*** 2nd Annual "March Madness" Folding Contest ***

[harlam357]

Team 32 presents
the 2nd Annual OCF "March Madness" Folding Contest

The Main Contest Prize

NVIDIA 9800GTX+ Superclocked

EVGA 512-P3-N884-AR

Winner: dfonda

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/harlam357/HPIM1587.jpg


The PPD Contest Prize (First Place)

NVIDIA 9800GT

ZOTAC ZT-98GES3P-FSR

Winner: klear

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/harlam357/HPIM1618_1.jpg


The PPD Contest Prize (Second/Third/Fourth Place)


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl PC Game

Courtesy of petteyg359

CD Media with Key will be mailed to the winner.


Far Cry 2 PC Game

Courtesy of Computekinc.us

CD Media with Key will be mailed to the winner.


Mirror's Edge PC Game

Winner: torin3

Courtesy of Sentential

Download Link: http://www.nzone.com/object/faith.html

CD Key will be provided to the winner.




This contest is being jointly sponsored by our friend and teammate Hack30 as well as myself. I'd like to thank Hack30 for being so generous with his donation towards our prize. The winner will be shipped the video card free of charge if they reside in either the Continental US or Canada. If the winner is outside those areas they will be responsible for the shipping charge. Import duties, brokerage fees, handling fees, taxes, etc. are the responsibility of the winner.

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Final Numbers (as of 03-29-09 @ 01:30:00 PST)


Folding ID Points Work Units Avg. Points per WU

8thDeadlySyn 107866 129 836.2
aja_bithkits 8308 22 377.6
Albaholic 95790 149 642.9
Arthur_Liberman 39390 22 1790.5
audioaficionado 304253 373 815.7
baditude_df 0 0 0.0
Bayna 1454654 1319 1102.8
benbaked 281020 496 566.6
BenMoore 219403 263 834.2
blackbelt 55358 71 779.7
Blake_Henry 324786 394 824.3
blzd 17992 32 562.3
Caligula420 256239 330 776.5
ChasR 4983854 6006 829.8
ChelseaOilman 1046636 1316 795.3
ChrisF_32 92505 132 700.8
CJ5 189207 329 575.1
cjreis 373292 454 822.2
Clint 93444 83 1125.8
Cluster 16666 10 1666.6
Cluster007 172284 247 697.5
Co_Op 1570 4 392.5
Computekinc.us 3072013 4375 702.2
Cowboy_X(www.overclockers.com) 8243 38 216.9
cshive5 686765 791 868.2
cutler 1849 4 462.3
cutterx2202 34221 27 1267.4
cw823 402333 377 1067.2
DAGO 6248 18 347.1
Dark_Bishop 64028 91 703.6
davidja 10801 29 372.4
dendee 136279 208 655.2
DeNitro 195710 354 552.9
dfonda_Team32 470406 710 662.5
don256us 57524 131 439.1
Donuts 206188 173 1191.8
Duner 304115 353 861.5
e6800xe 101100 159 635.8
eddyg519 156513 223 701.9
Edward2 1083289 1196 905.8
Evilsizer 58195 139 418.7
fatal0e 328446 430 763.8
FatCamel 15271 34 449.1
Gangaskan 10288 50 205.8
Gary_aka_LandShark 1001656 1286 778.9
godofgorks 20704 26 796.3
golfking222 2927 13 225.2
grunjee 1049799 1399 750.4
gulp35 129221 201 642.9
hank123 160932 199 808.7
hardass 475402 785 605.6
HayesK 3179795 3192 996.2
HDCHOPPER 2670 20 133.5
hermano 33846 68 497.7
hodgie30 3823 10 382.3
IAmMoen 37153 18 2064.1
Ichelo351 95838 374 256.3
Is_907 157466 193 815.9
JackNSally 160652 577 278.4
Jammers2069 3611 14 257.9
jerseytomato 946619 902 1049.5
JiNtatsu 184894 177 1044.6
JollySwagman 489838 523 936.6
jonniefive79 0 0 0.0
jonspd 408177 432 944.9
jstutman 56013 84 666.8
jumpncrash 69775 123 567.3
klear 838663 1143 733.7
KONAKONA 50065 69 725.6
Kowalski3500 9611 40 240.3
Lamby853 88621 144 615.4
Lancelot 132723 138 961.8
Leviathan41 6117 30 203.9
Lord_Anubis 306316 360 850.9
ludeboy12 197319 395 499.5
Macaholic 791080 1313 602.5
Mark620 925261 1205 767.9
mastarpete 44322 58 764.2
matrixzen 32298 69 468.1
mattmorgan74 219129 195 1123.7
McTimson 92570 186 497.7
Mikep7779 100449 146 688.0
Mindmatter 119372 236 505.8
mizzery 45477 187 243.2
MoltenVball 0 0 0.0
Mustanley 991225 1809 547.9
MysticGold04 6343 20 317.2
NightRyder 0 0 0.0
Nimblor 8520 44 193.6
NoWhereM 315139 454 694.1
nucligator 988831 1710 578.3
nwshc 101881 227 448.8
oakstave 158653 342 463.9
OC3d 287029 193 1487.2
OC-Rev.com 78137 253 308.8
Oldskool 19064 42 453.9
orion456 1422796 1507 944.1
Outback_Jon 52119 112 465.3
Ozzlo 275340 345 798.1
P4EE 1198834 1359 882.1
pcmaker401 34010 40 850.3
PeddlerOfFlesh 467420 519 900.6
petteyg359 6117 44 139.0
pRon 0 0 0.0
Psykoikonov 5903 19 310.7
RamonetB 88371 291 303.7
Roisen 151177 323 468.0
Sam__ 27900 58 481.0
SBschmit 79945 311 257.1
simcom_se 94232 196 480.8
slaytalera 22575 12 1881.3
smigs23 3000 10 300.0
sno.lcn 4475 30 149.2
Sowing_Seed 5195 11 472.3
Spill 41611 23 1809.2
StaTek32 2213951 3429 645.7
sup3rcarrx8 417367 872 478.6
SuperMotarded 283109 420 674.1
surferseth 433837 341 1272.2
Tal&Melissa 35832 57 628.6
Tarx32 18074 43 420.3
Techno-G 10420 28 372.1
tgxiii 211919 208 1018.8
the_cultie 170363 208 819.1
Tom_Ozahoski 103151 142 726.4
TommyHolly 30202 117 258.1
Torin3 1484805 1857 799.6
traldan 6174 36 171.5
Triple_Ace 105376 228 462.2
turbohans 48219 97 497.1
U_D13_N0W 20405 60 340.1
veryhumid 101149 90 1123.9
WarriorIII 103116 214 481.9
werty316 183856 190 967.7
WonderingSoul 195415 325 601.3
XPC_SniperXX 237148 386 614.4
xsuperbgx 63545 179 355.0
Yakbak 7471 32 233.5
yog1974 251357 292 860.8
yoyo1948 0 0 0.0
Zuzzz 0 0 0.0


