Thread - LMI Monthly Test - May 2010

@ 2010-05-23 1:11 PM (#601 - in reply to #567) (#601) Top

KimKing

Posts: 7

Country : Malaysia

KimKing posted @ 2010-05-23 1:11 PM

that's was very hard.. I can't do anything..

@ 2010-05-23 1:14 PM (#602 - in reply to #567) (#602) Top

Ziti

Posts: 42

Country : United States

Ziti posted @ 2010-05-23 1:14 PM

Thank you everyone, that was lots of fun. I look forward to this series of monthly tests.

Jason

N/B: Happy birthday to Amit!

@ 2010-05-23 1:22 PM (#603 - in reply to #601) (#603) Top

Administrator

Country : India

Administrator posted @ 2010-05-23 1:22 PM

KimKing - 2010-05-23 1:11 PM

that's was very hard.. I can't do anything..

sorry to hear that.
may be 2 things would have helped you
1. solving the the types which are new to you individually from other mocks (for example mock12)
2. solving the example puzzles

@ 2010-05-23 1:29 PM (#604 - in reply to #602) (#604) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-23 1:29 PM

Ziti - 2010-05-23 1:14 PM

Thank you everyone, that was lots of fun. I look forward to this series of monthly tests.

Jason

Jason,

to LMI
and congratulations for getting 15 minutes bonus

@ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM (#599 - in reply to #567) (#599) Top

skywalker

Posts: 42

Country : Serbia

skywalker posted @ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM

Deb, thanks for excellent puzzles.
I like combinations of different types in one or more grids.
Waiting for the June contest.

Branko

@ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM (#600 - in reply to #599) (#600) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM

skywalker - 2010-05-23 12:01 PM

Deb, thanks for excellent puzzles.
I like combinations of different types in one or more grids.
Waiting for the June contest.

Branko

Branko.
Congrats for getting all correct and bonus points.

@ 2010-05-23 1:54 PM (#605 - in reply to #567) (#605) Top

Gotroch

Posts: 83

Country : Czech Republic

Gotroch posted @ 2010-05-23 1:54 PM

Thank You Deb.
Very nice contest, one of the best here at logicmastersindia, I like the idea with twins very much. It was nice how the puzzles were linked together.
Looking forward to June contest :)

@ 2010-05-23 2:03 PM (#607 - in reply to #605) (#607) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-23 2:03 PM

Gotroch - 2010-05-23 1:54 PM

Thank You Deb.
Very nice contest, one of the best here at logicmastersindia, I like the idea with twins very much. It was nice how the puzzles were linked together.
Looking forward to June contest :)

Gotroch for your feedback and ratings.
I'm glad that you liked the puzzles

@ 2010-05-23 3:14 PM (#608 - in reply to #567) (#608) Top

neerajmehrotra

Posts: 329

Country : India

neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-05-23 3:14 PM

very less Indian participants????????????????

@ 2010-05-23 8:05 PM (#609 - in reply to #567) (#609) Top

Administrator

Country : India

Administrator posted @ 2010-05-23 8:05 PM

Congratulations to Jason, Nikola, Branko for topping in May Monthly Test.

Detailed results available here. Solution booklet is also uploaded.

Hope you enjoyed solving the Sudokus. Please spend a moment rating the Sudokus, if you have not done so yet.

@ 2010-05-23 8:22 PM (#610 - in reply to #567) (#610) Top

rakesh_rai

Posts: 774

Country : India

rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-05-23 8:22 PM

Thanks Deb and Amit. This was undoubtedly THE best contest at LMI, in terms of the puzzle quality. The idea of Mastermind twins had turned out to be a masterstroke. Also, glad to see the high participation - my guess of 90 was fairly close (as the results show 92 participants - including Deb and Amit).

@ 2010-05-23 8:41 PM (#611 - in reply to #602) (#611) Top

amitsowani

Posts: 349

Country : India

amitsowani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:41 PM

Thanks for the wishes guys.
I had a great day.

Hope you all had a good time solving the mock test too :)

@ 2010-05-23 8:51 PM (#612 - in reply to #611) (#612) Top

vopani

Posts: 739

Country : India

vopani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:51 PM

Very nice puzzles Deb. You seem to be getting better and better, see 'age' DOES NOT matter :-)

Now big challenge for me to live up to what you have started :-)

@ 2010-05-23 8:56 PM (#613 - in reply to #612) (#613) Top

amitsowani

Posts: 349

Country : India

amitsowani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:56 PM

Please dont keep reminding everyone about their age, especially on a day when im starting to feel too old :)

@ 2010-05-23 9:40 PM (#614 - in reply to #567) (#614) Top

Administrator

Country : India

Administrator posted @ 2010-05-23 9:40 PM

Thanks to all the participants.
Special thanks to Harmeet for pre-testing the site.

