I hope you don't mind me using this comment in problem C. I just found it funny :p

All div 4 (and div 3 with easy first problems) contests clog up the queue. It's not the authors fault for setting the easiest A in coding history. They're required to.

Wazzup guys! I encourage you to participate in CerealCodes for their Summer 2024 Contest.

Disclaimer: This round is not affiliated with CerealCodes.

as a tester, i didn't set anything

ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

you ate instead of hate, good job

To answer the latter, coordinator wanted me to make $$$n$$$ small enough so every value of $$$n$$$ could be tested.

thank u for your service sir

I have like 2 total solves on codechef cut me some slack

thanks sir

fixed

truly fascinating

it means output on a new line, not output a new line between each test case

Also it fails samples, so no penalty

nope

based

i didnt know i needed a plush tree until now

Heyo, for those who are reading this, I highly recommend you to participate in Codechef Starters 144. Even though I was never a big fan of CodeChef contests, I watched satyam343 pour his heart, sweat, soul and tears into the contest. Even if you don't usually do CodeChef, you should totally make an exception just this once!

OMG ORZ satyam343 I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN

think of random things you can do to an array in the shower

na

You must choose one

TeamsForces

CodeCode

i mentioned this issue in testing, but unfortunately they did not take it into account

why is bytedance a tag lol

orz

tbh learn from leetcode:

for the first skipped contest: make the round still rated for them but move ranking to the bottom of the leaderboard

just ban after second infraction

if the round is rated for them and they have star, then they got caught by plag lol

105242F - Queries on Distincts

black coders? Like MikeMirzayanov?

hint: it’s a gm

who let him cook a template bridge problem???

[email protected]

can you make a blog on "violent enumeration" next?

solve the problem exactly the same as cf but just uncomment

ifstream cin("filename.in");
ofstream cout("filename.out");

every time you submit

my bad , it’s fixed now

tomato

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wow that's so cool! good work sir

i'd buy that

as the #1 buffering fan and a testuwuer, this round is fire asf

noted

xiaossr will win EGOI 2024, disregarding the edit that has been made to remove her.

no trust

orz contest and omeganot orz orz orz porz pokemon trainer

it's the penalty for a wrong submission in this round

If you cease this behavior immediately, please spread misinformation.

you don’t need a post, you only need five words: become friends with the authors

unrated kids dont have the rights to yap

Large test cases near the maximum constraint are necessary to test that the contestants code is fast enough to receive full credit. These test cases generated and are run against the intended solution. When you take the contest, the same test data are ran against your solution and it will be judged correct if it matches the output of the intended solution.

you cannot use vertex 7

omg first omeganot blog

fixed :D

drdilyor our favorite doge tester

I wasn't counting the first case, solely the second case where the extra triangle shares one side with the $$$x$$$-polygon and two with the outer.

that sentence was added an hour before the round LOL

anyone can participate, regardless of your rating!

good luck!

C is broken up into two subtasks, the easy version worth $$$1250$$$ points and the harder version worth an additional $$$750$$$ points.

some pupil will probably think this is real and actually put their account up for sale

anyone else clicked on this and thought he was actually 4?

Unlike cf where there's no stakes, usaco results often affect university applications in the United States. Not only are these contestants are banned from participating, the contest organizers also have to notify universities.

From http://usaco.org/index.php?page=dec22results,

Dealing with cheating is one of the main reasons it can take such a long time to post contest results.

it'll keep happening until usaco learns and installs https and cloudflare one day

(it also got ddosed last year)

<3

can you try me >_<

As a tester, the problemset is even better than pokémon diamond & pearl

what

it boggles me how this isn't an official feature yet

i love genshin impact

wow, if i didn't click on your profile i would've actually believed this was written by an igm. great stuff!!

It is obvious that

time to attempt the contest for 30 minutes and play genshin impact for the rest, as usual.

that is n^2

i love oursaco

It's a volunteer ran nonprofit organization.

In other words, the profit comes from the results of their university applications :thumbsup:

as a genshin impact enthusiast i can confim calico will be fire uwu

Nothing, just place higher than them rofl

W initiative

As a high schooler in the US, I have to take the SAT which clashes with round 1 time...

i bet the last of my hot cheetos supply that US3RN4M3 will win ioi 2023

It's not about not letting newbies test, its more about trust. If I have a friend from school who is newbie and I trust a lot, then hell yea I'll let them test.

imo, this problem is way too generic to appear on codeforces altogether, regardless of whether it has been copied from a recent contest or not

Maybe teams preferred?

But there hasn't been too much of those rounds recently :/ Would like more of them even if they're unrated.

I never discouraged paying setters to propose problems, but when you put money on the line someone's probably going to take shortcuts.

The problem I was thinking of is Segment Cost which is ripped right off Sheikh.

this isn’t really relevant but last time i took part in a contest a few problems were literally ripped straight off codeforces (i literally copied and pasted my codeforces submission) so please improve your problem stealing measures so you don’t waste money

do you even understand half the words you just said?

i don’t know who Cereal2 is either

yes, teams of size 1 — 3 are permitted

I can confirm the problems will be inspirational, with topics ranging from cereal to genshin impact.

as a tester i can confirm not even the fire emoji can express how hot the problems are

thanks, it has been fixed

they’re the editorial writers for that problem

cyan wasnt there when i posted the comment lol

it's ironic that all the testers are not actually eligible for div 3...

Hi, we are already in the process of rewriting the editorial for this problem. Please wait a bit and check back :)

Hi, we were just made aware during the contest. Tbh, just unlucky, none of us were aware of the problem, including the 40 testers and coordinator

Hi, the issue should be fixed :)

Hi everyone,

We would also like to mention this round was mostly made possible by problemsetters from the CerealCodes initiative!

ofc we asked, but he wanted to participate officially instead.

PurpleCrayon will win IOI 2023!!!

i believe so