Hurshy, I love the way you put it. Thanks!

be that as it may, i think i'm going to need some serious logical thinking for today's puzzle

I actually didn't do much thinking. Made three guesses and solved the puzzle zen-style. :)

Done. I found it pretty difficult though.

anybody out there making progress without green?

done

I've got 14 solved, but then stuck...

yeah, me too. i gave in to the green.

Even that isn't helping much...

nope, not so far. :/

Done, with way too much help :(

Finally Done. A tough one.

Got it in about 15 minutes. One lucky green.

i've been at it a lot longer and still not going strong.......

finally finished but don't think of myself as an expert

oh my... go

done

is it bad? Should never try an expert on a bad brainday... but how can I resist, lol.

I found something that had unique rectangle leanings and got a theory. When my theory was wrong I reverted to checkpoint but it told me what a certain cell could NOT be (because my theory was wrong) and that opened it up for me. So, it wasn't exactly a guess...

lol, no it wasn't. Nice, Andy :)
Still struggling here.

good luck! Gotta get kiddo ready for school

hf :)

ah, there it is. Done.

go

wow! ok...

time to go green, I think

done

easy with greens, but I just couldn't see a whople lot without them

Go.

11 done. Going green.

Missed an easy block crosshatch. I hate that.

12...going green

13. Stuck.

done...had to make a guess

Congratulations. I'm looking for a productive guess. Nothing seems that great.

Rats. Guess was wrong. But I accidentally clicked "save as checkpoint" rather than "return to checkpoint." So I need to start from scratch. Later.

Done! Messed up and had to start over once, but then restarted and used greenies and done easily.

Difficulty score 66. Whole lot of guessin' goin' on.

Somedays I impress myself. lol Just one very well thought out guess and it was all over. ;o)

wow, 66.. is that the highest difficulty score we've seen here?

i've gotten to 15 by using every trick in the book

no guessing. i've resolved never to guess again

I've gotten to 11 with little effort and no serious tricks so far. have not tried intersections yet...

does guessing include techniques like forcing chains?

yeah, those are glorified guessing

xy-chains are nice tho :)

frankly, I'd consider that a yes

i like those too - new trick for me

i had to use singles chains, xy-chains, and i think a unique rectangle

i don't know what singles chains are - will look them up when i come back to this. right now, time for breakfast

ugh. all that work, and i think i screwed up somewhere. back to square one!

that one wasn't that bad for me -which is totally weird because it looked utterly horrible-... you guys all had me freaking out....i had me all freaking out...

well you are spazzy, after all

back up to 13 filled

it gets to be this old, familiar landscape

i remember that figure-eight of 6s, and how it didn't help me whatsoever...

Mmm, expert, tasty

Sometimes you just look at something and say "y'know, I know that's theoretically a possible value for that square, but it just doesn't feel right" and it pops the whole thing open.

Done, after a pause for breakfast. No advanced techniques except pairs, triplets and intersections. But I had missed an easy crosshatch that broke it open when I found it.

The computer had to use techniques beyond pairs, triples and intersections (i.e. guessing). To Krys10, no 66 is not the highest score for puzzles here, 2 puzzles scored 94!

Hello, I am new starting, about 5 second ago

how is evryone?\

yeah, you picked a hell of a day to start. today's is extra hard

i know, i just started, and am already in turmiol!

grrrrrrrrrr frustrated!

yay, I filledi n2 ,TWO boxes, PROGRESS

a little

HELP!

I WAS PLAYING BABBLE B-4 THIS,

THIS PLACE IS PRETTY DEAD COMPARED 2 THAT

U GUYS OBVIOUSLY DO NOT AGREE WITH SOCAILIZING I SEE, OR MAYBE U R JUST CONCENTRATING

too much thinking going on. lol

I KNOW

ahhhh bable is a social place...here it is focus and move on to babale

babble

sometimes they all get to chattering and it's quite interesting.

REALLY, WHEN? LOL

random times

THE PEOPLE IN BABBLE GIVE EACH OTHER ANSWERS, SO I LEFT, IT WAS GETTING ANNOYING

depends who is online....some have been playing for a long time and meet usually at the same time every day

I haven't played babble in quite some time. I'm much better with numbers. lol Not much hinting or giving answers here.

THIS IS A HARD BOARD, I AM GOING TO PLAY AGAIN 2-MAR-0 2 C IF IT IS EASIER. YEAH, SOME PEOPLE I THINK KNEW EACHOTHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME

agreed if you give clues here the game is over in minutes, which isn't fun for anyone

YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN

at least with babble you can have a clue and still have another hour of play

YEAH, I DIDNT EVEN FIND HALF THE WORDS TODAY.

BABBLE IS EASIER 2

yeah

BUT IT HAS ALOT MORE ANSWERS TO REQUIRE

U R FROM THE UK? DO YOU AHVE AN ACCENT?

*HAVE*

yes I speak just like the Queen teehee

AWESOME, ACCENTS R SWEET!

LOL

yes I have a very British accent

where do you reside?

america, usa, u know

land of the obese

lol

hahaha

i dont fit in here

why do you say that?

cuz im not fat, not at all

ahhhh

i ahve 2 go now

well it was nice to chat, even though it was brief...pop back again and hopefully it won't be such a tough one and more might chat

86.69% of puzzles completed - almost pro, woo!

done, minimal greens

go

done

oooh expert !!

14 solved... going green

done

very good puzzle tonight

yeah no kidding. i'm still stuck.

any techniques you can recommend?

go

hey that did not need any hard things. that was not so bad.

It was fun

start

i have no idea how I completed this one. Guesses all over the place and it just fell into place. Blind luck I guess.