2008 Scripting Games Advanced Division

Event Descriptions

Event 1: Could I Get Your Phone Number?

Event 6: Prime Time

Event 2: Skating on Thin Ice

Event 7: Play Ball!

Event 3: Instant (Runoff) Winner

Event 8: Making Beautiful Music

Event 4: Image is Everything

Event 9: You’re Twisting My Words

Event 5: You Call That a Strong Password?

Event 10: Blackjack!


Event descriptions are available in eight other languages:
French, Spanish, German,
Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese,
Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

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Competitors Pack

Download the Competitors’ Pack

This download is required for many of the events.


Download the Scripting Games 2008 Program

Schedule, hints, and more.

Standings


Individual Scores by Points

VBScript
PowerShell
Perl


Individual Scores by Name

VBScript
PowerShell
Perl


Top Averages by Country

Country

Schedules

Full Schedule of Events
(including a printable calendar)

Time Zone Conversion
So you don’t miss the deadlines just because
you don’t happen to be in the Pacific Standard Time Zone

Expert Solutions

Experts chime in with their solutions in Windows PowerShell and Perl.

Prizes

List of Prizes and Sponsors

Official Rules for Entry

Questions?

Questions or concerns?
Send email to scripter@microsoft.com.
We’re going to be a little busy scoring entries
so we might not answer you, but we’ll read your email.


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We’ll check it when we can, plus there are hundreds of other
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Schedule of Events

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Day

Event

Day 1

February 15

Opening Ceremonies

How to Play

Events and Deadlines

Download the Competitors’ Pack

Day 2

February 18

Competition in Progress

Day 3

February 19

Competition in Progress

Day 4

February 20

Event 1 Solution: Could I Get Your Phone Number?

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Event 2 Solution: Skating on Thin Ice

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Day 5

February 21

Competition in Progress

Day 6

February 22

Event 3 Solution: Instant (Runoff) Winner

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Event 4 Solution: Event 4: Image is Everything

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Day 7

February 25

Competition in Progress

Day 8

February 26

Event 5 Solution: You Call That a Strong Password?

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Event 6 Solution: Prime Time

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Day 9

February 27

Competition in Progress

Day 10

February 28

Event 7 Solution: Play Ball!

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Event 8 Solution: Making Beautiful Music

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Day 11

February 29

Competition in Progress

Day 12

March 3

Event 9 Solution: You’re Twisting My Words

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

Event 10 Solution: Blackjack!

VBScript

Windows PowerShell; Windows PowerShell Guest Commentator

Perl; Perl Guest Commentator

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