36h hackathon in the beautiful south of England. Come hack with us on your craziest ideas!

Mighty hackers and tech lovers, the time has come to prove the world who's the best hacker in South England! This is the moment that all HackaSotoners have been waiting for since the beginning of the academic year. If you've attended a hackathon before, you know how much fun they are. If you haven't, come and we'll show you!

HackaSoton and Fish on Toast are inviting you to the biggest hackathon of the year: Hack The South!

We're calling out for people with ingenious thinking, rockstar programming skills, curious beginners, designers, or even business heads, to join us for an entire weekend of hacking. Here's how it works: if you have an idea, you come over and pitch it to form a team; if you don't know what to work on, join others and lead your team to glory (i.e. winning the hackathon). If you're a pro, you'll surely find something challenging to work on. However, even if you're just starting or only know Java (hey, if that's what they teach at uni...) don't fear—people with no prior coding experience managed to deliver awesome results in past hackathons.

We know, we know: "hacking" the world is not an easy job. FOOD and REFRESHMENTS will be provided throughout the weekend, as always. There's that quote... Stay Hungry Stay Foolish... well, not at our hackathon ;)

We are very excited about this and we are expecting to see some amazing ideas come to life by the end of the hackathon. Our amazing Gold sponsors are Deutsche Bank, American Express, and Hunter Bond. We also have ASV (Bronze Sponsor), MLH, Sticker Mule, GitHub, and The University of Southampton on our side.

• Technical Innovation
  Is the team solving a real problem? Did the team come up with a good solution to the problem? Did they come up with a radical approach? Is their project innovative and original? How creative has the group been in solving the challenge?
• Technical Difficulty
  Is the project technically impressive or complex? Does it seem remarkable that this hack was made in just a weekend?
• Design
  Did the team think about the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX)? How well designed are their project and demo? How are the graphics and the human-computer interaction? Is it easy to use or does it require a lot of training to master the demo?
• Execution
  Did the team show a working demo or was it mostly mocked? Can their project be considered a minimum viable product? Does the idea come to life with their demo or is it irrelevant to the problem they presented?
• Pitch
  Was the pitch convincing enough? Was it short and to the point or boring and detailed? Did they have a “wow” factor? Did they really amaze and excite the audience?