WCG- TPU Father's Day Crunching Challenge.... official planning thread

[Norton]

** UPDATED **

Hey Team,

We sort of missed the boat planning a Challenge around Mother's Day... my fault Work's been nuts lately!

Soooo....

Let's do a Challenge for Father's Day this year!

When? June 10th thru June 21st

Format? points

Prizes? Absolutely! See below..

Prizes update

Here's the start of our prize list:
- $20 Paypal gift provided by @Deelron
- $25 Paypal gift (me)
- $100 Paypal gift provided by @mjkmike
- $100 Paypal gift provided by @twilyth
- 2x2GB Samsung ram provided by @4x4n
- CM Storm Mizar laser gaming mouse provided by @sneekypeet
- Cryorig H7 CPU Cooler provided by @sneekypeet
- Bitfenix fans and LED strips provided by @Bow
- Scythe Mugen 4 cpu cooler provided by @Heaven7
- 2x 8pin MB cable extensions (White) provided by @Heaven7

There are a few more items in the works including games and additional hardware- check the list in the OP for new arrivals

Kreij Memorial Father's Day giveaway rig:
We will plan to giveaway the rig as a kickoff to the Challenge so the Dad who receives it can enjoy it on Father's Day
*note- the Kreij Father Day rig is available to all of TPU! Participation in crunching/folding or the Challenge is optional.


Please post with your support, ideas, and suggestions

 

[Arjai]

OK. Let's DO IT!!

 

[T-Bob]

Sounds good to me Capt'n

 

[manofthem]

Upcoming Challenge? I'm absolutely in, very excited!

So this gives us just over a month to throw it all together and plan it out. I think that's ample time to get this goodness going

 

[stinger608]

Of course count me in.

 

[manofthem]

So what are we thinking about... a 1 week challenge?

 

[adulaamin]

Count me in!

I should have an Intel Pentium G3258 added to my list of crunchers hopefully by the end of this month. Asus finally decided to replace my defective M5G with an M7G after 6 MONTHS OF WAITING!!! I hope to replace it with another 4790k in a couple of months or when budget becomes available.

 

[sneekypeet]

Still never got around to filling that box. Will be on its way Monday.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

I'm in

 

[bubbleawsome]

Of course I'll take part. My 4670k may not be the fastest though.

 

[Norton]

So what are we thinking about... a 1 week challenge?

About a week sounds good- maybe Friday June 12th thru Friday June 19th

Thoughts?

 

[stinger608]

About a week sounds good- maybe Friday June 12th thru Friday June 19th

Thoughts?

I think that would work great!

 

[Heaven7]

Count me in as well!

 

[Doc41]

Sounds like a good way to test my new setup

 

[brandonwh64]

Im in! I need to reinstall Bionic on my I7 cruncher at work. It been turned off for about 2 weeks now cause I had issues with my HDD's

 

[manofthem]

About a week sounds good- maybe Friday June 12th thru Friday June 19th

Thoughts?

So is this really a Jurassic World Challenge in disguise?

Those dates should work well and I'm stoked!




As far as format goes, I'm guessing that it's going to be All Projects, yes? Faah might be winding down/done by then. That right @twilyth?

 

[twilyth]

So what are we thinking about... a 1 week challenge?

About a week sounds good- maybe Friday June 12th thru Friday June 19th

Thoughts?

One of the objectives of a challenge with prizes is to attract some new members, at least I assume that's part of it. So maybe we should stretch it out to 10 days or maybe 2 weeks. That way any new people get a real feel for what it's like and get a chance to really rack up some points before the whole thing is over. For a new person, it takes at least a few days before they completely spool up. So extending the time will give them the chance to see how much they tweak their rigs and boost output. I think that's part of the fun for many people here, especially being a techie type site. But it's just a thought. Maybe this would be something we could do a poll for.

As far as format goes, I'm guessing that it's going to be All Projects, yes? Faah might be winding down/done by then. That right @twilyth?

I'm not sure anyone knows. WCG is being their normal uncommunicative selves and blaming the sudden change in the status of the project on the project staff.

There was a notification back in February that the project would be ending but it seems that the status page that lists active projects and the %completed for each changed from something like 80% a couple of weeks ago to 98%.

If you go to the Scripps web site and look at the wu numbers, the last one listed is 955,099 and I have wu's that are in the 980k range. That page hasn't been updated since December so that's obviously wrong. Plus now I'm getting wu's in the 887k range. So I don't know if they're re-running wu's or this is section of work that people are saying was skipped.

Personally, I don't have a problem with re-running wu's but that p/o'ed a lot of people back at the old United Devices and ended up with that project being shut down. Historical note, a lot of people at WCG came from UD in 2007 when UD shut down their grid computing and ultimately went out of business.

 

[manofthem]

One of the objectives of a challenge with prizes is to attract some new members, at least I assume that's part of it. So maybe we should stretch it out to 10 days or maybe 2 weeks. That way any new people get a real feel for what it's like and get a chance to really rack up some points before the whole thing is over. For a new person, it takes at least a few days before they completely spool up.

Not a bad idea honestly. Granted, the week challenge is longer than a week already since most start spooling up a few days early anyway, but a 10 day Challenge might work well.

Maybe Cap'n can ask team members to voice their opinion as to duration and go from there.

As to the projects... usually we do all projects so it's all good either way regarding faah. There is the possibility of a project-specific challenge, but I feel that might limit things in some ways...? Not sure, but I'm up for whatever.

 

[Caring1]

Count me in, a couple of my rigs are already crunching 24/7, might see about firing up a couple more for the week.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I cant offer much more in terms of productivity but..........with my little pick and shovel, i'll be there.
ThugXeon

Spoiler: Old Welsh Chant

When the coal comes from the Rhondda,
And the water's running fine,
With my little pick and shovel,
I'll be there!

 

[Recca29]

if Planned in July, count me in.

 

[Norton]

@twilyth has a valid point on the duration and I'll add a poll so that folks can vote on their preferences for date(s) and challenge length.

 

[Bow]

All in
I have some prizes to donate also.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I can't believe that I'm going to agree to a 2 week challenge in June, but I am. @twilyth , you hit it on the head.

 

[T-Bob]

I'm good for a 2 week challenge. Good idea @twilyth