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by sudokuEd
Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:32 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 21
Replies: 9
Views: 9330

If it is solvable - it will certainly spur me on to try again. :) This has been bugging me for years since I like to only post variants I have solved first. Many thanks to Para and Andrew for solving A21V2. They found a really interesting both/neither move to set up their solutions (Para's step 38;...
by sudokuEd
Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:41 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (very unofficial) Assassin 100
Replies: 6
Views: 7974

Sorry guys. Spent all my time on bug-hunting SudokuSolver. Don't know if or when this one....oh well. :?

Cheers
Ed
by sudokuEd
Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:09 pm
Forum: General Website Comments
Topic: Where's Ruud?
Replies: 57
Views: 40645

Where are we moving to? The url link is http://www.rcbroughton.co.uk/sudoku/forum/ but URL is not working just at the moment. The new forum is still being set up - but includes clue-less, explosions, samurai etc. But here's a deal Marlie - you try your first killer and I'll try my first clue-less :...
by sudokuEd
Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:39 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (very unofficial) Assassin 100
Replies: 6
Views: 7974

Plan B - still have multiple solutions so will take me a couple of days to get it fixed. It will be worth the wait 8-) .

An Official Unofficial Assassin 100 will appear as normal (thanks Mike).

Thanks for your patience.

Cheers
Ed
by sudokuEd
Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:22 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (very unofficial) Assassin 100
Replies: 6
Views: 7974

(very unofficial) Assassin 100

I know it's early, but am invoking longest-current-regularly-posting-Assassin-forum-member status and staking my claim for (very unofficial) Assassin 100 this week. So, party time at normal (u)Assassin hour this week. You won't believe the puzzle I've got for you! It will take a 'tag' solution but a...
by sudokuEd
Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:01 am
Forum: General Website Comments
Topic: Where's Ruud?
Replies: 57
Views: 40645

Seems like it's time for some decisions. First - a HUGE congratulations to everyone who has donated to Ruud over the last six weeks. The view count on the "Thankyou from Ruud after Paypal donation" has gone up well over 350 clicks!! =D> :cheers: my other ego trying to become registered (at...
by sudokuEd
Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:39 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (unofficial) Assassin 98
Replies: 16
Views: 19510

A very busy week with these two puzzles! Desperately trying to clear up the loose-ends before getting any further behind! Solving is like a lazy tropical river with 16 bridges & many back-waters to explore. Ed, was this meant to be a hint? Not a hint - just describing how the solution process se...
by sudokuEd
Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 50+ Rating Update: to uA100
Replies: 4
Views: 9081

Assassin 50-59 & Forum Killers' (& Killer X) Ratings Ratings in (mostly) chronological order Assassin 1 (Rating 0.75) Assassin 1V2 (Rating 1.25) A48-Hevvie (Rating 2.5) Assassin 50 (Rating 1.75) Assassin 50 V2 (Rating 3.0) Assassin 50 V0.2 (Rating 0.75) Assassin 51 (Rating 1.25) Assassin 52...
by sudokuEd
Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:01 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (unofficial) Assassin 98
Replies: 16
Views: 19510

May the magic of the Pharaohs assist you in your task: :farao: Wonderful magic & hidden tunnels they have! Been trying for nearly 18 months (since UTA) to be able to use this trick to solve a puzzle. Thanks Mike! I'm tempted to call this way a hard 1.25 rating, but lets settle for easy 1.50 8-)...
by sudokuEd
Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:36 pm
Forum: General Website Comments
Topic: Where's Ruud?
Replies: 57
Views: 40645

For a while it has been 262 registered users. Today it is 263 Registered 263 user was my other ego trying to become registered. "testEd" has been added to the Private Mail list which you can see using * in the "New (PM) POST" -> "Find a user name". I got the first emai...
by sudokuEd
Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:25 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (unofficial) Assassin 98
Replies: 16
Views: 19510

If Ruud is ok I wonder why he didn't tell us that he (might have) lost interest in maintaining his site because a simple message wouldn't be so difficult, would it? I agree. So something must be very wrong. This makes me patient. Though a message from Ruud to that effect wouldn't be so difficult ei...
by sudokuEd
Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:43 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (unofficial) Assassin 98
Replies: 16
Views: 19510

(unofficial) Assassin 98

This one started out fairly symmetrical but couldn't get a unique solution. Solving is like a lazy tropical river with 16 bridges & many back-waters to explore. Couldn't get a solving strategy idea to work for this design but still an interesting puzzle to relax with. SS(v3)score is 1.25 . Feels...
by sudokuEd
Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:17 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: nd's #9 (aka Night of the Living Sudoku)
Replies: 5
Views: 7653

At first I wanted to rate it 1.75 ...Rating: 1.5. I used one forcing chain and a Hidden Killer quad Oh Afmob, some really great moves in steps 1-3! But your first instinct works much better for me - no way could I seriously put this classic onto the rating sticky as a 1.5 (more like a 2.0 with that...
by sudokuEd
Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:28 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: (Unofficial) Assassin 97
Replies: 16
Views: 18756

Re: (Unofficial) Assassin 97

[edit: forgot to say congratulations to Afmob on your first killer!! ] (Estimated) Rating: SudokuSolver rates this one 0.96 but it can be solved in an easier way Not by me! I'd call this one a hard 1.0 rating since it took a long time to find my break-through. Not the type of move I look for very e...
by sudokuEd
Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:46 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Rating Assassins
Replies: 33
Views: 28561

Richard's SudokuSolver v3.0.0 rates this as 0.48 and also 0.60 depending on how I open the file. However if a puzzle ever deserved a rating of 0 it isthis one Ha, nice one Frank. Richard loves bug-finders! He'll enjoy that one. 0.48 is the equivalent of a zero rating. We've always called this an As...