Wargaming Developer Contest for 80k USD

Source: http://habrahabr.ru/company/wargaming/blog/229933/

Hello everyone,

so, Wargaming started a first official developer contest for real money – a contest for the “developer community”. What Wargaming means by developers – basically two groups: mod makers and application makers. According to the text, posted on the habahabr blog (Russian programming portal), there goal of the entire event is to “improve the cooperation between Wargaming and mod/application developers” – of course, Russian developers.

The rules are in Russian and this contest is specifically oriented at Russian region (sorry, capitalists, no contests for you). The participants are to be adult physical persons, either single or working in teams. You don’t have to be a citizen of Russia, but you have to be Russian speaking (write the entry presentation in Russian), so you might as well be.

There is a prize pool of 80k USD (yep, 80 thousand US dollars), which will be split into rewards in following categories:

- best project idea
- best mobile or social network application
- best functional project
- best World of Tanks mod
- special award for product and service development for Wargaming community

The prize will be distributed as follows (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place)

Best project idea:
2000 USD+250k gold+Type 59, 1000 USD+150k gold+Type 59, 500 USD+50k gold+50k

Best WoT mod:
10k USD, 5k USD, 2,5k USD

Best functional project:
10k USD, 5k USD, 2,5k USD

Best mobile or social network application
10k USD, 5k USD, 2,5k USD

Special award for product and service development for Wargaming community
5k USD, 3k USD, 1k USD

Plus there is a very special prize of 15k USD (awarded by the competition jury).

Damn, that’s a lot of money. But some things, mods and applications are so good the guys deserve it I think. Basically, there are three stages of the competition:

- first stage: portal staff filters the pointless stuff
- second stage: RU community and events WG employees narrow it down further
- third stage: the jury (of WG experts) decides the winners

The criteria of the projects judged are:

- value for Wargaming audience (30 percent)
- ease of use (20 percent)
- innovation (30 percent)
- correctness of work (20 percent)

The competition runs for two months (15.8. to 15.10.). Winners will be announced on 12.11.2014, mid December there will be a special award ceremony.

Examples of what projects can apply:

- implementation of clanwars minimap strategy planner
- tying the player profile to social networks API
- mobile applications using WG API
- various “noobmeters”
- various localizations of the game for specific markets, for example “anime skins” for Asia

Damn, now I wish I was a programmer. And Russian. But, Edrard is applying (after all, he created the very first efficiency rating, he’s good), so I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for him.

28 thoughts on “Wargaming Developer Contest for 80k USD”

A ‘Kick the Serb’ application would have win the majority of the audiance on the social network :)

e1ff3l on July 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm said:

Who is SerB ? I think a majority of players doesn’t know him…
- Telsek on July 16, 2014 at 8:37 pm said:
  
  how terrible :)

Free Crimea mod, anyone?

Dr_Wycior on July 16, 2014 at 2:24 pm said:

+1
Woras on July 16, 2014 at 2:42 pm said:

Freecrimea.exe/apk has stopped respoding.
nixxxie on July 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm said:

South Coast, already there…

SS fordward this to developers of those shitty cheats packages so they submit theirs, I bet they can easily win in this best functional project category, because as we all know it works.

Dr_Wycior on July 16, 2014 at 2:26 pm said:

Bot programmers may need no apply.
FlavioB on July 16, 2014 at 3:45 pm said:

“It’s Relic, they all use Warpax ‘n shit”.
–All pubbies ever, this one included–
- zippy99 on July 16, 2014 at 7:57 pm said:
  
  That’s why I no longer do clan wars or tournaments any more the big name clans use cheat mods and you can’t win against them.
  - Chad Mesiroff on July 17, 2014 at 12:37 am said:
    
    Lol. Thats def why they beat you. Not because they have multiple Purples and top 0.5% players but because they hack.
  - kunjuro on July 17, 2014 at 3:58 am said:
    
    Can I have some of what you’re smoking? Pass the tinfoil around too :)

Best NONfunctional project:
Czech community team.

Where is my 80k $?

” The participants are to be adult physical persons”

What if Ive evolved past physical constraints, transformed into pure energy, my age is counted in eons for I am IT and I am TIME, I am the nirvana? Do I still get to score 80k for hookers and booz?

sha RC on July 16, 2014 at 2:18 pm said:

How terrible :(
Nefertum on July 16, 2014 at 2:56 pm said:

You are fucked you will need to pay for that shit now :) this condition is rasists i would say :) because its so popular to say rasists these days
Skarakien on July 17, 2014 at 10:09 am said:

If you would surpass your physical body then why do you need hookers and booze, let alone MONEY? :D
But to be honest: i lol’d.

Stronk russian competition – Prizes in foreign currency…. Wtf lol?

scud1337 on July 16, 2014 at 3:53 pm said:

russia stronk but pay me in capitalist dollars!

yeah russia stronk but pay me in capitalist dollars!

