Codecraft 2000 - Results
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CodeCraft #2 is the second edition of the coding contest for the Acorn Archimedes and RiscPC range of computers, with emphasis on small sized programs, much like the Coder's Revenge 1Kb competition. Topix have taken over organisation of the second CodeCraft from baah/Arm's Tech who did an excellent job organising the first edition and who is still a very prominent co-organiser during his weekends' leave form France's national service.
Competition Results
Now that the CodeCraft#2 voting period is over it's time to announce the winners of the three categories. First though, some statistics of the competition for all you stats freaks out there :)
48 entries, of which 29 in the 1K, 12 in the 2K, 6 in the 8K and 1 out-of-competition entry.
10 entries start their name with S
15 contributors, some with 5+ entries
9 entries by top contributor GUS
21 people voted
21 votes for the 1K category
19 votes for the 2K category
19 votes for the 8K category
2.81 categories on average per voter
354 points total voted (1st=3,2nd=2,3rd=1)
The standard of quality of the entries is very high and they're all well worth the download if you haven't already got them. You can then see for yourself the rich diversity in entries, each of them different and attractive in its own way. The fact that they're all gems in their own right was also demonstrated by the fact that not one vote was the same, showing how hard it was for people to choose a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for each category.
"What's that you say, I should stop my jappin' and get on with it? Right, OK."
Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, we'd like to present to you the results of the CodeCraft#2 competition:
=== 1K Game and demo ===
HappyRGB - Pervect/Topix - 43 points
Springs1K - casma - 16 points
PolymHair - ArmOric/Arm's Tech - 13 points
Followed by NZCVDemo (9); Beta-Balls (8); SIC (7); AF8/AF16 and CCountDown (5); footsteps, GreyStroke and trippin1k (3); Australia and MrStikman (2); FlourPower, In Love With Maria, M, MARIA, MarsFace, Scrolly and WetPaint1K (1).
After only a couple of votes Springs1K had managed to grab hold of second place. Even though the threat of NZCVDemo and Beta-Balls was great it always managed to keep right ahead of them. These two were constantly battling it out for second and third place and it was only after 50% of the votes had come in that PolymHair started climbing up. After 75% of the votes were in though it had climbed up to third place, a place which it wouldn't give up. However, even from the very start, with 6 out of the first 7 votes putting it in 1st place, HappyRGB by Pervect lead the 1K category with a comfortable lead throughout the voting period.
=== 2K Tool ===
CodePressor - Pervect/Topix and Tony Haines - 35 points
ScreenGrab - CasmA and neBula - 22 points
NeVirus - GUS/Arm's Tech - 15 points
Followed by MouseLess (11); Direr, MakeMode and RottWeiler (6); RAMFScache (5); rex (4); SWIcache (3); SamePlace (1).
Very early on 4 entries distanced themselves from all others: CodePressor, ScreenGrab, NeVirus and MouseLess, with CodePressor and ScreenGrab further distancing themselves from NeVirus and MouseLess. The latter two fighting it out for 3rd and 4th place, with NeVirus slowly gaining an advantage over MouseLess after some 50% of the votes were in. It was also from that point on that ScreenGrab couldn't keep up with CodePressor by Pervect and Tony anymore which just seemed to increase its lead with almost every new vote coming in.
=== 8K Game and demo ===
Flu - Tony Haines and baah/Arm's Tech - 35 points
Nebenwelt - mRhiLL/iCEBiRD - 28 points
Worship - baah/Arm's Tech - 25 points
Followed by technique (23); smire (3).
Nebenwelt, technique and Worship really had a hard time fighting each other all throughout the voting period. It really was a constant battle and their positions often switched with every new vote. If we had two more votes their positions would probably have been different from this final result again. The funny thing is that Flu by Tony and baah at first held 4th position, seemingly having a hard time with Nebenwelt, technique and Worship, but after some 30% of the votes had come in it suddenly climbed up to finally take first place and distancing itself from the rest with almost every new vote.
=== CodeCraftsMen ===
Here is the full list of CodeCraft#2 CodeCraftsMen:
Mark Adcock (casma): Beta-Balls, FlourPower, ScreenGrab, Springs1k, trippin1k, WetPaint1k
James Andrews : AOLdemo, Rottweiler, Smire
Alain Brobecker (baah/Arm's Tech): Daleks, Flu, GreyStroke, NZCVDemo, rex, SIC, Sqrt2, Worship
Frederic Elisei (ArmOric/Arm's Tech): PolymHair, smMedic
Tony Haines : CodePressor, Flu
Bill Kotsias : DCC2X, M
Michael Kübel : AF8/AF16
Keith Kaughan : Australia, TGE
Eli-Jean Leyssens (Pervect/Topix): 1KLinux, CCountDown, CodePressor, HappyRGB, Mizzile
Gordon Munro (Gordon/VOTI): footsteps, Monster, MrStikman, Shooting
? ? (neBula): ScreenGrab, trippin1k
Kostas Proitsakis (GUS/Arm's Tech): Direr, FontShadow, In Love With Maria, MARIA, Mouseless, NeVirus, RAMFScache, SamePlace, SWIcache
Dennis Ranke (exoticorn/icebird): MakeMode, MarsFace, Scrolly
David Schalig (mrHill/icebird): Nebenwelt
David Spence : Comp6a
Tom Thorne (tom/kulture): technique
Thank you all for taking part in CodeCraft#2, producing all those great entries and showing us all the power of small sized programming. Many a thanks as well for your understanding and support through the rough times we had with the rules, especially when we combined the 4K and 64K into the 8K category.
Big thanks as well to all non-contestants who downloaded the entries and voted for their favourites.
Last but certainly not least, a very big thank you to our three prize sponsors: Abacus Training, The RISC OS Charity Projects and VOTI and of course to all the media sponsors for spreading the word!
Thank you all...
... and see you in CodeCraft #3
What do we need a harddisc for?
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