Perl Wars! There is nothing like a Perl Death Match, or in your case, Perl Celebrity Death Match, to build the excitement and interest in your local Mongers meetings. People love to watch some people succeed brilliantly while others fail miserably.

I wrote a little about the Sonoma.pm perl death matches a while back. Teams of two or three contestants work best. We had a few team Agilent versus team O'Reilly matches that were a blast. We a team including toma and mikezone up against tallwine and others. It was epic!

It is also quite rewarding for the participants, who quickly improve their ability to solve problems under the intense pressure caused by the audience.

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

In reply to Re: FUBARed Perl Mongers Meeting by toma
in thread FUBARed Perl Mongers Meeting by Ovid

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