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@ 2016-03-30 8:46 PM (#21402 - in reply to #21321) (#21402) Top

Para



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Para posted @ 2016-03-30 8:46 PM

For the big puzzle, are you remembering that the whole grid is also a Latin Square? You should be able to assign all letters to the grids at which point the word search starts.
@ 2016-03-31 12:39 AM (#21405 - in reply to #21321) (#21405) Top

SilBer



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SilBer posted @ 2016-03-31 12:39 AM

Yes, I know for every 4x4 sudoku, which four letters it contains. But after this, now I have to find a word which has only one possible place, or something like that, I think? And this is the point were I can't find something to go on.
@ 2016-03-31 2:06 AM (#21406 - in reply to #21405) (#21406) Top

rob



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rob posted @ 2016-03-31 2:06 AM

SilBer - 2016-03-31 12:39 AM

Yes, I know for every 4x4 sudoku, which four letters it contains. But after this, now I have to find a word which has only one possible place, or something like that, I think? And this is the point were I can't find something to go on.


For example, there's just one way to place NORTH (and to get there, only one pair of 4x4 boxes with N and H where you can find ORT between them). It helps to write down a 3x3 grid with the letters per box.

Edited by rob 2016-03-31 2:07 AM
@ 2016-03-31 12:42 PM (#21407 - in reply to #21321) (#21407) Top

SilBer



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SilBer posted @ 2016-03-31 12:42 PM

Okay, thank you, I try that.
@ 2016-03-31 12:50 PM (#21408 - in reply to #21321) (#21408) Top

SilBer



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SilBer posted @ 2016-03-31 12:50 PM

It works. :-)
@ 2016-03-31 1:39 PM (#21409 - in reply to #21406) (#21409) Top

debmohanty




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debmohanty posted @ 2016-03-31 1:39 PM

rob - 2016-03-31 2:06 AM

It helps to write down a 3x3 grid with the letters per box.
Very useful tip!
@ 2016-03-31 5:00 PM (#21410 - in reply to #21321) (#21410) Top

debmohanty




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debmohanty posted @ 2016-03-31 5:00 PM

Puzzle grid sizes are displayed


Puzzle grid sizes are now displayed in submission page.


@ 2016-03-31 10:02 PM (#21411 - in reply to #21321) (#21411) Top

debmohanty




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debmohanty posted @ 2016-03-31 10:02 PM

All password protected puzzle pdfs are zipped into a single file. The same can be downloaded from the submission page. Hope it is more convenient than downloading 12 different files.
@ 2016-04-01 2:02 AM (#21412 - in reply to #21411) (#21412) Top

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Nikola posted @ 2016-04-01 2:02 AM

One more short question. In Word Search Sudoku can a given word appear in the grid twice or multiple times?
@ 2016-04-01 2:07 AM (#21413 - in reply to #21412) (#21413) Top

debmohanty




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debmohanty posted @ 2016-04-01 2:07 AM

Nikola - 2016-04-01 2:02 AM

One more short question. In Word Search Sudoku can a given word appear in the grid twice or multiple times?
Each given word has to appear at least once.
@ 2016-04-01 7:55 AM (#21415 - in reply to #21321) (#21415) Top

debmohanty




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debmohanty posted @ 2016-04-01 7:55 AM

Like every year, he finished all the 12 puzzles in a stretch. Congratulations to Gotroch.
@ 2016-04-01 8:04 AM (#21416 - in reply to #21321) (#21416) Top

Gotroch



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Gotroch posted @ 2016-04-01 8:04 AM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Hex Slitherlink
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Hidoku
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Pentopia
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Fair


I successfuly finished Marathon! (And I did it in quite Marathon way - solving all puzzles in one 8 hour session)
Thanks for very nice puzzles!
@ 2016-04-02 6:53 AM (#21420 - in reply to #21321) (#21420) Top

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WA1729 posted @ 2016-04-02 6:53 AM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Spiral Galaxy
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Akari
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Hidoku
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Very fair


@ 2016-04-02 8:16 PM (#21421 - in reply to #21321) (#21421) Top

EoHeongMat



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EoHeongMat posted @ 2016-04-02 8:16 PM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Linked Poset Futoshiki
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Word Search Sudoku
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Twin Co-Ordinates
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Fairly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Very fair


@ 2016-04-03 12:20 AM (#21422 - in reply to #21321) (#21422) Top

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David McNeill posted @ 2016-04-03 12:20 AM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Pentopia
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. LITS+
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Domino Loop
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Fair


