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Topic: Sly's Puzzles (Read 14530 times)
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Bucky
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You actually dream about Rubicon, Bucky?
It's only happened once, when I stayed awake until 3 AM working on a difficult puzzle. |
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That is the most ingenious method of solving an impossible puzzle that I have ever seen.
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Some solutions I came up with
Out of the box (cocotun): nikebom
One to Three (dagivoz): tedynob (I put in special cases for 0 and 1 - there must be a better way!)
More than meets the eye (losodib): jusuvun (If the random crate hadn't started on the duplicator I would have struggled a lot more with this)
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Okay, think of a number. Now, scratch that number and think of 0. You're thinking of zero, right? FrEaKy
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Rene
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Well done, Sly. Gates of Fire 2 is a well designed puzzle, with just the right amount of space everywhere. For Gates of Fire 2 ( sumaxag): cixiles You left a turn signal in a convenient place, so I guess this is the type of solution you were thinking aboutI looked at Polar Opposites as well, but that one is not solvable if the ? crate turns out to be 'F' |
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« Last Edit: July 22, 2007, 03:46:42 AM by Rene »
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sly
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Thanks! That was the solution I had intended it be. Good Job! About Polar Opposites I updated it. THe new one is: Polar Opposites: pobydez |
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Okay, think of a number. Now, scratch that number and think of 0. You're thinking of zero, right? FrEaKy
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Rene
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For Gates of Fire 2 sumaxag, I set for myself a challenge to refrain from using any dozers. I also wanted to use a single unbroken chain of gates winding through from start to finish but the puzzle layout does not accomodate it, so I had to improvise in two places to maintain continuity. Voila: vabokof. I liked JF's idea of a single unbroken chain of gates winding through from start to finish. So I stole it  , and set out to create a solution like that. With only two small adapters, here is bybygym. |
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Wow rene, that's impressive. Maybe I'm underestimating everyone and should make my puzzles harder. So far everyone has found the tricks and quirks in all of my level (Except for Out of the Box which it was supposed to happen). Hmm... I got a good one. But I'll do it tomorrow since I haven't gotten sleep yet  . |
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Okay, think of a number. Now, scratch that number and think of 0. You're thinking of zero, right? FrEaKy
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Wow rene, that's impressive. Maybe I'm underestimating everyone and should make my puzzles harder. So far everyone has found the tricks and quirks in all of my level (Except for Out of the Box which it was supposed to happen). Hmm... I got a good one. But I'll do it tomorrow since I haven't gotten sleep yet . Don't blame yourself. Some of us have been around for a long time, and have seen all of the tricks in the book. It is hard to come up with original ones. For example, the techniques that I used for Gates of Fire come from the solutions that were posted for Peep Hole ( http://kevan.org/rubicon/forums/index.php/topic,119.msg1278.html#msg1278). If you want to have an idea of all the techniques, have a look through the puzzles of Bucky, JF, MagiMaster and especially 20eight's massive collection. You might even try your hand on some of my own puzzles But, I always enjoy new puzzles, even though they are similar to existing ones. So keep them coming!! And occasionally, a real gem like Recycled Air ( nacorag) comes up, that is unlike any puzzle I have seen before. |
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Polar Opposites: boberyh. I currently think nacorag is impossible because the entire top row is inaccessable. |
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« Last Edit: July 22, 2007, 09:29:34 PM by Bucky »
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That is the most ingenious method of solving an impossible puzzle that I have ever seen.
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Okay, I fixed Recycled Air and the new one is: Recycled Air: zybypih |
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Okay, think of a number. Now, scratch that number and think of 0. You're thinking of zero, right? FrEaKy
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Okay, think of a number. Now, scratch that number and think of 0. You're thinking of zero, right? FrEaKy
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Bucky
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Recycled air( zybypih): zofarigI used far more copiers than necessary. Most of them speed up the solution but some of them are purely decorative Simultaneous( mogutex): bykylup |
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« Last Edit: July 23, 2007, 06:31:00 AM by Bucky »
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That is the most ingenious method of solving an impossible puzzle that I have ever seen.
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sly
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Good job Bucky! Um... Jyfmif isn't valid tho.
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Okay, think of a number. Now, scratch that number and think of 0. You're thinking of zero, right? FrEaKy
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