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CF Speed-Solve Livestream (June 3rd)
By xiaowuc1, history, 6 years ago, In English

Hi all,

Inspired by stevenkplus and scott_wu, I will be hosting a livestream on Sunday, June 3rd, at 10 AM PDT of my virtual participation in Codeforces Round 486. I'll be streaming at https://www.twitch.tv/xiaowuc1 for approximately two hours. Hope to see you there!

Edit 1: This stream is going live in under an hour! I'll try to start it a few minutes before 10 AM to make sure that audio and video are working properly, with the actual solving starting no earlier than 10 AM.

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Isn't it a Div.3 round?

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    ...virtual participation...

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      I said it because I know he is good and I think he will be able to solve all problems in 20-25 minutes, which is like 1/4 of the stream time.

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thank you for this. Can you please make sure to explain the solution before coding or at the end of stream. I think we would be much more interested in the way of thinking rather than looking at someone who can code in seconds.

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What is the point of such streams? Are there any users nonironically interested in such content?

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    Its helpful for beginners. Its like people always want to know the areas they can improve so that they can perform well in their next contest. Watching a GrandMaster solve contest problems helps us know the areas we lack and the ways to approach the problem quickly and getting AC . Most particularly, if one has actually taken part in the contest being solved in stream then one can see the difference in solving speed and other areas they lag.

    Anyways, there is always something to learn from others. I learned quite a few tricks watching the stream. Thanks to xiaowuc1 for the stream. :)

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    Their stream has a lot of sense if there is a commentary about solving a problem, not just looking at a problem and then typing. A watcher can see how an experienced guy gets to a solution. So they can learn something and for sure some people will simply enjoy watching, treating it as a cool/new thing. I might record creating a problem for a contest at one point in the future. I see it as a similar thing — there is some educational aspect, and a bit of "oh, so this is how it's done".

    That being said, streams like this won't be nearly as entertaining as something with games or poker, at least in my opinion. Maybe because this stream requires full (?) attention, unless you don't care about the educational aspect, while one can chill out when watching normal streams. Maybe creating a bot for some game would be a better idea for a stream, it's hard to say.

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Hi. Can we have a livestream of you solving and explaining the problems from Codeforces Round 490 (Div 3) . Would be really helpful for all beginners :)

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