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Weekend Scripter: 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Advanced Winner TechEd Report

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Summary: The Windows PowerShell 2012 Scripting Games Advanced category winner writes about his experience at Microsoft TechEd in Orlando.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I wrap up the weekend with the Advanced category winner of the 2012 Scripting Games, Rohn Edwards, and his memories from Microsoft TechEd 2012.

Rohn Edwards has been a system administrator since 2006. He primarily works on Windows operating systems. A lot of his work involves automated operating system and software deployment via Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. He started learning Windows PowerShell about a year ago when he realized that it can do things that are not even possible in VBScript, and he has not looked back since.

The following photo shows Rohn Edwards, Lido Paglia, and Jeffrey Snover at TechEd.

Here’s Rohn…

The first word that comes to my mind when thinking about TechEd 2012 is “WOW!” This was my first TechEd, but I certainly hope that it will not be my last. If you have never been to one, I do not think I can explain just how much fun and learning are crammed into such a short amount of time.

Weeks before the conference, I started to get an idea of how big it was going to be when I was looking over the online catalog that showed the sessions, workshops, and labs that were being offered. There was enough content there to keep a developer or IT professional busy for months—but the conference would only last for four days! The schedule I picked out had several time slots that had multiple sessions in them. There literally was not going to be enough time in the day just to see the live sessions that were at the top of my list! I was very relieved to find out that most of the sessions and labs were going to be available online after the conference, so I did not have to worry about not having enough time.

When the conference started, there was literally never a dull moment. An interesting breakfast with Lido Paglia, the other winner of the Scripting Games, on Monday morning got everything started. As a matter of fact, every meal kept the pace of the conference going. No matter who I sat with, the topics of conversation were always interesting. After eating with Lido that first morning, we found the table that Ed and Teresa Wilson (the Scripting Guy and the Scripting Wife) were sitting at, along with some other scripting enthusiasts. Here we are in a photo—left to right: Dan Cruz, Lido Paglia, Rohn Edwards, Scripting Wife (Teresa Wilson), Will Murphy, and Jason Hofferle.

We sat and talked with them until it was time for the keynote speech. The keynote was an incredibly interesting, information-packed speech that included several speakers and live demonstrations. The TechExpo booths opened after that, and it was HUGE! There were vendor booths and booths set up by Microsoft for their products and technologies. I really enjoyed exploring the floor and talking to the people in the vendor booths.

I enjoyed the Microsoft booths a lot. They gave people the ability to get almost any question answered about specific Microsoft products. If the people staffing the booths when you stopped by couldn’t answer a question for you, they could tell you when to come back so that the person who knew the answer could help you out.

Of course, my favorite booth of all was the Scripting Guys booth. Lido and I found ourselves stopping in whenever we could find the time. I thoroughly enjoyed being able to talk to other people who shared my enthusiasm for Windows PowerShell and scripting in general. I also enjoyed being able to finally meet and talk to some of the people whose blogs and books I have been reading for the past several months. It was really amazing to be able to talk to the people who literally taught me everything I know about Windows PowerShell.

All four days were crammed with events from the early morning to late at night. If I wasn’t eating, I was at one of the breakout sessions listening to Microsoft developers talking about their products or experts talking about something in their field, working one of the hands-on labs, or spending time on the TechExpo floor. The last event was the icing on the cake! We were treated to an amazing closing party at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure theme park with free food and rides!

Overall, it was an incredible experience. I got enough new information about Windows Server 2012, Windows PowerShell 3.0, and SCCM 2012 SP1 to keep me busy for a while—and I still have several more online sessions to watch and labs to complete. I will definitely try to go to as many more TechEd events in the future as I can. If you’ve never been to a TechEd, I can’t recommend it enough! Hopefully I’ll be able to make it to New Orleans next year and I’ll see you there!

~Rohn

Thank you, Rohn, for taking the time to write this report. I also want to say that it was great to meet you, and to have the opportunity to hang out with you for a few days. Awesome job on the Scripting Games this year. And now I formally invite you to be a judge for next year’s games. It is only about 10 months away, so it is time to begin organizing the games. You in?

I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

Weekend Scripter: 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Winner TechEd Report

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Summary: The Windows PowerShell 2012 Scripting Games Beginner category winner writes about his experience at Microsoft TechEd in Orlando.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This weekend we will hear the impressions about Microsoft TechEd 2012 North America from the two winners of the 2012 Scripting Games. The winners, as you may recall, won free passes to TechEd 2012. Today we hear from Lido Paglia, the winner in the Beginner category of the 2012 Scripting Games.

Lido Paglia is an IT Pro from the Philadelphia area working in higher education where he serves as a systems engineer supporting Microsoft Exchange Server and SharePoint. The following picture is Mike F. Robbins on the left and Lido on the right. (Mike was the third-place winner of the Beginner category in the 2012 Scripting Games).

Take it away Lido…

My motivation to participate in the 2012 Scripting Games was to see if I really could submit what the judges would consider ”quality" scripts or one-liners that met the requirements. I honestly did not even entertain winning so much as seeing how I performed in each event. So when I found out I was headed to TechEd, I was pleasantly surprised, and I did not quite realize all the additional benefits that were coming my way.

As the countdown to TechEd rolled on during the weeks that followed the Scripting Games, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. This was my first time attending TechEd so I began following the #msTechEd hash tag on Twitter to keep up with the buzz surrounding the conference. I also set my sights on using the schedule builder to pick some sessions to attend. A number of great sessions were on the agenda, especially about Windows PowerShell.

After flying into Orlando, getting registered for the conference, and dropping my bags at the hotel early Sunday evening, it was time to head to The Krewe Meet ‘n Greet party. Shortly after entering the door, I ran into the Scripting Guy and the Scripting Wife. Seconds later, they had me shaking hands with Aleksandar Nikolic, Don Jones, Jason Hofferle, Sean Kearney, and Daniel Cruz to name a few.

The Krewe party was the kick-off to my favorite part of TechEd, which was getting to meet so many great people in and around the Windows PowerShell community. Fellow IT Pros, developers, well-renowned authors, bloggers, community members, and members of the Windows PowerShell product team were all there. These are all people who I was familiar with by way of their books, blogs, or tweets and getting to meet and speak with so many of them really made my trip to TechEd special. Ed Wilson, Rohn Edwards (the winner of the Advanced category for the 2012 Scripting Games), and I even got to have lunch with Jeffrey Snover where we covered topics like “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia” to the number of surprisingly few people working on the Windows PowerShell team.

Meeting such amazing folks was not the only thing going on at TechEd. During the week, I sat in some hands-on labs, and I even got a quick tour of the hardware that hosts some 3700 virtual machines. I attended a number of filled-to-capacity sessions, like Mark Russinovich's Malware Hunting with the SysInternals tools, where Mark demoed remediating Stuxnet and Flame. I even took a free certification exam. All that plus the recorded sessions, which I'm now downloading via a Windows PowerShell script kept me quite busy.

The following photo represents one such meeting with some of the great people at TechEd. Left to right are: Osama Sajid (program manager for Windows Server Manageability), Rohn Edwards, and me.

Speaking of sessions…One of my favorites was Advanced Automation Using Windows PowerShell 3.0 by Hemant Mahawar and Travis Jones. This session provides a sneak peak at the future of IT automation on the Windows platform. Complimentary to that session was a Friday morning post-conference session where Travis and Hemant basically hosted a script club as they walked us through the steps of building and deploying an environment leveraging Workflow in Windows PowerShell 3.0 on our own laptops. What a neat way to wrap up the week.

I cannot talk about TechEd without extending a special thank you to Ed and Teresa. The Scripting Guy and Scripting Wife really made my first time attending TechEd a welcome and unforgettable experience. Hanging out at the Scripting Guys booth was great fun. I am looking forward to participating in next year's Scripting Games (I’ll be stepping up to the Advanced category), and I hope you are too.

~Lido

Lido, great report. Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with us. It was great to meet you and to have the opportunity to hang out for a few days. I am glad you are aiming to up your game next year as you dive into the Advanced category. I can tell you that the competition is stiff! Everyone, it is best to begin preparation now—it is only 10 months until the Scripting Games 2013.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

Weekend Scripter: Lessons Learned from the 2012 Advanced Scripting Games

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Summary: The winner of the advanced division of the 2012 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games gives tips for success.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger, Rohn Edwards, the winner of the Advanced category in the 2012 Scripting Games. Rohn and Lido Paglia, winner of the Beginner category, will be joining us in Orlando next week. As part of winning the 2012 Scripting Games, they won passes to Microsoft TechEd 2012. Today Rohn is going to talk about lessons that he learned in the 2012 Scripting Games.

Take it away, Rohn...

The 2012 Scripting Games have come and gone, and I’m very happy that I participated in them this year. I am not going to even try to mention every single thing that I picked up, but I do want to talk about a few of the biggest lessons that I learned.

Participation is worth it

I think one of the biggest things I learned is that the Scripting Games are definitely worth entering, no matter your current scripting level. As this year’s games came to a close, one thing that I repeatedly found myself thinking about was how I should have participated last year. At that point, I did not know nearly as much about Windows PowerShell as I did before the games this year. I was able to talk myself into thinking that I would not do very well in the rankings, and between work and family obligations, I wouldn’t have enough time to participate anyway.

