I know I said I'd take off this weekend to focus on ACPT, but this tournament had me needing to burn off anxious energy that was generated by my tripping over my own ego and royally blowing it with Crosscord. I needed a distraction, so I made a second Menace. Many thanks to Brooke Husice and David Ritterskamp for getting me past a couple of hurdles, and to kormad for test-solving. Further comments after the puzzle.
I wanted to be mad at Kevin Der for Puzzle 5 but I can't. I had a panic attack in the middle of a Discord server. That's what I get for having exaggerated hopes for myself and for thinking only 3 years of solving is enough practice for dealing with harder puzzles. I wasn't ready. I didn't have fun with that puzzle, and I hate that I had a panic attack. Even trying to make this grid caused some doubts as to whether I had the ability to make good grids. However, as I said elsewhere, the only critics I'm going to have are the ones in my head if I don't put my stuff out there. So, here I am. Another puzzle. Puzzle 37 on the Crosshare records. Nothing went all that right with ACPT today - guess I should have gone left instead.
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AuthorAriel Haymarket (they/them, she/her, it/its, e/em/eir) is an annoying anti-authoritarian leftist residing on stolen Kiikaapoi land. New grids every first and third Friday and every second and fourth Tuesday. Archives
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