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False plag checks
By FakeGrandmaster, history, 20 months ago, In English

One of my batchmate faced a plagiarism in a contest's A problem just because the variables and template used by him matched to another guy.

Also, the variables were just like mini, maxi, cnt and ran just one for loop. Also the template used by him was from some youtuber so it was kinda public to a lot of people.

I think such simple problems like div4 a b and div3 a ( and b maybe) and others having one line answers should be relaxed for plag checking as these problems dont have that much at stake when compared to others in the same contest but just because of their simplicity there is a high chance that it may match to another person as the idea behind is very very simple. ( I wrote it because he has left codeforces now because of such false claims and i feel how many people would have been through the same till date) Please consider my opinion Mike Mirzayanov. ( Also he is a specialist and plag for him in an A problem seems senseless) Also I would like to hear other people's opinion on it. Thank You

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20 months ago, # |
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Why are you making a blog instead of your friend?

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    because I am mostly able to solve a (sometimes b) only and even if I go through the same, I don't want that.

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Send his CF handle, and then we will tell you our opinion)

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Are you sure you're not talking about yourself, lol: 200447406

Div3,4 A are usually not included in plag checks, else there would be a bunch of people flagged, LGMs, GMs, and maybe myself included. My template is only a few lines long

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