Thursday, 31 August 2023

"Wild Bill" Murphy (patreon?)

Walkthrough of yesterday’s La Paz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI01wuFLMv8
Bolivia was a jerk move.
Talking about the potential GAS/GAPP crossover event, GAPP had told us early on that the whole bit was going to be the GAPP for the day would start with the last letter of the previous day’s puzzle.

Cool, great. I’m not very anxious about setting for GAPP normally anyway.

Then GAPP told us that they would like the second last puzzle to be La Paz, so the last day would be Z to mirror day 1.
Cool, great. I love having very few options for setting puzzles.

Then GAPP mentioned that if it would also end with A, that would circle all the way back, leaving me with two choices, of which I chose Zabajaba, leaving otters for @Lorem @dunder_code @Vornicus @Shogia @hunchcat @Dexter345 @Leo @kino @Nitro @Lesewesen and @scor .

I asked if this was just an elaborate “Simple Loop” joke. They said, “What?”
Cool, great.

Finally, GAPP had been doing a bit, where the intro of each subsequent day started with the last word of the previous day’s into, so to close the circle, I needed to finish with GAPP. 🙂

RULES: Locate some blocks in the grid, each of which are either 1x3 or 2x2, which may not overlap each other. All of the blocks must form one orthogonally connected area, but two blocks of the same shape and orientation may not share an edge. Clued cells cannot be used by blocks and indicate the number of blocks located at least partially in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue.

Example Puzzle (by Shye): https://tinyurl.com/bde734pp
Locate a solution in 2:30 or faster for a Speedy Sloth. Close the loop in 4:30 or less for a Quick Crab. Finish this month’s final puzzle at all for a Round Ruddy-breasted seedeater.

Solve on Penpa+: https://tinyurl.com/2yg2obw4