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Difficulty: Expert Tuesday, June 5, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Tuesday, June 5, 2007

12:19 am
Camus

Hurshy, I love the way you put it. Thanks!
12:23 am
skizzybiz

be that as it may, i think i'm going to need some serious logical thinking for today's puzzle
12:41 am
Camus

I actually didn't do much thinking. Made three guesses and solved the puzzle zen-style. :)
12:46 am
itzie

Done. I found it pretty difficult though.
1:15 am
kebek

anybody out there making progress without green?
1:16 am
himuran

done
1:26 am
mikehell

I've got 14 solved, but then stuck...
1:27 am
kebek

yeah, me too. i gave in to the green.
1:30 am
mikehell

Even that isn't helping much...
1:30 am
kebek

nope, not so far. :/
1:48 am
mikehell

Done, with way too much help :(
1:58 am
WHB

Finally Done. A tough one.
5:20 am
eyeman

Got it in about 15 minutes. One lucky green.
5:25 am
franebrown

i've been at it a lot longer and still not going strong.......
5:33 am
franebrown

finally finished but don't think of myself as an expert
5:45 am
Andy

oh my... go
6:20 am
Andy

done
6:26 am
sprite

is it bad? Should never try an expert on a bad brainday... but how can I resist, lol.
6:33 am
Andy

I found something that had unique rectangle leanings and got a theory. When my theory was wrong I reverted to checkpoint but it told me what a certain cell could NOT be (because my theory was wrong) and that opened it up for me. So, it wasn't exactly a guess...
6:34 am
sprite

lol, no it wasn't. Nice, Andy :)
Still struggling here.
6:34 am
Andy

good luck! Gotta get kiddo ready for school
6:34 am
sprite

hf :)
6:35 am
sprite

ah, there it is. Done.
7:05 am
smooth_pappa

go
7:12 am
smooth_pappa

wow! ok...
7:13 am
smooth_pappa

time to go green, I think
7:16 am
smooth_pappa

done
7:16 am
smooth_pappa

easy with greens, but I just couldn't see a whople lot without them
8:25 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
8:52 am
UnikeTheHunter

11 done. Going green.
8:54 am
UnikeTheHunter

Missed an easy block crosshatch. I hate that.
8:54 am
UDbmas

12...going green
9:10 am
UnikeTheHunter

13. Stuck.
9:20 am
UDbmas

done...had to make a guess
9:20 am
UnikeTheHunter

Congratulations. I'm looking for a productive guess. Nothing seems that great.
9:26 am
UnikeTheHunter

Rats. Guess was wrong. But I accidentally clicked "save as checkpoint" rather than "return to checkpoint." So I need to start from scratch. Later.
9:39 am
Minski

Done! Messed up and had to start over once, but then restarted and used greenies and done easily.
10:03 am
drwho

Difficulty score 66. Whole lot of guessin' goin' on.
10:40 am
janiceb75

Somedays I impress myself. lol Just one very well thought out guess and it was all over. ;o)
10:41 am
Krys10

wow, 66.. is that the highest difficulty score we've seen here?
10:47 am
skizzybiz

i've gotten to 15 by using every trick in the book
10:48 am
skizzybiz

no guessing. i've resolved never to guess again
10:48 am
Krys10

I've gotten to 11 with little effort and no serious tricks so far. have not tried intersections yet...
10:49 am
Krys10

does guessing include techniques like forcing chains?
10:49 am
skizzybiz

yeah, those are glorified guessing
10:49 am
skizzybiz

xy-chains are nice tho :)
10:49 am
sandbox74

frankly, I'd consider that a yes
10:49 am
Krys10

i like those too - new trick for me
10:50 am
skizzybiz

i had to use singles chains, xy-chains, and i think a unique rectangle
10:53 am
Krys10

i don't know what singles chains are - will look them up when i come back to this. right now, time for breakfast
11:12 am
skizzybiz

ugh. all that work, and i think i screwed up somewhere. back to square one!
11:17 am
spazzy

that one wasn't that bad for me -which is totally weird because it looked utterly horrible-... you guys all had me freaking out....i had me all freaking out...
11:17 am
skizzybiz

well you are spazzy, after all
11:20 am
skizzybiz

back up to 13 filled
11:25 am
skizzybiz

it gets to be this old, familiar landscape
11:26 am
skizzybiz

i remember that figure-eight of 6s, and how it didn't help me whatsoever...
11:42 am
brianarn

Mmm, expert, tasty
12:02 pm
brianarn

Sometimes you just look at something and say "y'know, I know that's theoretically a possible value for that square, but it just doesn't feel right" and it pops the whole thing open.
12:11 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Done, after a pause for breakfast. No advanced techniques except pairs, triplets and intersections. But I had missed an easy crosshatch that broke it open when I found it.
1:24 pm
drwho

