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I love sudoku so I'm pretty excited about this ripoff

Sudoku is so easy. I haven't had a chance to play it yet.

I like Sudoku. This game might be the only game that I will play for fun to pass time and not for the np

For some bizarre reason, the Neopets game is a lot harder for me than the paper versions. I'd think it'd just be because I can't scribble in possible numbers, but I keep putting, say, a seven in a box right next to another seven and not noticing for several seconds. This game is really killing my self-esteem

It seems like the algorithm is not such a good one. Often the choice is 2 numbers that can be transposed with either correct. A good sudoku algorithm only has one choice. That is slowing me down doing a check, recheck but still fun.

weee5067 Wrote:For some bizarre reason, the Neopets game is a lot harder for me than the paper versions. I'd think it'd just be because I can't scribble in possible numbers, but I keep putting, say, a seven in a box right next to another seven and not noticing for several seconds. This game is really killing my self-esteem

I am having that same problem with it.

yukiotoko Wrote:It seems like the algorithm is not such a good one.  Often the choice is 2 numbers that can be transposed with either correct.  A good sudoku algorithm only has one choice.  That is slowing me down doing a check, recheck but still fun.

I've noticed that - I think half the games I've played so far have had multiple solutions. I guess it's better than those Sudoku books where every fifth puzzle has the same number twice in a given row, at least.

weee5067 Wrote:For some bizarre reason, the Neopets game is a lot harder for me than the paper versions. I'd think it'd just be because I can't scribble in possible numbers, but I keep putting, say, a seven in a box right next to another seven and not noticing for several seconds. This game is really killing my self-esteem

Same here! When I do the paper version, I lightly right in guesses/ ranges for the 9x9 box ect. Can't do that with neo's version.

I noticed that also lol! I'm pretty good at sudoku, but I was beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with me haha

Somewhere there was a thread about the glitch in Roodoku that got many of the top gamers iced. I can't find the thread but am curious if they got their accounts de-iced.

it's not that hard to find, just use the search fuction (located at the top right of the page) and type in roodoku
there's only 3 search results...