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Hi. I enjoyed your videos on youtube.
I’ve only a question: Is possible to have the videos from every participants at the playoffs? Could be interesting to look at every player or every team.
Hi Vittorio. Unfortunatelly this is not possible, from the hardware reasons only the streamed mix was stored during playoffs.
Sorry, one more question:
QUESTION WPC, Round 13
Coded doubleblock: Can coded clues take values >= 10? (e.g. will 10 be coded with two letters or one?)
All the clues are single digits (<10)
Hi Berni, sorry.
Here are answers to your questions:
Round 11
Regional snake: Do all snake cells inside a region have to be connected? (I don’t think so, but in the example this is the case.)
No they do not need to be connected.
Round 8
Burokku: Will there be only 8 different letters in the whole grid, like the example suggests, or can there be more?
There will be only 8 different letters in the whole competition puzzle.
Round 12
Mirror labyrinth: Do both mirrors in each row/column have to be differently orientated like in the example?
Yes they do. Two different mirrors is meant as two differently oriented mirrors
Inner ABC: I don’ t understand the rules. For example in R4C2 there is a C but from this possition A (above), B (left) and C (right and below) can be seen in my oppinion. Can you clearify this?
Letters A and B are visible in one direction, but only the letter C is visible both in horizontal and vertical directions.
Team-Round 3
Railroad: Concerning the numbers in case of two paths: Does every path has its own numbers from 1 to n? Or do the paths share all numbers and part of the numbers are skipped in every path (eg. one path 1-3-4-8 and the other 2-5-6-7-9)?
The path has to follow the numbers in sequence 1-2-3-4-… except that it can be interrupted once. Look at the new version of booklet for more detailed instructions concerning this round.
Best regards
Jiri
Thanks. Now I think, everything is clear. 🙂
I’m not sure if you are aware of my new questions, because you answered several questions in the forum since I posted them here. (Unfortunately my forum account is still waiting approval…)
Here once again the questions, where I’ve got no answer yet:
QUESTION WPC, Round 11
Regional snake: Do all snake cells inside a region have to be connected? (I don’t think so, but in the example this is the case.)
QUESTION WPC, Round 8
Burokku: Will there be only 8 different letters in the whole grid, like the example suggests, or can there be more?
QUESTION WPC, Round 12
Mirror labyrinth: Do both mirrors in each row/column have to be differently orientated like in the example?
Inner ABC: I don’ t understand the rules. For example in R4C2 there is a C but from this possition A (above), B (left) and C (right and below) can be seen in my oppinion. Can you clearify this?
QUESTION WPC, Team-Round 3
Railroad: Concerning the numbers in case of two paths: Does every path has its own numbers from 1 to n? Or do the paths share all numbers and part of the numbers are skipped in every path (eg. one path 1-3-4-8 and the other 2-5-6-7-9)?
Berni, I am aware of the mistakes and misprints in the booklet and we will try to fix them in the new version.
Concerning your questions:
Skyscrapers glasstowers – the glasstowers will not be marked
Halfdomino triangular – rotation is allowed and it gives the same halfdominoes as reflection
Hexa worms – the arrows apply to the entire row
Best regards Jirka
QUESTION WPC, Round 9
Star: I don’t understand the sentence “The core of the star is brighter, so the sum of the 5 nunbers on the circle is 20 heigher than the sum of the 5 numbers on the outside.” I can’t find any 20 in the example and the circles found there are probably not the circle mentiond in this sentence. Can you clearify this?
QUESTION WPC, Round 11
Regional snake: Do all snake cells inside a region have to be connected? (I don’t think so, but in the example this is the case.)
Regional tetrominoes: The example seems not to be unique in the bottom right.
Regional pentominos: The example seems not to be unique, e.g. the F at the top could be simply replaced by a W.
Regional yajilin: Again the example seems not to be unique: I’ve got a solution with black cells in R6C1, R5C3, R4C3 instead of R4C1, R3C3 and R5C4.
ABC-Sky with regional match: The example seems to be broken. The 2 at the bottom of column 4 should be a 1. I did not check if it is correct after this correction.
QUESTION WPC, Round 8
Burokku: Will there be only 8 different letters in the whole grid, like the example suggests, or can there be more?
Some more questions, now using IB v2 updated.
QUESTION WPC, Round 12
Mirror labyrinth: Do both mirrors in each row/column have to be differently orientated like in the example?
Inner ABC: I don’ t understand the rules. For example in R4C2 there is a C but from this possition A (above), B (left) and C (right and below) can be seen in my oppinion. Can you clearify this?
QUESTION WPC, Round 6
Kakuro domino: The example is still wrong. The 10 should be a 9 now.
QUESTION WPC, Team-Round 3
Railroad: Concerning the numbers in case of two paths: Does every path has its own numbers from 1 to n? Or do the paths share all numbers and part of the numbers are skipped in every path (eg. one path 1-3-4-8 and the other 2-5-6-7-9)?
(Sorry for posting here, my account at the wpf forum is not activated yet…)
QUESTION WPC, Round 1
Kuromasu: The 8 in the example should be a 7, right?
QUESTION WPC, Round 3
Skyscrapers glass towers: Will the places of the glass towers be given, like in the example? In that case the note about not marking them makes no sense…
QUESTION WPC, Round 4
Halfdomino triangular: Can the shapes be mirrored? It’s not stated in the instructions, but as the shapes in the example are symmetric I cannot deduce if this was forgotten or intended.
Hexa worms: Do the arrows point till the black cell or through the whole row?
Triangular combination puzzle: In my oppinion the pyramid as well as the skyscrapers examples are not unique. Pyramid: 5th row: The last digit could be 2 or 6. Skyscrapers: 3 and 4 in row 3 and 4 can be exchanged.
QUESTION WPC, Round 5
Nonconsecutive hitori: I think the rule, that black cells may not touch orthogonally is missing. Else one could paint all cells (or all but one).
QUESTION WPC, Round 5
First seen snake: The example seems not to be unique: The end in the center can be one shorter or one longer.
QUESTION WPC, Round 6
Snail End View Untouchable: The second A on the top should be a B?
QUESTION WPC, Round 3
Sky coral: Most of the hints of the left side seem to be wrong.
Hi Berni, yes, it is valid backup way.
Jirka is aware of your questions, we will deal with them 🙂
hi
I want to know if there is any classification by age for the participants?
Actually, My sister in law, has a 2 years old son that can sole the 60 pieces puzzle, unbelievable! So, we are seeking for a Chapmionships for kids.
Hi Ashkan.
Juniors are considered up to 18 for the championships… Anyway, I guess we are focused on bit different puzzles than your nephew . See http://www.worldpuzzle.org/championships/types-of-puzzles/wpc/
Hello
Can I participate in competition without buying a hotel room? How much does it cost to participate without a room?
Hello, for reasonable cases (people living in the area, …) we can agree on a participation for competition only (no room, meal, transfer, trip), the fee is about one half lower. The requirement to be registered through a national representative remains, so we can discuss details on the registration email.