30001st poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 9)

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#28319

O.kazo is Marluna.

#28320

I think I understand the rules nowā€¦ maybe :wowee:

Guess Iā€™ll try again

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#28321

My 8 Hades 2 runs are so funny because 7 of them died in the first region while the last one made it to the final boss.

#28322

Truly is just all-or-nothing with me.
Reminds me how Iā€™ve beaten Hades on 16 Heat with the Fists but canā€™t beat 0 Heat with any other weapon.

#28323

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#28324

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: And all golden squares are given, so you can use negative constraints.

For example if (in Box 7 / bottom-left box) [7] were to be on row 7, then it would have had to be on golden square. Since that is not the case, [7] cannot be on R7C1, R7C2, or R7C3. The same logic applies on R9C1 (i.e., the 7th position of the box); it isnā€™t a golden square, so it canā€™t be [7].

#28325

36:42
(also probably the negative constraint would solve your X-wing, the [1] canā€™t be placed next to the [6] in box 5)

#28326

(Iā€™m not 100% certain, cause I think solved the puzzle in a different way, than you)

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#28327

Practice Jumble
Guesses: 35/38
:purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square:
:purple_square::purple_square: :one::zero: :zero::eight: :one::one:
:zero::two: :purple_square::purple_square: :zero::five: :purple_square::purple_square:
:purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :zero::six: :zero::nine:
:purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :zero::three: :purple_square::purple_square:
:purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :zero::four: :one::two:
:zero::one: :purple_square::purple_square: :zero::seven: :purple_square::purple_square:
:purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :purple_square::purple_square: :one::three:

Failed to get a purple column.
Managed to get a purple row though.

#28328

12:05

#28329

I think Iā€™m at the same point where O.kazo got stuck now

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#28330

Yeah, uhā€¦ at that point I can only advise you to bifurcate. (Itā€™s either that, or do the same thing mentally in your head.)

#28331

WHAT? the cat?

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#28332

I will instead be needlessly stubborn and try to figure this out without bifurcatingā€¦ but not today.

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#28333

:3

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#28334

good luck for that, I was stuck for days for the same reasonā€¦

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#28335

[8] on R5C8 causes [7] on R6C7, which also breaks the game. So the crux of this board appears to be why [7] on R6C7 breaks the game.

ā€¦yeah, no. The fastest way I found out this breaks is when I try to fill in all golden squares, [1,3] in Box 6, and Row 6. I donā€™t see an easier path at the moment.

  • Filling [7] in R6C7 forces [1,3] in R4C8 and R4C9.
  • Since R4 has a [3], R4C6 is forced to be [6], forcing R6C6 to be [9], forcing R6C8 to be [6], forcing R5C8 to be [8].
  • Box 6 is now only missing [2,5], of which the orientation could be found by negative constraint.
  • [2] in Box 5 is now forced to be put in R6C5, leaving [1,3,8] in B4R6. Using sudoku, youā€™d find the answer to be [3,1,8].
  • You now have a deadlock in R8C1, as that golden square has to be both [1] and [8].

ā€¦like, I donā€™t think thereā€™s a way for me to do this in my head as ā€œa mental gymnasticā€.

#28336

Like, maybe I could have gone all the way to finding [2] in Box 5, but thereā€™s absolutely no way Iā€™d dig further than that in my pastime.

#28337

FWIW, once you learn that R6C7 canā€™t be [7], the game could be solved normally afterwards. The path is a bit rough, but nowhere near impossible.

#28338

Nya

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