Thread - Tapa Train - 25th Dec to 14th Jan

@ 2022-01-18 12:13 AM (#30214 - in reply to #30211) (#30214)Quote Reply Top

swaroop2011

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2022-01-18 12:13 AM

ropeko - 2022-01-16 6:18 PMThat was a great contest with beautiful Tapas! Thank you!And the contest was very well doable just with the mobile phone, even the 20x20 puzzle.In future it would be great, if there is more time to solve the puzzles, i.e. every 30h a new puzzle but the puzzle counts during the next 5 days, since not everybody has time to solve them on a daily basis.As IHNN already mentioned, the scoring A for 1-100 rank is in my opinion suboptimal, because, luckily, of the high number of participants. It would motivate more if each participant get some points and not only the best solvers.The replay button is a great feature to learn from the top solvers or just to see the different approaches.I‘m looking forward for the next puzzle types :)!

Thank you for your feedback. I am glad you enjoyed the ride.

-- We already have regular contests which last for 5 days or a week and we wanted a different flavor of the contest with this. Said that we will consider this suggestion and have an internal discussion if any changes are needed.

-- Each participant does get some points, that is what B is for. B is the puzzle points on solving the puzzle successfully and is not dependent on your ranking. Do note that your total points is equal to A B.

@ 2022-01-28 2:15 PM (#30245 - in reply to #30188) (#30245)Quote Reply Top

tluo5458

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tluo5458 posted @ 2022-01-28 2:15 PM

I seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties - whenever I click "Check Solution", even though my solutions (for the trial tapas and the first actual tapa) are pretty clearly correct, it says it's incorrect.

@ 2022-01-29 5:18 PM (#30260 - in reply to #30245) (#30260)Quote Reply Top

swaroop2011

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2022-01-29 5:18 PM

tluo5458 - 2022-01-29 4:15 AM

I seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties - whenever I click "Check Solution", even though my solutions (for the trial tapas and the first actual tapa) are pretty clearly correct, it says it's incorrect.

Thank you for reporting. We have fixed the issue and hopefully it's working as intended. sorry for the inconvenience. Enjoy the Tapa ride.

@ 2022-02-08 6:02 PM (#30301 - in reply to #30188) (#30301)Quote Reply Top

swaroop2011

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2022-02-08 6:02 PM

Solve video for 20x20 by Ashish Kumar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ukAng4874

@ 2022-02-10 3:10 AM (#30303 - in reply to #30188) (#30303)Quote Reply Top

theodoresan

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theodoresan posted @ 2022-02-10 3:10 AM

Thanks! 👍👍👍

@ 2022-05-07 11:25 AM (#30628 - in reply to #30188) (#30628)Quote Reply Top

Nizz

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Nizz posted @ 2022-05-07 11:25 AM

I know the contest is long over, but I am getting "Wrong solution" for several of my correct solutions. It seems this happens whenever I submit a wrong solution first - all subsequent submissions are then deemed wrong. This is still the case even if restarting from scratch ("delete all").

@ 2022-05-10 5:18 AM (#30635 - in reply to #30628) (#30635)Quote Reply Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2022-05-10 5:18 AM

Nizz - 2022-05-07 11:25 AM

I know the contest is long over, but I am getting "Wrong solution" for several of my correct solutions. It seems this happens whenever I submit a wrong solution first - all subsequent submissions are then deemed wrong. This is still the case even if restarting from scratch ("delete all").

We are still trying to debug this issue and have not found anything missing at our end.

Lets take one specific puzzle for example : Tapa 13

Can you submit the puzzle again and after you get the "Wrong Solution" message, can you please share a screenshot of your solved grid?

@ 2022-05-10 10:21 PM (#30637 - in reply to #30635) (#30637)Quote Reply Top

david.g.niccolai@gma

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david.g.niccolai@gma posted @ 2022-05-10 10:21 PM

I'm getting a similar error. I had it happen with Tapa 2, though I don't think I submitted a wrong solution unless I did so by accident.

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@ 2022-05-16 4:19 PM (#30639 - in reply to #30188) (#30639)Quote Reply Top

Kahin1008

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Kahin1008 posted @ 2022-05-16 4:19 PM

I think this is the correct solution.

@ 2022-05-19 1:47 AM (#30642 - in reply to #30635) (#30642)Quote Reply Top

Nizz

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Nizz posted @ 2022-05-19 1:47 AM

Administrator - 2022-05-10 1:18 AM

Tapa 13 was a bad choice for this. I don't know if you chose that becase it was unfinished on my account, but it turns out my solution was indeed wrong, and after correcting it the submission went through.

Tapa 2 on the other hand, I have checked and double checked. See attached screenshot

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@ 2022-05-19 2:29 AM (#30643 - in reply to #30188) (#30643)Quote Reply Top

swaroop2011

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2022-05-19 2:29 AM

Thanks for sharing. As per our current knowledge and based on others feedback, Tapa 2 is the only one giving trouble with answer verification. Rest all puzzles are working as intended.

We haven't yet identified why this is happening with only Tapa 2. We did verify the solution string again but something else is going on apparently. We are still investigating. But otherwise I hope you enjoyed all the puzzles and the contest.

@ 2022-05-19 7:33 PM (#30644 - in reply to #30643) (#30644)Quote Reply Top

Nizz

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Nizz posted @ 2022-05-19 7:33 PM

The same happens for Tapa 6 as well. Probably 7, 9, 14 and 15 as well, though I haven't checked them recently