After this year’s games, I now know two things about the games that I did not know last year:

The real reason for participating is to learn, and, even if you think you do not have time to participate, you should try anyway. Regardless of where you place in the final rankings, if you take the time to write and submit entries to at least some of the events, you will gain invaluable practice and experience with one of the most powerful tools the Windows operating systems have ever seen.
If you truly don’t have time to submit an entry for each event, you haven’t lost out on anything because the games are free to enter.

By not participating last year, I feel like I robbed myself of an incredible learning opportunity. The ten events, along with the expert commentaries and expert judges providing feedback on your scripts, cram months’ worth of scripting experience into just a few weeks’ time. So, if you’re reading this and wondering if the games are worth your time, the answer is an unequivocal, “Yes”!

Comment-based Help is ridiculously simple

Before starting the games, I knew that I could define Help by adding specially formatted comments at the beginning or end of functions. I had not, however, used that feature of Windows PowerShell. Before starting the games, I read the tips that Ed and some of the guest bloggers published on the blog. I kept seeing comment-based Help mentioned, so I assumed that every one of my functions in my entries needed to have it added. I am glad that I did add Help to each of my functions because it helped me realize how incredibly simple it is to do. Everyone knows that good commenting is a must if you want to reuse any of the code that you write. Before the Games this year, I provided a block comment at the beginning of a function or script that gave a brief overview of its purpose, what it took as input, and what it gave as output. That helped when someone was reading the code, but it didn’t provide any way for a user to understand how to use it. Instead of the simple block comment, now I simply provide comment-based Help. If someone comes across the comment in the code, they can read it the same reading it by using Get-Help. If not for the games, I probably would have continued to ignore the comment-based Help system for months.

Splatting

This may be one of my favorite Windows PowerShell features. A few weeks ago, I would have said that was still the newness of it affecting my judgment, but I still feel the same about it weeks after learning it and using it all the time. What is splatting? It is a way to pass parameters to another function or cmdlet by using a hash table. Here is an example of using Get-Service to get the number of services with a display name that starts with “Microsoft”:

In the previous example, I created a hash table called Parameters with three entries: ComputerName, DisplayName, and ErrorAction. I then “splatted” that hash table to the cmdlet and measured the number of objects returned. Next, I made the same call to Get-Service without splatting. Now, why is the first call better than the second? There are several reasons, but I’ll only list a few:

It makes your code easier to read, especially if you are passing lots of parameters.
It makes it easier to make a single call to a function or cmdlet, even when special logic is needed to avoid certain parameters being passed. For example, advanced event 2 required a function that would get service information for a specified computer or set of computers, and you had to support using alternate credentials. Because Get-Service does not support alternate credentials, most entrants chose to use the WMI class Win32_Service. Get-WMIObject (gwmi) supports using alternate credentials, but only when you use them against a remote machine; it doesn’t support alternate credentials on the local computer.
With splatting, you can create a hash table that contains the alternate credentials and any other parameters you want to pass, and before calling gwmi, you can check to see if you are going to run it against the local machine. If you are, you can remove the alternate credentials from the hash table. This lets you make a single call to gwmi inside of your code instead of having logic that will call it with a different set of hard-coded parameters, depending on what you need to do. I did not know about splatting when I wrote the bulk of my entry for Advanced Event 2, so my method was not nearly as elegant as it could have been if I had used it.
It makes creating wrapper functions very easy. That is actually how I found out about this feature. I had finished my main function for Advanced Event 2, but I wanted a wrapper function that I could create that would call my main function so that the output could be written to a file. I needed a way to forward all the parameters that were sent to my wrapper function to the underlying function that it was calling. I did not want to write code to check for each parameter and send it along if it was present. After a few minutes searching online, I came across a blog post that demonstrated splatting. If you’re wondering, all you have to do to create a wrapper function is make a function that takes the same parameters as the function that you’re wrapping, and then call it and “splat” the auto-generated $PsBoundParameters hash table. If your wrapper function has parameters that the function it is wrapping does not have, all you have to do is make a copy of $PsBoundParameters and remove the unneeded parameters from the hash table.

RunSpacePools

This one blew my mind. I did not learn this myself while writing for any of the events. Expert Commentary: 2012 Scripting Games Advanced Event 2 by Boe Prox demoed this. His commentary pointed to a webcast by Dr. Tobias Weltner, Speeding up Windows PowerShell: Multithreading. So what is it, and why do I like it so much? Multithreading within Windows PowerShell gives you the ability to, among other things, run a command locally on your machine against lots of remote machines in a fraction of the time it would take to run that same command against the machines one at a time.

As long as you take thread safety into account, you should be able to use this feature to speed up any data parsing/processing that requires reading several files. PSJobs can do this to some extent, but RunSpacePools seem to offer more power, speed, and flexibility. The one area where I think PSJobs might beat RunSpacePools is simplicity. As long as you do not try to implement a limit to the number of threads you can run concurrently, it is much easier to follow what is going on when using PSJobs. After checking out the examples by Dr. Tobias Weltner and Boe Prox, and understanding what is going on, I think that RunSpacePools has earned a special place in my arsenal of Windows PowerShell tools.

So, was participating in the 2012 Scripting Games worth it? Yes! Would I still be glad that I participated if I did not win any prizes? Absolutely! I would recommend participating in the Scripting Games to anyone, whether they are completely new or an advanced pro when it comes to Windows PowerShell. The Games provide a chance to learn and enforce invaluable new and existing Windows PowerShell knowledge. The daily prize drawings and the grand prizes are just icing on the cake!

~Rohn

Thanks, Rohn! I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

Winners of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Announced!

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Summary: Today we announce the long-awaited winners of the 2012 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the time is finally here. It is time to announce the winners of the 2012 Scripting Games. This year’s Scripting Games involved hundreds of contestants from dozens of countries. They submitted thousands of scripts to twenty events. A blue-ribbon panel of judges then hand graded each of the scripts. Many of the judges took the time to document their observations about the scripts on their individual blogs. The Scripting Wife collected these blogs and wrote a post about them. After the contestants had a chance to write their solutions, a collection of some of the world’s greatest Windows PowerShell scripters wrote expert commentaries on each of the events. During the games, daily prizes were handed out. The prizes came from our amazing sponsors who stepped up to the plate with a raft of really cool prizes.

Background

The competition this year was stiff in both the Advanced and the Beginner divisions. Only a few points separate the top 10 contestants in each division. In addition, the overall grades were up this year over last year’s average scores. This indicates an overall improvement in the quality of the submissions.

If you missed the 2012 Scripting Games, the 2012 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games: All Links on One Page is the place to begin. You are free to write your solutions for the events and compare your results with the expert commentators and your peer’s submissions on PoshCode.

The point of the Scripting Games is not about who is best, who wins prizes, or even the way-cool free pass to TechEd in Orlando. The point of the Scripting Games is about learning. So did the contestants learn? Sure they did. I have seen literally dozens of emails, tweets, and comments on Facebook from contestants who have already applied what they learned to solve real-world problems they faced at work. A great case in point is this post from the Scripting Guys Facebook group.

And the winners are…

As stated earlier, the competition this year was fierce. One thing was certain, however: If a person did not enter an event, they stood no chance of gaining any points. Therefore, all the winners completed every task in their division. I love one tweet I saw that stated, “The Scripting Games are a marathon, not a sprint.” I can add to that—they also required a high level of precision.

There are lots of little details that foiled many otherwise excellent scripts, such as leaving in comments, but forgetting the comment character, or having hard-coded values that are not universally applicable. A few contestants got hung up on time-zone issues, and some missed deadlines—all of these issues happen in the real world. The biggest stumbling block was when people did not follow the requirements for a particular event. In some cases, the requirements were not completely spelled out. In those instances, just like in the real world, the contestants were free to ask for clarification via the blog, twitter, or Facebook, or they could make specific assumptions. When making assumptions about a script, it was a great practice to clearly spell out the assumptions in a comment in the script. This also follows real-world best practices. It is well known that bosses do not always provide clear step-by-step instructions to IT Pros. Often, only a vague outline is provided—or at times, only the end result is half explained. It is up to the IT Pro to clarify expectations, or to make informed assumptions prior to commencing coding. Clarifying requirements was one of the skills being tested in the games this year.

The winner of the Beginner category: Lido Paglia
The winner of the Advanced category: Rohn Edwards
Complete list of Beginner Leaderboards
Complete list of Advanced Leaderboards

If you missed the games

Here are the steps that you can take to emulate your own version of the Scripting Games:

Go to the 2012 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games: All Links on One Page.
Review the Study Guide.
Review the two series of videos: Scripting with Windows PowerShell.
Take the two Windows PowerShell Quizzes.
Review the judging criteria. They form the basis of industry best practices for Windows PowerShell scripting.
Go back to the All Links on One Page, and choose your category. Click each event, and complete the requirements. Compare your answers with the experts.

What is coming up for our winners?