Final PPD Numbers (as of 03-29-09 @ 01:30:00 PST)


Folding ID Current PPD PPD Change

8thDeadlySyn 3852.4 336.2
aja_bithkits 296.7 -343.9
Albaholic 3421.1 3421.1
Arthur_Liberman 1406.8 94.8
audioaficionado 10866.2 -770.8
baditude_df 0.0 -502.9
Bayna 51951.9 3875.4
benbaked 10036.4 -2098.3
BenMoore 7835.8 3786.1
blackbelt 1977.1 -271.1
Blake_Henry 11599.5 6349.8
blzd 642.6 642.6
Caligula420 9151.4 5470.3
ChasR 177994.8 14570.4
ChelseaOilman 37379.9 -1053.0
ChrisF_32 3303.8 -362.3
CJ5 6757.4 5544.7
cjreis 13331.9 1202.3
Clint 3337.3 2722.3
Cluster 595.2 69.5
Cluster007 6153.0 -286.1
Co_Op 56.1 56.1
Computekinc.us 109714.8 33011.3
Cowboy_X(www.overclockers.com) 294.4 259.4
cshive5 24527.3 -6240.5
cutler 66.0 -231.5
cutterx2202 1222.2 719.3
cw823 14369.0 7918.5
DAGO 223.1 65.7
Dark_Bishop 2286.7 1669.9
davidja 385.8 264.2
dendee 4867.1 940.4
DeNitro 6989.6 4168.6
dfonda_Team32 16800.2 895.2
don256us 2054.4 1802.9
Donuts 7363.9 6335.3
Duner 10861.3 9945.7
e6800xe 3610.7 1731.7
eddyg519 5589.8 859.5
Edward2 38688.9 4286.0
Evilsizer 2078.4 -516.9
fatal0e 11730.2 9979.4
FatCamel 545.4 -270.2
Gangaskan 367.4 89.1
Gary_aka_LandShark 35773.4 -2130.6
godofgorks 739.4 -464.1
golfking222 104.5 -34.3
grunjee 37492.8 3073.1
gulp35 4615.0 -590.3
hank123 5747.6 1923.9
hardass 16978.6 -5998.4
HayesK 113564.1 621.0
HDCHOPPER 95.4 95.4
hermano 1208.8 1130.5
hodgie30 136.5 136.5
IAmMoen 1326.9 673.6
Ichelo351 3422.8 652.6
Is_907 5623.8 -634.6
JackNSally 5737.6 2581.4
Jammers2069 129.0 28.7
jerseytomato 33807.8 3414.7
JiNtatsu 6603.4 5370.5
JollySwagman 17494.2 -481.4
jonniefive79 0.0 0.0
jonspd 14577.8 4402.0
jstutman 2000.5 -590.7
jumpncrash 2492.0 204.7
klear 29952.3 17964.4
KONAKONA 1788.0 -265.7
Kowalski3500 343.3 245.4
Lamby853 3165.0 447.6
Lancelot 4740.1 -10.0
Leviathan41 218.5 70.3
Lord_Anubis 10939.9 -1886.7
ludeboy12 7047.1 -10175.8
Macaholic 28252.9 -11008.6
Mark620 33045.0 882.3
mastarpete 1582.9 167.8
matrixzen 1153.5 474.9
mattmorgan74 7826.0 7771.2
McTimson 3306.1 -759.6
Mikep7779 3587.5 -5505.0
Mindmatter 4263.3 -1198.1
mizzery 1624.2 486.0
MoltenVball 0.0 -84.6
Mustanley 35400.9 7728.5
MysticGold04 226.5 51.3
NightRyder 0.0 0.0
Nimblor 304.3 102.4
NoWhereM 11255.0 -383.5
nucligator 35315.4 -249.2
nwshc 3638.6 60.6
oakstave 5666.2 -177.5
OC3d 10251.0 8953.3
OC-Rev.com 2790.6 -14016.0
Oldskool 680.9 680.9
orion456 50814.1 -940.7
Outback_Jon 1861.4 72.5
Ozzlo 9833.6 -674.7
P4EE 42815.5 3131.9
pcmaker401 1214.6 679.6
PeddlerOfFlesh 16693.6 2075.0
petteyg359 218.5 93.2
pRon 0.0 0.0
Psykoikonov 210.8 -1778.9
RamonetB 3156.1 1051.7
Roisen 5399.2 2788.5
Sam__ 996.4 500.9
SBschmit 2855.2 -227.3
simcom_se 3365.4 3269.1
slaytalera 806.3 166.7
smigs23 107.1 42.1
sno.lcn 159.8 127.7
Sowing_Seed 185.5 185.5
Spill 1486.1 -45.3
StaTek32 79069.7 -10738.6
sup3rcarrx8 14906.0 -1659.6
SuperMotarded 10111.0 4214.5
surferseth 15494.2 1969.3
Tal&Melissa 1279.7 -1664.9
Tarx32 645.5 499.1
Techno-G 372.1 167.7
tgxiii 7568.5 -598.3
the_cultie 6084.4 1128.7
Tom_Ozahoski 3684.0 2612.7
TommyHolly 1078.6 310.5
Torin3 53028.8 14363.8
traldan 220.5 13.4
Triple_Ace 3763.4 1756.9
turbohans 1722.1 1671.7
U_D13_N0W 728.8 -110.5
veryhumid 3612.5 3483.2
WarriorIII 3682.7 890.9
werty316 6566.3 6566.3
WonderingSoul 6979.1 3629.3
XPC_SniperXX 8469.6 5012.1
xsuperbgx 2269.5 1952.2
Yakbak 266.8 266.8
yog1974 8977.0 2634.9
yoyo1948 0.0 0.0
Zuzzz 0.0 0.0


