bakpao's puzzles

I was invited to write puzzles for the UKPA Open this year! The structure of this tournament was such that each author wrote an entire puzzle round by themselves, something I'd never done before. Lots of opportunities to go for fun theming, which shows throughout all the rounds (see the IBs here ).  I went for a round with 10 puzzles, divided into sets of two. A classic and a variant of the same genre, in each of the categories Loop, Shading, Region Division, Number Placement and Object Placement. I named the round "Something's Off!" in my head, a nod to each variant putting a twist on the given information somehow (with the slight exception of the Maxi Loop variant).  My round was the first of the day, and mostly leaned towards the easier side, with a couple of harder puzzles thrown in the mix. Rules are included in the penpa links for all puzzles. Puzzle 1 - Tapa - 16/383 points http://tinyurl.com/ysfobg6d A simple puzzle themed around only 2 and 4 clues, intended t