Thread - LMI Screen Test #1

@ 2010-11-30 11:25 PM (#2738 - in reply to #2692) (#2738) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-11-30 11:25 PM

Another point... Can we have a bigger digital timer.....just below the puzzle (instead of Right hand corner)

@ 2010-12-01 12:24 AM (#2739 - in reply to #2737) (#2739) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-01 12:24 AM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-11-30 11:21 PM

If we skip any puzzzle do we come back to it again if time is left..............I Mean if am able to do 10 out of 25 and miss 15 in between and have say 5 mins left.... will I be able to have a try on the missed ones...........
another point ....Can we have a skip button?? to save time and come back to the puzzle at a later time.............

It is not possible to come back to a puzzle like you mention.
Each puzzle has a 'fixed time', and it should be solved within that fixed time.

You can view / switch back-and-forth among any puzzle during the 90-seconds review period. But that time is fixed for everyone - whether you have solved 5 puzzles or 20 puzzles.

@ 2010-12-01 12:28 AM (#2740 - in reply to #2738) (#2740) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-01 12:28 AM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-11-30 11:25 PM

Another point... Can we have a bigger digital timer.....just below the puzzle (instead of Right hand corner)

A bigger digital timer or a different color progress bar is something we could do easily.
But trust me that it is very disturbing and intrusive.

Irrespective of the size of timer, the number of seconds you have is not going to change.
You should rather never look at the timer, and just try to solve a puzzle in as few seconds as possible.

@ 2010-12-02 4:33 PM (#2744 - in reply to #2714) (#2744) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-02 4:33 PM

davmillar - 2010-11-29 4:51 AM
One note: it might be nice to have a letter representing each color shown in the bottom corner of cells in Brilliant Colour so that Colour-blind users can still have a fair chance to compete. I'm not sure if any other puzzles in the test use colour, but it is one consideration you may want to make.

We also changed the Middle Stick colors.
Here is the updated example

@ 2010-12-02 9:46 PM (#2745 - in reply to #2692) (#2745) Top

macherlakumar

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macherlakumar posted @ 2010-12-02 9:46 PM

Can anyone explain me the puzzle Lucky Column, if possible with an example..

@ 2010-12-02 10:42 PM (#2746 - in reply to #2745) (#2746) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2010-12-02 10:42 PM

macherlakumar - 2010-12-02 9:46 PM

Can anyone explain me the puzzle Lucky Column, if possible with an example..

Take a look at this puzzle below. A simple 6x6 puzzle. You need to shade all circles in some (generally two or more) columns such that every row has exactly one shaded circle. So, if you shade the 1st, 4th and 6th columns, you can easily see the conditions satisfied.

(Puzzle.png)

(Solution.png)

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Puzzle.png (3KB - 5 downloads)
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Solution.png (3KB - 2 downloads)

@ 2010-12-02 10:53 PM (#2747 - in reply to #2745) (#2747) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2010-12-02 10:53 PM

macherlakumar - 2010-12-02 9:46 PM

Can anyone explain me the puzzle Lucky Column, if possible with an example..

In the Screen Test, you will be given a puzzle like the one given below, though, bigger than a 6x6. If you solve this puzzle, you will realise there are two solutions. But both solutions contain the 2nd column. So, Column B is the 'lucky column' :-)

Click to show to see all the solutions

Spoiler: show

(Note: There might be more than two solutions of the puzzle, but EVERY solution contains the one LUCKY COLUMN)

(Puzzle.png)

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Puzzle.png (3KB - 1 downloads)

@ 2010-12-03 9:52 AM (#2748 - in reply to #2747) (#2748) Top

macherlakumar

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macherlakumar posted @ 2010-12-03 9:52 AM

Thanks a lot Rohan. I guess I am ready for the competition

Edited by macherlakumar 2010-12-03 9:54 AM

@ 2010-12-03 10:25 AM (#2749 - in reply to #2748) (#2749) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-03 10:25 AM

Demo button has been disabled.

