Comments for Really Smart Guys http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com The Unofficial Blog of the World's Best Puzzle-Solvers* ______________________________________________________________ * I am not one of them. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:37:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Hotel Belarus: Where Children Receive Weight of Sensations by georgi benev http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/hotel-belarus-where-children-receive-weight-of-sensations/#comment-23 georgi benev Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:37:06 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-23 hi there, thanks for an awesome read :-D i was there (one of the guys you 'don't need to bother with'), and i couldn't have seen all that until you pointed it out. a couple things i wanted to comment on, though: - the cafe was actually called "royal"; cyrillic is funny that way (and no, i don't know russian; it's just the 80% or so of the language/roots/alphabet that is common between our countries) :) - "dressed as a hooker" - there was a halloween party in the hotel that night. i thought it was funny that none of the americans mentioned the 'holiday' at all, but it was 'celebrated' locally. all the best, -georgi hi there,
thanks for an awesome read :-D i was there (one of the guys you ‘don’t need to bother with’), and i couldn’t have seen all that until you pointed it out.
a couple things i wanted to comment on, though:
- the cafe was actually called “royal”; cyrillic is funny that way (and no, i don’t know russian; it’s just the 80% or so of the language/roots/alphabet that is common between our countries) :)
- “dressed as a hooker” – there was a halloween party in the hotel that night. i thought it was funny that none of the americans mentioned the ‘holiday’ at all, but it was ‘celebrated’ locally.
all the best,
-georgi

]]> Comment on Final Results Posted by Ken Wilshire http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/final-results-posted/#comment-22 Ken Wilshire Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:45:46 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-22 Michael 'Postscript from team UK' So we finished 20th - even worse than the 19th you recorded at breakfast in the morning of the second day. I have to tell you that our "stiff upper lip" resolve and all that good stuff went out of the window. We were demoralised... And Steven our best puzzler nearly threw himself out of the window (forunately his room was on the fourth floor) in his despair at his personal lack of success. However, as a team we devoted nearly two hours to completely solving (on a wholly logical step by step basis) the beautifully crafted Crypto round (five linked puzzles with letters instead of numbers). That cheered us up as we scripted eulogies to Vladimir and his puzzle setting team into the night, over strong Russian beer in the bar. To put our achievement in context Ulrich did it all in about 34 mnutes, and Thomas 10 minutes after that... The good news is that the UK is energised to hold a WPC tournament - possibly 2011, the first year when Sudoku and (other!) Puzzles unite. Our sponsors Puzzlermedia are excited by the prospect. That idead was sparked from our youngest team member George (17 yrs old) who is heading to Cambridge University next fall. Cambridge is a beautiful city and near Stanstead airport (low cost flight centre) that will facilitate the European invasion. Good luck with your syndication. Ken Michael

‘Postscript from team UK’

So we finished 20th – even worse than the 19th you recorded at breakfast in the morning of the second day.

I have to tell you that our “stiff upper lip” resolve and all that good stuff went out of the window. We were demoralised… And Steven our best puzzler nearly threw himself out of the window (forunately his room was on the fourth floor) in his despair at his personal lack of success.

However, as a team we devoted nearly two hours to completely solving (on a wholly logical step by step basis) the beautifully crafted Crypto round (five linked puzzles with letters instead of numbers). That cheered us up as we scripted eulogies to Vladimir and his puzzle setting team into the night, over strong Russian beer in the bar. To put our achievement in context Ulrich did it all in about 34 mnutes, and Thomas 10 minutes after that…

The good news is that the UK is energised to hold a WPC tournament – possibly 2011, the first year when Sudoku and (other!) Puzzles unite. Our sponsors Puzzlermedia are excited by the prospect. That idead was sparked from our youngest team member George (17 yrs old) who is heading to Cambridge University next fall.

Cambridge is a beautiful city and near Stanstead airport (low cost flight centre) that will facilitate the European invasion.

Good luck with your syndication.

Ken

]]> Comment on Final Results Posted by Michael Wolman http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/final-results-posted/#comment-16 Michael Wolman Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:33:58 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-16 ...And the U.S. team's official news release has been posted on its homepage, complete with a picture from the event: http://wpc.puzzles.com/ …And the U.S. team’s official news release has been posted on its homepage, complete with a picture from the event:

http://wpc.puzzles.com/

]]> Comment on Hotel Belarus: Where Children Receive Weight of Sensations by Herbs http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/hotel-belarus-where-children-receive-weight-of-sensations/#comment-9 Herbs Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:30:04 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-9 You're in Belarus? Covering the World Puzzle Championships? Really? It's a sure sign that I've been working too hard when I find this all out, second hand, through your blog (which is fantastically funny by the way). Anyway...I was worried this would be a repeat performance of your trip to Bratislava (but perhaps I've said too much already). Glad you made it to your final destination...minus the anal probes. You’re in Belarus? Covering the World Puzzle Championships? Really?

