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By RTE, history, 18 months ago, In English

For some time now, it appears that kenkoooo no longer marks solved/attempted problems. In addition, new problem ratings are not calculated, but the rest of the site seems to be working as usual. Did anything happen? Is it related to Atcoder API? I would be pretty sad if we have to say goodbye to problem ratings forever...

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By RTE, history, 2 years ago, In English

System testing for the last edu round isn't over yet, and a new round is about to start. Wouldn't it be better to postpone the new round by a few hours or pause system testing completely?

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By RTE, history, 2 years ago, In English

Trust me when I say this: I love doing many contests in a short time span. It's very fun, and carries a unique dynamic. What I don't love are the long stretches without any contests that usually follow, and this dislike trumps over my love for contests.

Now, as you all know, we will soon have 4 rounds on consecutive days, and many other rounds after that. While this excites me, I want to ask the codeforces team: Can this be avoided if possible? I guess it can't be helped if they're all based on some other on-site contest, but if not, I genuinely believe that a different schedule would be better.

edit: I realized the schedule had already been changed after I posted this :p. However, there's just a one-day gap now, so I think my point still stands.

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By RTE, 3 years ago, In English

I thought it ended on January 10th?

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By RTE, history, 3 years ago, In English

As you can see below, the next atcoder beginner contest is abc317. However, abc316 hasn't taken place yet, so will there be another contest before abc317?

Upcoming atcoder contests

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