About This Event

**We’re back on the road.** Another meetup. Another chance to get hands-on. This time, we’re heading to **Autotrader** for an evening of testing, challenges. We won't give too much more away — but there’s plenty to get stuck into on the night, with challenges, competitions and a few surprises along the way. **One important reminder: PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOP! 💻** *** 📅 **Thursday 8th October 2026** ⏰ **5:30PM till late** 🗺️ **Autotrader Offices, Manchester Oxford Road** *** As usual with MCR.TEST evenings, this won’t be a slide-heavy session. We’re building the night around interactive, hands-on challenges designed to get everyone involved. Expect teamwork, problem solving, some competitive thinking and, as always, a bit of chaos. There’ll also be plenty of time to grab some **FOOD** and catch up with the community 👀👀👀 *** ### **THE EVENING** * **Part 1:** 🚗 **Under the Hood: What’s Really Going On?** We’re kicking things off with two car-themed challenges that will put your prompt engineering, problem-solving and token-optimising skills to the test. 🏁 **Guardrail Grand Prix** A rapid-fire warm-up where you’ll face a series of edge-case prompts. Your job? Predict whether the prompt will make it through the system instructions or get stopped by the guardrails. 🗺️ **The Token Rally** A 3-level pixel-map challenge where efficiency is everything. You’ll write prompts to navigate a vehicle through a custom grid — dodging road hazards, collecting keys to unlock barriers, grabbing bonus coins and solving a final riddle to make it to the exit. The catch? **The driver who uses the fewest tokens takes the chequered flag.** 🏆 **Leaderboards & Prizes** Both games will feature live, real-time leaderboards throughout the evening. And for those who make it onto the podium, there’ll be some seriously good prizes up for grabs. 👀 *** 🌭 **Pit Stop** After the challenges, we’ll park up for some food, drinks and a chance to catch up with the community. 🤖 **Part 2:** AI coding assistants

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