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Location: Hong Kong | For Araf, does "between" mean "strictly between" or "strictly between and including"? |
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Location: Slovakia | edderiofer - 2013-02-27 7:17 PM
For Araf, does "between" mean "strictly between" or "strictly between and including"?
It is just STRICTLY BETWEEN.
If you have clues 3 a 7 in one region, its size should be 4, 5 or 6.
See here: http://yureklis.wordpress.com/tag/araf/
Edited by greenhorn 2013-02-27 9:31 PM
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Location: India | Answer Key Updates
Please note the following updates about answer keys
1) Mintonette now has same answer key as Masyu and Maxi Loop - "For each marked column, enter the lengths of the longest vertical path segment."
For the example below, the answer key is : 72121
Also note that there could be gaps in columns. The answer key should consider the full column.
(Not a valid puzzle. Just for answer key illustration.)
2) Gapped Kakuro
Some players mark circles on Gapped Kakuro and the given circles for answer keys may get hidden if you are not careful. So we have decided that we will provide another way of marking the answer-key cells.
The pdf will have the same puzzle twice, in 2 pages. Once with circle and another time with shaded cells. Please use the formats that is convenient to you.
3)Enter Unit digit only
If any row/cell has a double digit answer key, only the unit (right-most digit ) digit should be entered. (This rule is applicable to Masyu, Maxi Loop, Graffiti Snake, Mintonette, Araf ).
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Location: India | Graffiti Snake practice puzzle - http://valezius.blogspot.in/2013/02/nr-986-graffiti-snake.html |
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Location: India | Fifty Fifty Solving Techniques from the author himself http://valezius.blogspot.in/2013/02/how-to-solve-fifty-fifty.html |
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Location: India | Masyu Practice puzzle - http://valezius.blogspot.in/2013/03/nr-986-masyu.html |
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Location: India | Puzzle Marathon has startedPuzzle Marathon has started, with 8 puzzles.
Remaining 4 puzzles will be uploaded soon.
Please note that once you start a puzzle X, you can't start another puzzle Y until you submit X or one hour is over, whichever is earlier. We had same `rule` last year too.
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Location: India | Where are the passwords? |
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Location: India | devarajand - 2013-03-01 11:09 AM
Where are the passwords? You will get passwords when you start the puzzle.
Passwords are not posted in public. |
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Location: India | A temporary score page is available now.
Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/2013/03P/score.asp
Please note, you can see puzzles that you have submitted. And the score page can be refreshed once in 10 minutes. |
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Location: India | Can authors see the scores for puzzles which they have created? (without having to put a dummy submission :)) |
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Location: Austria | How can I get the password? I dont´ see it anywhere. I want to open the puzzle, but I am asked to write down the password. Where is it? |
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Location: India | Manu - 2013-03-01 9:17 PM
How can I get the password? I dont´ see it anywhere. I want to open the puzzle, but I am asked to write down the password. Where is it?
Check the submission page, once you click on a puzzle, the puzzle name appears below the table with a start button. Once you start it, the timer starts and the password is displayed. |
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Location: Austria | Thank you!! I didn´t see the start button below the table. |
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Location: India | Araf and Multi Skyscrapers are uploaded. |
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Location: Turkey | Gapped Kakuro:
1. https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/puzzle-4-gapped-kakuro/
2. http://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/gapped-kakuro/
3. http://wpc.puzzles.com/uspc2012/
Watches:
1. http://www.forsmarts.com/pdf/april2010_en.pdf
Araf:
1. https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/puzzle-14-araf/
2. https://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/puzzle-15-araf/
3. http://yureklis.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/araf/
Graffiti Snake:
1. http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=M201201P
2. http://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/?test=SVC2011
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Location: India | I have two doubts regarding "Liar Diagonal Slitherlink" as below
1. Can I assume that all the numbers will be given for this puzzle. If not how liar square will be decided among no hint squares?
2. For the liar Square can the number of edges used be equal to given number if we don't count diagonal connection. e.g for a liar square having 2 can put link like Z i.e. using two edge excluding diagonal?
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Location: India | rajeshk - 2013-03-02 12:54 PM
I have two doubts regarding "Liar Diagonal Slitherlink" as below
1. Can I assume that all the numbers will be given for this puzzle. If not how liar square will be decided among no hint squares?
2. For the liar Square can the number of edges used be equal to given number if we don't count diagonal connection. e.g for a liar square having 2 can put link like Z i.e. using two edge excluding diagonal?
1. Just in response to the question part, its possible to determine the liar square. Due to the all rows and columns need to have exactly one liar constraint, even if there's just one clue in a row or column, that clue has to be a liar, or of course there's say just 2 clues and you prove one is right while solving. For example, the Liar Slitherlink in the IPC did not have all clues given, and I guess the striking out the liar part doesn't change the possibility of a Liar being determined.
2. No. The square once determined as a liar, has to be wrong. |
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Location: India | Thanks Prasanna for your quick reply. I was trying to create one puzzle of this type and these doubts came in my mind. Thanks once again for clarifying these doubts.
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Location: United States | So if I take more than an hour I can't submit an answer? For multi-skyscrapers I see a red X. I cannot find errors in my solution.
Thanks,
bob |
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Location: United States | never mind I finally found my error. very difficult to proofread |
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Location: United States | So I feel stupid now. Got myself massively stuck on one puzzle, and blew an entire 4.5 hours on an "easy" one. Finally cracked it, but it did raise a question. Is there a way to abandon a solve that you just don't think you'll ever complete? I couldn't find a way to move on and try a different one, so I was stuck using my entire day's time banging my head against a faulty bit of logic. |
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Location: India | FoxFireX - 2013-03-03 5:02 AM
So I feel stupid now. Got myself massively stuck on one puzzle, and blew an entire 4.5 hours on an "easy" one. Finally cracked it, but it did raise a question. Is there a way to abandon a solve that you just don't think you'll ever complete? I couldn't find a way to move on and try a different one, so I was stuck using my entire day's time banging my head against a faulty bit of logic. Certainly there is a way and many players have done that.
Just that you have to wait for one hour. When you go to the submission page after an hour, all other puzzles will be enabled to be started. (Just wanted to clarify that the "one hour constraint" was added so that players don't start 2 puzzles at the same time by mistake and lose potential bonus) |
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Location: United States | Administrator - 2013-03-02 6:11 PM
Certainly there is a way and many players have done that.
Just that you have to wait for one hour. When you go to the submission page after an hour, all other puzzles will be enabled to be started. (Just wanted to clarify that the "one hour constraint" was added so that players don't start 2 puzzles at the same time by mistake and lose potential bonus)
Ah. So you have to actually reload the page after an hour, then? I just kept it loaded, and the other puzzles never came back as available. |
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Location: India | Watches and Fifty Fifty are uploaded. |
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