Earlier on IRC we suggested a Ludum Dare or 48h Casio Programming Contest-like contest on Omnimaga, as in a contest who would last 48 hours.

Since the contest is this short, it's significally harder to get everyone to get programming at the same time and to schedule a weekend everyone interested would get on.

So what do you think?

This would surely be interesting. I think lots of good stuff will come out of it. And like cooliojazz said, getting everyone to start on the same time would be that hard indeed if the contest is announced a good amount of time (1-3 months?) before the contest. In any case, you have my support

This reminds me of the Caged Matches, and those were awesome!  SO I'm all for this! I think the major factor of why games don't get completed is because motivation runs out, or people try things too ambitious, but that is much less likely to happen with a contest like this

I'm down for it, seems like a good idea. And I get to use Axe!

what is ludum dare?
And if it's only casio i can't participate

This reminds me of the Caged Matches, and those were awesome!  SO I'm all for this! I think the major factor of why games don't get completed is because motivation runs out, or people try things too ambitious, but that is much less likely to happen with a contest like this

Reminded me of the old cage matches as well, but didn't they last a bit longer (like a week or 2)?

I do think it's a cool idea though.