Thread - TVC XIX— 9th December

@ 2016-01-17 3:52 PM (#20678) (#20678) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2016-01-17 3:52 PM

Vote for the Tapa variations that you would want to see in TVC XIX

We are preparing TVC XIX puzzles considering result of the poll. 6 Most voted variations will be directly placed in TVC XIX.

Scroll up in this thread to see variations that you can vote for.
The list of all variations can be found here.
You can vote for as many puzzles as you would like, so vote for all the ones you would like to see in the contest.
You can view the poll results summary only after you have voted.
Voting ends on 27^th of January.

@ 2016-01-17 3:54 PM (#20679 - in reply to #20678) (#20679) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2016-01-17 3:54 PM

Based on a suggestion from James, we are experimenting this - There is no restriction on the number of puzzles that you can vote.

@ 2016-01-17 6:05 PM (#20683 - in reply to #20679) (#20683) Top

Para

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Para posted @ 2016-01-17 6:05 PM

Is the example for Latin Tapa wrong or am I not understanding the rules correctly? The clue in R3C4 does not seem to read WORD clockwise.

@ 2016-01-17 10:13 PM (#20687 - in reply to #20678) (#20687) Top

prasanna16391

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-01-17 10:13 PM

Lonely Tapa is on page 54, not 53.

@ 2016-01-17 11:48 PM (#20688 - in reply to #20683) (#20688) Top

rob

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rob posted @ 2016-01-17 11:48 PM

Para - 2016-01-17 6:05 PM

Is the example for Latin Tapa wrong or am I not understanding the rules correctly? The clue in R3C4 does not seem to read WORD clockwise.

Yes, that clue should be "WDRO", compare https://maybepuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/latintapa-example.p... .

I have a question about Radar Tapa: Could there be a clue in the corner, which would imply that the diagonally adjacent cell is used by that clue?

@ 2016-01-18 2:17 AM (#20692 - in reply to #20688) (#20692) Top

kiwijam

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kiwijam posted @ 2016-01-18 2:17 AM

rob - 2016-01-18 6:48 AM
I have a question about Radar Tapa: Could there be a clue in the corner, which would imply that the diagonally adjacent cell is used by that clue?

No, clues will be only be in the centre and/or the edges for this variant (but corner clues are an obvious way to extend the idea).

@ 2016-01-18 4:40 AM (#20694 - in reply to #20687) (#20694) Top

Para

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Para posted @ 2016-01-18 4:40 AM

prasanna16391 - 2016-01-17 10:13 PM

Lonely Tapa is on page 54, not 53.

And appropriately all by itself. :)

@ 2016-01-29 9:53 AM (#20847 - in reply to #20678) (#20847) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2016-01-29 9:53 AM

Voting for TVC XIX is closed now. As announced, we will include the top 6 voted variations [ Lonely Tapa (page 54), Tapa Pentopool (page 4), Thermometer Tapa (page 15), Tapa Chain (page 44), Tapa Row (page 23) & Anglers Tapa (page 29) ] in the contest.

Many thanks to the 45 players who participated in this voting.

Voting for TVC XX will be open in about a week.

@ 2016-02-02 5:57 PM (#20888 - in reply to #20847) (#20888) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2016-02-02 5:57 PM

TVC XIX is postponed by a week. It will start on 13th Feb.

@ 2016-02-05 3:03 PM (#20923 - in reply to #20678) (#20923) Top

Joo M.Y

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Joo M.Y posted @ 2016-02-05 3:03 PM

What about TVC XX? Also postponed by a week? (Feb 27-29)

@ 2016-02-07 2:38 AM (#20935 - in reply to #20678) (#20935) Top

forcolin

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forcolin posted @ 2016-02-07 2:38 AM

Is TVC XIX overlapping with Converse?

@ 2016-02-07 1:41 PM (#20943 - in reply to #20678) (#20943) Top

prasanna16391

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prasanna16391 posted @ 2016-02-07 1:41 PM

Yes that is the plan as of now. The LMI schedule is pretty full right now so any potential delay to a particular contest may cause an overlap. We did consider that, to the general audience, having TVC this weekend would have caused an overlap with the Sudoku GP anyway, so we thought it will just be two contests on another weekend. We will also be making some extensions during overlap weekends, as announced for the SM Converse Round in its discussion thread.

@ 2016-02-11 12:21 PM (#20956 - in reply to #20678) (#20956) Top

Para

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Para posted @ 2016-02-11 12:21 PM

Is the Instruction Booklet coming out soon?

@ 2016-11-21 12:16 PM (#22086 - in reply to #20678) (#22086) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2016-11-21 12:16 PM

Logic Masters Indian announces Tapa Variations Contest XIX

(Revised) Dates: 9^th - 12^th December 2016

Length: 75+5 minutes

IB and Submission Link : http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/XIX/

@ 2016-11-21 5:08 PM (#22087 - in reply to #20678) (#22087) Top

chaotic_iak

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2016-11-21 5:08 PM

Well, that was an interestingly long delay, but hey, puzzles.

Black Hole Tapa: Just as confirmation, black holes may touch/share a side, right? (Only applies if N >= 2, of course.)
Power of Tapa: I suppose a clue of 0 means it's just ignored? (Like the 2-0 clue at R2C1 having only a single segment of 2.)

