WCG-TPU WarmUp Challenge 9/20 thru 9/22/2013

[Norton]

WCG-TPU WarmUp Challenge 2013 (9/20-9/22/2013)
*Challenge will start on 9/20/2013 @ 0:00 GMT (9/19/2013 @ 8pm Eastern)
Challenge will end on 9/22/2013 @ 24:00 GMT (9/22/2013 @ 8pm Eastern)

Hey Team,

Welcome to the WCG-TPU WarmUp Challenge!!!

Our goal: WarmUp our PC's for the upcoming World CEP2 Challenge (10/6 thru 10/14/2013) and get as much help as we can from the TPU community to do it.


We are all signed up for the Team Challenge (Thanks CP!). Those who are participating please get your rigs ready to CRUNCH.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=6192

First Item to note:
Here's a link to our Teams Official Challenges Thread
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111360
We have a record kept of current/past/upcoming challenges here so take a look and see where we've been and where we're going next

Helpful links below:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93395

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106593

Challenge is for the most points within the 3 day Challenge period and with our current Team growth and with the help of the TPU community, I believe we can make a strong showing in the Challenge.
Challenge results:
Reserved


AND YES THERE WILL BE PRIZES- CHECK THE SECOND POST (BELOW) FOR DETAILS*

Updates/additional information to follow....

Spoiler: Links to past Challenges

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2759471#post2759471

 

[Norton]

Game Giveaway
Note- manofthem will be hosting the game giveaway to kick off the Challenge on 9/19
Link here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2982326#post2982326

Challenge Prizes(see notes)
*Note(s)
-If anyone is interested in donating a prize- please contact me, ThE_MaD_ShOt, [Ion], or Chicken Patty (additional volunteers to assist with this would be great)

- We're going to move current prizes (only a few atm) over to the CEP2 Challenge that starts 10/6. Our game giveaway is awesome enough to run solo for this challenge!


Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
- Participate for the duration of the WarmUp Challenge
- Earn a minimum of no minimum!!! points for Team WCG-TPU during the Challenge
- Prize entrants must return completed work from WCG for each day of the Challenge
- Winners will be chosen randomly at the end of the Challenge.
- Participation in the Game giveaway will require that you are actively crunching during this Challenge

How Random Winners Will be Drawn (see below):

Spoiler: Random Drawing system provided by the theonedub

To ensure everyone gets a fair shake and to minimize any potential conflict of interest while maintaining the highest level of transparency- I have drafted a new way to draw winners. The system uses (3) members and works as follows:

Originally Posted by The System
Member 1: This member creates a list of all qualified participants usernames. This list is sent to Member 2.

Member 2: Using the list of names, Member 2 will assign each entrant a unique number. A list of the usernames with the unique numbers is sent back to Person 1. The list of just the random numbers is sent to Member 3.

Member 3: Member 3 has a list of just numbers. They use Random.Org or whatever random system to select which number wins a given prize. The list of winning numbers and the associated prize is then sent back to Member 1.

Member 1: Using the lists, Member 1 ‘decodes’ the winning numbers into the winning usernames and posts the results.

The lists are sent as Private Messages through the forum. This establishes an electronic record of everything while also preventing alterations of lists after the drawing.

When the winning usernames are posted by Member 1, Member 2 can verify that the number belongs to the correct username and Member 3 verifies that the number was actually pulled as a winner.

The system makes sure that there is no bias or other favoritism at play when winners are drawn. Winners are drawn based on a random number instead of usernames- where a possibility exists to redraw if that person doesn’t like who won, draw a friend, draw themselves, pass on new members, or skip doing a random drawing all together.

My hope is that this will alleviate any concerns about drawings and their legitimacy. If it works smoothly, I would like to see this become the new standard when conducting giveaways that have prizes donated by the community.

If there are any questions about this system, drop me a PM.

Note(s):
- If for some reason you want to participate but start late you may still qualify for the prizes, PM me or the Team Captain (Chicken Patty) to discuss your situation and we'll make those decisions on an individual basis


Challenge Participants:
*WCG user name in () if different from TPU user name
list pending...

 

[Bow]

Oh yes count me in. I have a prize to donate that I won last time and did not use.

