ACM ICPC Regional Manila 2005 - Summary
IMHO, overall, this year ACM ICPC Regional Manila 2005 (held in Ateneo de Manila University) wasn't as good as the previous years (held in University of Asia and the Pacific). This year, they gave bags and t-shirt as souvenirs. The t-shirt quality seems to be improved from the last year but the scheduling and the contest preparations seems worse than last year.
Practice Session. The waiting time between events were too long, the practice session were delayed and shortened (it became too short!) and was not pleasing since they didn't finish judging the runs in the queue when the practice session was over! Also the problem input name was renamed without notification! We kept getting wrong answer. Although it's a practice, it was still very dissapointing!
Contest Proper. Several inconveniences arise during the contest proper:
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Java Compile Error, they promised that whatever compiled on our machine, will also be successfully compiled on the judge machine, but the fact says otherwise: many teams got penalties for compile error during the contest proper! and they didn't give clarification of why it happens. My team rewrites our Java solution (which get's compile error on Judge machine) to C/C++ solution because of that. The other teams also have the same experience. It's very disappointing.
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Printing problems, some teams have to use flashdisk to print!
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The standings, the big projector which displays the teams' rank and their solved problem was MIS-LEADING! The problem name was out of order! For example, problem D is actually problem C on the standings! I think they really need to learn how to configure the PC2! (the online judge system for ICPC).. or.. were they jumble the problem name intentionaly? Anyway, whichever it is, it's unfair.
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Controversial Problem, there is this Problem C in the problem set, which is controversial! A lot of clarifications were asked for that particular problem, seizing a lot of team's time!
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Permission to the restroom, We got a hard time to get to the restroom!
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Seating arrangements, they wanted to make it similar to the world final seating arrangements where all teams compete in a single room. It's nice, but it makes the teams very uncomfortable since we didn't get enough space! They try to fit 98 teams in a not-so-big-theatre. We barely move and we barely put our paper on the table, we put some paper on the floor :o
The awards. Last year all of the team names were mentioned during the awards session (including the honorable mentions) and Top 10 teams were called to the podium. But this year, they only announced best 3 teams overall and best 3 local teams. It seems that they didn't give enough "appreciation" for all teams even for the top 10. It's ridiculous that team ranked 25 could receive award at the podium (because it's one of the best 3 local team) while the top 10 teams (overall) were not even mentioned!
The contest results (some name is truncated to fit), click here for the official result
Rank Team's Name University Country/Territory # Solved
1 Fate The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 8
2 eXtreme GNC-4 ... University of Tokyo Japan 8
3 The Linden BoyZ Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 7
4 SNU team2 Ra! Seoul National University South Korea 7
5 P.S.P The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 6
6 SNU team3 Goon! Seoul National University South Korea 6
7 For Union Yonsei University South Korea 5
8 TJU BliZZard Tianjin University China 5
9 Pinyin Zhejing University China 5
10 Vinix Bina Nusantara University Indonesia 5
11 K-CUBE De La Salle University-Manila Philippines 5
12 Arirang Yonsei University South Korea 4
13 HCMUNS Victory University of Natural Sciences Vietnam 4
14 Smart Bee Bina Nusantara University Indonesia 4
15 CS-Unpar Parahyangan Catholic University Indonesia 4
16 HKUST1 Hong Kong University Hong Kong 4
17 Margonda University of Indonesia Indonesia 4
18 Avian Tarumanagara University Indonesia 3
19 HKUST3 Hong Kong University Hong Kong 3
20 HKUST2 Hong Kong University Hong Kong 3
21 Unlimited Soongsil University South Korea 3
22 TeamALK The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2
23 CUHK_CSE The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2
24 Thinker Bee Bina Nusantara University Indonesia 2
25 Persistence Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 2
26 KANG Soongsil University South Korea 2
27 UP Wet University of the Philippines Philippines 2
28 UP BisDak University of the Philippines Philippines 2
29 Mapua DOTA Boys Mapua Institute of Technology Philippines 2
30 Booroonggoo University of the Philippines Philippines 2
31 Nara University of the Philippines Philippines 2
32 Team Roger University of the Philippines Philippines 2
33 KLUGE De La Salle University-Manila Philippines 2
34 UP Team of ... University of the Philippines Philippines 2
35 Angels Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 1
36 Exepxions Team 1 University of Saint Louis Tugegarao Philippines 1
37 Sarutobi University of the Philippines Philippines 1
38 Exepxions Team 2 University of Saint Louis Tugegarao Philippines 1
39 Kennon University of the Philippines Philippines 1
40 ONE HUNDRED University of the Philippines Philippines 1
41 DLSU 1 De La Salle University-Manila Philippines 1
42 Decided University of the Philippines Philippines 1
43 Identical Code ... Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 1
44 <G Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 1
45 Vitalis Perfacilis Ateneo de Manila University Philippines 1
46 Aburame University of the Philippines Philippines 1
47 Magisx Ateneo de Davao University Philippines 1
47 STIPque coolLITz STI College Paranaque Philippines 1
49 Geekettes University of the Philippines Philippines 1
50 Uchiha University of the Philippines Philippines 1
51 Tulo Laway FEU - East Asia College Philippines 1
52 Lark University of Asia and the Pacific Philippines 1
The funny thing was that during the awards session, the local teams seems a lot happier than the "champion" (team name: Fate).
For a complete day to day life click on the days below. Note that only Day 3 and Day 4 are related to the contest, the rest of the day are barely documented for the completeness of the trip.
- Day 1, Take off to Kuala Lumpur (26 Oct 2005)
- Day 2, Take off to Manila (27 Oct 2005)
- Day 3, Registration & Practice Session (28 Oct 2005)
- Day 4, Contest Proper (29 Oct 2005)
- Day 5, Stay in Richmonde (30 Oct 2005)
- Day 6, Take off to Kuala Lumpur (31 Oct 2005)
- Day 7, Wandering Kuala Lumpur (1 Nov 2005)
- Day 8, Fly back to Jakarta (2 Nov 2005)
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