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zachpuzzle
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Country : United States | What exactly are the rules for when you can and when you can't claim a puzzle's points? Is it exclusively if you think that the puzzle was broken? or also if you misdid the answer key? For my case, I mixed up the white and black cells answering the mochikoro. Does it still count? Should I claim the points?
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Rubben
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![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Country : Romania | Rubben posted @ 2013-01-07 2:48 AM How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | A bit hard | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-01-07 2:58 AM How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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frst
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Country : France | frst posted @ 2013-01-07 3:56 AM How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | All puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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What exactly are the rules for when you can and when you can't claim a puzzle's points? Is it exclusively if you think that the puzzle was broken? or also if you misdid the answer key? For my case, I mixed up the white and black cells answering the mochikoro. Does it still count? Should I claim the points?
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-01-07 7:14 AM What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Way too few puzzles (too much time) | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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![100](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Country : Slovakia | I really enjoyed this test, there were too many great puzzles. In my opinion, three best puzzles were Spiral battleship, Grafitti snake and Cubic sudoku. On the other hand, I still have no clue, how to start Fence samurai, it was the hardest puzzle for me. Consider that 150 minutes is too much, when you are solving during the night. I have lost track of time and missed the chance to submit my solutions ![](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/emoticons/smile_confused.gif) |
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RALehrer
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![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Country : United States | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Too few pages / too small grids | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-01-07 8:47 AM What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Too many hard puzzles | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Way too many puzzles (too little time) | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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I really enjoyed this test, there were too many great puzzles. In my opinion, three best puzzles were Spiral battleship, Grafitti snake and Cubic sudoku. On the other hand, I still have no clue, how to start Fence samurai, it was the hardest puzzle for me. Consider that 150 minutes is too much, when you are solving during the night. I have lost track of time and missed the chance to submit my solutions ![](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/emoticons/smile_confused.gif)
Fence is all about figuring out the interactions between the grids. Thats all I'll say so that you can check again when you're less confused *been there* ![](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/emoticons/smile_wink.gif) |
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In trio cut, can triominoes touch each other? Only at a point. (2 Triminos can not share an edge ) |
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PuzzleScott
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![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Country : United States | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | A bit hard | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | All puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-01-07 3:28 PM How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-01-07 9:04 PM How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | A bit hard | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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zachpuzzle
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Country : United States | Greenhorn, Having done the samuri test really helped because it gave a foot hold on both the masyu and the fences.
Edited by zachpuzzle 2013-01-08 1:38 AM
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![100](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Country : India | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | All puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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A very nice - albeit very challenging - start to the puzzle year. Thanks to Andrey, Vladimir and the organisers! |
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PuzzleScott - 2013-01-07 2:09 PM
In trio cut, can triominoes touch each other? Only at a point. (2 Triminos can not share an edge )
This would have been lovely to know when I was solving it. :/ |
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![20](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Country : Australia | flk posted @ 2013-01-08 8:43 PM Unfortunately my internet went down for the day that I wanted to do this, but I still enjoyed doing it afterwards. Thanks! |
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apollo1001
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Country : United Kingdom | Administrator - 2013-01-07 12:38 AM
zachpuzzle - 2013-01-07 2:20 AM
What exactly are the rules for when you can and when you can't claim a puzzle's points? Is it exclusively if you think that the puzzle was broken? or also if you misdid the answer key? For my case, I mixed up the white and black cells answering the mochikoro. Does it still count? Should I claim the points?
Certainly a valid claim in this case. We'll look into it.
Likewise, I take it I cannot claim for 'miscounting' on the chained battleships (I put 3 for A as it went over 3 squares, rather than its length of 2... )?
Is there a page somewhere on what makes a valid claim? Thanks in advance. |
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MellowMelon
![100](https://logicmastersindia.com//forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) Country : United States | My impression is there are no rules to claiming. If you think you have any grounds to get points, claim and explain why. It's the author's decision as to whether you get them in the end or not.
Test authors handle claims a bit differently anyway.
Edited by MellowMelon 2013-01-09 1:58 AM
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An LMI player
| An LMI player posted @ 2013-01-09 2:39 PM How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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