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[m_b_metcalf]

::: resign :::

Desperation sets in.

[m_b_metcalf]

::: status :::

[Pat]

also need JasonLion and dobrichev
( at least one of them )

[JasonLion]

::: resign :::

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0277 closed (all players resigned) -- preliminary results :::

[m_b_metcalf]

::: comment :::

::: game 0277 closed (all players resigned) -- preliminary results :::

So, will the game enter the 'final' state on Monday morning? Nail-biting!

[dobrichev]

Only I crossed the final. Am I the winner?

[Pat]

we need a valid submission
-- or manual intervention by gsf

and it took an extra week
until i woke to the possibility of "resign"

game 0277 closed (all players resigned)

almost-all counts as "all"

resign is appropriate where we all wish to close the game,
inappropriate otherwise
(unfair to the last player -- gets shut out where he still wishes to play)

Monday should indeed provide proof of normalcy

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0278 start LIGHTNING at 2016-11-14+23:00:00-0000 :::

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dealer status

candidate patterns (via private message to g.r.emlin)

   1 m_b_metcalf      11 champagne        16 Pat              87 g.r.emlin

past patterns

   1 claudiarabia      1 pseudocoup        6 ronk             30 Mauricio         53 Pat
   1 dobrichev         1 ravel             9 gsf              32 champagne        58 tarek
   1 draco             1 wintder          19 TTHsieh          33 JPF
   1 Eioru             3 g.r.emlin        21 coloin           37 m_b_metcalf


[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0278 open LIGHTNING 2016-11-14+23:00:09-0000 dealer m_b_metcalf 21 clues diagonal and antidiagonal symmetry :::

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1 . . . 2 . . . .
. 3 . 4 . . . 1 .
. . 5 . . . 6 . .
. 1 . . . 6 . . .
7 . . . 3 . . . 4
. . . 5 . . . 3 .
. . 2 . . . 7 . .
. 6 . . . 3 . 5 .
. . . . 1 . . . 8  ED=1.5/1.2/1.2

[champagne]

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1...2....
.3.4...5.
..6...7..
.8...3...
2...6...9
...8...4.
..9...1..
.5...8.3.
....7...6 ED=9.5/9.5/9.5

starting slowly, my first diamond

[m_b_metcalf]

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 1 . . . 2 . . . .
 . 3 . 4 . . . 5 .
 . . 6 . . . 7 . .
 . 5 . . . 3 . . .
 8 . . . 7 . . . 2
 . . . 9 . . . 4 .
 . . 7 . . . 1 . .
 . 2 . . . 5 . 3 .
 . . . . 6 . . . 8   ED=9.4/9.4/9.4

Sorry to keep you waiting so long -- I expect you've found a Giant Jewel by now!

[champagne]

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1...2....
.3.4...1.
..5...6..
.6...3...
7...8...2
...1...4.
..9...8..
.4...6.3.
....9...5 ED=9.0/9.0/9.0

[champagne]

::: comment :::

Sorry to keep you waiting so long -- I expect you've found a Giant Jewel by now!

That pattern seems to have a relatively small number of solutions and doesn't produce many diamonds. I suspect an effect of the symmetries.

9.5 remains my highest diamond, but my highest rating is 10.7

[m_b_metcalf]

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 1 . . . 2 . . . .
 . 3 . 4 . . . 5 .
 . . 6 . . . 7 . .
 . 8 . . . 3 . . .
 4 . . . 1 . . . 9
 . . . 6 . . . 2 .
 . . 7 . . . 3 . .
 . 5 . . . 8 . 6 .
 . . . . 9 . . . 4   ED=10.5/10.0/9.7