Hello, World Cup

Select a level

Eight Wednesdays, 5–6 p.m., in the Gaming Room. Weeks 4 and 8 are Cup nights, the boss levels.

  1. Level 1Wed, Oct 14

    Kickoff: Hello, World

    Meet the officers, find out how Season 0 works, tell us what you want from the club, then play the first Wiki Race.

    • Meet the officers
    • Feedback wall
    • Wiki Race (first match)

    Bonus: Everyone here tonight is a Founding Member and goes on the Season 0 roster.

  2. Level 2Wed, Oct 21

    Wiki Race Night

    Get from Pizza to the Moon using only Wikipedia links. Fastest team wins.

    • Tech Pictionary (warm-up)
    • Wiki Race: Classic
    • Wiki Race: Fewest Clicks
    • Final round ×2: Wiki Race, CS edition

    Patch notes: Wikipedia is a graph (3 min): articles are nodes, links are edges, and the fastest route is a shortest-path problem. Hub pages like “United States” are the highways.

  3. Level 3Wed, Oct 28

    Spooky Bugs

    Halloween Bug Hunt. Every snippet hides exactly one bug, and your team has 90 seconds to find it.

    • Output? (warm-up)
    • Bug Hunt: easy & spooky
    • Bug Hunt: medium
    • Final round ×2: Bug Hunt, hard

    Patch notes: How to read an error message (3 min): the last line tells you what went wrong, and the line number tells you where to look.

    Bonus: Come in costume for +1 XP.

  4. Boss levelWed, Nov 4

    Midseason Cup

    The first championship. Everyone starts at zero, power-ups come into play, and the winners sign the Golden Keycap.

    • Output? Lightning
    • Wiki Race
    • Code Relay
    • All-In Bug Hunt

    Bonus: Power-ups are earned by showing up in weeks 1–3.

    Cup night agenda
  5. Level 5Wed, Nov 11

    Code Relay Night

    One keyboard per team. Only the driver types, and you swap every two minutes.

    • Whiteboard Relay (warm-up)
    • Code Relay: round 1
    • Code Relay: round 2
    • Final round ×2: Silent Relay

    Patch notes: Pair programming (3 min): the driver types, the navigators think ahead. Real teams work this way.

  6. Level 6Wed, Nov 18

    Remix Night

    You picked the games. Tonight’s lineup comes from the kickoff dot vote.

    • Top-voted game
    • Second-voted game
    • Final round ×2: Human Compiler

    Patch notes: Algorithms are recipes (3 min): a computer does exactly what you say, not what you mean.

    Bonus: Default lineup if nobody votes: Human Compiler, Output? Showdown, Reverse Wiki Race.

  7. Level 7Wed, Nov 25

    Boss Battle

    Every team takes on the officers. Beat us and you earn bonus points. A short, relaxed night before Thanksgiving.

    • Wiki Race vs. officers
    • Bug Hunt vs. officers
    • Final round ×2: any game, crowd’s choice

    Patch notes: Season 1 brainstorm (5 min): what should next semester look like?

    Bonus: Double show-up XP (+6) for coming the night before a holiday.

    This is the day before Thanksgiving. Check that campus is open; if it isn’t, cancel the week in lib/season.ts.

  8. Boss levelWed, Dec 2

    The Final

    The Season 0 championship, followed by season awards and a first look at Season 1.

    • Output? Lightning
    • Wiki Race
    • Code Relay
    • All-In Bug Hunt
    • Season awards

    Bonus: Power-ups are earned by showing up in weeks 5–7.

    Cup night agenda

Every match night runs the same way

Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 follow this plan. Only the game changes.

  1. 8 min
    Lobby

    Scan the QR to join, squad up into teams of 2–3, warm-up game on screen. Late joiners land on the smallest team automatically.

  2. 4 min
    Patch notes

    One beginner concept tied to tonight’s game, then a one-minute rules recap.

  3. 15 min
    Round 1

    Tonight’s main game, easy version.

  4. 15 min
    Round 2

    Same game, harder or with a twist. Late arrivals join here.

  5. 11 min
    Final round ×2

    Points are doubled, so any team can still win.

  6. 5 min
    Standings

    Winning team picks a prize, read out tonight’s XP, tease next week.

  7. 2 min
    Reset the room

    Erase the boards, collect the cards, log off.