CONTEST STRATEGY
1- Sort problem set by length and assign to members starting with the fastest
2- Read the problem CAREFULLY, if it is an ACE code it directly on PC and go to step 8
3- Give yourself 5 minutes of thinking even if the problem is hard, you only need to understand the problem statement very well and think in a solution if possible
4- Describe the problem to the person who is better at the problem area, whom should listen very carefully and make sure he understands the problem very well,
5- This small meeting should decide one of the following: 1-the problem should be delayed 2-you should write the solution you came up with 3-you both stay for sometime thinking in a solution 4-you only should stay for sometime thinking in a solution
6- If you both decided that this problem is to be solved, the better of the two at the problem area will read the problem carefully (if not yet) write code on paper and get approval from the backup that the code is COMPLETE
7- Once the PC is free, copy ur code there, make sure you copy the input correctly from the problem statement and debug for the first 10 minutes to match the sample output, if more debugging is needed the backup should join for another 10 minutes, if still print and debug on paper
8- if you submit and got WA or TLE or RTA review the checklist, read the problem again, debug on paper or whatever for another 20 minutes, if u found bug(s)interrupt the man on the PC, write the testcase u suspect, run and make sure u get WA, then take backup of the code apply ur fix, run and make sure the output is correct and submit
9- if the offline debug took 20 minutes the backup should read the problem and the code and spend 10 minutes with you, if u couldn't get it leave the problem immediately and get back to it later
10- In the last hour don't start a new problem (unless you've no wrong submissions), sort problems by most solved and for each wrong submission the author and the backup (and the third if he isn't doing anything) should debug it.
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