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[champagne]

:::comment:::

I have been off for 2 days. Coming back, I have one question regarding the game rules.

The game is supposed to close 24 hours after the last submission.

My last submission was registered july 5 11.42 am
Next one (from JPF) came july 6 12.33 am

and the closure is registered july 7 1.00 am.

This seems somehow erratic

champagne

[joel64]

::: comment :::

submission JPF 2010-07-05+23:23
game 0110 idle LIGHTNING 2010-07-06+21:24 the game will close at 2010-07-07+24:00
duration ................................ 22h 01m .................................... 24h 37m

is not this step correct

[champagne]

:::comment:::

::: comment :::

submission JPF 2010-07-05+23:23
game 0110 idle LIGHTNING 2010-07-06+21:24 the game will close at 2010-07-07+24:00
duration ................................ 22h 01m .................................... 24h 37m

is not this step correct

Hi joêl,

I don't know where you picked up your data, especially for JPF's submission.

As I was not there, I just tried to work on an homogeneous set of times, the submission time published;

If this is reliable the conclusion is clear:

more than on day between my last submission and jpf's submission (this already happended in the past and can be accepted)

less than one day between jpf's submission and the closure and this is something i never saw before.

As anyway I resigned in fact two days ago with an empty cache, I feel free to comment on that situation.

champagne,

[m_b_metcalf]

::: comment :::

also, g.r.emlin will be running solo for the first 2 weeks in July
should be ok if the daemon machine stays up

A reminder that gsf is away, and so can't answer questions.

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

[champagne]

:::comment:::

::: comment :::

also, g.r.emlin will be running solo for the first 2 weeks in July
should be ok if the daemon machine stays up

A reminder that gsf is away, and so can't answer questions.

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

right, mike, but we surely can wait until he is back.

From Joël reaction, I can imagine the sequence was correct as far as the game was concerned;

champagne

[Pat]

My last submission was registered july 5 11.42 am
Next one (from JPF) came july 6 12.33 am

makes sense

please remember that "12.33 am" is 0.33
(i.e. only 12h 41m after your last puzzle)

[Pat]

i prefer GMT

Jul.5 10:42:58 champagne
Jul.5 23:23:38 JPF
Jul.6 21:24:17 idle ( 22h after last puzzle )
Jul.7 00:00:15 closed ( 2h after idle, except delayed to start of next hour )

[champagne]

:::comment:::

please remember that "12.33 am" is 0.33

what I interpreted as 0.33 pm, creating the confusion

champagne

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0111 start at 2010-07-10+09:00:00-0000 :::

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dealer status

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

   1 m_b_metcalf       1 tarek            11 JPF              87 g.r.emlin

past patterns

   1 claudiarabia      1 pseudocoup        3 g.r.emlin        13 Pat              19 TTHsieh
   1 draco             1 ravel             9 gsf              15 coloin           22 JPF
   1 Eioru             1 wintder          12 m_b_metcalf      19 Mauricio         23 tarek


[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0111 open 2010-07-10+09:00:13-0000 dealer m_b_metcalf 28 clues pi rotational (180 degrees) symmetry :::

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. . . . 1 . 2 3 .
. . . . . 2 . . 4
. . . 5 . 4 6 7 .
. 6 . 8 . 5 7 1 .
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. 8 9 6 . 1 . 5 .
. 9 5 3 . 6 . . .
3 . . 2 . . . . .
. 4 2 . 8 . . . .  ED=1.2/1.2/1.2

[joel64]

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. . . 2 . 6 7 8 .
. 8 . 1 . 3 6 2 .
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. 9 1 6 . 2 . 7 .
. 4 6 3 . 1 . . .
5 . . 9 . . . . .
. 1 3 . 6 . . . .  ED=2.5/2.5/2.5


[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . . 1 . 2 3 .
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 . . . 6 . 7 1 8 .
 . 4 . 1 . 3 9 6 .
 . . . . . . . . .
 . 1 3 9 . 6 . 2 .
 . 2 6 5 . 1 . . .
 7 . . 4 . . . . .
 . 9 8 . 6 . . . .   ED=2.3/2.3/2.3

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

[champagne]

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....9.87.
.....6..5
...4.326.
.1.2.453.
.........
.456.9.2.
.239.8...
7..3.....
.64.1....  ED=2.0/2.0/2.0

[joel64]

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. . . . 1 . 2 3 .
. . . . . 3 . . 4
. . . 2 . 5 6 1 .
. 2 . 4 . 7 8 5 .
. . . . . . . . .
. 9 5 1 . 2 . 4 .
. 1 3 7 . 9 . . .
7 . . 8 . . . . .
. 4 9 . 2 . . . .  ED=2.6/2.6/2.6


[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . . 1 . 2 3 .
 . . . . . 4 . . 5
 . . . 3 . 5 6 7 .
 . 7 . 8 . 3 9 6 .
 . . . . . . . . .
 . 6 8 1 . 9 . 4 .
 . 4 6 2 . 1 . . .
 2 . . 7 . . . . .
 . 1 5 . 3 . . . .   ED=1.5/1.5/1.5

Regards,

Mike Metcalf