@ 2016-01-09 1:57 AM (#20571 - in reply to #20459) (#20571) TopPosts: 774
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rakesh_rai posted @ 2016-01-09 1:57 AM
| 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? | Fairly Nice | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount |
Not sure if Disjoint sudoku represents the theme of the test. Maybe Isosudoku could have been a possible type.
The answer keys for a fair number of puzzles came quite early in the solving process. However, it is always difficult to set answer key, especially for 6x6 ones.
Overlap 9x9 and Linked 9x9 were nice. The test was enjoyable overall. Thanks to the authors for this test.
@ 2016-01-09 6:26 AM (#20572 - in reply to #20459) (#20572) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-09 6:26 AM
| 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? | Just right | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount |
@ 2016-01-09 6:32 AM (#20573 - in reply to #20459) (#20573) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-09 6:32 AM
| 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 |
Representation - Surprised not to see SudoKurve, IsoSudoku as types.
Apart from being too easy, many Sudokus didn't use the "extra" rule of the variant significantly.
@ 2016-01-09 8:05 AM (#20576 - in reply to #20459) (#20576) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-09 8:05 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 |
@ 2016-01-09 3:00 PM (#20578 - in reply to #20459) (#20578) TopPosts: 739
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vopani posted @ 2016-01-09 3:00 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? | Fairly Nice | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount |
Really liked the Linked and Disjoint 9x9. Overall a good set but on the easier side.
Thanks Rajesh!
@ 2016-01-09 3:35 PM (#20579 - in reply to #20459) (#20579) TopPosts: 1801
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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-01-09 3:35 PM
About variant choice, we had two considerations to make.
One is, that there is an Irregular variations round too.
Another is, that some variants are not supported by the online interface. This is a bigger consideration than the first one, and we'd love to hear opinions on this from solvers who regularly use the interface. How would you feel about 1 or 2 variants not being on the interface? If we can be more flexible in this way we'd have a wider range to choose from.
One is, that there is an Irregular variations round too.
Another is, that some variants are not supported by the online interface. This is a bigger consideration than the first one, and we'd love to hear opinions on this from solvers who regularly use the interface. How would you feel about 1 or 2 variants not being on the interface? If we can be more flexible in this way we'd have a wider range to choose from.
@ 2016-01-09 4:33 PM (#20580 - in reply to #20459) (#20580) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-09 4:33 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? | Too many medium difficult 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 |
@ 2016-01-09 4:39 PM (#20581 - in reply to #20459) (#20581) TopPosts: 20
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kousek-nebe posted @ 2016-01-09 4:39 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? | Too many easy 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 |
@ 2016-01-09 4:48 PM (#20582 - in reply to #20459) (#20582) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-09 4:48 PM
| How well did the variants represent the theme of the test ? | variations represented the theme well | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-09 5:59 PM (#20583 - in reply to #20459) (#20583) TopPosts: 18
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aditi2302 posted @ 2016-01-09 5:59 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 |
@ 2016-01-09 8:51 PM (#20584 - in reply to #20459) (#20584) TopPosts: 419
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kishy72 posted @ 2016-01-09 8:51 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? | Fairly Nice | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount |
A nice breezy set.Feels good to revisit classic based sudokus occasionally.More importantly,to complete a test.
Thanks Rajesh for choosing this theme!
I never had any difficulty solving any of the sudokus.All Classics were falling very quickly before using any of the advanced techniques like triplets ,hidden single etc.,
Linked(16) and Overlapping(16)offered some resistance in way of my completion and were definitely the best of the lot by a far margin and my favouries .Neatly constructed.
To conclude, a very pleasant set.Thanks for authoring Rajesh!Would have been even more better with a bit more difficult Classics.
@ 2016-01-09 11:02 PM (#20585 - in reply to #20459) (#20585) TopPosts: 44
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MrLiang posted @ 2016-01-09 11:02 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? | Too many medium difficult puzzles | |
| 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? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little |
@ 2016-01-10 1:24 AM (#20592 - in reply to #20459) (#20592) TopPosts: 71
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shera90 posted @ 2016-01-10 1:24 AM
Due to some flash problems, I was not able to correct my mistakes for Overlapping 9*9 and Linked 9*9. I have sent an email with the correct solutions. Please add up these scores if you find them correct.
@ 2016-01-10 12:49 PM (#20593 - in reply to #20459) (#20593) TopPosts: 55
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pranavmanu posted @ 2016-01-10 12:49 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? | Fairly Nice | |
| Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount |
@ 2016-01-10 1:28 PM (#20594 - in reply to #20459) (#20594) TopPosts: 55
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pranavmanu posted @ 2016-01-10 1:28 PM
For the first time,i managed to complete the set.The overlap 9 by 9 was the one which took a lot of my time.Thanks to the authors for holding a nice test.
