TPU's February 2015 WCG Challenge planning thread

[krusha03]

I would join also. I just changed my board so I have perfectly working 970 Pro R2.0 laying around but as I am on the other side of the pond idk how that will work... What about some game giveaway. i need to see if I still have some unused keys (older games but it's something) or I gave away to friends everything. And love the new cruncher category. Gives a change the new guys on the team (aka the likes of me)

 

[Bow]

Count my in for a $20.00 PP donation.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I would join also. I just changed my board so I have perfectly working 970 Pro R2.0 laying around but as I am on the other side of the pond idk how that will work... What about some game giveaway. i need to see if I still have some unused keys (older games but it's something) or I gave away to friends everything. And love the new cruncher category. Gives a change the new guys on the team (aka the likes of me)

Or you can offer it as a prize for that side of the pond.

 

[Norton]

Count my in for a $20.00 PP donation.

I'm in for a $50 Paypal gift, donation of the psu for @ThE_MaD_ShOt 's rig build and another item (or two)

Should be listing out the prizes available at some point later today... please post here or PM me if you would like to donate an item

 

[Tallencor]

Would love to donate this time around guys but I'm still hard luck from the holidays and 5 family b-days. Which in itself sux because id really like to grab a 290x right now. Man are they ever dropping. Things should be better for a future challenge though.

 

[Nordic]

How do I miss most of these planning threads for so long?

I also need to get my pentium running again. I had to move it and have been too lazy to set it up again.

 

[manofthem]

Time to commandeer my bro's CPU again for the challenge, it's approaching quickly and quietly

 

[Peter1986C]

Darwin will run 4 WUs at a time 24/7 during the challenge. Edison is no more (board being to bothersome to be considered reliable, RAM sold, CPU in auction at E-bay).

 

[TRWOV]

I guess it's time to find out how far will the little 5350 go

 

[manofthem]

Been thinking about the game giveaway and an AAA title for Grand prize. Which do you guys think would be good?

• Dying Light
• Batman Arkham Knight (pre-order)
• GTA V (pre-order)
• Evolve

The obvious answer is all of them, but let's try to narrow it down

 

[theonedub]

Either Dying Light or GTA V is what I would vote for.

Thing is, the second after you buy it, its going to go on sale somewhere. 100% always happens

 

[twilyth]

I guess it's time to find out how far will the little 5350 go

Here are my stats which includes the 24 thread dual hex - the chips are 5660's I think so very close to the 50's in speed

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Been thinking about the game giveaway and an AAA title for Grand prize. Which do you guys think would be good?

• Dying Light
• Batman Arkham Knight (pre-order)
• GTA V (pre-order)
• Evolve

The obvious answer is all of them, but let's try to narrow it down

Do you get these for free? Because if you're paying for them, it might be better to offer the cash. Of course if you get a steep discount or something that's not an option but I mention this because not everyone is into games and even if they are, you're never going to make everyone happy.

 

[manofthem]

@theonedub: I too think that a strong single player game is always better for a prize among the WCG team.

@twilyth: no, I don't get games for free. The whole game giveaway thing started a while back, and since it got some good response, we started throwing in a new AAA game. Since others tend to donate some cash prizes, the game thing stuck with me.

Of course, I'm open to any and all suggestions

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Okay @twilyth , where's that SS from?

 

[Nordic]

Okay @twilyth , where's that SS from?

It is from boinc stats. It is real, I checked.

Here is the whole team.
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/user/list/0/0/22175/0


Here is you.
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/host/list/0/0/645792/1

 

[TRWOV]

Here are my stats which includes the 24 thread dual hex - the chips are 5660's I think so very close to the 50's in speed

I was speaking about the Athlon 5350 on my main? secondary? rig but thanks nonetheless.

 

[twilyth]

@twilyth: no, I don't get games for free. The whole game giveaway thing started a while back, and since it got some good response, we started throwing in a new AAA game. Since others tend to donate some cash prizes, the game thing stuck with me.

Of course, I'm open to any and all suggestions

I thought of that because I've worked for companies in the past where you got a pretty hefty employee discount. So you could buy stuff at the company store that would cost a lot more than what people would have to pay in the store and much of the time these were things that didn't really go on sale. So I thought maybe that also applied to your situation. But thanks for the explanation. Maybe if we get a few prizes that have similar value, we can let winners take their pick. Maybe do it in the order they were drawn. IDK, just thinking out loud here.

 

[stinger608]

Been thinking about the game giveaway and an AAA title for Grand prize. Which do you guys think would be good?

• Dying Light
• Batman Arkham Knight (pre-order)
• GTA V (pre-order)
• Evolve

The obvious answer is all of them, but let's try to narrow it down

I say GTA V myself. Very anticipated PC version game.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

It is from boinc stats. It is real, I checked.

Here is the whole team.
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/user/list/0/0/22175/0


Here is you.
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/host/list/0/0/645792/1

I knew I'd seen that before. Second bookmark in my folder of "DC bookmarks."

 

[Norton]

I thought of that because I've worked for companies in the past where you got a pretty hefty employee discount. So you could buy stuff at the company store that would cost a lot more than what people would have to pay in the store and much of the time these were things that didn't really go on sale. So I thought maybe that also applied to your situation. But thanks for the explanation. Maybe if we get a few prizes that have similar value, we can let winners take their pick. Maybe do it in the order they were drawn. IDK, just thinking out loud here.

We break up the challenge prizes into a game giveaway either as a kickoff or midway through the challenge (this varies) and then we do the main prizes of hardware, software, paypal etc prizes at the conclusion of the challenge. This format seems to be popular and @manofthem does an awesome job sourcing some great games and hosting the giveaway

Thanks for the input!

 

[twilyth]

We break up the challenge prizes into a game giveaway either as a kickoff or midway through the challenge (this varies) and then we do the main prizes of hardware, software, paypal etc prizes at the conclusion of the challenge. This format seems to be popular and @manofthem does an awesome job sourcing some great games and hosting the giveaway

Thanks for the input!

Oh, ok. Sorry. Sort like a Russian nesting doll of prizes. Got it.

 

[Norton]

Preliminary prize list

Grand Prizes:
- Challenge Giveaway Rig- donated/built by @ThE_MaD_ShOt with additional support by various members of our crunching/folding Teams
Specs- TBA
*this will be donated to a new Team member- details TBA when challenge thread goes live
- Asus Crosshair V & FX-8350 mobo/cpu combo- donated by @twilyth

Hardware/Software/Etc prizes
- $50 Paypal gift donated by @Norton
- $20 Paypal gift donated by @Bow
- $35 Paypal gift donated by @theonedub
- Fractal Design Kelvin S36 AIO cooler donated by @sneekypeet

Game Giveaway- hosted by @manofthem

MORE PRIZES COMING SOON- WATCH THIS THREAD FOR MORE DETAILS

Post here or PM me if you want to donate an item

 

[theonedub]

I'll do a $35 PP Gift as long as you don't mind being the middle man as usual, Norton

 

[Norton]

I'll do a $35 PP Gift as long as you don't mind being the middle man as usual, Norton

Done! and thanks!

 

[manofthem]

So many awesome donations by our amazing members!


Anything else needed like hardware on the grand prize giveaway rig?