The winners from the 2012 Scripting Games will have the chance to appear on the PowerScripting PodCast with the Architect of Windows PowerShell, Jeffrey Snover.
The winners will be offered a chance to write a guest blog post about their experience in the 2012 Scripting Games.
The winners will be offered a free pass to Microsoft TechEd in Orlando (travel and expenses are not covered). While at TechEd, they will be interviewed on TechNet Radio IT Time with a Microsoft IT Pro evangelist.

That is it for now. Join me tomorrow for more Windows PowerShell cool stuff. I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

Final Advanced Leaderboard for the 2012 Scripting Games

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This is the FINAL Advanced leaderboard of the 2012 Scripting Games. Congratulations to our winners! For more information about this year's Scripting Games, see the blog post Winners of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Announced!

How were the scripts scored? Learn more about the judging criteria.

Top Submitters for the Advanced Events

User Name	Total Points	Scripts Rated	Total Ratings
Rohn Edwards	47	10	19
Kevin Hopcroft	46.58	10	22
Kyle Neier	46.5	10	19
Albert Fortes	46.25	10	20
Tim Parkinson	45.5	10	16
Brian Wilhite	45.5	10	22
Jason Hofferle	45	10	20
Matthew Painter	44.5	10	16
Glenn Faustino	44.42	10	21
Michał Gajda	44.33	10	23
Francis D	44	10	21
Joel Reed @J_lR_d {AZPOSH}	44	10	16
Sergey Vorontsov	43.5	10	15
Jeremy Caauwe	43.5	10	19
Billy Angers	43.5	10	19
Pete Maan	43	10	16
Robert van den Nieuwendijk	43	10	12
_Emin_	43	10	18
KSchulte	42.83	10	17
Jaap Brasser	42.67	10	16
Jason Stangroome	42.67	10	19
Aleksey Shuvalov	42.33	10	19
Rob Campbell	42.33	10	16
Mikko	42.17	10	21
Sergey Borisovich	42	10	20
Rich Kusak	42	10	16
BigTeddy	42	10	18
Matt Gohmann	41.5	10	15
Robert Mongold	41.5	10	17
Łukasz Kałużny	41.5	10	15
Sean Brown Houses	41.33	10	18
EasyMac308	41.25	10	21
aml	41.17	10	19
Mike Hammond	41.17	10	20
Ed Withers	41	10	20
Kim Tram	41	10	13
Nuno Mota	40.5	10	17
Alex McFarland	40.5	10	15
AZPOSH - Brian T Young	40.5	10	15
John Sneddon	40.5	10	20
Prosvetov Roman	40	10	21
Daniel Cruz	40	10	14
Vladimir Stepic	40	10	15
Jason Cole	40	10	15
Serkan Varoglu	39.67	10	16
Ryan Ries	39.5	10	21
Joe D.	39.5	10	14
Scott1138	39.5	10	17
gbdixg	39.17	10	20
Matthew BETTON	39	10	17
Stephanevg	39	10	14
Matthew Graeber	38.67	10	20
Jesper Strandberg	38.5	9	13
MSFT-AutomationJason	38.5	9	11
Daniel Howe	38.5	10	14
Igway Jacobs	38	10	17
Paulo J	37.83	10	16
George Kesler	37.75	9	15
Ken	37.5	9	12
Lars Seinwill	37.5	10	17
Jason Wood	37.17	10	17
Sam	37	9	13
ICC_RyanDennis	37	10	19
Robert Eder	37	10	14
Joshua Feierman	37	10	14
Frederick Duemig	37	10	16
blindrood	36	9	14
Ryan C	36	10	15
Cesar Mendoza	35.83	10	16
Schlauge	34.5	10	15
Cameron Wilson	33.75	10	20
Ken Lin	33.67	10	18
Ayo Wu	33.5	9	17
Grégory LUCAND	33.5	10	17
Serg	33.5	10	21
ICC_JDyer	33.33	9	12
Pemo	33	10	13
Thomas Paetzold	32	9	14
Vincent Van Hecke	31.5	10	18
vNoob	31.5	10	21
SimonW	31.33	7	13
Nathan Linley	31	9	20
Yves P	31	10	13
hemanth.damecharla	30	9	13
Ken Hamilton	29	8	15
Wes Stahler	28.5	7	9
Jack Chang	27.33	7	15
DamienCharbonnel	26	8	14
Tom_G	24.5	6	9
ICC_RDurkin	22.5	7	10
Mr grnnnx	21.67	6	9
Internal_IT	21.5	7	9
Franck RICHARD	20	5	9
Stijn Callebaut	20	7	9
marcadamcarter	18.5	5	10
sstranger	18.5	5	9
james seatter	18.5	6	12
Trevor Hayman	17.17	5	11
Jason Scott	17	4	8
Clayton Firth	16	5	5
Dustin Hedges	16	6	7
Tomek Izydorczyk	15.83	4	10
Jeff Patton	15.75	4	10
Michael Moore	15	4	9
Brentos	15	5	7
Kirk Cessac	14.5	4	6
Martijn Haverhoek	14	3	6
UGSING_MattHitchcock	14	4	8
Calle E	13.33	4	8
Vivien Schlottmann	13	4	4
jeffrey yao	12.67	3	6
resolver101	12.5	4	5
Clinton Merritt	12.17	3	6
Michael Topal	12	4	7
Tom Parker	11.83	3	7
ScripterJT	11.5	3	6
Paul Iddon	11	3	4
Brent Challis	11	3	6
Paul Cunningham	10.67	3	7
Kerry Boomsliter	10.5	3	4
J Skiba	10.5	3	6
Sean Decker	10	3	6
jillwi	9	2	5
T-Bone	9	2	3
Svartvoff	9	3	3
artnib	8.5	2	3
M Emek	8	2	2
DJ Grijalva	8	2	4
Dave Ackroyd @LearnPowerShell	8	3	6
Kiss Tamás	7.67	2	5
Jason Lange	7.5	2	3
Max Lindström	7	2	6
AaronHoover	7	2	3
MsMiller	7	2	4
David Blackmore	7	4	5
Carlos Nunez	6.67	2	5
PeetersOnlineNL	6.67	2	5
Mathieu Boulard	6.5	2	3
Frank Peter Schultze	6.5	2	3
Brad Blaylock	6.5	2	4
MattBoren	6	2	3
Jon Bryan	5.17	2	5
Dave Griffiths	5	1	2
Mark Weaver	5	1	2
Nico	5	1	1
Brian Carr	5	2	4
Dan Jakubczak	5	2	3
JeremiahC	5	2	3
f2b95d1a805fd4f8623b0d70b6ed3a19	4.67	2	5
Brandon Bettle	4.5	2	4
Damon Brinkley	4.5	2	4
Anonimista	4	1	2
Scott A. Alvarino	4	1	1
Tobias	4	1	2
Cameron Ove	4	1	2
Jose Quinones	4	1	2
Claudiu P	4	1	2
Scripting Scott Saari	4	1	2
smoshea	4	1	2
Warpig	4	1	2
Justin Sowa	4	1	2
Jimmy Mac	4	1	2
Fredrik Wall	4	2	7
Justin Stokes	4	2	3
Dan Richardson	3.67	1	3
Steelwing	3.67	1	3
MSFTW	3.67	1	3
herschelle	3.67	1	3
Ryan Schlagel	3.5	1	2
John Main	3.5	1	2
Chris Oswalt	3.5	1	2
Wolfgang Kais	3.5	1	2
PeterCS	3.5	1	2
Tony McGee	3.5	1	2
Clint Bergman	3.5	1	2
Wayne Gault	3.5	1	2
Yuriy Prikhodko	3.5	1	2
Greg Martin	3.5	1	2
PatrikL	3.5	1	2
jessekozloski	3.5	1	2
IJuan	3.5	1	2
BurntChimney	3.5	1	2
Ryan Shafer	3.5	1	2
Chris Stewart	3.5	1	2
Oneill Cameron	3.5	1	2
Claus Søgaard	3.5	1	2
SassDawe	3.5	1	2
Joshua Fuente	3.5	1	2
Miruu	3.5	1	2
ThoamsBiebl	3.5	1	2
MarkJohnson	3.5	1	2
Patrick Dorsch	3.5	1	2
Josh	3.33	1	3
kiran reddy	3	1	3
Chris Brown	3	1	2
Jacques	3	1	2
crownedjitter	3	1	2
Jakob Bindslet	3	1	3
David Eilers	3	1	2
Matthew Vidrine	3	1	2
Tom Moser	3	1	2
ginno	3	1	2
Greg Shay	3	1	2
Robert de Britto	3	1	2
Gregg Britton	3	1	2
ofirey	3	1	2
Erin Huligan	3	1	2
Frank Migacz	3	1	2
Scripting Scott Saari	3	1	2
Zach M	3	1	2
Jiri Formacek	3	1	2
Jason Milczek	3	2	3
James Tryand	2.5	1	2
Dan Lepine	2.5	1	2
Claudio Westerik	2.5	1	2
Perry Harris	2.5	1	2
dude9000	2.5	1	2
Chris Duck	2.5	1	2
Eddy Steenbergen	2.5	1	2
Nathan Cook - AU	2	1	2
Will Steele	2	1	4
Franck Malterre	2	1	2
Marcin Kowalczyk	2	1	2
845ebf71ea404155b02971a5b6e8bc8d	2	1	2
jcriswell	2	1	2
WizardX2	2	1	2
Seth L	2	1	1
Rob Dowell	1.5	1	2
El Ryan	1.5	1	2
Andrew	1.5	1	2
Jim Vierra	1.33	1	3
Brian T. Jackett	1	1	2
Joel Bennett ͦ᷈_ͦ᷉	1	1	1
Ákos Kinczel	1	1	2
Johan Åkerström	1	1	2
Hong	1	1	2
Bret Ridenour	1	1	1
Valeriy Aksyonov	1	1	2
a690f3730d067a5c07abee279e6b0e97	1	1	1

Final Beginner Leaderboard for the 2012 Scripting Games

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This is the FINAL Beginner leaderboard of the 2012 Scripting Games. Congratulations to our winners! For more information about this year's Scripting Games, see the blog post Winners of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Announced!

