Post #507698

Your puzzle selection algorithm has already killed "Weekly Sudoku-X", today it killed "Weekly Windoku" also.

The problem is too difficult puzzle. In both the above, puzzles were so complex that these were taking hours and even then some couldn't be cracked to finish. Thus, members avoided participating in tournaments.

Thus you didn't get even 4 participants and you had to cancel the tournaments, and then after cancelling several sudoku x you said people are not interested thus you stopped even organizing further sudoku x. Seems you will soon stop organizing further windokus also.

But the problem is selection of puzzles. These are difficult, leaving with various possible candidates in each cell, and it is not humanly possible to try with all next steps mentally. Thus members are disheartened and giving up.

We come here for fun, not for a rigorous drill. Often we don't have 2-3 hours to spare to solve a single puzzle, a puzzle should take 10-15 minutes.

There should be obvious next steps. following the rules of a type of puzzles,
There should be a single solution to each puzzle.
There should be maximum 1-2 levels of mental iteration among possible candidates so that just following the basic rules with each candidate leads to the final digit.

Please give easier puzzles and then see how many people will jump to join.

Of course you can organize two tournaments for each type - one having for easy puzzles for entry level members, one having real tough ones for veterans.

Please don't stop tournaments. That is unique gift of this site that keeps this site alive. change your puzzle selection to populate tournaments with many members.

Thanks.