Hello there. I have quite a bit of industry experience with C/C++, mostly in graphics development but am very adept with internal algorithms, including the use of threads.
I work primarily with Visual Studio, so I should be able to help you set up the project in that environment.
When you say "Simple Socket", are you referring to network programming, since you need to get stats from a high scores page (or is that locally stored)?
I hope I can be of great service to you.