@ 2017-02-26 8:31 PM (#22593 - in reply to #22462) (#22593) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2017-02-26 8:31 PM
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@ 2017-02-26 9:29 PM (#22594 - in reply to #22462) (#22594) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 172 Country : ITALY | forcolin posted @ 2017-02-26 9:29 PM At first my reaction was "ugh" and I soon abandoned any hope of scoring sensibly. However this proved to be wrong and I managed to solve a few, a good number for my standard. I found the set extremely well conceived and realized, however sometimes it was difficult to get the logic. For example I solved the tough skyscraper and fillomino but could not see the aha trick for the two simple ones. An excellent set, thank you Ivan and Andrey; special congratulations to Ken, the only one who finished the set so far (with 5 seconds to spare). I did not think it was humanly possible, he must be extraterrestrial | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2017-02-26 11:41 PM (#22595 - in reply to #22462) (#22595) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2017-02-26 11:41 PM
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@ 2017-02-27 3:20 AM (#22596 - in reply to #22462) (#22596) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 42 Country : United States | Ziti posted @ 2017-02-27 3:20 AM
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@ 2017-02-27 4:27 AM (#22597 - in reply to #22462) (#22597) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 74 Country : United States | mstang posted @ 2017-02-27 4:27 AM
I agree with some of the above posts, that the idea is very nice, but there was a lot more math than usual on this contest. As somebody with math contests background, I personally am fine with this :P I disliked the puzzles that required a lot of guesswork, but I thought the two Fillomino had a nice balance of intuition, math, and logic. Edited by mstang 2017-02-27 4:35 AM | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2017-02-27 5:52 AM (#22598 - in reply to #22462) (#22598) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 164 Country : Slovakia | greenhorn posted @ 2017-02-27 5:52 AM
90% of guessing the snowmen numbers, 10% of solving... I started with Tapa and Hitori, which went really well, but the rest was beyond my understanding. Sorry :( | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2017-02-27 12:26 PM (#22599 - in reply to #22462) (#22599) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 45 Country : India | Swagatam posted @ 2017-02-27 12:26 PM
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@ 2017-02-28 12:20 AM (#22603 - in reply to #22462) (#22603) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 30 Country : France | Grizix posted @ 2017-02-28 12:20 AM
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@ 2017-02-28 12:10 PM (#22605 - in reply to #22462) (#22605) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2017-02-28 12:10 PM Link to solutions booklet | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2017-03-01 1:50 PM (#22607 - in reply to #22462) (#22607) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 44 Country : Russia | AndreyBogdanov posted @ 2017-03-01 1:50 PM Congratulations to Endo, Kota and Takuya for the podium! Thank to all participants. Additional thank for the feedback - it's always quite useful to read comments even if it is negative. The idea and most puzzles are created by Ivan Laptiev - this is his first experience as a puzzlemaker and I think he succeeded. Yes, puzzles required quite a few of summation and counting, but this was supposed by the theme. Surprisingly many strong solvers don't like math :) Puzzles seems to be a bit too hard, but luckily Endo "rescue" the contest and solve all of them. Definitely preliminary preparation (for example writing down a list of sequences containing three-four members) can help a lot with this contest. Non integral "fattiness" could be a surprise, but the hint was in the file password. | |||||||||||||||||||||
@ 2017-03-02 2:31 AM (#22611 - in reply to #22462) (#22611) Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Posts: 65 Country : United States | WA1729 posted @ 2017-03-02 2:31 AM
Favorites: Both Tapas Samurai Sudoku Hidato 2 Thanks for a great test! I liked the theme behind this one and felt that it led to interesting puzzles. I made some guesses on a few of the puzzles so I'll have to look at them later. Thanks! |