@ 2016-11-24 8:57 PM (#22098 - in reply to #22087) (#22098) Top

yureklis

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yureklis posted @ 2016-11-24 8:57 PM

chaotic_iak - 2016-11-21 5:08 PM

Well, that was an interestingly long delay, but hey, puzzles.

Black Hole Tapa: Just as confirmation, black holes may touch/share a side, right? (Only applies if N >= 2, of course.)
Power of Tapa: I suppose a clue of 0 means it's just ignored? (Like the 2-0 clue at R2C1 having only a single segment of 2.)

Sure, there is not any restriction of touching, so you are right if N is bigger than 2, blackholes can touch each other from the side.

If the zero in clue R2C1 was the exponential power of 2, the clue would be 1, but in this case the clue as it seems, so it means 2-0, and it should be blackened just 2 adjacent cells.

@ 2016-11-25 6:58 AM (#22099 - in reply to #20678) (#22099) Top

chaotic_iak

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2016-11-25 6:58 AM

Yeah, I meant the question is whether a 0 that is not in an exponential clue is just ignored ("0 adjacent cells"). Looks like yes.

@ 2016-12-02 9:46 AM (#22132 - in reply to #20678) (#22132) Top

Joo M.Y

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Joo M.Y posted @ 2016-12-02 9:46 AM

New practice puzzle for Black Hole Tapa from Anderson Wang :
https://qzqxq.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/puzzle-23-black-hole-tapa/

@ 2016-12-06 1:41 AM (#22155 - in reply to #22132) (#22155) Top

yureklis

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yureklis posted @ 2016-12-06 1:41 AM

A clarification of Lonely Tapa. The instruction says "each orthogonally connected are of empty cells can contain at most one clue cell." So if it says "at most" it means there might be some empty cell blocks that don't connect any clue cells, however in the example all empty cell blocks connect to exactly one clue. So, please check the new example, because there might appear some empty cell or blocks that doesn't have any connection with clue cells.

Lonely Tapa Example

Edited by yureklis 2016-12-06 1:51 AM

@ 2016-12-06 7:53 AM (#22158 - in reply to #20678) (#22158) Top

ghirsch

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ghirsch posted @ 2016-12-06 7:53 AM

For Tapa 1-n, is it required that the numbers of cells in each row/column must be in the range 1-n (as the name seems to suggest)? Or can there be rows/columns with 0 shaded cells?

@ 2016-12-09 1:48 PM (#22173 - in reply to #20678) (#22173) Top

deepti.garg

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deepti.garg posted @ 2016-12-09 1:48 PM

Hi,
I want to practice TAPA classic and variants, can you recommend some puzzle book which I can order online to practice.

@ 2016-12-09 3:01 PM (#22176 - in reply to #22173) (#22176) Top

rob

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rob posted @ 2016-12-09 3:01 PM

deepti.garg - 2016-12-09 1:48 PM

Hi,
I want to practice TAPA classic and variants, can you recommend some puzzle book which I can order online to practice.

Sounds like Serkan's Tapa and Variations book is just what you're looking for: http://www.gmpuzzles.com/store/classic-and-variations-series

Otherwise the TVC archives provide plenty of practice material: http://logicmastersindia.com/TVC/

@ 2016-12-09 9:58 PM (#22179 - in reply to #20678) (#22179) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2016-12-09 9:58 PM

Announcements

Password protected puzzle has 11 pages (including a cover page with points table)
Time bonus will be computed after you click 'Claim Bonus'
Penalty will be given irrespective of correctness of submission

Contest Length : 75 minutes
Total Points : 1000
Bonus : 3 points per minute saved (Computed upto seconds)
Grace Period : 5 minutes
Penalty : 5 points per minute used (Computed upto seconds)

@ 2016-12-10 12:00 AM (#22181 - in reply to #20678) (#22181) Top

yureklis

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yureklis posted @ 2016-12-10 12:00 AM

Some practice puzzles collected by James: http://forum.ukpuzzles.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1619

@ 2016-12-10 3:15 AM (#22182 - in reply to #20678) (#22182) Top

Jacoblance

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Jacoblance posted @ 2016-12-10 3:15 AM

Why are all answers marked as wrong? (Or just all 7 people who have submitted so far did not get any correct answers, but I doubt that!)

Select the Tapa variations that you would want to see in TVC XIX
We are preparing TVC XIX puzzles considering result of the poll. 6 Most voted variations will be directly placed in TVC XIX. Link to Tapa Variations List.
Option	Results
Lonely Tapa (page 53)	34 Votes - [13.33%]
Tapa Pentopool (page 4)	30 Votes - [11.76%]
Thermometer Tapa (page 15)	27 Votes - [10.59%]
Tapa Chain (page 44)	22 Votes - [8.63%]
Tapa Row (page 23)	21 Votes - [8.24%]
Anglers Tapa (page 29)	20 Votes - [7.84%]
Math Tapa (page 3)	19 Votes - [7.45%]
Latin Tapa (page 50)	19 Votes - [7.45%]
Tapa Golem Grad (page 52)	19 Votes - [7.45%]
Tapa: Complementary Pairs (page 41)	16 Votes - [6.27%]
Radar Tapa (page 51)	15 Votes - [5.88%]
3/4 Tapa (page 7)	13 Votes - [5.1%]
This is a multiple choice poll.