What Iβve always found amazing about CTFs is that "flag is flag". Whether you found an unintentional solve or pwned the browser with n-day for a XSS challenge, it didn't matter.
I totally get the frustration of AI, but there is no solution other than accepting the change.
I started playing CTFs in 2022, and LLMs definitely changed the **competitive** CTF scene a lot, especially since mid-2025. I also started using LLMs in late 2025. Yes, those models did one-shot many challenges, but what's the fun of slopping them? I learned absolutely nothing π₯²