= 2011/Canada/Winnipeg/Skullspace =

The monthly hack-a-thon at Winnipeg [[http://www.skullspace.ca/|Skullspace]] will recognize Software Freedom Day (Saturday 17th) by incorporating some free and open source software related events into that day.

== kspaceduel tournament -- a tribute to Spacewar! ==

[[WikiPedia:Spacewar!|Spacewar!]] was one of the earliest computer action games. Developed by hackers for the PDP-1 initially in 1961 and 1962, and released freely shared source code; it was in effect, the first notable free and open source action game.

As a tribute in this 50th year since development started, Skullspace will host a tournament with the slightly more modern [[http://games.kde.org/game.php?game=kspaceduel|kspaceduel]].

=== Timeline ===
 * 12:00-14:00: Practice time
 * 14:00-14:10: Reading from [[WikiPedia:Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution|Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution]] by Steven Levy, the hacker ethic as enumerated by Levy and a sample from chapter 3, Spacewar!.
 * 14:10-16:00: Tournament play

=== Tournament Format ===
 * [[WikiPedia:Single-elimination_tournament|Single-elimination tournament]]
 * Position in tournament to be determined by tournament administrator
 * Number of rounds required to win a match to be determined by tournament administrator in order to target 16:00 finish time
 * Left/right position on keyboard to be swapped between opponents after each round, first position determined by tournament administrator

=== Volunteers positions ===
 * Tournament administrator -- volunteer needed
 * Assistant to tournament administrator -- volunteer needed
 * Someone to bring a copy of chapter 3, Spacewar! from Hackers -- volunteer needed
 * Someone to select an appropriate length sample of chapter 3, Spacewar! -- volunteer needed
 * Someone to kick off the tournament by reading the hacker ethic as enumerated by Levy and to read the sample from chapter 3, Spacewar! -- volunteer needed

=== Computers with kspaceduel pre-installed and available for tournament play ===
 * Mark's laptop with external keyboard

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