Starting Numbers


Folding ID Points Work Units

8thDeadlySyn 633017 3443
aja_bithkits 110972 408
Albaholic 186823 1043
Arthur_Liberman 553912 2986
audioaficionado 4777665 10919
baditude_df 41179 63
Bayna 15145904 26795
benbaked 2657684 5831
BenMoore 310262 569
blackbelt 352489 823
Blake_Henry 1243556 2738
blzd 51105 133
Caligula420 317374 1034
ChasR 70243811 118422
ChelseaOilman 311507 460
ChrisF_32 214846 352
CJ5 3337527 5769
cjreis 3141788 16928
Clint 1184859 5423
Cluster 241741 1394
Cluster007 3673728 10400
Co_Op 34145 80
Computekinc.us 1061418 2579
Cowboy_X(www.overclockers.com) 118565 1181
cshive5 12141284 26514
cutler 11379 24
cutterx2202 145604 13352
cw823 2945267 5075
DAGO 239738 1874
Dark_Bishop 136445 2203
davidja 1758 4
dendee 672065 1456
DeNitro 403024 3900
dfonda_Team32 4584395 7971
don256us 594355 3642
Donuts 114717 71
Duner 48434 115
e6800xe 13153 28
eddyg519 341395 1630
Edward2 1195471 15189
Evilsizer 302311 1478
fatal0e 20065 29
FatCamel 248700 934
Gangaskan 195129 320
Gary_aka_LandShark 31655113 59985
godofgorks 92742 232
golfking222 52686 811
grunjee 7901471 19092
gulp35 7475441 43371
hank123 1153350 2714
hardass 2011731 4495
HayesK 13527802 20188
HDCHOPPER 62377 221
hermano 4162 8
hodgie30 353 6
IAmMoen 99962 62
Ichelo351 1902042 13827
Is_907 808831 1691
JackNSally 1778467 20385
Jammers2069 702 4
jerseytomato 12303259 17717
JiNtatsu 1556280 2447
JollySwagman 1678399 2369
jonniefive79 146781 153
jonspd 4746876 10760
jstutman 1006989 2989
jumpncrash 106447 232
klear 3787146 24117
KONAKONA 86604 168
Kowalski3500 127910 845
Lamby853 512347 1150
Lancelot 643166 1830
Leviathan41 1164931 6823
Lord_Anubis 3880917 4322
ludeboy12 2494612 4751
Macaholic 1874080 5600
Mark620 12221614 34067
mastarpete 58074 132
matrixzen 309841 3116
mattmorgan74 1486292 2300
McTimson 933543 2661
Mikep7779 374337 1946
Mindmatter 890969 1672
mizzery 925924 6286
MoltenVball 261211 606
Mustanley 19196470 103859
MysticGold04 1227 2
NightRyder 134932 593
Nimblor 667154 4247
NoWhereM 3068922 7156
nucligator 4689272 18370
nwshc 958495 2459
oakstave 305090 1125
OC3d 2108538 48333
OC-Rev.com 1270397 5295
Oldskool 190861 719
orion456 17648191 29919
Outback_Jon 12533 25
Ozzlo 190863 373
P4EE 9725277 14244
pcmaker401 86538 395
PeddlerOfFlesh 897526 1633
petteyg359 338989 1026
pRon 162711 713
Psykoikonov 223754 531
RamonetB 1875140 13256
Roisen 211622 514
Sam__ 213628 1032
SBschmit 1082044 10234
simcom_se 236794 552
slaytalera 131552 397
smigs23 1841 6
sno.lcn 1434642 4007
Sowing_Seed 0 0
Spill 144800 679
StaTek32 11265968 30522
sup3rcarrx8 2699807 9233
SuperMotarded 227479 501
surferseth 2002567 1774
Tal&Melissa 79275 115
Tarx32 107647 600
Techno-G 2060 6
tgxiii 820153 2041
the_cultie 207261 352
Tom_Ozahoski 22454 728
TommyHolly 2107821 16058
Torin3 10810450 22084
traldan 1162491 2211
Triple_Ace 990899 3534
turbohans 55888 136
U_D13_N0W 143926 798
veryhumid 3903198 9977
WarriorIII 2142739 5217
werty316 348973 1043
WonderingSoul 398746 964
XPC_SniperXX 724071 2221
xsuperbgx 1303733 2317
Yakbak 84688 257
yog1974 1517447 4446
yoyo1948 1475 174
Zuzzz 322592 3119


Starting PPD Numbers


Folding ID Points - Week Prior Starting PPD

8thDeadlySyn 24613 3516.1
aja_bithkits 4484 640.6
Albaholic 0 0.0
Arthur_Liberman 9184 1312.0
audioaficionado 81459 11637.0
baditude_df 3520 502.9
Bayna 336536 48076.6
benbaked 84943 12134.7
BenMoore 28348 4049.7
blackbelt 15737 2248.1
Blake_Henry 36748 5249.7
blzd 0 0.0
Caligula420 25768 3681.1
ChasR 1143971 163424.4
ChelseaOilman 269030 38432.9
ChrisF_32 25662 3666.0
CJ5 8489 1212.7
cjreis 84907 12129.6
Clint 4305 615.0
Cluster 3680 525.7
Cluster007 45074 6439.1
Co_Op 0 0.0
Computekinc.us 536924 76703.4
Cowboy_X(www.overclockers.com) 245 35.0
cshive5 215375 30767.9
cutler 2083 297.6
cutterx2202 3520 502.9
cw823 45154 6450.6
DAGO 1102 157.4
Dark_Bishop 4318 616.9
davidja 851 121.6
dendee 27487 3926.7
DeNitro 19747 2821.0
dfonda_Team32 111335 15905.0
don256us 1761 251.6
Donuts 7200 1028.6
Duner 6409 915.6
e6800xe 13153 1879.0
eddyg519 33112 4730.3
Edward2 240820 34402.9
Evilsizer 18167 2595.3
fatal0e 12256 1750.9
FatCamel 5709 815.6
Gangaskan 1948 278.3
Gary_aka_LandShark 265328 37904.0
godofgorks 8425 1203.6
golfking222 972 138.9
grunjee 240938 34419.7
gulp35 36437 5205.3
hank123 26766 3823.7
hardass 160839 22977.0
HayesK 790602 112943.1
HDCHOPPER 0 0.0
hermano 548 78.3
hodgie30 0 0.0
IAmMoen 4573 653.3
Ichelo351 19391 2770.1
Is_907 43809 6258.4
JackNSally 22093 3156.1
Jammers2069 702 100.3
jerseytomato 212752 30393.1
JiNtatsu 8630 1232.9
JollySwagman 125829 17975.6
jonniefive79 0 0.0
jonspd 71230 10175.7
jstutman 18138 2591.1
jumpncrash 16011 2287.3
klear 83915 11987.9
KONAKONA 14376 2053.7
Kowalski3500 685 97.9
Lamby853 19022 2717.4
Lancelot 33251 4750.1
Leviathan41 1037 148.1
Lord_Anubis 89786 12826.6
ludeboy12 120560 17222.9
Macaholic 274830 39261.4
Mark620 225139 32162.7
mastarpete 9906 1415.1
matrixzen 4750 678.6
mattmorgan74 384 54.9
McTimson 28460 4065.7
Mikep7779 63647 9092.4
Mindmatter 38230 5461.4
mizzery 7967 1138.1
MoltenVball 592 84.6
Mustanley 193707 27672.4
MysticGold04 1227 175.3
NightRyder 0 0.0
Nimblor 1413 201.9
NoWhereM 81469 11638.4
nucligator 248952 35564.6
nwshc 25046 3578.0
oakstave 40906 5843.7
OC3d 9084 1297.7
OC-Rev.com 117646 16806.6
Oldskool 0 0.0
orion456 362284 51754.9
Outback_Jon 12522 1788.9
Ozzlo 73558 10508.3
P4EE 277785 39683.6
pcmaker401 3745 535.0
PeddlerOfFlesh 102330 14618.6
petteyg359 877 125.3
pRon 0 0.0
Psykoikonov 13928 1989.7
RamonetB 14731 2104.4
Roisen 18275 2610.7
Sam__ 3469 495.6
SBschmit 21577 3082.4
simcom_se 674 96.3
slaytalera 4477 639.6
smigs23 455 65.0
sno.lcn 225 32.1
Sowing_Seed 0 0.0
Spill 10720 1531.4
StaTek32 628658 89808.3
sup3rcarrx8 115959 16565.6
SuperMotarded 41276 5896.6
surferseth 94674 13524.9
Tal&Melissa 20612 2944.6
Tarx32 1025 146.4
Techno-G 1431 204.4
tgxiii 57168 8166.9
the_cultie 34690 4955.7
Tom_Ozahoski 7499 1071.3
TommyHolly 5377 768.1
Torin3 270655 38665.0
traldan 1450 207.1
Triple_Ace 14046 2006.6
turbohans 353 50.4
U_D13_N0W 5875 839.3
veryhumid 905 129.3
WarriorIII 19543 2791.9
werty316 0 0.0
WonderingSoul 23449 3349.9
XPC_SniperXX 24202 3457.4
xsuperbgx 2221 317.3
Yakbak 0 0.0
yog1974 44395 6342.1
yoyo1948 0 0.0
Zuzzz 0 0.0


