Thread - Kaleidoscope 2018 - LMI October Puzzle Test

@ 2018-10-20 1:16 PM (#26271 - in reply to #26270) (#26271) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2018-10-20 1:16 PM

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@ 2018-10-21 3:55 AM (#26272 - in reply to #26160) (#26272) Top

kiwijam

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Country : New Zealand

kiwijam posted @ 2018-10-21 3:55 AM

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?	Fairly Nice

..................... I spent so long on the large Sum Star that I thought the contest was over, I just gave up on competing and was being stubborn.
These puzzles are too hard and complicated for a normal LMI contest structure - even 2 hours was much too short.
Perhaps you could try a 1 week time limit, like the April contest, let people take their time?

@ 2018-10-21 4:17 PM (#26273 - in reply to #26160) (#26273) Top

chaotic_iak

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Country : Indonesia

chaotic_iak posted @ 2018-10-21 4:17 PM

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?	Karst

@ 2018-10-21 6:51 PM (#26274 - in reply to #26160) (#26274) Top

An LMI player

An LMI player posted @ 2018-10-21 6:51 PM

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?	Fairly Nice
Which set of puzzles did you like the most?	Hex Kuroclone

@ 2018-10-23 9:24 AM (#26276 - in reply to #26160) (#26276) Top

Administrator

Country : India

Administrator posted @ 2018-10-23 9:24 AM

Congratulations to Nikola Zivanovic, Endo Ken and Robert Vollmert for taking the top 3 spots in this hard test. Thanks to all the 70 participants.

@ 2018-10-23 6:56 PM (#26277 - in reply to #26160) (#26277) Top

Rubben

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Country : Romania

Rubben posted @ 2018-10-23 6:56 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?	Cairo Kurotto

@ 2018-10-26 11:47 AM (#26278 - in reply to #26277) (#26278) Top

Administrator

Country : India

Administrator posted @ 2018-10-26 11:47 AM

Solution Booklet is available now.

@ 2018-10-27 4:39 AM (#26279 - in reply to #26278) (#26279) Top

Eugene Porter

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Country : United States

Eugene Porter posted @ 2018-10-27 4:39 AM

Beautifully designed puzzles.

I was wondering about a potential alternate solution to Sum Star 1. After the test I came up with an answer string of 873x17x7x. The top left dodecagon reading clockwise from the 8(at 9 o'clock) - 6x42x3x1x598 with 7 in the middle. The top right dodecagon reading clockwise from the 7 (at 3 o'clock) - 82x79x4x35x7 with 1 in the middle. The lower dodecagon reading clockwise starting with a 8 at 12 o'clock then x1x96543x2x8 with the 7 in the middle.

@ 2018-11-29 4:31 AM (#26285 - in reply to #26160) (#26285) Top

Nizz

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Country : Denmark

Nizz posted @ 2018-11-29 4:31 AM

Possibly stupid question: When will the password for this test be available (again)? Is there any reason why the passwords are not published immeiately after the competition is over?

@ 2019-02-06 8:42 AM (#26543 - in reply to #26279) (#26543) Top

paramesis

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Country : United States

paramesis posted @ 2019-02-06 8:42 AM

Apologies that I didn't address these earlier.

Eugene,

The alternate solution fails because the top right dodecagon contains two 7's and no 6.

Nizz,

the password is topo-LOGICal

I will look into getting an unlocked pdf and solutions booklet posted.