Also Monocarp is often used in problems

I always read it as polycrap,until today.

Alice, Bob -> A, B?

I've also seen the names Alice and Bob in some math olympiad problems related to game theory, so it seems that they are the most common names in all types of game theory problems. I have no idea about the backstory, though

Alice and Bob are also used in cryptography as two people sending messages to each other. I'm not sure if the convention started in cryptography or game theory first.

The convention is useful because alphabetically you can tell who is first, and also they have different genders so it's easy to distinguish them with pronouns.

I've seen Alice and Bob in math problems too.

Quroni and (.....)

Well, at least you know the stories there huh.

Don't forget Chefina ;)

That's what motivates the problem in the first place, him trying to impress her.

What about Bessie and FJ? Those histories are even wierder XD

But, we know the stories there. But, here we're missing the story of Berland University, Polycarp, Monocarp, Biteland, Vasya petya and many more.