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@ 2016-03-12 4:13 AM (#21239 - in reply to #21206) (#21239) Top

kishy72



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kishy72 posted @ 2016-03-12 4:13 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 hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Classic Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


An excellent,testing and a hard set.I had tremendous fun doing this test.With 20 mins to go for the 16 point instructionless,and having figured out the rules,I was confident of finishing it comfortably.But it turned out to be incredibly sticky and I had to put too many pencil marks before getting it right.Towards the end,there was a lot of panic as the timer began to slowly go under the 5min mark.I was almost sure that I would end up broken but thankfully there were no errors.It felt great to complete the set.A hard set but a really good set of sudokus.

My favourites were the Classic (10),and scattered(12).I enjoyed solving the rest too but they gave a bit more trouble than I would have wanted.So that concludes SM with a beautiful set to complete it . Looking forward to the offline finals and hopefully to attend it and meet like minded people :).

Would love to know the individual contributions by the authors !Thanks for the fun test!


Edited by kishy72 2016-03-12 4:14 AM
@ 2016-03-12 7:31 AM (#21240 - in reply to #21206) (#21240) Top

bob



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bob posted @ 2016-03-12 7:31 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Lots of aha moments in this fun collection, even in the classic sudokus. I usually leave the easy 6x6 puzzles until the end for spare minutes but I was working the first instructionless until nearly the last minute...someday I shall finish one of these.
@ 2016-03-12 1:55 PM (#21241 - in reply to #21206) (#21241) Top

aditi2302



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aditi2302 posted @ 2016-03-12 1:55 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-12 2:05 PM (#21242 - in reply to #21206) (#21242) Top

justinlam3



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justinlam3 posted @ 2016-03-12 2:05 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? Too many easy puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-12 3:33 PM (#21243 - in reply to #21206) (#21243) Top

Vishal



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Vishal posted @ 2016-03-12 3:33 PM

Due to power-cut I couldn't submit my 2 answers, namely- IRREGULAR(1-9) and DEFICIT(1-6).. Is there any possibility that I could submit my answer key for consideration?
Looking for your reply.
@ 2016-03-12 9:16 PM (#21244 - in reply to #21206) (#21244) Top

TiiT



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TiiT posted @ 2016-03-12 9:16 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? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


I think the only problem was the location of the answer keys. In the 2-nd 6x6 classic the answer key column was the first column I solved there. I actually solved taht column + 4 other digits in the grid.
@ 2016-03-12 10:10 PM (#21245 - in reply to #21206) (#21245) Top

aashay



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aashay posted @ 2016-03-12 10:10 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? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-12 11:38 PM (#21246 - in reply to #21206) (#21246) Top

Plucky



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Plucky posted @ 2016-03-12 11:38 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? Scattered Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


Some of the classic Sudoku puzzles in this test were far more difficult than the assigned point values, and indeed more difficult than some of the fancy variations. I felt the variants were good though; no complaints in this section.
@ 2016-03-13 7:44 AM (#21247 - in reply to #21246) (#21247) Top

rakesh_rai




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rakesh_rai posted @ 2016-03-13 7:44 AM

Plucky - 2016-03-12 11:38 PM

Some of the classic Sudoku puzzles in this test were far more difficult than the assigned point values, and indeed more difficult than some of the fancy variations. I felt the variants were good though; no complaints in this section.
I had a different experience and I felt the classic sudokus (especially the 10 pointer) were easier compared to the assigned points.
@ 2016-03-13 7:58 AM (#21248 - in reply to #21206) (#21248) Top

harmeet



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harmeet posted @ 2016-03-13 7:58 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-13 8:36 AM (#21249 - in reply to #21247) (#21249) Top

Plucky



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Plucky posted @ 2016-03-13 8:36 AM

rakesh_rai - 2016-03-13 1:44 AM

Plucky - 2016-03-12 11:38 PM

Some of the classic Sudoku puzzles in this test were far more difficult than the assigned point values, and indeed more difficult than some of the fancy variations. I felt the variants were good though; no complaints in this section.
I had a different experience and I felt the classic sudokus (especially the 10 pointer) were easier compared to the assigned points.