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Rules

- Sign-ups: Monday, February 2nd @ 7:00pm PST through Saturday, February 28th @ 11:59pm PST. (pending number of participants - see Minimum Participants)

The sign-up thread is LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5968668). You must have a post in the sign-up thread with your Folding ID by the sign-up deadline to participate.

- Contest duration: Sunday, March 1st @ 1:30am PST through Sunday, March 29th @ 1:29am PST. (pending number of participants - see Minimum Participants)

This contest has been aligned with the Stanford Folding week, please note all times are Pacific Standard (PST) Time. Official progress numbers will be tallied and shown in this thread and updated periodically (every 2~3 days). Otherwise, you may track your progress using any third-party stats site you choose.

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- What you need to do: Fold work units for Team 32. :) Each completed WU (work unit) returned to Stanford during the contest period will earn the participant one entry for the prize drawing... think about it like a raffle.

This contest is not about points... it's about science! You do not need the latest hardware, a large Folding farm, or otherwise to participate in this contest and have a chance at winning. All those things will certainly help increase your chances, but a participant who Folds only one WU within the contest period still has one chance to win the prize. A participant with a single machine can win this contest. OCF members from our SETI and Benchmarking Teams can win this contest. Folders from other Teams who sign-up and Fold WUs for Team 32 can win this contest, so spread the word.

This contest is open to any and all who sign-up and Fold WUs for Team 32 within the contest period.

The bottom line is, to better your chances of winning... Fold more WUs, and thus do more science, for Team 32. Simple.

- Surprise PPD Contest: I will also be tracking participants' PPD over the entire contest period. I will compare each participant's contest PPD against their PPD from the week prior to the contest. The participant with the greatest gain in PPD will be awarded an NVIDIA 9800GT (card model is at the top of this post).

- Contest PPD Calculation: Each participant's contest PPD is calculated by taking their total points in the contest period divided by the number of days completed in the contest period. For example, user A has accumulated 10,000 points in the contest period through day 10. User A's PPD would then be 1,000 PPD.


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- Minimum Particpants: A minimum of 100 participants are needed to run this contest. If by the end of the sign-up period 100 participants have not been accounted, the sign-ups will be continually extended until the next Saturday @ 11:59pm PST until 100 participants are accounted.

- Minimum Average Points per Returned WU: Each participant is required to achieve a minimum average of 100 points per returned WU for the entire contest period. If that minimum is not achieved by a participant, their total points for the entire contest period will be divided by 100 and rounded up to the next integer- this resulting number will be their number of contest entries.

- EUEs: Excessive EUEs will not be tolerated. Violations of this rule will be dealt with on a case by case basis at the sole discretion of the contest administration, possibly resulting in dismissal from the contest if that user does not stop the excessive EUEs. This rule does not imply that a user who has a machine EUE a few times will be dismissed, such a situation will likely go unnoticed. The term excessive is not being defined here and will be left up to the contest admin to determine what is excessive. The bottom line, if a user is contacted about EUEs and they fix the issue, there will be no issue.

- Server Blocking: Blocking of Stanford Server IP addresses will not be tolerated. Violations of this rule will be dealt with on a case by case basis at the sole discretion of the contest administration, possibly resulting in dismissal from the contest.

The members of this Team are honest, respectable people. I don't believe there will be any issue with rule violations. However, the consequences for someone caught intentionally trying to cheat need to be, and have been, clearly stated.

_________________________________________________


Admin

This contest will be administered by yours truly. Wow! How fast does a year go by anymore? This is the 2nd Annual "March Madness"... can you believe it? If you'd like to check out the results from our contests last year, please see the Folding Contest Directory (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=571100) thread, we had a lot of fun. :) I take the administration of this contest seriously and I hope all who participate are confident that the contest will administered fairly.

- Goals: The goals of this contest are to boost the production of current Team 32 members, recruit new members into our great Team and Project, and most importantly... play fair and have fun!

- Questions? - Please post in this thread.

[Edward2]

Great idea. Count me in.

[Sam__]

im in :D, though i doubt ill be folding much with FWs and all.:( although it might just be done by then.

[ghost_recon88]

Is this just for F@H or BOINC rosetta as well?

[drshivas]

Probably just F@H, but a Rosetta twist would be interesting.

[harlam357]

Sorry guys... just F@H. I wouldn't even know where to get a stats dump for Rosetta. :shrug:

['Cuda340]

Hack30 :beer:

harlam357 :beer:

Thank you & Fold on :attn:

[drshivas]

Hack30 :beer:

harlam357 :beer:

Thank you & Fold on :attn:

x2! :clap:

[EarthDog]

Excellent. Thanks to all. I look forward to taking that card home and adding some more crunching powa! haha!

[David]

I'll try and get an announcement up tomorrow. Work = hell the past couple of days.

