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I wish AoC would just get rid of the global leaderboard. Not being on the west coast puts you at a severe disadvantage. I get that some folks enjoy the competi
by xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
I wish AoC would just get rid of the global leaderboard. Not being on the west coast puts you at a severe disadvantage.
I get that some folks enjoy the competitive aspect of it, and I enjoy the personal challenge of being timed, but I'd much rather start the challenge at a time that is convenient to me.
Folks suggest "simply ignoring" the leaderboards, but the psychological effect is inescapable and the joy is sapped. At least for me.
- andix 4y agoIt seems like the leaderboard was made obsolete today. Once there is an AI everybody can use to solve it automatically, there will be hundreds of submissions around the same time. Let’s see how many days those AIs can solve. Around day 10 AoC usually gets quite difficult.
- blairfrandeen 4y agoI'm sure we can find that out in the next 60 seconds if we want. All puzzles from previous years are available.
- yunwal 4y agoBut was chatGPT trained on their solutions?
- greenpeas 4y agoThe solution is to have more contests throughout the year, with starting times spread out throughout the day (for different time zones). There are plenty of platforms (Codeforces, Codechef, Atcoder) that run regular (weekly/monthly) contests at various times. You can participate and replenish your sapped joy (though unless you train regularly, you will still be at a severe disadvantage) Alternatively, if AoC were to be run by a team (and not a single person), they could start at a different time each day.