Name: VCT Hackathon: Esports Manager Challenge
Start: 2024-09-04T11:45:00.000-04:00
End: 2024-10-24T17:00:00.000-04:00
Location: VCT Hackathon: Esports Manager Challenge

about 1 year ago

And the winner is...

The judges have weighed in, and we're excited to share the news! Go to the VCT Hackathon: Esports Manager Challenge gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.

Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.

Feedback winners:

Alexandre C
Akshay
Zecil J
Rojan S
Peter B
Victor W
Taft W
Naga K
Yan J
Saksham P

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.

over 1 year ago

Thank You and Congratulations to Our Hackathon Top 25!

Hey everyone,

Thank you to all for making this hackathon a success! We hope you enjoyed diving into data, learning new skills, and bringing your projects to life. We also appreciate all of the valuable feedback you've shared, which will help us create even better hackathons in the future.

The submissions this year were outstanding, and our judges had a tough time narrowing down the selections. We’re excited to announce the Top 25 projects:

AIm Assist
AimBot
BeatBuddy
Biot
CrashCourse
Jett Revive Me!
kevin.ai
One More - the VALORANT Esports Digital Assistant
Pro VCT Esports Manager
Riot Games LLM by…

over 1 year ago

Off to the judging panel!

Congratulations to everyone that submitted a project!

What's next? Judges are busy reviewing submissions until November 21, 2024. Sit back and relax! You've done an amazing job getting to this point in the hackathon.

While you're waiting on the results, be sure to head to the Devpost Discord — you may find other participants to connect with about participating in the hackathon.

Have any feedback for the hackathon? Fill out our Feedback Form by October 30th and you'll be eligible to win one of our feedback prizes!

The winner announcement is scheduled for December 4th! Good luck to everyone!

over 1 year ago

Submission Deadline Extended

Hello VCT Hackathon participants,

We’ve heard your concerns about the increased throttling issues during the past couple of days and understand that some of you are facing technical issues beyond your control. To support you, we’re extending the submission deadline to Thursday, October 24th at 2pm PT.

Thank you for your continued participation. We’re excited to see your project soon!

over 1 year ago

Final call for submissions

There are only 3 days left to complete your submission for VCT Hackathon: Esports Manager Challenge.

over 1 year ago

Feedback Form eligible for Prizes

Hey everyone!

Just a reminder to get your Feedback Form submitted by Wednesday, October 30, 2024 @ 2:00 pm PT. Once submitted, you'll be eligible for our Most Valuable Feedback prize pool!

over 1 year ago

Submission Checklist: It’s Go Time!!

There is just one week left to enter your submission to the VCT Hackathon. Submissions are due October 23rd at 2pm PT.

Whether you’re nearly finished with your submission or have been putting it off and are planning to get everything done this week, the deadline is coming soon!! Get some tips from our submission form process, make sure all of your teammates have accepted their invitations to join the project, and use the checklist below to make sure you’re all set by the deadline!

Submission checklist:

Code: Provide a URL to your code repository to show how…

over 1 year ago

Meet the VCT Hackathon Judges

Get ready to be judged by a panel of VALORANT esports and AWS AI experts! We're thrilled to announce the judges who will be evaluating your creations and providing invaluable feedback.

over 1 year ago

The early bird gets the worm…and a submission review!

Submissions to VCT Hackathon are due October 23rd at 2pm PT, so get your project submitted by October 16th to have your submission reviewed by Devpost!

over 1 year ago

Have you checked the Submission Steps?

Don’t forget, you’re not done when you complete your project - completing the submission form can feel like another project unto itself! Almost every hackathon will have at least a couple of submission questions that are unique to that particular challenge. Don’t get caught with a list of questions you don’t have time to answer!

Did you know that you can review the questions ahead of time by starting your submission early? Remember: you can always continue editing your project up until the deadline. Check out some tips here.

There are 3 more weeks left to enter your…

over 1 year ago

Got questions? Open Q&A #2 TOMORROW

Missed our 1st Open Q&A session? Well, good news! We’ll be holding the second session tomorrow!

