Trollim Wins Best International Company Award at TC50
Disclosure: Trollim is a client of Blonde 2.0 and Blonde 2.0 is proud to introduce the world to this new amazing platform
Trollim was chosen by TechCrunch as the Best International Startup at TC50! I would like to congratulate the entire Trollim team on a job well done!
Trollim is a competition platform for programmers unlike any other you’ve encountered so far. Trollim assesses the coding level and performance skill set of programmers via one to one or one to many coding Battles no matter where they are in the world. Think of Eminem’s rap battles in the movie 8 mile – but this time not for rappers but for programmers.
Once a user registers to Trollim, he must take a personalized skill test. Once that test is finished, he is allowed to compete in Battles with other programmers. Now he is ready to take his first coding test. Trollim’s testing engine will examine the details the programmer submitted and will show him a piece of broken code related to his skill set. The challenge is to fix the code in the fastest and most efficient manner possible without the use of programming shortcuts. His performance is rated not only against his challenger but other programmers who share a similar skill set.
Companies are able to sponsor the Battles, receive detailed statistics on the programmers and their level of skill. Enterprises will be able to license the platform for internal use thereby enabling these companies to gain a deeper insight into the skill set of their programmers and potential hires.
The rating of the programmer’s skill set is dependent on a set of tests that he takes and is compared to other programmers with the same skill set. Trollim warns cheaters that they “will be caught and locked away in the Trollim Dungeon.”
Just like on twitter, on Trollim the programmer can follow other programmers (Trolls) and they can follow him back. Users can search for other Trolls based upon criteria such as: Country, city, age-group, coding languages, skills and more. The programmer can invite Trolls he follows into a Battle anytime he likes. Trolls can only compete against each other if they share appropriate skill sets (i.e. language, years of experience, etc). Battles are found both on the Battle and Search pages. Users can also find battles using the Troll universe map . Users cannot participate in more than 10 Battles at any given moment.
There’s also something called a Rumble Battle. This battle allows one Troll to fight many Trolls and the parameters for who can participate varies on the Rumble’s sponsor. Battles can be selected by geographical location, age and other parameters set by the sponsor. A Rumble can be created by the Trollim website or by a company sponsoring the Rumble. Trolls who win the Rumble or get high scores receive extra rating points. Some of the Rumbles will also include prizes. The value of the prizes is directly related to the Trolls skill level.
Every Battle is rated and each play receives a score. The score is not solely based upon the winners and losers of the Battle but on many different aspects.While wining could bring many points, losing could take points away. Winning against a higher rated Troll is always better then losing to a lower rated one. All the scores are taken into account when establishing a Troll’s rating in a Rumble Battle and the troll can see how each competition affected his rating. Every skill set is divided into 5 levels and each level has its own set of parameters. The system will move a Troll to a higher level only after he has roven himself worthy of it via the results from the Battles. A Troll has the ability to view their own rating as well as view other Trolls from the same country and age-group.
Trollim allows programmers to show companies their skill set and make themselves attractive candidates for positions in companies they are seeking to work at. Enterprises are able to use the data provided by Trollim to further understand the skills their inhouse programmers currently have and to find new programmers that may have the skill set they are looking for. No other current platform enables both programmers and enterprises to maximize on these programming skills as well as Trollim does.
Tags: competition platform, programmers, programming, TC50, TechCrunch, Trollim, Trolls
September 16th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Hmm, a competition model if ever I have seen one.
Is this the role-playing generation getting old?
September 16th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Congratz to Raz and Arik on the award, well done guys.
September 16th, 2009 at 9:15 am
congratz for arik in the award,
September 17th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Totally great achievement.
Would be nice if Trollim prepared for the traffic. I was trying to register and got dead server twice.
But, bottom-line – way to go!!
September 17th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Thanks Avner!
September 18th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Avner:
Try now. Site was down for about 15 minutes yesterday.
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October 14th, 2009 at 5:28 am
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October 14th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Sorry Ayelet, I realize that Trollim is your client but in this case you are fighting a lost battle. I must say that I know Arik Filstein (trollim chairman and CEO) for years, and he is just a piece of cow dung. With such poor charecter at the top they have no chance to make it.
I will give them a year before they crumble into the pits of closed shitty startups
November 16th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Fcukstein, meanwhile Arik Filstein And Raz Alon are the winners and you are a big loser and small individual.
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