And mastered...
This was a very fun and challenging hold. The first room had me a little worried, as I am not the biggest fan of snakes, but I found the rest of "
The quest begins"
to be very challenging, and as Syntax said, I even read, and enjoyed, the dialogue.
Some of my favorites:
TQB 2W
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×I think there are many many ways to solve this room. I know I found 3 significantly different ways to do it. And yet I'm still 28 moves behind Michthro, so there must be at least one more.
TQB 1W/1E and variants
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×How something seemingly so simple, could be so tricky is amazing. They all look the same, but the solutions are anything but.
TPT 1&2N 1E
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×I got 1N 1E fairly easily, but then got completely stuck on the northern version. For me it was the similarity that made it so difficult. I kept going back and forth between the two, trying to figure out what was different. It was like one of those cartoons where there are two pictures, with only one thing changed. Only there wasn't anything changed! And as seems to be happening alot lately, as soon as I'd given up, and posted on H&S the answer dawned on me.
TPT Variations on orthosquares
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×I found those rooms very challenging, as I don't have all that much experience with roaches and ortho squares. The one exception was Thorce (how many holds actually have a thorce?) N 2W on non-DROD, which could have used a save spot IMO. I got very stuck on the northeast section, and frustrated with having to play the first 2 sections over and over and over and... well, yeah, you get the idea.
non-DROD
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×This whole level was new to me. I guess I'm more used to smiting than... umm, not smiting. Tonce north was the hardest for me. I guess I have a problem not killing seeps, just on principal.
Anyway, great hold, I look forward to playing some of the others you've designed.
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A problem worthy of attack, proves its worth by fighting back."
Paul Erdös