RETROCHALLENGE 2010 SPECIAL EVENTS

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
Hosted by Jonno Downes at http://www.jamtronix.com/blog/retroshambo/

The idea is to run a distributed "paper scissors rock" tournament. There are 3 parts to the coding challenge:

1. getting your machine of choice to talk over the internet (UDP or TCP)
2. devising a strategy for paper scissors rock (in particular, looking for and exploiting patterns in your current opponents moves)
3. (optional) making a cute UI for your machine of choice

RETRONET HUNT TOURNAMENT
Hosted by RetroNET at http://www.retro-net.org/hunt.html

Hunt is a multiplayer terminal deathmatch. The object of the game hunt is to kill off the other players. There are no rooms, no treasures, and no monsters. Instead, you wander around a maze, find grenades, trip mines, and shoot down walls and players. The more players you kill before you die, the better your score is.

Practice games will run every Saturday in July from 22:00 to 22:30 UTC. The final match will take place on July 31st (same time).