I am so happy that I finally managed to finish all puzzles in a PR episode :). Much thanks to all the people who made my puzzling fun possible.

Not too difficult but very nice set of puzzles! It‘s probably the first time I finished all puzzles in time in a PR round, and that on my birthday :). Thank you!

Edited by ropeko 2021-05-01 3:08 PM

Wonderfully balanced set of puzzles. Had a lot of fun. Glad I could finish it just on time but disappointed that I wasted lots of time imagining the rotations and reflections of "5" shape.
Enjoyed thoroughly. Thanks Priyam and Prasanna, testers and LMI :)
I liked all the high-pointers.

Uh...the link at the top is contradictory at the moment. It says this goes until May 5th, but also says it ends within 24 hours right now. I think that ought to be resolved.

Ya fixed that now, thanks.

Hi All, just one "patological" note for Dosun-Fuwari Park puzzle.
Reading the rules, if I have an Iron-ball shaped as the U pentominoes, I could have, in theory, two such iron-ball linked togheter "floating" supporting each other with no other "support" below them. The same for two U-shaped baloons.

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I guess that, in the "spirit" of the rules, it will be not allowed, but in theory it could be a valid solution with the actual rules ... :-)

Obviously, other shape could have the same effects.

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Gabriele

Fantastic set of puzzles, better than some of the previous rounds this year. They were very approachable and had pleasant solving paths.

Favourites:
15 - Statue Park
20 - Stargazing
11 - Myopia Shapes

Thanks a lot Priyam and Prasanna!

That's a very interesting point. I'm thankful the shapes in both puzzles don't have this situation. If this puzzle type is reused it is definitely a valid clarification to add to the ruleset (or just let be and consider while constructing the puzzle)

I have doubt regarding Dosun-Fuwari Park as below
Do we need only one of the given shapes for the regions? or different regions can contain different shapes. Given example uses only one shape but the instruction does not prohibit different regions from using the different shapes. Please clarify this.

Different regions can have different shapes within the allowances below. In the example, you could have had the 2x2 ball replacing the trimino ball in any region if it didn't violate other rules.

Thank you for this set of puzzles! Loved both the Stargazing puzzles and the Myopia puzzles. Also liked the smaller puzzles as well, such as Minesweeper 1.

Nice set of puzzles. Thanks to Priyam and Prasanna for these puzzles.
I liked the Minesweeper puzzles and Star Battle puzzles the most. I was stuck in Statue Park and Myopia Shapes was I was unable to rotate the shapes correctly :).
Overall very good PR test.

Yes Prasanna..... Lot many queries in DF Park ! Is the linked ball piece considered as one unit and a part suspended if another is supported , acceptable ? IE is a 3 ball unit is placed horizontally on 1 black square and 2 balls hanging , allowed ?
Only the available units have to be used and single units cant be used ?
A unit has to be used within a highlighted region only ( This is now amply clear - YES )

Thank you Prasanna and Priyam for this PR episode. It was fun solving. My favorites were Star Battle 1, Statue park 3 and Myopia 3.

What you are saying as "3 ball unit" is actually just "1 ball". The shape in its entirety is a ball.
Only available shapes may be used.

OK . Perfectly clear now ! Thanks

Thanks to the 265 official participants. There were 75 finishers in this round.

Congratulations to Endo Ken, Walker Anderson, Jeffrey Bardon and Freddie Hand for taking the top 4 spots, and scoring 150+ points.

Congratulations to Rohan Rao, Ashish Kumar, Swaroop Guggilam and Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla for taking the top 4 spots from India.

Thanks to Priyam Bhushan & Prasanna Seshadri for authoring this round!

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