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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer Posts: 183 Location: Turkey | Para - 2012-02-23 1:20 AM For Shortest Segment Tapa: Just a small clarification as I used this in my puzzle. If there's a number on the outside, does that imply that row/column isn't empty? Yes. If there is a outside clue (sure it will be) it means that there must appear some blackened blocks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 136 Location: India | Why would you want to confuse the solver with a clue if the row was empty. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 315 Location: The Netherlands | anurag - 2012-02-23 1:30 AM Why would you want to confuse the solver with a clue if the row was empty. Well it could be possible for a row to only contain 1 and 2 segment pieces because of clues or other parts of the wall and by putting a 3 there you could force the whole row to remain empty. Which wouldn't have to be the case if that 3 wasn't there. But it doesn't apply here, just showing how it could be helpful if the option was there. Edited by Para 2012-02-23 3:07 AM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 315 Location: The Netherlands | The remainder of the practise puzzles have been posted now. http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.com/2012/02/tvc-x-practise-part-2.ht... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location: India | Points Table
The 3rd column (Group) shows how grouping will be done in the submission interface. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 23 Location: Australia | Thanks to all those making practice problems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 315 Location: The Netherlands | There are 2 additional puzzles as they were requested. I might start dreaming about Tapas soon, but I'm having fun making them. http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.com/2012/02/tvc-x-practise-part-3.ht... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location: India | Thanks Bram for the practice puzzles. I'm sure they help you get a good score this time as well. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 315 Location: The Netherlands | Administrator - 2012-02-25 1:05 AM Thanks Bram for the practice puzzles. I'm sure they help you get a good score this time as well. They would probably help me better if I didn't share them with everyone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diagonal Vision Author Posts: 337 Location: Switzerland | Para - 2012-02-25 6:00 AM Administrator - 2012-02-25 1:05 AM Thanks Bram for the practice puzzles. I'm sure they help you get a good score this time as well. They would probably help me better if I didn't share them with everyone. That's the real panache: You share everything you know, then you win the tournament, and then you say: "I proved that I'm the best !", (and then perhaps everyone hate you) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 136 Location: India | Pity this wasnt answered.I think he is right. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diagonal Vision Author Posts: 337 Location: Switzerland | It was just a joke, of course. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 315 Location: The Netherlands | I forgot to comment on this after finishing as it had slipped my mind after all the puzzling. When printing the Tapa Guard, Braille Tapa and Anglers puzzle didn't fit completely on the page for me. Was I the only one having this problem or did others have this happen? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 12 Location: United States | I had the same issue that Para described on all of the pages he mentioned. I also seem to have issues with submitting correct answers and with submitting them before the penalty time runs out, but I doubt there's any help for me there... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 12 Location: United States | I am not sure how to edit my previous post, but I also noticed that the second Shortest Segment puzzle had the bottom row of outside digits missing on my printout as well. That would've certainly helped to notice during the test... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WSPC Organizer Posts: 542 Location: India | I have doubt regarding the "Combination Tapa". In the given example if one replaces clue 2,4 with 7, it gives the valid solution. Please do let me know if I am missing something in instructions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WPMM Author Posts: 66 Location: Hungary | rajeshk - 2012-02-26 3:26 PM I have doubt regarding the "Combination Tapa". In the given example if one replaces clue 2,4 with 7, it gives the valid solution. Please do let me know if I am missing something in instructions. "Tapa clues using digits from 1 to 5." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WSPC Organizer Posts: 542 Location: India | Valezius - 2012-02-26 3:36 PM rajeshk - 2012-02-26 3:26 PM I have doubt regarding the "Combination Tapa". In the given example if one replaces clue 2,4 with 7, it gives the valid solution. Please do let me know if I am missing something in instructions. "Tapa clues using digits from 1 to 5." Thanks for clarifying this. I missed this rule in instructions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 23 Location: Australia | Thanks again for some great puzzles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 42 Location: United States | Does Submitting end your contest, or can you safely submit each puzzle as you do it? Thanks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location: India | PuzzleScott - 2012-02-27 7:09 AM You can submit as many times as you want. Submitting does not end your contest.Does Submitting end your contest, or can you safely submit each puzzle as you do it? Thanks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location: India | TVC X is over. The score page is public now. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 5 Location: United States | Was Braille Tapa perhaps inspired by my and Alan Fetters' Mystery Hunt puzzle this year, or was it a complete coincidence that it appeared here? I'm honored if so, amused if not. I found the tiny alphabet subset (including a "letter" that is not actually a valid Braille letter) interesting. It's definitely more manageable for the solver, though undoubtedly limiting for the constructor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location: India | LordKinbote - 2012-02-28 10:12 AM Was Braille Tapa perhaps inspired by my and Alan Fetters' Mystery Hunt puzzle this year, or was it a complete coincidence that it appeared here? I'm honored if so, amused if not. I found the tiny alphabet subset (including a "letter" that is not actually a valid Braille letter) interesting. It's definitely more manageable for the solver, though undoubtedly limiting for the constructor. As Serkan has mentioned in the IB (last page), Braille Tapa was certainly inspired from your Mystery Hunt puzzle, or more likely from your blog post. (20120228_113713.png) Attachments ---------------- 20120228_113713.png (37KB - 1 downloads) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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