Fred gave me couple of tips on how to increase the participation from his TFOSCAWSC experience. Thanks Fred!

@ 2010-05-23 11:33 PM (#615 - in reply to #614) (#615) Top

Fred76

Posts: 337

Country : Switzerland

Fred76 posted @ 2010-05-23 11:33 PM

Administrator - 2010-05-23 9:40 PM

Thanks to all the participants.
Special thanks to Harmeet for pre-testing the site.

Fred gave me couple of tips on how to increase the participation from his TFOSCAWSC experience. Thanks Fred!

Thanks for giving me the possibility to play earlier. I made a lot of mistakes on this test. A lot of french players could not play, because we had a meeting this weekend and we prefer drink beer than play sudoku

However, congrats to ours brun, calista and valsudo who try to do the test during this meeting !

Fred

@ 2010-05-24 12:26 AM (#616 - in reply to #615) (#616) Top

Nikola

Posts: 103

Country : Serbia

Nikola posted @ 2010-05-24 12:26 AM

Deb, excellent puzzles! Classic sudoku for me was the hardest, I spent more than 20 minutes only to him. Congratulations to Jason and Branko.

Nikola

@ 2010-05-24 1:47 AM (#617 - in reply to #567) (#617) Top

David McNeill

Posts: 63

Country : United Kingdom

David McNeill posted @ 2010-05-24 1:47 AM

Deb,

The beautiful instruction booklet persuaded me that this was going to be the best online Sudoku competition to date and I wasn't disappointed. Really enjoyed solving all the puzzles. Found the anti-knight and touchy very hard but the consecutive easier than expected. Made a stupid mistake on Trio with a couple of minutes left. Congratulations to Jason, Nikola and Branko but especially congratulations to yourself. Worth getting up at 5.40am for.

David McNeill.

@ 2010-05-24 8:14 AM (#618 - in reply to #567) (#618) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 8:14 AM

Jason / Branko / Gotroch / Niokla / Rakesh / Rohan / Nikola / David,
Really appreciate your feedback / comments / ratings about the Sudokus.
As the author, it truly means A LOT to me.
Thanks so much.

Thanks to Ritesh / Zafer / Semax / Aditya / Maulef / KimKing for your ratings.
Deb

@ 2010-05-24 8:20 AM (#619 - in reply to #567) (#619) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 8:20 AM

I was expecting more than 3 players to get bonus points, but I think bad mistakes cost bonus points to Michael, David, Gotroch, Frederique.

Gotroch would have got close to 25 minutes bonus points, had his 7 and 8 not swapped.

I think 2 hours was just perfect for the set of Sudokus. All thanks to Amit who tested and set the Time Limit of 2 hours.

@ 2010-05-24 8:29 AM (#620 - in reply to #608) (#620) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 8:29 AM

neerajmehrotra - 2010-05-23 3:14 PM

very less Indian participants????????????????

What can I say / do? Finally, we had close to 20, which is "ok" kinda number.

But the more concerning factor is there was only 1 in top 10, Congrats to Ritesh (who is getting back to form after WSC)
I chatted with both Rohan and Gaurav regarding their performance, which was way below my expectation.

I feel Indians are not taking it as seriously as others. [PS : This absolutely my personal opinion, not that of LMI's]

Also, probably thats the reason why some players just start the test and don't submit the answers.

@ 2010-05-24 10:15 AM (#622 - in reply to #620) (#622) Top

purifire

Posts: 460

Country : India

purifire posted @ 2010-05-24 10:15 AM

Congrats to all the Toppers.... and 90 participants is really a high for LMI... Lets hope the number only increases.... Amit Belated Wishes buddy.... Sorry with my relocation back home I m out of Sync with things for a while :D Hope you had a blast :)

@ 2010-05-24 2:30 PM (#633 - in reply to #567) (#633) Top

shopaholic

Posts: 6

Country : ITALY

shopaholic posted @ 2010-05-24 2:30 PM

The instruction booklet seemed very interesting.. but I couldn't partecipate...

I suggest that we can take the tests during periods of 48 hours.

Hope I don't miss the next one!

