Check it out here: http://wpc.puzzles.com/.

I think we should have a team Perplexus this year :)

Hurry, only a few days left to register!

Way to go, Tristan!

Please report back with your results and impressions...

Well, I took the test, and I got about 122/437 points. It's quite fun and challenging. The puzzles they use are mostly puzzles that need to be printed out so you can work on the diagrams with pencil and paper. There were only 2 and a half hours to do the puzzles, so I'm still keeping my printouts to do more later.

Like DJ last year, I have the pdf file if anyone wants it.

and here (cory_ya_man@yahoo.com)

thanx

hey, I wanna play! (davidcheetham82 AT yahoo DOT com DOT au)

Thanks, Tristan! I'm registered to take it now.

send here as well
comDOTgmailATgreversDOTcharley
thanks

Charley, I tried sending an e-mail to the address you gave, but I got a failure notice. Perhaps I'm missing something that should be obvious, but I can't figure out what your address is from what you said.

I would like them too; I'm sorry I missed it!

org dot seedsofhopechurch at avin

I'm assuming Charley did his backwards because there are bots that pick out the forward version now too, so mine is likewise backwards.

This is not a team event. From the rules:

Outside help of any kind is not permitted. This means: no assistance of any kind from any other person; also no books, calculators, computers, or tools other than items explicitly permitted. You are allowed to use writing implements, erasers, paper, and any items explicitly required to solve a specific problem.

I've been participating in this competition every year now for at least the last 5 years, maybe more. It's always a lot of fun. In fact, I've been lucky enough to score high enough several times that Nick Baxter, Captain of the US WPC team, has sent me some prizes in the mail! He sent me a Google t-shirt one year which is one of my prize possessions.

Good luck to all of you who participate! Have fun! The time limit is what makes this competition such a challenge... but it's always great fun spending the next few days solving all the puzzles that stump you during the test.

Please email me if you know of any other good puzzle sites! I'm always looking.

-John
reid@ecc.edu

I think I did better too, but I'm not sure how I'm penalized for submitting answers after the deadline. I am still going nuts trying to find the tenth "obvious" difference in number 7 (Mice). I feel good about the rest of them though.

sent

That's funny, I also couldn't find the tenth difference in number 7. Unlike previous years, I was able to solve every single puzzle (in the hours after the deadline), but I still can't find that last difference.