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“…spreadsheet world championship” There’s a competition for everything now. What’s next? Most Compelling Deck Championship? edit; I’m convinced this is a jus

by xyst 3y ago

“…spreadsheet world championship” There’s a competition for everything now. What’s next? Most Compelling Deck Championship? edit; I’m convinced this is a just a massive MS excel advertisement. Smh

gU9x3u8XmQNG 3y ago
Much support, especially if it is run by kiwi’s.
Loughla 3y ago
It can be both. It can be a fun competition and an advertisement for excel. People go nuts over how many times a group of people can kick a ball into a net, why not spreadsheets?
constantly 3y ago
> Most Compelling Deck Championship? Usually people try to avoid deck measuring contests.
boomboomsubban 3y ago
>edit; I’m convinced this is a just a massive MS excel advertisement. Smh If Microsoft was behind this, why would they hide their involvement? And if they were, why would that change anything about it?
iancmceachern 3y ago
Aren't moat sporting events just one massive advertisement?
acomjean 3y ago
It might be a MS pr move. But it seems a lot of competitions are for boosting an industry. The Oscar's celebrate movies, he Grammys promote music, "the game awards" promote games. I imagine a fornite competetion would be sponsored by epic.
onion2k 3y ago
Most Compelling Deck Championship? Not quite the same but I've attended a few barcamp conferences that have had "PowerPoint kareoke" competitions - the goal is to present a random deck from SlideShare that you haven't seen before, and the most entertaining (by judges or by the crowd) wins. It's very funny.
yowlingcat 3y ago
I think this is a flippant comment. You can do just about anything in Excel, so being good at it to me feels akin to winning a programming olypmiad -- abstract, sure, but still indicative of strong, transferrable skills. To me, to dismiss that is to reflect your own close mindedness and intellectual laziness rather than anything about the comeptition.

by xyst 3y ago

gU9x3u8XmQNG 3y ago

Much support, especially if it is run by kiwi’s.

Loughla 3y ago

It can be both. It can be a fun competition and an advertisement for excel. People go nuts over how many times a group of people can kick a ball into a net, why not spreadsheets?

constantly 3y ago

> Most Compelling Deck Championship? Usually people try to avoid deck measuring contests.

boomboomsubban 3y ago

>edit; I’m convinced this is a just a massive MS excel advertisement. Smh If Microsoft was behind this, why would they hide their involvement? And if they were, why would that change anything about it?

iancmceachern 3y ago

Aren't moat sporting events just one massive advertisement?

acomjean 3y ago

It might be a MS pr move. But it seems a lot of competitions are for boosting an industry. The Oscar's celebrate movies, he Grammys promote music, "the game awards" promote games. I imagine a fornite competetion would be sponsored by epic.

onion2k 3y ago

Most Compelling Deck Championship? Not quite the same but I've attended a few barcamp conferences that have had "PowerPoint kareoke" competitions - the goal is to present a random deck from SlideShare that you haven't seen before, and the most entertaining (by judges or by the crowd) wins. It's very funny.

yowlingcat 3y ago

I think this is a flippant comment. You can do just about anything in Excel, so being good at it to me feels akin to winning a programming olypmiad -- abstract, sure, but still indicative of strong, transferrable skills. To me, to dismiss that is to reflect your own close mindedness and intellectual laziness rather than anything about the comeptition.