@ 2010-12-03 2:08 PM (#2750 - in reply to #2749) (#2750) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2010-12-03 2:08 PM

The timings of the Screen Test is a little different from the usual monthly tests. It overlaps the usual timings and is for a longer period:

Start Time:
22:00 IST (16:30 GMT) on Friday.

End Time:
22:00 IST (16:30 GMT) on Monday.

That amounts to a period of 72 hours.
Screen Test 1 start 8hrs from now :-)

@ 2010-12-03 7:29 PM (#2752 - in reply to #2750) (#2752) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-03 7:29 PM

Checkout some interesting feedbacks about ST1 here

@ 2010-12-03 10:16 PM (#2753 - in reply to #2752) (#2753) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2010-12-03 10:16 PM

Screen Test 1 has started.

Good luck to all participants! :-)

@ 2010-12-04 2:53 AM (#2754 - in reply to #2753) (#2754) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2010-12-04 2:53 AM

Link for results is updated in ST1 landing page

@ 2010-12-04 7:46 AM (#2755 - in reply to #2744) (#2755) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-04 7:46 AM

After reviewing the first 20 results that we have received, it looks like some players have started ST#1 without reading the Guide.

2 things about scoring that everyone must know before starting ST#1

1) Solving a puzzle early and Clicking on next puzzle will fetch you bonus points. [If you don't click on 'next puzzle', you don't get bonus. You just get the base points ]
2) A wrong answer fetches you -ve points.

please read the guide for details!

@ 2010-12-04 10:24 AM (#2756 - in reply to #2755) (#2756) Top

davep

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davep posted @ 2010-12-04 10:24 AM

"After reviewing the first 20 results that we have received, it looks like some players have started ST#1 without reading the Guide"

Guilty as charged...

My first time trying out a screen test puzzle, thought it was great fun -- I found myself wishing for another 30-45 seconds on several of the puzzles, but that was my own fault for not preparing better and knowing some of the solving tricks right off the bat.

Really well done interface and concept, compliments as always...

Dave

@ 2010-12-04 10:58 AM (#2758 - in reply to #2692) (#2758) Top

thesubro

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thesubro posted @ 2010-12-04 10:58 AM

Three things I cant understand ...

1. I have checked and rechecked my answer for missing words and I am certain it is right but I do not think I was credited with a correct answer. Whih leads to number ...

2. I went back to check which ones on my result sheet I got wrong and it would not let me see the results I had again - until X number of minutes pass. (???)

3. Finally, I was ranked 10 of 28 when I was done. Now I am ranked 11 of 28 (???)... but no one else apparently took the test, yet I fell.

Great test. Loved taking it, just a bit confused now ...

Thanks for the hard work putting this together.

Regards,

TheSubro

@ 2010-12-04 11:15 AM (#2759 - in reply to #2758) (#2759) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-04 11:15 AM

thesubro - 2010-12-04 10:58 AM

Three things I cant understand ...

1. I have checked and rechecked my answer for missing words and I am certain it is right but I do not think I was credited with a correct answer. Whih leads to number ...

2. I went back to check which ones on my result sheet I got wrong and it would not let me see the results I had again - until X number of minutes pass. (???)

3. Finally, I was ranked 10 of 28 when I was done. Now I am ranked 11 of 28 (???)... but no one else apparently took the test, yet I fell.

Great test. Loved taking it, just a bit confused now ...

Thanks for the hard work putting this together.

Regards,

TheSubro

1. Please check my PM
2. We had to put a constraint that while the tests are running, players can refresh only once in 30 minutes. [ We added this in Renban. Because we found that some players are refreshing the score page every other minute, which might affect the server performance while the test is running for others ]
3. For this test you are shown only your score. Some some other player would have finished between your 1st check and 2nd check.

@ 2010-12-04 11:54 AM (#2760 - in reply to #2758) (#2760) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-04 11:54 AM

My mistake.
The scoring page had an incorrect entry for Missing words. This has been fixed.

