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Delays

Sorry for the lack of new puzzles, I’m in the process of making one, but I’ve been extremely busy.

I am going to start posting answers on a separate website (probably a Google site or something) with the answers and full descriptions of the logic behind the puzzles.

Hopefully I’ll be back to posting soon. Happy puzzling!

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Sorry for the delay, I hope this is worth it!

RE-SETLIST

Difficulty: 6

Six Vocaloids decided to put on an interesting type of performance, where collectively they would perform six songs, where each was either a duet, a trio, or a quartet. Miku, Len, Rin, Luka, Gumi, and Kaito each decided which songs would be performed (one of which is Remote Control) and who would be performing in each. Assume that any song can be any type of performance. Based on the following clues, determine the order of the setlist and who will be performing.

1) Two Vocaloids each performed 2, 3, and 4 songs. Two performances each were duets, trios, and quartets.

2) The second performance featured all Vocaloids in Matryoshka and included two other performers.

3) Luka (who performed fewer times than Kaito) sang in two performances of the same type (duets, trios, quartets) at least once.

4) World is Mine was the first song after Len's last performance.

5) Kaito performed with Len exactly twice, but never performed thrice in a row.

6) Both duets were consecutive.

7) Between the fourth and fifth performance, only one Vocaloid remained on stage.

8) Himitsu Keisatsu was performed sometime before both duets.

9) Len performed once with everyone but Rin, who didn't perform in Trick and Treat, the last song.

10) Luka was in the first performance, which was not Himitsu Keisatsu.

11) Meltdown was not the first song.

12) Len's three performances are all consecutive.

13) Gumi performed neither in the fifth song nor in World is Mine.

14) Miku performed at least first and last, neither of which were a performance of World is Mine.

15) Gumi only performed in quartets.

16) The first song featured fewer Vocaloids than the second did, and exactly two performers remained on stage between the two songs.

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???? W-Wait what, dude what is this place/blog ??? And can I get in on the puzzles ? I love nothing more than a good challenge

Well, first off, welcome, this is just my (@renerd_roux) sideblog where I post some logic puzzles I make in my free time. And feel free to start solving or submit puzzle ideas of your own! Currently, the solutions aren’t online, but they will be soon and if you want to check your answers you can just send me an ask. Have fun, and I hope these are enough of a challenge for you! Expect a new puzzle in the next few days! ^^

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This is my first time trying this type of puzzle as well, and I plan to do two more puzzles like this of increasing difficulty for the remaining 18 students. Enjoy!

DECLASSIFIED

Difficulty: 4

After an already long day in Class 3-E, Korosensei has insisted that nine students stay behind for extra assistance in various subjects. These students are Isogai, Okajima, Kayano, Kanzaki, Nagisa, Sugino, Terasaka, Maehara, and Okuda. Earlier, Korosensei took the time to plan a special seating chart for these nine students in a 3-by-3 grid, but Karma stole the list in a petty attempt to annoy his teacher. Conveniently, Korosensei remembers the following details about the seating arrangement, and insists that it is recreated. Using only the following statements, determine the intended seating arrangement. Assume that “adjacent” refers to two positions either directly in front and behind each other, or directly to the left and right and that “directly diagonal” refers to two positions that are one space in front/back and one space to the side of each other.

1) Maehara is adjacent to more students than Kayano is.

2) Nagisa and the student in the frontmost-rightmost seat are both adjacent to Okajima.

3) Kanzaki is not adjacent to Isogai.

4) Isogai sits in the row directly behind Maehara’s row, but not in the seat directly behind.

5) Maehara sits directly behind Okajima.

6) Okuda is not adjacent to Terasaka.

7) Terasaka is either directly in front of Isogai or directly in front of Okuda.

8) Kanzaki is adjacent to more students than Isogai and Sugino.

9) Kayano sits somewhere directly diagonal to Terasaka.

10) Sugino is in a row somewhere in front of Okuda’s row.

11) Kayano is in a column somewhere to the right of Terasaka’s column.

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Trying a new puzzle structure here, and I’m now taking requests for puzzle types and themes! Feel free to challenge me in making them!

Difficulty: 4

TOTEM TIME

Red, Green, and Blue Link start each of their adventuring days by planning their totem arrangement of the day. To keep things interesting, they randomly selected five different arrangements for their next five adventures, with each taking place in a different location. Determine the order they visited each location and their totem arrangement (stack of three) for each mission.

1) Red was on top of the totem the day before and after the Volcano visit.

2) Blue was only in the middle of the totem on the last of the five adventures (which didn’t take place in the Woodlands).

3) Compared to the Fortress arrangement, every Link was in a different position than they were in the Ice Cavern arrangement.

4) The Fortress was visited sometime after the Riverside but sometime before the Volcano.

5) From each day to the next, Green’s totem position never got higher (either stayed the same or got lower).

