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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | Dear puzzle friends,
it is my great pleasure to invite you to take part in the "Hausigel Contest Series". This is a series of puzzle contests which will take place in 2013. Twelve contests are currently planned, they will take place once in each month. The contests will be hosted on the homepage of the German puzzle community:
http://www.logic-masters.de/?chlang=en
As usual, there will be an individual scoring for each contest; plus, there will be a total scoring. More about this below.
Each contest will run over 72 hours in total (Friday noon till next Monday noon ). The working time is 120 minutes for each contest. The results will always be published as soon as possible, with a small delay (a few days ) for manual score adjustments. Manual adjustments are planned, usually without penalty, but possibly only after a brief mail exchange with the participants. Details on this subject will be announced for each contest individually.
The perfect score for each contest will be 500 points. For the total scoring, there will be an additional time bonus of 1 point per 30 seconds for each contest (of course, the bonus can only be obtained if the participant has a perfect score in that contest, that is, 500 points ). The total score is then obtained as follows: In each contest, the best participant receives 100 points, the score for every other participant is his percentage of the best score in that contest. For each participant, the best nine results will enter the total scoring, the other scores will be discarded. This is also motivated by the idea that some participants will not be able to take part in all the contests.
Supplement: If not all the contests can be held for some reason, only three of out four contests will enter the total scoring (rounded up, e.g. eight results from ten contests ).
I have designed and checked all the contests myself; if there are any mistakes, I hope for your understanding. The points that are assigned to each puzzle are based on my personal estimates; usually the hard puzzles are a little underrated and the easy puzzles are overrated. Each contest is based on a theme; even if some of the themes are less popular than others, I hope to see many participants, both in the individual contests and the total event.
You will find more information about the contest series in the German forum:
http://forum.logic-masters.de/showthread.php?tid=1098
or on the overview page of the contest series:
http://www.hausigel.de/e-hcs.html
Enjoy!
Hausigel |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2012-12-17 1:59 AM I've failed to navigate the German LM site 3-4 times. Its a huge shame considering the vast amount of great puzzles there. Perhaps, for this contest, you could make a quick diversion from the main page and to a separate competition window, where it is more English-friendly?
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | If you are already registered on the German LM site, you can access the contests directly from the main page: There is a box on the right-hand side; you will recognize the contests of this series by the abbreviation "HCS". For example, the first contest is "HCS 1: Zerlegungsrätsel" (Dissection puzzles ). The link will take you to the contest page directly.
If you are not registered yet, you can try the same, but a box in the center will appear that says:
"Contest Engine
Um an einem Wettbewerb teilnehmen zu können, müssen Sie registriert und angemeldet (oben rechts anmelden ) sein."
(This means, you cannot participate in our contests without registration. ) If you click on the word "registriert", it will take you to the registration page, which is again in English.
If you want to register anyway, you will find the registration page here:
http://www.logic-masters.de/registrieren.php?chlang=en
I am aware that there is still a lot room for improvement, but I do not have access to these parts. I will announce each of the HCS contests beforehand, and I will post a direct link to the contest page. You can also navigate to each of the contests directly from the overview page (third link in my first post ). Btw, the first contest takes place January 11th-14th, the instruction file will be accessible a week from now. The instruction files and contest files are bilingual (German and English ). |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2012-12-17 10:36 PM I've been locked out. Had a reset code sent to me. Reset my password. Tried to log in 3 times => all failed.
Can the organizer look at this for me please? This is not the first time its happening to me. |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest HCS 1 will start in a few hours. Please see the German forum for a few last-minute remarks on solution codes and manual score adjustments. Good luck to all participants! |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest is over, and the table should be visible for everyone; I have not finalized the standings yet. Score adjustment requests (for 80% of the points) are still possible until Wednesday noon.
So far, I have only sent a message to the participants when the syntax for a solution code was wrong. If you believe you have solved one or more puzzles correctly and your solution codes are not accepted, please let me know (email: hcs@hausigel.de), and I will get back to you asap.
