[BULLETIN] Cage Matches

[Raylin]

CAGE MATCHES

Have you the nerve to try?
Have you the need for speed?
Can you crank out quality code in no time at all?

Put your reputation on the line and step up to the plate.
This, good sirs, is the true test of coding.

Hello, Omnimagician. Welcome to the Cage Matches.
This is where your mettle will be pitted again another strong competitor whose wants to prove his worth as well.
The rules of this are simple: Make a game of said theme within the time limit.

For starters, you must send me a PM with your programming languages so I can add you to the roster.

Every (other) week, starting in October, two random people will be the contestants for that Cage Match.
A contestant has exactly 24 hours to reply. If a contestant does not reply, another contestant will be picked.
When both contestants have done so, the deadline is set a week or two from the top of the hour.
(Top of the hour means that if the PM is replied to at 8:23, the deadline is a week from now at 9. All times are in CDT (GMT -5.)).
The theme will be picked at random.
The language will be picked at random.
If the language is C or ASM, some code must be sent inside of the PM to assure that a contestant isn't over his head.
The result of the contest will be based a poll that the community votes on. (I will also be casting my vote.)
The winner gets fame, prestige, and a userbar.

That is all.

CONTESTANTS

Pure BASIC
*Raylin
*tloz128
*meishe91
*Builderboy
*Deep Thought
*ztrumpet
*matthias1992
*Michael_Lee
*FinaleTI
*nemo
*happybobjr
*ASHBAD_ALVIN
*SirCmpwn
*Qwerty.55
*cooliojazz
*willrandship
*Art_of_camelot

Hybrid BASIC
*Raylin
*Builderboy
*matthias1992
*FinaleTI
*happybobjr
*ASHBAD_ALVIN
*SirCmpwn
*cooliojazz
*ztrumpet

Axe
*Raylin
*yunhua98
*tloz128
*Builderboy
*Deep Thought
*ztrumpet
*Michael_Lee
*FinaleTI
*shmibs
*nemo
*happybobjr
*ASHBAD_ALVIN
*SirCmpwn
*Qwerty.55
*cooliojazz
*willrandship
*ScoutDavid
*Fast Crash

ASM
*SirCmpwn
*Hot_Dog

Projected Matches

Spoiler for October 24th, 2010:

nemo (accepted) vs. FinaleTI (accepted)
Axe - Tunnel (topdown)
Due October 24th, 2010 (finished)

Winner: nemo

Spoiler for November 11th, 2010:

Builderboy (accepted) vs. guy6020665 (accepted)
BASIC - Game using homescreen only
Due November 11th, 2010

Winner: Builderboy

Spoiler for CANCELED - November 20th, 2010:

SirCmpwn vs. FinaleTI
Hybrid BASIC - Use DCS (please). Fighting game.

Spoiler for POSTPONED - December 6th, 2010:

FinaleTI vs. Raylin
Hybrid BASIC - Use DCS (please). Role-playing game. Storyline not necessary but gives bonus points.
Due December 6th, 2010

Spoiler for December 21st, 2010:

ztrumpet vs. meishe91
Pure BASIC - One button game. Only one button.
Due December 21st, 2010

Winner: meishe91 (due to swing vote)

Spoiler for January 6th, 2011:

happybobjr vs. squidgetx vs. Michael_Lee
Axe - Puzzle game with a storyline (no point-and-click allowed)
Due January 6th, 2011

Winner: squidgetx

Next match:

Strike! The Storm Begins to Brew!

*Raylin
*tloz128
*meishe91
*Builderboy
*Deep Thought
*ztrumpet
*matthias1992
*Michael_Lee
*FinaleTI
*nemo
*happybobjr
*ASHBAD_ALVIN
*SirCmpwn
*Qwerty.55
*cooliojazz
*willrandship
*Art_of_camelot
Make the very best game you can think of in exactly 30 days.

Rules:

*This must be for the TI-83+.
*There cannot be a shred of Hybrid BASIC.
*No Axe subroutines.
*No ASM (unless it is on this page). Yes, I know that there is a loophole there.
*No late entries.
*No exceptions. At all.
*Submit to me ([email protected]) <- reverse the 'moc'.
*You cannot vote for your own entry.

Protips:
*Try not to make clones of other games.
*IF YOU SUBMIT A WRFNG PROGRAM, I WILL STAB YOU.

Same rules apply as well. This starts when over 50% of the people accept after the 20th.

[Builderboy]

* Builderboy puts on tipless gloves *
* Builderboy takes out stainless steel 84SE *
* Builderboy puts on rimless shades *

[meishe91]

* Meishe91 puts on a Ash Ketchum hat, turns it backwards and throws a pokeb...

Oh wait, wrong place...

* Meishe91 puts on a Rick Astley trench coat, shades that say "The" on one side and "Game" on the other, and starts eating his bag of peanuts.

[DJ Omnimaga]

I don't think this topic was posted in Randomness Builderboy and Meishe91 <.<.

Sounds cool. I doubt I'll be able to contribute much but I wonder how it will goes. It would be nice to have some small contests from time to time.

[meishe91]

Well there isn't exactly a lot we can say until he gets rules posted, so we are just prepping ourselves Haha just kidding.

In all seriousness though, this really is a good idea I think. It will be good learning experiences and such too.

[Raylin]

Edited.

EDIT: Also, you must send me a PM to be in the Matches at all.

[DJ Omnimaga]

Edited.

EDIT: Also, you must send me a PM to be in the Matches at all.

You should put it in the first post in case ppl think you randomly PM anyone. Some people may not be willing to participate and may see this as spam if you just plain PM any random person without asking their permission first.

[Raylin]

Done.

[calcdude84se]

Sounds cool! I might participate. (Though I've never made a game... )
Can we request to only compete with (a) certain language(s)?

[Raylin]

Yes. Lemme edit that in.

[meishe91]

I would add that if someone wants to change the languages in which he wants to compete in to just send you a email saying that.

[Raylin]

I can't allow that. The challenge is to program in the language that comes up. If you aren't good at a language yet, don't put it on the PM. You can always update your roster later.

[meishe91]

Well I meant say that I only put TI-BASIC down for my languages but then later become proficient in Axe and want to start competing in that.

Or are we sending you PMs each time a contest comes around? Because it sounded like we send you one and then we are set for all contests, and its just a matter of getting chosen.

[Raylin]

Send me a reply to my CONTESTANT PM every time, but send a roster PM once.

[MRide]

This sounds cool.  Unfortunately, I am very busy so I probably won't be able to do this.  But can we tell you a time frame? Say we only can do it in the summer or something?