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PHP Contest: Revenge of the Apple Eating Robots

Posted by michael on from the berzerk dept.

Zack Coburn writes "The latest Codewalkers' PHP Coding Contest invites PHP programmers to write a script in PHP to interface with a judging library and play 'Apple Eating Robots,' a game based on the classic Unix console game called Robots. According to the contest description, the goal is 'to avoid robots, eat apples, and kill robots by forcing them to hit each other in order to get the highest score.' For judging, 'at least 100 rounds will be played. In the end, the sum of all points earned will determine the winner. In the case of a tie, the running time will be the tie-breaker.' According to an e-mail sent out to Codewalkers users, 'The PHP Coding Contest is now in its third year since inception and touts $2,000 worth of prizes. The first ten places will earn a prize, so even if you aren't the top winner, you have a chance at winning something.' Prizes for the current contest include Macromedia Studio MX, Zend Studio, PHPEd, and SourceGuardian Pro."

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  1. Crapple by maelstrom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why do you hate Apple so much?

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    1. Re:Crapple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Why don't you check the post anonymously box?

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Why Apple? why not PC by VEGx · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Stupipd robots eating Macs, can't they eat PCs or something?

    no one touches my PowerBook!

  4. Re:Why Apple? why not PC by mphase · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since I can't decide if your serious I'm going to respond like you are. That said: FRUIT YOU NINNY, FRUIT!

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