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Country : India | About Classic Tapa Contest- Classic Tapa Contest (CTC) is a contest for solving Classic Tapa Puzzles, along with its older sibling "Tapa Variation Contest".
- Everyday a new Tapa will be available to solve. Unlike TVC, all puzzles in CTCs are to be solved online.
- At the end of 2 months (exactly on the same day as TVC ends), a winner will be declared. The winner of CTC will have a title called Classic Tapa Master.
- First three competitor will get a Tapa puzzle book which is prepared by Serkan.
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Country : India | Supported BrowsersFollowing browsers are supported : Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer.
We have tested on Opera and found minor issues with when right clicking. So, please use one of the other browsers.
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Country : India | Trial PuzzlesSeveral Trial puzzles are available to solve. Players are requested to solve the Trial puzzles. If someone is facing any problems, please report here.
It will be nice if you can specify browser name and version, Flash version (and optionally OS) while reporting any problems.
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Very nice concept.
Looking forward for other puzzle types as well.
I have a question regarding the timer, if 60 minutes is the limit then why the timer is starting from 0 rather than 60 ?.
I mean the timer should go from 60 to 0 as in usual LMI monthly tests.
Regards,
Ravi |
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deu
Posts: 69
Country : Japan | deu posted @ 2012-02-08 11:14 AM I'm really looking forward to Tapa months. I have two questions about scoring.
1. Are there any penalties for wrong submissions?
I submitted wrong answers in some trial puzzles, but there were no penalties.
If this also applies to real competition puzzles, I feel very happy!
2. How will you decide total ranking?
(Total time or total rank) for (all 50 or best **) puzzles? |
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Country : India | Based on a suggestion from a player, we have enabled "Shift + Left Click". Here is the summary of mouse clicks.
Summary of Mouse clicks- Left Click - Toggle shading of a cell
- Left Click + Drag to shade multiple cells.
- Shift+Left Click - Mark a circle in the cell.
- Shift + Left mouse click + drag to mark circles in multiple cells.
- Right Click - Toggle marking a circle in the cell.
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Country : India | macherlakumar - 2012-02-08 10:46 AM
Very nice concept.
Looking forward for other puzzle types as well.
Depends upon other authors.
macherlakumar - 2012-02-08 10:46 AM
I have a question regarding the timer, if 60 minutes is the limit then why the timer is starting from 0 rather than 60 ?.
I mean the timer should go from 60 to 0 as in usual LMI monthly tests.
No particular reason. |
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Country : India | deu - 2012-02-08 11:14 AM
I'm really looking forward to Tapa months. I have two questions about scoring.
1. Are there any penalties for wrong submissions?
I submitted wrong answers in some trial puzzles, but there were no penalties.
If this also applies to real competition puzzles, I feel very happy!
I don't think Serkan is that kind. All wrong submissions will be penalized for real competitions puzzles.
deu - 2012-02-08 11:14 AM
2. How will you decide total ranking?
(Total time or total rank) for (all 50 or best **) puzzles? The scoring system is designed by Cihan Altay. It will be uploaded soon. |
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forcolin
Posts: 172
Country : ITALY | will it be possible to catch up i.e. if I have no time to solve today's puzzle will I be able to solve it tomorrow?
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yureklis
Posts: 183
Country : Turkey | forcolin - 2012-02-08 2:36 PM
will it be possible to catch up i.e. if I have no time to solve today's puzzle will I be able to solve it tomorrow?
Yes, every puzzle can be solved in 3 days, but 2nd and 3rd day has time/point disadvantages for solver. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | In my browser the Login button and some text is not visible..
I guess it is getting overlapped by HOW TO PLAY screen..
I am attaching the image showing the same.
PLease help.  (login.png)Attachments ----------------  login.png (85KB - 1 downloads) |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | swaroop2011 - 2012-02-08 11:50 PM
In my browser the Login button and some text is not visible..
I guess it is getting overlapped by HOW TO PLAY screen..
I am attaching the image showing the same.
PLease help.
