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Please, give us proper explanations about this nonsense.
By djm03178, 2 days ago, In English

It has been brought up a few times already:

Ok, so, this time I just tried a bunch of hacks on some submissions that were very close to the time limit. And now I couldn't access to a single submission page for around 20 minutes straight.

Did I do something that terrible? Is it against the rules? Did it harm the server so much?

I mean, it could be bad for the server for reasons I don't know, but the thing is this whole nonsense has never been explained, why such a restriction has to exist and what bad things it even causes, even after several requests from many people. There has also been no single attempt to specify a visible rule or policy about opening submission pages, and many many people are just getting blocked for very long time even without knowing what's happening, many of them thinking that it's their internet just being slow.

I'm not asking to completely remove this behavior. All I want is:

  • A proper explanation from the admins
  • Public announcement of the detailed policy
  • Reasonable adjustment of this excessive restriction, which no other websites ever implemented
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47 hours ago, # |
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Yes true, this is really annoying...

But here is currently working hack for viewing submission instantly — https://codeforces.net/blog/entry/134655?#comment-1220074

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    47 hours ago, # ^ |
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    I know about that workaround, but it feels really wrong that users have to use something that evades what the server blocked in normal usage to even use the site normally.

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38 hours ago, # |
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I made an extension for myself 2 months ago to fight this nonsense.

Since nothing is going to change, I'm sharing it publicly: Speedup codeforces submission viewer

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    will u hack me ?:v

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    sorry but i received the same NA msg

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      38 hours ago, # ^ |
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      As far as I know, that N/A thing happens only for unrated accounts. In other words, after you participate in a single rated round you'll be able to see the submissions.

      I mean... it's also too harsh because some people just don't want to be rated at all. At least, it should be properly specified in a rule page or something. Having no single word about this whole situation from the admins is the most frustrating thing here.

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djm03178, negotiations between MikeMirzayanov & AI companies didn't go well, he asked for millions of $, they refused so he did this as a kind of a punishment to them not to train their models on submissions code

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    14 hours ago, # ^ |
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    (shocked) we are done since the neglect of kotatsugame.
    no,nooOOO,NOOOOOOOOOO (fades away)

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