ncpc - cancel on site event. Now only online.

Author: exoji2e

_events/2020-11-03-ncpc-practice.md

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 layout: event_small_title
 title: "Warmup - Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest 2020"
-place: "E:B LTH"
-timerange: "17:00 - 20:00"
+place: "Online"
+timerange: "18:00 - 20:00"
 ---
 
-The Nordic championships in competitive programming (NCPC) will take place the 7th of November. To prepare, we are hosting a beginner friendly lecture followed by a practice competition the 3rd of November.
+The Nordic championships in competitive programming (NCPC) will take place the 7th of November. To prepare, we are hosting a practice competition the 3rd of November.
 
 The practice contest will be run at the online judge system Kattis, which also is used at NCPC. You can find the practice contest at the following link: [https://open.kattis.com/contests/yjfiag](https://open.kattis.com/contests/yjfiag)
 
-Remember to register your team for NCPC, deadline: the 4th of November! If you don't have a team yet, showing up for this event is a great way of finding some team members!
+If you have any questions about Kattis or NCPC, please jump into our [discord server](https://discord.gg/NpnXYj4), and ask. Just remember that during the real NCPC contest you are not allowed to communicate with anyone outside your team.
+
+Remember to register your team for NCPC, deadline: the 4th of November! 
 
 Find more info about NCPC at [https://codeatlth.org/ncpc](https://codeatlth.org/ncpc)
 

_events/2020-11-07-ncpc.md

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 layout: event_small_title
 title: "Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest 2020"
-place: "E:B LTH"
-timerange: "10:15 - 17:00"
+place: "Online"
+timerange: "11:00 - 16:00"
 id: ncpc
 
 ---
 
 <br />
 The [Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest](https://nordic.icpc.io/ncpc2020) (NCPC) is the Nordic Championships in Competitive programming in teams for university students. **Both student teams and professional teams are welcome to participate.**
 
+<del>
 This year it is possible to participate online, but Code@LTH will host an on site event for the competition.
+</del>
 
-**Update:** we will host an [intro lecture and practice contest](/events/2020-11-03-ncpc-practice) the 3rd of November!
+**Update:** There will be no on-site event due to new recommendations in Skåne regarding Covid-19. It will only be possible to participate online.
+
+### Practice Contests
+
+- There is an online [practice contest](https://open.kattis.com/contests/ncpc2020warmup) organized by the NCPC-jury the 31st of October.
+- We will host an online [practice contest](/events/2020-11-03-ncpc-practice) with problems from previous NCPC contests the 3rd of November.
 
 ### Registration
 
 [Register](https://icpc.global/regionals/finder/Nordic-2020) your 3 member team before the 4th of November.
 
 Each team member needs an account in the [ICPC registration system](https://icpc.global/). However the team should only be registered once by one member.
 
-
-After you have registered in the contest system **please fill in [this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSej1wPdwe4HYke9PITSLJ8bYaXUptaR-1eYkUEzHqUWdHZ7lg/viewform)** - to let us know if you are coming to the on site event or if you are participating online. _We need this information due to Covid-19. If more than 50 people signs up to participate on site we might hold parallel info sessions._
-
 If you wish to help us spread the word about the contest, please select "Going" at our [Facebook event](https://www.facebook.com/events/789949701803239) - and invite your friends!
 
 
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 | Time  | Place | |
 |: ---  :|: --- |: --- |
-| 10:15 - 10:30 | E:B   | Information session - **Please be there on time** |
-| 11:00 - 16:00 | E-house | The contest |
-| 16:00 - 17:00 | E:B | Solution session and Prize Ceremony |
+| 11:00 - 16:00 | Online | The contest |
+| 16:00 - 17:00 | Online | Solution session and Prize Ceremony |
 
 
+### Sponsors & Prizes
+![Apptus logo](/assets/images/2020/apptus_logo.png){: style="max-width: 328px;"}
+
+[Apptus](https://apptus.com) sponsors the LTH-site contest this year. The top 3 student teams will recieve diplomas and a dinner/lunch with Apptus. You will be contacted by email after the contest!
+
+Also the top student teams will have the possibility to participate in the regional contest [NWERC](https://www.nwerc.eu), which will take place early 2021.
+
 <a name="about" />
 ### About NCPC
 NCPC is an annual 5 hour contest where your team are given 8-13 algorithmic problems to solve.
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 At LTH this contest is used as the qualifier for the regional contest [NWERC](https://www.nwerc.eu). The top student teams that are ICPC-eligible will advance to NWERC.
 
-The contest was created in Lund in 1991 by Roy Andersson at the depatrment of Computer Science at Lund University, and has since been organised yearly. In 1996 it became the Swedish Championships, and in 2011 it became the Nordic Champinships. At [http://http://cs.lth.se/contest/](http://cs.lth.se/contest/) information, images and previous scoreboards are archived.
+The contest was created in Lund in 1991 by Roy Andersson at the depatrment of Computer Science at Lund University, and has since been organised yearly. In 1996 it became the Swedish Championships, and in 2011 it became the Nordic Champinships. At [http://cs.lth.se/contest/](http://cs.lth.se/contest/) information, images and previous scoreboards are archived.
 
 <a name="rules" />
 ### Rules
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 ### Tips
 
-If you have not previously participated in NCPC a great way to prepare is to have a look at the [problems from last year](https://ncpc19.kattis.com/problems). Solve the problems ordered by how many people solved them during the contest - marked by green on the [scoreboard](https://ncpc19.kattis.com/standings). For example last year over 200 teams solved problem H, but no teams solved problem D.
-
-We plan to hold a practice session in the beginning of November. This page will be update with more details about that shortly.
+If you have not previously participated in NCPC a great way to prepare is to have a look at the [problems from last year](https://ncpc19.kattis.com/problems). Solve the problems ordered by how many people solved them during the contest - marked by green on the [scoreboard](https://ncpc19.kattis.com/standings). For example last year over 200 teams solved problem H, but no teams solved problem D.