[dfonda]

Hack30 :beer:

harlam357 :beer:

Thank you & Fold on :attn:

[harlam357]

9800GTX+ arrived in the mail yesterday... I'll post up a sexy pic tonight. :)

Thanks everyone for the kind words! I'll get a sign-up list update done by tomorrow. Looks like we're already at 40+ participants. :)

[harlam357]

Pic is up in the top post... sorry, I had to charge some batteries to get my camera working. :D

List update is also done... keep 'em coming folks! :beer:

[Is_907]

Exciting times ;D

[SowingSeed]

Thank you for letting members of other teams join in your contest.

I fold for Team 31630. It's a team with only 18 active folders ranked at 231 currently but on the rise. We could use a good video card to help us out so I thought I would enter.

Thank you for the opportunity.:)

[ozzlo]

Ohh this is good timing... My new I7 Flagship Is scheduled to be completed in a couple of days. I think it's time to recall the fleet into active duty...

@SowingSeed: So long as we are all working towards a good common purpose, the team you are with does not matter. I hope you enjoy folding with us.

[harlam357]

Thanks to all for their kind words... I'm looking forward to the "Madness" that awaits. :D

Keep those sign-ups coming... I've been working on getting a forum announcement and an overclockers.com page plug. Hopefully we'll get well above our 100 participant minimum. :)

[ozzlo]

I'm already putting together a farm. So far I got my i7 rig and 2 laptops. I think I'm going to call in a few favors and borrow JigPu's Boinc farm.

oh I just remembered my work laptop's got a C2D, I gotta get that one running right away.

*runs off*

[harlam357]

/someone caught the Folding bug :D

/or did the Folding bug catch him? ;)

[pRon]

Count me in...

pRon

[harlam357]

@pRon... please make sure you get a post in the sign-up thread: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5968668

[harlam357]

List update comes tomorrow... thanks to everyone who has signed-up thus far. Looks like we're right over 80 participants. 2 weeks and 20 more to go. :)

[petteyg359]

Well, of course I want a free video card. Sign me up...

[harlam357]

Ditto that for you petteyg359... ;)

@pRon... please make sure you get a post in the sign-up thread: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5968668

[harlam357]

Ok, I just sent out PMs to everyone who participated in a contest last year but has not signed-up for this year's "March Madness". I'd say ~100 folks.

Let's see if that garners any increase in sign-ups. :)

[HDCHOPPER]

ya brother & sisters eyem in:beer:

[hank123]

Thanks harlam357 for the PM im in babe!

[The Coolest]

Haven't folded in a while since last time the SMP client expired, the 6.23 version gave me a big headache...
This is a sure thing to bring me back into folding. I'm in and thanks for the PM heads up!

[TommyHolly]

Oooh Sign me up! =)

[sup3rcarrx8]

just signed up ^^

[baditude_df]

Me too. Let the madness begin!

[yog]

yog1974, count me in!

[jstutman]

Ive been on a folding hiatus but I can fire them back up for a contest :D

[Evilsizer]

ok count me in!! got my 4850 running the GPU client...

[blazed]

Almosted missed this one, thx for the PM.

[jonniefive79]

Thanks for the PM.. Loks like I've got some work to do. I was really slacking off/not folding for a while now. Looks like I need something for GPU folding, quads were still king when I took a break...

[harlam357]

bump... so everyone reads the rules. ;)

Sign-up list update tomorrow guys & gals... I'll then be doing updates every couple days until the contest starts.

Just over a week to go!!! Get ready!!! :burn:

[harlam357]

bump... ;)

[harlam357]

bump... sign-up list update tonight folks...

Contest Start Countdown: 5 Days

[MastarPete]

funny, I just started folding again late January since CUDA seems to have finally matured and I finally got around to setting up the SMP client around the same time.
So count me in! :)

[Evilsizer]

bah 5 days, i been folding for a while since signing up!!

[harlam357]

Well... this year it truely is "March Madness". Last year the contest started in mid-March. This time around I got things rolling a bit sooner. ;)

Contest Start Countdown: 4 Days

[harlam357]

Contest Start Countdown: 3 Days (2 & 1/2 really) ;)

[Macaholic]

Please add me to the list. Muchos gracias. :thup:

['Cuda340]

bah 5 days, i been folding for a while since signing up!!

We would expect no less Evil. :beer:

[Evilsizer]

just you wait it looks like my i7 rig is going to be up for the contest :drool:

['Cuda340]

I seen that you bought that..........I was looking at it too. :beer:

[Evilsizer]

yea i had to bite since it was going to fleabay and was much cheaper then retail. i have to say im lucky as i got my Tax return the day after i bought it!! YAY!!

['Cuda340]

Good luck Evil, with the i7 & the contest.

[Evilsizer]

well only downside is now is after a fruadulant charge to my CC/debit account. is i no longer can now order the ram/case!! got to wait 7-10days now before i can, i just realized that, when i grabbed for my wallet. then i went o wait yea they destroyed it since they assigned me a new one, ok more waiting.. :(

[harlam357]

Please add me to the list. Muchos gracias. :thup:

Even though this isn't the sign-up thread... for you Mac, I'll make sure you're on the list. ;)

Contest Start Countdown: 2 Days

[dark bishop]

ahhhh, must get secondary rigs working, need more WU's
:D

[harlam357]

Sign-up list update coming in just a few minutes guys... anyone who hasn't signed up yet needs to have a post in the sign-up thread by 11:59pm PST tonight.

Contest Start Countdown: 11 Hours

[AlucardCasull]

Welcome to march!

[harlam357]

Contest Start Countdown: 2 Hours

Starting numbers will be posted tomorrow afternoon. Good luck everyone!!! :beer:

[Mark620]

Mark620

[harlam357]

Wrong thread... but I'll make sure you get in on the contest Mark. ;)

[harlam357]

Starting Numbers are up and available for viewing in the Top Post (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478&postcount=1)!

Please check your starting numbers. New users who did not have a record under Team 32 will be shown with 0 for points and work units. These numbers reflect Stanford stats dated 03-01-09 @ 01:30:00 PST.

The starting numbers provide the baseline for calculating progress throughout the contest. If you believe there is an error with your starting numbers do not distress, please PM me and we'll get it straightened out. You will not lose any progress or credit if there is an error that needs fixed.

- Surprise PPD Contest: I will be tracking participants' PPD over the entire contest period. I will compare each participant's contest PPD against their PPD from the week prior to the contest. The participant with the greatest gain in PPD will be awarded an NVIDIA 9800GT.

- Contest PPD Calculation: Each participant's contest PPD is calculated by taking their total points in the contest period divided by the number of days completed in the contest period. For example, user A has accumulated 10,000 points in the contest period through day 10. User A's PPD would then be 1,000 PPD.


