Hello Codeforces, and the legends of across $$$999$$$ and more rounds!
wuhudsm, Yugandhar_Master, and I are beyond excited to invite you to Codeforces Round (Div. 2) at Jan/22/2025 15:05 (Moscow time). Please note the unusual time of the round ($$$\color{red}{2.5}$$$ hours before the usual time)!
The contest contains $$$6$$$ carefully crafted tasks, one of them divided into two subtasks, to be solved in $$$2$$$ hours. You will solve tasks themed around Little John and his shenanigans aimed towards getting his own dream home (featuring, probably, galvanized square steel).
This round could not exist without the thankful help of these so many people:
- FairyWinx for
rejecting more tasks than is used in the final problemset,coordinating the round and translating the problems; - rewhile for some very important "technical assistance";
- the testers of Codeforces Round 960 (Div. 2), who had tested a non-empty subset of the problemset;
- Dominater069, antontrygubO_o, _istil, Error_Yuan, Monogon, awesomeguy856 for red testing;
- defnotmee, Proof_by_QED, -firefly-, Intellegent, efishel, priyanshu.p, amoeba4, evenvalue, cry, LMeyling, temporary1 for yellow testing;
- Wxssim, HusseinFarhat, Mukundan314, turska, rewhile, redheadphone for purple testing;
- Dragokj03, VladiG, b00s, SirPh, mathtsai, hashman, redpanda, larush, satyam343, antares2262, ismailfateen for blue testing;
- Valenz, shuniko for cyan testing;
- Dominater069 for identifying as green;
- tibinyte2006 for legendary-fake-lying-face grey testing;
- a few people who were invited to test but forgot/didn't have time for it;
- a few people who tested $$$\mathcal{O}(1)$$$ tasks individually but not the entire problemset;
- MikeMirzayanov for great platforms Codeforces and Polygon;
- and last but not least, You for participating! Thank you for writing legends in real-time for across $$$999$$$ and more rounds!
The score distribution will be announced soon.
Before finishing the announcement, I would like to spoil you a little of how the round's story ends.
Little John worked hard, honest and diligent for years, and finally got a home of his dream.
In that sense, I want You to be like Little John in this round.
Hard, honest and diligent will give you the rewards you deserve.
Anyways, that's all for the announcement; Good luck, and have fun!
As a tester, I tested the 1000th round.
orz (I was paid to do this)
orz (I was paid to do this as well)
I am not paid to participate, but motivated to attend 1000th contest
Win mindset
As a tester, this round was certainly one of the rounds of all time.
As a tester, this is indeed a historical round!
As a tester, I didn't really test.
As a tester,
As a tester, I can confirm that $$$10^2=1000$$$
But I thought 10²=100..Am I dumb?
perhaps
As a non-tester, I commented before SirPh.
orz
did you just steal my tester contribution
someone had to take it
letssssss gooooooooooo 1000th round!!! Sad I can't participate bc I have final exam :(
1e3 Nice
c5
Nf3
D5
b3
ignore my stupid comment
Bg4
h3
Bh5
g4 Bg6 Ne5
isn't this cheating to make 3 moves in a row ?
not if you don't get caught
Kxh5#
1e3
Van't Kruijs
it's a chess opening
As a tester,I was expert when I tested.
as a tester, we needed more testers
as a tester, we needed more testers
as a tester, we needed more testers
as a tester, we needed more testers
as a tester, we needed more testers
as a participant, we needed more testers
as a participant, we needed more participants
As a tester, this was my first contest for testing.
As a non-tester we need more testers
Am I the only one who subconsciously thought "Yay, contest 8 in binary!" instead of "Yay, contest 1000!" after reading this? (Yes, that was my actual first thought)
As a tester, this is my first "As a tester" comment
As a tester the chain is an elaborate plot to farm contribution (and this one too)
Unfortunately, I have downvoted you in the hopes of foiling your elaborate plot.
Wait wait wait no no this wasn't in the agreement
Its alright, as a fellow tester, I've got your back!
:D
that sounds like the 8th contest in other words
As a tester of Codeforces Round 960 (Div. 2), hope the round will be interesting for you, or learn new knowledge, or get good delta.
Wow so very excited to attend the 1000th contest on codeforces !
As a tester, I can confirm that firefly is my waifu.
A millennium of brilliance! Congratulations, CodeForces! #CF1000
As a first time tester, it is cool that my first time is in such a special round.
Sadly I'd be missing out this round, good luck to all the participants.
hope for many bitset problems
Quite Excited for the 1000th round :)
Why unusual time in 1000th round :(
It finally happened
As a tester, I am so happy to have tested the 1000th round. Fun fact: 1000 is the smallest composite number after 999.
There are so many fun facts about 1000, for example it has exactly 2 times more prime divisors than 1024.
Finally, someone has not forgotten about grey testing. Wait...
Wow. 1000 contests. Whatever you have, school, work, whether it is night or early in the morning we must all participate. Let's make the 1000th contest the best ever.
As a tester, I FORGOT TO COMMENT