# CODER KING 5: End of an era **URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293 **Category:** Arcade **Created:** [June 12, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293 "2025-06-12T18:24:33Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 439
### Author: ![Taser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/taser/32/29517_2.png) [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser) #### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/439 "2025-10-17T21:49:06Z")
@ChimbroDaPro @not_a_lemon @Phoen1x @CodePerson > **Sooo… Better explain the hiatus first** > > > [@Taser](#): > > > > I’ll post the finale post in a few days, dw. > > HOLY, ok, so clearly the “few days“ was an understatement on my part. Sorry about that delay/hiatus in my posts; life has gotten a little too busy (mostly college applications and test stress), so much so that I ended up forgetting to post the finale post on the topic for a while. But now… I can finally get to work as the host of the 3+ years-long CK series. ===================================================================== _With all that being said, though, my peeps. It is now the grand exalted hour, the hour in which everything begins, the hour of the:_ _ **👑 CK5 GRAND FINALE 👑** _ > **Host’s comments** > > Whooo! Cannot believe that I reached this point finally. It sure has been a long journey since August of 2022, in which I posted the original CK1 topic. Over 3 years have passed since I announced that inaugural competition, and I’m at the 5th competition in the series now. Also, the last, it does feel a little solemn in here, saying goodbye to the very series that made up over 90% of my identity on the forums, but I also came to terms with it a long time ago (more in depth here: [CODER KING 5: End of an era - #54 by Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/54) ). ===================================================================== 👑 Now, let’s get down to business. Sooo… I mentioned this in a previous post, in which the finale theme for CK5 is the same as the finale themes for the previous 4 competitions, thus. Welp, tradition is peakness. **There is no zero binding theme for this round! Sky’s the limit here!** You can choose to make a game out of whatever theme and concept you would like to do with your masterpieces **AKA, GRAND FINALE THEME: WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, NO RESTRICTIONS AT ALL, COMPLETE FREEDOM** ===================================================================== 👑 Now, for the past 4 CK finales, I ended up giving contestants a ton of time to make their games, and there should be zero difference on this point. Thus, I shall give y’all all the way till **12/15/2025 11:59 PM EST** (almost Christmas time, yay ) ===================================================================== 👑 Also, in case y’all are wondering how I shall make judgment on who wins, **I’ll use that 100-point criteria for reviewing games as usual** , to help deal with biases and lack of sample size. **There will be a community poll with all the submissions inside once the deadline passes** ; basically, one vote = 10 extra points for the contestants. Whoever scores the most points wins. ===================================================================== 👑 Yapping is done for the most part now. Now, to state the obvious and let the nerd emojis rain on me. A whole lotta stuff on the line here. Here, in this very year, the 5th and final **CODER KING** (or queen) shall be crowned. Now… Let the conclusion commence… and… oops. can’t forget my traditional one-liner! Ok, let’s try again… **May The Best Coder Win! 😀** ===================================================================== Ok then, big fat poll time, did you expect any less from good ol’ me? /hj _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/439))_ (I’ll post a TLDR soon, dw) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293)._