Message #3427

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: MagicTile Solving
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 21:15:38 -0700

That’s interesting because he asked me mainly about easy puzzles. As for
hard ones, I seem to recall that Ed found a couple really nasty MT
puzzles in which commutators do not exist. Ed, am I remembering that
correctly and do you remember which those were? Also, do you recall any
other puzzles that were particularly perverse?

-Melinda

On 7/9/2016 1:02 PM, Roice Nelson roice3@gmail.com [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> I like your thought Ed! Melinda connected me, and so I’ve been
> talking with Burkard about MagicTile, and he is planning a video
> (though not immediately). He sent me a list of questions which I
> wanted to forward, because some of you will have insights I’m not
> thinking of!
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> 1. Which puzzles do you consider the easiest to do?
> 2. Which are your favourite ones when it actually comes to
> actually solving them? Have you had much feedback from people
> highlighting features/puzzles that they really like playing with?
> 3. Which have a non-trivial center (like the superflip for the
> Rubik’s cube)?
> 4. Any superingenious aspects that set certain puzzles apart from
> others?
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> I’ve written him back with my answers, and I’ll post them later so I
> don’t bias other responses at the moment. I’ll forward along any
> responses to him so your input can help him decide what to include in
> his video :)
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> Cheers,
> Roice
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> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com
> <mailto:melinda@superliminal.com> [4D_Cubing]
> <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com <mailto:4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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> Hello Ed,
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> I know that the Mathologer is very impressed with MagicTile
> <http://www.gravitation3d.com/magictile/> and you may well get
> your wish.
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> New members: Please do check out Roice’s amazing puzzle. It is
> truly a thing of beauty.
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> -Melinda
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> On 7/2/2016 6:59 AM, ed.baumann@bluewin.ch
> <mailto:ed.baumann@bluewin.ch> [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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>> Why all these Mathologer (Burkard Polster) new adepts don’t see
>> MagicTile　?
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>> Mathologer should do a MagicTile introduction　!
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>> Who knows him or his e-mail address　?
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