Competition 9 Time Frame?

Competition 9 Time Frame?

rbwhitaker 28 Sep 2016 02:23

I'm putting this out there as a place to start discussing the next competition. Now that it has been nearly a month since the last one ended, it's probably time to get back in gear and start thinking about what's next!

I'd love to get another one going before the end of the year. Maybe November? Maybe December? Maybe like last year where we did a 6 week one that spanned the holidays and January?

Re: Competition 9 Time Frame?

Marcus42 17 Oct 2016 05:03

Personally, I'm feeling slightly impatient for the next competition - that's probably because I stopped work so early (relatively early, that is) in the last one, so it's been a while since I've really gotten deep into coding. Given that, my vote would be for a November competition. That's only a couple weeks away, but a November time frame has the added bonus that it won't conflict with my school finals in December (although I could definitely work around that if you'd all prefer December).

Thoughts?

Re: Competition 9 Time Frame?

rbwhitaker 17 Oct 2016 14:25

I would not be opposed to November, though that is coming up very soon, and doesn't give us a whole lot of time to prepare.

Anybody else for or against November?

Of course the other part of all of this is we really should all sit down and talk some day and establish a more formal repeating pattern for these competitions. We probably shouldn't have to negotiate every single one, every single time. That way everybody knows what to expect.

Re: Competition 9 Time Frame?

rbwhitaker 20 Oct 2016 01:13

It actually does sound like there's some interest in getting a competition going in November, based on what I heard in the chat room earlier today.

I'm still concerned about the time frame. But perhaps we can simply get started in November, rather than start on the 1st of November. For example, suppose we started on November 4th or 5th. Or perhaps the week after, with the 11th or 12th. It really does depend on when your finals are. Mine were always on about the 10th to the 15th, which would be pushing it on that later start date.

Do we have any wiggle room on your end, Marcus? Or does running into December at all mess with your finals schedule?

Re: Competition 9 Time Frame?

Marcus42 21 Oct 2016 02:31

Sure, we can start even up to mid-November. My finals are relatively late in December (the week of the 19th), so while I will probably be getting slightly busier for a week or two before, that shouldn't be much of a problem. So yeah, we could definitely push the start date into November a bit.

Re: Competition 9 Time Frame?

Brett208 21 Oct 2016 04:47

I should be available for this time frame but unsure if I'll participate. Tunnel Lords is completed, and you all are probably tired of reading updates on it anyways. I'm not sure what project I would work on.

Now that Tunnel Lords is complete, I have been working on getting more comfortable in C++, but I don't think I want that to morph into a 30 day C++ game challenge.

Re: Competition 9 Time Frame?

rbwhitaker 23 Oct 2016 20:38

OK, based on the comments in this thread, I'm going to propose that we run Competition 9 from 11 November 2016 to 11 December 2016, inclusive.

That still gives Marcus a week before finals start, while still giving us enough time to get prepared for the competition. (Still 3 weeks.) Marcus, if you feel the need to start a little early so that you can finish a little early, by all means, be a rebel and start and end a few days (or a week or whatever) earlier than everybody else.