I typically don't respond to allegations, but I'm feeling generous, so let's go.
I'm Jamalio, the Lebron of Codeforces. I recently participated in my first contest, achieving quite a satisfying result. What was not satisfying, however, was getting notified of some allegations against my name. Quite frankly, the whole situation has gone rogue, and I need to defend myself from further claims. Link to the original post
Before I get into that, however, I want to THANK the accuser, hassanzn04. I can tell his intent is to keep the platform safe, and I respect the keen attention to detail the Albanian possesses.
I think it's best to keep it short and jump right debunking the outlandish remarks. Two riddles were used to tarnish my name. Let's all solve them properly, which could lead us to some clues as to what's going on.
Riddle #1: Problem E
# heres a riddle for those who have a keen eye:
# what starts with A and ends with I and wrote all of the code below?
Interesting. We are given the starting and ending letters of a word and are told that it wrote the code. A naive puzzler may just guess AI at a first glance, which would most certainly incriminate me (as AI is against the rules of Codeforces). However, this answer is incorrect! The real answer to the question is A guy, NOT an AI. Note that the phrase starts with A, ends with I, and fits all the constraints! Since it says I did not use AI, it is obvious I most definitely wrote the code myself.
Riddle #2: Problem F
# here is one final riddle, and if you solve it, you can incriminate me
# fill in the blanks and use the words to construct a sentence! (hint, i removed the vowels)
# _ ch__t_d _n th_s c_nt_st _s_ng _rt_f_c__l _ntell_g_nc_
Ah, a fill-in-the-blank puzzle. Since we know that just vowels are missing, we can brute force all possibilities in $$$5^N$$$, where N is the number of blanks. One will quickly realize the only possible words are I, cheated, in, this, contest, using, artificial, intelligence. Now this is where my naive friend hassanzn04 jumped to conclusions. Where in the problem statement does it say the words together with basic punctuation? It doesn't. It says "construct a sentence". In fact, once you realize that you can swap in for an, the solution becomes quite clear:
# I contest this -- cheated? Using an artificial intelligence?
And so hassanzn04, I will once again contest your claims. You think I cheated? Do you really think a man as clever as myself would stoop to such levels? Think again. My riddles have outsmarted you, and you have made a fool of yourself.
Bron out.








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Btw it's $$$5^N$$$ not $$$N^5$$$.
You'd know if you did this round legitthanks friend, I will fix this write away to maintain clarity
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Did you use AI for everything, including cheating and writing this post?
nah this guy is so funny
i saw through that
lebron why are you going to philidelphia
I object that the "an" in your constructed sentence is not grammatically correct, thus leaving the only possibility to be "I cheated in this contest using artificial intellegence". Thus, we can incriminate you.