Copied Problem in November Long Challenge

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that was the only problem i did solved by now.
why???

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COMPUTER,S ARE PROGRAMMED BY PROGRAMMERS :slight_smile: SO BASICALLY IF WE WISH WE CAN PUT A COMPUTER IN HARD SITUATION :smile:.

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Thanks , I had written the code for the problem but when I was about to check it here ,the problem was removed .At first I thought was bullshit I am doing , I thought that I was writing the code for some old contest.LOL

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It’s simple…first take rows of even sizes, each player will get half… Then take all rows of odd sizes and sort them according to the middle element and alternate sum by one turn including middle element and next turn excluding it

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The problem statement never said that chef/Ramsay can’t jump to a different row in order to maximize their amount.

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He can take from any non-empty pile. So it’s implied that he can jump maybe

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Thanks @s5960r I saw the editorial as well which also explain same strategy.

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So suppose a line is:
1 99 2 3 4 …
So chef should be smart enough to go out of his way and pick 1 so that in next turn he is able to pick a huge number.

I don’t have the whole input now, I’ll post it as soon as I get home

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This is not fair i solved that problem by my own . Now my ranking is below those who had not solved it yet . :sneezing_face:

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Thank you for reporting this issue. But you had no business making such a post about a problem from an ongoing contest. If you have an issue, comment it or send us an email. But posting it publicly without even waiting for a response from us is unacceptable. And neither is it acceptable for you to accuse someone of copying without any evidence. Two same/similar problems do not mean copied problems, particularly for problems which are as natural as this.

All that said, we are very sorry for not having caught this before the contest. We hope to get the replacement problem ready soon.

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was it similarity of thoughts or its just a coincidence :thinking:

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Both player would first tackle the odd rows

Imagine these 3 rows

9
8
3 3

Chef would first pick 9 and ramsay would pick 8 and the chef 3 and ramsay 3

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Sorry what?:rofl::rofl:

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This is not a first time when such incident happen, so it definitely deserve a post to bring this community attendance toward this issue.

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Spent a whole night solving, all for nothing… Gg codechef

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Gg? Gacho Gacho?

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I was very happy after solving first three questions on the first day but you ruined that happiness​:frowning::frowning:

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Good good *
Lol

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I hope you got the reference though. :joy:

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Ahhh Yeahhhh. Hope u get it :slight_smile:

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