It’s a sure sign that I’ve been working too hard when I find this all out, second hand, through your blog (which is fantastically funny by the way).

Anyway…I was worried this would be a repeat performance of your trip to Bratislava (but perhaps I’ve said too much already). Glad you made it to your final destination…minus the anal probes.

]]> Comment on More on Saturday’s National Sudoku Championship by ben sellers http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/more-on-saturdays-national-sudoku-championship/#comment-8 ben sellers Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:54:59 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-8 Hi, We have recently launched 4D Sudoku which is a 3D Online Game with a 4th Dimension! 4D Sudoku - The Puzzle within a Puzzle The challenge is to construct a square block of numbered cubes, arranged in such a way that every possible row, column and side around the block contains each of the numbers 1 - 9. Meanwhile inside the block, every 3x3 section, sliced vertically or horizontally, also consists of the digits 1-9. So pit your wits against the invisible force of the 27 cubes in this ingenious puzzle. www.4dsudoku.net/play Currently, there is one master puzzle, with only one answer - to date only one person has succeeded in solving the whole puzzle (68hrs?). We are developing a Buy Cheats Section and a Pay to Play and Competitions phase to be released in January 2009. What we would really like is for some true Sudoku champions to give it a go either with the hand-held cube or online Look forward to hearing from you Regards Ben Hi,

We have recently launched 4D Sudoku which is a 3D Online Game with a 4th Dimension!

4D Sudoku – The Puzzle within a Puzzle

The challenge is to construct a square block of numbered cubes, arranged in such a way that every possible row, column and side around the block contains each of the numbers 1 – 9. Meanwhile inside the block, every 3×3 section, sliced vertically or horizontally, also consists of the digits 1-9. So pit your wits against the invisible force of the 27 cubes in this ingenious puzzle.

http://www.4dsudoku.net/play

Currently, there is one master puzzle, with only one answer – to date only one person has succeeded in solving the whole puzzle (68hrs?). We are developing a Buy Cheats Section and a Pay to Play and Competitions phase to be released in January 2009.

What we would really like is for some true Sudoku champions to give it a go either with the hand-held cube or online

Look forward to hearing from you

Regards
Ben

]]> Comment on RSG Puzzle of the Day by Michael Wolman http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/rsg-puzzle-of-the-day-4/#comment-7 Michael Wolman Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:50:56 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-7 The answer: 10 2 1 5 3 8 7 4 9 6 11 The answer:

10 2 1
5 3
8 7
4 9
6 11

]]> Comment on RSG Puzzle of the Day by Nicole http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/rsg-puzzle-of-the-day-4/#comment-6 Nicole Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:36:08 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-6 I find myself sometimes thinking that, if I tried, I could do something like this puzzle...maybe vestiges of my first grade teacher telling us that we could do anything we put our minds to. My mind cannot focus enough to even read through those directions, though! I find myself sometimes thinking that, if I tried, I could do something like this puzzle…maybe vestiges of my first grade teacher telling us that we could do anything we put our minds to. My mind cannot focus enough to even read through those directions, though!

]]> Comment on RSG Puzzle of the Day by Michael Wolman http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/rsg-puzzle-of-the-day-3/#comment-5 Michael Wolman Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:44:40 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-5 Here's the link to the answer: http://wpc.puzzles.com/google/answers.htm Here’s the link to the answer:

http://wpc.puzzles.com/google/answers.htm

]]> Comment on About RSG by Dr. Wolman http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4 Dr. Wolman Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:57:18 +0000 #comment-4 you there, dude? where's the bloggin'? are you out of no-man's-land? you there, dude? where’s the bloggin’? are you out of no-man’s-land?

]]> Comment on RSG Puzzle of the Day by Michael Wolman http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/rsg-puzzle-of-the-day-2/#comment-3 Michael Wolman Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:47:39 +0000 http://reallysmartguys.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-3 Ans.: B, F, E, A, D, C Ans.: B, F, E, A, D, C

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