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Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forward to
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pnm 
Posted on: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:15 pm
Posts: 3517 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
bram wrote: The former often frustrates me, but on this Super Tuesday I experienced the Exalted State of Flow throughout the puzzle ![Namaste [namaste]](./images/smilies/msp_namaste.gif) You're just getting smarter. Tell your friends, puzzling on calcudoku.org increases your IQ ![Tongue [tongue]](./images/smilies/msp_tongue.gif)
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bram 
Posted on: Tue Feb 04, 2025 9:44 pm
Posts: 281 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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frederick wrote: Is it to late to buy a lottery ticket where you are? Well, it seems like all of us subscribers already won the lottery today  Even the non-subsribers are pretty lucky as well, what with today's difficult 6x6 and medium 8x8 being accessible to everyone ![Woot [woot]](./images/smilies/msp_w00t.gif) Hopefully some of them will get hooked and buy a subscription ![Wink [wink]](./images/smilies/msp_wink.gif) pnm wrote: You're just getting smarter. Tell your friends, puzzling on calcudoku.org increases your IQ ![Tongue [tongue]](./images/smilies/msp_tongue.gif) Now officially confirmed ![BigGrin [biggrin]](./images/smilies/msp_biggrin.gif)
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paulv66 
Posted on: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:36 pm
Posts: 1030 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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Not wishing to be a downer, but doing calcudoku also slows down the rate at which your brain declines as you get older.
At least, I think it does!
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bram 
Posted on: Mon Mar 10, 2025 11:59 am
Posts: 281 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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paulv66 wrote: Not wishing to be a downer, but doing calcudoku also slows down the rate at which your brain declines as you get older.
At least, I think it does! You're going to feel positively rejuvenated after solving today's difficult 9x9 ![BigGrin [biggrin]](./images/smilies/msp_biggrin.gif) I subjectively felt like being on the verge of circular reasoning at many points, yet there always appeared a nice, logical path forwards, especially in the 6x and 168x cages at a late stage. A most enjoyable puzzle ![ThumbsUp [thumbsup]](./images/smilies/msp_thumbsup.gif)
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pnm 
Posted on: Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:23 pm
Posts: 3517 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
bram wrote: You're going to feel positively rejuvenated after solving today's difficult 9x9 ![BigGrin [biggrin]](./images/smilies/msp_biggrin.gif) I subjectively felt like being on the verge of circular reasoning at many points, yet there always appeared a nice, logical path forwards, especially in the 6x and 168x cages at a late stage. A most enjoyable puzzle ![ThumbsUp [thumbsup]](./images/smilies/msp_thumbsup.gif) Did you click the "+" "like" button afterwards? (I could check, and I'm not doing anything with this info at the moment, just curious)
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bram 
Posted on: Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:46 pm
Posts: 281 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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pnm wrote: Did you click the "+" "like" button afterwards?
(I could check, and I'm not doing anything with this info at the moment, just curious) I did, but then I probably do that after far too many puzzles for it to be actually useful in case you want to do something with it at some point ![Blushing [blush]](./images/smilies/msp_blushing.gif) Also, it's probably too dependent on my form/mood on any given day whether a deserving puzzle gets a "like" or not ![Sad [sad]](./images/smilies/msp_sad.gif) This is part of the reason why I sometimes express my approval of a particularly enjoyable puzzle through a post ![Smile [smile]](./images/smilies/msp_smile.gif)
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vagababov 
Posted on: Tue Apr 01, 2025 1:09 am
Posts: 3 Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:52 am
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
Tuesday (or Monday for me) 8x8 hard is probably my favorite. I am quite sad, I never get `|` operator as a bonus puzzle :( All kinds of doubles. All 10x10. Sometimes I get a Friday one, but turned 90 degrees bonus -- much more enjoyable than constant 5x5 doubles with 0, which are mechanically solvable.
On the contrary Tuesday 9x9 are one of the least enjoyable for me and I force myself to solve one once a year to get the achievement (when I am really bored, I might solve it more than once). And 6x6 hard where there is a central crosshatch pattern -- I probably miss some technique, but my solution rate for those is probably 50-60%, while all the other 6x6 patterns 100% of started.
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