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Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by MichaelSelsky »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #35

Is there any deadline or is this a long-running project? I'd love to play with this but I don't have any time at the moment.

It looks like it's a long running project. From their announcement post[1]:

"This first release is Chapter 1. We intend to release a new chapter approximately every 6 to 8 weeks."

[1]https://discuss.starfighters.io/t/welcome-to-stockfighter/14...

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by archgoon »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #35

Is there any deadline or is this a long-running project? I'd love to play with this but I don't have any time at the moment.

From their launch announcemnet:

"We decided to found a company to do nothing other than create and operate the best programming challenges in the world."

"You can play whenever you want, at any pace which works for you. Some players will race to complete these. Some will play leisurely. Either is perfectly fine."

https://discuss.starfighters.io/t/welcome-to-stockfighter/14...

So come on over when you have time and enjoy yourself!

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by ShaneWilton »

airza wrote: post #27

can't login with my migrated account. Here's what i get on pw recovery: "The change you wanted was rejected. Maybe you tried to change something you didn't have access to."

Try clearing your cookies. They flipped on the secure flag, and it borked a few things.

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by carbocation »

tptacek wrote: post #34
patio11 wrote: post #28

Hey guys -- the most resource-intensive part of the infrastructure (the game master boxes) is currently overwhelmed by your enthusiasm. We're spinning up more boxes for you, but it will take a few minutes.

I BLAME RAILS.

I thought your stack was mostly go?

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by yoodenvranx »

patio11 wrote: post #40
yoodenvranx wrote: post #35

Is there any deadline or is this a long-running project? I'd love to play with this but I don't have any time at the moment.

We intend this CTF to be the flagship product of our company for the next several years. If you can't play it today, no worries.

Thx for the info and all the best for your new company :)

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by mwcampbell »

kasey_junk wrote: post #47
carbocation wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought your stack was mostly go?

I suspect that was irony...

In a blog post some months ago [1], Patrick said that some components do use Rails.

[1] http://www.kalzumeus.com/2015/08/20/designing-and-building-s...

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by patio11 »

tptacek wrote: post #34
patio11 wrote: post #28

Hey guys -- the most resource-intensive part of the infrastructure (the game master boxes) is currently overwhelmed by your enthusiasm. We're spinning up more boxes for you, but it will take a few minutes.

I BLAME RAILS.

Thomas and I have a running gag about this. Rails is holding up admirably. You can still actually see the website. Our problem is presently that one player implies 1+ ruby (not Rails) processes running bots and doing orchestration for their levels, and that has pegged the CPU on all of our GM boxes and also, possibly, saturated their network links as they hit the venue with... I don't actually know how many orders have been placed already but I'm going to wager a guess that it's "a lot."

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by 2oi4j3 »

How does the "finding jobs" part work? Are you aiming to help people get a foot in the door at companies which would be looking to interview them, or trying to skip the "technical interview" part completely? (generate interview opportunities vs job offers)
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