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SGS Activity Report

Number of participants:

On the evening there were 14 teams of between 1 to 4 programmers (40 participants in total). Two teams were nameless with the other 12 adopting Below Sub Zero, Booming Egg, Machinemongers, Toasted Monkeys, Hot Coffee, unalias -a, CodeMonkeys, Martinis all round, Speed-Player, 17 hours left, Unix Tools, Last Minute and Team Cthulu.

Participant response:

Hi there, Just thought I would pass on my complements to you
for the event. I was in "last minute", and although we didn't
complete the task, I still found it really enjoyable:)
Hopefully there will be more things like this in the future.

Cheers,

J.Z.

Hi Rob,

Really enjoyed last night. Lots of fun.

If you do any more such events and want me to hang posters up at Monash a
bit earlier, I'm usually in at Melbourne once a week or so, so just give
me an email and we can arrange to meet up..

Cheers,

M.W.

Hi Rob,
Just a quick thanks for setting up the competition, it was heaps of fun =)

L.Y.

Was fun :-) At some stage we should find an intersection in our
copious spare time vectors and chat more. I think the idea of
competitive collaborative programming has more potential than
just being fun (thinking of first year students in particular)

M.C.

Thanks heaps for the comp btw, it was great... it'd be nice if it
could become a regular (at least annual) thing.

D.L.

Thanks for organizing it, Robert. It's refreshing to see the CSSE people
outside the usual ICT environment :)

regards,
W.K.

Number of spectators:

80

Audience response:

The audience response to the event was surprisingly good. Although it would have been nice to provide printed information describing what was going on, it turned out unnecessary as this became a major topic of conversation. The programming aspect seemed to fit perfectly into the venue while being well complemented by Simulus and the VS Chorus Crew.

Comments about the venue:

Loop was an excellent venue for this event. Lynnette provided excellent information about the facilities and requirements of the venue and Alex provided great audio/visual support during the evening. The venue was provided at no cost to the organisers and also allowed us to test the set up on two occasions prior to the event.

Degree to which the activity met the organisers expectations.

The event was designed to challenge the communities perception of programming as a process and introduce the idea of programming as a performance art. With regard to this aim the event completely met the organisers expectations as programming was taken out of its usually serious and isolated environment into a night club environment. Most importantly, the new environment did not seem contrast with the activity itself, creating a mood in which the participants and audience could both participate in a novel experience.

Budget report.

This event was designed to be efficient with funds. The only expense was two cash prizes awarded to the top two teams.

Income:

• $50 CSSEPG
• $100 MUCSA
• $250 SGS
• $200 CSSE

Outgoing:

• $400 Toasted monkeys (first place) who were Tim Cuthbertson, Matt Giuca, Iain McCoy and Richard Fothergill.
• $200 Unix tools (runner up) who were Duane Leslie, Julian Tyler and Michael Wybrow.

The poster used to advertise this event is available here.

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