Remember the board game Risk that required you to place plastic armies on a map so that you can conquer the world without much bloodshed, but with plenty of dice rolls in your favor? Well, the phenomenon that is known as Foursquare has met with Risk, thanks to the “World of Fourcraft” which relies on Foursquare and Google Maps APIs to transform New York City into a giant game of Risk. You will be able to decide on just which team you are on by swearing allegiance to one of New York City’s five boroughs. Once you check into a neighborhood on Foursquare, it will be equal to placing a plastic man on a country in the board game. There will be an (hopefully fair) algorithm that decides just which faction owns the neighborhood via the number of people who have checked into it on each team. The idea hasn’t really caught on at the moment though, with just around 100 players checked in at the moment.
After three days, Manhattan is in position to take top spot, picking up the “Best Location Hack” award at the hackathon in the process. Sorry, winning gives you bragging rights and nothing else – not even coupons.
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