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It's a beautiful thing that TechPowerUp! has been around for a decade! In honor of that, the TPU’s WCG team has initiated a WCG Challenge, and all are welcome to join! Not only are we helping Science and fellow man, we are also giving out awesome prizes to the participants. As the Challenge started last night, we are opening up an epic Game Giveaway! Come and join our team, help out, enjoy the awesome members of the team, and enter for some amazing prizes! For those not yet crunching/folding along, feel free to check out the links below and jump in.
WCG Team Thread
Official Challenge Thread
Obviously, a HUGE THANKS to all our contributors to this giveaway!
Requirements: To qualify, you must be an active WCG team member having returned 1,000 points by the last day of the giveaway. Also, as we did last time, please include the following in your post:
The Deal: You may enter for up to 3 of the main games, and then please enter for one of the Grand Prizes. If you wish to opt out of the Grand Prizes, please say so, and if you wish to only enter for one of the Grand Prizes, please say so also.
How To Enter: Along with your game entries, answer the question: What first got you interested in TPU and made you join?
Closing Time: Closing time will be announced shortly, but the giveaway will run for at least 5 days.
Random Drawing: Drawings will be done randomly, as outlined in the following spoiler below
On behalf of TPU's WCG team, thank you to all those who are participating in the Challenge this time around. We have seen many new members join up in the last few days, and that's very exciting! We hope that you new members stick around; many of us initially joined during a Challenge so we know the feeling
Let's get the Giveaway rolling and get some games into the hands of awesome team members!
I'll be editing this post as I go. Please bring out anything that needs attention/fixing.
WCG Team Thread
Official Challenge Thread
Alpha Prime
@Ahhzz Sent
ARMA 2: Combined Operations
@yotano211 pm'd
Awesomenauts
@Arjai Sent
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
@agent00skid pm'd
Crysis 2
@yotano211 Sent
Daylight
@TRWOV Sent
Dead Space
@Norton Sent
LA Noire
@night.fox Sent
Max Payne 3
@Norton Sent
Payday 2
@night.fox pm'd
@FordGT90Concept pm'd
Sanctum 2
@mauriek Sent
Shadow Warrior
@FordGT90Concept pm'd
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
@Irony pm'd
UFO: Afterlight
@mauriek Sent
The Walking Dead
@NastyHabits pm'd
Wanderlust
@Arjai Sent
Dark Souls 2
@mauriek pm'd
Wolfenstein: The New Order
@MxPhenom 216 pm'd
@Ahhzz Sent
ARMA 2: Combined Operations
@yotano211 pm'd
Awesomenauts
@Arjai Sent
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
@agent00skid pm'd
Crysis 2
@yotano211 Sent
Daylight
@TRWOV Sent
Dead Space
@Norton Sent
LA Noire
@night.fox Sent
Max Payne 3
@Norton Sent
Payday 2
@night.fox pm'd
@FordGT90Concept pm'd
Sanctum 2
@mauriek Sent
Shadow Warrior
@FordGT90Concept pm'd
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
@Irony pm'd
UFO: Afterlight
@mauriek Sent
The Walking Dead
@NastyHabits pm'd
Wanderlust
@Arjai Sent
Dark Souls 2
@mauriek pm'd
Wolfenstein: The New Order
@MxPhenom 216 pm'd
Obviously, a HUGE THANKS to all our contributors to this giveaway!
All games are Steam
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Alpha Prime - @james888
ARMA 2: Combined Operations - @Bow
Awesomenauts - @james888
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - @Vinska
Crysis 2
Daylight
Dead Space
Empire Total War - @james888
Fez - Irony
Fish Fillets - @james888
Killing Floor - @Vinska
LA Noire
Max Payne 3
Natural Selection 2 - @Vinska
Orcs Must Die GOTY - @Irony
Payday 2 (x2) - @Vinska
Sanctum 2 - @james888
Shadow Warrior - @Vinska
Splinter Cell Blacklist - @adulaamin
Take on Helicopters - @james888
UFO: Afterlight - @james888
The Walking Dead - @Arjai
Wanderlust - @james888
Dark Souls 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order - @Vinska
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Alpha Prime - @james888
ARMA 2: Combined Operations - @Bow
Awesomenauts - @james888
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - @Vinska
Crysis 2
Daylight
Dead Space
Empire Total War - @james888
Fez - Irony
Fish Fillets - @james888
Killing Floor - @Vinska
LA Noire
Max Payne 3
Natural Selection 2 - @Vinska
Orcs Must Die GOTY - @Irony
Payday 2 (x2) - @Vinska
Sanctum 2 - @james888
Shadow Warrior - @Vinska
Splinter Cell Blacklist - @adulaamin
Take on Helicopters - @james888
UFO: Afterlight - @james888
The Walking Dead - @Arjai
Wanderlust - @james888
Dark Souls 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order - @Vinska
Requirements: To qualify, you must be an active WCG team member having returned 1,000 points by the last day of the giveaway. Also, as we did last time, please include the following in your post:
”I’m a TPU cruncher, and I will be crunching on XX cores/XX threads during this Challenge.”
or
"I’m an active TPU folder, and I will be folding during this Challenge"
(Obviously replace the XX’s with your particular numbers of cores/threads)
or
"I’m an active TPU folder, and I will be folding during this Challenge"
(Obviously replace the XX’s with your particular numbers of cores/threads)
The Deal: You may enter for up to 3 of the main games, and then please enter for one of the Grand Prizes. If you wish to opt out of the Grand Prizes, please say so, and if you wish to only enter for one of the Grand Prizes, please say so also.
How To Enter: Along with your game entries, answer the question: What first got you interested in TPU and made you join?
Closing Time: Closing time will be announced shortly, but the giveaway will run for at least 5 days.
Random Drawing: Drawings will be done randomly, as outlined in the following spoiler below
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:
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.
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.
On behalf of TPU's WCG team, thank you to all those who are participating in the Challenge this time around. We have seen many new members join up in the last few days, and that's very exciting! We hope that you new members stick around; many of us initially joined during a Challenge so we know the feeling
Let's get the Giveaway rolling and get some games into the hands of awesome team members!
I'll be editing this post as I go. Please bring out anything that needs attention/fixing.
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