Good Luck to ALL!!! Thank you for participating! Now Let's Rumble! :attn:

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[AlucardCasull]

wohoo! good luck to everyone, but im gonna win, i can feel it in my bones :)

[Roisen]

. The participant with the greatest gain in PPD will be awarded an NVIDIA 9800GT.

For clarification, greatest increase, or greatest % increase?

[Duner]

The PPD is quite a nice surprise. I wish I hadn't started crunching 1 week early so that my PPD would have started at 0. I just wanted to make sure that everything was running properly and hit the start running.

[harlam357]

For clarification, greatest increase, or greatest % increase?

Greatest increase. Since percentage would be completely relative to the individual user, I don't believe that would be fair... and there will always be different opinions on what is and isn't fair... my goal is to do what I feel gives each participant the best chance at winning.

If someone who does 40,000 ppd adds an 8800GT and someone who does 10,000 ppd adds an 8800GT, that increased contribution will be relatively the same and their contest PPD increase will also reflect this increased contribution relatively equally.

I feel using each participants current PPD as a baseline puts everyone on a "level" (as level as it can be) playing field. Also, there would be no way for me to calculate a percentage increase for those who were producing 0 ppd the week prior to the contest.

Everyone needs to be aware that this "Contest PPD" is calculated over the entire contest period. So at the end of the contest there will be 28 days worth of Folding which will comprise the PPD number. For example, at the end of the show someone has earned 250,000 points in 28 days. Their "Contest PPD" will be 8928.6.

I had some questions about that calculation last time around... it must be noted that the PPD I calculate will likely not fall in line with what one sees on EOC, since that PPD number only includes the previous 7 days. However, the "baseline" PPD number is based on the 7 days prior to the contest. My reasoning for using a smaller time period for the "baseline" is to get the most accurate "snapshot" of what everyone is currently producing.

If anyone has any suggestions for improvements for future contests... I'm all ears. I want to give you guys the competition that reflects Team 32's wants/needs/goals. I am a servant of the Team. :)

[dark bishop]

its on like donkey kong!

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8884/fhoc.jpg

[Albaholic]

I just fired up my PS3, i7 920, Q6600, e8400. It gets friggin hot in here. I haven't even set up VM's on the Q6600 or i7, might set up VM's on the e8400. I still have to get GPU folding going on my GTX 295, 2x4850, 4870. I have a feeling its going to get a lot hotter in here once I do that

[harlam357]

Sounds like quite the arsenal Albaholic! :D You may be right there in the runnings for the PPD Contest after adding all that! :beer:

[klear]

I added the GTX260 right before the contest, MARCH MADNESS TIME!

[blazed]

So people who had 0 PPD prior aren't included for the suprise draw I'm guessing?

[Computekinc.us]

I am a servant of the Team. :)[/QUOTE]

Hey servant how about another :beer:.. Just kidding, the rules sound fair here. Guess I better get that laptop back up huh

[AlucardCasull]

Sounds like hes been reading some Communist articles before bed . :)

[klear]

So people who had 0 PPD prior aren't included for the suprise draw I'm guessing?


I think they will! like harlam said, I feel using each participants current PPD as a baseline puts everyone on a "level" (as level as it can be) playing field. Also, there would be no way for me to calculate a percentage increase for those who were producing 0 ppd the week prior to the contest. So sure, if a user goes from 0 to 20,000+ppd for a month i think thats a sweet deal for us and them!

[harlam357]

So people who had 0 PPD prior aren't included for the suprise draw I'm guessing?

Every participant is included. :)

[~(o)-(0)~]

Well I just tossed in another client, single core running on a celeron 2.8 with notfred's USB folding. It brining in about 175ppd, better than nothing I guess, its actually pretty similar to my A64 fileserver.

I'm honestly quite impressed, I've always been quite biased against celerons, and its doin pretty well.

Nick

[Outback_Jon]

OK, with the surprise prize, I guess that will motivate me to get my kid's computers back up and running. They've been nagging me anyway. An extra few GHz between three computers just might make the difference :D

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).

Other Stats

None yet! :D

Please bear with me a little bit guys... I'm using a new system (custom written) to run the contest this time around. So there are a few growing pains. ;) However, this new system will allow me to do much more going forward. I'm hoping to have some tastey tidbits for you all in the next couple updates. :)

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[EarthDog]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaah, stupid NAN errors with my 55nm GTX260 216. Only happens when I fold for a contest. Ran for DAYS without NAN errors.

The GOOD thing is that my step up is coming and I will have 2 to fold with for the rest of the month at least. I may keep them both...not sure.

[harlam357]

Another progress update this evening folks... Thanks again to everyone for playing! :beer:

[Bon3thugz43v3r]

I'm in for awhile. PS3, e8400 @ 4.0ghz, 4870 @ 800/1100.

[Evilsizer]

Please bear with me a little bit guys...

no ur a bear!


fold faster guys!!

[EarthDog]

With this effort MaxPC is getting further away! It was 2-3 weeks at one point, now its 4.2 months!!!!! Keep it up!!!

[Voodoo Rufus]

Just because we've pushed them back doesn't mean they're going away or giving up.

Keep up the vigilance, and borg on!

W00r for everyone who assisted in this power increase.

['Cuda340]

Just because we've pushed them back doesn't mean they're going away or giving up.

So true. A simple magazine write up & they'll be ready to take another run at us.

Never back down.......................:beer:

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 8,827,753

Total Work Units: 16,922

Total PPD Increase: 86,688.0


Lookin' good everyone!!! :) Please note that daylight savings time goes into effect tonight. Due to the stats upgrades Stanford has been going through I'm not sure exactly how this will effect their stats process. I'll just have to wait and see. Just be aware that the contest may end on Pacific Daylight Time in lieu of the scheduled Pacific Standard Time. What's an hour, eh? :D I will confirm the end time tomorrow afternoon once I have the latest stats dump.

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[Evilsizer]

So true. A simple magazine write up & they'll be ready to take another run at us.

Never back down.......................:beer:

no soup FOR YOU!!

LOL

[HDCHOPPER]

need to get a better grip got 24 units finnished but not showing ?? huummmmmmmmmmm

[EarthDog]

More crunching!

Guess who is not slated to take us over right now..............................!!!!

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[harlam357]

need to get a better grip got 24 units finnished but not showing ?? huummmmmmmmmmm

Check your client configuration HD... you're not being credited in the stats. You can verify that by looking at any third-party stats pages as well.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=327864

We need ur points man... get that baby on the right track! :beer:

[ChelseaOilman]

Check your client configuration HD... you're not being credited in the stats.
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=HDCHOPPER

Date of last work unit 2008-08-26 12:45:28

[FatCamel]

Can I get more PPD by folding on a VM as well as windows?

If so it is time to get the Ubuntu folding!!