NOTE: This was a problem only in the score page. The puzzle has no problems.

@ 2010-12-04 4:11 PM (#2763 - in reply to #2692) (#2763) Top

euklid

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euklid posted @ 2010-12-04 4:11 PM

I just checked my scores. It seems that all the changes that I did in the final 90 seconds have not been stored. I have entered two solutions of puzzles (Cell Sudoku, Multi ESB) that I did not finish before and I changed the solution of Brilliant Color.

Could you please check that? What could I have done wrong in that phase? When I remember correctly it was written that all changes will be submitted automatically after the 90 seconds period.

And then subro has written that he has been ranked nr.10/11. Where can I see my rank and the number of contestants (up to the current time of course)?

Thx for the event,
Stefan

@ 2010-12-04 4:52 PM (#2764 - in reply to #2763) (#2764) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-12-04 4:52 PM

euklid - 2010-12-04 4:11 PM

I just checked my scores. It seems that all the changes that I did in the final 90 seconds have not been stored. I have entered two solutions of puzzles (Cell Sudoku, Multi ESB) that I did not finish before and I changed the solution of Brilliant Color.

Could you please check that? What could I have done wrong in that phase? When I remember correctly it was written that all changes will be submitted automatically after the 90 seconds period.

And then subro has written that he has been ranked nr.10/11. Where can I see my rank and the number of contestants (up to the current time of course)?

Thx for the event,
Stefan

Hi Stefan, I checked the database, and there is no entry during the review period. The only reason this could have happened is that you might have closed the browser before the 90 seconds period is over. I'm just saying that it is a possibility.
You can visit the test page again to see your rank. You should see a message in red that reads like 'You have completed LMI Screen Test #1. Your total score is x. Current rank is y (of z)'. If you are trying from a different computer, you need to login first.

@ 2010-12-04 7:03 PM (#2765 - in reply to #2692) (#2765) Top

keshava.hs

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keshava.hs posted @ 2010-12-04 7:03 PM

Hi,

It was a fasinating 30 minutes!

Thanks a Ton for organizing such a wonderful test.

Frankly speaking, did couple of guesses, luckily it turned right.

3 Cheers,
Keshav

@ 2010-12-04 7:58 PM (#2766 - in reply to #2692) (#2766) Top

drsteve

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drsteve posted @ 2010-12-04 7:58 PM

Thanks for that, guys, a great, if stressful, set of puzzles.

@ 2010-12-04 9:34 PM (#2767 - in reply to #2692) (#2767) Top

ronald

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ronald posted @ 2010-12-04 9:34 PM

Hey,

I noticed that the labels (A,B,C and D) of the Sudoku Twins have changed order.
In the example they are labelled left to right as A-B-C-D, and in the test they are labelled as A-C-B-D

I input my answer as the letters appear in the example - I believe my intended answer was correct.
(I noticed this because I was surprised to get that one wrong!)

Great test!!,
Thanks
Ronald

Edited by ronald 2010-12-04 9:52 PM

@ 2010-12-04 10:20 PM (#2768 - in reply to #2767) (#2768) Top

ronald

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ronald posted @ 2010-12-04 10:20 PM

Forget it, I think I was wrong anyway

But I did not put the letters I intended - because they appeared in a different order. Might be worth noting for future.

@ 2010-12-05 12:29 AM (#2769 - in reply to #2768) (#2769) Top

DreamRose311

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DreamRose311 posted @ 2010-12-05 12:29 AM

Man that was intense. It had my heart going the whole time... Thanks so much Deb. I'm pretty bummed, on the two I missed... LMI count I started to double count, and told myself 'you've never counted this type wrong, just get the bonus' ... go figure hah. And on Images count, I forgot that reflection was allowed!! Man, so close. I think if the example had a mirrored one I would have remembered. Oh well, so much fun. Thanks again to this site for having so much puzzle competitions. It seems so hard to believe now that just a few months ago I was having to wait a year at a time between the USPC. Thanks again LMI!!