Matej: in a bottom board view and initiating a ladder, stones B10 and A10 thjat need to be placed are not visible. The problem can be solves by clicking above the board so the system registered, however it cost me two hearts to just randomly try to click where the stones should be placed :)
caranthir: Of course the issue is also that stones already in place can be out of view, which shows in some problems (which has to be solved by placing extra stones even further away, so that the system is forced to show e. g. the whole board.) So i should have rather said that the problem is the smaller area in view, not the larger playable/logical area. In this problem there is a "half board" view, but only 9 lines are visible, while the logical (and playable) area is 10 lines. So it would be nice to fix the system to make the viewable area the same size as the logical area in 1/2 and 1/4 board cases.
d4rkm4tter: Yes, this was already in the original code of the jGoBoard like that but can be fixed. Optimal solution would be to not stick with the quarter, half and full board but to allow sizes according to the distance of the stones. 10 lines is too wide though for default range.
caranthir: I don't know if this has been noticed before, but you can actually place a stone one line out of view. For instance here in the bottom coordinates, at S12 (I noticed this when testing the problem and finishing the ladder). The issue seems to be similar in other problems too not showing the whole board: the playable area is larger than the area in view. Sort of a bug, not severe, but anyway.
d4rkm4tter: Haha, that's a funny way to solve. It's not a bug, it's a feature ;)
buddhata: I agree with the others... According to your rating it is a 2k problem... this problem is out of place in the easiest problem section. Poor 'whisper'... (S)he's been trying over a week and still no solution... have some pity! ;-) Anyway...
Keks: Black to capture: I played out the sequence: Q16, Q17, P16, P17, O17, O16, P15, P17, M18. It tells M 18 is incorrect, But it saves the two black stones at O18 and O17. All depend on a capturing race between the three black Stones at R15, S15 and T15 but the white big group has a shortage of liberties so m18 captures.
caranthir: I assume you mean the sequence Q16, Q17, P16, P17, O17, O16, P15, P18, M18.
I am not fully convinced that your solution is better, but it captures anyway, so I added it.
RobertL: I agree with others commenting: This challenge is odd at this stage.
Sure it's doable, and it's not _that_ complicated, but compared to the previous problems, the player has to face much more difficulties in a row and might often feel lost. It's a sudden jump in the learning curve compared to the previous and the following problem.
whisper: I'm completely lost after W.E18. After wasting a lot of time trying to read all out, I just gave up and tried every possibility I could think of. It's been a week and I feel like I'm not improving at all, since I still can't find how to solve that one. What in the world am I missing?
Farkas: Try to count the liberties of the groups. The problem is pretty straightforward.
Resolved.