April 07, 2007
First, the good news: I made it into the Online Round 1 (see list of qualifiers here)! The last qualifying round was a relative push-over (I ranked a respectable 105) because all the geniuses had already qualified in the first two rounds. Still, can't complain about the result... and I've already won a shirt!
Here's the bad news: Because of my indicated preference (you choose from three time slots for Online Round 1), I've been grouped with the heavy-hitters in TopCoder: Petr, ACRush, kalinov, and the lot. Which basically means that my chances of advancing to the next round are nil. I'm not being pessimistic, just realistic. But on the bright side, like I said... I've already won a shirt!
(I knew shouldn't have picked the time slot that falls on a weekend. It was the one that most people would pick first, and since those with higher rankings are prioritized, it makes sense that all the big names would be assigned there.)
Here's the bad news: Because of my indicated preference (you choose from three time slots for Online Round 1), I've been grouped with the heavy-hitters in TopCoder: Petr, ACRush, kalinov, and the lot. Which basically means that my chances of advancing to the next round are nil. I'm not being pessimistic, just realistic. But on the bright side, like I said... I've already won a shirt!
(I knew shouldn't have picked the time slot that falls on a weekend. It was the one that most people would pick first, and since those with higher rankings are prioritized, it makes sense that all the big names would be assigned there.)
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