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Difficulty: Expert Tuesday, August 7, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Tuesday, August 7, 2007

12:01 am
punam

start
12:02 am
ketan

start
12:06 am
Soma

start
12:06 am
ketan

break
12:29 am
lawfully

expert...
12:33 am
lazykoala99

this one was hard
12:54 am
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Done
1:46 am
lawfully

pretty tough
2:43 am
FranMag

go
3:06 am
FranMag

done
4:11 am
gary0601

start
4:22 am
spreadeagle

11 filled, stuck.....
4:26 am
ketan

done
4:39 am
drwho

Difficulty score 33. Not very hard for an expert, but perhaps should get a higher score than 33.
6:01 am
franebrown

easy with greens and 1 guess
6:47 am
eyeman

relatively straightforward without sweating. One green.
6:48 am
eyeman

more like a medium
6:52 am
smooth_pappa

go
7:02 am
yul

hello everybody
7:02 am
girlie

hi yul
7:02 am
smooth_pappa

morning
7:06 am
smooth_pappa

done
7:06 am
smooth_pappa

definitely used greens
7:06 am
girlie

bah, 10 in, still staring blankly :)
7:07 am
smooth_pappa

:) it's not an easy one today.
7:17 am
yul

I love finding hidden triples without green
7:33 am
yul

no grins
7:34 am
yul

no greens either. hidden triple was enough to finish
7:34 am
Python Taz

still waking up still blurry
7:42 am
yul

walk through the columns on the left
8:28 am
UnikeTheHunter

Bummers. Expert.
8:40 am
moedog

took a while to unravel. seemed to solve starting at the left edge.
8:41 am
Python Taz

at the most part yes with the left
8:42 am
Python Taz

but the answer is a 6 that does not belong
8:43 am
Python Taz

but i won't say where is don't belong
8:50 am
jawilke

go
8:54 am
jawilke

done
8:55 am
UnikeTheHunter

You pulling my leg, caveman?
8:59 am
spellacked

done
9:07 am
UnikeTheHunter

10. Stuck.
9:17 am
UnikeTheHunter

Nuts for now. Gotta take my daughter to school.
9:48 am
Krys10

yeah, I'm at 10 too.
9:53 am
Krys10

Unike: try an X-wing
9:54 am
drwho

I got the first 11 without green, then immediately saw the 12th when I filled in the green. After than there was a 6 and a 4 that took some tricks to find and then everything fell into place.
9:55 am
Krys10

ok, I have 12 also. and how did you place those 6 and 4 you speak of? the usual tricks, or a guessing chain?
9:56 am
drwho

I used alternate inference chains.
9:56 am
Krys10

'kay thanks
10:02 am
RodeoRogue

go
10:05 am
Krys10

done!
10:20 am
RodeoRogue

done. with greens.
1:28 pm
pinkhatlil

hello fellow suduko heads!
3:00 pm
lori71

because I consider you all experts in this field...how do you pronounce "sudoku"?
3:38 pm
abmoraz

sue-DO-ku
4:33 pm
hurshy

my brain must be seriously fried
4:33 pm
hurshy

i've greened up twice and used forcing chains starting from a cell with 2 numbers and both ways i got contradictions, BOTH TIMES
4:33 pm
hurshy

i am Irked
4:34 pm
hurshy

i thought at least if i messed up the initial greening, re-greening would fix it
4:34 pm
abmoraz

what's "green up" mean?
4:34 pm
hurshy

grrrrr
4:34 pm
hurshy

it means i marked the possibilities in the cells using shift-click
4:34 pm
abmoraz

wow? never knew you could do that :)
4:35 pm
hurshy

you can use alt-click for red numbers too.
4:35 pm
hurshy

helpful in doing forcing chains
4:35 pm
abmoraz

I've been printing them out and using pencils
4:35 pm
hurshy

unless of course you are, as i am, violating Hurshy's #1 Rule of Sudoku
4:35 pm
abmoraz

what's the #1 rule?
4:36 pm
hurshy

SUDOKU MUST ALWAYS BE DONE ON A CLEAR HEAD
4:39 pm
hurshy

this is mondo maddening. but what else am i going to do for the next 45 minutes?
4:42 pm
hurshy

this must be what it feels like to be stupid.
4:43 pm
hurshy

no offense out there to all the stupid people who may be ordering duck with mango salsa
4:43 pm
hurshy

ROAST duck with mango salsa, excuse me.
4:45 pm
poreid

thanks to Krys10 for the hint about the x-wing
4:46 pm
hurshy

krys probably did sudoku on a clear head.
4:48 pm
poreid

not sure my head could be ever described as clear (or perhaps it's all-too clear...), but I imagine it helps
4:49 pm
hurshy

it so does. i wish i could make mine clear but it just ain't gonna happen right now. i'll just have to hope for clear enough.
4:50 pm
poreid

good luck with it - the experts can be maddening!
4:50 pm
hurshy

usually they're fine, it's the mediums i end up doing over and over
4:55 pm
hurshy

*fingers crossed*
4:57 pm
hurshy

aha. on my third attempt, i finally did not screw up however i screwed up the first two times! yay.
6:00 pm
vips:D

i got it on my second try!!!!!
7:20 pm
herinfernallady

start
7:20 pm
herinfernallady

start
7:33 pm
helenkeller

7:34 pm
herinfernallady

hi
7:34 pm
herinfernallady

hi
7:34 pm
helenkeller

heya
7:34 pm
herinfernallady

how goes you? I gave up on babble as my stupid net is not being nice
7:35 pm
helenkeller

i am very sad, my pomeranian died last week - not even 3 years old, such a sweetie, so sorry if i am not chatty
7:36 pm
herinfernallady

Oh im so sorry about the puppy. That is very sad :( hugs so many hugs for you
7:36 pm
helenkeller

ty
7:49 pm
tttmt

Very sorry to hear about your puppy ... 3 years old is well ... I feel for you :(
7:56 pm
helenkeller

tx
8:37 pm
mamabear

helen - are you still here?
9:22 pm
NatLT

man, easy expert
10:16 pm
Andy

go
10:28 pm
Andy

must sleep
10:29 pm
smooth_pappa

done!
10:29 pm
smooth_pappa

and I mean done!
10:29 pm
smooth_pappa

just finished the archives!
11:31 pm
tylor

HARD!