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 13,283,304

Total Work Units: 25,122

Total PPD Increase: 9,1318.5

Ok, here's the deal on the the time change. Stanford has not changed their update times so the stats are still being run on Pacific Standard. That means the contest will do the same. I do want to inform everyone that the stats dumps I've been pulling are dated at 1:30 am PST. So the official contest start and end times will coincide with that time, 1:30 am PST. I will update the contest post to reflect those times. All that means is that the contest actually started 1 1/2 hours later than anticipated, and it will end 1 1/2 later than anticipated. No big deal in the grand scheme of things.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer: Go kick some MPC grass!!! :D

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[deadlysyn]

Looks like this SMP and GPU are really doing some good. Normally this far into a folding contest, I would only have 5 WU's turned in if I was lucky on that old P4. But I also think the little one turned on my PS3 yesterday, which might have contributed to a little PPD bump. She has this thing about playing with the controllers like she's playing a game.

[Albaholic]

I finally got my setups churning out some decent PPD. I think im doing something wrong though. My i7 is only at 50% usagehttp://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/171/5035808088.jpg

[SuperMotarded]

Albaholic, wont that 295 run multiple clients?

[Albaholic]

Albaholic, wont that 295 run multiple clients?

It does, but it gets really hot. (and I need something to plug into the HDMI port) Plus I just took a look at the log now and its not folding due to EUE. I don't even have this card overclocked. Anybody got any tips?

Edit: I found that I'm not the only one having this problem. I'll try disabling multi gpu mode and try again tomorrow when I can fire it back up again

[harlam357]

You have RivaTuner installed? If so, make sure the fan on that card is set in the 90~100% range.

The i7 needs two more VMs to maximize it's HT capabilities, and PPD. ;) The q6600 looks like a standard client to me. You could run two VMs there as well. :)

I'd say you're looking at another ~10k ppd if you get those other VMs and GPU running... probably more! :)

[harlam357]

Stats update this evening folks... almost half way home! :)

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 17,862,025

Total Work Units: 31,985

Total PPD Increase: 103,897.9

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer: Go kick some MPC grass!!! :D

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[klear]

No, thank YOU. :thup:

[Roisen]

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[harlam357]

@Roisen - just want to confirm what you're seeing here. Are you saying that you summed the number of units being shown in my last update?

If so, I'm not sure how you got 32025. I just re-summed them myself and my number is 31985 as I posted.

[Roisen]

@Roisen - just want to confirm what you're seeing here. Are you saying that you summed the number of units being shown in my last update?

If so, I'm not sure how you got 32025. I just re-summed them myself and my number is 31985 as I posted.

It's completely possible that I made a mistake or two, I scrolled down the list and used windows calculator to add them all up. I was just trying to provide a rough estimate for those who wanted to calculate their current chance to win :beer:

edit: I didn't see that you included the totals in subsequent posts, I was only looking at the first one..

[EarthDog]

With compu whtchamalcallit, nobody has a chance for that 9800gt. LOL

[torin3]

With compu whtchamalcallit, nobody has a chance for that 9800gt. LOL

I wouldn't say that. Last one was one by somebody who makes less that 20K ppd if I remember right.

And ChasR hasn't won any of these yet...

:beer:

[blazed]

I think the prize was different last time, prize #1 was based on how many WU's completed, each being a ticket into the draw.

[Edward2]

With compu whtchamalcallit, nobody has a chance for that 9800gt. LOL

I wouldn't say that. Last one was one by somebody who makes less that 20K ppd if I remember right.

And ChasR hasn't won any of these yet...

He's referring to the surprise PPD Increase Contest. Computekinc has a commanding lead in that one. Here are the top 5 in that contest:

Computekinc.....22,195
Klear...............10,813
CJ5..................9,620
Torin................9,027
Duner...............7,998

The raffle contest is for the 9800GTX+.

[Sentential]

Just got a free copy of mirror's edge from the 2nd video card I just purchased (first one had a cd key as well)

Went ahead and sent a PM to OP to donate it to the contest.

[torin3]

He's referring to the surprise PPD Increase Contest. Computekinc has a commanding lead in that one. Here are the top 5 in that contest:

Computekinc.....22,195
Klear...............10,813
CJ5..................9,620
Torin................9,027
Duner...............7,998

The raffle contest is for the 9800GTX+.

That is what I get for reading to fast. Sorry about that. :bang head

[Edward2]

Torin, you're in 4th place right now. Do you have anything else up your sleeve that you could put to work? If not, maybe a trip to the power plant in Missouri would help your case (Computekinc's location). ;) ;)
jk, jk

[FatCamel]

Torin, you're in 4th place right now. Do you have anything else up your sleeve that you could put to work? If not, maybe a trip to the power plant in Missouri would help your case (Computekinc's location). ;) ;)
jk, jk

Shenanigans!!!!

[chinky714]

Man... i would love to win a 9800GT I don't even care about the 9800GTX because i know I would never win it since my entry would be dwarfed by everyone else. Maybe next contest you should have an entry fee, that way there can be more prizes like "most productive new member to team32" where they get an OCF t shirt or something lol.

[Computekinc.us]

Torin, you're in 4th place right now. Do you have anything else up your sleeve that you could put to work? If not, maybe a trip to the power plant in Missouri would help your case (Computekinc's location). ;) ;)
jk, jk

I better get a huge generator pronto! :beer:

[harlam357]

Just got a free copy of mirror's edge from the 2nd video card I just purchased (first one had a cd key as well)

Went ahead and sent a PM to OP to donate it to the contest.

Thanks for the PM Sen... this will be added as a "runner-up" prize for the PPD contest. :)

Man... i would love to win a 9800GT I don't even care about the 9800GTX because i know I would never win it since my entry would be dwarfed by everyone else. Maybe next contest you should have an entry fee, that way there can be more prizes like "most productive new member to team32" where they get an OCF t shirt or something lol.

You may want to check out how last year's contests went down. See here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=571100

It doesn't take a Folding "army" to have a chance at victory. It's all luck of the draw. :)

I'm going to start a new thread here soon... asking for new ideas for future contests. The "most productive new member" sounds interesting. When adding these ideas please think about how this distiction would be determined. What time frame constitues a "new" member? 1 week, 1 month, 3 months? And how would "most productive" be determined? Total points over a specific time period? Current 7 day PPD on a specific day (end of each month maybe)?

Just putting the bug in ya'lls ears... it's easy to say and another thing to quantify. ;)

Lastly, stats update tonight... it may or may not be decently late tonight. I've got family in from up North.

[petteyg359]

I would like to donate a copy of Stalker (came with my mobo, I already own it on Steam) as a second random drawing prize...

