Sooooo, I just did Pt 27 S2 G2 which is the lizards and snakes game. That was challenging as hell. Did you guys struggle with this game as well? Also I am a bit flustered by the explanation of this game. JY makes the claim that the 1st premise of this game means that each habitat has 2 slots, but how do we know that if the rule just states MAX 2 PER SLOT? Max 2 does not mean every habitat has 2 slots. Also, during the exam you are not going to "ignore certain elements of the game." How did you guys go about solving this game?
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As far as your other questions go: Max 2 means every habitat COULD have 2 slots, so doing it the way JY did it is just one way to signify that to yourself. If it makes it easier for you, you could add in 3 "/" as elements to show which habitats have only one slot, but that all depends on how you interact with the elements. The importance of putting in a second row like he did is so you don't try and throw more than 2 in any habitat.
As for ignoring certain elements in a game, people definitely do that from time to time on the actual test, and this game is a great illustration of when it can be helpful to you. But it is definitely on the highest end of the skillset required for LG, so don't sweat it if you're not there yet, or if you ever get there. It's not a necessary skill, but it can be beneficial in the right situations.
http://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/2737/logic-games-attack-strategy
I spent a little too much time pondering making multiple game boards at the outset, and was a bit too slow on the cannot questions. But the fact that I was able to cut my time almost in half shows me that I should've finished this game in 9-10 minutes at most. Though this game is more of a pain in the ass than most sequencing/grouping hybrids, my real weakness is with heavy conditional in/out games where rules don't chain up well. I'm starting to go back to the bundle now just to refine my skills so I can stay consistently in the -0 to -2 range on full PTs.