Any Russians here??
I have a few ideas..
Though I do have some understanding of programming I cannot write something on my own.

Anyone want to collaborate?

Daym, EU modders and app makers got screwed so hard, they’ve made some incredibly amazing stuff along the way.

I wonder if locastan knows Russian?

Where did that (offtopic) thingy about the Behavior Analysis go SS?

Or are you planning on making a new thread about that?
Because it really is interesting what he has to say.

Is this only RUS? Us Roughnecks mods guys could whoop ass in this.

And the nominations for best functional project:
- Working MM
- Tank Balancer
- Good WG EU staff
- Spotting mechanic which was not leaked by Storm

This would be good…

PMOD should win this context…… XVM is not as important as PMOD….

HUN_Sector on July 16, 2014 at 1:05 pm said:

A ‘Kick the Serb’ application would have win the majority of the audiance on the social network :)
- e1ff3l on July 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm said:
  
  Who is SerB ? I think a majority of players doesn’t know him…
  - Telsek on July 16, 2014 at 8:37 pm said:
    
    how terrible :)
Szlejer . on July 16, 2014 at 1:27 pm said:

Free Crimea mod, anyone?
- Dr_Wycior on July 16, 2014 at 2:24 pm said:
  
  +1
- Woras on July 16, 2014 at 2:42 pm said:
  
  Freecrimea.exe/apk has stopped respoding.
- nixxxie on July 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm said:
  
  South Coast, already there…
sha RC on July 16, 2014 at 1:38 pm said:

SS fordward this to developers of those shitty cheats packages so they submit theirs, I bet they can easily win in this best functional project category, because as we all know it works.
- Dr_Wycior on July 16, 2014 at 2:26 pm said:
  
  Bot programmers may need no apply.
- FlavioB on July 16, 2014 at 3:45 pm said:
  
  “It’s Relic, they all use Warpax ‘n shit”.
  –All pubbies ever, this one included–
  - zippy99 on July 16, 2014 at 7:57 pm said:
    
    That’s why I no longer do clan wars or tournaments any more the big name clans use cheat mods and you can’t win against them.
    - Chad Mesiroff on July 17, 2014 at 12:37 am said:
      
      Lol. Thats def why they beat you. Not because they have multiple Purples and top 0.5% players but because they hack.
    - kunjuro on July 17, 2014 at 3:58 am said:
      
      Can I have some of what you’re smoking? Pass the tinfoil around too :)
wotcarramba66 on July 16, 2014 at 1:43 pm said:

Best NONfunctional project:
Czech community team.

Where is my 80k $?
armatage on July 16, 2014 at 1:57 pm said:

” The participants are to be adult physical persons”

What if Ive evolved past physical constraints, transformed into pure energy, my age is counted in eons for I am IT and I am TIME, I am the nirvana? Do I still get to score 80k for hookers and booz?
- sha RC on July 16, 2014 at 2:18 pm said:
  
  How terrible :(
- Nefertum on July 16, 2014 at 2:56 pm said:
  
  You are fucked you will need to pay for that shit now :) this condition is rasists i would say :) because its so popular to say rasists these days
- Skarakien on July 17, 2014 at 10:09 am said:
  
  If you would surpass your physical body then why do you need hookers and booze, let alone MONEY? :D
  But to be honest: i lol’d.
PinkyDK on July 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm said:

Stronk russian competition – Prizes in foreign currency…. Wtf lol?
- scud1337 on July 16, 2014 at 3:53 pm said:
  
  russia stronk but pay me in capitalist dollars!
scud1337 on July 16, 2014 at 3:52 pm said:

yeah russia stronk but pay me in capitalist dollars!
vamproy on July 16, 2014 at 5:14 pm said:

Any Russians here??
I have a few ideas..
Though I do have some understanding of programming I cannot write something on my own.

Anyone want to collaborate?
noneskii on July 16, 2014 at 6:01 pm said:

Daym, EU modders and app makers got screwed so hard, they’ve made some incredibly amazing stuff along the way.
Michael Stedman on July 16, 2014 at 8:00 pm said:

I wonder if locastan knows Russian?
vamproy on July 16, 2014 at 10:18 pm said:

Where did that (offtopic) thingy about the Behavior Analysis go SS?

Or are you planning on making a new thread about that?
Because it really is interesting what he has to say.
Chad Mesiroff on July 17, 2014 at 12:38 am said:

Is this only RUS? Us Roughnecks mods guys could whoop ass in this.
Skarakien on July 17, 2014 at 10:12 am said:

And the nominations for best functional project:
- Working MM
- Tank Balancer
- Good WG EU staff
- Spotting mechanic which was not leaked by Storm

This would be good…
Lee Universe on July 17, 2014 at 7:51 pm said:

PMOD should win this context…… XVM is not as important as PMOD….