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pnm 
Posted on: Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:25 pm
Posts: 3488 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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 what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudoku?
Is it too difficult? Should it be made a bit easier, or maybe change it so you have 2 days to solve it? This one should be comparable..: ![Scared [scared]](./images/smilies/msp_scared.gif)
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paulv66 
Posted on: Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:39 pm
Posts: 1025 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
I think yesterday's was a bit easier than the previous two weeks and if you keep it at that level, then one day to solve it should be sufficient. If you increase the difficulty level back to that of the previous two weeks, then an extra day to solve it would be a good idea.
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wjm 
Posted on: Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:48 am
Posts: 25 Joined: Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:10 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
Agree exactly with paulv66 and would prefer that the level stay a little bit easier than the previous two weeks for which I only batted .500
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eclipsegirl 
Posted on: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:08 pm
Posts: 749 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
Would it be possible to alternate?
I would want the tougher 2 day KS on Friday on the weeks when Sat's extra is the 7 x 7 extra.
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clm 
Posted on: Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:02 pm
Posts: 880 Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 6:51 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
pnm wrote: Is it too difficult? Should it be made a bit easier, or maybe change it so you have 2 days to solve it? This one should be comparable..: ... ![Scared [scared]](./images/smilies/msp_scared.gif) This last one is very interesting (and really difficult). 9 days have elapsed so I think there si no problem already in showing part of the solution, i.e., row 7 = 567928143.
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paulv66 
Posted on: Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:10 am
Posts: 1025 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
Out of interest, does the figure shown for the number of people solving a puzzle include those who solve it after the solution has been published?
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pnm 
Posted on: Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:12 am
Posts: 3488 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
paulv66 wrote: Out of interest, does the figure shown for the number of people solving a puzzle include those who solve it after the solution has been published? Good question, and yes, it does. Time to fix that ![Smile [smile]](./images/smilies/msp_smile.gif) , so it'll show "Solved 100 times so far (75 for points)" or something.
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paulv66 
Posted on: Sat Feb 04, 2017 1:02 am
Posts: 1025 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
Totally flummoxed by this Friday's killer sudoku. Had a busy day, so not as much time as usual to spend doing puzzles, but first time in over a month that I've failed to solve a puzzle within the time limit. If you're going to make them this difficult, I think you should allow an extra day to solve them.
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paulv66 
Posted on: Sat Feb 11, 2017 12:58 am
Posts: 1025 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
Second week in a row that I've failed miserably to solve today's difficult Killer Sudoku. Not sure why it's causing me so many problems as there seems to be quite a few people solving it. But I guess it's something of a blindspot for me. Maybe it will cure me of my obsessive hunt for keeping a perfect score.
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marblevolcano 
Posted on: Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:39 am
Posts: 280 Joined: Sun May 22, 2016 2:17 pm
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 Re: what do people think of the Friday difficult Killer Sudo
paulv66 wrote: ...my obsessive hunt for keeping a perfect score. Ohh.. so that's why you're always up at the top on the weekly points list now! 
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