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Difficulty: Hard Monday, December 17, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Monday, December 17, 2007

12:22 am
drwho

Difficulty score 30.
12:25 am
drwho

Not very hard.
1:02 am
trueheart11

go
1:32 am
trueheart11

done...lots of greens
1:38 am
abmoraz

start
2:16 am
abmoraz

done
3:03 am
yul

hello everybody
5:06 am
angieplumptit

All praise to the King of Kings and may God bless him.
5:06 am
spreadeagle

yeehaa
5:34 am
spreadeagle

Done, no greens. Yeehaa :)
5:36 am
e84

go
5:57 am
e84

done
6:18 am
Andy

go
6:43 am
smooth_pappa

start
6:45 am
Andy

done
6:45 am
smooth_pappa

good jab!
6:45 am
Andy

No greens! Took a long time, but did it with no greens! YAY!
6:45 am
smooth_pappa

starting off doesn't seem so bad, but I'm sure it gets a little sticky?
6:47 am
Andy

It does, but you keep retreading the same ground and each time something new comes loose.
6:47 am
Andy

53 points more and I make Expert rank... not sure I can pull that off on a work day :)
6:48 am
smooth_pappa

hehehehe... I've had some weekends that came close to that
6:52 am
Andy

Have a good day!
6:52 am
smooth_pappa

you too
6:59 am
smooth_pappa

and, done
8:03 am
franebrown

Done with greens
9:13 am
brittlefish.com

go
9:31 am
brittlefish.com

done. no green.
10:24 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
10:47 am
kixx

go
11:22 am
kixx

done, no greens, but took it took two tries
1:15 pm
helenkeller

1:19 pm
rain_cloud

go
1:31 pm
helenkeller

1:31 pm
helenkeller

1:32 pm
sandbox74

go
1:45 pm
sandbox74

done no greens... that was a fun quick puzzle
2:26 pm
RodeoRogue

go
2:36 pm
RodeoRogue

pause
2:42 pm
RodeoRogue

play on
2:43 pm
RodeoRogue

going green
4:13 pm
ypsigirl

done
5:03 pm
Marc

I am new here and I don't understand going green? Is there a formula to do these or is there a lot of guessing?
5:09 pm
Marc

Where did everyone go? I have to leave now?
6:37 pm
katmama

hey marc, if you check this later - "going green" means placing hints. if you hold down the shift key while clicking a number, it will put a little green number in the box, and you can put as many green numbers in the box as you need to
6:38 pm
katmama

i think, if you press the control key (maybe?) while hitting a number, it puts a red number there. the significance between greens and reds are whatever you make it :) and welcome to ironsudoku!
6:41 pm
spellacked

wow, this one gave me much more trouble than it should have. I used greens, guesses... then I finallly found a hidden pair I'd missed and it fell through
6:41 pm
spellacked

For Marc: It shouldn't be guesswork most of the time, but this is a tough one (by some analyses).
6:42 pm
spellacked

Start by finding where something MUST go: See where 1's appear and see if you can force a 1 into a particular square, because it can't be in the other rows and columns because of other 1's and the other fixed numbers in the box.
6:43 pm
spellacked

Then, look the other way 'round: look at the rows columns and squares where only a few are left (I stay under 5 empties). See if there's a cell that only has one possibility.
6:43 pm
ovo123

Hi Katmama, I have been a member of ironsudoku for quite a while. I knew what it meant by going greens but I didn't know the trick of adding reds. Thanks for the information. I was just wondering who would be so kind as the first one not to spare the trouble of explaining to Marc about "going greens". You surely are a helpful person.
6:44 pm
spellacked

After that, it gets slower, especially if you can't keep things like "3 and 6 were the only options in the fifth and eight cells, so that means the others are 2, 5 and 8" in your head. Start marking all the possible places with "green" in each cell by clicking then holding the shift key. That may point out things you missed. After that, search sudoku strategies on the web.
8:30 pm
brittlefish.com

how sad to load ironsudoku and realize you already did today's puzzle. sigh.