How were the scripts scored? Learn more about the judging criteria.

Top Submitters for the Beginner Events

User Name	Total Points	Scripts Rated	Total Ratings
Lido Paglia	48.25	10	24
Sahal Omer	47.33	10	23
Mike F Robbins	46.45	10	31
Dawn Villejoin	46.23	10	31
arnold moreno	45.87	10	24
Chris Manning @pbchris	44.83	10	25
yellowscope	44.5	10	27
Mr_Motown	44.17	10	26
wschoier	44.17	10	22
Matt benton	43.83	10	23
Cliff Harrison	43.75	10	26
JeffWouters	43.54	10	34
Eric Pankowski	43.5	10	24
TechguyTJ	43.5	10	25
Adam Funck	43.42	10	24
Srikanth	43.17	10	27
Andy Mello	42.92	10	24
Neil Clinch	42.75	9	20
Charlie Jacobson	42.5	10	24
Don Hunt	42.5	10	25
Thiyagu	42.33	9	19
Paul Hiles	42.33	10	23
Jordan Davis	42.33	10	25
Grzegorz Kulikowski	42.33	10	22
Eleftheria Theologou	42.27	10	24
CraigJahnke	42	10	23
Daniel Killian	42	10	24
James McNeil	41.92	10	23
ckrull	41.75	10	28
JoeTea	41.75	10	21
qsilverx	41.73	10	26
ScriptingWife	41.58	10	28
Brian Bohanon	41.58	10	26
Maciej	41.5	10	26
Chris-D	41.5	10	23
Jhonny Yamaniha	41.25	10	27
mark_@_li	41.17	10	22
NCoppersmith	41.17	10	22
Tim Muessig	41.08	10	26
jaydee	41	10	23
Duffman	41	10	28
GCaporale	41	10	28
mtb44	41	10	24
David OBrien	41	10	23
Alexis Ragual	40.67	9	21
James Berkenbile	40.67	10	24
Julie Andreacola	40.58	10	23
Vinay Bhandari	40.58	10	23
Sigitas Grėbliūnas	40.5	9	19
James White	40.5	10	29
AmandaD	40.42	10	24
David Waderich	40.33	10	22
tyoung	40.25	10	25
Tim Watson	40.2	10	27
Steven Neel	40.17	9	20
Nathan Mayberry	40.17	10	21
Michael Moore	40	10	23
AballahSonDis	40	10	22
Max Schnell	39.83	9	19
clbarnett	39.83	10	25
NakiPS1	39.83	10	25
Marcin Pietras	39.67	9	19
Erica Miles	39.67	10	25
John Grenfell	39.58	10	23
John Russell	39.5	10	26
SM Yeoh	39.5	10	22
ngebhar2	39.33	10	24
Werner	39.25	10	27
cemarsh06	39.17	10	24
SLevenberg	39.17	10	22
Joshua Taylor	39.1	10	26
Mark P	38.92	9	23
ICC_jruff	38.83	10	22
BTmuney	38.83	10	25
Shaun Watts	38.75	10	23
Andrey Zvyagin	38.75	10	23
Andy Bidlen	38.67	9	21
Rich Oswald	38.67	10	23
Jeremy Cox	38.67	10	24
TSCSG	38.67	10	24
Chris Seiter	38.33	10	21
Steve Hall	38.33	10	22
Matt Tilford	38.33	10	26
Lotte	38.17	10	24
blahcubed	38	9	19
Fabio Jr	38	10	23
L4NM4N	38	10	24
MikeHowden	37.92	9	21
James Stallwood	37.75	9	22
Pradeep Rawat	37.67	10	25
SdeDot	37.5	10	26
emekm	37.5	10	23
rumart	37.42	10	26
Jason Y.	37.33	10	24
Dexter Dhami	37.25	9	21
BradC	37.17	10	23
Ken Wilson	37.17	10	26
Derek Schauland	37	9	22
Ifiok Moses	37	10	26
NSlearningPS	37	10	21
Xander Solis	37	10	26
Dominic Leonard	36.92	10	22
Wouter Beens	36.92	10	22
Daniel Thompson	36.83	10	24
Brian Sabatini	36.83	10	24
John OHarra	36.82	10	26
Oleg Suchkov	36.73	10	24
ICC_mworthley	36.5	10	26
ruskie	36.42	9	22
Robert B	36.42	10	26
DaveyK	36.42	10	26
Andreas Engkvist	36.33	10	24
DrLe	36.25	9	23
Tyson J. Hayes	36.17	10	22
Geathan	35.87	10	24
Jon McCormick	35.83	10	27
Leon Nell	35.83	10	27
NGelotte	35.67	8	17
Jess Pomfret	35.5	10	24
Phill McSherry	35.33	9	23
Elmerp	35.33	10	22
David Christian	35.33	10	23
Yves PASCAULT	35.17	10	24
Nathan Lare	35	9	20
Nadeem Vance	34.83	9	20
ICC_RichardEisenberger	34.75	10	26
Roy M	34.67	9	22
therceg	34.67	9	20
Stephen Correia	34.67	10	22
Riwe	34.67	10	24
John	34.6	9	22
eribaq	34.6	10	26
Daniel Dittenhafer	34.5	10	23
Dave Maldonado	34.42	9	21
JeremyB	34.42	10	24
AnotherPoShBlog	34.4	9	21
BreakDown	34	10	27
Nisha Sridhar	33.83	8	17
Mads Hjort Larsen	33.83	10	23
Norman Manoh	33.83	10	23
member2712	33.83	10	24
Nate Shepard	33.67	10	22
dluke001	33.58	10	25
cphair	33.5	9	18
kloinerFeigling83	33.08	10	23
Will Nevis	33.08	10	25
Aaron Bednar	33	10	23
Timo Skupin	32.75	10	27
Shevek	32.67	9	20
Daniel Snowden	32.58	9	22
honeybadger	32.5	8	18
Marty	32.3	9	22
shiv	31.92	9	22
Zak Humphries	31.58	8	19
TheKidd	31.5	8	15
mand0	31.33	8	17
Mod10	31.33	10	25
MarkIsBack	30.83	8	21
Daniel Bicho	30.83	9	24
ResetSA	30.67	9	20
BernhardG	30.5	8	19
andre	30.5	8	20
Carl	30.42	8	23
mvanhorenbeeck	30.42	8	21
Zia	30.33	9	22
jones89	30.17	10	25
Pendrag	30	8	16
aaron d	29.83	10	23
Matt Swint	29.75	8	21
erunama	29.75	10	24
Vern Anderson	29.67	10	23
nyoro2	29.5	7	16
Scott Baker	28.92	8	21
The Awesome-Machine.NET	28.92	9	22
mnadobnik	28.75	8	19
eklime	28.58	7	18
Scott Alvarino	28	8	18
Clancy Wendt	28	9	23
Dan	27.92	8	19
real fastcomputer	27.83	9	21
Brian Fraley	27.75	8	20
oki	27.5	8	15
MOW	27.5	8	17
Andrew Morgan	27.42	7	18
W. Sterling	27.42	8	21
Dennis James	27.33	7	14
Gica	27.15	7	19
Mouton	27.08	8	20
Matt McAllister	27	8	20
Stephen Brown	26.67	7	16
Japke	26.5	7	18
Sai Prasad Vaddepally	26.33	8	17
Clayton McKenzie	26.25	8	22
Chuck Lathrope	25.77	8	20
Steve Mahoney	25.75	8	19
Sidewinder	25.5	7	18
Tony Rad	25.5	8	21
aalaminos	25.42	7	18
Marcos Tsuda	25.42	8	18
catremor	25.25	7	17
Joe Keohan	25	9	20
something easier to read	24.58	7	18
mrgif1	24.5	6	13
BenJT	24.42	7	19
Niel Fletcher	24	7	16
Jason Omar	23.08	6	19
ICC_KFoley	23.08	7	21
Kryten-68	23	7	18
Emil Eriksson	23	7	16
Derrick Michelson	22.83	7	17
Mathieu Boulard	22.75	5	15
Kieran Walsh	22.67	7	15
robert broyles	22.58	8	20
jarheadf23	22.25	6	14
octavmarius	22.17	5	12
Vinay Thakur	22.17	10	24
EDW	22	7	14
toumi walid	21.67	7	21
Trevor Watkins	21.5	7	17
Shawn Melton	21.33	5	13
Chris Keim	21.33	6	15
Tony Uren	21	6	15
Mckie	20.47	7	18
e46d8dd2e1625c7a6182b82bc012a7e0	20.42	8	21
Luke Forder	19.92	5	16
jbrek	19.42	6	16
HitchHeik	19.17	6	16
Jeff Schulman	19	5	12
Mooseade	18.8	5	14
vNiklas	18.75	5	13
Megha Kuruvilla	18.67	5	12
Shaun Gibbs	18.5	7	16
Shawn bequette	18.33	6	14
Daniel Headley	18.17	5	10
Andrew Dauncey	17.83	5	11
John van Leeuwen	17.25	6	16
Richard Holman	17	5	10
Bastien B	16.5	5	16
ed3c64f9163ea026e949706ee53b2a34	15	5	10
Colyn1337	14	3	5
Benduru	14	5	10
lamaar75	13.33	5	14
joeartz	13	3	8
Matt Vidrine	12	3	8
Chris Albert	11.33	3	6
Hov Arve	11.17	4	10
Patrik Lindström	10.5	3	9
Bret Ridenour	10.5	4	12
Paul Sweeney	10.33	4	9
vbscripter	9	2	4
Darren Maspero	9	2	8
Peter Heydon	8.92	2	7
Tim Miller	8.67	3	11
Brendan Erofeev	8.5	2	6
DWS	8.42	2	7
Dennis Jarjosa	8.42	2	7
plindgren	8.42	3	11
Yuri Kutovoy	8.42	3	11
Matt_A_	8.42	3	9
lvimeux	8.33	2	6
Jan R.	8.33	2	6
Arif Ali	8.33	3	10
Anders Wang	8.33	3	6
Jerame Caudill	8	2	6
Thomas Farmer	8	2	6
Andy Wyse	8	3	9
TomKupka	7.83	3	11
sfibich	7.75	2	7
Francisco Puig Diaz	7.75	3	11
Bryan	7.67	2	4
Forrest Stanley	7.67	2	6
Name	7.6	3	10
Mark Amann	7.5	2	7
Tomek A.	7.5	2	8
MarcoB78	7.42	2	7
TaylorGibb	7.4	2	8
Kevin	7.33	3	8
Michael Odermatt	7.08	2	7
Jeffrey Jacobs	7	2	6
Greg Combs	7	3	7
Scott Button	6.83	2	7
Sander	6.83	2	7
TheZmann	6.33	2	4
Coderaven	6.33	2	5
u2tb	6.33	2	6
Jeff Maes	6	2	6
Harshul	6	2	3
JMARCH	6	2	4
sebuko	5.75	2	6
greeme	5.67	2	6
Apnea	5.67	2	6
Satheesh	5.67	2	7
Timm Brochhaus	5.5	2	6
Josh Nylander	5.5	2	8
Jonny Earl Grey Lindbom	5.47	2	8
radek	5.42	2	7
RJSN	5.33	2	4
DisplayName	5.33	2	5
Dave Baird	5.33	2	6
Anthony Rum	5.25	2	7
Mike Lambert	5.25	2	7
Andrew Cameron	5	1	3
Dean Grant	5	1	4
foobar	5	1	2
Brian Wuchner	5	2	8
Joel Cook	5	2	6
Mallika Gogulamudi	5	2	8
miramar_unna	5	2	4
acchong	4.75	1	4
Ken King	4.5	1	2
Sudeep Bhaskar	4.5	1	4
Petter Edin	4.33	2	6
Andrew Gardner	4.25	1	4
Jason Schmidtlein	4.25	1	4
Ryan Youngs	4	1	3
Pavan Hotha	4	1	3
zacd	4	1	3
Filip Rejch	4	1	2
Claymonster	4	1	3
Francisco osorio	4	1	3
James B. Bizzell	4	1	2
Jay Lockard	4	1	3
evidence	4	1	3
PSLearner	4	2	6
peter bishop	4	2	8
Björn	4	2	3
Dominic Daigle	3.85	2	9
Ola Skjeldal	3.67	1	3
Brett Chandler	3.67	1	3
Tim Hetzel	3.67	1	3
Chris Watson	3.67	2	5
sgatepunk	3.5	1	2
Bob__Mule	3.5	1	4
Jasper van der Heijden	3.33	1	3
ocongil	3.33	1	3
70f53217af68ac357dfc1a46739257a6	3.33	1	3
MonitorMan	3.33	1	3
iTodd	3.33	1	3
Jonathan Birkett	3.33	1	3
redi311	3.33	1	3
Dexter	3.33	2	6
b4d93r	3.33	2	5
jeprus	3.25	1	4
skynetx	3	1	3
Jude Croyle	3	1	3
Crystal Diaz	3	1	3
Erin Huligan	3	1	2
Andrew Newman	3	1	3
mitch baker	3	1	3
MrBatchFile	2.67	2	6
Jeremy Dunlop	2.33	1	3
a64c64bd8e1fe90b8b024ab272090e32	2.33	1	3
Daed	2.33	1	3
Jay mac	2.33	1	3
Byty	2	1	3
3166f9ba33499b4658123e7b0a84598f	1.67	1	3
Luca Christmann	1.67	1	3
le4ne	1.5	1	4
Sean Massey	1.33	1	3
David Granlund	1.33	1	3
Chris Nakagaki (Zsoldier)	1.33	1	3
2e638c99ea54b4ddb208033083f4ef24	1.33	1	3
Anjan Chidurala	1.33	1	3
Gabriel Tapia	1.33	1	3
j.vogt	1.33	1	3
TitleRequired	1.33	1	3
Jason Shaw	1.25	1	4
Eric Ray	1.25	1	4
Gary Jackson	1.25	1	4
gary gray	1.2	1	5
TechJLS3	1	1	5
WizardX	1	1	5
Jeremy Kieler	1	1	3

