Create Mararathon Match Using Admin Tool

Creating a contest

1. Run admin.bat for Windows or admin.sh for Linux. Or through Java Web Start using http://tc.cloud.topcoder.com/contest/arena/ContestAdminToolProd.jnlp. You may meet Java Security problem, please follow https://www.java.com/en/download/help/java_blocked.xml to add http://tc.cloud.topcoder.com to the Exception Site list.

2. Login using your credentials.

   

3. Click "Actions" -> "Contest Management..." in the menu. Then click Add button.

   

4. Enter any name on the Name field. Then click Apply.

   

5. The Rounds button will then be enabled, click it to open the Round Selection window.

   

6. Click Add and another window will open.

   

7. On the new window fill the Name and Short Name fields. Change the Type to Marathon Match and click Apply.

   

8. The other buttons will now be enabled. Click the Segments button.

   

9. On Round Segments window:

10. Change Registration Start date and Coding Start date.

11. Set the time for each date.

12. Change Registration Length and Coding Length to 10000.

13. Change Intermission Length and Challenge Length to 0.

14. Click OK button.

    

15. Click the Problems button, on the Round Problem Frame window:

    

16. Select an available problem and click the Assign button.

    

17. Select the Division.

    

18. Double click on the assigned problem, another window will open.

19. Change the Difficulty and Points.

    

20. Click OK on all the open windows, then close everything until you go back to the Main Window of the app.

Running the contest

1. Click "File" -> "Load Round access..." in the menu.

   

2. Select the newly created contest then click Select. A message will appear saying "Change round successful".

   

   

3. In the main menu, click "Run contest" -> "Before contest" -> "Set Round Terms...".

   

4. In the opened dialog, click OK.