@ 2016-01-23 10:37 PM (#20761 - in reply to #20746) (#20761) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-23 10:37 PM
Hotel - 2016-01-23 8:22 AM
Nice puzzles. Especially I enjoyed Heyawacky 4.
Nice puzzles. Especially I enjoyed Heyawacky 4.
I am glad you enjoyed. Thanks for the feedback.
@ 2016-01-23 10:38 PM (#20762 - in reply to #20748) (#20762) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-23 10:38 PM
Rohan Rao - 2016-01-23 1:21 PM
I felt this was the most balanced PR round so far.
Excellent puzzles and a good hour spent in solving them.
Thanks Swaroop!
I felt this was the most balanced PR round so far.
Excellent puzzles and a good hour spent in solving them.
Thanks Swaroop!
Thanks for your feedback. I am glad you enjoyed the test. You did well.
@ 2016-01-23 10:41 PM (#20763 - in reply to #20749) (#20763) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-23 10:41 PM
chaotic_iak - 2016-01-23 2:49 PM
A fun set overall, if more on the easier side. Apparently Windows is a type that can be broken by intuition; I did Windows 4 in 2m25, the largest point/time ratio for this test.
I'm not very certain why Paint by Numbers is chosen here, since it's not a very deep type on its own; I don't think there's too many variations of tricks that can be used there. On the other hand, it's perhaps the type that is most well-known to people not active in competitive puzzling, so perhaps that's a reason on its own. It's also interesting that there's a lack of "common" shading types such as Nurikabe, but since the basic things of shading puzzles are covered ("black cells cannot be adjacent" and "white cells form contiguous region" are by Heyawacky; "black cells are connected" and "no 2x2 black cells" are by Windows; even Nurikabe's own island rule exists as Lakes), I guess the variations do represent the theme well.
A fun set overall, if more on the easier side. Apparently Windows is a type that can be broken by intuition; I did Windows 4 in 2m25, the largest point/time ratio for this test.
I'm not very certain why Paint by Numbers is chosen here, since it's not a very deep type on its own; I don't think there's too many variations of tricks that can be used there. On the other hand, it's perhaps the type that is most well-known to people not active in competitive puzzling, so perhaps that's a reason on its own. It's also interesting that there's a lack of "common" shading types such as Nurikabe, but since the basic things of shading puzzles are covered ("black cells cannot be adjacent" and "white cells form contiguous region" are by Heyawacky; "black cells are connected" and "no 2x2 black cells" are by Windows; even Nurikabe's own island rule exists as Lakes), I guess the variations do represent the theme well.
Thanks for your feedback. Yes this round was targeted towards easy side. Although the details regarding thinking behind selection of puzzles and difficulty will be posted once the test is over.
But just to complete the reasoning for Paint by Numbers, it's as what you said. It's easy to do, fun and suitable for beginners.
I am glad you enjoyed the test.
@ 2016-01-23 10:46 PM (#20764 - in reply to #20755) (#20764) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-23 10:46 PM
kishy72 - 2016-01-23 9:36 PM
Just one word to describe the set.
Splendid !!
This becomes my favourite PR round so far and I am confident that it will remain that way until the end.Everything was perfect about the test.Construction/Points distribution/Difficulty/Selection of puzzle genres etc.,.My favourites of the test were Heyawacky (10 Points)and Windows(11 points).
Tremendous job Swaroop.Just for designing this test,you deserve a place in the Puzzle Team this year :-p.Simply stunning work behind the scenes.I greatly enjoyed the set.Thanks a lot for the test.
You made me experience the concept of 'fun' in a puzzle test which occurs very rarely.So you made me give an all "green" feedback in a puzzle test :)which is another of those rare things that I thought will never happen .Perfect work!!Keep it up!
Just one word to describe the set.
Splendid !!
This becomes my favourite PR round so far and I am confident that it will remain that way until the end.Everything was perfect about the test.Construction/Points distribution/Difficulty/Selection of puzzle genres etc.,.My favourites of the test were Heyawacky (10 Points)and Windows(11 points).
Tremendous job Swaroop.Just for designing this test,you deserve a place in the Puzzle Team this year :-p.Simply stunning work behind the scenes.I greatly enjoyed the set.Thanks a lot for the test.
You made me experience the concept of 'fun' in a puzzle test which occurs very rarely.So you made me give an all "green" feedback in a puzzle test :)which is another of those rare things that I thought will never happen .Perfect work!!Keep it up!
Thank you for your kind words. I am happy that you really enjoyed the test and had fun.
You did very well in the test. Although frankly, I expected you could have completed the test just within time. But nevertheless nice performance.
@ 2016-01-23 11:14 PM (#20765 - in reply to #20756) (#20765) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-23 11:14 PM
Helen - 2016-01-23 9:44 PM
A very nice puzzle set and I thought the difficulty level was nicely targeted for beginners. Thanks to the creators :)
A very nice puzzle set and I thought the difficulty level was nicely targeted for beginners. Thanks to the creators :)
Thank you for your feedback. Yes indeed it was targeted for beginners. I expect many of them to finish this test.
