Hi, My comment isn't so much about the rules but about assigning points to problems. In recent competitions it was common that one could strategically solve all (or at least many) small inputs and possibly one large thus gathering sufficient points to advance with ease. This compared to solving completely fewer problems. I believe this is undesirable. It puts me in a dilemma: do I want to solve the tough algorithmic problems (the reason I compete in the first place) or do I want to maximize my chances of advancing by quickly solving small inputs. I think the simplest solution is to give much fewer points to the small inputs, unless there is some real challenge there.
All in all Code Jam ha a great format which keeps me coming back year after year. Looking forward to compete next year. Meir On Thursday, October 9, 2014 1:46:32 AM UTC+3, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > Hey Code Jammers, > > > It's the time of year where we're revisiting the rules from 2014 to see what > we want to change for 2015. For everyone who participated in Google Code Jam > 2014: what would you like to see changed about the rules? Reply back to me, > or to this list, or to [email protected], with your ideas. I can't promise > anything, but we'd love to hear what you'd like to see. > > > Some examples of things we're looking at: > - The rules right now don't allow Excel because it isn't free; but there are > lots of great free alternatives, so we'll likely allow it. > - If you use a non-free language in the Qualification Round, I think the > rules right now say that you lose your points for that input. But a lot of > people who are competing in the Qualification Round are competing for the > first time and may not have realized that they've done something wrong, so > we'll look at explicitly allowing that and sending them a warning email about > future rounds. > > > > > There are also bigger changes afoot, but I won't spoil the surprise... > > > Cheers! > Bartholomew -- 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/msgid/google-code/a453aab8-b72d-42a6-8a8a-0fc2fb983d16%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