Expert Commentary: 2012 Scripting Games Advanced Event 10

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Summary: Microsoft MCC, Rich Prescott, provides expert commentary for 2012 Scripting Games Advanced Event 10.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Rich Prescott is the expert commentator for Advanced Event 10.

Rich is currently working as a Windows Engineer for a market-leading global financial services firm in New York City. He started learning Windows PowerShell in 2009 while he was working as a desktop engineer. He is an author for the Microsoft TechNet Wiki. He is also a moderator on the Official Scripting Guys Forum, and he recently received the Microsoft Community Contributor award.

Personal blog: Engineering Efficiency
Microsoft blog: WikiNinjas - Official Blog of TechNet Wiki
Microsoft profile: Rich Prescott on TechNet
Twitter: @Rich_Prescott

Part one: The manual way

Having been a server admin previously, I have dealt with misbehaving servers on multiple occasions. Typically this led to creating a data collector set in Performance Monitor, and then viewing a chart with the information or exporting the information to a BLG file for later viewing.

When we had the BLG file, it could be converted into a CSV file by using the relog executable. This would create a CSV file that could satisfy three out of four of the requirements for Advanced Event 10.

Relog.exe Processor.blg –f CSV –o LT_processorCounters.csv

But this is the 2012 Scripting Games, and what would it be without some scripting!

Part two: The one-liner

After loading the Windows PowerShell console, I checked what available options there were for counters by using the following command:

Get-Command *counter*

After checking out the Get-Help listings for the Get-Counter and Export-Counter cmdlets, I was able to create a simple one-liner to generate the required CSV file:

Get-Counter -Counter (Get-Counter -ListSet Processor).Paths -MaxSamples 10 -SampleInterval 2 |

Export-Counter -Path "$($Env:ComputerName)_processorCounters.csv" -FileFormat csv

To fulfill the requirement of placing it in the Documents special folder, we can use Join-Path and a shortcut for the user’s documents folder.

Get-Counter -Counter (Get-Counter -ListSet Processor).Paths -MaxSamples 10 -SampleInterval 2 |

Export-Counter -Path (Join-Path ([environment]::getfolderpath("mydocuments")) "$($Env:ComputerName)_processorCounters.csv") -FileFormat csv

Now we have a mirror CSV file to what we created by using Relog.exe. However, if you read the Event Scenario carefully, it states that you must capture snapshots at two-second intervals for a total of ten snapshots, and there appears to be a row missing in both of the CSV files that we generated. If we wanted to be lazy, we could simply increment the MaxSamples parameter by 1, delete the first empty row in the CSV file, and call it a day. But this is the 2012 Scripting Games, and if you are going to do something, do it right!

Part three: The advanced way

In my testing, I found that the Get-Counter cmdlet was pulling all of the information correctly, but the Export-Counter and Relog.exe were not correctly outputting the data. To get around this, we can use Get-Counter to pull all of the information required, parse through it ourselves, and then output to a CSV file. I created the following function, which creates an array, loops through the objects piped from Get-Counter, converts them into custom PSObjects, and adds them to the array.

function Convert-RPCounter {

Param(

[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValuefromPipeline=$true)]

$PerfData

)

Begin {$Results = @()}

Process

{

ForEach ($Sample in $PerfData){

$obj = New-Object PSObject -Property @{TimeStamp = $Sample.TimeStamp}

ForEach($CounterSample in $Sample.CounterSamples){

$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $CounterSample.Path -Value $CounterSample.CookedValue

}

$Results += $obj

}

End {$Results}

}

We then call the function as follows:

Get-Counter -Counter (Get-Counter -ListSet "Processor").Paths -MaxSamples 10 -SampleInterval 2 |

Convert-RPCounter |

Export-Csv -Path (Join-Path ([environment]::getfolderpath("mydocuments")) "$($Env:ComputerName)_processorCounters.csv") -NoTypeInformation

As you can see in the previous image, we now have 10 full samples at two-second intervals as required. And that’s all there is to capturing performance data with Windows PowerShell.