6) Red is at a lower position in the Fortress arrangement than in the Riverside arrangement.

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Okay, time for a new puzzle. I personally think this one is easier to solve, but it’s easy to miss a few clues in the dialogue. Good luck! (I don’t write stories much, please be gentle)

Difficulty: 2

UNE SEMAINE DU MAL

Ladybug and Chat Noir have just had the hardest week of their lives. Hawkmoth is up to his usual business, but he's been a bit lacking in creativity. Instead of creating new villains, he decided to akumatize five of his previous subjects, each on a different day, from Monday to Friday. Each had their encounter with Ladybug and Chat in a different location (one of which is the Eiffel Tower) and each was defeated by a different item produced by Ladybug's Lucky Charm (one of which is a bowling ball). Match the villain with the correct day, object, and location using only the following dialogue.

     After the last of their five rematches, which took place at the Eiffel Tower, Ladybug and Chat Noir decided to spend some time together at the top of it, recovering from their fight and recounting their week. Chat turned towards Ladybug with a smug grin. "Rough week, huh?"       "That's a bit of an understatement," Ladybug replied, rolling her eyes. "I knew there was something strange going on when we started our week with another fight with Timebreaker."      "At least you knew how to beat her this time, and that garden hose you got from your Lucky Charm was really helpful."       "Chat, we used the garden hose against Evillustrator, not Timebreaker, remember?"       "Oh, my bad, I'm getting most of the week mixed up, I guess. Never said I had purrfect recall. What day was the Evillustrator encounter again? That was sometime before our battle at the Trocadéro, right?"       "Yeah, and it was the day after I got that huge magnet from my Lucky Charm."       "Haha, that was when you almost destroyed my-- uh, the Agreste mansion fighting Lady Wifi!" Chat blushed, realizing his near-mistake.      Ladybug looked confused for a moment before just passing it off as another of Chat's oddities. "I've got to say my favorite part of the week was trying to figure out how to use a mirror to pick you out from Copycat. It was hard to say which one of you liked looking at yourselves in the mirror more." Ladybug giggled, to Chat's embarrassment.      "Hey, but at least that was easier than today's encounter, you seemed pretty confused when you ended up having to try to fight using a bowling ball."      "Yeah, you're definitely right about that. That wasn't our hardest one though, there was also having to beat Weathergirl or trying to use an industrial fan at the Louvre." Ladybug sighed, exhausted from the past four days.       After a few moments of silence, Chat turned to Ladybug. "Hey, Bugaboo, how did you manage to keep track of the chaos this week?" Chat looked up at her with admiration, eyes sparkling slightly.    "Maybe it's because I did most of the fighting," Ladybug playfully replied, giving Chat a few head pats, further disheveling his hair.

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This is the first puzzle I made, and it’s a bit of a long one, but the logic is rather simple. Good luck, and have fun.

Difficulty: 3

SIMPLY SMASHING

The year is 21xx and the descendants of the six Smash Gods have just arrived at EVO to compete in the retro fighting game Smash 5. Tensions are high, and reporters are everywhere. Hilarity ensues. Each of the six descendants has a different main, ESports team, universal ranking, Gamecube controller color, and home country. Using only the following news headlines, match each descendant with their main, team, rank, controller color, and home country. Remember that match wins in EVO don't necessarily correspond to the universal ranking.

1) Leffeb considers switching to Hex or Torque but is rejected from both after a few missed recoveries as Raichu, his main.

2) Exclusive Interview: Why did Blockade choose Geno?

3) BREAKING NEWS: Australian eSports team website hacked by a Hex representative!

4) Sakurai decides to nerf Greninja in response to the Banjo main taking 2nd. Canada approves, since the Banjo main is the country's main rival.

5) Exclusive Interview: Famishedcrate explains why he picked his personal color over silver, black, and green and how it helped him finally move above 4th place.

6) Black Nimbus controller model released to showcase the Nimbus smasher's signature color.

7) Coalition incorporates Ridley into its logo to celebrate its competitor's main.

8) Blockade vs. P4paya: Superfluid vs. Torque (in some order) Place your bets!

9) Nimbus vs. Torque: Let's see some Midna and Raichu action! (in some order)

10) Leffeb finally makes Iceland proud by winning against the Ridley main and placing above 4th.

11) M3K found with stolen silver controller in addition to his own! Learn why he planned to destroy it to sabotage the Inkling main!

12) PPPhD bides his time in 6th place: Can he overtake Japan, currently in 5th?

13) M3K defends 1st place yet again, keeping Japan and others at bay with his orange controller!

14) P4paya has shocking victory over Banjo main using his signature cerulean controller!

15) PPPhD and 4th ranked player rejected by Coalition!

16) P4paya finally places one rank over Blockade, and Chile builds a P4paya statue to celebrate their competitor.

17) Prize money from the Swiss smasher's 1st place rank sponsorships donated to schools to fund eSports programs.