Questions tagged [fun]
Reviewing code is fun! Use this tag for anything that suggests adding a new layer of gamification to the site.
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What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?
What is a Zombie? Why are Code Reviewers so violent and talking about killing Zombies all the time? And what ammo are they talking about? What is a TS? What does RSA mean?
And what other Code Review-...
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2014: What a ride!
Here we are, with another year [almost] behind us. 2014 has been very, very special on Code Review, and that has been completely because of you.
2014 was ...glittering. We've put Code Review on the ...
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April 2017 Community Challenge
It's that time of year again! I want to get a head-start on the 2017 community challenge, we have a lot of new faces over the winter and it would be great to get everyone participating again!
For ...
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June 2016 Community Challenge
I don't see one of these yet, so here's the question for the proposals for the June 2016 Community Challenge! (I skipped May, as there wasn't enough time to get a good pool of suggestions.)
It's time ...
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Best of Code Review 2016
As 2016 comes to an end, let's kick off Best of Code Review 2016!
All Code Review users will be invited to nominate (link to) the best questions and answers from this year, and showcase them as ...
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Should we stay opted-in for Winter Bash 2016?
It's that time of year again!
This year's event will run from December 19th to January 8th. More information on this and individual hat-earning progress will eventually be posted here.
Once again, ...
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CODE REVIEW 2017 Challenge
I want to introduce the Community Oriented Development Extravaganza, Requiring Extreme Vigor Inciting Extraordinary Winners (or CODE REVIEW) 2017 Challenge. Traditionally our Community Challenges are ...
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Best of Code Review 2014
As 2014 comes to an end, let's kick off Best of Code Review 2014!
All Code Review users will be invited to nominate (link to) the best questions and answers from this year, and showcase them as ...
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Best of Code Review 2015
As 2015 comes to an end, let's kick off Best of Code Review 2015!
All Code Review users will be invited to nominate (link to) the best questions and answers from this year, and showcase them as ...
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Let the CR Games begin!
June is about to end. Summer's here (well, if you're in the northern hemisphere, that is.. otherwise, ... yay, winter!), and with it, vacations. We need a new community-challenge.
Let's play. I mean, ...
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Playing our home-made games!
As developers we know that it's not always easy to get people to play the games that we make.
We also know that it's not always easy to find motivation to work on the games you want to make.
This is ...
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Code Review Secret Santa 2015: Show off your gifts
Now that some of the gifts have been sent and begin to arrive, you can show off your awesome christmas swag in here and write a "Thank You" message to your giftee!
Don't worry if your gift hasn't ...
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Should we bring back the fun?
Since we've not had any fun in a little while, I thought maybe it'd be a good idea to 'bring back' the fun. In the past this has been in the form of Winterbash, community challenges, best of Code ...
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Should we sign up for Winter Bash 2014?
Winter Bash 2014 is approaching! We signed up for it last year, and it was a really big hit. I'm still posting this in order to get an official word from the community and to make new users aware of ...
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Prebash Challenge - 2014 - Simon Says - Now Complete
In Memory of Ralph H. Baer - 1922-2014 - co-inventor of the "Simon" game.
This round is now complete!
Simon Says will be the challenge this time
Simon Says: +17 score
Resistor: +12 score
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CODE REVIEW 2017 Challenge: Entries
Update: no one entered on time, but as I've seen at least one question on main site meeting the requirements, I'll be extending the entry date to the end of this week (23:59:59 UTC+0000 on 8 December ...
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Code Review's Secret Santa 2015
To celebrate our first graduated Christmas (and because we feel like it), some regulars in The 2nd Monitor thought it would be a good idea to make a Secret Santa between members of Code Review!
The ...
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Weekend-Challenge Reboot
In December 2013 we held a bunch of weekly weekend-challenge events, which was fun, and generated posts that made it to the site's newsletter, week after week. One may want to tweak this query so as ...
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Code-Challenge #2
(what's this all about?)
Post-Mortem
In February 2014, we rebooted weekend-challenge and created a code-challenge tag.
Here are some stats (as of 2014-03-02):
First entry was posted on 2014-02-02 (14 ...
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CR Weekend Challenge
Those of you that weren't following what's going on in the chat room might have been taken by surprise by a recent avalanche of Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock posts.
This is how it started:
OK, ...
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April 2015 Community Challenge
Last time we created and reviewed Simon Says games, and that was a lot of fun.
So, what should we do this time? Feel free to resubmit non-winning ideas from previous rounds, although new ideas are ...
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Should we sign up for Winter Bash 2015?
Winter Bash 2015 is approaching! We signed up for it last year, and it was a really big hit. We all had a lot of fun earning and showing our hats to the rest of the world.
Now after we have ...
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September 2016 Community Challenge
We've just gotten the August 2016 Community Challenge going, so it's time to pick one for September.
It's time to choose a community-challenge for September 2016.
Post your challenge as an answer to ...
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September 2015 Community Challenge
It's time to choose a community-challenge for September 2015.
Post your challenge as an answer to this question. Feel free to resubmit non-winning ideas from previous months.