Thanks a lot for participating.
Hausigel |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The scoring for the contest HCS 1 has been finalized, HCS 2 has been activated (the instruction file will be available for download this evening ). The contest HCS 2 will take place Feb 1st - Feb 4th. I will post more information about score adjustments etc. in the German forum.
Link to the contest page:
http://www.logic-masters.de/Wettbewerbe/wettbewerb.php?chlang=en&id... |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest HCS 2 will start 2 days from now. I have posted a few last-minute details in the German forum.
Short version: (Concerning manual adjustments) I will inquire in case of syntax errors; apart from that, adjustments will be made only on request. If manual score adjustments are necessary, only 80% of the points will be awarded.
(I know the original announcement said that there will usually be no penalty. But, having seen the large number of typing errors on the one hand and the large amount of time some participants invest in checking their solutions on the other hand, I feel that the 20% penalty is reasonable.) |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest has started. Good luck to all participants. |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest is over, and the table should be visible for everyone; I have not finalized the standings yet. Score adjustment requests (for 80% of the points) are still possible until Wednesday noon.
So far, I have only sent a message to the participants when the syntax for a solution code was wrong. If you believe you have solved one or more puzzles correctly and your solution codes are not accepted, please let me know (email: hcs@hausigel.de), and I will get back to you asap.
Thanks a lot for participating.
Hausigel |
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greenhorn
Posts: 164
Country : Slovakia | Hi, is it possible to get the password? I am not able to find it there. Thanks
Edited by greenhorn 2013-02-04 7:31 PM
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | Hi,
after the contest is over, it cannot be started until the scores have been finalized and the contest has been put in "free" mode. This will happen in about two days; I have sent you a private message with the password.
Hausigel |
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Rubben
Posts: 20
Country : Romania | Rubben posted @ 2013-02-05 4:47 PM Hi,
i lost this contest. I can get the password for puzzles? |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | Hi,
I have sent you a private message as well.
The contest file (and the password) will be available again on the contest page in about 24 hours.
Hausigel
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The scoring for the contest HCS 2 has been finalized. |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | Hi folks,
the contest HCS 3 will take place in a little more than a week (Mar 8-11 ), the instruction file is already available. A few inaccuracies in the instructions have been brought to my attention; I have posted some amendments in the German forum:
http://forum.logic-masters.de/showthread.php?tid=1137&pid=19582
A few notes on manual score adjustments will follow shortly.
Hausigel |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest has started. Good luck to all participants. |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | The contest HCS 3 is over, the preliminary scoring should be visible. I have already made manual adjustments in case of typos. Further score adjustments are only intended for "wrong" solution codes if there is an actual solution with the respective words. Please submit any requests until Wednesday noon, then I will finalize the scoring.
Hausigel |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | Hello,
the contest is over, and I would already like to thank all participants, even though only four of the twelve intended HCS rounds are finished. I appreciate every single attendance, no matter if the participants are top solvers or try only a handful of puzzles in each contest.
As usual, I have sent messages to those who entered a solution code with the wrong syntax. I have also made a couple of score adjustments without penalty for puzzle 3 (Anglers) where the wrong entries were based on an unwanted alternative interpretation of the solution code. Further score adjustments will only take place on the initiative of the participants. I will finalize the scoring on Wednesday noon, you can sent score adjustment requests (to: hcs@hausigel.de) until then.
Hausigel |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | |
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Hausigel
Posts: 79
Country : Germany | Hello,
just a short reminder that the contest HCS 5 will start tomorrow.
Concerning manual adjustments: As usual, I will inquire in case of wrong syntax; apart from that, adjustments are only made on request of the participant. In either case, you can only receive 80% of the points.
Hausigel |
@ 2012-12-17 1:59 AM (#9137 - in reply to #9136) (#9137) Top