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Автор sauron271, 11 часов назад, По-английски

Problem setters should be required to provide proper solution with examples. Not some word salad that barely makes any sense to people rated below 2000.

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Oh yes. Codeforces editorial is cancer. I never understand what they are trying to say in problem above 1700 rating. They make it too concise and too hard to understand. There are exception but very rare.

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Please show more respect to the problemsetters.

The editorials are fine most of the time, but you need to take some time to understand them. Sometimes it can be a bit hard, but the difficult part is understanding the solution, not the editorial.

Besides, since everyone thinks in a different way, it's impossible to write an editorial that is perfect for everyone. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with them. If you have any questions you can just ask in the comments.

I'm sure the problemsetters are doing the best they can. Please remember that they are all working really hard to create contests that everyone will enjoy. Also, I've written editorials before, and it's definitely not an easy task.

If you have a specific suggestion, then you can share it, but always remember to be respectful and understanding.

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    As of now editorials are low effort. So many things can be done to make it more helpful for non div1 users. I am thankful for the questions but that doesnt give them the right to post low quality solutions.

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      Although I don't find the editorials low quality, at least in most cases, I understand that some people might believe they are, and that's completely fine.

      However, I disagree with calling them "low effort". Even a low quality editorial might have taken a lot of time and effort, so you shouldn't assume the problemsetters don't work hard enough. If they wanted to do as little as possible, they wouldn't prepare contests in the first place.

      You say that the ability to ask questions "doesn't give them the right to post low quality solutions". But the problemsetters don't try to create low quality editorials. This isn't about "rights". I simply mentioned asking in comments as a way to answer the questions you might have after reading an editorial.

      What I'm trying to say is, even if you believe some editorials are low quality, this doesn't make it okay to complain in a blog and accuse the problemsetters of not working, or trying, hard enough.

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    you have clearly never seen the editorial of Technocup 2022 — Elimination Round 3 and Codeforces Round #759 (Div. 2) Problem E

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not gonna lie, I have felt the opposite. The editorials most of the time explains the main idea of the problem quite effectively in a very simple manner. Maybe try to read them multiple times to get a hang of it.

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    why would you lie?

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      he has no reason to. he made that very clear right off the bat

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        I am not accusing him of lying. I was just wondering why he added "not gonna lie" at the start.

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          Oh, it is just a phrase often put before things like unsavory truths or unpopular opinions. It just emphasizes that the person using it is being $$$100$$$% honest about what they are saying. lallanbhai doesn't share the same opinion as sauron here, so he used the expression to kind of soften the blow while highlighting his honesty.