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By Hexagons, 6 weeks ago, In English

Assalamualaikum (peace be upon you), Codeforces people 👋.

I'm glad to invite you to the mashup OMORI CONTEST which will be held inshallah on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 19:30 (GMT+3).

You will be given 3.5 hours (210 minutes) to solve 7 cool problems in an ICPC-styled contest, themed about the videogame OMORI (Which is a great game that you might want to give a try). There will be exactly one interactive problem, so I suggest you should read the guide for interactive problems.

All problems have been written and prepared by me, Hexagons.

I would like to give a lot of thanks to:

  • MikeMirzayanov for the great codeforces and polygon systems 👍, without them I wouldn't be able to make the contest.

  • ismail-but-noob, 3mara, Mr.Pie, AhmedOsamaEzz, ahmedfouadnew, AbdelmagedNour for valuable testing and feedback, they made sure the problems were good enough and the test cases were strong 👏.

  • ismail-but-noob again, for helping me in preparing an interactor on polygon, without him there would be no interactive problem 😅.

  • OMOCAT, for creating OMORI ⭐.

  • yahia, for letting me play OMORI on his laptop 💚.

  • All my friends who supported me while making this contest 💓.

  • You for joining this contest 😊.

Good luck to all participants!

I Hope you enjoy the contest and have fun solving the problems 😊.

Update 1: Contest has been postponed to Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 19:30 (GMT+3).

Update 2: Registration has started!

Update 3: Editorial is out!

Update 4: Congratulations to the winners and first-solvers! 🥳 🥳

Winners

  1. Ahmed57

  2. k1r1t0

  3. phsads

  4. Anonymous_Noob

  5. askd

  6. Intellegent

  7. wltt

  8. AliRagab313

  9. anfanite396

  10. methanol

Honourable mentions: is-this-dp, line.

First solvers

A. SUNNY: phsads
B. AUBREY: Anonymous_Noob
C. HERO: N/A
D. KEL: Adam.Aly
E. MARI: methanol
F. BASIL: line
G. OMORI: ho-oh

Update 5: Contest has been added as a gym.

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Announcement of OMORI CONTEST
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As a tester, I can confirm the problems are high quality and I recommend everyone to participate!

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Upvoted

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close

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  Vote: I like it 0 Vote: I do not like it

If i played omori will I be a master?

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Will it be rated?

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  Vote: I like it +34 Vote: I do not like it

As a tester, stairs! <3

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Rev. 2   Vote: I like it +16 Vote: I do not like it

what does held inshallah mean? how is it different from just being held?

Edit: nvm I looked it up. It is smart that you put that there. You never want to jinx yourself, cuz anything can really happen at any time.

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6 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +25 Vote: I do not like it

Finally an Omori Contest XD, I am too interested to read the problem statements xD.

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6 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +33 Vote: I do not like it

as a tester I can comfortably say that this is truly one of the contests of all time <3

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6 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +10 Vote: I do not like it

Upvote done. Waiting for the contest XD

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  Vote: I like it +5 Vote: I do not like it

I must register myself immediately

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6 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +33 Vote: I do not like it

Excited for joining the contest. I hope there is a variety in the problems and even more importantly a good story :)

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  Vote: I like it +45 Vote: I do not like it

Important notice: There was a slight misunderstanding, contest has been postponed by one day to OCT 17.

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  Vote: I like it +25 Vote: I do not like it
tourist after AK
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  Vote: I like it +21 Vote: I do not like it

Hexagons Detected , Invitation Accepted .

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  Vote: I like it +19 Vote: I do not like it

Can’t wait

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  Vote: I like it +41 Vote: I do not like it

can I participate with the computer in whitespace, Sunny probably won't be awake at that time

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    6 weeks ago, # ^ |
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    Ofcourse you can but if sunny isn't awake then be careful omori is in the whitespace and if he sees you using his computer you might get stabbed!

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  Vote: I like it +17 Vote: I do not like it

Why didn't you enter the contest into the actual contest queue, and hold an official contest? Not saying you should've done that, I'm just wondering.

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    6 weeks ago, # ^ |
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    I heard that contests stay for like two years or something on this queue till it gets either accepted or rejected. I don't want to hold an "official" contest, I just want to make a good contest themed about the theme I want, with good problem ideas I proposed, and people enter my contest and give feedback. Just that.

    Plus, the style of the problems is not really fitting for a casual codeforces round.

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      6 weeks ago, # ^ |
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      I see, makes sense. I'm looking forward to participating :D

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OMORI!

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  Vote: I like it +27 Vote: I do not like it

AlperenT will this be your return to CP?

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  Vote: I like it +5 Vote: I do not like it

OMORI CONTEST IS HERE!

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I am happy to see Omori, Aubrey, Kel, Hero, Mary and Basil in the same contest, it will be a very nice and beautiful contest for sure. Good luck!

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  Vote: I like it +11 Vote: I do not like it

AUBREY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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So excited:)

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  Vote: I like it +32 Vote: I do not like it

The boys are now grown-up men, Mashallah

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  Vote: I like it +32 Vote: I do not like it

Should I play OMORI before the contest?

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Sorry pal, but videogames are for children

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  Vote: I like it +65 Vote: I do not like it

Glad to have introduced you to OMORI

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  Vote: I like it +94 Vote: I do not like it

As a tester, I now want to try OMORI even more! I hope I would enjoy OMORI as much as I enjoyed the contest.

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  Vote: I like it +82 Vote: I do not like it

As a tester, [Insert a good tester comment here]

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5 weeks ago, # |
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Hexagons does it increase once IQ?

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5 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +69 Vote: I do not like it

three days left

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5 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +22 Vote: I do not like it

I may have just realized i would have to stay up till 3am if i do this

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    4 weeks ago, # ^ |
      Vote: I like it +6 Vote: I do not like it

    worth it (i think i also got really close to solving B)

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5 weeks ago, # |
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To be honest, I enjoyed reading all these comments. Everyone is so passionate about this game, talking positively about it. Looks like we are gonna have a very exciting contest.

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4 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +14 Vote: I do not like it

The contest was super fun and I liked the drawings ;) Thank you for doing the contest Hexagons !!

got rank 23 !!

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4 weeks ago, # |
  Vote: I like it +28 Vote: I do not like it

I didn't really like B and F since they feel kind of standard (and I also could not implement rerooting correctly LOL), but the other problems were nice.

Thanks for the problems! Omori is a great game.