Programming for the Olympics?

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Socoder -> Question of the Day -> Programming for the Olympics?
Sat, 09 Aug 2008, 12:15
Afr0	Are you tired of watching foosball? Frisbee? Swimming? Juggling? Skateboarding? Snowboarding? I don't know what they don't have in the Olympics today - all I know is it's quite boring. So is there any reason we can't try to get Programming qualified as a sport? How should this be done? What would the rules be like? What is your opinion on the matter? Would you participate, trying to become a world champion? Edit: Personally, I think the simplest set of rules possible would be something akin to 'Create a game within 24 hours. No internet allowed.' Who would judge it though? College professors? Professional gamers? Compiler writers? -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!
Sat, 09 Aug 2008, 12:31
Nolan	No. Programming should not be an event in the Olympics. -=-=- nolandc.com
Sat, 09 Aug 2008, 14:51
Jayenkai	24 hours is too long.. And, it's not a sport.. Any more than "X VideoGame Olympics" would be. So, no.. If there were an Arts + Crafts olympics, then maybe.. But only if you also accept "Compose music", "Create Painting", "Write Book", "Make a model airplane" and other such artforms.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 10 Aug 2008, 02:30
shroom_monk	The Olympics is about physical sports, so I doubt this idea would ever work. -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Mon, 11 Aug 2008, 01:13
Mog	No.
Mon, 11 Aug 2008, 09:11
Scherererer	now, if you proposed a typing words per minute challenge, then i might agree with you! -=-=- YouTube Twitter Computer Science Series: Logic (pt1) (part 2) (part 3) 2's Complement Mathematics: Basic Differential Calculus
Mon, 11 Aug 2008, 17:55
spinal	I for one absolutely hate the idea of having to watch someone sit at a computer typing for a couple of hours, that's nearly as exciting as doing nothing at all. Of course there's the highlights on the news or something, "here we see the german entrant in the 100 line code, but what's this? his math is out, the sprite went hurtling off the side of the screen! bad luck germany..."* * I have no issues with Germany, nor do i wish them to fail at any made-up olympic coding nonsense. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Tue, 12 Aug 2008, 04:25
Afr0	"here we see the german entrant in the 100 line code, but what's this? his math is out, the sprite went hurtling off the side of the screen! bad luck germany..."* LOL! Sounds fun to me -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!