Scripting Games
Event 2 is final!
Event 2 has closed for submissions and will open for voting later this evening. Good luck! And voters: remember that quality comments will vastly increase your chances of winning a prize!
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A Helpful Message about HelpMessage
The Scripting Games 2013 winners have not yet been announced, but for the 3rd year running, I’m in the lead for the “Learned Most from the Scripting Games” award. I’m making space for the prize on my bookshelf. Seriously, I play with PowerShell all the time and read lots of …
PowerShell for Admins
Placing Comment-Based Help
What an amazing event. I’m now reading through each of the Advanced entries in a vain attempt to whittle the entries down to a short list. It’s an incredibly difficult task, which is testament to your skill and diligence. We are so lucky to have so many competent scripters in the …
Scripting Games
Scripting Games: What Should We Do With Comments?
Right now, I’ve got the Scripting Games Web site built to only make comments visible to a entry’s author. Some of the comments have been a little snarky, and I don’t want to create an online argument forum. I’m curious what folks think we should do as a next step. I could, …
Beginner Event Tips
Folks, as we dive into Event 2, I want to offer some advice based on the comments I saw for Event 1. Don’t overthink the Beginner event. We’re not looking for a script or function - a one-liner, if possible. Don’t overdeliver. Avoid aliases and positional parameters - this is a …
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OK i'm impressed: Scripting Games Week 1
Well guys, and gals another year has passed, and the annual scripting games are upon us again. After a week of reviewing submissions for their technique and style I must say that I am truly impressed! As a community the average ability seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. That"™s not to say …
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Scripting Games 2013: Event 1 "˜Favorite' and "˜Not So Favorite' Submissions
As a follow-up to my previous blog post, I plan to pick out a submission or two or three which stood out as my personal favorite and least favorite and tell you why I think this by pointing pieces of code that was either put together nicely or could have been improved in one way or another. …
Event #1: Moving Old Files
As a celebrity judge, I’m not required to blog ““ I’m just here for my good looks :> – but I’m having a great time reading the blogs posted by the Expert Judges about the Event #1 candidate solutions. Much of the judging is subjective, but I’ll add the criteria …
PowerShell for Admins
Judge Notes for Event 1
A lot of you have been working too hard at solving the problem (both beginner and advanced). Some of this is clearly related to trying to offer a very complete solution but some look like attempts to write extra clever or elegant code. In the “real world”, there"™s probably not …
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Event 2 Opens / Event 1 Winding Down
Event 2 is scheduled to open this evening in The Scripting Games - remember, all times on the Scripting Games Web site are GMT. You will need to adjust for your local time zone. Voting on Event 1 is scheduled to end on May 7th, so you still have 5 days to earn pointlets and leave comments for your …