Sounds like a very logical analysis, but I hope you are wrong somehow, because I can't do 3rd subround no matter what, so I'm a group A member :p. Carlos Guía
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Hawston LLH <[email protected]> wrote: > group A : usa > group B : asia > group C: europe > > so european is better than asia, and asia is better than usa. > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Hawston LLH <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there any different about the choice of picking which two subrounds? I >> think it is, let me explain: >> >> Let A group be those who take 1st and 2nd subround, B group be those who >> take 1st and 3rd, and C group be those who take 2nd and 3rd. >> >> In 1st subround: includes top people from A and B. >> In 2nd subround: includes losers from A and top people from C. >> in 3rd subround: includes only losers from B and C. >> >> obviously, 1st subround is more competitive than 2nd and 3rd. likely, 2nd >> subround is also more competitive than 3rd. >> >> If you are in group A, you face top people from A and B (in subround 1) >> and C (in subround 2). >> >> If you are in group B, you face top people from A and B (in subround 1). >> >> If you are in group C, you only face top people from C (in subround 2). >> >> Thus, group C is better than group B, and group B is better than group A. >> In other words, picking 2nd, 3rd round is better than picking 1st, 3rd, >> which is better than 1st, 2nd. >> >> Am I correct? >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Cong Thanh Tran <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Here is your answer: >>> [quote] >>> Online Round 1 >>> Online Round 1 consists of several sub-rounds offered at different >>> times to ensure that you have ample opportunity to participate in this >>> round no matter what time zone you're in. The three sub-rounds in >>> Online Round 1 will take place on Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, >>> September 13. Note: The sub-round times are listed in UTC. Thus, the >>> actual dates of the sub-rounds may be different in your time zone. >>> >>> Each advancer will be able to participate in a maximum of either two >>> or three contests for Round 1, as announced by Google over email after >>> the conclusion of the Qualification Round. During registration, you'll >>> have been asked for your preferred contest times in Online Round 1. >>> You can change that preference until Saturday, September 5, 2009 at >>> 00:00 UTC (Friday, September 4, 2009 5:00 PM PT). You only have to >>> participate in one of your assigned sub-rounds. We'll endeavor to >>> register contestants for their preferred sub-round times, but cannot >>> guarantee that all contestants will received their preferred sub-round >>> times. Note: Once they have been assigned, you will not be able to >>> change your sub-round dates or times. >>> >>> The top-scoring 1000 finalists from each sub-round, totaling 3000 >>> skilled programmers, will advance to Round 2. If you advance to Online >>> Round 2 from your first assigned sub-round, you may not participate in >>> your second assigned sub-round. If you do not advance to Online Round >>> 2 from your first assigned sub-round, you may participate in your >>> second assigned sub-round for a final opportunity to advance to Round >>> 2. >>> [/quote] >>> On Sep 5, 8:53 am, Xiao <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Does it mean I can choose one of them, or I should compete in all the >>> > three sub round? >>> >>> >>> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
