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[gsf]

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[m_b_metcalf]

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Regards,

Mike Metcalf

[gsf]

::: status :::

the previous status had some errors -- the next one should be better

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0013 status :::

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game 0013 2008-01-22+16:15:00-0000 duration 6h57m dealer coloin index 960 (open) 3 players

    1.5/2    2.6/2    4.5/2    6.6/2    7.2/2    8.4/13   8.5/13   9.1/3    9.6/2    9.8/13
    10.1/13  10.4/13                                                                         

       submitter  entries  score  response  notes
     -----------  -------  -----  --------  -----
     m_b_metcalf        7    -30    10m59s  weak-pearl*2,last-entry,dup-puzzle*3
          coloin        1    -19         0  dealer
             gsf        4    149    14m35s  weak-pearl*4,highest-rating
     -----------  -------
               3       12


[gsf]

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[m_b_metcalf]

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Regards,

Mike Metcalf

[gsf]

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[TTHsieh]

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TTHsieh

[Pat]

... SE 7.2

Oh, well.

Regards,

Mike Metcalf (I waited 11 minutes)

After making a submission,
a player may not make another submission until

10 minutes have passed
and
another player has made a submission

[Pat]

(3) a strong pearl (pearl index 99) may not be the first entry for a given ER

Suppose, in a game with a rating range otherwise from 1.5 to 9.4, a player joyfully but late finds a rating of 10.4, but it is a strong Pearl. Would this rule prevent it being submitted at all?

it could be submitted as a ::: more ::: entry after the game closes

that would only work for the last player --

After the game is closed and before the next game starts,
the last player may post a batch of additional puzzles for the closed game

[m_b_metcalf]

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Regards,

Mike Metcalf

[g.r.emlin]

::: adjustment :::

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2008-01-23+12:36:00-0000 m_b_metcalf strong-pearl-not-trump -50


[TTHsieh]

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TTHsieh

[m_b_metcalf]

::: adjustment :::

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2008-01-23+12:36:00-0000 m_b_metcalf strong-pearl-not-trump -50


Well, this is ludicrous. The whole point of this game from the very beginning has been to reward the highest submitted rating. Having submitted what I considered to be three strong Pearls, according both to my own program (that I have carefully tuned to find these) and to Simple Sudoku, only to have had them penalised instead of rewarded by an arbitrary classification by the referee, now, perversely, a similar rating of mine is rejected because it's too good.

If players play according to the rules and the referee doesn't, we have a Kafkaesque situation and the Game becomes no fun.

I suggest that the trumping rules be abandoned forthwith.

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

[TTHsieh]

::: comment :::

I suggest that the trumping rules be abandoned forthwith.

I agree.

TTHsieh