AWS UG Hamburg July: Battle Deck Night
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Dear AWS users,
our July event will happen soon!
We'll have a Battle Decks meetup this time.
What is Battle Decks?
Battle Decks (also known as "PowerPoint Karaoke") is an improv game for developers who like living dangerously. Here's how it works:
A volunteer steps up to present a slide deck they have never seen before. No prep, no notes, no idea what's coming next.
The Rules
- The presenter sees the first slide for the first time as they start talking — confidently, as if it's their own talk.
- Slides advance automatically (or on a click) every 20 30 seconds, whether the presenter is ready or not.
- Each new slide has to be worked into the story on the fly — charts, buzzwords, and all.
- Each round runs about 3–5 minutes.
The Goal It's not about being right. It's about:
- Sounding confident even when you have absolutely no idea what's on the next slide
- Thinking on your feet and improvising a coherent story out of nonsense
- Making the audience laugh
Why We Play It It's a fun way to practice public speaking, quick thinking, and grace under pressure — while watching your colleagues valiantly try to explain a chart about "aunt scaling groups" with a straight face.
Tonight's decks all riff on real AWS services (S3, Lambda, EC2, IAM, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, VPC, Route 53, Kiro, Bedrock, and more) mashed up with completely unrelated everyday topics. You don't need deep AWS expertise to play — just a willingness to make things up convincingly.
Volunteers welcome. No experience (or shame) required.
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We'll meet at
MOIA GmbH
Stadthausbrücke 8
Hamburg
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As usual, we are always looking for new speakers and topics. In case you would like to share something within our AWS User Group, feel to reach out via email, meetup.com, or use our Google Form to submit your idea.
If you or your company wants to host our user group, please contact us via the event location Google Form.