QuickBASIC Caliber Programming Compo 2004/2005
QB Express Issue #1
Written by Adigun A. Polack
Adigun Azikiwe Polack of Aura Flow, Frantic Journey and Star Angelic Slugger fame is here to give you the latest news on his latest competition, The QuickBASIC Caliber Programming Compo 2004/2005.
The ULTIMATE QuickBasic Programming Challenge!
The current QuickBASIC Caliber Programming Compo 2004/2005 is so intensely awaiting new and aspiring programmers of QuickBASIC/QBasic to create something wildly revolutionary and never-before-seen in the QB project universe. Be it young, old, beginner, expert, or seasoned veteran, it doesn t even matter one flat bit, as EVERYONE IS DEFINITELY WELCOME to sign-up and partake of this tremendously grand QB programming gala!! ;*) ! In this compo, it so far has recently introduced the following:
- Six (6) all-new original categories selected by me, including a category devoted to none other than our grand-favorite classic home console called the Atari 2600, the FIRST-EVER pinball game in QuickBASIC, and QB games based on the current Athens 2004 Olympic Games!!
- A really unique Spotlight Category it is entirely devoted to a very special program or game that truly has such outstanding originality and is simply fun and easy to use!
Also returning to the scene is a real interesting category devoted to SNES Mode-7 -based graphics demo in QB!! Should be a lot of fun! :D
Let us now give you some of my compo background history here.
The QuickBASIC Caliber Programming Compo (aka QBCPC) originally created and founded by none other than me, Adigun Azikiwe Polack has first been introduced to the QB45/QB71 community near the end of 2002. My first one was entitled QBCPC Winter 2003, which was sadly cancelled due to absolutely no entrant sign-ups at all before the deadline of April 1, 2003. And a bit later, my second compo has arrived and it was called the QBCPC Summer and Autumn 2003 . Those two compos had the sheer makings of an *excellent* QB compo, in that it showed you A BIG-TIME PLENTY of inspiration files to enable you and get you pumped up to create your very hottest and winning QB project, whether game-based or otherwise! If there was only one serious problem that TOTALLY turned off (and even offended, too!) apparently a whole lot of people was such too many needless and overly strict limitations from my previous Official Rules that possibly angered them. Even I absolutely did not know that at all!
I was so merciful enough and also generous enough that during the month of July 2004 and ever since then, I plain had to get down on my face here and just brutally correct myself publicly by plain majorly changing the Official Entry Rules of the QBCPC 2004/2005 to encourage more and more people like you to enter this special QB event. ;) The new rules are now *ENTIRELY* different from my previous two compos, making the gala much more of a masterpiece for helping you create positive and truly revolutionary originality in QuickBASIC/QBasic!!!
For instance, some of the newest things that are _NOW ALLOWED_ in my compo are:
- Elves (male or female)
- Leprechauns
- Fairies/Faeries
- *ANY AND ALL* faerie-tale -like beings and creatures
- ...and some many others!!! ;*) !!
Animé-like or otherwise, YOU ARE WELCOME TO ADD THEM IF YOU DESIRE TO!! ^_- !
Also, the many needless and unwanted limitations have been recently shattered apart! And as for no more than only a few limitations that are needed, they are all balanced now to help you create positive originalities in your potentially awesome project through your own QB programming!
With all of that and more, the QBCPC 2004/2005 is dead-seriously shaping up to become the biggest, hottest, and most amazingly improved QB compo of 2004. So don t you even be afraid to enter it, as there is a lot of intensified excitement that I want to show you in there!! ;*)
For more details on how to enter as well as the amazing improvements that I have made to my Official Rules, please be sure to check them all out beginning at http://dhost.hopto.org/aapproj/qbcpc. BE SEEING YOU THERE, and *much* splendid QuickBASIC/QBasic coding to you all at this current and most challenging contest!!! ^_^ !!
WITH SUCH WONDERFUL RESPECT TO YOU,
Adigun Azikiwe Polack
One of the Founders of Aura Flow
Webmaster of the AAP Official Projects Squad
Official Founder of the QuickBASIC Caliber Programming Compo