I felt the 6x6 ones (and 8x8 one) were fair, but the 9x9 ones were too tricky for their value. I usually don't have any problems with the classic 9x9s so was surprised here by this.
@ 2016-03-13 7:40 PM (#21251 - in reply to #21206) (#21251) Top

Hotel



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Hotel posted @ 2016-03-13 7:40 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? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


I like Instructionless the most. I couldn't solve it in time, but after the test I enjoyed it so much. Good techniques were used in both of them.
@ 2016-03-13 8:26 PM (#21252 - in reply to #21206) (#21252) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2016-03-13 8:26 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? Classic Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-13 8:32 PM (#21253 - in reply to #21206) (#21253) Top

MrLiang




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MrLiang posted @ 2016-03-13 8:32 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? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-14 2:20 PM (#21254 - in reply to #21206) (#21254) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2016-03-14 2:20 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? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-14 2:58 PM (#21255 - in reply to #21206) (#21255) Top

Yuhei Kusui



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Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2016-03-14 2:58 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? 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? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-14 4:36 PM (#21256 - in reply to #21255) (#21256) Top

Fred76




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Fred76 posted @ 2016-03-14 4:36 PM

Nice set of sudokus, thanks !

I crashed the toroidal sudoku, loosing 13 minutes between trying to fix my mistake and solving it entirely again after the first strategy wasn't successful.
Thanks for the whole sudoku mahabharat series, it was fun, even if designed first for indian players.

Fred
@ 2016-03-14 7:24 PM (#21257 - in reply to #21206) (#21257) Top

pranavmanu



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pranavmanu posted @ 2016-03-14 7:24 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2016-03-14 9:50 PM (#21258 - in reply to #21206) (#21258) Top

lenzo




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lenzo posted @ 2016-03-14 9:50 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? Below Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku


@ 2016-03-14 10:57 PM (#21260 - in reply to #21206) (#21260) Top

carburra




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carburra posted @ 2016-03-14 10:57 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-14 11:18 PM (#21261 - in reply to #21206) (#21261) Top

vopani



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vopani posted @ 2016-03-14 11:18 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Instructionsless (Irregular Overlapping)
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Very nice puzzles, but felt its on the harder side.
Really liked some of the solving paths here... top quality puzzles.

My favourites were both the Instructionless ones and the Scattered 9x9.
@ 2016-03-15 4:01 AM (#21262 - in reply to #21206) (#21262) Top

Ziti



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Ziti posted @ 2016-03-15 4:01 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? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2016-03-15 9:09 AM (#21264 - in reply to #21206) (#21264) Top

Administrator



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Administrator posted @ 2016-03-15 9:09 AM

@ 2016-03-15 11:37 AM (#21266 - in reply to #21206) (#21266) Top

akash.doulani



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akash.doulani posted @ 2016-03-15 11:37 AM

It was a wonderful experience creating sudokus for the test. Thank you so much Deb for giving me this opportunity. We had very less time (approx 10 days) to finalise a lot of things . So this is what we could actually come up with . I am glad so many participants liked it. Deb has made a mistake by crediting me with instructionless 9x11. It was 90% his effort and 10% mine. I would also like to thank Ashish Kumar for actually making me believe that I can create Sudokus when I had just started creating. Thanks Ashish .
@ 2016-03-15 3:16 PM (#21273 - in reply to #21266) (#21273) Top

ashaash11ash



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ashaash11ash posted @ 2016-03-15 3:16 PM

It is good to see that many indians are not only improving themselves in the solve but also in the authoring side. Many indians have contibuted their puzzles for the first time in SM and the response was quite impressive. I believe its because of the passion they have for puzzles which takes them to such a level. Same passion I saw in Akash and it was him who took an effort to get into creation side and achieved this level. I did nothing to make him create but just his interest towards creation was more than the motivation from my side.
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