2003 WPC SURVEY
Puzzlers who competed this year: your team captain received
this survey and was asked to forward it to you. We would appreciate it if you
would use that file to enter your answers and e-mail it back. If you did not
receive the file: ask your captain!
The Puzzles
1. How would you rate this year's WPC puzzles in quantity?
1 = far too few, 2 = somewhat too few, 3 = about right, 4 = somewhat too many,
5 = far too many
2. How would you rate the puzzles for the appropriate amount
of originality? 1 = far too many old types, 2 = somewhat too many old types,
3 = appropriate mix of old and new, 4 = somewhat too many new types, 5 = far
too many new types
3. How would you rate the puzzles for overall difficulty?
1 = much too easy, 2 = somewhat too easy, 3 = about right, 4 = somewhat too
hard, 5 = much too hard
4. How would you rate the puzzles for fairness, on a scale
of 1 to 5, with 1 = very unfair up to 5 = very fair? 1 2 3 4 5
5. How would you rate the puzzles for diversity, with 1
= not nearly enough diversity up to 5 = just the right amount of diversity?
1 2 3 4 5
6. How would you rate the puzzles for overall pleasure
provided, with 1 = not pleasurable up to 5 = very pleasurable? 1 2 3 4 5
7. How would you rate the puzzle instructions for clarity,
with 1 = very unclear up to 5 = very clear? 1 2 3 4 5
8. How would you rate the examples for clarity, with 1
= very unclear up to 5 = very clear? 1 2 3 4 5
9. Did you like receiving the instructions a week in advance?
10. Was the question-and-answer session before the championship
done well?
11. What was your favorite part or puzzle in the competition?
12. Were there any puzzles you didn't like?
13. How would you rate that this year there were more time
bonusses than in previous years, 1 = far too few, 2 = somewhat too few, 3 =
about right, 4 = somewhat too many, 5 = far too many
14. How would you rate "The weakest link"?
15. One of the novelty's was the computer puzzle. How would
you rate that?
The Rules
16. How would you rate the rules of the championship for
clarity, with 1 = very unclear up to 5 = very clear? 1 2 3 4 5
17. How would you rate the rules for fairness, with 1 =
very unfair up to 5 = very fair? 1 2 3 4 5
The Playoff
18. How would you rate the playoff finals for interest,
with 1 = very uninteresting up to 5 = very interesting? 1 2 3 4 5
19. How would you rate the playoff for the amount of time
it took? 1 = much too short, 2 = somewhat too short, 3 = about right in length,
4 = somewhat too long, 5 = much too long
20. How would you rate the playoff for fairness in picking
a champion, with 1 = very unfair up to 5 = very fair? 1 2 3 4 5
21. How would you rate the playoff stage, with 1 = not
good up to 5 = very good? 1 2 3 4 5
22. If you attended the WPC in Oulu in 2002, how would
you rate the elimination format used in 2003 versus the single round used in
2002? 1 = much worse, 2 = somewhat worse, 3 = about the same, 4 = somewhat better,
5 = much better, 6 = didn't attend in 2002
23. Overall, what was your opinion of the playoff?
In general
24. The championship had less excursions and more time
and space for socialization. How would you rate that?
25. What was your general opinion on the WPC 2003?
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Thank you.
