Notes on the Problem Set

Problems for the 2014 contest are brought to you by the MCPC Problem Set Committee (James Feher, Michael Goldwasser, Andy Harrington, Ryan Marshall, Bob Pilgrim). They rank the problems roughly as follows (with the primary author for each problem in parentheses):

Easy/Moderate
Reverse Rot (James)
Moderate
(More) Multiplication (James)
Word Cloud (Ryan and Michael)
Fun House (James)
Medium
The Maze Makers (Bob)
Lexicography (Michael)
Wet Tiles (Ryan)
Hard
Shrine Maintenance (Andy)
Very Hard
The Leprechaun Hunt (Michael)
Our prediction is that the winner of the contest will certainly need to solve 8 of 9 problems (and perhaps will get all 9).

We need your help spreading out the work next year! Please submit a problem or volunteer to be a chief judge! Getting more people submitting problems or generally sharing in the chief judge role is critical:  New volunteers are always appreciated.