UK Puzzle Association

detuned wrote: ↑

Fri 17 Nov, 2017 1:52 pm

Thanks for the explanation Fred, that makes sense

Yeah, that makes more sense! At the end of the 4th day, the bee is already dead, but we were all counting it anyway.

If anyone reads this far, spoilers really needn't be necessary. OK, I can see where the 200 comes from. If: 1) No bees die! 2) and his counting is out. At the end of the 19th day, there are 179 bees <=4 days, and 21 > 4 days. I suppose technically he says "how many bees" rather than "how many live b...

I have an app called 'logic games' on my phone (logo is 2 grey cogs). "Free on iOS, Android and WP" by Andrea Sabbatini. There are dozens of familiar puzzle types you can practice, including Clouds... Ooh, what a good recommendation! Dozens and dozens of puzzle formats to practice there. Thank you ...

You want videos? Here is a time-lapse combination of the whole double championship: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_rLIKiJVM2blNj4fOgG_PuKgG721pslL and some other videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb87WVuOyiSZ8XqweywWFQzUIdBrpL3er (All but the first one are of the cultural show)

Thanks for doing these vlogs Neil - much appreciated.

berni wrote: ↑

Sat 21 Oct, 2017 8:47 pm

You mean Chech, don't you?!? Or has there been a change?

Yes of course. Fixed.

In the World Sudoku Championship (WSC), the UK team finished in 6th place, tying for their best ever performance. Team: David McNeill, Tom Collyer, Mark Goodliffe and Heather Golding. Further congratulations to David and Mark who were the top two competitors respectively in the 'over 50' category. I...

Very creditable performance from UK A and B teams. Well done all! The A team finished 6th, and the B team finished with a higher score than many other A teams, not to mention ending up ahead of USA-B. We don't leave empty handed though. David and Mark claimed 1st and 2nd place respectively in the ov...

Thanks for the update(s)!

Enjoy your day trip, and best of luck to you all with the main event!

Thanks Berni.

So, the UK is in 6th place (of 23) after WSC day 1. David and Tom are in the top 30, with Mark and Heather (and Neil, from the B team) not too far behind...

Thank-you Neil.

I'd forgotten how little information flows out during the tournaments.
There's no partial results posted on the official site yet... http://wspc2017.logicmastersindia.com/?g=WSC2017

Some truly awful jigsaw puzzle implementations here.

Not perfect, but by far the best I've ever come across is https://www.jigidi.com/

Many thanks to Anneka Rice for giving us a mention on her BBC Radio 2 show this morning!

To all the competitors, organisers and guests of the 2017 WSC and WPC in Bangalore: I'd like to wish you all a safe journey, and hope you all have a very enjoyable time in India this week. Special wishes of good fortune to the British teams of course, and to all those making their debut performances...

8b was the easiest.

Thanks James. That's fixed.
Anywhere that accesses php '$_' variables (GET/POST/REQUEST/etc) are now throwing errors since the server upgrade.

I need to systematically go through all scripts replacing all references. In the meantime, report here anything that can't wait. Ta.

david mcneill wrote: ↑

Wed 04 Oct, 2017 2:48 pm

I love question 12a.

Same here!

I've restored clicking the logo as a return link to the main website. As you say, not a perfect solution. There doesn't appear to be any other standard configuration to modify the header banner. However, it is possible to fully customise the header banner by getting stuck into the /prosilver/templat...

I'd been putting this off for some time, but was forced into action yesterday when our hosts upgraded their PHP version to 7.0x, which was not supported by the current version of phpBB. Anyway, as you can see, the forum is working, as is most(?) of the rest of the website. I'm aware of a couple of p...

Well done Tom, and everyone else who made (or should have made) the final! Nice write-up too.

I hope that some of the unrecognised names you mention become familiar faces in these quarters over the next few years.

The bot filtering seems to be working. We've not had a rogue account activated in a long time. However, we have had lots of attempted registration, which I just need to clear out. (c.20-30 per day!) Anyway, I've upped the game, using the API available at https://stopforumspam.com/usage Since doing t...

Welcome Angus! (I can't help but sense some Scottish connections in your name...) There are a few other talented cruciverbalists among our number here, that have happily taken the step into the wonderful world of puzzling, so you are in good company. I hope you enjoy what you find here. My advice is...

Re round 8, I only did 'C', which (by the way) you guys really shouldn't overlook... I can't remember the last time I made so many mistakes in one competition - 4/19 answers with an error! However, the contest was heavily loaded on the last 2 puzzles. I would have scored more by simply solving those...

Nilz wrote:As a heads up, round 8 is next weekend already!

... and it's authored by the Indians. This is the round you do not want to miss (if you're going to Bangalore)