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Welcome to A League contest #228, Hit and Run.
Ends 20th March 14:00 GMT
GMT link, http://www.greenwichmeantime.com

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Naming convention is:
[DollarsRemaining]-[YourForumName]-[SolutionName]

Example:
2999-Me-Mine

Have fun.

Got one very nice solution from Rob.

Does it involve attaching a large see-saw-like structure to that middle anchor point?

If not, I'll give up now!

I did use that anchor, but I wouldn't call my structure big...
Removing that anchor would make it a great B level. Still trying to make a solution with the dillo actualy getting run over but it's hard to get up to the portal after that.

rob wrote:I did use that anchor, but I wouldn't call my structure big...

Very smooth, though. Something I was looking for. Much smoother than my POCs. One of which does "involve attaching a large see-saw-like structure to that middle anchor point."

I wonder where everybody is. Both A and B contest don't seem to get a lot of action. They both are very nice levels so that shouldn't be the problem. Maybe extend this one till tuesday and make future A contests last a week as well?

We might have to do that, Rob.
For a while there we were extending the contests past the deadline until we got entries from 3 different players.
You're the only one I've got with 1 day left.

EDIT: Maybe this level is a little hard for A league. I knew it was possible, but maybe a little expensive.
I was, though, able to get a nice POC going underneath the wheel that doesn't use the upper anchor.
It's pretty sweet, but it doesn't beat your (rob's) score.

We might have to do that, Rob.
For a while there we were extending the contests past the deadline until we got entries from 3 different players.
You're the only one I've got with 1 day left.

But I think extending the deadline for the A league is a good idea anyway. Its very frustrating watching these cute puzzles being wasted every 3 days, the more so if you have a life outside Armadillo and don't get chance to do the fun ones.

EDIT: Maybe this level is a little hard for A league. I knew it was possible, but maybe a little expensive.

There seems to have always been a problem distinguishing "hard" from "expensive". "Expensive" puzzles are great if they are fun, but there has always been a tendency to think if it can't be done with a single freaky balanced piece of cloth its "hard". This one isn't "hard" to solve - it's just hard to be flash with it.

Perhaps I make that clearer without giving anything away if I say its readily solved with compressed rubber. That's easy, 'A' and expensive, but I can already feel the experts cringing.

Love this level.
[You haven't got my answer yet because I'm trying to improve another one]

Thanks a lot, dec. Really appreciate it.

decsystem10 wrote:...but there has always been a tendency to think if it can't be done with a single freaky balanced piece of cloth its "hard".

I've often thought the same thing.

Well, Gents, the concensus seems to be that we extend this contest a couple days to see if we can get more particpation.
Cresta, ioncorpse, ddave, Severity, spartan, COME ON DOWN...

Anybody else considering an entry for this one?
If not, I'll wrap it up today.

Not from me. For now I'm in "observer mode", have possibility only to watch news from forum..