No real further developments in the Sudobomber story over the last few days; the latest word is that the intermediate and beginner prizes will be released but no word on any changes in the advanced division.

I should be getting ready for the WPC, making instruction/preview posts here or something, but I have not had any time. I skimmed the instructions and saw that one thing I hypothesized the Turks would do from past discussions (a team playoff) is indeed happening. No details on the individual playoff besides a dozen go in, but their national championship used a belarussian-like set of weighted heats which might be what they do again. The OAPC round will use OAPC like grading/entry without marking full papers which feels right. A future "What if?" will likely revisit the concept of what/how much such be graded to confirm an answer to a puzzle at a competition.

The lack of more detail in my WPC thoughts when I normally share a ton of thoughts here is in part due to my being on a really interesting and fast developing project at work; I have been doing extra hours for the last month to get this data ready for public view. Sleep has been irregular and inconsistent and I can't tell you what time zone my body is in right now, but it won't be any more out of whack when I land in Turkey I guess. I just really worry I'll have another late day 2/day 3 shutdown but will certainly try my best to win the one title I want to win before I run out of opportunities to compete.