@ 2010-05-24 7:06 PM (#638 - in reply to #567) (#638) Top

Tejal Phatak

Posts: 81

Country : India

Tejal Phatak posted @ 2010-05-24 7:06 PM

Excellent puzzles Deb!!!
The concept was really good, had a great time solving the puzzles! :)

@ 2010-05-24 7:17 PM (#639 - in reply to #638) (#639) Top

debmohanty

Country : India

debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 7:17 PM

Tejal Phatak - 2010-05-24 7:06 PM

Excellent puzzles Deb!!!
The concept was really good, had a great time solving the puzzles! :)

Thanks Tejal.
Learnt from Rohan that you had internet problems, and you could not submit because of that. Bad luck :-)


	@ 2010-05-23 1:11 PM (#601 - in reply to #567) (#601) Top
KimKing Posts: 7 Country : Malaysia	KimKing posted @ 2010-05-23 1:11 PM that's was very hard.. I can't do anything..
	@ 2010-05-23 1:14 PM (#602 - in reply to #567) (#602) Top
Ziti Posts: 42 Country : United States	Ziti posted @ 2010-05-23 1:14 PM Thank you everyone, that was lots of fun. I look forward to this series of monthly tests. Jason N/B: Happy birthday to Amit!
	@ 2010-05-23 1:22 PM (#603 - in reply to #601) (#603) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2010-05-23 1:22 PM KimKing - 2010-05-23 1:11 PM that's was very hard.. I can't do anything.. sorry to hear that. may be 2 things would have helped you 1. solving the the types which are new to you individually from other mocks (for example mock12) 2. solving the example puzzles
	@ 2010-05-23 1:29 PM (#604 - in reply to #602) (#604) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-23 1:29 PM Ziti - 2010-05-23 1:14 PM Thank you everyone, that was lots of fun. I look forward to this series of monthly tests. Jason Jason, to LMI and congratulations for getting 15 minutes bonus
	@ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM (#599 - in reply to #567) (#599) Top
skywalker Posts: 42 Country : Serbia	skywalker posted @ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM Deb, thanks for excellent puzzles. I like combinations of different types in one or more grids. Waiting for the June contest. Branko
	@ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM (#600 - in reply to #599) (#600) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-23 1:30 PM skywalker - 2010-05-23 12:01 PM Deb, thanks for excellent puzzles. I like combinations of different types in one or more grids. Waiting for the June contest. Branko Branko. Congrats for getting all correct and bonus points.
	@ 2010-05-23 1:54 PM (#605 - in reply to #567) (#605) Top
Gotroch Posts: 83 Country : Czech Republic	Gotroch posted @ 2010-05-23 1:54 PM Thank You Deb. Very nice contest, one of the best here at logicmastersindia, I like the idea with twins very much. It was nice how the puzzles were linked together. Looking forward to June contest :)
	@ 2010-05-23 2:03 PM (#607 - in reply to #605) (#607) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-23 2:03 PM Gotroch - 2010-05-23 1:54 PM Thank You Deb. Very nice contest, one of the best here at logicmastersindia, I like the idea with twins very much. It was nice how the puzzles were linked together. Looking forward to June contest :) Gotroch for your feedback and ratings. I'm glad that you liked the puzzles
	@ 2010-05-23 3:14 PM (#608 - in reply to #567) (#608) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 329 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2010-05-23 3:14 PM very less Indian participants????????????????
	@ 2010-05-23 8:05 PM (#609 - in reply to #567) (#609) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2010-05-23 8:05 PM Congratulations to Jason, Nikola, Branko for topping in May Monthly Test. Detailed results available here. Solution booklet is also uploaded. Hope you enjoyed solving the Sudokus. Please spend a moment rating the Sudokus, if you have not done so yet.
	@ 2010-05-23 8:22 PM (#610 - in reply to #567) (#610) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2010-05-23 8:22 PM Thanks Deb and Amit. This was undoubtedly THE best contest at LMI, in terms of the puzzle quality. The idea of Mastermind twins had turned out to be a masterstroke. Also, glad to see the high participation - my guess of 90 was fairly close (as the results show 92 participants - including Deb and Amit).
	@ 2010-05-23 8:41 PM (#611 - in reply to #602) (#611) Top
amitsowani Posts: 349 Country : India	amitsowani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:41 PM Thanks for the wishes guys. I had a great day. Hope you all had a good time solving the mock test too :)
	@ 2010-05-23 8:51 PM (#612 - in reply to #611) (#612) Top
vopani Posts: 739 Country : India	vopani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:51 PM Very nice puzzles Deb. You seem to be getting better and better, see 'age' DOES NOT matter :-) Now big challenge for me to live up to what you have started :-)
	@ 2010-05-23 8:56 PM (#613 - in reply to #612) (#613) Top
