FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in          Games  Calendar Log in to check your private messages    Which puzzles are harder?          Sudoku Programmers Forum Index -> Software View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Spok Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 8 : Location: London Items Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:49 am    Post subject: Which puzzles are harder? I have been using Pappacom's Sudoku puzzle generator for a while and find it to produce excellent results. I have recently installed Simple Sudoku and like it a lot, particularly the way it helps in solving. My question is: - Comparing 'Very Hard' from Pappacom with 'Extreme' from Simple Sudoku, which are harder? If I 'Dub' an 'Extreme' puzzle from Simple Sudoku into Pappacom, it says the puzzle is 'unfair', maybe requiring guesswork etc. Comments please. Spok. Back to top Ruud Site Admin Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 708 : Location: Netherlands Items Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:37 am    Post subject: Spok wrote: If I 'Dub' an 'Extreme' puzzle from Simple Sudoku into Pappacom, it says the puzzle is 'unfair', maybe requiring guesswork etc. Well, there is your answer. Pappocom puzzles never require colouring, forcing chains, or tabling. Many of the puzzles I publish on my website as the "Daily Sudoku Nightmare" would probably be rated 'unfair' too by Pappocom. However, when you can use a helper program like Sudo Cue or Simple Sudoku, these ratings themselves must be doubted. Such programs allow you to take different views on the puzzle and the remaining candidates, enabling you to look for more obscure and complicated patterns, try a little colouring, etc. Whoever has better tools at his/her disposal wants to use these tools and look for a bigger challenge. Ruud. _________________ Meet me at sudocue.net Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Sudoku Programmers Forum Index -> Software All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Sudoku----------------Solving sudokuSetting sudokuProgramming sudokuThe mathematics of sudokuExotic sudoku Library----------------PuzzlesSoftwareSudoku elsewhere Not sudoku----------------Random thoughtsForum feedback  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum   Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group Igloo Theme Version 1.0 :: Created By: Andrew Charron