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@ 2019-03-22 10:15 PM (#26782 - in reply to #26757) (#26782) Top

anurag



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anurag posted @ 2019-03-22 10:15 PM

Stairs can go top to bottom?
@ 2019-03-22 10:53 PM (#26783 - in reply to #26782) (#26783) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2019-03-22 10:53 PM

anurag - 2019-03-22 10:15 PM

Stairs can go top to bottom?

Yes.

These are the possibilities:
Up/right/up....
Up/left/up....
Left/up/left...
Left/down/left...
Down/left/down...
Down/right/down...
Right/up/right...
Right/down/right...
@ 2019-03-23 4:21 PM (#26784 - in reply to #26757) (#26784) Top

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puzzler05 posted @ 2019-03-23 4:21 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? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Letter Scrabble
 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


@ 2019-03-23 5:26 PM (#26785 - in reply to #26757) (#26785) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2019-03-23 5:26 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? Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Almost Chess
 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


@ 2019-03-23 10:24 PM (#26786 - in reply to #26757) (#26786) Top

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bob posted @ 2019-03-23 10:24 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? Curve Data
 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


I enjoyed this contest much more than I thought I would, since "casual" puzzles for me seem to involve more intuition than I care for (or maybe my intuition was good today). Anyway I especially liked the word puzzles and the curve data puzzles.
I think there is a typographical error in the word list for puzzle 20. The word PI sohould be PS. The S in PS worked in my answer key.
Thanks for fun diversion.
@ 2019-03-23 10:56 PM (#26787 - in reply to #26786) (#26787) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2019-03-23 10:56 PM

bob - I think there is a typographical error in the word list for puzzle 20. The word PI sohould be PS. The S in PS worked in my answer key.

I think there is no typographical error. You probably got lucky there. The letter in R7C4 is indeed S. But it is part of the word SIPS and not PI. PI is in R6C2 and R7C2.
@ 2019-03-24 12:52 AM (#26788 - in reply to #26757) (#26788) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2019-03-24 12:52 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? Curve Data
 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


Oh that was a challenge. The Instructions looked scary and some puzzles needed lot of struggling. It was like competing with myself all the way.
Too bad I couldn't get the last one correctly done. Everything but one word was placed, but the last one didn't fit :)))
@ 2019-03-24 2:20 AM (#26789 - in reply to #26757) (#26789) Top

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mstang posted @ 2019-03-24 2:20 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? Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Letter Scrabble
 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


The word puzzles were good, but some of the casual puzzles just seemed like too much guessing/manual labor.
@ 2019-03-24 7:03 AM (#26790 - in reply to #26789) (#26790) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2019-03-24 7:03 AM

mstang - some of the casual puzzles just seemed like too much guessing/manual labor.

- Almost Chess - needed lot of pencilmarking and elimination. And it is better done at the start. It is difficult to do under time pressure. Maybe 2 and 3 needed more diligent effort and people could tend to guess. But all three can be done by logical elimination if you work with the right piece(s)
- Curve data - can be done logically
- Shortest distances - can be done logically
- Arithmetic square - can be done logically
- Letter weights - can be done logically
- Compass - can be done logically
- Pyramid Climbers - can be done logically
@ 2019-03-24 7:05 AM (#26791 - in reply to #26757) (#26791) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2019-03-24 7:05 AM

Tiit - The Instructions looked scary

Which one(s)?
@ 2019-03-24 8:21 PM (#26792 - in reply to #26757) (#26792) Top

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pranavmanu posted @ 2019-03-24 8:21 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? Letter Scrabble
 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.
My favourites were the Almost chess 5 pointer,Meandering words and the Letter scrabble 11 pointer,for which i somehow couldnt place only 1 word,which was frustrating and ate up my time in trying to fix it.

Enjoyed the test.Thanks Rakesh for the puzzles
@ 2019-03-24 10:33 PM (#26793 - in reply to #26791) (#26793) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2019-03-24 10:33 PM

Generally instructions looked scary. Quite many puzzles, first. Also for me many unconvenient puzzle types.
@ 2019-03-24 11:45 PM (#26794 - in reply to #26757) (#26794) Top

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anurag posted @ 2019-03-24 11:45 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? Curve Data
 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


@ 2019-03-25 2:50 PM (#26795 - in reply to #26757) (#26795) Top

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kiwijam posted @ 2019-03-25 2:50 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? Letter Scrabble
 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


Great contest, thank you.
@ 2019-03-25 3:29 PM (#26796 - in reply to #26757) (#26796) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2019-03-25 3:29 PM

pranavamanu - My favourites were the Almost chess 5 pointer ...
There was no 5 pointer in Almost Chess :)
@ 2019-03-25 3:31 PM (#26797 - in reply to #26757) (#26797) Top

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vopani posted @ 2019-03-25 3:31 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? Double Letter Scrabble
 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


Very nice set of puzzles, but on the harder side for PR.
Favourites puzzles: Scrabble, Almost Chess 2, Meandering Words 2

I spent nearly 15+ minutes on Letter Weights, and ultimately still couldn't solve it in time :-(

Thanks Rakesh!
@ 2019-03-25 3:59 PM (#26798 - in reply to #26797) (#26798) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2019-03-25 3:59 PM

vopani - I spent nearly 15+ minutes on Letter Weights, and ultimately still couldn't solve it in time :(
The trick was NIKOLA = 25. That means PRWZ =20. And with help of PARA and WA you can get this real quick, in about 3-4 minutes.
@ 2019-03-26 8:16 AM (#26799 - in reply to #26757) (#26799) Top

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 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? Double Letter Scrabble
 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


@ 2019-03-26 8:39 AM (#26800 - in reply to #26799) (#26800) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2019-03-26 8:39 AM

Is it possible to extend the test deadline by a day ?
@ 2019-03-26 8:44 AM (#26801 - in reply to #26757) (#26801) Top

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3strikerz posted @ 2019-03-26 8:44 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? Letter Scrabble
 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


Loved how the placement of the 3-letter-word was a trick in the last puzzle in Letter scrabble. At first I placed it in the wrong slot(which was perfectly fine by scrabble rules) which blocked a final word from being placed in the grid. Curve datas apparently are my weak point, but very interesting puzzles overall.
@ 2019-03-26 9:37 AM (#26802 - in reply to #26757) (#26802) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2019-03-26 9:37 AM

Extension


The Contest is extended by 24 hours and can be taken till Wednesday (27th March) 2359 hrs IST.

@ 2019-03-26 11:29 AM (#26803 - in reply to #26757) (#26803) Top

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Para posted @ 2019-03-26 11:29 AM

 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? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Letter Weights
 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


@ 2019-03-26 11:40 AM (#26804 - in reply to #26757) (#26804) Top

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harmeet posted @ 2019-03-26 11:40 AM

 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? Meandering Words
 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


Awesome set. I started badly by getting stuck in letter weights and had to let it go after spending lot of time. Somehow gathered momentum towards the end. Enjoyed word puzzles thoroughly.
@ 2019-03-26 11:58 AM (#26805 - in reply to #26757) (#26805) Top

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MrWutki posted @ 2019-03-26 11:58 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? Meandering Words
 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


@ 2019-03-26 2:14 PM (#26806 - in reply to #26757) (#26806) Top

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2019-03-26 2:14 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? Curve Data
 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 test. Sure, "casual is not guessing", but I intuited through several of these puzzles... only to realize that they do have nice logical solutions. (Most of them. I still have no idea about Almost Chess.)
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