Now starts the fun process of troubleshooting what is eating up all of my CPU…

…mumbles to himself, “Where is that bothersome Script Monkey? I thought I told him to stay away from my computer!”

~Rich

WOW! This also concludes the 2012 Scripting Games. I want to especially thank all of the judges and the expert commentators for all of their hard work. I also want to thank Dia Reeves (my editor) who has done much more than basic editing these past several months leading up to the Scripting Games. I also want to extend a special thank-you to our wonderful sponsors for all their support of this great event. I hope you had fun, and that you also found it to be a worthwhile learning endeavor.

Join me tomorrow as we return to our regularly scheduled Weekend Scripter. I promise that I will not talk about the Scripting Games tomorrow—well, maybe a little. By the way, if you happen to be in Virginia Beach, VA tomorrow, the Scripting Wife and I will be at the Mark Minasi Conference where I (along with Don Jones) will be speaking. With people like Mark Minasi and Don Jones on the agenda, how can it fail to be an exciting and fun time? Hope to see you there.

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

Expert Commentary: 2012 Scripting Games Beginner Event 10

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, provides expert commentary for 2012 Scripting Games Beginner Event 10.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Marco Shaw is the expert commentator for Beginner Event 10.

Marco has been in the IT industry for almost 15 years, and he is currently working for the IT consulting company CGI. He supports Windows servers and Linux, and he enjoys the various daily challenges he faces. He is a five-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for his support of Windows PowerShell online and offline communities.

First off, if I go back to last year—that was an “epic fail” on my part. I completely missed it. My solution didn’t even provide a solution to the problem. I will do better this year…

The first part of Beginner Event 10 is simple enough: get the performance counters. I already knew about Get-Counter because it is one of the core cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0. It was simple enough to come up with:

get-counter -counter "\processor(*)\*" -sample 5 -max 3

However, it did take a bit of digging to get the counter parameter value right.

Next, I decided to tackle the “special documents folder.” I never pretend to know everything—not even close. I forget stuff all of the time, and I have to revert to using Bing a lot. I’m not embarrassed to say it. I’ve gotten used to it because I use multiple technologies at work, so I’m a “master of none.”

There is a way using .NET to get this special folder directly, but Ed made a point of adding a design point that indicates “use native Windows PowerShell commands.” If we were talking about more than a simple one-liner with a few cmdlets, I’d go with .NET, but I won’t this time. I played around a bit and came up with:

${env:userprofile}"\Documents\"${env:computername}"_ProcessorCounters.txt"

Not exactly pretty, but it meets the following requirements:

The documents folder
The server name in the output file
The file ending with _ProcessorCounters.txt

So, I naively went with:

get-counter -counter "\processor(*)\*" -sample 5 -max 3|add-content -path ${env:userprofile}"\Documents\"${env:computername}"_ProcessorCounters.txt"

Then I looked at the resulting text file to see the fruits of my labor—which turned out to be a lemon as shown here:

Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCounter.PerformanceCounterSampleSet

Ugh! The perfmon objects are getting written to the file, not their string-based counterparts. This simple change worked:

get-counter -counter "\processor(*)\*" -sampleinterval 5 -maxsamples 3|out-string|add-content -path ${env:userprofile}"\Documents\"${env:computername}"_ProcessorCounters.txt"

Success! I simply needed to pipe to Out-String to transform my objects into basic string objects, then pipe them to a text file.

~Marco

Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy

Advanced Leaderboard for the 2012 Scripting Games as of April 27

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This is the Advanced leaderboard of the 2012 Scripting Games. Keep in mind that the rankings are constantly changing throughout the day as event submissions are graded by the judges. No more scripts are being accepted.

How are scripts scored? Learn more about judging criteria.

Top Submitters for the Advanced Events

User Name	Total Points	Scripts Rated	Total Ratings
Kevin Hopcroft	47.08	10	21
Rohn Edwards	47	10	17
Albert Fortes	46.75	10	19
Kyle Neier	46.5	10	18
Brian Wilhite	45.5	10	22
Tim Parkinson	45.5	10	15
Jason Hofferle	45	10	20
Michał Gajda	44.67	10	20
Matthew Painter	44.5	10	16
Glenn Faustino	44.42	10	20
Francis D	44	10	20
Joel Reed @J_lR_d {AZPOSH}	43.5	10	13
Sergey Vorontsov	43.5	10	14
Jeremy Caauwe	43.5	10	17
Billy Angers	43.5	10	19
Pete Maan	43	10	16
Robert van den Nieuwendijk	43	10	12
_Emin_	43	10	17
KSchulte	42.83	10	17
Jaap Brasser	42.67	10	16
Jason Stangroome	42.67	10	17
Aleksey Shuvalov	42.33	10	19
Rob Campbell	42.33	10	16
BigTeddy	42	10	17
Mikko	41.67	10	17
Sergey Borisovich	41.5	10	18
Matt Gohmann	41.5	10	13
Robert Mongold	41.5	10	14
Łukasz Kałużny	41.5	10	13
Sean Brown Houses	41.33	10	18
Mike Hammond	41.17	10	16
Rich Kusak	41	10	14
Ed Withers	41	10	17
Kim Tram	41	10	13
aml	40.67	10	16
Alex McFarland	40.5	10	15
Nuno Mota	40.5	10	16
AZPOSH - Brian T Young	40.5	10	15
John Sneddon	40.5	10	15
Prosvetov Roman	40.33	10	19
EasyMac308	40.25	10	19
Jason Cole	40	10	15
Daniel Cruz	40	10	14
Vladimir Stepic	40	10	13
Serkan Varoglu	39.67	10	14
Ryan Ries	39.5	10	18
Joe D.	39.5	10	14
Scott1138	39.5	10	15
Matthew Graeber	39.17	10	16
Stephanevg	39	10	14
Matthew BETTON	39	10	15
gbdixg	38.67	10	17
Jesper Strandberg	38.5	9	11
MSFT-AutomationJason	38.5	9	11
Daniel Howe	38.5	10	13
Igway Jacobs	38	10	14
Paulo J	37.83	10	15
George Kesler	37.75	9	13
Jason Wood	37.67	10	16
Ken	37.5	9	12
Lars Seinwill	37.5	10	16
Frederick Duemig	37	10	14
Robert Eder	37	10	13
Joshua Feierman	37	10	14
blindrood	36	9	14
ICC_RyanDennis	36	10	15
Ryan C	36	10	15
Cesar Mendoza	35.83	10	14
Sam	35.5	9	12
Schlauge	34.5	10	15
Cameron Wilson	34.25	10	18
Ken Lin	33.67	10	17
Ayo Wu	33.5	9	13
ICC_JDyer	33.33	9	12
Pemo	33	10	13
Vincent Van Hecke	32.5	10	15
Serg	32.5	10	17
Grégory LUCAND	32.5	10	16
Thomas Paetzold	32	9	14
SimonW	31.33	7	11
vNoob	31	10	17
Yves P	31	10	13
Nathan Linley	30.5	9	14
hemanth.damecharla	30.5	9	11
Wes Stahler	29.5	7	8
Ken Hamilton	29	8	13
Jack Chang	27.33	7	11
DamienCharbonnel	26	8	11
Tom_G	24.5	6	9
ICC_RDurkin	22.5	7	9
Mr grnnnx	21.67	6	9
Internal_IT	21.5	7	9
Franck RICHARD	20	5	7
Stijn Callebaut	20	7	9
marcadamcarter	18.5	5	9
sstranger	18.5	5	9
james seatter	18.5	6	11
Trevor Hayman	17.17	5	9
Jason Scott	17	4	8
Clayton Firth	16	5	5
Dustin Hedges	16	6	7
Tomek Izydorczyk	15.83	4	8
Jeff Patton	15.75	4	10
Michael Moore	15	4	7
Brentos	15	5	7
Kirk Cessac	14.5	4	6
Martijn Haverhoek	14	3	5
UGSING_MattHitchcock	14	4	8
Calle E	13.33	4	8
Vivien Schlottmann	13	4	4
Clinton Merritt	12.67	3	5
jeffrey yao	12.67	3	6
resolver101	12.5	4	5
Michael Topal	12	4	6
Tom Parker	11.83	3	7
ScripterJT	11.5	3	6
Paul Iddon	11	3	4
Brent Challis	11	3	5
Paul Cunningham	10.67	3	6
Kerry Boomsliter	10.5	3	4
J Skiba	10.5	3	5
Sean Decker	10	3	5
jillwi	9	2	5
T-Bone	9	2	3
Svartvoff	9	3	3
artnib	8.5	2	3
M Emek	8	2	2
DJ Grijalva	8	2	4
Dave Ackroyd @LearnPowerShell	8	3	6
Kiss Tamás	7.67	2	5
Jason Lange	7.5	2	3
Max Lindström	7	2	6
AaronHoover	7	2	3
MsMiller	7	2	4
David Blackmore	7	4	5
Carlos Nunez	6.67	2	5
PeetersOnlineNL	6.67	2	5
Frank Peter Schultze	6.5	2	3
Brad Blaylock	6.5	2	4
MattBoren	6	2	3
Mathieu Boulard	6	2	2
Jon Bryan	5.17	2	5
Dave Griffiths	5	1	2
Nico	5	1	1
Mark Weaver	5	1	2
Brian Carr	5	2	4
Dan Jakubczak	5	2	3
JeremiahC	5	2	3
f2b95d1a805fd4f8623b0d70b6ed3a19	4.67	2	5
Brandon Bettle	4.5	2	4
Damon Brinkley	4.5	2	4
Anonimista	4	1	2
Scott A. Alvarino	4	1	1
Tobias	4	1	2
Cameron Ove	4	1	2
Jose Quinones	4	1	2
Claudiu P	4	1	2
Scripting Scott Saari	4	1	2
smoshea	4	1	2
Warpig	4	1	2
Justin Sowa	4	1	2
Jimmy Mac	4	1	1
Fredrik Wall	4	2	7
Justin Stokes	4	2	3
Dan Richardson	3.67	1	3
Steelwing	3.67	1	3
MSFTW	3.67	1	3
herschelle	3.67	1	3
Ryan Schlagel	3.5	1	2
John Main	3.5	1	2
Chris Oswalt	3.5	1	2
Wolfgang Kais	3.5	1	2
PeterCS	3.5	1	2
Tony McGee	3.5	1	2
Clint Bergman	3.5	1	2
Wayne Gault	3.5	1	2
Yuriy Prikhodko	3.5	1	2
Greg Martin	3.5	1	2
PatrikL	3.5	1	2
jessekozloski	3.5	1	2
IJuan	3.5	1	2
BurntChimney	3.5	1	2
Ryan Shafer	3.5	1	2
Chris Stewart	3.5	1	2
Oneill Cameron	3.5	1	2
Claus Søgaard	3.5	1	2
SassDawe	3.5	1	2
Joshua Fuente	3.5	1	2
Miruu	3.5	1	2
ThoamsBiebl	3.5	1	2
MarkJohnson	3.5	1	2
Patrick Dorsch	3.5	1	2
Josh	3.33	1	3
kiran reddy	3	1	3
Chris Brown	3	1	2
Jacques	3	1	2
crownedjitter	3	1	2
Jakob Bindslet	3	1	3
David Eilers	3	1	2
Matthew Vidrine	3	1	2
Tom Moser	3	1	2
ginno	3	1	2
Greg Shay	3	1	2
Robert de Britto	3	1	2
Gregg Britton	3	1	2
ofirey	3	1	2
Erin Huligan	3	1	2
Frank Migacz	3	1	2
Scripting Scott Saari	3	1	2
Zach M	3	1	2
Jiri Formacek	3	1	2
Jason Milczek	3	2	3
James Tryand	2.5	1	2
Dan Lepine	2.5	1	2
Claudio Westerik	2.5	1	2
Perry Harris	2.5	1	2
dude9000	2.5	1	2
Chris Duck	2.5	1	2
Eddy Steenbergen	2.5	1	2
Nathan Cook - AU	2	1	2
Will Steele	2	1	4
Franck Malterre	2	1	2
Marcin Kowalczyk	2	1	2
845ebf71ea404155b02971a5b6e8bc8d	2	1	2
jcriswell	2	1	2
WizardX2	2	1	2
Seth L	2	1	1
Rob Dowell	1.5	1	2
El Ryan	1.5	1	2
Andrew	1.5	1	2
Jim Vierra	1.33	1	3
Brian T. Jackett	1	1	2
Joel Bennett ͦ᷈_ͦ᷉	1	1	1
Ákos Kinczel	1	1	2
Johan Åkerström	1	1	2
Hong	1	1	2
Bret Ridenour	1	1	1
Valeriy Aksyonov	1	1	2
a690f3730d067a5c07abee279e6b0e97	1	1	1

