UK Puzzle Association

This is OK for me. The list and white junctions are really just extra constraints that reduce the number of classic candidates. Subjectively, I also like the concept (but that's irrelevant).

This is a "no" for me. I expect to be asked to fill in a sudoku grid (including whatever extra shaded/region/other rules are relevantd). I do not expect to be asked to have to construct part of the puzzle itself. For me, this example goes too far beyond just applying rules and becomes actual realtim...

I'm not sure how to insert a diagram image, so maybe I'll refer to plotting a colour-coded diagram with a RAG Status list instead (Red=no, Amber=borderline, Green=OK), with Classic in the centre, other Greens surrounding, Amber slightly further out and Red much further out This is just an illustrati...

"Or the 2011 WSC round 12, which consist of a real cube (not a 3D representation on a 2D paper)."

I feel that anything involving physical handling/dismantling/constructing/manipulation is a distraction and a gimmick.

Any set of symbols will have some cultural baggage. In my opinion the digits 1-9 have less baggage than the letters A-Z and come from a smaller set of elements (implying less likelihood of confusion for contestants and markers). I don't think there is any other relatively small set of symbols that i...

I wonder whether an Euler diagram would help the discussion? I seriously don't want to trigger a distracting Brexit discussion, but a few years ago I found that Euler diagrams were a great way of drawing out some of the subtle differences between different terms used to describe the supranational Eu...

No because of:
(a) repeated symbols
(b) bias towards those used to the English (unaccented) alphabet
(c) potentially even more difficult for markers than numbers

I still have nightmares about this round in my only WSC appearance - I'll vote No before you even post the poll

Hi Tom. How would you like us to approach a situation like this? Without having the actual discussion here, my opinion of HALLOWEEN has two distinct aspects: the use of non-numeric symbols and the use of repeated symbols. Would you like me to simply vote on the specific example you have chosen, or s...

Congratulations to Mark and commiserations to Tom

David

Congratulations, Neil, on an excellent pair of victories, especially as the format changed this year. Thanks for posting the results - your post was how I heard the good news!

David

... and at https://web.archive.org/web/*/uk2014.org

Just to remind everyone that this year the event is at a hotel on the Purley Way and NOT at the usual venue.

https://www.hallmarkhotels.co.uk/hotels ... irections/

David

Well done all !

Roughly 42 minutes into http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08nj56w

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Thanks Tom - it's great to capture it here

And by coincidence* I have just noticed your name in relation to a fascinating website that I have visited about a loosely-related genre of TV programmes - thank you for that too :-) * I didn't bother adding words like "weird", "strange", "remarkable" or "amazing" - even though I wanted to - because...

Aha ! Hi, and my apologies for being so presumptious as to pontificate from a position of such relative ignorance ! http://www.boardability.com/profile.php ... _m_dickson

As far as I am aware, 2011 was the first event of "the modern era". Detailed results are available under the Results dropdown list at http://www.msoworld.com/ . There was a Puzzle Solving event in 1998 : I don't know the format but it sounds too early and I don't recognise any of the names involved ...

Congratulations to Tom for winning on his first appearance and to Neil for another very strong result. This continues the UKPA sequence of winners since 2011 : Rodders, me, Mark, Mark, Neil, Neil and Tom. The result is at the Puzzle Solving section of http://www.msoworld.com/2017-medal-table/ Gold :...

Hi Tom. This is a comment on the PDF answer format, not the sudoku itself. Sudoku 5 (Classic Sudoku) has r4 and r6 both marked as A. I naturally assumed r4=A and r6=B (top to bottom) and my answer has been accepted.

The 5th round is currently underway. I haven't attempted it yet and obviously don't intend to comment on the actual puzzles while it is underway. However if, like me, you are surprised and confused by the answer to the Unicorn puzzle in the practice paper (because of some 9s attacking other 9s a kni...

Thanks. Absolutely - the symmetry would be far more pleasing than a lop-sided straight run of golds :-) I have mixed feelings about the Sunday : it's normally OK for me, but it does disrupt the Bank Holiday weekend. Friday could always be a pain because of clashes with meetings at work, but I found ...

Not long to go now - looking forward to hopefully seeing several of you at London Bridge on the 17th.