On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Alex Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 21:59 +0100, Alex Smith wrote: > > Puzzles this week: > > > > Ordinary puzzles: > > "Rainbow Adjacencies" by ais523 > > There was only one correct answer to this puzzle (and no incorrect > answers); therefore, maximum points for Tiger, and I would have scored > maximum points were I not the contestmaster. > > I attempt to award 4 y-points to myself. This fails. > I award 8 x-points to Tiger. > I attempt to award lots of y-points to myself. This fails. > > For those who were wondering about the answer, Tiger actually came up > with a different solution to me, but they're both correct: > > Tiger's solution: My solution: > BYGGG RBIIR > VYYYG GGIRR > VVVYI GVVVY > IRVOI OOBYY > BRROB OBBIO To Tiger and ais523: Is there any particular logic to the way you came up with these, or was it just a matter of trying until something worked? The first two times this puzzle was submitted I tried the latter technique but eventually tired of failure ;-) Billy Pilgrim
