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Difficulty: Medium Thursday, July 12, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Thursday, July 12, 2007

12:30 am
WHB

Done
4:49 am
franebrown

starting over
4:54 am
Phil

start
4:56 am
spreadeagle

Done. Needed greens, but not too hard.
5:11 am
drwho

Difficulty score 19. Easy.
5:28 am
eyeman

Not too bad this morning. A fair medium. Thanks, Dr. Who.
5:40 am
Phil

Done
6:02 am
franebrown

finally!!
7:11 am
smooth_pappa

go
7:19 am
smooth_pappa

done... used 2 greens in the middle
8:40 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
8:59 am
BeppyCute

go
9:11 am
UnikeTheHunter

Done, no greens. A tricky doubly virtual crosshatch broke it open. Then watch for loners.
9:59 am
Krys10

i think I'm gettng the message that I need to take a break from this one - I am stuck stuck stuck!
10:00 am
OrangeSlice

But it's so easy
10:06 am
RodeoRogue

go
10:23 am
RodeoRogue

done no green.
10:23 am
RodeoRogue

interruptions galore.
10:25 am
vivi1435

There must be a technique used in mediums that I don't get...I find them waaay more difficult than hards
10:42 am
brianarn

I hear ya - I struggle more on medium than hard and I have no idea why.
10:45 am
brianarn

This one isn't too bad - I just had to keep an eye out for virtual crosshatching like Unike mentioned
1:20 pm
Andy

go (but on a conference call so this one isn't for time)
1:21 pm
sandbox74

IMO, most mediums here require one advanced solving technique to finish, but solvers usually spend more time using basic solving techniques first before moving on to advanced tech's. When a solver sees a "hard" puzzle, most automatically use advanced solving tech's which usually unlocks the rest of the puzzle. Hence solving time is longer when doing mediums.
1:23 pm
Andy

that's a really good theory, actually
1:31 pm
sandbox74

maybe I should rephrase that... Mediums seem more difficult because you spend more time wondering if you need to use an advanced tech rather than it was because you missed something. Meanwhile, when one solves a Hard puzzle, you assume that you need to use and advanced tech to solve it rather than missing an easy fill. There... hope that is a clearer explanation
1:34 pm
Andy

either that or Dr. God just likes to mess with us... calls the hardest ones medium :)
2:04 pm
Andy

done.
3:53 pm
richboy109

heyy
4:22 pm
helenkeller

go
4:23 pm
richboy109

how u doin?
4:24 pm
helenkeller

ok, you?
4:28 pm
richboy109

im good lol!
4:28 pm
richboy109

fun puzzle 2day huh?
4:29 pm
helenkeller

so far, so good :)
4:30 pm
richboy109

im actually kinda stuck lol!
4:33 pm
helenkeller

done
4:36 pm
richboy109

nice
7:43 pm
Zugzug7

GO
7:52 pm
Zugzug7

done
11:05 pm
herinfernallady

start