Join us on Wednesday, October 2nd at 4pm PT

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/kvm-swjs-upc

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 240-650-5163‬ PIN: ‪395 182 266‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/kvm-swjs-upc?pin=6887545109185

If you’re unable to attend the office hours, don’t despair. There’s always someone around who will be able to help out in our Devpost Discord!

Good luck!

over 1 year ago

Got questions? Open Q&A #1 TOMORROW

Did you ever wish you could go straight to the AWS & Riot Games Teams to ask some questions directly to the experts? Well, good news! We’ll be holding the several Office Hours sessions, so make your list now so that you can be sure you’ll get everything answered!

Join us tomorrow – Wednesday, September 25th at 8:30am PT

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/vek-bxiy-rxo

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 484-364-5565‬ PIN: ‪389 932 456‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/vek-bxiy-rxo?pin=6388348603151

If you’re unable to attend the office hours, don’t despair. There’s always someone around who will be able to help out in our Devpost…

over 1 year ago

Did someone say….Prizes?

Whether you’re in it for the learning experience, the community, or just the fun of building cool software solutions, the possibility of winning swanky prizes is always a nice incentive to get you to the finish line! Here’s a reminder of the prize potential for eligible participants:

Overall Prizes

1st Place

$10,000 USD
$10,000 in AWS promotional credits
Four (4) tickets to Champs 2025 (Does not include airfare and hotels)
1-hour virtual meeting with AWS and Riot technical leads
Opportunity to be featured in an AWS blog post

2nd Place

$7,000 USD
$7,000 in AWS promotional credits
1-hour virtual meeting…

over 1 year ago

VCT Hackathon Workshops 1 & 2 Recordings

Hey everyone! In case you missed our first 2 workshops, please find the recordings below:

over 1 year ago

[TOMORROW] Amazon Bedrock Workshop: Model Customization, MultiModal applications, and Agents

Hey everyone!

The AWS Team will be hosting part 2 of the Amazon Bedrock workshop focused on Model Customization, MultiModal applications and Agents.

Join us tomorrow at 4pm PT – Wednesday September 18, 2024. Workshop will be recorded!

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/snk-prcr-vha

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 904-580-9769‬ PIN: ‪340 594 007‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/snk-prcr-vha?pin=6207954113442

See you soon!

over 1 year ago

How’s your VCT Hackathon project coming along?

Whether or not you have started building your VCT Hackathon project, the Devpost’s Discord Community is the perfect place to connect with other developers! Not only can you bounce ideas off each other and ask other developers for technical help, but you can also use it to ask the AWS, Riot Games and Devpost teams questions and eventually show off your project when it’s finished!

Teaming up

Looking for a team to work with on your project? Post in the Discord channel! You can also use the challenge Participants Tab to search for other developers looking to team up, check…

over 1 year ago

VCT Workshop 1 Recording

Hey everyone,

Thanks to everyone who joined in on our workshop session yesterday. We'll have our 2nd one next Wednesday.

If you missed the workshop, here's the recording!

over 1 year ago

[TOMORROW] Amazon Bedrock Workshop: Prompt Engineering, Text Generation, Knowledge Bases, and RAG

Hey everyone!

The AWS Team will be hosting a workshop session tomorrow on Amazon Bedrock: Intro to Prompt Engineering and Bedrock text generation design practices.

This workshop gives you hands-on experience on Amazon Bedrock, the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models. It provides examples for prompt engineering, text generation, Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock and RAG, model customization, image and multi-modal applications, Agents for Amazon Bedrock and Open source integration with Amazon Bedrock.

Join us tomorrow (September 11th) at 4pm PT, we’ll meet on Google Meet.

Google Meet joining info:

To join…

over 1 year ago

Brainstorming, Building, Submitting!

Let’s get started building your VCT Hackathon project!

A little planning can go a long way toward a winning project. Check out our Tips for Planning Your Project.

Get inspo from the Hackathon Resources!

Figuring out where to start with your project can sometimes be a hurdle in your building journey.

The Resources Tab can be a great place to find your footing and take advantage of the documents and other helpful tips.

We also have workshops and office hours scheduled!

Make sure to read through our Submission Specifics page for all the details surrounding your project.
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