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Posts: 3 Country : Romania | dahunor posted @ 2016-01-04 3:12 PM
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An LMI player | An LMI player posted @ 2016-01-05 2:05 AM
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Posts: 187 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : New Zealand | kiwijam posted @ 2016-01-05 3:13 AM
I know TVC has been running a long time already, but perhaps adding one (easy?) Classic Tapa at the start might be nice for novice solvers? | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 241 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Indonesia | chaotic_iak posted @ 2016-01-05 4:09 AM kiwijam - 2016-01-05 6:13 AM I know TVC has been running a long time already, but perhaps adding one (easy?) Classic Tapa at the start might be nice for novice solvers? I would assume Classic Tapa is covered by CTC (that is ongoing concurrently), so novice solvers that want to try Classic Tapa first can do CTC for one day before starting. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 7 Country : United States | easonrevant posted @ 2016-01-05 4:23 AM
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Posts: 9 Country : United States | Jacoblance posted @ 2016-01-05 5:29 AM Hmm... If these are going to be every other weekend, then TVC XVIII will fall on Mystery Hunt weekend. I'd think there is a reasonable overlap between those two sets of puzzlers, so perhaps that one could start earlier, or its deadline be extended until later? | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 30 ![]() Country : United States | brecher92 posted @ 2016-01-05 7:03 AM I'm just glad to have the best-three-of-four rule here, since my printer had a massive paper jam and I couldn't even get started... p.s. I assume that my 0 will not be factored into the puzzle ratings? | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | Administrator posted @ 2016-01-05 8:50 AM | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | debmohanty posted @ 2016-01-05 9:00 AM Jacoblance - 2016-01-05 5:29 AM It will be difficult to start earlier, but it can be extended easily. Will extending by 24 hours work?Hmm... If these are going to be every other weekend, then TVC XVIII will fall on Mystery Hunt weekend. I'd think there is a reasonable overlap between those two sets of puzzlers, so perhaps that one could start earlier, or its deadline be extended until later? | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 241 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Indonesia | chaotic_iak posted @ 2016-01-05 2:01 PM Extending by 24 hours should work; MIT Mystery Hunt should end before Monday EST (Tuesday GMT), so there's one day worth to do it. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 315 ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2016-01-05 2:32 PM brecher92 - 2016-01-05 7:03 AM I'm just glad to have the best-three-of-four rule here, since my printer had a massive paper jam and I couldn't even get started... p.s. I assume that my 0 will not be factored into the puzzle ratings? TVC does not count towards the LMI puzzle ratings. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Posts: 1800 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : India | prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-01-05 6:07 PM
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Posts: 24 ![]() Country : ITALY | GaS posted @ 2016-01-06 4:13 AM
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Posts: 183 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Country : Turkey | yureklis posted @ 2016-01-07 12:57 AM Thanks to all participants. Top three are as follows: 1. Endo Ken (Japan) [13/13, 56:51 min] 2. Hideaki Jo (Japan) [13/13, 61:08 min] 3. Jack Lance (USA) [13/13, 55:50 min] After a huge break TVC came back. I forgot how hard it is to construct a set. Frankly I hadn't prepared any contest for a long time, therefore I had a little bit trouble while I was making puzzles and art works. Anyway, after 2013, this one was the first Tapa contest, and for us (Kamer and I) it went well. 11 solvers submitted all puzzles correctly, some of them accomplished this before the end, some of them made it happen in extra time; but all did. We prepared a solution booklet for the first time in TVC history. If you are a puzzle designer, you must know that the worst part of shaping a puzzle set is to make the solution booklet :) I hope solutions works for new comers and others. - The puzzle solved by least competitors was Tapa Skyscrapers (b). It was solved by 26 competitors. - The puzzle solved by most competitors was Tapa with Borders (a). It was solved by 97 competitors. - The puzzle with the highest rating was Tapa Skyscrapers (b). (8.80) and the puzzle with the lowest rating was Tapa with Borders (a) (6.00). Full results table is here: http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/XVII/score.asp For TVC XVIII, the poll has been opened. So you can vote, 6 of the 10 puzzle types will be determined by your votes. The remaining 4 will be displayed in the IB to be published at the weekend. Please feel free to share any ideas. Last words for Bram, Iām not sure you know about his blog, but he did a great job again. As before he prepared some TVC practice puzzles, I hope he continues to prepare. You can check his blog: puzzleparasite.blogspot.com Best, serkan Edited by yureklis 2016-01-07 12:58 AM |