Vote for those answers ...
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July 2016 Community Challenge
We've just gotten the June 2016 Community Challenge going, so it's time to pick one for July.
It's time to choose a community-challenge for July 2016.
Post your challenge as an answer to this ...
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Best of Code Review 2013
As this 3rd beta-year comes to an end, we would like to host an event: The Best of Code Review 2013. All Code Review users will be invited to nominate (link to) the best questions and answers from ...
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May 2015 Community Challenge
Last month's community-challenge spawned a lot of Calculators. April is history and the success of last month definitely asks for a new challenge.
What should we do this time? Feel free to resubmit ...
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August 2016 Community Challenge
We've just gotten the July 2016 Community Challenge going, so it's time to pick one for August.
It's time to choose a community-challenge for August 2016.
Post your challenge as an answer to this ...
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October 2015 Community Challenge
I don't see one of these yet, so here's the question for the proposals for the October 2015 Community Challenge!
It's time to choose a community-challenge for October 2015.
Post your challenge as an ...
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August 2015 Community Challenge
The top-voted answer is Racetrack: "In the game of Racetrack, cars race around a track bounded by two concentric closed loops drawn on a square grid. Implement a program that plays this game."
It's ...
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Challenge - Showcase the Stack Snippet Feature! - Challenge over!
The official blog announcing the feature has gone out, this competition is now closed.
The Stack Snippet feature is now live. When you ask, or answer a question, click this button:
When you use this ...
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July 2015 Community Challenge
The top-voted answer is StackSTV: "Build an implementation of the Single Transferrable Vote algorithm used for Stack Exchange moderator elections."
What should we do this time? Feel free to resubmit ...
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June 2015 Community Challenge
At the end-of-day on Sunday, May 31st, the most-voted post will become the next community-challenge.
It is June 1, and the top-voted answer is: Decrypt a monoalphabetic substitution cipher
April'...
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Best of Code Review 2014 - Exterminator category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2014 - Exterminator category.
Answer that points out the most interesting obscure bug in the original code.
In your nomination post, please ...
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Best of Code Review 2015 - Exterminator category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2015 - Exterminator category.
Answer that points out the most interesting obscure bug in the original code.
In your nomination post, please ...
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Should Community Challenges be monthly, or not?
Noticing the the September 2015 Community Challenge has just started (10 days ago), a few things came up in chat (that concerned me):
http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/23991661#...
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May 2017 Community Challenge
The April 2017 community-challenge has just been selected as simulating a multi-way intersection, so let's get started on picking one for May 2017.
It's time to choose a community-challenge for May ...
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Best of Code Review 2014 - Lots of Laughs category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2014 - Lots of Laughs category.
Answer that makes the best use of humor to illustrate a point.
In your nomination post, please make sure to ...
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Weekend Challenge #3
One single proposal per answer, most upvoted as of 2013-12-14 (12:00AM UTC) becomes our next challenge!
The winning entry shall be marked as the accepted answer.
index | previous challenge | next ...
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Should we sign up for Winter Bash 2013?
Is Winter Bash happening in Code Review? Many beta sites are going to participate in Winter Bash (AV.SE and Movies.SE site's moderators are receiving email from Stack Exchange). Have any of CR's ...
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Best of Code Review 2015 - Night and Day category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2015 - Night and Day category.
The most dramatic improvement (nominate both the question with the most hopeless code and the answer that ...
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Best of Code Review 2015 - Lots of Laughs category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2015 - Lots of Laughs category.
Answer that makes the best use of humor to illustrate a point.
In your nomination post, please make sure to ...
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Best of Code Review 2016 - Night and Day category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2016 - Night and Day category.
The most dramatic improvement (nominate both the question with the most hopeless code and the answer that ...
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Best of Code Review 2015 - Diplomat category
Please post your nominations for Best of Code Review 2015 — Diplomat category:
Tough advice in an answer, delivered in the most tactful manner.
In your nomination post, please make sure to ...
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Code Review Secret Santa 2015: Unveil yourself!
Since we've been using meta to follow the steps of the first Code Review Secret Santa, I thought it would be fair to use the meta to reveal your identity to your victim recipient.
I think that ...
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Best of Code Review 2014 - Best Title category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2014 - Best Title category.
The question with the best title.
In your nomination post, please make sure to include a link to the revision ...
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Best of Code Review 2016 - Best Title category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2016 - Best Title category.
The question with the best title.
In your nomination post, please make sure to include a link to the revision ...
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Best of Code Review 2016 - Best Newcomer (answer) category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2016 - Best Newcomer (answer) category.
Best answer by a user who had not posted an answer before 2016.
In your nomination post, please ...
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Best of Code Review 2016 - Best Newcomer (question) category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2016 - Best Newcomer (question) category.
Best question by a user who had not posted a question before 2016.
In your nomination post, ...
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Best of Code Review 2015 - Best Newcomer (answer) category
Please post your nominations for the Best of Code Review 2015 - Best Newcomer (answer) category.
Best answer by a user who had not posted an answer before 2015.
In your nomination post, please ...
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