Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The catalogue treats these as source-described interactive features rather than asserting a verified challenge system, live service, privacy posture, or preserved gameplay archive.
Evidence
Seller listing that calls FrogStar an electronic badge, describes its CTF, game, round display, and two-SAO surface, and says it was a Defcon pickup preorder with leftovers to be posted after the con. The listing does not establish completed payment, pickup, shipment, attendee allocation, official issuance, or image reuse permission.
Live marketplace listing for BigTaro's FrogStar Badge. The reviewed listing gives the $80 / seven-sold / 23-remaining seller snapshot, DEF CON 34 drop label, USPS Flat Rate $11 shipping, and recurring CTF/game/two-SAO description. Product media have no stated reusable license or explicit permission basis.
DEF CON 33 creator-event schedule listing a Badge Drop – Submarine Badge/FrogStar Badge/FightDystopia Badge at the BadgeLife Community table and naming Jeff “BigTaro” Geisperger. It establishes a published 2025 scheduled drop, not completed handoff, allocation, sale, organizer issuance, or credential status.
Public maker profile identifying Jeff as BigTaro and BigTaro's Badges as a maker that publishes leftover con badges there. It supports public maker identity and storefront context, not a complete manufacturing, event-distribution, or rights record.
Maker-owned page that calls FrogStar an unofficial DEFCON badge, lists its RP2350, GC9A01 round LCD, two SAO V1.69bis ports, WS2812B RGB LEDs, IR receiver, six buttons, CTF/game framing, and Firmware v1.0. Its images and artwork do not state a reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Direct UF2 file linked by the maker project page, whose installation text says to copy the firmware file to the badge. This establishes a downloadable binary artifact at the stated URL, not firmware source code, a build recipe, a release license, a security review, or a complete recovery procedure.
Source trail
Primary maker source for FrogStar's expressly unofficial DEFCON framing, listed RP2350/GC9A01/SAO/WS2812B/IR/button hardware surface, frog CTF and game claims, and Firmware v1.0 link. It does not provide a circuit, power specification, production proof, event-distribution record, code repository, license, security documentation, or image reuse permission.
Direct binary file linked as Firmware v1.0 by the maker project. It corroborates a downloadable UF2 artifact; it does not reveal source code, authorship history, compiler/toolchain, license, contents, flash target, bootloader behavior, integrity verification, update policy, recovery method, or security review.
Public profile that says Jeff is also known as BigTaro and that leftover con badges are put up on the store. It corroborates public maker/store identity and general leftover-sales context, not a particular FrogStar production or handoff outcome.
First-party seller listing for the electronic-badge, CTF, game, round-display, two-SAO, fully-programmable, sticker, and Defcon preorder wording. Its seller terms are not proof of a completed pickup, specific event year outcome, exact inventory, payment, shipment, or official event affiliation.
Current first-party marketplace source for the observed $80 / seven-sold / 23-remaining state, DEF CON 34 drop label, $11 USPS Flat Rate shipping, and recurring CTF/game/two-SAO wording. It does not establish the original DEF CON 33 handout, whether this inventory is leftover or a later run, final delivery, hardware specifics beyond prose, or image reuse permission.
Event schedule source for the published BadgeLife Community FrogStar badge-drop listing and Jeff “BigTaro” Geisperger name. It corroborates a scheduled DC33 creator activity but does not itself prove the artifact's technical specification, inventory, final distribution, DEF CON issuance, admission function, or image rights.