@ 2016-01-23 11:16 PM (#20766 - in reply to #20759) (#20766) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-23 11:16 PM
ghirsch - 2016-01-23 10:36 PM
Once again, this set was a lot of fun, though maybe a little too easy. There was a good amount of variety in the different puzzle types, and I liked seeing some unfamiliar types. Heyawacky 4 was very nice, and I also really liked both instructionless puzzles (though I made the stupid mistake of solving the instructionless Heyawacky example, thinking it was one of the puzzles for points).
Once again, this set was a lot of fun, though maybe a little too easy. There was a good amount of variety in the different puzzle types, and I liked seeing some unfamiliar types. Heyawacky 4 was very nice, and I also really liked both instructionless puzzles (though I made the stupid mistake of solving the instructionless Heyawacky example, thinking it was one of the puzzles for points).
Thank you for your feedback. I am happy you enjoyed the test.
Yes that happens sometimes, also the reason could be that you saw 2 examples for Heyawacky as against 1 example of Crazy pavement instruction less.
@ 2016-01-24 12:17 AM (#20769 - in reply to #20653) (#20769) TopPosts: 11
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Eykir posted @ 2016-01-24 12:17 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Windows | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-24 1:48 AM (#20770 - in reply to #20653) (#20770) TopPosts: 20
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kousek-nebe posted @ 2016-01-24 1:48 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Crazy Pavement | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-24 3:47 AM (#20771 - in reply to #20653) (#20771) TopPosts: 18
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Nola posted @ 2016-01-24 3:47 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Crazy Pavement | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-24 3:53 AM (#20772 - in reply to #20653) (#20772) TopPosts: 28
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puzzlemad posted @ 2016-01-24 3:53 AM
Thank you very much. A few careless mistakes from myself wasted my time, so I didn't get chance to go back to the last Heyawacky to finish it (that is a type that I'm normally rubbish at). Thoroughly enjoyed the test.
@ 2016-01-24 6:40 PM (#20775 - in reply to #20653) (#20775) TopPosts: 139
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TiiT posted @ 2016-01-24 6:40 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Windows | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-24 9:48 PM (#20776 - in reply to #20653) (#20776) TopPosts: 44
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MrLiang posted @ 2016-01-24 9:48 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Crazy Pavement | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-25 2:12 AM (#20778 - in reply to #20653) (#20778) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-25 2:12 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Windows | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-25 11:00 AM (#20779 - in reply to #20653) (#20779) TopPosts: 42
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PuzzleScott posted @ 2016-01-25 11:00 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Crazy Pavement | |
| 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 especially liked the new instructionless variants
@ 2016-01-25 11:35 AM (#20782 - in reply to #20653) (#20782) TopPosts: 49
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Kithyane posted @ 2016-01-25 11:35 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Crazy Pavement | |
| 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 loved this round, many puzzles had really nice solving methods :)
I nearly not finished it because I had to restart at least 3 puzzles after an error on my side, but I had a lot of fun anyway :)
Specifically loved the crazy pavement, I like the reasonings in this type.
Thank you !
@ 2016-01-25 5:07 PM (#20793 - in reply to #20653) (#20793) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-25 5:07 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Crazy Pavement | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-25 7:16 PM (#20794 - in reply to #20653) (#20794) TopPosts: 26
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peluri posted @ 2016-01-25 7:16 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 hard puzzles | |
| What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Lakes | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-25 11:05 PM (#20797 - in reply to #20653) (#20797) TopPosts: 35
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Bram28 posted @ 2016-01-25 11:05 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Heyawacky | |
| 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 |
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
@ 2016-01-26 12:11 AM (#20798 - in reply to #20653) (#20798) TopPosts: 1801
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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-01-26 12:11 AM
I'll try to post something about Windows tomorrow, unless Swaroop is interested in doing so.
@ 2016-01-26 3:13 AM (#20800 - in reply to #20797) (#20800) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-26 3:13 AM
Bram28 - 2016-01-25 11:05 PM
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
Hi, I am not sharing the steps for the puzzles in the contest right now, because i believe if you know the tricks, then you can solve it on your own. These are all easy puzzles.
So I have shared the common tricks that one can use to solve Windows Puzzles. I have posted a pdf on my blog (http://swaroopg92.blogspot.com/2016/01/puzzle-ramayan-2015-16-shading-round.html) or you can directly look at pdf with this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1TteOwGbxHcHNlWkR0UjFUMEU/view?us...
Give a try using these steps, and if you still facing issues, then comment here, will post the steps for solving the contest puzzles.