amitsowani Posts: 349 Country : India	amitsowani posted @ 2010-05-23 8:56 PM Please dont keep reminding everyone about their age, especially on a day when im starting to feel too old :)
	@ 2010-05-23 9:40 PM (#614 - in reply to #567) (#614) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2010-05-23 9:40 PM Thanks to all the participants. Special thanks to Harmeet for pre-testing the site. Fred gave me couple of tips on how to increase the participation from his TFOSCAWSC experience. Thanks Fred!
	@ 2010-05-23 11:33 PM (#615 - in reply to #614) (#615) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2010-05-23 11:33 PM Administrator - 2010-05-23 9:40 PM Thanks to all the participants. Special thanks to Harmeet for pre-testing the site. Fred gave me couple of tips on how to increase the participation from his TFOSCAWSC experience. Thanks Fred! Thanks for giving me the possibility to play earlier. I made a lot of mistakes on this test. A lot of french players could not play, because we had a meeting this weekend and we prefer drink beer than play sudoku However, congrats to ours brun, calista and valsudo who try to do the test during this meeting ! Fred
	@ 2010-05-24 12:26 AM (#616 - in reply to #615) (#616) Top
Nikola Posts: 103 Country : Serbia	Nikola posted @ 2010-05-24 12:26 AM Deb, excellent puzzles! Classic sudoku for me was the hardest, I spent more than 20 minutes only to him. Congratulations to Jason and Branko. Nikola
	@ 2010-05-24 1:47 AM (#617 - in reply to #567) (#617) Top
David McNeill Posts: 63 Country : United Kingdom	David McNeill posted @ 2010-05-24 1:47 AM Deb, The beautiful instruction booklet persuaded me that this was going to be the best online Sudoku competition to date and I wasn't disappointed. Really enjoyed solving all the puzzles. Found the anti-knight and touchy very hard but the consecutive easier than expected. Made a stupid mistake on Trio with a couple of minutes left. Congratulations to Jason, Nikola and Branko but especially congratulations to yourself. Worth getting up at 5.40am for. David McNeill.
	@ 2010-05-24 8:14 AM (#618 - in reply to #567) (#618) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 8:14 AM Jason / Branko / Gotroch / Niokla / Rakesh / Rohan / Nikola / David, Really appreciate your feedback / comments / ratings about the Sudokus. As the author, it truly means A LOT to me. Thanks so much. Thanks to Ritesh / Zafer / Semax / Aditya / Maulef / KimKing for your ratings. Deb
	@ 2010-05-24 8:20 AM (#619 - in reply to #567) (#619) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 8:20 AM I was expecting more than 3 players to get bonus points, but I think bad mistakes cost bonus points to Michael, David, Gotroch, Frederique. Gotroch would have got close to 25 minutes bonus points, had his 7 and 8 not swapped. I think 2 hours was just perfect for the set of Sudokus. All thanks to Amit who tested and set the Time Limit of 2 hours.
	@ 2010-05-24 8:29 AM (#620 - in reply to #608) (#620) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 8:29 AM neerajmehrotra - 2010-05-23 3:14 PM very less Indian participants???????????????? What can I say / do? Finally, we had close to 20, which is "ok" kinda number. But the more concerning factor is there was only 1 in top 10, Congrats to Ritesh (who is getting back to form after WSC) I chatted with both Rohan and Gaurav regarding their performance, which was way below my expectation. I feel Indians are not taking it as seriously as others. [PS : This absolutely my personal opinion, not that of LMI's] Also, probably thats the reason why some players just start the test and don't submit the answers.
	@ 2010-05-24 10:15 AM (#622 - in reply to #620) (#622) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2010-05-24 10:15 AM Congrats to all the Toppers.... and 90 participants is really a high for LMI... Lets hope the number only increases.... Amit Belated Wishes buddy.... Sorry with my relocation back home I m out of Sync with things for a while :D Hope you had a blast :)
	@ 2010-05-24 2:30 PM (#633 - in reply to #567) (#633) Top
shopaholic Posts: 6 Country : ITALY	shopaholic posted @ 2010-05-24 2:30 PM The instruction booklet seemed very interesting.. but I couldn't partecipate... I suggest that we can take the tests during periods of 48 hours. Hope I don't miss the next one!
	@ 2010-05-24 7:06 PM (#638 - in reply to #567) (#638) Top
Tejal Phatak Posts: 81 Country : India	Tejal Phatak posted @ 2010-05-24 7:06 PM Excellent puzzles Deb!!! The concept was really good, had a great time solving the puzzles! :)
	@ 2010-05-24 7:17 PM (#639 - in reply to #638) (#639) Top
debmohanty Country : India	debmohanty posted @ 2010-05-24 7:17 PM Tejal Phatak - 2010-05-24 7:06 PM Excellent puzzles Deb!!! The concept was really good, had a great time solving the puzzles! :) Thanks Tejal. Learnt from Rohan that you had internet problems, and you could not submit because of that. Bad luck :-)