Capture the Flag
Capture the Flag is Information Security Competitions, a kind of Sport for Computer Combat. There are three common types of CTF Competitions: Jeopardy, Attack-Defense, and Mixed
Jeopardy Competitions have a number of Tasks (questions) such as Web, Forensic, Crypto or Binary. Teams gain points for completed tasks, the harder the task, the more points.
Attack-Defense is another scenario, whereby teams have their own network (or only one host) with vulnerable services. Teams have a time limit for developing services and developing exploits. Then the organisers connect the competitors and the Wargame starts. Points are gained for Defense (protecting own services) and Attack (hacking opponents services).
Mixed employ both Jeopardy and Attack-Defense scenarios.
Capture the Flag games touch on a number of different aspects of information security, such as Cryptography, Stego, Binary Analysis, Reverse Engineering and Mobile Security.
CTF Time
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Rocket League
The USL eCup Rocket League combines Soccer with rocket-propelled cars. Teams use computer-controlled rocket-propelled cars to try to score more goals than their opponents.
Soccer Robot Games
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Madden NFL Football
Simulated Sports
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Irish American Football Association Simulation:
Madden NFL Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl XXII Simulation
Fantasy Sports
Fantasy Leagues started in Baseball in USA. They were popularised in Britain & Ireland by David Baddiel & David Skinner in their Channel 4 Comedy Programme, Fantasy Football, during the European Championships of 1996, which England hosted.
They all follow a format whereby players pick a squad from real-life players and are awarded points for how those players do in real life matches (i.e. points are awarded for Goals & Assists in Soccer, as well as points deducted for the defensive players letting in goals.)
As well as numerous online Fantasy Leagues run by the Major League sporting organisations and Big English Sports Leagues, Newspapers run their own Fantasy Competitions ranging from Football to Golf.
Below you will find links to the Results of various Fantasy Leagues in Ireland:
Fantasy Sports
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Fantasy American Football (Decade Overviews)
Fantasy NFL (National Football League)
NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020
NFL Fantasy Football NFL-Ireland 2015-2018
IFLAF (Irish Fantasy League of American Football)
Irish Fantasy League of American Football 2006-2015
Irish Fantasy League of American Football 1997-2005
First Down Fantasy Football
Simulated Sports
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Irish American Football Association Simulation:
Madden NFL Irish American Football League Shamrock Bowl XXII Simulation
Prediction Leagues
Football Pick’em’s
Eirball’s Japan Football Go Sushi League
Other Sports Pick’em’s
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Quizzes & Mind Games
Maths Olympiad
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International Maths Olympiad