I somehow login but still not visible full screen, the puzzle is visible to solve.
i logged in using tab button and then pressing enter without seeing and then suddenly it logged in..
but still problem is there. |
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Country : India | swaroop2011 - 2012-02-08 11:50 PM
In my browser the Login button and some text is not visible..
I guess it is getting overlapped by HOW TO PLAY screen..
I am attaching the image showing the same.
PLease help. Click on "Small Screen". This will make your playing area bigger. To permanently use this feature, use this link - http://logicmastersindia.com/CTC/submit.asp?smallscreen=1 |
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2012-02-09 12:59 PM I am not able to see my Login area and buttons. I use IE8.
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rvarun
Posts: 268
Country : India | rvarun posted @ 2012-02-09 1:01 PM But I see my login page in Firefox. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Administrator - 2012-02-09 1:28 AM
swaroop2011 - 2012-02-08 11:50 PM
In my browser the Login button and some text is not visible..
I guess it is getting overlapped by HOW TO PLAY screen..
I am attaching the image showing the same.
PLease help. Click on "Small Screen". This will make your playing area bigger. To permanently use this feature, use this link - http://logicmastersindia.com/CTC/submit.asp?smallscreen=1
Thanks now its fine atleast we can see the playing area in this screen and scoring area in that scree. : ) |
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jalbert
Posts: 6
Country : United States | jalbert posted @ 2012-02-10 6:17 AM Thanks for fun the puzzles! I've tried a couple and I think my answers were correct. When I submit, it says they are wrong. Could I be shading the wrong color? I am using Firefox 10.0. |
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Country : India | jalbert - 2012-02-10 6:17 AM
Thanks for fun the puzzles! I've tried a couple and I think my answers were correct. When I submit, it says they are wrong. Could I be shading the wrong color? I am using Firefox 10.0. Color does not matter. Please check my PM. |
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Country : India | jalbert - 2012-02-10 6:17 AM
Thanks for fun the puzzles! I've tried a couple and I think my answers were correct. When I submit, it says they are wrong. Could I be shading the wrong color? I am using Firefox 10.0. We had a chat and this is resolved now.
jalbert was marking the white cells in a different color.
So, if someone else who hasn't figured out yet, please note that, white cells can be left blank or can be marked with a circle of any color.
All shaded cells HAVE to be colored (any color is fine )
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Country : India | CTC Scoring system- 2 minutes penalty for each wrong submission
- 15% time penalty for each late day (maximum 2 late days are allowed – so a puzzle can be solved upto 72 hours after it is uploaded)
- Each puzzle has its own points, which is computed from solving times of top 10% players on that day.
- Each player gets points for solving a puzzle based on own solving time and others’ solving times. Exponential distribution is used.
- Total points for a player is sum of puzzle points over 50 days.
Details in the pdf file Download | View
Here is the link to view the results for trial puzzles (02-Feb to 9-Feb ) xttp://logicmastersindia.com/CTC/ trialscore.asp with assumptions that 1 ) everyone solved the puzzle on the day it was uploaded and 2 ) MED is simple median of all players
Score page for trial puzzles no more available
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BohemianCoast
Posts: 16
Country : United Kingdom | Most people will know this, but CTRL-click to clear will be CMD-click (apple-click) on a Mac. In the instructions, it says you can start a puzzle 'any time in the next 24 hours' but that's actually 72 hours (with penalty) right?
Gosh I am *so rubbish* at Tapa. |
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Country : India | CTC has started. All puzzles from 11-Feb will be used as contest puzzles. |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2012-02-11 2:26 AM So the CTC rotates around the server time and not GMT like the other contests? |
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Country : India | Para - 2012-02-11 2:26 AM
So the CTC rotates around the server time and not GMT like the other contests? That is correct. It was bit of challenge to make it GMT based. Hope it is not too much of trouble for players. Once the cycle starts, it shouldn't matter which timezone is followed.
CTC has started. All puzzles from 11-Feb will be used as contest puzzles. |
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