Competition Information
*CTF is a Jeopardy-style Online Capture The Flag Competition presented by ******. The contest is opened to all participants around the world. Teams can compete from any location. No restriction on the number of participants of any team.
The Champion Team of *CTF will be invited to The Finals of the 8th Edition of XCTF(the location/date subject to change, qualified teams will be informed when the Finals location/date is confirmed).
Other teams can also get the cumulative points to compete for other slots to The Finals of the 8th Edition of XCTF.

Competition Time
24 hours: From July 29, 2023, 9 a.m. to July 30, 2023, 9 a.m, Chinese Standard Time UTC+8

Prize
· 1st place 8,000 CNY (20% tax included), Qualified to The Finals of the 7th Edition of XCTF.
· 2nd place 5,000 CNY (20% tax included)
· 3rd place 3,000 CNY (20% tax included)

Challenge Categories
crypto 、Reverse、misc、pwn 、web

Score and Ranking
· In most cases, flags are of format *CTF{this_is_a_sample_flag}. Please submit the entire flag, including *CTF{}, for score. If flag is in other formats, it will be clarified in the challenge description.
· The score of each challenge will be dynamically calculated according to the number of solved teams.
· Final ranking is determined by the total score of each team. In case of multiple teams with equal scores, the team that reached the score earlier ranks higher.

Contest rules
· Teams breaking rules may be penalized or excluded from the competition.
· It is not allowed for teams with independent accounts to cooperate, or share any flag/hints.
· It is not allowed to attack the competition infrastructure. If flaws in the infrastructure are found, please report to us.
· It is not allowed to sabotage or in any way hinder the progress of other competing teams. This includes attempting to destroy a challenge after you have completed it.
· It is not allowed to generate large amounts of traffic. None of the challenges can be solved by running automated scanners.
· It is not allowed to brute-force challenge flags/keys against the scoring site.
· For placing teams to receive prizes, they must submit a full and detailed writeup of each challenge, explaining how it was solved.
· Organizers may rearrange/modify contest problems, proceedings, and rules.

Contest URL
http://starctf2023.xctf.org.cn/

Contact
Discord:https://discord.gg/8J2eXDXJ
QQ group: 512066352

· 1st place 8,000 CNY (20% tax included), Qualified to The Finals of the 7th Edition of XCTF.
· 2nd place 5,000 CNY (20% tax included)
· 3rd place 3,000 CNY (20% tax included)