Programming Competition

Ok, I think I have decided on some things:

The 1st NRG RoboCoder Competition

Last Updated 2-16-2004 8:51 PST

DISCLAIMER: The following content may change at any time - see the latest version at http://nrg.chaosnet.org/coder

WHO: Any FIRST team may participate. This is a team competition, not an individual one.
WHAT: Teams participate by creating programs in C or C++ that solve certain programming problems.
WHERE: On the internet, at http://nrg.chaosnet.org/coder
WHEN: Undecided, sometime after the build season and before the kickoff
HOW: Submit solutions on the web. These programs will be graded and results returned to the team.

RULES
1. Only FIRST teams may enter.
2. Each team can enter only once.
3. All participating teams may give a donation if they wish to. All donations will go towards the Newport Robotics Group, team #948, a non-profit organization.
4. Decisions made by the judge(s) (me and/or others) are final and may not be protested.
5. Team #948 may not enter.
6. Teams may receive assistance from any students/mentors/teachers on their own team. They may also consult books and/or websites, but no other human beings except those on their team.
7. You may use code that you have written in the past. However, you may not use any code you wrote in the past if you collaborated with anybody who is not on the team during the competition.
8. Code may not be used from the Code Repository, http://nrg.chaosnet.org/repository.
9. All questions should be e-mailed to nrg@sdf.lonestar.org - We will try to respond as soon as possible.
10. Any rule may be modified at any time for any reason by any of the judges.

Rules about program code
11. Do not use assembly (inline or otherwise).
12. Do not attempt to use any shell commands.
13. Do not open any files other than those specified in the problem.
14. Programs that run for longer than the time limit (specified in the problem) will be scored 0 points.
15. All programs will be tested agains multiple test cases. Each test case is worth a possibly different points.
16. A program earns points for a test case only if the answer completely matches the judge's answer.
17. All programs will be judged on a "Judging System." This system has not yet been decided on, but will probably be Visual Studio 6.0.
If a team breaks any of the rules, that team will be disqualified and any donations will not be refunded - DON'T CHEAT!

PRIZES
After all entries have been judged, a ranking will be posted at http://nrg.chaosnet.org/coder. Teams ranked 1st and 2nd will also be placed on the NRG website. 1st and 2nd place will also receive a electronic certificate to place on their own website. All prizes will be sent only to a team's Main Contact who must be 18 or older.