Hi everyone,
Sorry for posting this out of context post here. But today I busted a youtube channel spreading telegram link with contest problem solution during live contest, after I noticed an unimaginable change in number of AC solutions. I raised the issue in CodeChef discuss before contest end with the proof(I know that it's against their terms) hoping they will make contest unrated, but they blocked my account. The account suspension is not my concern as I'm anyway not going to participate there anymore. Just felt a bit sad that they have no interest in taking a strong measure against cheating, so posting it here.
Here is the CodeChef blog link if anybody is interested. https://discuss.codechef.com/t/please-do-something-about-cheaters-they-ruin-everything/104673
Thank you
when i was giving contest no one could solve maxlcs before(i mean only about 80 submissions) and all of a sudden there were more than 1600 accepted i was just amazed.
That yt channel caught red handed for leaking its solution.
i just don't understand what these people gain from this they don't even get paid god knows why they just decide to destroy the sanctity of a good website.
I refrain a lot from saying this, but I think they are the one running those telegram channels, as part of their revenue. As the type of action(acount blocking) really hints that there is someone in the team doing this.
wait a min, good ?
maxlcs is a leetcode question, longest palindromic subsequence
simply boycott codechef
My take on this would be to participate in Codechef contests irrespective of rating (because they won't even be credible anymore). The only motive should be solving as many problems as possible since we can't stop this. Participate in Codeforces and AtCoder as much as you can.
Maybe you should try to become faster than cheaters
https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/83717025 https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/83719372
Check out these 2 solutions. they have a difference of just a variable name. Its clearly plag but no actions yet.
Wait. I didn't get you? You got BANNED because u report cheating?
These cheaters are never gonna change though. Like codechef will ban some users or disqualify some of them, but can't remove all the cheaters!
Only positive thing that I take from this is that we should try to climb up the div2 ladder as soon as possible, reason being that there are less cheatings in div1.
Leave codechef/ignore indian cheaters/if you can't beat them, join them(become a cheater)
I read your post yesterday on CodeChef. Here are a few things that I want to point out.
Do codechef raiting has any use? If so, I would like to know, else just don't waste you time on catching others, just train and perform even better than cheaters for example. Anyway CP is all about outperforming yourself and having fun.