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Country : India | Announcement - 28-Mar puzzle is wrongAs some of you have found out by now, 28-Mar puzzle is wrong. We are cancelling this puzzle and there will NOT be any replacement puzzle today.
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MellowMelon
Country : United States | For what it's worth, here's what today's puzzle almost certainly was intended to be. It's pretty nicely made and worth doing.
http://mellowmelon.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/ctc-march27.png
(just noticed the filename is off from the date on LMI; blame time zones )
For extra fun, the solution remains unique and the puzzle gets a bit harder and nicer when you remove the four clues at the center of each cross. Edited by MellowMelon 2012-03-28 1:50 AM
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yureklis
Posts: 183
Country : Turkey | I am sorry for wrong puzzles. I have not so much time recently, really i have not. Actually i uploaded today's puzzle in last hour, i checked two times, but i missed. For example, yestarday's puzzle i uploaded in the car (same like today, in last hour) :) I hope that remaining puzzles will be good. |
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BohemianCoast
Posts: 16
Country : United Kingdom | I don't think the 'undo' button really makes much difference because you can obviously erase squares manually. But the multiple colours, as far as I can see, have no merit other than to encourage T&E. |
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Gareth
Posts: 17
Country : United Kingdom | Gareth posted @ 2012-03-28 9:02 PM The main problem I've had with the Tapa player is in fact exactly that I can't erase squares reliably. When I click on them there is a ~50% chance whether they empty or stay filled. Doesn't this affect everyone? I've only used Chrome, but I can't be the only one.
I also had to stop using the different colours because for whatever reason I found them so different in hue that my eye didn't "see" 2x2s or notice whether they were connected together - I've made literally hundreds of incorrect submissions. :) |
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macherlakumar
Posts: 123
Country : India | Gareth - 2012-03-28 9:02 PMThe main problem I've had with the Tapa player is in fact exactly that I can't erase squares reliably. When I click on them there is a ~50% chance whether they empty or stay filled. Doesn't this affect everyone? I've only used Chrome, but I can't be the only one. Yes even I have this issue, thought it was a mistake probably on my side for not clicking on the cell properly. Even I use chrome. Regards, Ravi |
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MellowMelon
Country : United States | Also using chrome and have the same issue. That was the cause of the only 2-minute penalty I've gotten; it was my last click in that region and I instantly shifted my attention somewhere else without noticing the click hadn't gone through. The reliable method I've found since is to right-click on the square twice, which changes it into a dot and then to an empty square. |
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AndreyBogdanov
Posts: 44
Country : Russia | I've only used Chrome If it helps - I'm using Opera and see the same problem sometimes. |
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flk
Posts: 23
Country : Australia | flk posted @ 2012-03-29 1:06 PM On a positive note, I've never experienced the issue - using Chrome. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | Congrats Prasanna, for finally a well deserved first place. Happy for you. |
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Country : India | Last 3 days of CTCSo we are nearing the end of CTC (this year). Today (31-March) is the 48th day, 1-Apr is the 49th day, 2-Apr is the 50th day.
Note that, although TVC will end on 2-Apr, CTC will officially end on 4-Apr.
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | debmohanty - 2012-03-31 12:03 AM
Congrats Prasanna, for finally a well deserved first place. Happy for you.
Thank you : ) I guess almost everyone knows my big goal by now. Glad I achieved it, and a bit relieved after all those close ones. Of course there's still that possibility while the 72 hours are going, but I think I've done it. Seems I'm finishing the competition strongly. |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2012-03-31 2:13 AM How about we continue for another month, but don't tell Palmer about it till we're 2 weeks into the month? |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | Para - 2012-03-31 2:13 AM
How about we continue for another month, but don't tell Palmer about it till we're 2 weeks into the month?
Shhh. This is what private messages are for. |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | prasanna16391 - 2012-03-31 12:16 AM
Seems I'm finishing the competition strongly.
Or not :P |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2012-04-01 12:10 AM So, today was the day I messed up both my chances of finishing top 3 in the TVC and CTC in one go. Any chance I can erase today and start over? |
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yureklis
Posts: 183
Country : Turkey | :) The last puzzle of 2012 CTC was uploaded. :)x2, and good luck at the last one. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | finsihed with mess up ..
Njoyed a lot throughout this month ..
Thanks to Deb,LMI,serkan and all for the beautiful CTC puzzles. :) |
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prasanna16391
Posts: 1801
Country : India | swaroop2011 - 2012-04-02 12:32 AM
finsihed with mess up ..
Hey thats my line. No one deserves to use that line more than me. I'll copyright that line. |
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Nilz
Posts: 29
Country : United Kingdom | Nilz posted @ 2012-04-02 2:52 AM Is today really the last one? What a horrible time to finish on from me! I think I can safely say that I won't be jumping up the leader board at the last minute, so congratulations to James for being the top UK competitor.
Thanks to Serkan for the puzzles. It did go on a little too long imho, but that's probably just me feeling bitter that after a few weeks (well, days) it became clear that I had no chance of making the top 3. I would've preferred 2 separate competitions of half the length (or, perhaps, 4 fortnightly contests, with each one finishing on the date of a TVC and getting progressively more difficult...) |
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deu
Posts: 69
Country : Japan | deu posted @ 2012-04-02 6:05 AM Thanks for a great test! And I submitted a wrong answer for the first time in the last puzzle! |
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devarajand
Posts: 114
Country : India | I will miss the routine daily morning test henceforth . I am a first timer and was able to submit answers to all but 1st april one when i had network issues and unable submit my answer. Any way great test, expecting more like this from LMI. |
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EMJ
Posts: 7
Country : United States | EMJ posted @ 2012-04-02 10:29 AM Thank you all so much! This was great fun. I will miss this - hope you'll have the willingness and energy to do this again. I loved the online solving and the mix of puzzles.
I hope the puzzles will remain online new puzzlers to tackle and for us to practice on. Is that possible? And now if you "review" a puzzle, clear, and re-solve it, you can not check your answer. Would it be possible to change that at some point?
I don't mean to be asking for so much - you all deserve a good rest. My main point in writing is just to thank you for a great time. Bravo! |
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MellowMelon
Country : United States | deu - 2012-04-01 6:05 PM
Thanks for a great test! And I submitted a wrong answer for the first time in the last puzzle!
I nearly fell off my chair when I saw that in the standings. So close... a 49-day run is still extremely impressive though. |
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debmohanty
Country : India | MellowMelon - 2012-04-02 10:44 AM
deu - 2012-04-01 6:05 PM
Thanks for a great test! And I submitted a wrong answer for the first time in the last puzzle!
I nearly fell off my chair when I saw that in the standings. So close... a 49-day run is still extremely impressive though. So on last 2 days' puzzle, deu topped on one and got penalty on another. He did neither in previous 48 days :wink: |
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