It has been brought up a few times already:
Ok, so, this time I just tried a bunch of hacks on some submissions that were very close to the time limit. And now I couldn't access to a single submission page for around 20 minutes straight.
Did I do something that terrible? Is it against the rules? Did it harm the server so much?
I mean, it could be bad for the server for reasons I don't know, but the thing is this whole nonsense has never been explained, why such a restriction has to exist and what bad things it even causes, even after several requests from many people. There has also been no single attempt to specify a visible rule or policy about opening submission pages, and many many people are just getting blocked for very long time even without knowing what's happening, many of them thinking that it's their internet just being slow.
I'm not asking to completely remove this behavior. All I want is:
- A proper explanation from the admins
- Public announcement of the detailed policy
- Reasonable adjustment of this excessive restriction, which no other websites ever implemented
Yes true, this is really annoying...
But here is currently working hack for viewing submission instantly — https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/134655?#comment-1220074
I know about that workaround, but it feels really wrong that users have to use something that evades what the server blocked in normal usage to even use the site normally.
This is getting even more ridiculous, now even this method has limit. If you access too many submission pages with cfast (not even that fast, just like one in 5 seconds, for like 10 minutes), you encounter "Rate limit exceeded" message and are sent to the main page. It's been more than an hour since I've failed to open A SINGLE SUBMISSION PAGE. Accessing them through popup, or using another device is still allowed.
Whenever I view submission, without putting %3f, its impossible to view.
Jeroen posted a blog 3 months ago. Till now, it becoming more worst.
It's crazy to think that they are aware of these workarounds and found ways to block them, but never want to actually explain this to the public. Just why...
I made an extension for myself 2 months ago to fight this nonsense.
Since nothing is going to change, I'm sharing it publicly: Speedup codeforces submission viewer
sorry but i received the same NA msg
As far as I know, that N/A thing happens only for unrated accounts. In other words, after you participate in a single rated round you'll be able to see the submissions.
I mean... it's also too harsh because some people just don't want to be rated at all. At least, it should be properly specified in a rule page or something. Having no single word about this whole situation from the admins is the most frustrating thing here.
Removed
This information was from https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/211?#comment-1219831 but I guess it's something more complicated then. Again, we wouldn't have needed to discuss this whole thing at all if only they had clarified about the actual policy just once...
djm03178, negotiations between MikeMirzayanov & AI companies didn't go well, he asked for millions of $, they refused so he did this as a kind of a punishment to them not to train their models on submissions code
(shocked) we are done since the neglect of kotatsugame.
no,nooOOO,NOOOOOOOOOO (fades away)
upd: but surely, he don't need, and shouldn't perform an act that worse user experience, only for a conspiracy that is only probably to be true.
updd: here, the conspiracy means "AI company stole our codes without permission."