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@ 2017-01-26 3:12 PM (#22373 - in reply to #22372) (#22373) Top

tnv




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tnv posted @ 2017-01-26 3:12 PM

rob - 2017-01-26 2:15 PM

tnv - 2017-01-26 12:51 PM

I am not able to solve the slant puzzle. Any tips would be welcome

--Venkatesh


For the basic techniques, you might want to check some teaching puzzles on the Rätselportal: http://www.logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000... http://www.logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000... http://www.logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000...


Thanks !
@ 2017-01-26 11:41 PM (#22374 - in reply to #22364) (#22374) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2017-01-26 11:41 PM

Note about answer key of Shikaku


Please note that the letters inside arrow marks for Shikaku do not follow sequence on page 10


@ 2017-01-27 1:37 AM (#22375 - in reply to #22364) (#22375) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2017-01-27 1:37 AM

Mistake in Puzzle Booklet


One of the puzzles (Star Battle Instructionless - 2) has something missing in it making it wrong. We request participants to wait for an announcement that it is fixed before starting the contest.



@ 2017-01-27 5:11 AM (#22376 - in reply to #22364) (#22376) Top

prasanna16391



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prasanna16391 posted @ 2017-01-27 5:11 AM

Update - Puzzle Booklet fixed


The Puzzle booklet is fixed and re-uploaded, there are no more problems. For the ones who attempted before the fix took place, we are discussing a way to sort it out.

@ 2017-01-27 5:14 AM (#22377 - in reply to #22364) (#22377) Top

WA1729




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WA1729 posted @ 2017-01-27 5:14 AM

 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? Fence
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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


Very nice!

Favorites:
Fence 2
Star Battle 3
Star Battle Instructionless 1
Shikaku 2

Thank you!
@ 2017-01-27 5:21 AM (#22378 - in reply to #22376) (#22378) Top

WA1729




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WA1729 posted @ 2017-01-27 5:21 AM

Note to self - check the discussion thread before starting the test! I made it through the old version by solving the puzzle assuming that one region had to contain four stars. Nice test; thank you Robert Vollmert and Prasanna!
@ 2017-01-27 8:30 AM (#22379 - in reply to #22364) (#22379) Top

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mstang posted @ 2017-01-27 8:30 AM

 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? Spiral Galaxies
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-27 12:31 PM (#22380 - in reply to #22364) (#22380) Top

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vopani posted @ 2017-01-27 12:31 PM

 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? Star Battle
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


Nice set.
Loved both the instructionless puzzles.

I wasted time solving the Star Battle instructionless example :-| (realized only towards the end that it is not the actual puzzle)
Very stupid of me, but the grid is so big! (compared to the Shikaku instructionless)

Thanks Rob!
@ 2017-01-27 2:22 PM (#22381 - in reply to #22364) (#22381) Top

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xiao01wei posted @ 2017-01-27 2:22 PM

 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? Fillomino
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-27 2:40 PM (#22382 - in reply to #22364) (#22382) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2017-01-27 2:40 PM

 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? Spiral Galaxies
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-27 3:06 PM (#22383 - in reply to #22364) (#22383) Top

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2017-01-27 3:06 PM

 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? Shikaku
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


Very nice puzzles. Of course, easy because it's Puzzle Ramayan, but still nice. The Shikaku variant is a good twist, because I expected Knapp-Daeben (off by one) Shikaku.

Answer keys were not very perfect (see: Shikaku having inverted letters; also, answer key for one puzzle, Spiral Galaxies I think, asked for rows C/D/E but there were E/F/G in the puzzle). But not a very big deal.
@ 2017-01-27 8:09 PM (#22385 - in reply to #22364) (#22385) Top

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greenhorn posted @ 2017-01-27 8:09 PM

 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? Fillomino
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-27 10:04 PM (#22386 - in reply to #22364) (#22386) Top

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auroux posted @ 2017-01-27 10:04 PM

ARGH! I downloaded the instruction booklet and looked at the forum after the test started but before the correction was posted... and lost 5 minutes redoing that star battle puzzle over and over again before counting and realizing it had to be wrong. :( Probably would have finished otherwise...
@ 2017-01-28 3:34 AM (#22387 - in reply to #22364) (#22387) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2017-01-28 3:34 AM

 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? Fillomino
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2017-01-28 5:01 AM (#22388 - in reply to #22364) (#22388) Top

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2017-01-28 5:01 AM

 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? Spiral Galaxies
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


Had so many break in's. Wasted time in fixing some of them. Could have completed the test. Short of 3 min.

Fantastic set of puzzles with nice logic.

Thanks LMI and Robert for wonderful test.
@ 2017-01-28 11:56 AM (#22389 - in reply to #22364) (#22389) Top

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harmeet posted @ 2017-01-28 11:56 AM

 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? Shikaku
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-28 6:42 PM (#22390 - in reply to #22364) (#22390) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2017-01-28 6:42 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Shikaku
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-28 8:22 PM (#22391 - in reply to #22364) (#22391) Top

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Kithyane posted @ 2017-01-28 8:22 PM

 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? Shikaku
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-29 2:18 AM (#22392 - in reply to #22364) (#22392) Top

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Eugene posted @ 2017-01-29 2:18 AM

 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? Fence
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2017-01-29 4:49 AM (#22393 - in reply to #22364) (#22393) Top

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Panni posted @ 2017-01-29 4:49 AM

 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? Star Battle
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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? I have a different complaint


Somehow some grids got a bit deformed, had to correct by hand before starting to solve. A bit annoying and 1-2 min lost spent with checking from the display.
@ 2017-01-29 12:14 PM (#22394 - in reply to #22364) (#22394) Top

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ghirsch posted @ 2017-01-29 12:14 PM

 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? Shikaku
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-29 2:17 PM (#22395 - in reply to #22364) (#22395) Top

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tiphan posted @ 2017-01-29 2:17 PM

 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? Spiral Galaxies
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-29 2:38 PM (#22396 - in reply to #22364) (#22396) Top

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tamz29 posted @ 2017-01-29 2:38 PM

Nice puzzles, Shikaku 3 was very funny! Fillomino 3 also stood out.

I don't know how other solvers find the Shikaku instructionless. It's an interesting type but it seems a bit off-putting,
since it is not purely unique in the sense that some clue numbers could be shifted left or right and will still work (producing the same unique solution).

Sadly both of my penalties were from messy notes and I wasted precious minutes finding where I went wrong when I had correctly solved the puzzles.
Thanks for the fun set Rob!
@ 2017-01-29 4:26 PM (#22397 - in reply to #22364) (#22397) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2017-01-29 4:26 PM

 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? Star Battle
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 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


@ 2017-01-29 4:30 PM (#22398 - in reply to #22364) (#22398) Top

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Swagatam posted @ 2017-01-29 4:30 PM

 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


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