On Sunday, May 5, 2013 6:48:17 AM UTC+3, CoderBaba wrote: > Well contrary to what Bartholomew Furrow said I think the violators should > have been disqualified from Qualification round. In that case these emails > would not have come in one after another. >
In the qualification round it's not really that big a deal. Since there is no limit on the number of participants in round 1, people deserve a chance if only for the possibility of their violations being accidental and not intentional. Some have noted that such accidents can actually occur, e.g. by using an online IDE (such as Ideone.com, or using a students' insecure network...). As everyone who deserves passing to round 1 actually does pass, these things do not really matter, and they have no effect on the rest of the contest. These people get (or at least that's my guess) a warning letter, so they can know they are busted, or learn how to fix their habits if the violation was accidental. This way, the qualification round is only there to have only contestants who actually know the basic of programming and they are sent to round 1 once they know how the system works and what the rules are (specifically if they are busted). The qualification is only there to have the same start for everyone (even for those who compete for the first time). As long as there is a zero-tolerance attitude from round 1, which is where the actual contest starts, it does not matter how the qualification round is handled. I believe the Google team chose well how to handle these violators. They will be caught and disqualified anyway if they continue so. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-code/-/feiDqfAp4ugJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
