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Classics & Regions (PR 2016/17) Author
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Location: Germany | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Fairly Nice | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
"I really enjoyed it"... a bit too stressful to really enjoy, but I do think it was a great test. And I didn't do as badly as I feared!
Regarding the interface: I'd prefer a bigger and non-dropdown answer entry mechanism. Ideally just a set of big buttons (including a skip button) with no confirmation. I don't want to judge puzzle quality because I have too little comparison for the format. I don't really understand (and haven't tried to understand) the penalty system, so no answer there either.
The puzzles that I had trouble with: I didn't see the contradiction in that one Sudoku even though I looked for it, guess I should have skipped instead. I'm not the only one it seems. On the pyramid, I missed the 19 and thought you were being cheeky with multiple maximal solutions (the answer format allowed that). And I should have thought to take the maximum in parallel row by row. Finally I would have guessed the correct one for the squares, but miscounted and couldn't confirm it was the maximum.
Looking forward to the screen test at the WPC 2017! |
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Location: Hungary | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Many Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Many Puzzles | |
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| | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
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Location: India | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
I have found that I understood about the max. rotation was wrong. I thought it was the clockwise rotation of the images from the options but it is actually the clockwise rotation of the original image. Though, I really enjoyed the test. |
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Location: United States | Hmm....I still see only 10 squares for C, but 11 squares for D in #13. What am I missing? |
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Location: United States | For that problem, C has 12 (1 1x1, 4 2x2, 5 3x3, 2 4x4)
Edited by ghirsch 2015-11-21 7:35 PM
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WSPC Organizer
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Location: India | brecher92 - 2015-11-21 7:16 PM
Hmm....I still see only 10 squares for C, but 11 squares for D in #13. What am I missing?
Check C again. It has
One 1x1 squares
Four 2x2 squares
Five 3x3 squares
Two 4x4 squares
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2021 World Sudoku+Puzzle Convention Organizer
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Location: India | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
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Location: United States | Hah...well, based on the 25% success rate, I guess I'm not the only one who had a blind spot... |
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Location: United States | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Some Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Average | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Few Puzzles | |
This contest may be great for identifying truly skilled puzzle solvers but I really did not have much fun (and if puzzles are not fun, why do them?). Too many of the questions seemed to be "how quickly can you count and remember totals under pressure". And I cannot do weights or minesweeper puzzles entirely in my head. So I ended up trying to use intuition or taking a guess. But maybe it's just me...a lot of others seem to really enjoy it.
I shall look forward to the next regular contest next week. Thanks |
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Location: Poland | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Many Puzzles | |
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Location: Japan | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Many Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
Great puzzles, but in the latter part, paper was necessary for me. (Especially Mines) |
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Location: The Netherlands | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
As far as Screen Tests go that was pretty interesting. |
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Location: ITALY | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Fairly Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
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Location: India | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
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Location: Finland | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Very fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
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Snowmen Author
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Location: Russia | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Most Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Fairly Nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Very Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Bit unfair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Most Puzzles | |
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Location: Switzerland | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | Were the puzzles solvable on screen? | Many Puzzles | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | How do you rate the interface for the Screen Test? | Fairly Nice | | | What is your opinion about rules, points and scoring for this test? | Fair | | | Were the puzzles solvable under the time limit? | Many Puzzles | |
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