So, I just received this very suspicious email [http://codeforces.com/predownloaded/29/21/29212cff51d67467dba4734f8c12806eddb67b51.png] looking for people for organized cheating. The account pzhang definitely looks like someone's alternate account, so I hope whoever it is can somehow be identified to stop this from going any further.
Just makes my stomach churn.
Edit: Here's the full text, since the image quality on codeforces updates doesn't seem too good:
From Penny Zhang [email protected] To [email protected]
"Hi,
Will you be participating in Codeforces' round #325? I'm looking for someone to exchange solutions with during the contest and future Codeforces and Topcoder contests as well. My ratings on each respectively are ~1750 and ~1950. If you're interested, please let me know; I don't mind if you use an alternate email account.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Looking forward to your reply, pzhang"
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But 1950 on Topcoder must be 2200+ on Codeforces, not 1750...
very good comment!
you are right :D
Way too many hidden assumptions there. For example, you assumed that the person has already competed for a statistically significant number of times on each site. And you also assumed that the rating on both sites corresponds to their skill, not to their success rate at cheating -- more precisely, to the number of solutions written by other people this cheater was already able to acquire during those contests.
I never understand this..
Even if the person is doing it to put " Red on TC/CF " in his CV, wouldn't this make him much worse when he can't solve a DIV 1 A or Div2 B problem level in an interview?
It's just putting unnecessary pressure on him as a candidate job. Not only is he a cheater, but stupid too!