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How to un-become Master
By valeriu, 2 years ago, In English

Since no one asked on how to un-become Master I decided to post one. So, here are the ways I managed to un-become Master after a lot of effort and hard work.

Have a life

Having a life is the easiest and most efficient way to un-become Master on Codeforces. Relax, play ping-pong

Get a class

Getting a class is another perfect way to un-become Master. You have way less time to focus on Competitive Programming and way more teme which is perfect for losing rating. In my personal experience, after I got a 10 at a prestigious Paul I started to not care so much about competitive programming because in the end of the day virtual rating on Codeforces is meaningless, but 10 on catalog is eternal.

Prepare for IIOT

Trying to compose a team for IIOT instantly brings your free time to 0, which might sound tragic but actually is a great thing. You realize there are more important things than virtual points and you start thinking about what people to team up with. A beginner mistake is to take stranger words for granted and start with Gupa, because instantly later you will lose them. Then, to fill your void, hire Ganto because it seems like a safer bet, and then accept Cuni proposal, but they will all give up on you at some point because they were employed by better/worse teams. Still, anyone else would reject you because they wouldn't give up on the promise they formerly made to their first employer

Edit from the future: apparently, as it has been proven by Mr. AaaIelonmusc (and a special case by myself), best way to prepare for IIOT is to not make a team because then you need to coordinate them, draining away time you could've used yourself by solving the problems. So to all the people that rejected me, I didn't want you anyway (L)

Sleep with the window open

This may not seem like a relevant thing, but get this: At first, for the more based countried, it is mid autumn, so during night-time, approaching morning it is cold. However, decide to still sleep with the windows open because of some fixation you have. You might be asking: but why would this decrease your programming capabilities? Well, they are worse than what they can be: For example, when I was at municipal stage two months ago (jesus time flies so fast) I went to first day, slept with window open, got 200 points. Second day, because Alec Sdima was cold and couldn't sleep with window open, I made a sacrifice and closed the window. Then, I got 201 points.

Coincidence? I think not.

Participate when wake up unoptimally

If you wake up, like I did, 2 hours before the contest, it is painfully obvious that you started your morning wrong. Because if you wake up at 9, you have 30 minutes of time to do morning exercise and routine, then you can plan your meal correctly, walk your dog outside, come back and do your arts homework. If you would've woken up 2 minutes before contest, your mind wouldn't be so filled of these trivialities and you would always have a scapegoat of your own misfortune. Otherwise, you are left only to blame yourself for your incompetency, and that never leads to a good path, because obviously you are never wrong and everyone is against you.

Never upsolve.

If a problem appears in a contest, what are the chances of appearing again?

These are the words of the most famous programmer to date, Hienadz Caratchievici. Unfortunately, mister Hienadz Caratchievici had obviously never been to Lot juniori, because there we have all the problems in the world. Not only that, but we have all the problems that will appear in contests. I will not detaliate. Let's just say, there was a problem that had a statement, but that didn't have good tests. As such, I randomly selected a solution, outputted it, and got 93 points. Unfortunately, next time I meet the same statement, I didn't know how to solve it (because I didn't read editorial), random didn't work, and from potential Vila in Dubai I arrived at Caruta cu Cai (I swear to god I had the same solution as theirs). Obviously, this was the fault of the scientific committee that didn't tell me the solution after contest. I should've payed own interest in finding it. Stupid.

Nuvele fantastice

La țigănci

--de Mircea Eliade, tibinyte (he wanted on writers list)

Nuvela este specia literară epică cu acțiune mai complicată decât a schiței, cu un singur fir narativ, cu un conflict puternic prin care se reliefează caracterul personajelor.

Nuvela "La țigănci" se încadrează în fantasticul literar prezentând camuflarea sacrului în profan, limita dintre real și ireal fiind pe alocuri insesizabilă. Adrian Marino consideră că la nivel textual se regăsesc patru tipuri de rupturi:

  1. Ruperea în ordinea realitățîi-- când irealul intempestiv în cotidian, ale cărui mărci sunt: cifra trei (3), monologul incoerent al protagonistului "Ești un om norocos, Gavrilescule" și bordeiul că spațialitate fantastică.

