Thread - SudoClones — LMI June Sudoku Test

@ 2012-06-28 10:17 PM (#7604 - in reply to #7502) (#7604) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2012-06-28 10:17 PM

Is anyone facing problem with shaded cells of Thermometer / Trio / Parity / Extra Region GT in paper printout of the IB ?

@ 2012-06-28 10:29 PM (#7605 - in reply to #7604) (#7605) Top

utkaarsh

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utkaarsh posted @ 2012-06-28 10:29 PM

Nope I did not face any problems with shaded cells !!

@ 2012-06-28 10:36 PM (#7606 - in reply to #7604) (#7606) Top

Richard

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Richard posted @ 2012-06-28 10:36 PM

I also did not have any problems with the color grey in any of thepuzzles.

Looking forward to the test, although I didn't have much time to practise. Anyway, I doubt if practising would have any meaning for such a slow solver like me. Haha.

@ 2012-06-29 9:45 AM (#7610 - in reply to #7502) (#7610) Top

pavrose

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pavrose posted @ 2012-06-29 9:45 AM

Hi, Need help on how to solve skyscraper sudoku. The number outside indicates the number of skyscrapers inside the grid... NOt sure how I am supposed to use that to solve the puzzle. Need help..

@ 2012-06-29 11:34 AM (#7612 - in reply to #7502) (#7612) Top

TiiT

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TiiT posted @ 2012-06-29 11:34 AM

Trio was quite light, so it wasn't very comfortable to solve it. Others were fine, at least for me.

If I read again the scyscrapers sudoku rules, they don't say that you must imagine that every cell in the grid is a scyscraper and the number in cell is representing the height of a scyscraper. The person, who haven't solved this type, will be really difficult to understand the rules. That's probably what pavrose wanted to point out.

TiiT

@ 2012-06-29 12:28 PM (#7614 - in reply to #7612) (#7614) Top

caudmont

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caudmont posted @ 2012-06-29 12:28 PM

Yes, there was an omission in the skyscrapers rules : the number in cell is representing the height of a skyscraper.

@ 2012-06-29 11:06 PM (#7620 - in reply to #7612) (#7620) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2012-06-29 11:06 PM

TiiT - 2012-06-29 11:34 AM

Trio was quite light, so it wasn't very comfortable to solve it. Others were fine, at least for me.

TiiT

Gray cells in the test pdf will be little darker.

@ 2012-06-29 11:22 PM (#7622 - in reply to #7502) (#7622) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2012-06-29 11:22 PM

Announcements

1. Password protected pdf is uploaded. It has 13 pages. There is no cover page. Each page has one Sudoku.

2. Remember that in this test, both diagonals are to be entered. In paper submission, " \ diagonal " refers to top-left to bottom-right diagonal. " / diagonal" refers to top-right to bottom left diagonal.

3. In online mode, diagonals will not be marked by any arrows.

4. Paper only link - http://logicmastersindia.com/M201206S/?paper=1

@ 2012-06-30 7:25 AM (#7625 - in reply to #7502) (#7625) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2012-06-30 7:25 AM

Asked in private message (2012-06-29 11:30 PM)

What is an online mode??

Read the F.A.Q.

@ 2012-07-01 3:13 AM (#7649 - in reply to #7625) (#7649) Top

Fred76

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Fred76 posted @ 2012-07-01 3:13 AM

Thanks for this wonderful test, Sylvain !

Grids are very well constructed, it's fun to solve them !

Fred

@ 2012-07-01 8:39 AM (#7653 - in reply to #7502) (#7653) Top

vopani

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vopani posted @ 2012-07-01 8:39 AM

Wonderful set of sudokus. Thanks for the test Sylvain.

I have a question for you: Which sudoku did you create first? (My guess would be Anti Knight)

@ 2012-07-01 9:49 AM (#7654 - in reply to #7653) (#7654) Top

prasanna16391

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-07-01 9:49 AM

Rohan Rao - 2012-07-01 8:39 AM

Wonderful set of sudokus. Thanks for the test Sylvain.

I have a question for you: Which sudoku did you create first? (My guess would be Anti Knight)

That would be the obvious guess I think, considering thats the one you can't play with outside/extra clues in.

