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Location: India | Tapa Variations Contest X
Date: 25-27 February 2012
Length: 75+5 minutes
IB and Submission Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/X/
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Location: India | Must say, those are some awesome smug-looking fish. 
For those of you who don't already know, I created one of the Anglers Tapa type on my blog here - http://prasannaseshadri.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/puzzle-no-35-36-ta...
Note : Slight difference in the rules on mine and the IB - in mine, the fish aren't part of Tapa wall.
You can use that for practice, since some of you may already have done so.
Edited by prasanna16391 2012-02-17 12:21 PM
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Location: Australia | Looking forward to more tapa fever :p
I hope the authors don't mind - I've created a 'no solutions' instruction booklet for those who want to do the examples without any spoilers, attached.
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 TVC-X_IB no solutions .pdf (93KB - 18 downloads)
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Location: Turkey | flk - 2012-02-17 2:07 PM
Looking forward to more tapa fever :p
I hope the authors don't mind - I've created a 'no solutions' instruction booklet for those who want to do the examples without any spoilers, attached.
:) Interesting, I like the idea :) Thanks! |
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Location: India | Hi,
I have a doubt in Magnetic Tapa.
I think the polarity order in Column 1 (marked in a rectangle) should be -, + instead of +, - as given in IB.
Please let me know if I am wrong somewhere.
Regards,
Ravi
Edited by macherlakumar 2012-02-17 7:12 PM
 (Magnetic Tapa.JPG)
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Magnetic Tapa.JPG (18KB - 2 downloads)
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Location: India | I constructed a set of 6 puzzles ,choosing from the TVC X booklet.You might want to use these as a practice exercise too.From the ones i did not choose,i like magnetic tapa.I do not think i am comfortable creating one.The puzzles are posted at anuragthefirst.blogspot.com |
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Location: The Netherlands | 1b. Tapa Guard: Can an undivided cell have multiple digits this go around? If so, same quetsion as before. Do equal numbers look in different directions?
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Location: Turkey | Para - 2012-02-18 3:35 PM
1b. Tapa Guard: Can an undivided cell have multiple digits this go around? If so, same quetsion as before. Do equal numbers look in different directions?
No I made same way, all undivided cells have one digit like TVC IX puzzles. |
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Location: Austria | @anurag: Could it be that your "total false" tapa has multiple solutions? I can replace the "24"-clue at the right border by "1" or by "111" and find solutions in both cases.
edit: I also find multiple solutions for your braille tapa. Is there some mistake on my side?
Edited by euklid 2012-02-19 3:57 AM
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Location: India | Thanks euklid.2x2+1 solutions for total false.Now, you can go back and check the puzzles. |
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Location: The Netherlands | I've posted a few practise puzzles again. I will post the remaining genres Thursday.
http://puzzleparasite.blogspot.com/2012/02/tvc-x-practise.html |
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Location: Turkey | IB of TVC X was edited and uploaded to TVC page. You can download IB Version2: http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/X/
Also we've already uploaded a errata file. Please check it in same page. There are 3 remarks. |
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Location: India | during Test ,
does two different grids will be provided for tapa and mata ,
and same doubt for distiller |
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Location: The Netherlands | swaroop2011 - 2012-02-22 10:52 PM
during Test ,
does two different grids will be provided for tapa and mata ,
and same doubt for distiller
It says there will be 2 grids given in the instructions for tapa and pata. For the distiller you will get 5 grids. The overlapped grid and 4 empty grids to put your puzzles in. |
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Location: The Netherlands | yureklis - 2012-02-22 6:44 AM
Also we've already uploaded a errata file. Please check it in same page. There are 3 remarks.
You just had to make the rules so my Shortest Segment Tapa was incorrect. I let the puzzle run a lot on "there has to be a minimal segment" rule. Will make something new. Luckily I hadn't posted it yet. |
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Location: The Netherlands | 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? |
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Location: India | Serkan's new version is a bit complicated and i do not like it much(only for a timed test).Also,unless you would like to indicate that a row is not empty,there is no point in using '1's as a clue.I would prefer to know that atleast one segment of that length has to be there. |
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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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Location: India | Why would you want to confuse the solver with a clue if the row was empty. |
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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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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
| | Contest Length : 75 minutes
Total Points : 912
Bonus : 9 points per minute saved
Grace Period : 5 minutes
Penalty : 6 points per minute used (Computed upto seconds) |
The 3rd column (Group) shows how grouping will be done in the submission interface. |
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Location: Australia | Thanks to all those making practice problems |
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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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