  2. Ruperea în ordinea rațiunii-- când eroul intră în bordei, cere apă și i se oferă cafea fierbinte.

  3. Ruperea în ordinea semnificației-- personajul nu realizează că

    • Baba este în postura de Cerber, paznic al Hadesului, primind taxa pentru accesul la "lumea de dincolo"
    • Cele trei (3) fete simbolizează cele trei ursitoare, sau parcere, patroane ale destinului uman
    • Birjarul este luntrasul Caron, ce poartă sufletele în dimensiunea cealaltă
    • Bordeiul este spațiul pe care se desfășoară moartea inițiatică ce amintește de ritualul basmic din Harap-Alb
  4. Ruperea în ordinea temporalitățîi-- aplicată în momentul în care Gavrilescu pierde controlul timpului obiectiv spatializat, iar cele trei ore de "durata pură" din bordei devin doisprezece ani în concretenta lumii. Moartea inițiatică nu are efect transfigurator la nivel de fizicalitate, ci ii propune un alt contur de personalitate, sensul real al acestei inițieri fiind racordarea ființei La Marele Suflet Universal sau reintegrarea În Ființă Universală în explicație Blagiană

Perspectiva narativă focalizare zero, viziune din spate ("par derriere"), în persoană a treia.

Watch Hunter x Hunter

Hunter x Hunter is one of the best ways to lose good RMI medal (It was proven by some other CPers and I won't explain why here, feel free to consider the proof as an exercise for the reader). If you don't watch it, you may disregard it, but if you do, it's a sign from god. But maybe not the good one, since last time you had the same sign from god you got 0.86 points that day, dumbass.

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Wow, we have same color, stranger!

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    Sa te ia dracu (We wish you a lot of health, love, esteem and respect from your loved ones, the achievement of endless goals, beautiful achievements, to have only unforgettable moments and moments, and to get what you really want, because this is the only way to fulfillment, achievement and happiness!)

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Respect.

Marinush

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Purple chat 😂

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Congrats!

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was watching hunter x hunter my mistake all along

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Purple chat

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Congratulations for your achievement! Purple chat!

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Incercarea conteaza! Daca dumnezeu va vrea, vei deveni ceva bun! Important mereu sa tenzi spre succes. (I feel bad for you! Losing a friend was a traumatic experience. I hope you reach master so we could speak again! )

How romanians say:

Fiori prin mine umblă

Și nu am trebuință

Te rog pe tine umbră

Să redevi ființă

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😯

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Congrats on Candidate Master! Proud to see you come so far! (sorry for lack of other references but I can't read the full blog rn as I am playing valorant. Am on my way to un-become Expert!)

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I have never thought that I would see on Codeforces some comentarii literare la româna care mi-a mâncat zilele la bac

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    I suggest you reading Romanul Ion

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      As a Romanian person of culture (vezi, că nu degeaba am dat bacul, sunt om de cultură), I have read romanul „Ion” and can confirm that it is truly one of the literary writings of all time.

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Thank you all for amazing 86 upvotes

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I am never taking selfie with un-Master again...

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Does that mean that if I do all of the above I'll become CM?

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Leafeon chat

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    Sa te ia dracu (Just have a little patience)

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I beg to differ with you, I personally think this pasta should be mixed with 42 concrete, because the length of this screw, it is easy to directly affect the torque of the excavator, you know it? When you smash into it, a moment it will produce a large number of high-energy proteins, commonly known as UFOs, will seriously affect the economy, and even to this Pacific Ocean as well as the charger will cause a certain amount of nuclear contamination.

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Congrats! Also my rating has "increased" from 2224 to 1964, I'll try my best to become expert!

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Last contest I woke up 5 minutes before the contest and got 150+ up. Coincidence? No. Always start contest right after you wake up. (Wake up unoptimally of course). If you are wide awake, fresh and sane, than you will constantly be worried about your performance and getting a rating down. The drunker you are, the better you do.

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