@ 2016-04-03 9:59 AM (#21423 - in reply to #21321) (#21423) Top

Eykir



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Eykir posted @ 2016-04-03 9:59 AM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Spiral Galaxy
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. LITS+
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Pentopia
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Fair


@ 2016-04-03 12:41 PM (#21425 - in reply to #21321) (#21425) Top

Para



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Para posted @ 2016-04-03 12:41 PM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. LITS+
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Neighbours
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Hidoku
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Fairly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Fair


@ 2016-04-03 9:55 PM (#21426 - in reply to #21321) (#21426) Top

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Puzlifouk posted @ 2016-04-03 9:55 PM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Pentopia
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Domino Loop
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Hex Slitherlink
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Fair


@ 2016-04-03 9:56 PM (#21427 - in reply to #21321) (#21427) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2016-04-03 9:56 PM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Spiral Galaxy
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Linked Poset Futoshiki
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Pentopia
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Very fair


The puzzles actually were all reasonable in terms of difficulty. They were comparable with each other. Last year you never knew how long it takes and it was hard to plan solving them. This year it was nicely done.
I was also afraid a bit of the Twin Coordinates puzzle but it actually took about the same time as others - so perfect. Some got a jackpot with this but if you consider that you can throw 2 away, it's not a big problem if you fail this.
Anyway, cheers to the organizers for such a great competition. It'll be interesting to watch where I end up.

TiiT
@ 2016-04-03 11:57 PM (#21428 - in reply to #21427) (#21428) Top

rob



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rob posted @ 2016-04-03 11:57 PM

TiiT - 2016-04-03 9:56 PM
I was also afraid a bit of the Twin Coordinates puzzle but it actually took about the same time as others - so perfect. Some got a jackpot with this but if you consider that you can throw 2 away, it's not a big problem if you fail this.
Anyway, cheers to the organizers for such a great competition. It'll be interesting to watch where I end up.

TiiT


I think my copy of that puzzle was broken, it had just three twins. :)

Before the contest, I thought the scoring change which allowed authors to also skip two was unnecessary, but now I'm quite thankful for it!
@ 2016-04-04 3:02 AM (#21429 - in reply to #21321) (#21429) Top

Semax



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Semax posted @ 2016-04-04 3:02 AM

 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Very fair


Great puzzles! Thank you.

Now that I know the real rules of Poset Futoshiki, I am not very happy with the example. I thought that "X < Y" means I can only place numbers X and Y which are connected by an arrow. The fact that I can jump over numbers was not very clear.

But that's just a minor remark.

All in all it was a nice contest, I can't even choose my favorites, because each one of the puzzles was really cool.

Edited by Semax 2016-04-04 3:04 AM
@ 2016-04-04 10:22 AM (#21430 - in reply to #21321) (#21430) Top

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ghirsch posted @ 2016-04-04 10:22 AM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Linked Poset Futoshiki
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Pentopia
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Domino Loop
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Very fair


@ 2016-04-04 11:39 AM (#21431 - in reply to #21321) (#21431) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2016-04-04 11:39 AM

 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Linked Poset Futoshiki
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Word Search Sudoku
 Your 3 most favorite puzzles of the contest. Hex Slitherlink
 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? Perfectly balanced
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? Very fair


Thanks to all authors for knitting together a beautiful contest . I greatly enjoyed the aesthetics and the solve path in all the puzzles with the exception of 1 or 2 puzzles which I hated. I also like this concept of slightly lesser difficult marathon puzzles enabling bonus. I hope this formula continues from next year .Thanks to Prasanna for helping me out with the example puzzles of Hex slitherlink and domino loop snake. These were new types to me and without solving the examples,I couldn't have solved the contest ones.

The marathon is becoming better and sweeter each year and this year was no exception !!


@ 2016-04-05 5:19 PM (#21434 - in reply to #21321) (#21434) Top

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RALehrer posted @ 2016-04-05 5:19 PM

Is there a way to play this without it impacting my rating? I will only have time for a few of the puzzles...
@ 2016-04-05 5:20 PM (#21435 - in reply to #21434) (#21435) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2016-04-05 5:20 PM

RALehrer - 2016-04-05 5:19 PM

Is there a way to play this without it impacting my rating? I will only have time for a few of the puzzles...
There is no way to select this option from the submission page, but we will exclude your score from ratings calculations as per this request.
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