13.01.2009, 02:58
I totally agree with you. It is really hard to determine the difficulties of puzzles and the duration. I think optimizers give flexibility to the contest. A unique-solution puzzle is expected to be solved in a reasonable time fitting its score, unless it is very hard. However, there exists an uncertainty in optimizers, which brings up elasticity, both for the organizer and the puzzlers 
Of course I need to know the best solution for setting the scores, so the optimizers should always contain a method in it which gives the way to the optimal solution, in such time-limited contests. But I do not promise to make it every month (In fact it is all for sabotaging )
Hope to see you too in the next one,
Serkan
Of course I need to know the best solution for setting the scores, so the optimizers should always contain a method in it which gives the way to the optimal solution, in such time-limited contests. But I do not promise to make it every month (In fact it is all for sabotaging )Hope to see you too in the next one,
Serkan