@ 2016-01-26 3:51 AM (#20801 - in reply to #20653) (#20801) TopAn LMI player
An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-26 3:51 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 | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Windows | |
| 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 |
@ 2016-01-26 4:46 AM (#20802 - in reply to #20653) (#20802) TopPosts: 2
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furudo.erika posted @ 2016-01-26 4:46 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? | Fairly Nice | |
| Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Heyawacky | |
| 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 |
Thumbs up for the instructionless variants and some good rarer puzzle types with nicely flowing solving. Seems I find windows puzzles relaxing to solve. Nice to have a set of puzzles I can finish in the time too.
@ 2016-01-26 5:13 AM (#20803 - in reply to #20800) (#20803) TopPosts: 35
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Bram28 posted @ 2016-01-26 5:13 AM
swaroop2011 - 2016-01-25 5:13 PM
Hi, I am not sharing the steps for the puzzles in the contest right now, because i believe if you know the tricks, then you can solve it on your own. These are all easy puzzles.
So I have shared the common tricks that one can use to solve Windows Puzzles. I have posted a pdf on my blog (http://swaroopg92.blogspot.com/2016/01/puzzle-ramayan-2015-16-shading-round.html) or you can directly look at pdf with this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1TteOwGbxHcHNlWkR0UjFUMEU/view?us...
Give a try using these steps, and if you still facing issues, then comment here, will post the steps for solving the contest puzzles.
Bram28 - 2016-01-25 11:05 PM
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
Hi, I am not sharing the steps for the puzzles in the contest right now, because i believe if you know the tricks, then you can solve it on your own. These are all easy puzzles.
So I have shared the common tricks that one can use to solve Windows Puzzles. I have posted a pdf on my blog (http://swaroopg92.blogspot.com/2016/01/puzzle-ramayan-2015-16-shading-round.html) or you can directly look at pdf with this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1TteOwGbxHcHNlWkR0UjFUMEU/view?us...
Give a try using these steps, and if you still facing issues, then comment here, will post the steps for solving the contest puzzles.
OK, I'll take a look at those, thanks! And I forgot to say earlier that other than my complete bewilderment at Windows, I did really enjoy the puzzles, especially the variations. Nice job!!
@ 2016-01-26 7:59 AM (#20804 - in reply to #20803) (#20804) TopPosts: 35
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Bram28 posted @ 2016-01-26 7:59 AM
Bram28 - 2016-01-25 7:13 PM
OK, I'll take a look at those, thanks! And I forgot to say earlier that other than my complete bewilderment at Windows, I did really enjoy the puzzles, especially the variations. Nice job!!
swaroop2011 - 2016-01-25 5:13 PM
Hi, I am not sharing the steps for the puzzles in the contest right now, because i believe if you know the tricks, then you can solve it on your own. These are all easy puzzles.
So I have shared the common tricks that one can use to solve Windows Puzzles. I have posted a pdf on my blog (http://swaroopg92.blogspot.com/2016/01/puzzle-ramayan-2015-16-shading-round.html) or you can directly look at pdf with this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1TteOwGbxHcHNlWkR0UjFUMEU/view?us...
Give a try using these steps, and if you still facing issues, then comment here, will post the steps for solving the contest puzzles.
Bram28 - 2016-01-25 11:05 PM
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
Got through everything fine ... except the Windows!! That was not a type I had done before, and I was completely lost, staring at them for about 30 minutes, with only the first one solved. Can someone please post some hints or tricks for Windows, or maybe step through one? I would really appreciate that!
Hi, I am not sharing the steps for the puzzles in the contest right now, because i believe if you know the tricks, then you can solve it on your own. These are all easy puzzles.
So I have shared the common tricks that one can use to solve Windows Puzzles. I have posted a pdf on my blog (http://swaroopg92.blogspot.com/2016/01/puzzle-ramayan-2015-16-shading-round.html) or you can directly look at pdf with this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1TteOwGbxHcHNlWkR0UjFUMEU/view?us...
Give a try using these steps, and if you still facing issues, then comment here, will post the steps for solving the contest puzzles.
OK, I'll take a look at those, thanks! And I forgot to say earlier that other than my complete bewilderment at Windows, I did really enjoy the puzzles, especially the variations. Nice job!!
OK, I looked at your Tricks and I get it now: because you cannot create islands, you can never have a checkerboard pattern (Trick 2 ... and hence Trick 1 follows as a special case). Wow, that makes it easy indeed. Now I know. Thanks!
@ 2016-01-26 8:03 AM (#20805 - in reply to #20802) (#20805) TopPosts: 668
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swaroop2011 posted @ 2016-01-26 8:03 AM
furudo.erika - 2016-01-26 4:46 AM
Thumbs up for the instructionless variants and some good rarer puzzle types with nicely flowing solving. Seems I find windows puzzles relaxing to solve. Nice to have a set of puzzles I can finish in the time too.
Thumbs up for the instructionless variants and some good rarer puzzle types with nicely flowing solving. Seems I find windows puzzles relaxing to solve. Nice to have a set of puzzles I can finish in the time too.
Thanks for your feedback. I am glad you enjoyed it.