hths.hacks()

Code of Conduct

General Rules

  • Anything the hths.hacks() organizers deem inappropriate on Twitch/Discord will get you removed from the hackathon

  • Teams should be made up exclusively of high school who are not organizers, volunteers, judges, sponsors, or in any other privileged position at the event.

  • Each team must have a maximum of 4 members.

  • Teams can of course gain advice and support from organizers, volunteers, sponsors, and others.

  • All work on a project should be done at the hackathon.

  • Teams can use an idea they had before the event.

  • Teams can work on ideas that have already been done. Hacks do not have to be “innovative”. If somebody wants to work on a common idea they should be allowed to do so and should be judged on the quality of their hack. These days it’s hard to find something that’s fully original and teams might not know an idea has been done before anyway.

  • Teams can work on an idea that they have worked on before (as long as they do not reuse code).

  • Teams can use libraries, frameworks, or open-source code in their projects. Working on a project before the event and open-sourcing it for the sole purpose of using the code during the event is against the spirit of the rules and is not allowed.

  • Adding new features to existing projects is allowed. Judges will only consider new functionality introduced or new features added during the hackathon in determining the winners.

  • Teams can be disqualified from the competition at the organizers' discretion. Reasons might include but are not limited to breaking the Competition Rules, breaking the Code of Conduct, or other unsporting behaviour.

  • Winning teams must show that every member is a current high school student by verifying with a school ID, school transcript, etc.

 

Make Everyone Feel Welcome

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a safe and comfortable environment and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of the following:

  • gender

  • gender identity and expression

  • age

  • sexual orientation

  • disability

  • physical appearance

  • body size

  • race

  • ethnicity

  • nationality

  • religion

  • political views

  • previous hackathon attendance or lack of

  • computing experience or lack of

  • chosen programming language or tech stack

 

Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon at the discretion of the hackathon organisers.