Instructions for future contests

[Piyush Kumar]

For training contest 1 we used SPOJ's own contest environment. That puts a restriction on the problems that we can use in the contest, some problems are limited by the setters and cannot be used in a custom contest. Also, it would be nicer if we can use other judges like Codeforces.

To solve this, future contests will be ranked via a2oj.com. Follow these instructions, let us know if there is any difficulty :

1) Register on www.codeforces.com

2) Register on a2oj.com. During the registration it will ask for handles of online judges. Enter atleast your Codeforces and SPOJ handle (handle means the username you registered with).

That's it! You're all set for future contests :)

(Optional) How a2oj works :

a2oj's custom contest creation tool allows to add problems from various sites. The problem has to actually be solved on the original site. E.g., if a contest has a problem from codeforces, clicking on the problem link will take you to codeforces website. You have to submit your solution there. a2oj will fetch your submissions (based on the handle you enter while registering) and update the ranklist.

Regards,

Piyush Kumar

[Ranveer Aggarwal]

Also, we'd like to award winners of the subsequent contests, display their names on social networks and keep them in our database.

For that I'd request you all to fill in this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Id6sspbt8EdprrH9TSbeiPr8DUGPj5Pre6IYvKKl07k/viewform

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Ranveer Aggarwal