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123 GO — LMI September Puzzle Test#2 — 22nd - 24th Sep55 posts • Page 2 of 3 • 1 2 3
@ 2012-09-23 12:45 AM (#8634 - in reply to #8633) (#8634) Top

vopani



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vopani posted @ 2012-09-23 12:45 AM

FoxFireX - 2012-09-23 12:21 AM

Edited to add: And now I see some of those penalties evaporating. Maybe it just needs a little post-processing by the admins.

Yes :-) We haven't automated that part. It would probably be in place by the next Instant Grading test.

I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzles.
@ 2012-09-23 7:09 AM (#8635 - in reply to #8584) (#8635) Top

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ksun48 posted @ 2012-09-23 7:09 AM

I like the test, despite only getting 66. Are penalties going to be incurred for puzzles that were never solved? (e.g. random guessing?)
@ 2012-09-23 7:15 AM (#8636 - in reply to #8635) (#8636) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2012-09-23 7:15 AM

ksun48 - 2012-09-23 7:09 AM

I like the test, despite only getting 66. Are penalties going to be incurred for puzzles that were never solved? (e.g. random guessing?)
Like Rohan replied in the previous post, "penalty for puzzles that were never solved" have to be removed manually. It is done now for you, and you can refresh score page to check.
@ 2012-09-23 5:38 PM (#8638 - in reply to #8584) (#8638) Top

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Fred76 posted @ 2012-09-23 5:38 PM

I didn't see that the timing was 80 minutes. I was lucky to have the idea to submit after 73 minutes...
@ 2012-09-23 5:49 PM (#8639 - in reply to #8638) (#8639) Top

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vopani posted @ 2012-09-23 5:49 PM

Fred76 - 2012-09-23 5:38 PM

I didn't see that the timing was 80 minutes. I was lucky to have the idea to submit after 73 minutes...

How long did you want the timing to be?
@ 2012-09-23 5:56 PM (#8640 - in reply to #8639) (#8640) Top

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Fred76 posted @ 2012-09-23 5:56 PM

Rohan Rao - 2012-09-23 5:49 PM

Fred76 - 2012-09-23 5:38 PM

I didn't see that the timing was 80 minutes. I was lucky to have the idea to submit after 73 minutes...

How long did you want the timing to be?


It's quite well like that.
I just didn't read the IB carefully, and I think it's not written on the forum.
When taking the test, I just thought it was as usual a 120 minutes test. Of course, after solving 13 puzzles in ~73 minutes, I felt that it was a bit strange (generally, on puzzle tests, I'm happy when I'm able to solve half of the puzzles in the given time).

Fred
@ 2012-09-23 7:12 PM (#8641 - in reply to #8584) (#8641) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2012-09-23 7:12 PM

Thanks Rohan for these great puzzles. I liked trick in the Battleship most.

I am returning to LMI tests after a long time. Happy to see a new feature of not showing the comments which were posted after test gets started. Very nice feature. Good going LMI!

@ 2012-09-24 12:00 AM (#8645 - in reply to #8584) (#8645) Top

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SKnight posted @ 2012-09-24 12:00 AM

Quick editing note (though mostly too late, and hopefully relatively harmless):
On the submission page for the Strong Hitori, both entry blanks say "top left to bottom right", but the second one should be "top right to bottom left"
@ 2012-09-24 12:22 AM (#8646 - in reply to #8645) (#8646) Top

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vopani posted @ 2012-09-24 12:22 AM

SKnight - 2012-09-24 12:00 AM

Quick editing note (though mostly too late, and hopefully relatively harmless):
On the submission page for the Strong Hitori, both entry blanks say "top left to bottom right", but the second one should be "top right to bottom left"

Thanks for pointing it out and an obvious overlook on my part.
@ 2012-09-24 1:00 AM (#8647 - in reply to #8584) (#8647) Top

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macherlakumar posted @ 2012-09-24 1:00 AM

Very nice puzzles Rohan.
After completing Arithmetic Box I read the puzzle twice, because there was no 3 used (I thought all numbers need to be used).
What happened with Tapa is my worst ever in LMI tests, because after solving it in 2 minutes the correct solution is right infront of my eyes, but something kept on saying in my head that the shaded cells must complete a loop :( and I kept on solving it for 6 times.
We can call this test as this years Sprint test.

Regards,
Ravi
@ 2012-09-24 1:47 PM (#8648 - in reply to #8584) (#8648) Top

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sanket.saxena posted @ 2012-09-24 1:47 PM

There are three puzzle competitions this month but still not a single sudoku competition except Beginner's Sudoku Contest ??? When will next sudoku competition starts ???
@ 2012-09-24 1:59 PM (#8649 - in reply to #8648) (#8649) Top

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-09-24 1:59 PM

sanket.saxena - 2012-09-24 1:47 PM

There are three puzzle competitions this month but still not a single sudoku competition except Beginner's Sudoku Contest ??? When will next sudoku competition starts ???


The World Championships are starting soon, so the next test will be after that only.
@ 2012-09-24 7:14 PM (#8651 - in reply to #8584) (#8651) Top

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auroux posted @ 2012-09-24 7:14 PM

Solving puzzles while watching over a small baby is not the best way to stay focused during a sprint. Never trust that a baby will sleep 80 minutes straight at nap time.
I guess I didn't do too badly considering this, but without baby I probably would have finished... oh well, one never knows.
@ 2012-09-24 9:26 PM (#8652 - in reply to #8584) (#8652) Top

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motris posted @ 2012-09-24 9:26 PM

Thanks for the contest; the title suggested a sprint and I really enjoyed the pace. A few hiccups for me - surprisingly on the Battleships which was my favorite puzzle but where after the key insight I didn't explore possible 3-ship space really well, and also on the Number Snake where my mind was telling me "digits don't repeat in columns/rows" around a clue so I couldn't make the 15 work. I must be solving too many puzzles these days as practice. I'm confusing all the rules!
@ 2012-09-25 5:56 AM (#8653 - in reply to #8584) (#8653) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2012-09-25 5:56 AM

123 GO is now over. Password removed from booklet.
@ 2012-09-25 10:56 AM (#8655 - in reply to #8584) (#8655) Top

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vopani posted @ 2012-09-25 10:56 AM

Thanks to everyone for participating and I hope you enjoyed the puzzles. Congrats to Palmer, Florian and Ulrich for the top 3 places.
I'm glad that many players were able to finish the test. I believe Instant Grading was helpful to many players, and any feedback regarding it, or the puzzles or the test, is welcome.

Thanks to Nikola Zivanovic for testing the puzzles.
Good Luck to everyone for the World Championships next week!
@ 2012-09-26 2:47 AM (#8665 - in reply to #8584) (#8665) Top

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Para posted @ 2012-09-26 2:47 AM

I was unhappy after I was done as I wasted at least 5 minutes on the fillomino as I hadn't noticed I had made a typo and thus thought I had made a solving error. Overall my result isn't that bad. Had fun overall.
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