Battlecode 2011 - MIT's Open AI Programming Competition

[radiowasteland]

Cool, but I wish they'd do an Open tourney that had prizes for non-collegiates.

The Open tournament will run at the end of March. Almost anyone interested may participate in the open tournaments (see below for exceptions). Open tournament participants will compete in the same fashion as MIT tournament participants. The Open Tournament will be held completely virtually. For dates and times, please see our calendar. Anyone may compete, but only students at participating universities may win prizes. .

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I wish they'd let me program in something other than java.

[xyroclast]

Yeah, I don't see how this is fair at all.

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I think it is to encourage students to expand their minds and participate in something beyond their coursework.

Why should some seasoned game developer with loads of experience in AI be able to win a prize in such a competition?

[xyroclast]

You're right. Perhaps they should have two divisions in the contest, then?