 

[Norton]

Oh yes count me in. I have a prize to donate that I won last time and did not use.

Thanks Bud!

*Note to those donating prizes- we will be running a larger challenge 10/6 thru 10/14 so consider if you want to donate something to this challenge or the larger one....

 

[d1nky]

im in for both comps, ill build my other rig this weekend and find a stable overclock on my 8350 (maybe gfx as well)

15 days and counting!

SIGGED AS WELL! ill try spread the word

 

[brandonwh64]

I'm given'er all shes got assistant captain!

 

[Durvelle27]

I'm in

 

[manofthem]

In for 2 rigs for both the warm up and the real deal!
Can't wait, it's going to be some good fun!

SIGGED AS WELL! ill try spread the word

Amen to that, sig it for sure

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Always count me in LOL. And let me dig through some stuff as I may be able to donate to the prize pool.

 

[[Ion]]

Obviously I'm in--output won't be any better than normal as I'm already running at 110%, but here I am

 

[d1nky]

Amen to that, sig it for sure

I couldn't think of a name for the sig, so I copied that!

I best stock some beer then!

 

[Norton]

Thanks to Bow for donating a Windows 7 Pro key -

 

[Arjai]

Me, too!

 

[theonedub]

I'll have to see about getting prizes together to donate. Will kick in some game keys, for sure.

 

[Nordic]

I will be crunching anyways.... So in.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I'm in. Temperatures in my house have been okay lately so I'm bringing in my i7-950 rig for some crunching and see how temperatures treat me.

 

[hat]

A pre-challenge challenge? Interesting... I can't do much more than I already am, I'm pretty much maxed at the moment. I'm gonna fiddle around with Lubuntu on the AMD rig, which pretty much is a dedicated cruncher. The Q6600 in my main is already at 3.6GHz, not sure if I can go any higher... and the AMD rig is being somewhat held back by a lackluster motherboard.

 

[t_ski]

Still rolling along, so count me in.

 

[Arjai]

So, I was thinking, as I often do. This rolled through a few times so I figured I'd ask.
Here goes. If I go to WCG, change projects to just CEP2, then, on BOINC, change buffer from 2 days to 4, will that allow for more WU to drop?

Probably but, also, can I change the 'Project specific settings' for CEP2 from 2 WU's to 8WU's and it will work?

Essentially, I can only get a Wifi signal for a couple hours a day, sometimes more. Point is, I want to run CEP2 exclusively, for the challenges, and have enough WU's to run if it is 24+ hours between internet connections.

Eight WU's, running on four logical cores, should last me two days. Since I mostly crunch from 8, or 9, pm to 7:30 am. So, about ten hours a day. CEP2 WU's take between 12-14 hours each on this thing (or less, My little i5 has been quite a nice worker, lately).

Anyways, anybody foresee any problematic scenarios in those settings?

Thanks.

 

[Peter1986C]

I am in of course.

 

[manofthem]

Norton and I are working on an exciting game giveaway
Should be lots of fun

 

[xvi]

Any details on the requirements of the challenge? Will we need to make sure we're running CEP WUs only?

 

[manofthem]

Any details on the requirements of the challenge? Will we need to make sure we're running CEP WUs only?

Other than the following that Norton listed in post #2, not sure.

Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
- Participate for the duration of the WarmUp Challenge
- Earn a minimum of no minimum!!! points for Team WCG-TPU during the Challenge
- Prize entrants must return completed work from WCG for each day of the Challenge
- Winners will be chosen randomly at the end of the Challenge.
- Participation in the Game giveaway will require that you are actively crunching during this Challenge

I will be turning over to all CEP2 WUs prior to the challenges (warmup and main) to ensure smooth and error free operation.

 

[brandonwh64]

How do you change WU's ?

 

[Norton]

Any details on the requirements of the challenge? Will we need to make sure we're running CEP WUs only?

Running CEP2 wu's will be encouraged for the World CEP2 Challenge which is still in the planning stages. You may use this Challenge to warm up your rig with WCG work in general or transition over to a larger portion of CEP2 work. That is your choice

We'll be available here, at the CEP2 planning thread, or our Team thread to assist with increasing CEP2 work or answer questions...