Beginner Leaderboard for the 2012 Scripting Games as of April 27

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This is the Beginner leaderboard of the 2012 Scripting Games. Keep in mind that the rankings are constantly changing throughout the day as event submissions are graded by the judges. No more scripts are being accepted.

How are scripts scored? Learn more about judging criteria.

Top Submitters for the Beginner Events

User Name	Total Points	Scripts Rated	Total Ratings
Lido Paglia	48.25	10	23
Sahal Omer	47.33	10	23
Mike F Robbins	46.45	10	31
Dawn Villejoin	46.23	10	31
arnold moreno	45.87	10	24
Chris Manning @pbchris	44.83	10	24
yellowscope	44.67	10	26
Mr_Motown	44.17	10	26
JeffWouters	44.13	10	32
Matt benton	43.83	10	23
Cliff Harrison	43.75	10	24
wschoier	43.67	10	21
Srikanth	43.5	10	25
Eric Pankowski	43.5	10	24
TechguyTJ	43.5	10	25
Adam Funck	43.42	10	24
Andy Mello	43	10	23
Neil Clinch	42.75	9	20
Don Hunt	42.67	10	23
Charlie Jacobson	42.5	10	24
Thiyagu	42.33	9	19
Paul Hiles	42.33	10	22
Grzegorz Kulikowski	42.33	10	21
Eleftheria Theologou	42.27	10	23
CraigJahnke	42.17	10	22
Daniel Killian	42	10	24
ckrull	41.92	10	27
James McNeil	41.92	10	23
qsilverx	41.9	10	25
Jordan Davis	41.83	10	24
ScriptingWife	41.58	10	28
Maciej	41.5	10	24
Chris-D	41.5	10	23
Jhonny Yamaniha	41.42	10	25
Brian Bohanon	41.25	10	24
JoeTea	41.25	10	20
NCoppersmith	41.17	10	21
David OBrien	41	10	22
jaydee	41	10	23
GCaporale	41	10	27
Duffman	41	10	27
mtb44	41	10	23
Tim Muessig	40.92	10	25
mark_@_li	40.67	10	21
James White	40.67	10	28
James Berkenbile	40.67	10	24
Julie Andreacola	40.58	10	23
Sigitas Grėbliūnas	40.5	9	19
David Waderich	40.33	10	22
tyoung	40.25	10	25
Tim Watson	40.2	10	26
Vinay Bhandari	40.08	10	22
Alexis Ragual	40	9	19
AballahSonDis	40	10	22
Michael Moore	40	10	23
AmandaD	39.92	10	23
NakiPS1	39.83	10	24
Steven Neel	39.67	9	19
Nathan Mayberry	39.67	10	20
John Grenfell	39.58	10	23
SM Yeoh	39.5	10	22
Max Schnell	39.33	9	17
clbarnett	39.33	10	24
Werner	39.25	10	26
Marcin Pietras	39.17	9	18
John Russell	39.17	10	24
Erica Miles	39.17	10	24
Joshua Taylor	39.1	10	26
Mark P	38.92	9	23
ICC_jruff	38.83	10	21
ngebhar2	38.83	10	23
BTmuney	38.83	10	25
Andrey Zvyagin	38.75	10	23
Andy Bidlen	38.67	9	21
Rich Oswald	38.67	10	22
cemarsh06	38.67	10	23
SLevenberg	38.67	10	21
Matt Tilford	38.5	10	25
TSCSG	38.5	10	22
Chris Seiter	38.33	10	21
Brian Sabatini	38.33	10	23
Shaun Watts	38.25	10	22
Jeremy Cox	38.17	10	23
blahcubed	38	9	18
L4NM4N	38	10	24
MikeHowden	37.92	9	21
SdeDot	37.83	10	24
Steve Hall	37.83	10	21
James Stallwood	37.75	9	21
Pradeep Rawat	37.67	10	24
Lotte	37.67	10	23
Fabio Jr	37.67	10	21
rumart	37.5	10	24
Dominic Leonard	37.42	10	21
Jason Y.	37.33	10	23
Dexter Dhami	37.25	9	21
Derek Schauland	37.17	9	21
BradC	37.17	10	23
Ken Wilson	37.17	10	25
Xander Solis	37	10	25
NSlearningPS	37	10	20
Oleg Suchkov	36.9	10	22
Ifiok Moses	36.83	10	23
John OHarra	36.82	10	26
Robert B	36.67	10	23
emekm	36.5	10	21
Wouter Beens	36.42	10	21
Daniel Thompson	36.33	10	23
Leon Nell	36.33	10	25
Andreas Engkvist	36.33	10	23
Tyson J. Hayes	36.17	10	21
ICC_mworthley	36	10	25
Yves PASCAULT	36	10	21
DaveyK	35.92	10	24
Geathan	35.87	10	22
Elmerp	35.83	10	21
DrLe	35.75	9	22
NGelotte	35.67	8	17
ruskie	35.42	9	21
dluke001	35.08	10	23
Jess Pomfret	35	10	23
Jon McCormick	34.92	10	25
Nadeem Vance	34.83	9	20
Phill McSherry	34.83	9	22
David Christian	34.83	10	22
ICC_RichardEisenberger	34.75	10	25
therceg	34.67	9	19
Stephen Correia	34.67	10	22
Riwe	34.67	10	23
John	34.6	9	21
Nathan Lare	34.5	9	19
Dave Maldonado	34.42	9	20
AnotherPoShBlog	34.4	9	20
member2712	34.33	10	22
eribaq	34.27	10	24
Roy M	34.17	9	20
BreakDown	34	10	27
Daniel Dittenhafer	34	10	22
JeremyB	33.92	10	23
Mads Hjort Larsen	33.83	10	22
Norman Manoh	33.5	10	21
Nisha Sridhar	33.33	8	16
Timo Skupin	33.33	10	25
Nate Shepard	33.17	10	21
kloinerFeigling83	33.08	10	22
cphair	33	9	17
Will Nevis	32.75	10	23
Shevek	32.67	9	20
honeybadger	32.5	8	18
Aaron Bednar	32.5	10	22
Marty	32.3	9	21
Daniel Snowden	32.08	9	21
Zak Humphries	31.58	8	19
TheKidd	31.5	8	14
shiv	31.42	9	21
mand0	31.33	8	16
Zia	31.33	9	21
Mod10	31.33	10	25
Daniel Bicho	31.08	9	23
MarkIsBack	30.83	8	20
ResetSA	30.67	9	20
BernhardG	30.5	8	17
andre	30.5	8	20
Carl	30.42	8	23
mvanhorenbeeck	30.42	8	21
jones89	30.17	10	25
aaron d	30	10	22
erunama	29.75	10	24
