fun contest again.So I decided to clear up this puzzle once and for all .I continued until this point unsure of whether it is right or wrong.Could someone post the steps until the end?

What is the logic for solving this particular puzzle other than the obvious ones at the lower right and top left and the not so apparent top right ?



Firstly, your bottom left part is wrong. I don't know how you got that.
These are starting steps, which i followed. I hope it helps.
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@ 2016-03-16 2:37 AM (#21282 - in reply to #1525) (#21282) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-03-16 2:37 AM

I thought the top right counts as obvious, since there is no other way to satisfy the double 4. Swaroop has the intended start.
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