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Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013
   LMI Tests -> Monthly Sudoku and Puzzle Tests50 posts • Page 1 of 2 • 1 2
Gotroch
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-06 7:41 AM (#9346 - in reply to #9294) (#9346) Top




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 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? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


kishy72
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-06 11:27 AM (#9347 - in reply to #9294) (#9347) Top


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 How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? A bit skewed
 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? 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


zorko
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-06 5:45 PM (#9348 - in reply to #9294) (#9348) Top





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Location: Bulgaria
 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? Mostly perfect answer keys
 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


betaveros
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-06 8:15 PM (#9349 - in reply to #9294) (#9349) Top




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Location: Taiwan
 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
 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


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-06 8:18 PM (#9350 - in reply to #9294) (#9350) Top


An LMI Player with Puzzle ratings 500+
 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? 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


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-06 10:52 PM (#9351 - in reply to #9294) (#9351) Top


An LMI Player with Sudoku ratings 500-
 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? 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


zachpuzzle
Subject: RE: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 2:20 AM (#9353 - in reply to #9294) (#9353) Top




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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?

Thanks!
Rubben
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 2:48 AM (#9354 - in reply to #9294) (#9354) Top




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 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


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 2:58 AM (#9355 - in reply to #9294) (#9355) Top


An LMI Player with Puzzle ratings 500+
 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


frst
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 3:56 AM (#9356 - in reply to #9294) (#9356) Top




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Location: France
 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


Administrator
Subject: RE: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 5:38 AM (#9357 - in reply to #9353) (#9357) Top


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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.
An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 7:14 AM (#9359 - in reply to #9294) (#9359) Top


An LMI Player with Puzzle ratings 500+
 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


greenhorn
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 7:34 AM (#9360 - in reply to #9359) (#9360) Top


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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
RALehrer
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 8:05 AM (#9361 - in reply to #9294) (#9361) Top




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 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


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 8:47 AM (#9362 - in reply to #9294) (#9362) Top


An LMI Player with Sudoku ratings 500-
 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


prasanna16391
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 10:59 AM (#9363 - in reply to #9360) (#9363) Top


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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*
PuzzleScott
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 2:09 PM (#9364 - in reply to #9294) (#9364) Top




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In trio cut, can triominoes touch each other?
debmohanty
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 2:13 PM (#9365 - in reply to #9364) (#9365) Top



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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)
PuzzleScott
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 3:26 PM (#9366 - in reply to #9294) (#9366) Top




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 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


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 3:28 PM (#9367 - in reply to #9294) (#9367) Top


An LMI Player with Puzzle ratings 500+
 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


An LMI player
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-07 9:04 PM (#9368 - in reply to #9294) (#9368) Top


An LMI Player with Puzzle ratings 500+
 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


zachpuzzle
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-08 1:37 AM (#9369 - in reply to #9363) (#9369) Top




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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
macherlakumar
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-08 1:54 AM (#9370 - in reply to #9294) (#9370) Top





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 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


detuned
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-08 4:14 AM (#9372 - in reply to #9294) (#9372) Top




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 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!
FoxFireX
Subject: Re: Best of LMI Puzzle Tests — January Puzzle Test — 5th-7th January 2013 @ 2013-01-08 5:57 AM (#9373 - in reply to #9365) (#9373) Top





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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. :/
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