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Difficulty: Medium Monday, April 30, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Monday, April 30, 2007

12:53 am
h

go
1:10 am
WHB

Done
1:24 am
h

12 filled, going green...
1:27 am
h

done - missed one and mightve been able to do it, but greens are easier...
2:03 am
himuran

DONE
5:11 am
Andy

let there be go
5:28 am
Andy

got 17. going green
5:42 am
Andy

done
5:53 am
herinfernallady

go
6:28 am
peternl

hi all
6:28 am
yul

hello
6:28 am
herinfernallady

hi
6:32 am
spreadeagle

Like Andy, I have filled 17, resisting going green
6:51 am
spreadeagle

Aha, solved the 6 in the top row, moving again.
6:54 am
smooth_pappa

good morning... Start!
6:57 am
peternl

not too bad
7:02 am
spreadeagle

Done, no greens, but it wasn't easy.
7:03 am
smooth_pappa

I haven't gone green yet... but I may need to soon.
7:03 am
smooth_pappa

I've got over 30 filled in though
7:04 am
spreadeagle

You can do it
7:04 am
smooth_pappa

HA! thanks for the encouragement... just as you said that I found a few more ;)
7:06 am
smooth_pappa

12 left still no greens
7:07 am
smooth_pappa

and done!
7:08 am
smooth_pappa

that was a good way to wake up :)
7:08 am
brittlefish.com

go
7:21 am
brittlefish.com

done
7:46 am
schtee

.
8:00 am
schtee

.
8:23 am
UnikeTheHunter

I'm stuck. May have to use greens.
8:28 am
UnikeTheHunter

Got one more by double virtual crosshatch.
8:47 am
UnikeTheHunter

Going green. OH! I missed a loner. I hate when that happens.
8:51 am
UnikeTheHunter

Real easy after that loner. Not even pairs needed.
8:53 am
UnikeTheHunter

Now I'm in the bottom row of the regulars, which I consider less of a distinction than being in the top row of the newbies.
9:03 am
OrangeSlice

hmm, I've used a double xwing and a unique rectangle in conjunction with intersections to find some cells today. yuck. Suppose I should finish the puzzle though.
9:06 am
OrangeSlice

Hmm, nothing else too fancy. Another medium without greens.
9:07 am
OrangeSlice

hmm, I am repetitive today.
9:40 am
moedog

hello, world
9:47 am
moedog

done
9:57 am
drwho

Difficulty score 25. Cross-hatching, virtual cross hatching and missing digit scans are the only techniques used by the computer. I used a hidden triple to break it open.
9:59 am
drwho

OrangeSlice, I saw a couple of X-wings, but on closer examination it turned out that cross-hatching gave the same information.
10:01 am
drwho

Rule of thumb, when an X-wing is confined to a chute (a band or stack of blocks) then it really isn't an X-wing, the same information can be obtained by cross-hatching the rows or columns.
10:22 am
drwho

Spreadeagle, thanks for the encouragement not to go green. I was stuck with 17 filled in too.
10:31 am
Psycho_Puppy

Not too bad for a medium.
10:35 am
RodeoRogue

go
11:18 am
RodeoRogue

done, way too much green. My eyes need to be checked. I missed so much today
11:18 am
RodeoRogue

off to archives. I finally made pro!!
12:27 pm
brianarn

Grats RodeoRogue! I'm on the cusp of it myself, and hope to get enough points to break in. :)
12:32 pm
RodeoRogue

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
12:33 pm
brianarn

Today's wasn't too bad with some effort -- in the archives now. :)
12:36 pm
RodeoRogue

ick. today's made me sick. but it was mainly for my own blindness.
12:37 pm
brianarn

I've had two easy puzzles in archives so far, and this hard, and I think that'll push me into pro tomorrow, although it's going to be on the edge.
6:02 pm
OrangeSlice

I think I'm a little over 100 short of being in the experts.
8:02 pm
helenkeller

go
8:27 pm
Zugzug7

go
8:34 pm
helenkeller

done
8:35 pm
Zugzug7

done
11:59 pm
twstedangel

hello, anyone still here?