I think codechef should make long challenge completely unrated as there are mass cheating this time also. Many people are getting solutions from telegram groups and youtube due to which those are solving problems on their own are suffering a loss due to rank. I also have solved one question on first day only but after that I am unable to solve so my rank is increasing exponentially. Due to cheaters my rating and many other honest people ratings may be severely affected. Codechef should take strict action against cheaters or make long challenge unrated.
I have also decided to not give long challenge now as even after solving 2-3 questions my rank goes so up and my rating is affected
I am not going to give long challenge anymore now.
You underestimate cheaters, and the ones who help them cheat. Do you think div 1 problem solvers leak solution because they have solved it before everyone else and making it unrated would make it difficult to do so. Hold it right there. The one’s who leak solutions are in this money. Its not hard to say them may have accounts in div2 and div1 already and for div3 just make a new one.
So rated or unrated. If money is involved they will do it no matter what.
Ok so this is new to me that money is being involved here. I still remember the days when competitive programming was just a simple fun activity, even on codechef.
I think admins should think something about this, anything more than nothing is better than the current state as it is not wrong to assume that it was long challenge from where these stuffs emerged and gained popularity.
Right now i was thinking that -
something like calculating the Number of problems that you will be able to solve, and number of problems that you actually solved, may remove the factor of how other people performed. And in this, testers who give kinda mock contest may play a role in deciding the first constraint as well as your own past contest results.
I have another idea. Tougher questions would be shown to coders at the starting day. After every day ,1 problem or 2 problems would be shown to coders so by the end of the challenge we would get easier problems but only 2/3 days in hand.
My opinion is that the solution of questios which are given before end off the contest should be removed. I mean those question should not be used for determining the rating but will be there for plagarism checker. Like for division 2 people they can solve division 3 questions but it will not be considered in the ranklist but will be considered for plagarism checker.
@admin Please make this long challenge unrated for this time at least. For some problems, AC submissions have almost tripled in 2 days, the accuracy increase also proves that this is not going fair.
I think codechef needs to do something there is mass cheating going on just see the number of submissions of particular have increased exponentially with high accuracy in last 2-3 days .The problems in which I suspect cheating are tree house,modular equation .I got to know from my friends that people are selling solutions on telegram and some have even uploaded the solutions on youtube . Both Div 2 and Div 3 should have unrated long challenge .This was my first long challenge and I am in div 2 initially with score of 230 my rank was around 200 but after huge cheating it is falling day by day and currently it has come to 2536 .I am still trying to optimize my algorithm for tle but i doubt even if i optimize it the cheaters may find solutions of the next problem and honest coders usually face the loss . If things go like this i will never participate in long as it is not worth the time then .
Codechef is always slow. MOSS is running late like really late . They conduct MOSS checks after 5-6 months. Last year they conducted MOSS check of 2 years . So you can conclude the fact from here
It should be unrated for div2 participants. So that they don’t become 5* just by cheating. Because most of them just want to brag about it in their resume. Old accounts should’ve their long ratings deducted. I think it should be rated for Div1 and Div3 participants because cheating is less in Div1 and for Div3 it won’t matter much if they become 3* coders, lol. Plagiarism detection for the short contests should be done after each contest.
