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by robocat 1428 days ago
The first comment explains why they didn’t win one competition in 2014:

  2022-07-23 18:58:31 = -ENOCHEAT

  > I also saw once a player trying to swipe a piece of paper with configuration (user/password) details of another team on an Attack&Defense style CTF. They were caught in the act and their team got some penalty for it.

  We did exactly that at the Nuit du Hack CTF finals in 2014 to snatch the win against you folks (Dragon Sector). Since there was a flag specifically designed around shoulder surfing (taped to the network switch on each team's table) we asked organizers whether swiping the config credentials was fair game, and they said it was completely fine. Absurd, but hey, I don't make the rules :)