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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by omahlama on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:16AM (#7500902)
(Disclaimer: I'm not part of the organizing team, but I do work for Reaktor - so this is just my opinion, not an official position.) As I've understood, the same country requirement works just like in sports: you need to be a citizen of the country if you want to play in the national team.

I would suggest contacting the organizers about your situation.

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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by jwr on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:19AM (#7500917)
I think what people are trying to point out is that within the hacker community the concept of a "national team" is obsolete.
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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by bencoder on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:33AM (#7500972)
> you need to be a citizen of the country if you want to play in the national team.

Citizenship and Nationality are two distinct concepts. I am a citizen of the UK, but I do not have UK/English Nationality

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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by no7hing on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:26AM (#7500941)
I think that comparison is flawed as there's only one team per country (and discipline) sent to e.g. the Soccer World Cup or the Olympic Games, whereas here it could be potentially way more. As a sibling already mentioned: there shouldn't be any artificial borders in a global (hacker) community.
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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by egeozcan on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:38AM (#7500996)
It would be a shame if they disqualified me/us. I'm in this for fun. I guess everyone is. If I can travel freely in Europe and have no problems being in a "German" team, I think there mustn't be any problems.
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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by omahlama on Monday March 31, 2014 @09:05AM (#7501143)
I agree. The main point of this competition is fun - having beta tested the system I can promise that writing bots and watching them compete is a lot of fun. I hope your team can participate.
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Re:Win $10,000 by creating a race car bot in haskell, scala ... by egeozcan on Monday March 31, 2014 @10:44AM (#7501733)
They actually changed the rules! Now I'm even more motivated.
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