I'm just a blue. Yes, I'm only a blue. And I'm sitting here observing my queue. Well, it's a long, long journey To be a candidate master. It's a long, long wait Before escape from disaster, But I know I'll be a purple some day At least I hope and pray that I do But today I am still just a blue.
Gee, Blue, You certainly have a lot of patience and courage.
Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a blue I was just a gray Some folks back home decided they wanted a purple son So they called their gang on WhatsApp, and they said You're right, there oughta be a purple. Then he sat down And wrote me out and introduced me to Codeforces. And I became a blue, and I'll remain a blue Until they decide to make me a purple.
I'm just a blue Yes I'm only a blue, And I got a massive waiting long-line o’ queue. Well, now I'm stuck being lazy And I'll sit here and wait While a few Codeforces contests decides my fate
Whether they should let me be a purple. How I hope and pray that they do, But today I am still just a blue.
Watch those Codeforces standings! Is that entire leaderboard about you?
Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most blues never even get this far. I hope they decide to give me favorable delta Otherwise I may retire.
Retire?
Yeah, retire to my queue. Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna continue! Now I go to my friends list And see my place.
If you placed well, what happens?
Then I take another contest and the whole thing starts All over again.
Oh no!
Oh yes!
I'm just a blue Yes, I'm only a blue And if my contest plan comes through Well, then I’m off to the system tests Where I’ll watch my friends’ places With a lot of other blues Pray my code passes edge cases And if it does, then I’ll be a purple How I hope and pray that I do But today I am still just a blue.
You mean even if in every contest you get Purple performance, you can still remain a blue?
Yes, that's called an FST. If I fail system tests I have to go back to practice And take another contest And by that time you're so old …
By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a purple. It's not easy to become a purple, is it?
No!
But how I hope and pray that I do, But today I am still just a blue.
You AK’ed Div. 2, blue Now you're a purple!
Oh yes!!!
