motris (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} motris) wrote in jdyer, |
I don't think that there will be such a bounce in registration and/or participation just because of the sudoku fad. Long term, I'd like to see such a change, but I don't feel the sudoku craze has really focused into the broader math/logic puzzle world in that way yet.
Another question is how many sudoku-type puzzles will be on it, and will they all be variations. Last year had two and they were pretty solid puzzles. I've recommended to Nick Baxter that he should just make it all sudoku variations so that I can easily qualify but I'm guessing the test will not feel anymore Sudoku-based than last year's, just that the old Number Place name (last seen in 2004) will no longer appear with this puzzle-type as you've correctly observed.
Another question is how many sudoku-type puzzles will be on it, and will they all be variations. Last year had two and they were pretty solid puzzles. I've recommended to Nick Baxter that he should just make it all sudoku variations so that I can easily qualify but I'm guessing the test will not feel anymore Sudoku-based than last year's, just that the old Number Place name (last seen in 2004) will no longer appear with this puzzle-type as you've correctly observed.
