[比賽] Logic Masters 2009 五月九日開賽

http://www.logic-masters.de/LM2009/index.php

先來為這場線上賽做個說明。

每年到了十月左右, 就是世界盃謎題賽 WPC 舉辦的時間點。要不是最近幾年被世界盃數獨賽WSC 搶了風頭, 不然WPC應該算是玩家的一場年度盛事(不過看今年WSC 辦得那麼爛, 大概WPC恢復榮光的日子指日可待)

如同WSC, WPC也要有國家代表隊, 而篩選的權利就在國家會員組織手上。謎題的狂熱國像是美國, 就有 Google & US Puzzle Championship 這種線上賽供世界各地的玩家挑戰, 也用以篩選國內選手, 預計每年六月辦理。

德國對 Puzzle 的愛好也不輸美國, 因此他們也辦了全世界都可以參加的線上賽當做初篩選手的機制。我們雖然無緣參與最後決賽, 但是線上賽倒是不可錯過啊~~。

如果你已經習慣了近來幾次指定時間開打的線上賽(喂, OAPC 不要再給我延時間了啦!!), 那麼我建議要參加德國線上賽的伙伴們, 準備開始適應並尊重新玩法吧。

今年的5月9日, 這場比賽將要開打, 我沒辦法告訴你時間的原因是 – 它可以隨時開始, 只要在5月9日12:00 以後都行(但當然你結束的時間不能超過5月9日24:00)。玩法是這樣的, 你下載一個有鎖碼的題目檔後, 再於網頁上按按鈕取得密碼…

同時間, 計時開始!!請在2個半小時內盡可能地完成題目並輸入答案。這是一個完全尊重個人, 信賴參賽者的比賽。

大概就這樣了, 好好享受吧!!

◎ Logic Masters 2009 說明
http://www.logic-masters.de/LM2009/index.php

At the Logic Masters - the German Puzzle Championship - the german champion as well as the four participants of the world puzzle championship in Turkey will be decided. At the prelimiaries everyone can participate, but for the final round only participants with german nationality are accepted.
Logic Masters 是德國的謎題賽。冠軍將可以成為世界盃謎題賽(今年在土耳其主辦), 德國國家代表隊四人中的一員。資格賽每個人都可以參與, 但是最終的篩選決賽, 則只限定有德國國民資格的參賽者才有權利參加。

The championship will be held due to the following mode: At saturday, 9th of May 2009 the prelimiaries will take part between 12.00 and 24.00 on this internet pages. The participants in advance recieve a password encrypted PDF file with the puzzles they have to solve. Every participant can choose on his own, when he wants to get the password. From this moment on, there are 2 and a half ours left to solve the puzzles and enter the answer keys into the online form.
這場比賽進行的模式如下: 5月9日星期六, 於12:00至24:00之間, 資格賽將在官網上舉辦。參賽可以以先下載一個被鎖碼的謎題題目 PDF檔, 然後決定什麼時候去取得密碼。取得密碼的同時, 比賽倒數計時開始, 時間長度2小時半, 這段時間包括解題以及將答案輸入到線上的表格中。

The 20 best solvers will be invited, together with the national team of 2008, to the final round at 20th/21st of june in Gotha. There the participants will participate at a contest of several hours where they can show their skills.
表現最佳的前20名將受邀與2008年世界盃團隊成員共同參與6月20,21日在Gotha 的決賽。參賽者將參與一場長達數小時的比賽, 讓他們可以盡情展現他們的解題功力。

◎Participation Conditions 參賽細節
http://www.logic-masters.de/LM2009/regeln.php

Registration
登錄註冊

1. The participants have to register timely before the contest and to add Name, Address, Citizenship and e-mail-address. It's recomended to do this before sunday, 3rd of May.
參賽者在比賽前及時註冊, 登錄自己的姓名, 住址, 國籍和電子信箱位置。建議在五月三日星期天之前完成。(譯注: 只是建議而已啦~~)

2. The purpose of the contest is to identify the German Puzzle Champion and the German Team for the World Puzzle Championship. For this, the participants need to have the german citizenship. Participants without the german citizenship may also participate in the preliminaries, but will not be allowed to the finals.
比賽目的在於發掘出德國的謎題冠軍, 以及篩選出參加WPC的德國國家代表隊。所以, 呃, 參賽者要有德國公民資格。當然你沒有也沒關係啦, 會讓你參加線上資格賽, 但是就別肖想可以參加最後的決賽了。

3. A membership in the association "Logic Masters Deutschland e.V." is not necessary. (But of course welcome).
你不一定要是Logic Masters Deutschland e.V. 的網站會員(當然你要加入我們也很歡迎的啦~~)

4. For the prelimiaries your browser needs to accept cookies. Make sure that you've configuered your browser to accept them. Additionally, there is a counter on the website, that shows the time till the end. In case, javascript is activated, this counter counts automatically down. Javascript is not necessary for the contest.
想參加線上資格賽, 你的瀏覽器要能接受cookies(譯注: 所以IE 會吃餅乾?!(驚!)), 請確認你已把它設定ok 了。此外, 在網頁上會有個倒數計時器, 告訴你還剩多少時間比賽結束。假如 javascript 啟動的話, 那個倒數計時器會自動隨時間倒數。不過呢, 那倒不是比賽一定要的。

The Preliminaries
線上資格賽

1. About a week before the preliminaries, there will be a link on the Qualification page to a pdf file, that contains detailed descriptions of the puzzles. In case of lack of clarity you can ask questions in the forum until friday 8th of Mai.
在比賽前一個星期, 在Qualification page 會有一個PDF 檔的連結, 當中內容就是關於比賽題目的文字敘述。對當中細節有任何問題, 歡迎在5/8 星期五前到 forum 詢問。

2. At saturday, 9th of May in the morning, there will be a password encrypted qualification file available at the same page. Both files are in format pdf 1.4.
5/9 星期六早上, 就會有一個被鎖碼的比賽題目檔開放公告於相同的網頁。前述的說明檔和這裏的賽題檔, 都是 PDF 1.4 格式(譯注: 這是蝦密??)

3. At saturday, 9th of May you can query the password. Immediately after that your time starts. You've now got 2 and a half hours to enter the solutions of the puzzles. Please note, that solutions entered after 24:00 will not count, regardless, when you queried the password.
5/9 星期六你就可以查詢賽題檔的密碼了。於此同時, 你的比賽時間正式開始計時。你會有兩個半小時去解題和輸入答案到網頁上。但請注意, 不管你是什麼時候去查到密碼的, 在24:00以後輸入的答案將不採計。

4. The candidates have to solve all puzzles self-contained. Especially the help of other persons as well as the usage of computers, calculators, sudoku solvers, books and so on are not allowed. The only tools allowed are listed on the http://www.logic-master