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Location: India | Tapa Variations Contest IX
Date: 11-12 February 2012
Length: 75+5 minutes
IB and Submission Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/IX/
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Toketa? Selection Author
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Location: Japan | In the Battle Tapa, the rule "ships can't touch each other not even diagonally" is missing.
If ignoring that rule, there is another solution.
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CXXXXX
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(B:battleship, X:Tapa wall, C:clue) |
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Location: Canada | Here's a repost of my Battle Tapa example, because I don't know where the other thread went. I also am assuming that the 'ships can't touch' rule is missing from the instructions.
Note that there's one one-unit ship missing from the standard Battleships set. |
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DWBH Author
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Location: Slovakia | I have question about No Sqaures Tapa, clue cells are in this puzzle white or not?
Edited by muhorka 2012-02-07 9:36 PM
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
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Location: Turkey | muhorka - 2012-02-07 9:35 PM
I have question about No Sqaures Tapa, clue cells are in this puzzle white or not?
Very good question, I should mention in the IB. Yes, clue cells are white. |
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
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Location: Turkey | xevs - 2012-02-07 7:48 PM
In the Battle Tapa, the rule "ships can't touch each other not even diagonally" is missing.
If ignoring that rule, there is another solution.
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CXXXXX
XBXCBX
XXXXBX
XBBXXB
XXCBXX
BBBXXC
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(B:battleship, X:Tapa wall, C:clue)
I missed "touching" things in IB. Yes, ships cannot touch each other even diagonally. |
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Location: The Netherlands | I don't think the Total False Tapa Example is unique. Or am I missing a rule?
[Edit] I figured it out. I now understand that the amount of sections also has to differ from the amount of digits given in the clue cell.
Is there a chance the clue cells in Equal tapa can be coloured grey? It has been the case in other variations. It's just that in another variation they do count as white cells.
Edited by Para 2012-02-08 2:13 AM
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WPMM Author
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Location: Hungary | Will there be penalty during the grace period. I guess yes. How much? |
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
Posts: 183
Location: Turkey | Para - 2012-02-08 2:04 AM
Is there a chance the clue cells in Equal tapa can be coloured grey? It has been the case in other variations. It's just that in another variation they do count as white cells.
Yes, I'll mark clue cells with grey. |
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
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Location: Turkey | Valezius - 2012-02-08 2:15 AM
Will there be penalty during the grace period. I guess yes. How much?
When we announce puzzle points, penalty points will appear. So all points (including penalty) will be announced in Friday. |
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Location: India | figonometry - 2012-02-07 8:17 PM
Here's a repost of my Battle Tapa example, because I don't know where the other thread went. It is here |
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Sudoku Day Author
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Location: Serbia | I look forward to beginning a new tapa season. In Serbia we have a new verb "tapanje". It means "doing tapa"  .
About puzzle 7. Digital Tapa I wonder why number 9 is given. Can we expect clues in bigger cells, 2x2 for example? In that case is it possible to appear two-digit clue? Thanks!
Nikola
Edited by Nikola 2012-02-09 4:29 PM
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2021 World Sudoku+Puzzle Convention Organizer
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Location: India | Nikola - 2012-02-09 4:28 PM
I look forward to beginning a new tapa season. In Serbia we have a new verb "tapanje". It means "doing tapa" .
I'd love to know how that's pronounced so I can use it in conversation, coz I'll be tapanje quite a lot in the coming months  |
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Location: The Netherlands | I've made some practise puzzles, in case anyone is interested.
http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.com/2012/02/tvc-ix-practise.html |
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Location: India | yureklis - 2012-02-08 2:22 AM
Valezius - 2012-02-08 2:15 AM
Will there be penalty during the grace period. I guess yes. How much?
When we announce puzzle points, penalty points will appear. So all points (including penalty ) will be announced in Friday.
| | Contest Length : 75 minutes
Total Points : 749
Bonus : 8 points per minute saved
Grace Period : 5 minutes
Penalty : 5 points per minute used |
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Location: India | Nikola - 2012-02-09 4:28 PM
About puzzle 7. Digital Tapa I wonder why number 9 is given. Can we expect clues in bigger cells, 2x2 for example? In that case is it possible to appear two-digit clue?
9 will not be printed in the puzzle booklet. |
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Location: Austria | I don't understand the rules of Tapa Guard. From the example I have a theory. I have repeated rule 2 in a way that it makes sense to me. All changed words are upper-case:
2 - Each digit represents a guard, observing EXACTLY that amount of blackened cells in the corresponding DIRECTION. A digit in an undivided cell MUST observe in AT LEAST ONE of the four directions. |
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Location: The Netherlands | I also had a question about Tapa Guard.
In an undivided cell, if there are equal digits, should each observe that amount of cells in a different direction? I used this in my puzzle, but I wasn't 100% sure if I was correct in assuming that now.
At least it's handy to know submitting in the grace period will always increase your score as no puzzle is worth less than the total penalty.
Edited by Para 2012-02-10 11:57 AM
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
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Location: Turkey | euklid - 2012-02-10 11:40 AM
I don't understand the rules of Tapa Guard. From the example I have a theory. I have repeated rule 2 in a way that it makes sense to me. All changed words are upper-case:
2 - Each digit represents a guard, observing EXACTLY that amount of blackened cells in the corresponding DIRECTION. A digit in an undivided cell MUST observe in AT LEAST ONE of the four directions.
Yes, a digit in an undivided cell should observe in at least one of the 4 direction. It can observe all four directions, or two of them, or three of them; but in any case it has at least one observation. |
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CTC & TVC Author & Organizer
Posts: 183
Location: Turkey | Para - 2012-02-10 11:53 AM
I also had a question about Tapa Guard.
In an undivided cell, if there are equal digits, should each observe that amount of cells in a different direction? I used this in my puzzle, but I wasn't 100% sure if I was correct in assuming that now.
At least it's handy to know submitting in the grace period will always increase your score as no puzzle is worth less than the total penalty.
I didn't use that you mentioned clue type in competition puzzles. All undivided clue cell has only one digit. |
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Location: China | I hope it's not too late. IB with Chinese translation can be downloaded here
Edited by Minfang Lin 2012-02-10 9:14 PM
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Location: India | close to tapaniye |
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Sudoku Day Author
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Location: Serbia | anurag - 2012-02-10 10:35 PM
close to tapaniye
Exactly!  |
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Location: India | Minfang Lin - 2012-02-10 9:14 PM
I hope it's not too late. IB with Chinese translation can be downloaded here
A perfect way to welcome TVC and CTC.
(Ah, this is a standard LITS puzzle from Prasanna) |
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