But some paranoia checking should be enough for you to know whether you submitted the right or wrong code. Carlos Guía
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Vexorian <[email protected]> wrote: > > You could get thrown out of the top 1000 without cheating if you > accidentally submit a wrong code for one of the problems. > > > On Sep 9, 9:18 am, Jeroen van Erp <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the Code Jam team has set it up the same as in the Qualifying round, > the > > results of your large sets will be available immediately after the round > is > > finished. This means that you will only get bumped off the list if you've > > cheated, in which case you're eliminated anyway. So in essence some > people > > might suddenly advance to round 2 where they weren't eligible before, > > because some in the top 1000 cheated. You will at most have competed in > one > > (or two) round too many :-). > > > > If you're through in round 1a (ie. top 1000), you don't need to compete > in > > any further rounds, and if you've cheated you will be removed from the > > results so there is no need to compete in any further rounds. > > > > If you're not through at first in round 1a, you can participate in round > 1b, > > but you might still advance through your results in round1a if people > above > > your rank are removed due to cheating. > > > > So I don't see your problem... > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Vexorian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Considering the little time between rounds, shouldn't coders be > > > allowed to participate in further rounds even if they advanced? It is > > > unlikely we will have official results for 1A before the beginning of > > > 1B. > > > > > Even if we control ourselves and avoid competing in further rounds > > > when we know we advanced, some people will still have no idea whether > > > they advanced or not. Consider a coder that was 1020th in round 1A, he > > > will have to participate in 1B/C because it appears he didn't advance, > > > but then if 5 days later, 20 guys on the top 1000 from 1A are > > > eliminated, he would have participated in 1B/C even though he already > > > advanced... > > > > > On Sep 8, 11:50 pm, Bartholomew Furrow <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We've decided to allow all contestants to compete in all subrounds of > > > Round > > > > 1 -- unless they qualified for Round 2 in an earlier subround. Good > luck > > > to > > > > everyone in Round 1! > > > > *FAQ* > > > > > > Q: Where is my qualification email!? > > > > A: We haven't sent them yet, because we're still dealing with > cheaters. > > > > Sorry for the delay! We realize it's inconvenient, and we'll work > > > faster > > > > next time. > > > > > > Q: How do I know if I qualified? > > > > A: If you have at least 33 points and you didn't cheat, then you > > > qualified. > > > > > > Q: Which subrounds of Round 1 can I participate in? > > > > A: All of them. You can compete in Round 1A, Round 1B and Round 1C > > > (until > > > > you qualify for Round 2). > > > > > > Q: Can I still change my subround preferences? > > > > A: ...I guess so, but it won't do anything. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bartholomew > > > > > > P.S. This isn't the official announcement of your subround > assignment; > > > that > > > > will come out in the emails. I just wanted to give you guys a > heads-up. > > > > -- > > Jeroen van Erp > > +31-6-30110807 > > > > Take Nothing But Pictures > > Kill Nothing But Time > > Leave Nothing But Footprints > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