In the foreseeable future,I will still be solving online as will many other people,no doubt,and if some variants are indeed going to be limited to offline solving,that would pose a major problem.I would have to draw it again on paper and solve it,which would take a significant amount of time ,and you also know very well that some variants are difficult to be copied onto paper.That change,if implemented,would be pretty undesirable for me,at least.
In the foreseeable future,I will still be solving online as will many other people,no doubt,and if some variants are indeed going to be limited to offline solving,that would pose a major problem.I would have to draw it again on paper and solve it,which would take a significant amount of time ,and you also know very well that some variants are difficult to be copied onto paper.That change,if implemented,would be pretty undesirable for me,at least.
@ 2016-01-10 1:40 PM (#20595 - in reply to #20594) (#20595) TopPosts: 1801
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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-01-10 1:40 PM
pranavmanu - 2016-01-10 1:28 PM
In the foreseeable future,I will still be solving online as will many other people,no doubt,and if some variants are indeed going to be limited to offline solving,that would pose a major problem.I would have to draw it again on paper and solve it,which would take a significant amount of time ,and you also know very well that some variants are difficult to be copied onto paper.That change,if implemented,would be pretty undesirable for me,at least.
In the foreseeable future,I will still be solving online as will many other people,no doubt,and if some variants are indeed going to be limited to offline solving,that would pose a major problem.I would have to draw it again on paper and solve it,which would take a significant amount of time ,and you also know very well that some variants are difficult to be copied onto paper.That change,if implemented,would be pretty undesirable for me,at least.
Thanks a lot for letting us know your thoughts on the matter. Hoping for some more input on this topic, especially from other Indians who solve online.
@ 2016-01-10 3:40 PM (#20597 - in reply to #20459) (#20597) TopPosts: 10
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carburra posted @ 2016-01-10 3:40 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 |
@ 2016-01-10 5:58 PM (#20599 - in reply to #20459) (#20599) TopPosts: 30
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margareta456 posted @ 2016-01-10 5:58 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 |
Very good episode! Really enjoyed it :)
@ 2016-01-10 6:22 PM (#20600 - in reply to #20459) (#20600) TopPosts: 22
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Vishal posted @ 2016-01-10 6:22 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? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount |
@ 2016-01-10 10:45 PM (#20607 - in reply to #20459) (#20607) TopPosts: 102
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ghirsch posted @ 2016-01-10 10:45 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? | Too many easy 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 |
This one definitely seemed to be on the easier side (I usually come nowhere close to solving all of them), but the puzzles were still generally fun and it was nice to see some new types that I wasn't previously familiar with. Thanks Rajesh.
@ 2016-01-10 10:55 PM (#20608 - in reply to #20579) (#20608) TopPosts: 102
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ghirsch posted @ 2016-01-10 10:55 PM
prasanna16391 - 2016-01-08 4:35 PM
About variant choice, we had two considerations to make.
One is, that there is an Irregular variations round too.
Another is, that some variants are not supported by the online interface. This is a bigger consideration than the first one, and we'd love to hear opinions on this from solvers who regularly use the interface. How would you feel about 1 or 2 variants not being on the interface? If we can be more flexible in this way we'd have a wider range to choose from.
About variant choice, we had two considerations to make.
One is, that there is an Irregular variations round too.
Another is, that some variants are not supported by the online interface. This is a bigger consideration than the first one, and we'd love to hear opinions on this from solvers who regularly use the interface. How would you feel about 1 or 2 variants not being on the interface? If we can be more flexible in this way we'd have a wider range to choose from.
I regularly use the online solver since I don't have a convenient printer to use. I would be fine with some variants not being on the interface though, so long as this is made very clear before the test.
It would also be a good idea to give links to applications that people can use to still solve on their computers since some other online solvers may not be aware that these exist. I personally use Skim (for OSX), and it sounds like there are many other image editors that you can draw on.
Edited by ghirsch 2016-01-10 10:57 PM
@ 2016-01-11 12:18 AM (#20609 - in reply to #20459) (#20609) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-11 12:18 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 |
@ 2016-01-11 12:25 AM (#20610 - in reply to #20459) (#20610) TopPosts: 8
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Plucky posted @ 2016-01-11 12:25 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? | Too many easy 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 |
This was a great test, lots of fun. Maybe a little easy - I nearly completed it and usually I can only manage a few problems. Looking forward to the next one :) thanks!
@ 2016-01-11 1:50 AM (#20612 - in reply to #20459) (#20612) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-11 1:50 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? | Too many medium difficult 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 |
@ 2016-01-11 3:54 AM (#20613 - in reply to #20459) (#20613) TopPosts: 139
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TiiT posted @ 2016-01-11 3:54 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 |