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by **gsf** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:34 am

Code: Select all: . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . 8 . . . 7 . . . 1 . . 2 . . . 3 4 . . 7 . . . 6 . . . 2 . 3 . 5 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . 9 . . 2 . 7 . . 6 . . 8 . . . . 9 . . . . . . ED=10.0/10.0/3.4

by **m_b_metcalf** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:53 pm

::: comment :::

Mainly to coloin: this puzzle from Glenn seems to have some peculiar properties that might bear investigation. Of those in its neighbourhood in Sudoku Space that don't start with singles, there seem to be only very similar ones.

gsf wrote:
Code: Select all
. . . 8 . . . 5 . . . 4 . . . 7 . . . 1 . . 2 . . . 3 4 . . 7 . . . 6 . . . 8 . 3 . 4 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 6 . . 9 . . 2 . 7 . . 6 . . 8 . . . . 1 . . . . . . ED=6.6/6.6/6.6

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

by **JPF** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:02 am

Code: Select all: . . . | 1 . . | . 2 . . . 3 | . . . | 4 . . . 5 . | . 6 . | . . 7 -------+-------+------- 2 . . | 7 . . | . 1 . . . 8 | . 5 . | 9 . . . . . | . . 9 | . . . -------+-------+------- . 6 . | . 3 . | . 9 . 1 . . | 9 . . | 5 . . . . 7 | . . . | . . . ED=2.8/2.8/2.8

JPF

by **gsf** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:04 am

Code: Select all: . . . 7 . . . 9 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 1 . . 2 . . . 3 9 . . 6 . . . 8 . . . 4 . 3 . 1 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . 7 . . 2 . . 8 . . . . 8 . . . . . . ED=3.2/3.2/3.2

by **m_b_metcalf** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:16 am

Code: Select all: . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 1 . . 5 . . . 6 7 . . 2 . . . 4 . . . 2 . 6 . 5 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . 3 . . 8 . . 1 . 2 . . 5 . . 9 . . . . 6 . . . . . . ED=4.7/1.2/1.2

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

by **gsf** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:08 am

Code: Select all: . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 7 . . . 3 . . 8 . . . 2 5 . . 7 . . . 6 . . . 1 . 3 . 5 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 2 . . 1 . . 4 . 7 . . 6 . . 8 . . . . 9 . . . . . . ED=8.3/8.3/7.2

by **JPF** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:19 pm

Code: Select all: . . . | 1 . . | . 2 . . . 2 | . . . | 3 . . . 4 . | . 5 . | . . 6 -------+-------+------- 2 . . | 3 . . | . 7 . . . 3 | . 8 . | 4 . . . . . | . . 9 | . . . -------+-------+------- . 5 . | . 4 . | . 1 . 9 . . | 2 . . | 7 . . . . 6 | . . . | . . . ED=2.3/1.2/1.2

JPF

by **gsf** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:20 pm

Code: Select all: . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 7 . . . 3 . . 8 . . . 2 5 . . 7 . . . 6 . . . 2 . 3 . 9 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 1 . . 2 . . 4 . 7 . . 6 . . 5 . . . . 9 . . . . . . ED=8.4/8.4/7.2

by **g.r.emlin** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:22 pm

::: game 0078 status LIGHTNING 2009-05-11+21:51:21-0000 :::

Code: Select all: game 0078 2009-05-07+08:12:00-0000 LIGHTNING duration 4d13h dealer coloin pages 211-215 (open) 5 players ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.2/1.2/1.2 gsf 4.5/3.0/3.0 gsf 7.7/7.7/3.4 gsf 9.1/9.1/8.4 JPF 1.5/1.2/1.2 coloin 4.7/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf 7.8/7.8/7.8 gsf 9.2/9.2/9.1 m_b_metcalf 1.7/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf 5.6/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf 7.9/7.1/3.4 gsf 9.3/9.3/9.0 gsf 2.0/2.0/2.0 gsf 6.5/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf 8.2/8.2/3.4 gsf 9.4/9.4/9.2 gsf 2.3/1.2/1.2 JPF 6.6/6.6/6.6 gsf 8.3/8.3/7.2 gsf 9.5/9.5/3.4 gsf 2.5/2.5/2.5 gsf 6.7/3.6/3.6 gsf 8.4/8.4/7.2 gsf 9.6/9.6/3.4 gsf 2.8/2.8/2.8 JPF 7.1/7.1/6.7 gsf 8.5/8.5/6.7 m_b_metcalf 9.7/9.7/6.7 JPF 3.0/3.0/3.0 gsf 7.2/7.2/6.7 m_b_metcalf 8.6/8.6/6.7 m_b_metcalf 9.8/9.8/6.7 m_b_metcalf 3.2/3.2/3.2 gsf 7.3/7.3/6.7 m_b_metcalf 8.7/8.7/3.4 gsf 9.9/9.9/6.7 JPF 3.4/3.4/3.4 gsf 7.4/7.4/6.7 m_b_metcalf 8.8/8.8/6.7 m_b_metcalf 10.0/10.0/3.4 gsf 3.6/3.6/3.4 JPF 7.5/7.3/3.4 gsf 8.9/8.9/6.7 gsf 10.4/10.4/3.4 JPF 4.2/3.0/3.0 gsf 7.6/7.4/3.4 m_b_metcalf 9.0/9.0/6.7 m_b_metcalf ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ open ratings : 2.6 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.0-5.2 5.4 5.7-6.2 6.8-7.0 8.0 8.1 10.1-10.3 10.5-10.7 submitter entries score response notes ----------- ------- ----- -------- ----- coloin 1 -19 0 dealer mario133 0 0 1h52m JPF 7 681 5h47m diamond,pearl*5,highest-rating m_b_metcalf 14 1161 1h12m pearl*9 gsf 25 1979 39m56s diamond*6,pearl*12,last-entry ----------- ------- ----- ----- 5 47 3802 diamond*7,pearl*26

