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@ 2013-01-07 3:56 AM (#9356 - in reply to #9294) (#9356) Top

frst



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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


@ 2013-01-07 5:38 AM (#9357 - in reply to #9353) (#9357) Top

Administrator



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Administrator posted @ 2013-01-07 5:38 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.
@ 2013-01-07 7:14 AM (#9359 - in reply to #9294) (#9359) Top

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


@ 2013-01-07 7:34 AM (#9360 - in reply to #9359) (#9360) Top

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greenhorn posted @ 2013-01-07 7:34 AM

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
@ 2013-01-07 8:05 AM (#9361 - in reply to #9294) (#9361) Top

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RALehrer posted @ 2013-01-07 8:05 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? 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


@ 2013-01-07 8:47 AM (#9362 - in reply to #9294) (#9362) Top

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


@ 2013-01-07 10:59 AM (#9363 - in reply to #9360) (#9363) Top

prasanna16391



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prasanna16391 posted @ 2013-01-07 10:59 AM

greenhorn - 2013-01-07 7:34 AM

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


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*
@ 2013-01-07 2:09 PM (#9364 - in reply to #9294) (#9364) Top

PuzzleScott



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PuzzleScott posted @ 2013-01-07 2:09 PM

In trio cut, can triominoes touch each other?
@ 2013-01-07 2:13 PM (#9365 - in reply to #9364) (#9365) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2013-01-07 2:13 PM

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)
@ 2013-01-07 3:26 PM (#9366 - in reply to #9294) (#9366) Top

PuzzleScott



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PuzzleScott posted @ 2013-01-07 3:26 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? 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


@ 2013-01-07 3:28 PM (#9367 - in reply to #9294) (#9367) Top

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


@ 2013-01-07 9:04 PM (#9368 - in reply to #9294) (#9368) Top

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


@ 2013-01-08 1:37 AM (#9369 - in reply to #9363) (#9369) Top

zachpuzzle



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zachpuzzle posted @ 2013-01-08 1:37 AM

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
@ 2013-01-08 1:54 AM (#9370 - in reply to #9294) (#9370) Top

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macherlakumar posted @ 2013-01-08 1:54 AM

 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


@ 2013-01-08 4:14 AM (#9372 - in reply to #9294) (#9372) Top

detuned



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detuned posted @ 2013-01-08 4:14 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? 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


A very nice - albeit very challenging - start to the puzzle year. Thanks to Andrey, Vladimir and the organisers!
@ 2013-01-08 5:57 AM (#9373 - in reply to #9365) (#9373) Top

FoxFireX




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FoxFireX posted @ 2013-01-08 5:57 AM

debmohanty - 2013-01-07 3:13 AM

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. :/
@ 2013-01-08 8:30 AM (#9375 - in reply to #9294) (#9375) Top

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debmohanty posted @ 2013-01-08 8:30 AM

Best of LMI Puzzle Tests is now over - Link to score page - http://logicmastersindia.com/2013/01P/score.asp

Congratulations to deu, MellowMelon and uvo for taking top 3 positions.

Password for puzzle booklet : 20f0ll0wm312
Link to solution booklet
@ 2013-01-08 9:20 AM (#9377 - in reply to #9294) (#9377) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2013-01-08 9:20 AM

Making it consistent with other measures at LMI, puzzle ratings in each test will now be weighted by LMI ratings.
@ 2013-01-08 8:43 PM (#9381 - in reply to #9294) (#9381) Top

flk



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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!
@ 2013-01-08 11:53 PM (#9383 - in reply to #9357) (#9383) Top

apollo1001



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apollo1001 posted @ 2013-01-08 11:53 PM

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.
@ 2013-01-09 1:57 AM (#9384 - in reply to #9383) (#9384) Top

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MellowMelon posted @ 2013-01-09 1:57 AM

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
@ 2013-01-09 2:39 PM (#9387 - in reply to #9294) (#9387) Top

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


@ 2013-01-09 3:48 PM (#9388 - in reply to #9294) (#9388) Top

forsmarts



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forsmarts posted @ 2013-01-09 3:48 PM

The test is over. Thanks to all the puzzlers for participation!

TOP 3:
1. Hideaki Jo (JAP)
2. Palmer Mebane (USA)
3. Ulrich Voigt (GER)

Here are some statistics:
186 competitors started the test
- 135 (72.58%) made at least one entry
- - 131 (97.04%) made at least one correct entry
- - 63 (46.67%) made at least one incorrect entry

The most submitted puzzles are:
- Suraromu (114, 84.44%)
- Ripple Effect (104, 77.04%)
- Make Room For Tapa (99, 73.33%)

The least submitted puzzles are:
- Spiral Battleships (10, 7.41%)
- Chained Battleships (14, 10.37%)
- Border Loop (15, 11.11%)

The puzzles submitted with the highest accuracy:
- Border loop (15/15, 100%)
- Pointing evens (43/44, 97.72%)
- Loop the loop (54/56, 96.42%)

The puzzles submitted with the lowest accuracy:
- Spiral Battleships (7/10, 70%)
- Chained Battleships (10/14, 71.42%)
- Trio Cut (21/28, 75%)

The puzzles with the biggest number of incorrect submissions:
- Ripple Effect (14/104, 13.46%)
- Horse Snake (13/77, 16.88%)
- Make Room For Tapa (13/99, 13.13%)

The puzzles with the highest rating:
- LITS2 (9.10)
- Cubic Star Battle (9.03)
- Fishermen at War (9.02)

The puzzles with the lowest rating:
- Yin-Yang Samurai (7.13)
- Ripple Effect (7.37)
- Horse Snake (7.53)

Also I would like to thank all the authors of the tests used for this compilation. Me and Andrey both had a great time selecting/creating the puzzles for this test.

All the best,
Vladimir
@ 2013-01-09 4:35 PM (#9389 - in reply to #9388) (#9389) Top

tamz29



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tamz29 posted @ 2013-01-09 4:35 PM

I couldn't solve any Puzzle Fusion puzzles :(
The puzzles were really good. Thanks!
@ 2013-01-10 7:03 PM (#9393 - in reply to #9294) (#9393) Top

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AndreyBogdanov posted @ 2013-01-10 7:03 PM

Greetings to the winners and thanks to all participants.
Unfortunately I was ill last few days and couldn't watch the contest. Thanks to Vladimir and Deb for handling all claims.
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