Thread - SudoClones — LMI June Sudoku Test

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

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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

Country : India

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

Posts: 337

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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

Posts: 18

Country : France

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

Posts: 148

Country : France

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

Posts: 18

Country : France

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

Posts: 225

Country : Thailand

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

Posts: 27

Country : India

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

Country : India

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

Posts: 18

Country : France

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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Country : France

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

Posts: 199

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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!

@ 2012-07-03 1:03 AM (#7686 - in reply to #7502) (#7686) Top

joshuazucker

Posts: 31

Country : United States

joshuazucker posted @ 2012-07-03 1:03 AM

Really beautiful puzzles and an amazing success with a very challenging way of constructing the grids. Wow. A lot of fun solving!

@ 2012-07-03 3:34 AM (#7687 - in reply to #7686) (#7687) Top

WaterlooMathie

Posts: 10

Country : Canada

WaterlooMathie posted @ 2012-07-03 3:34 AM

Nice puzzles with lots of variation. At first I thought the puzzles were only in a PDF file, and after wasting some time trying to figure out if I could work it in paint, I realized that all I had to do was scroll down and solve them on the browser.

@ 2012-07-03 6:16 AM (#7689 - in reply to #7502) (#7689) Top

anderson

Posts: 16

Country : United States

anderson posted @ 2012-07-03 6:16 AM

That was awesome! None of the puzzles felt constrained, and all were very fun to solve (Different was especially beautiful).


	@ 2012-06-29 9:45 AM (#7610 - in reply to #7502) (#7610) Top
pavrose Posts: 5 Country : Canada	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 Posts: 139 Country : Estonia	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 Posts: 18 Country : France	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 Country : India	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 Country : India	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 Country : India	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 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	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 Posts: 739 Country : India	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 Posts: 1801 Country : India	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 Posts: 191 Country : The Netherlands	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 Posts: 18 Country : France	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 Posts: 42 Country : United States	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 Posts: 148 Country : France	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 Posts: 42 Country : Japan	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 Posts: 18 Country : France	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 Posts: 225 Country : Thailand	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 Posts: 27 Country : India	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 Country : India	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 Posts: 1801 Country : India	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 Posts: 18 Country : France	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 Posts: 1 Country : France	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 Posts: 199 Country : United States	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!
	@ 2012-07-03 1:03 AM (#7686 - in reply to #7502) (#7686) Top
joshuazucker Posts: 31 Country : United States	joshuazucker posted @ 2012-07-03 1:03 AM Really beautiful puzzles and an amazing success with a very challenging way of constructing the grids. Wow. A lot of fun solving!
	@ 2012-07-03 3:34 AM (#7687 - in reply to #7686) (#7687) Top
WaterlooMathie Posts: 10 Country : Canada	WaterlooMathie posted @ 2012-07-03 3:34 AM Nice puzzles with lots of variation. At first I thought the puzzles were only in a PDF file, and after wasting some time trying to figure out if I could work it in paint, I realized that all I had to do was scroll down and solve them on the browser.
	@ 2012-07-03 6:16 AM (#7689 - in reply to #7502) (#7689) Top
anderson Posts: 16 Country : United States	anderson posted @ 2012-07-03 6:16 AM That was awesome! None of the puzzles felt constrained, and all were very fun to solve (Different was especially beautiful).