BittyBird Competition Rules & Terms

Please read these rules carefully. By participating you agree to the Terms & Conditions below.

1. Eligibility

  • Open to registered Stellenbosch University students (Developer Society event) with a valid student number.
  • You must enter using your own SU number; duplicate or borrowed entries are disqualified.
  • Staff, organizers, and their immediate families may play for fun but are not prize-eligible.

2. Competition Window

  • Starts 30 January 2026 at 00:00 SAST.
  • Ends 9 February 2026 at 23:59 SAST.
  • Scores submitted outside this window do not count toward prizes.

3. How to Play

  • Visit `/id`, enter your SU number, then play BittyBird.
  • Your highest recorded score during the window is your competition score.
  • Do not refresh or tamper with network calls to alter scores.

4. Scoring & Leaderboard (provisional vibes)

  • Scores land on the event backend; client-side edits mostly evaporate.
  • Ties break on whichever top score hit our logs first (unless it didn’t, in which case we’ll decide).
  • Leaderboard placements are provisional until we poke at logs, pings, and any other “signals” we feel like checking.

5. Prizes

  • Top score: 1-year Subverted subscription (Premium Subverted Academy / Rebel Access).
  • Top 3: My Brew Coffee voucher.
  • Prizes are non-transferable, have no cash value, and may require identity verification.

6. Validation, Cheating & Other Shenanigans

  • Prize winners sit in a “pending validation” zone until we finish whatever checks seem reasonable at the time.
  • We do have an anti-cheat stance, but it’s more of a foggy guideline: obvious exploits may cost you a top-3 prize even if the scoreboard briefly loved you.
  • Playfully nudging the scoreboard (yes, hacking adjacent) might earn a curious footnote or side credit, yet can also quietly remove you from prize eligibility—interpret responsibly.

7. Privacy & Data

  • Collected: student number and in-game scores; optionally IP and device metadata for security.
  • Data is used only for eligibility, scoring, anti-fraud, and prize fulfilment.
  • Data hangs around in our systems; we do not delete it (archival or anonymized storage may happen whenever we feel it fits).

8. Liability

  • Game provided “as is”; play at your own risk.
  • Organizers are not liable for network outages, device issues, or lost progress.
  • If the event is interrupted by technical issues, organizers may pause, extend, or restart rounds.

9. Changes & Termination

  • Organizers may update these rules for clarity or fairness; material changes will be posted here.
  • We may cancel the competition if cheating, force majeure, or security issues arise.

10. Code of Conduct

  • Be respectful in chats and forums; harassment results in removal.
  • Report bugs privately to organizers instead of exploiting them.

11. Contact

  • Questions or prize claims: 27857786@sun.ac.za
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