by **JPF** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:04 pm

Code: Select all: . . . | 1 . . | . 2 . . . 3 | . . . | 4 . . . 5 . | . 6 . | . . 7 -------+-------+------- 4 . . | 2 . . | . 1 . . . 5 | . 8 . | 3 . . . . . | . . 4 | . . . -------+-------+------- . 1 . | . 3 . | . 6 . 2 . . | 6 . . | 8 . . . . 7 | . . . | . . . ED=4.2/3.4/3.4

JPF

by **gsf** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:07 pm

Code: Select all: . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 7 . . . 1 . . 2 . . . 3 5 . . 7 . . . 6 . . . 1 . 3 . 5 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 2 . . 8 . . 4 . 7 . . 6 . . 8 . . . . 9 . . . . . . ED=4.4/3.6/3.6

by **m_b_metcalf** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:56 pm

Code: Select all: . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . 6 . . . 7 2 . . 7 . . . 3 . . . 6 . 8 . 2 . . . . . . . 9 . . . . 9 . . 7 . . 1 . 4 . . 3 . . 5 . . . . 5 . . . . . . ED=9.1/9.1/8.8

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

by **gsf** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:59 pm

Code: Select all: . . . 8 . . . 6 . . . 2 . . . 5 . . . 7 . . 4 . . . 3 6 . . 5 . . . 8 . . . 1 . 3 . 2 . . . . . . . 9 . . . . 3 . . 9 . . 4 . 7 . . 4 . . 9 . . . . 5 . . . . . . ED=2.6/2.5/2.5

by **g.r.emlin** » Tue May 12, 2009 5:53 pm

::: game 0078 idle LIGHTNING 2009-05-13+17:30:15-0000 -- with no further entries the game will close at 2009-05-13+20:00:00-0000 :::

Code: Select all: game 0078 2009-05-07+08:21:00-0000 LIGHTNING duration 5d11h dealer coloin pages 211-215 (open) 5 players ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.2/1.2/1.2 gsf 4.4/3.6/3.6 gsf 7.7/7.7/3.4 gsf 9.2/9.2/9.1 m_b_metcalf 1.5/1.2/1.2 coloin 4.5/3.0/3.0 gsf 7.8/7.8/7.8 gsf 9.3/9.3/9.0 gsf 1.7/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf 4.7/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf 7.9/7.1/3.4 gsf 9.4/9.4/9.2 gsf 2.0/2.0/2.0 gsf 5.6/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf 8.2/8.2/3.4 gsf 9.5/9.5/3.4 gsf 2.3/1.2/1.2 JPF 6.5/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf 8.3/8.3/7.2 gsf 9.6/9.6/3.4 gsf 2.5/2.5/2.5 gsf 6.6/6.6/6.6 gsf 8.4/8.4/7.2 gsf 9.7/9.7/6.7 JPF 2.6/2.5/2.5 gsf 6.7/3.6/3.6 gsf 8.5/8.5/6.7 m_b_metcalf 9.8/9.8/6.7 m_b_metcalf 2.8/2.8/2.8 JPF 7.1/7.1/6.7 gsf 8.6/8.6/6.7 m_b_metcalf 9.9/9.9/6.7 JPF 3.0/3.0/3.0 gsf 7.2/7.2/6.7 m_b_metcalf 8.7/8.7/3.4 gsf 10.0/10.0/3.4 gsf 3.2/3.2/3.2 gsf 7.3/7.3/6.7 m_b_metcalf 8.8/8.8/6.7 m_b_metcalf 10.4/10.4/3.4 JPF 3.4/3.4/3.4 gsf 7.4/7.4/6.7 m_b_metcalf 8.9/8.9/6.7 gsf 3.6/3.6/3.4 JPF 7.5/7.3/3.4 gsf 9.0/9.0/6.7 m_b_metcalf 4.2/3.4/3.4 JPF 7.6/7.4/3.4 m_b_metcalf 9.1/9.1/8.8 m_b_metcalf ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ open ratings : 3.8 4.0 4.6 4.8 5.0-5.2 5.4 5.7-6.2 6.8-7.0 8.0 8.1 10.1-10.3 10.5-10.7 submitter entries score response notes ----------- ------- ----- -------- ----- coloin 1 -19 0 dealer mario133 0 0 1h52m JPF 7 615 6h48m diamond,pearl*4,highest-rating m_b_metcalf 15 1324 1h18m pearl*10 gsf 26 2076 37m18s diamond*6,pearl*12,last-entry ----------- ------- ----- ----- 5 49 3996 diamond*7,pearl*26

by **m_b_metcalf** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:58 pm

Code: Select all: . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 2 . . 5 . . . 6 7 . . 8 . . . 1 . . . 8 . 6 . 3 . . . . . . . 9 . . . . 6 . . 9 . . 5 . 2 . . 5 . . 9 . . . . 7 . . . . . . ED=5.7/2.5/2.5

This is a new rating.

Mike Metcalf

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