icpc.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys, re, webbrowser, time, random as r
from urllib.request import urlopen
url = "http://icpc.cs.fau.de/anmeldung.php"

def joined_icpc(team):
    p = urlopen(url).read().decode('u8')
    return (team in re.findall('D>\n([^<>]+)</T', p))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    so = sys.stdout
    so.write("CAN HAZ team name: "); so.flush()
    team = sys.stdin.readline()[:-1]
    if not joined_icpc(team): webbrowser.open(url)
    while not joined_icpc(team):
        so.write(chr(122-r.randrange(2)*0x20))
        so.flush(); time.sleep(1)
    print("\nKTHXBYE!!1")