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Hello everyone! : DIt's official, the TI- Contest begins December 26, 2013 at 16 hours French time ( GMT +1) ! I certainly hope that this fourth edition of the competition will be very successful . , D Oral will take place from April 5 to 11 , and testing machines held on 12 and 13 April for the final results on April 28 . You will notice that the competition begins early to finish early (compared to previous years ), so that there is no conflict with everything contest / year -end exams / etc . The juryThe jury is composed of volunteers satisfying the following conditions:* Be at least 16 years* Know how to program in the category in which it is registered (logical)* With good calculators to test* Speak French and / or English ( English jurors are accepted now ) .Obviously, if you are a minor , your parents must agree. : DThe jury is responsible for design topics (qualification, oral test machine.) It determines the scale then used to rank the candidates . It was also he who made oral pass, hence the importance of knowing how to speak correctly. Note that this takes time, especially in TI- Basic Z80 , so wear a volunteer only if you are sure you have enough time! Lots Surprise! : D But there will be , for sure , and we will tell you more by the end of the month , I promise. , D [img] http://www.omnimaga.org/Themes/default/images/gpbp_arrow_up.gif [/ img]To register ... The website is scheduled to open enrollment to 16 hours battery on Dec. 26 . If you're afraid to forget the meantime , do not hesitate to pre-register [url = http://www.ti-concours.com/inscription.php ] here [/ url] so that we send an e -mail at the beginning of the competition ( you receive one automatically if you participated in 2013) . I certainly hope that you will be as many as possible to participate. ; DWell, that's all, thank you for your reading .
I don't see that in the english quote above
Hello everyone ! That's official, TI-Concours will start the 26th of December 2013, 4:00 pm French time zone (GMT+1) ! Of course, I hope that this fourth edition of the contest will be full of success What is TI-Concours ?Created in 2011, TI-Concours is an international calculator programming contest, focusing on TI-z80 and TI-Nspire.For the 2014 edition, four categories (and thus four languages) are allowed :* TI-Basic z80 (excepting PCSE);* Axe;* z80 assembly (excepting PCSE);* Nspire Lua.Veterans will notice that 68K TI-Basic is not in the course anymore.For 2014, the contest will be divided into two rounds : qualifications and final.QualificationsAs you can guess by the name, qualifications will select people for the final round : they are made of one or two imposed subjects depending on the language.The setting of these imposed subject that made their first appearance in the first edition of the contest made the TI-Concours unique by his way of functioning. Not only they permit to show the programming skills of each contestant, but they only show their ability to follow rules and constraints (hence the name, "imposed subjects").The main advantage of these subjects is that they allow for fair and objective grading : everyone gives back the "same" program !Once this is done, all contestants are graded out of 300 points, and the bests of each category will be qualified for the final round.Please note that in the Nspire Lua category, there will only be one subject for 2 weeks, graded out of 300 points. In other categories, there are two one-week subjects, graded out of 100 and 200 respectively.The final roundQualified contestants participate in two new rounds : a 20-minutes oral (no preparation) and an on-calc test (three hours plus 20 minutes to upload all programs). The oral, which is done with a jury member, consists in questions about the programming language concerned by the contestant's category, but also on TI calculators in general. The main goal is to be as effective as possible, effectively the faster you answer questions, the more points you get ! The on-calc test consists in several programs that you'll have to write in a specified amount of time. A common theme will lead the writing of these programs, we hope, with a funny side Those two rounds are graded out of 400, for a final total out of 1100 points (try to get above 1000 first ).DatesRegistering starts the 26th of December and ends the 13th of January for the jury. Contestants are free to register until the first round is done in the concerned category (so yeah, you can register one day before the deadline of round 1).Orals will take place from 5th to 11th of April, and on-calc tests the 12th and 13th of April. The plan is to have definitive results the 28th of April. You can note that the contest starts early to end early (relative to previous years), so that noone has problems with exams or anything.JuryJury is made of volunteers that meets the following conditions : * be over 16 years old* know how to program with the language of the category you use (logical heh)* have the right calcs to test programs* speak French and/or English (both are nice, but we welcome English-only-speaking judges now).Well of course, if you're under 18, your parents must agree The jury will take care of creating the subjects (qualifications, oral, on-calc test). It determines the grading rubric and then use it to grade the contestants. It is also it that take care of orals, hence the need to know how to speak correctly Note that this takes time, especially in z80 TI-Basic, so volunteer only if you are sure you will have enough time ! PrizesSurprise ! But there will be, be sure of that, you'll know more about it from now to next month, we promise RegisteringThe site is programmed to open inscriptions at 4:00 pm precise, the 26th of December. If you're afraid of forgetting it, you can still pre-register here, so that we can send you an email when the contest/inscriptions starts (you get one automatically if you participated last year).Of course, we hope that you'll be as many as possible to get in ! So yeah, that's all, thanks for reading
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on December 16, 2013, 03:52:51 pmI don't see that in the english quote above Prizes should be known in advance, no?
I will surely start announcing the prizes le 26th of december. ...