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panther
Posted on: Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:28 am
Posts: 14 Joined: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:12 pm
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8x8 bonus puzzle
you almost got me on my latest bonus puzzle. would like to know difficulty factor. I am guessing it is around 200.
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manni
Posted on: Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:56 am
Posts: 5 Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:23 pm
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
The bonus puzzle with the inner ring of +56? It was really more than tricky (and I need a very long time to solve it), but only with 75,3 difficulty factor. If you try to print the puzzle, you can read the factor at the bottom of the page...
...sorry, of course at the top of the page...
Last edited by manni on Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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pnm
Posted on: Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:36 am
Posts: 3305 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
panther wrote: you almost got me on my latest bonus puzzle. would like to know difficulty factor. I am guessing it is around 200. 200! Sorry it took a while to look this up: this was the one with the 59+ inner ring, right? The rating that would've been shown for this puzzle was 85.
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jaek
Posted on: Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:25 pm
Posts: 300 Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:15 pm
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
pnm wrote: panther wrote: you almost got me on my latest bonus puzzle. would like to know difficulty factor. I am guessing it is around 200. 200! Sorry it took a while to look this up: this was the one with the 59+ inner ring, right? The rating that would've been shown for this puzzle was 85. My exhaustive and scientific research shows that the 20 Oct 8x8 difficult was rated less than 60, and the 22 Oct was 71.9 or so. (I should have written those down. I'm not good with numbers.) Point being, 85 for an 8x8 could be extremely hard. Whereas a 9x9 rated 85 I would expect to be a relative walk in the park.
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panther
Posted on: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:00 am
Posts: 14 Joined: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:12 pm
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
yes. it was the bonus puzzle with 59 point ring. Perhaps with more practice, this type of pattern would get easier. I spent three days and about 8 hours on that one.
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pnm
Posted on: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:04 pm
Posts: 3305 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
panther wrote: yes. it was the bonus puzzle with 59 point ring. Perhaps with more practice, this type of pattern would get easier. I spent three days and about 8 hours on that one. I'll take another look at those puzzles, and maybe remove them from the pool. The bonus puzzles are supposed to be entertaining, not take you 8 hours to solve
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sjs34
Posted on: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:19 pm
Posts: 276 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:51 pm
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
I thought it was more difficult than the usual bonus puzzle but not all that difficult (maybe I was just lucky on this one) and a welcome new type of puzzle. Perhaps large cell puzzles do not belong in the bonus section but I would welcome them in the regular or the extra sections.
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beaker
Posted on: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:36 pm
Posts: 931 Location: Ladysmith, BC, Canada Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:37 am
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Re: 8x8 bonus puzzle
How about some of those new twin no-ops with "0's"........they are a little more challenging and entertaining
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