That sounded a little funny to me, too, so I checked numbers of competitors as measured by those who were serious enough to get some points in the qualifier:
2008: 7500 people solved at least one dataset in the qualification round. 500 people got shirts. 2017: 25000 people solved at least one dataset in the qualification round. 1000-1500 get shirts. If we're proposing changes, I think it would be nice to let a few more people into Round 2, but I'm not fussed. -- 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/CAHaiWHP5A_Y_gx6v7dYA_7SXMrHb%3Dsz8_O5Baz5-Y50BFRev3A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
