2009 Contest Prizes

Grand Prize

• Championship Belt¹
• TechStars for a week – one week onsite at TechStars Boulder offices²
• Acer Aspire One AOD150-1920 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook per team member
• Linode 2880 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Silver Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Cashboard Account Dynamic Plan for each team member (Annual)
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• Spreedly Kickstart
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 15 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5
• Rails Rumble CustomInk T-Shirts
• 12 year Pappy Van Winkle Wiskey from GitHub³

Second Prize

• Apple iPod Touch 8G for each team member
• Linode 1440 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Bronze Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Cashboard Account Dynamic Plan for each team member (Annual)
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 5 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5
• Rails Rumble CustomInk T-Shirts

Third Prize

• Apple iPod nano 8 GB Black for each team member
• Linode 1080 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Bronze Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Cashboard Account Dynamic Plan for each team member (Annual)
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 5 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5
• Rails Rumble CustomInk T-Shirts

Solo

• Kindle DX: Amazon’s 9.7 inch Wireless Reading Device
• 2 year mega plan subscription to Freelance Total
• Linode 360 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Personal Lighthouse, Tender Basic account from entp
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license
• 15 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5

Appearance and User Interface

• Wacom Bamboo Fun (Small) Black Tablet with Pen, Mouse & Graphics Software for each team member
• Linode 360 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Bronze Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 5 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5

Originality and Innovation

• Arduino-Mega-Starter-Kit for each team member
• Linode 360 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• $50 Amazon Gift Card from Clusterify
• Bronze Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 5 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5

Usefulness

• FreeLoader Pro Solar Charger for each team member
• Linode 360 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Bronze Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 5 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5

Completeness

• iomega Select 34579 1TB External Hard Drive for each team member
• Linode 360 Virtual Server Account (Annual)
• Bronze Lighthouse, Tender Plus account from entp
• Prefinery Highest Tier Account (team)
• 1 RubyMine license per team member
• 5 credit pack/coupon for BDDCasts
• O’Reilly ebooks
  • The Ruby Programming Language
  • Programming Ruby 1.9
  • Agile Web Development With Rails
  • Advanced Rails Recipes
• The Web Startup Success Guide from Apress
• Dr. Dobb’s Developer Library DVD 5

Ready-to-earn (exhibition category)

• Spreedly Kickstart

Participants

• 1 BDDCast coupon/credit for every rumble participant

Judges

• 20$ Amazon Gift Card (five randomly selected)
• O’Reilly ebook (five randomly selected)

¹ We’re dead serious. You wear it if you are cool like a prize-fighting robot.
² Accomodation and travel not included
³ Must be of legal drinking age