did you know codeforces is based off of a true story? in 1948 there was a man named com "pete" tetiva program ming who was forced to climb trees to earn rat rings. he passed away in 1990 after achieving 3000 rat rings achieving himself the leg and dairy grand faster title. in 2000, the geneva conventions outlawed the unfair treatment of tree climbing as a form of torture, and in 2009 codeforces was made to honor his name.