Vern Anderson	29.67	10	23
Matt Swint	29.58	8	20
nyoro2	29.5	7	16
Pendrag	29.5	8	15
Scott Baker	29.08	8	20
The Awesome-Machine.NET	29	9	21
mnadobnik	28.75	8	18
eklime	28.58	7	18
Clancy Wendt	28.33	9	21
Scott Alvarino	28	8	18
Brian Fraley	27.92	8	19
Dan	27.92	8	19
real fastcomputer	27.83	9	20
W. Sterling	27.5	8	20
oki	27.5	8	15
MOW	27.5	8	17
Andrew Morgan	27.42	7	18
Dennis James	27.33	7	14
Gica	27.15	7	19
Mouton	27.08	8	20
Matt McAllister	27	8	20
Stephen Brown	26.67	7	16
Japke	26.5	7	17
Sai Prasad Vaddepally	26.33	8	16
Clayton McKenzie	26.25	8	22
Chuck Lathrope	25.77	8	19
Sidewinder	25.5	7	18
Tony Rad	25.5	8	21
aalaminos	25.42	7	18
Marcos Tsuda	25.42	8	17
catremor	25.25	7	17
mrgif1	25	6	12
Joe Keohan	25	9	20
Steve Mahoney	24.75	8	18
something easier to read	24.58	7	18
BenJT	24.5	7	18
Niel Fletcher	23.5	7	14
Jason Omar	23.25	6	18
ICC_KFoley	23.17	7	20
Kryten-68	23	7	18
Emil Eriksson	23	7	16
Derrick Michelson	22.83	7	17
Mathieu Boulard	22.75	5	15
Kieran Walsh	22.67	7	15
robert broyles	22.58	8	20
jarheadf23	22.25	6	14
octavmarius	22.17	5	12
toumi walid	22.17	7	20
EDW	22	7	13
Vinay Thakur	21.83	10	22
Trevor Watkins	21.5	7	17
Shawn Melton	21.33	5	13
Chris Keim	21.33	6	15
Tony Uren	21	6	15
e46d8dd2e1625c7a6182b82bc012a7e0	20.5	8	20
Mckie	20.47	7	17
Luke Forder	19.92	5	16
Megha Kuruvilla	19.67	5	12
jbrek	19.33	6	15
HitchHeik	19.17	6	16
Jeff Schulman	19	5	12
Mooseade	18.8	5	14
vNiklas	18.75	5	13
Shaun Gibbs	18.5	7	15
Shawn bequette	18.33	6	14
Daniel Headley	18.17	5	10
Andrew Dauncey	17.83	5	11
John van Leeuwen	17.58	6	15
Bastien B	16.5	5	16
Richard Holman	15.5	5	9
ed3c64f9163ea026e949706ee53b2a34	15	5	10
Colyn1337	14	3	5
Benduru	14	5	9
lamaar75	13.33	5	13
joeartz	13	3	8
Matt Vidrine	12	3	8
Chris Albert	11.33	3	6
Hov Arve	11.17	4	10
Patrik Lindström	10.5	3	9
Bret Ridenour	10.5	4	12
Paul Sweeney	10.5	4	8
vbscripter	9	2	4
Darren Maspero	9	2	8
Peter Heydon	8.92	2	7
Tim Miller	8.67	3	11
Brendan Erofeev	8.5	2	6
DWS	8.42	2	7
Dennis Jarjosa	8.42	2	7
plindgren	8.42	3	11
Yuri Kutovoy	8.42	3	11
Matt_A_	8.42	3	9
lvimeux	8.33	2	6
Jan R.	8.33	2	6
Arif Ali	8.33	3	10
Anders Wang	8.33	3	6
Jerame Caudill	8	2	6
Thomas Farmer	8	2	6
Andy Wyse	8	3	9
TomKupka	7.83	3	11
sfibich	7.75	2	7
Francisco Puig Diaz	7.75	3	11
Bryan	7.67	2	4
Mark Amann	7.67	2	6
Forrest Stanley	7.67	2	6
Name	7.6	3	10
Tomek A.	7.5	2	8
MarcoB78	7.42	2	7
TaylorGibb	7.4	2	8
Kevin	7.33	3	8
Michael Odermatt	7.08	2	7
Jeffrey Jacobs	7	2	6
Greg Combs	7	3	7
Scott Button	6.83	2	7
Sander	6.83	2	7
Coderaven	6.33	2	5
u2tb	6.33	2	6
Jeff Maes	6	2	6
Harshul	6	2	3
JMARCH	6	2	4
sebuko	5.75	2	6
greeme	5.67	2	6
Apnea	5.67	2	6
Satheesh	5.67	2	7
Timm Brochhaus	5.5	2	6
Jonny Earl Grey Lindbom	5.47	2	8
radek	5.42	2	7
Josh Nylander	5.42	2	7
TheZmann	5.33	2	4
Dave Baird	5.33	2	6
RJSN	5.33	2	4
DisplayName	5.33	2	5
Anthony Rum	5.25	2	7
Mike Lambert	5.25	2	7
Andrew Cameron	5	1	3
foobar	5	1	2
Dean Grant	5	1	3
Brian Wuchner	5	2	8
Joel Cook	5	2	6
miramar_unna	5	2	4
Mallika Gogulamudi	5	2	8
acchong	4.75	1	4
Ken King	4.5	1	2
Sudeep Bhaskar	4.5	1	4
Petter Edin	4.33	2	6
Andrew Gardner	4.25	1	4
Jason Schmidtlein	4.25	1	4
Ryan Youngs	4	1	3
Pavan Hotha	4	1	3
zacd	4	1	3
Claymonster	4	1	3
Francisco osorio	4	1	3
Filip Rejch	4	1	2
James B. Bizzell	4	1	2
Jay Lockard	4	1	3
evidence	4	1	3
PSLearner	4	2	6
peter bishop	4	2	8
Björn	4	2	3
Dominic Daigle	3.85	2	9
Ola Skjeldal	3.67	1	3
Brett Chandler	3.67	1	3
Tim Hetzel	3.67	1	3
Chris Watson	3.67	2	5
Bob__Mule	3.5	1	4
sgatepunk	3.5	1	2
ocongil	3.33	1	3
Jasper van der Heijden	3.33	1	3
70f53217af68ac357dfc1a46739257a6	3.33	1	3
MonitorMan	3.33	1	3
iTodd	3.33	1	3
Jonathan Birkett	3.33	1	3
redi311	3.33	1	3
Dexter	3.33	2	6
b4d93r	3.33	2	5
jeprus	3.25	1	4
skynetx	3	1	3
Jude Croyle	3	1	3
Crystal Diaz	3	1	3
Erin Huligan	3	1	1
Andrew Newman	3	1	3
mitch baker	3	1	3
MrBatchFile	2.67	2	6
Jeremy Dunlop	2.33	1	3
a64c64bd8e1fe90b8b024ab272090e32	2.33	1	3
Daed	2.33	1	3
Jay mac	2.33	1	3
Byty	2	1	3
3166f9ba33499b4658123e7b0a84598f	1.67	1	3
Luca Christmann	1.67	1	3
le4ne	1.5	1	4
Sean Massey	1.33	1	3
David Granlund	1.33	1	3
Anjan Chidurala	1.33	1	3
Chris Nakagaki (Zsoldier)	1.33	1	3
2e638c99ea54b4ddb208033083f4ef24	1.33	1	3
Gabriel Tapia	1.33	1	3
j.vogt	1.33	1	3
TitleRequired	1.33	1	3
Eric Ray	1.25	1	4
Gary Jackson	1.25	1	4
Jason Shaw	1.25	1	4
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