If hacker battling your Steam friends on an individual basis isn't dramatic enough for you, consider participating in the first sanctioned EXAPUNKS hacker battle competition! There's a little less than a week remaining for you to submit your best solutions to the KGOG TV battle and see if you're among the best.
Read the full rules here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/exapunks/comments/9qhwqa/hacker_battle_competition_kgogtv/