The computer had to use techniques beyond pairs, triples and intersections (i.e. guessing). To Krys10, no 66 is not the highest score for puzzles here, 2 puzzles scored 94!
2:11 pm
geli01

Hello, I am new starting, about 5 second ago
2:12 pm
geli01

how is evryone?\
2:12 pm
skizzybiz

yeah, you picked a hell of a day to start. today's is extra hard
2:12 pm
geli01

i know, i just started, and am already in turmiol!
2:13 pm
geli01

grrrrrrrrrr frustrated!
2:14 pm
geli01

yay, I filledi n2 ,TWO boxes, PROGRESS
2:14 pm
geli01

a little
2:18 pm
geli01

HELP!
2:20 pm
geli01

I WAS PLAYING BABBLE B-4 THIS,
2:20 pm
geli01

THIS PLACE IS PRETTY DEAD COMPARED 2 THAT
2:21 pm
geli01

U GUYS OBVIOUSLY DO NOT AGREE WITH SOCAILIZING I SEE, OR MAYBE U R JUST CONCENTRATING
2:22 pm
janiceb75

too much thinking going on. lol
2:22 pm
geli01

I KNOW
2:23 pm
Moozey

ahhhh bable is a social place...here it is focus and move on to babale
2:23 pm
Moozey

babble
2:23 pm
janiceb75

sometimes they all get to chattering and it's quite interesting.
2:24 pm
geli01

REALLY, WHEN? LOL
2:24 pm
janiceb75

random times
2:24 pm
geli01

THE PEOPLE IN BABBLE GIVE EACH OTHER ANSWERS, SO I LEFT, IT WAS GETTING ANNOYING
2:25 pm
Moozey

depends who is online....some have been playing for a long time and meet usually at the same time every day
2:25 pm
janiceb75

I haven't played babble in quite some time. I'm much better with numbers. lol Not much hinting or giving answers here.
2:26 pm
geli01

THIS IS A HARD BOARD, I AM GOING TO PLAY AGAIN 2-MAR-0 2 C IF IT IS EASIER. YEAH, SOME PEOPLE I THINK KNEW EACHOTHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME
2:26 pm
Moozey

agreed if you give clues here the game is over in minutes, which isn't fun for anyone
2:26 pm
geli01

YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN
2:26 pm
Moozey

at least with babble you can have a clue and still have another hour of play
2:27 pm
geli01

YEAH, I DIDNT EVEN FIND HALF THE WORDS TODAY.
2:27 pm
geli01

BABBLE IS EASIER 2
2:27 pm
Moozey

yeah
2:28 pm
geli01

BUT IT HAS ALOT MORE ANSWERS TO REQUIRE
2:30 pm
geli01

U R FROM THE UK? DO YOU AHVE AN ACCENT?
2:30 pm
geli01

*HAVE*
2:30 pm
Moozey

yes I speak just like the Queen teehee
2:30 pm
geli01

AWESOME, ACCENTS R SWEET!
2:30 pm
geli01

LOL
2:31 pm
Moozey

yes I have a very British accent
2:31 pm
Moozey

where do you reside?
2:40 pm
geli01

america, usa, u know
2:41 pm
geli01

land of the obese
2:41 pm
geli01

lol
2:41 pm
Moozey

hahaha
2:41 pm
geli01

i dont fit in here
2:41 pm
Moozey

why do you say that?
2:42 pm
geli01

cuz im not fat, not at all
2:42 pm
Moozey

ahhhh
2:42 pm
geli01

i ahve 2 go now
2:43 pm
Moozey

well it was nice to chat, even though it was brief...pop back again and hopefully it won't be such a tough one and more might chat
3:26 pm
brianarn

86.69% of puzzles completed - almost pro, woo!
3:49 pm
selenav

done, minimal greens
4:14 pm
bunnyvicious

go
4:38 pm
bunnyvicious

done
5:04 pm
jawilke

oooh expert !!
5:14 pm
jawilke

14 solved... going green
5:21 pm
jawilke

done
5:22 pm
jawilke

very good puzzle tonight
5:24 pm
skizzybiz

yeah no kidding. i'm still stuck.
5:26 pm
skizzybiz

any techniques you can recommend?
7:29 pm
helenkeller

go
8:54 pm
hurshy

hey that did not need any hard things. that was not so bad.
8:54 pm
Andy

It was fun
10:14 pm
herinfernallady

start
11:18 pm
Zugzug7

i have no idea how I completed this one. Guesses all over the place and it just fell into place. Blind luck I guess.