14.06.2022, 08:45
(17.05.2022, 17:33)CJK schrieb: I am not sure if this is related, but I have a feeling that it could be:
A few days ago, he put up a 3D tapa puzzle. Unfortunately, this puzzle had a mistake and therefore I suggested to deactivate it until the mistake would be fixed.
As far as I know, he fixed the puzzle yesterday and then deactivated it (and seemingly other puzzles as well). It also seemed like he was a bit angry that I didn't tell him where the mistake lied (this is the case since I honestly didn't know it, the contradiction in my solve happened pretty late, so the mistake could have been almost at any place in the puzzle).
I want to add that it was in no way my intention to harm him or force him to delete any of his puzzles; I just wanted to solve a fixed puzzle
you're right. problem is, there's a button called 'edit puzzle' above the 'deactivate puzzle'. and the mistake I made was simply a drawing error which can be easily fixed. even if you don't know where, you could show me a picture of your solve, so I can pinpoint where.
the result is, you're showing me, every little mistake deserve a deactivation. last time I check, deactivated puzzles don't get reactivated. if you don't know me well enough, well, i don't think i post prefect puzzles, which is why i'm always ready to fux it. deactivating a puzzle is the easiest, least responsible way of fixing a puzzle, for me at least. in other words, you are asking me to be irresponsible for my puzzles.
I understand your need for a correct puzzles, but I'm only start setting puzzles for less than a year. it's not an already had set puzzle variant that has a way to recheck. everything can goes wrong. if I know how to 3d model a cube, it could be easier. but i don't.
as for playtester, no one will solve a 3D sudoku(here), how many will you expect for a non sudoku one. I only know Old Miles well enough to know his limit. but I don't know other solvers well enough to understand their ceiling and prefer way of solving. so for every non sudoku(like) variant, i'm on my own. rules wrinting, solution confirming, drawing puzzles all made me grumpier as time went by. any unresonable request will light me up. if one want a puzzle fix, why ask for a puzzle disappear rather than edit?
as for deactivation, by the time I did it, there's already 600 plus puzzles deactivated, why would 80 matter to that data. I saw people deactivated puzzles because of not enough solves, not good rating or small mistakes that can be fixed easily. i even try to ask people to reactivate puzzles. for me, a puzzle's deactivation should only means a remake that takes days. in China, if we make a mistake, we acknowledge it, fix it, then move on. we don't wipe it from public eyes, so we can have a faster response if we make the same mistake twice.
all in all, i'm not a fan of this deactivated culture. the setters got more stress to put a correct puzzles and the solvers might not able to revisit some puzzles. so i'm just going to solve puzzles but not post any. too many stress.