Thoughts on My First National Cyber League/Capture the Flag Experience.
I’m a finesse pitcher without the finesse.
– David Cone
It’s a month removed from competing in Skyline’s National Cyber League Capture the Flag (CTF) This was my first time and really I did it kind of on a lark, like I was interested in doing CTFs, but I never had so I was also a bit intimidated. I got an email from school about competing on their team with the cost covered, all experience levels welcome and did it. |
The competition was intense, because I always want to do my best and really for the individual and team portions you only have a weekend to do each. The craziest part is the team portion fell on the same week as midterms so extra stressors. That was added on to the fact that only 2 of us out of the 4 person team actually did any work (isn’t that just typical of group work?).
All in all it was a great experience though because it kind of showed me my strengths and weaknesses and also because the competitive nature of the games spoke to my Aries nature. I always want to be my best, not necessarily THE best, but MY best.
I’m actually pretty excited to try my hand again in the Spring. Maybe then I’ll have a better accuracy score instead of butting my head against the problems until I solve them through sheer determination and force.
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