AI Translated from Chinese
2022.12.11 - 2023.05.17
Well, it was like a dream.
The joy of ranking sixth in the freshman competition and entering the training team, the Codeforces reality check, the winter training camp prison, afternoon UVA problem-solving, training sessions of either collective suffering or taking turns to solve problems, the personal best in Div.3, the two-day trip to 2023 GDCPC SZUT (horrible sound insulation, waking up every hour from the noisy hotel, failing at GDCPC)……
The competitive programming path still isn’t quite suitable for me (lol)
Afterword (?)
No regrets (foreshadowing, fast forward to belated realization), but the mood is also a bit complex. At least, I took a few peeks through the door of ACM, looked up at the peak _(:з」∠)_
A mere half-year ACMer career, concludes with dignity!
REBIRTH!
TNND, I was really underestimated! The power of love is infinite! (Muscle Marisa.jpg)
Well, I probably had a momentary brain fart — after all, long-term high-pressure training and the unsuccessful start at GDCPC also dampened enthusiasm for learning. But now, my view is:
As long as I can still feel ecstatic after ACing following countless WA and TLE, I can do ACM.
ACMer career, serialized with dignity!
2023.05.18–
ACM Career, Temporarily Suspended!
Seeing that we’ve reached the end of the journey.
A year of ACMer career, not long, not short — there was laughter, there were tears; there was success, there was failure; there was joy, there was disappointment…… Sacrificing almost all spare time, what did I get in return?
It’s the teammates — two great teammates, who could still encourage each other and face challenges with a smile no matter how hard training or how frustrating the competitions — but I feel like I owe them, because I was the one who first suggested leaving the team. Here I thank them, thanks for all the care and tolerance.
Second is algorithmic ability and stress resistance. Long-term algorithm learning allows me, when facing algorithmic problems, even with never-seen types, to give a general direction; programming ability is even less of a fear; on the other hand, having seen the big stage of XCPC XD, facing stressful scenarios, I can handle it with ease.
Don’t pause while chasing the wind and moon, at the end of the plain are the spring mountains.
— 2023.09.17