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sargezeb
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 3849
Best Total: 1h 34m 23s
Posted - 2008.01.08 11:12:54
When I trained as a maths teacher many years ago, we were told that boys were much better than girls at "spatial" problems - which I certainly consider Kwon-tom Loop to be.  Does anyone have any idea whether there are more males than females using this site?

PS I am female and not very good at it!
astrokath
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 3258
Best Total: 13m 42s
Posted - 2008.01.08 11:46:50
As far as I know, Tzukanion and I are the only females in Club19, though I'm not 100% certain of everyone else's genders!

I've recruited two others to the site - one male, one female.
Jean
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2066
Best Total: 20m 50s
Posted - 2008.01.09 00:09:33
My husband (tilps) found this site for me, although I've always been more into the loops than he was. We haven't managed to recruit anyone else though so I don't know who else is who.

I'm much better than him at it though!

the angel Jean
Last edited by Jean - 2008.01.09 00:09:56
Tilps
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 6720
Best Total: 18m 37s
Posted - 2008.01.09 07:57:00
What I've noticed from comparing my playing style with Jean's is that I am much better at deriving complete solutions for entire areas in my head, sometimes the solution will just come to me spontaneously (although not anywhere near as often as I would like), but none of the above is fast. She is far better at using a mouse accurately and quickly, thinks more quickly with the basic stuff and has memorized more patterns.  She is also much better at being systematic in a way which maximises speed.

Even with the easiest of puzzles, I can't seem to break 2 minutes, even though I consider them entirely trivial, I can think faster than I can click/move the mouse accurately.
Last edited by Tilps - 2008.01.09 07:58:24
Jean
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2066
Best Total: 20m 50s
Posted - 2008.01.09 08:24:41
Meh.

Tilps is smarter than me.

Don't let him tell you otherwise!


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