@ 2012-07-01 12:48 PM (#7657 - in reply to #7654) (#7657) Top

Richard

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Richard posted @ 2012-07-01 12:48 PM

Thanks for a nice set Sylvain!

I spent a lot of time on a puzzle I was completely stuck in, unfortunately, and while finishing another one I miswrote myself. In one of the diagonals, so that cost me a lot of points.

I am looking forward to solving the other ones later.

@ 2012-07-01 12:55 PM (#7658 - in reply to #7502) (#7658) Top

caudmont

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caudmont posted @ 2012-07-01 12:55 PM

Thanks Fred, Rohan and Richard

The grid I cloned was obviously the antiknight. I wanted to start from a classic look-alike grid.

@ 2012-07-01 2:26 PM (#7659 - in reply to #7502) (#7659) Top

PuzzleScott

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PuzzleScott posted @ 2012-07-01 2:26 PM

Fun puzzles, thanks!

Some lucky players will get an extra second when the leap second is added :)

Edited by PuzzleScott 2012-07-01 2:30 PM

@ 2012-07-01 2:41 PM (#7660 - in reply to #7502) (#7660) Top

Ours brun

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Ours brun posted @ 2012-07-01 2:41 PM

Very nice set indeed, thanks Sylvain. It was interesting and quite disturbing to play with the same set of givens on all the puzzles. After having screwed up one, it is quite hard to realize that the next puzzle you will try will look the same. Really interesting sensation, and I felt it multiple times since I screwed up a lot of puzzles.

Some pretty logical paths made for a really good test. Now eagerly waiting for Richard's one !

@ 2012-07-01 5:47 PM (#7661 - in reply to #7502) (#7661) Top

Yuhei Kusui

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Yuhei Kusui posted @ 2012-07-01 5:47 PM

I was deeply impressed that each grid looked same but had different taste of solving.

Thanks a lot, Sylvain!

@ 2012-07-01 6:07 PM (#7662 - in reply to #7502) (#7662) Top

caudmont

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caudmont posted @ 2012-07-01 6:07 PM

Thanks Scott, Bastien and Yuhei. I'll just say for now that it was a very interesting challenge to create the grids from the same set of figures.

@ 2012-07-02 1:21 AM (#7670 - in reply to #7502) (#7670) Top

tamz29

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tamz29 posted @ 2012-07-02 1:21 AM

Beautiful puzzles. Wish I could've done better.

@ 2012-07-02 11:35 AM (#7673 - in reply to #7502) (#7673) Top

gauravkorde

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gauravkorde posted @ 2012-07-02 11:35 AM

Very nice puzzles indeed. It was fun to participate again after a long time. Thanks Sylvain.

@ 2012-07-02 11:39 AM (#7674 - in reply to #7673) (#7674) Top

debmohanty

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debmohanty posted @ 2012-07-02 11:39 AM

gauravkorde - 2012-07-02 11:35 AM

Thanks Sylvain.

I think LMI should thank you for participating.

@ 2012-07-02 4:50 PM (#7680 - in reply to #7674) (#7680) Top

prasanna16391

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-07-02 4:50 PM

Really nice set. I've still not got out of my slump, but thoroughly enjoyed the ones I managed to solve right.

Thanks Sylvain.

@ 2012-07-02 5:53 PM (#7681 - in reply to #7502) (#7681) Top

caudmont

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caudmont posted @ 2012-07-02 5:53 PM

Thanks Tawan, Gauravkorde and Prasanna.

We must also thank Deb and LMI team for their outstanding work.

@ 2012-07-03 12:09 AM (#7684 - in reply to #7502) (#7684) Top

bruno22

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bruno22 posted @ 2012-07-03 12:09 AM

Merci sylvain, pour les très belle grilles.

@ 2012-07-03 12:22 AM (#7685 - in reply to #7684) (#7685) Top

motris

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motris posted @ 2012-07-03 12:22 AM

I always worry with "stunt" tests that the puzzles will suffer from the extra constraint. In this case, there was no need to worry. You made a large number of very creative and challenging puzzles. Merci beaucoup!