Unfortunately, we had a bug in our interactor of the interactive problem.
The interactor contains the following code:
if (y < x)
t = -1;
else if(y > x)
t = 1;
else
t = 0;
if(!p[q % n])
t *= -1;
cout << t << "\n" << flush;
This is the opposite to the statement. However, it turns out that this error doesn't causes any harm for solving problem — it actualy just inverts the pattern, selected by judges. This also wasn't noticed during testing, by the same reason — the error is not visible to the user code.
But it may cause unexpected behaviour for hackers -- since they write the pattern themselves.
We are very sorry for this error and decided to do the following:
- The round will be rated, because very little people (maybe even zero) got affected (the people, who made incorrect hack)
- If you made a hack, which turned to be incorrect due to the error, we will cancel your - 50 points and recalculate your rating afterwards. Please PM me if you have such a hack.
We are very sorry again. This is a huge lesson to us to be more attentive.
I hope you enjoyed the round!
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Я тоже подумал типа чё за прекол , интуитивно понятнее было бы наоборот
Thanks to this post I can downvote the author of awful round and upvote one of the authors of the only good problem in this round.
Please direct your gratitude to 300iq, my contribution to this problem was not very big :), and to VladProg for preparing the test data.
Also, I hope the other problems weren't that bad, right? =).
Problems were not awful (aside from E), but I do not think they are good as a round
Typical Um_nik at his best xD
I'll take this one as a compliment though I know that it is not :)
I think that I have a right to express my opinion on round interestingness just like any other CF member. And there is even no personal insults :)
Sure, I understand. I am probably your greatest competitor in complaining race :D