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forsmarts 13th Anniversary Contest Author
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Location: Belarus | The contest is mostly aimed at the experienced audience, as the majority of puzzles are really tough, but there's also something for the beginners.
Good luck to everyone who's going to compete! :)
Edited by forsmarts 2015-12-04 10:54 PM
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Location: United Kingdom | My first ever competition :) exciting, hopefully I'll be able to do a couple of them! Thanks for running such a cool event! |
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Location: United Kingdom | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Pentomino + Masyu + Latin Square | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
I had a lot of fun but it was a bit too difficult. Even the questions for under 20 points took me a lot of effort to manage, and the final question I tried I couldn't do in ~90 minutes. Great variety though, I've been introduced to a lot of new puzzles which is always really nice. |
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Location: France | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: United States | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Domino + Coral + Japanese Sums | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
This test was very difficult but a lot of fun. I really liked the idea of having sets of puzzles and combinations of them. |
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Location: Romania | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: Estonia | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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| Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Pentomino + Masyu + Latin Square | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
Many puzzles were too hard for an online contest. Also, the contest duration was a bit too long.
Puzzles were very nice and enjoyable (wihout the time limit). Good variety too. |
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Location: India | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Way too many puzzles (too little time) | |
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Location: Hungary | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Kakuro + Kropki + Loopfinder | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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Location: Poland | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys were horrible | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
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Location: Turkey | This one was lovely! Thanks Vladimir. Really mixture :) There were so many rules, and honestly I forgot some, such as Kakuro+Loop+Kropki. I spent nearly 25-30 minutes, because I forgot the Kropki rules :); Domino+Corral+JS, I forgot the Domino rules, and when I attempted to the enter the solution, it showed up broken. I checked the puzzle several times, it seemed everything was set. Then I said myself "Ooo man you are stupid, where is the domino set?" After that got it.
I'm sure that the whole set required huge work, so THANK YOU so much Vladimir for a such a challenging set of the puzzles! Really great! |
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Location: Japan | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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| Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys were horrible | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Kakuro + Kropki + Loopfinder | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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SM 2020 (Math) Author
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Location: India | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
A really hard and nice test!Thanks for the great puzzles. |
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Location: India | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | 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 the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | |
A very nice challenging set of puzzles ! Looking forward to more such tests in the future.
Thanks, Sudhir |
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Location: United States | Was there sufficient variety in the puzzle types represented? | Yes, lot of variety | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Answer keys could have been better | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | Which set of puzzles did you like the most? | Sudoku + Skyscrapers + Star Battle | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Many puzzles were worth too much or too little | |
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forsmarts 13th Anniversary Contest Author
Posts: 33
Location: Belarus | Big thanks to everyone who participated in the contest.
Congratulations to top 3 performers: Kota, Hideaki and Nikola! |
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