Scripting Games Event 3 Winners

We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 3 of The Scripting Games 2013! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize. You will be given a prize redemption code and either a URL where you can redeem it, or an e-mail address Continue Reading »

Some Event 3 Notes

I didn’t see anyone (although I’ll admit I haven’t checked every entry) using my EnhancedHTML module from Creating HTML Reports in PowerShell. I am ensaddened. But man, Event 3 shows that you can really do well by learning a wee bit of HTML. Knowing an H2 and HR tag makes for much pretty results. Take Continue Reading »

Your Weekend Games Report

It’s been a crazy-busy week for me, so I’m just getting caught up here. I’m off observing the beta-teach of the new 10961A PowerShell 3 class in Phoenix next week, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the Games. So let’s run some numbers. The Games have 2092 users at present, along with 10960 scores Continue Reading »

Meet the Scripting Games Judges: Olver Lipkau

I have been working for AtoS, formaly Siemens IT Solutions and Services, for 6 years as a IT Consultant. I was 15 when I started scripting. First only batch scripts to automate simple things. With time the scriptt grew in complexity and languages. VBS, AutoIt, AHK and finally PowerShell, which superseeded all others. PowerShell became Continue Reading »

Event 3: My notes…

I’m almost done judging event 3, perfect time to share few thoughts about things I’ve seen in this event. A lot of great entries, but still few things that could have been done (in my opinion) better. If you want to know my general opinion – you can read it either in English or in Continue Reading »

Scheduled PowerShell.org Maintenance May 17-18

We’ll be doing some maintenance on the site Friday and Saturday, and it may be down for periods during the maintenance. Don’t panic. This will not affect access to The Scripting Games Web site at all. Related posts: PowerShell 3.0 Scheduled Jobs Slides and Demos Show Your Scripting Games Pride! Scripting Games Instructions Now Available Continue Reading »

Jan Egil’s Event 3 Learning Points

Another judge steps up with some tips! http://blog.powershell.no/2013/05/16/2013-scripting-games-learning-points-from-event-3/ Related posts: More Judges’ Notes on Event 2 Scripting Games 2013: Thoughts After Event 1 Scripting Games 2013: Event 2 Notes Scripting Games 2013: Event 3 Notes

More Updates to the Scripting Games

I’ve been making some more programming changes to the Scripting Games, based on folks’ feedback. If you run into problems, please notify me via the Feedback Forums link at the bottom of every page on the site. Use the email address provided. Don’t post a comment here, because I might not see it quickly. Multiple Continue Reading »

Tobias’ Notes for Event 3

Tobias has some notes for Event 3 for you: http://www.powertheshell.com/scripting-games-task-3-commentary/ Related posts: More Judges’ Notes on Event 2 Tobias’ Judge Notes Scripting Games 2013: Event 2 Notes Few notes written after event 1.

Judge notes for event 3

This event’s entries are impressive. Scoring appears to be higher than in the earlier events, so this one must have been easier to solve. So this time, instead of talking about good and bad scripts, I’m going to comment on some of the techniques I saw. There was some “conversation” over whether Win32_Volume or Win32_LogicalDisk was Continue Reading »

Scripting Games 2013: Event 3 Notes

Wow, it is hard to believe that we are now halfway through the Scripting Games! As the events have progressed, I have seen a lot of improvement with the techniques as well as seeing new techniques that continue to impress me. On the flip side, I have seen some mistakes or assumptions when coding that Continue Reading »

Meet the Scripting Games Judges: Bartek Bielawski

Bartosz (Bartek) Bielawski is a busy IT Administrator with an international company, PAREXEL. He loves PowerShell and automation. That love earned him the honor of Microsoft MVP. He shares his knowledge mainly on his blogs: in English (http://becomelotr.wordpress.com) and Polish (http://powershellpl.net) and through articles published in the Polish IT Professional (http://it-professional.pl) magazine. He is co-author Continue Reading »

Scripting Games Event 2 Winners

We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 2 of The Scripting Games 2013! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize. You will be given a prize redemption code and either a URL where you can redeem it, or an e-mail address Continue Reading »

Announcing the PowerShell Summit North America 2014

The PowerShell Summit North America 2014 will be held April 28, 29, and 30 at the Meydenbauer Center on Northeast 6th Street in Bellevue, WA. Your $850 membership in the PowerShell Summit also makes you a yearlong member of PowerShell.org, the online hub for the PowerShell community. Membership includes a daily continental breakfast, daily hot Continue Reading »

Event 3: My way…

Third event is open for voting, but as usual – before I see any of the scripts submitted by you, I’m posting my version. Tried to sneak in few tricks I’ve learned here and there, hope you will enjoy reading and will tell me why I’m wrong. You can find whole post here. Related posts: Continue Reading »