[chinky714]

Thanks for the PM Sen... this will be added as a "runner-up" prize for the PPD contest. :)



You may want to check out how last year's contests went down. See here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=571100

It doesn't take a Folding "army" to have a chance at victory. It's all luck of the draw. :)

I'm going to start a new thread here soon... asking for new ideas for future contests. The "most productive new member" sounds interesting. When adding these ideas please think about how this distiction would be determined. What time frame constitues a "new" member? 1 week, 1 month, 3 months? And how would "most productive" be determined? Total points over a specific time period? Current 7 day PPD on a specific day (end of each month maybe)?

Just putting the bug in ya'lls ears... it's easy to say and another thing to quantify. ;)

Lastly, stats update tonight... it may or may not be decently late tonight. I've got family in from up North.

Thanks for considering my suggestion. My idea of "new" member to folding the team would be someone who has joined less than 3 months. The most productive part would be up to you guys. I think this would be more fun and encourage more people to fold on the forums if not everyone is doing it already. It might even encourage non forum members to join. :p I do realize that the award is based on luck of draw. But since you get an amount of entry based on how many work units you complete, wouldn't it be safe to say that those with larger farms capable of completing 30-50 work units a day would have an incredibly higher winning chance than those with only 1-4 farming rigs? I do however don't know how many in team 32 have a farms of more than 4 rigs so yeah :P

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 22,411,461

Total Work Units: 37,146

Total PPD Increase: 109,493.3

A Second Place PPD Prize has been generously donated by Sentential. Thank You Sen! :) It is the PC Game Mirror's Edge. It can be downloaded at the link posted in the top post. The CD Key will be provided to the winner.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer: Go kick some MPC grass!!! :D

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[Duner]

Ugh, I had my rig go down and a Phenom 9500 and two 9800GT's just sitting there doing nothing for the last few days. Things will come around, I think I'll have enough to catch #2 in the PPD standings, but I already have that mirrors edge coupon.

[harlam357]

I figured that might be the case with some folks who have just recently bought video cards... we have another possible game donation as well. If that get solidified then we'll have the 2nd place PPD contest prize as a choice of either game. :) Third place will get the game not taken by the 2nd place winner.

[harlam357]

Added copy of Far Cry 2 as a PPD Contest runner-up Second/Third place prize.

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 25,659,212

Total Work Units: 40,174

Total PPD Increase: 124,761.3

Second/Third/Fourth Place PPD Prizes have been generously donated and added to the Top Post as well. Thank you Sentential, Computek, & petteyg359 for your generosity! :) We have Mirror's Edge, Farcry 2, & S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl up for grabs.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer: Go kick some MPC grass!!! :D

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[klear]

edit: not gonna happen :)

[Computekinc.us]

I'l gunnin' for first prize, I need computekinc.us to not add anything more and I think i've got it!, but wouldn't be bad if he did! :)

Don't worry, I spent waaayyyy too much already. If I don't sell a bunch of junk I won't be able to get my car ready for the track this summer.:eek:

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 30,468,850

Total Work Units: 45,015

Total PPD Increase: 138,838.4

One week left to go... these cards are getting lonely just sitting here. They keep telling me they're ready to be shipped to a good home, and find a cure for cancer. :)

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer: Go kick some MPC grass!!! :D

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[SuperMotarded]

I dropped down to 0ppd for almost a week but I'm back in the swing at 25k ppd now... Stupid 1680 point WUs are killing my wu/day though :bang head

[dark bishop]

I dropped down to 0ppd for almost a week but I'm back in the swing at 25k ppd now... Stupid 1680 point WUs are killing my wu/day though :bang head

same, as great as they are they take to buggering long.

[blazed]

With -advmethods off, the 768 credit 5774 WU's work out to about the same PPD but more completed units.

[Arkaine23]

Big borg for me starting 2 days ago: 24 iMacs, 13 Dell GX755's, 2 Dell GX745's, and a couple of Dell D620/630 laptops.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Nice Borg there Arkaine23, more power to Team 32

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 35,475,052

Total Work Units: 50,340

Total PPD Increase: 157,789.4

Four days left to go... just watch out for that Giant Red Spot when this one is over. ;)

The Main Contest Winner will be announced Sunday, March 29th... sometime in the afternoon.

The PPD Contest Winners will be announced later... once I have contacted the top four producers.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer:

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[EarthDog]

thanks for the update, though its weird, my average PPD has been over 10k for the past 3 days or so, and this update from a day ago says Im at 8.5k... hopefully the next update will have the updated stats!

Keep it up man, great work!

[harlam357]

Remember, your contest PPD number seen here accounts for all your points over (and days in) the entire contest period.

Say you were doing 8.5k PPD for 25 days. You total points for the contest would be 212,500 or 8.5k PPD. Now for the next three days you do 10k per day. Now your total points would be 242,500. Those points over a 28 day period would yield 8660.7 PPD.

It's kind of tough to raise your contest PPD late into the contest due to the way this calculation is done... that's just the way it works.

[EarthDog]

DOh! forgot about that. Thanks!

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 38,800,742

Total Work Units: 53,873

Total PPD Increase: 167,425.5

Two days left to go... just watch out for that Giant Red Spot when this one is over. ;)

The Main Contest Winner will be announced Sunday, March 29th... sometime in the afternoon.

The PPD Contest Winners will be announced later... once I have contacted the top four producers.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer:

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[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 42,199,405

Total Work Units: 57,259

Total PPD Increase: 178,336.8

Final Stats update before the big finish!!! :beer:

The Main Contest Winner will be announced Sunday, March 29th... sometime in the afternoon.

The PPD Contest Winners will be announced later... once I have contacted the top four producers.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer:

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[Jolly-Swagman]

Thanks again to Harlam for another Awesome job with the Contest and our Sponsors of the prizes, and a big Thanks to everyone participating,

Fold On!

[SuperMotarded]

Only turned in like 400 wu's but my fingers are crossed :burn:

[harlam357]

Stats Update!

Check out the Top Post LINK'D HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=594478).


Totals - Including All Participants

Total Points: 43,886,649

Total Work Units: 58,776

Total PPD Increase: 182,776.2

Final numbers have been posted... the Main Contest Winner will be announced shorty. :)

The PPD Contest Winners will be announced later... once I have contacted the top four producers.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!!! :beer:

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[e6600]

i thought we were ending march madness on april 1st
;_;

[Edward2]

Contest duration: Sunday, March 1st @ 1:30am PST through Sunday, March 29th @ 1:29am PST. (pending number of participants - see Minimum Participants)

No, the contest was always for 4 weeks and not the entire month. Good luck to everyone in the contest, and job well done everyone!!! Now let's keep up the good work, because we've still got to hold off MPC.

[harlam357]

Drum roll please http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNaZedAWmlE :D

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Main Contest Winner: dfonda


Congratulations dfonda! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :beer:

Thank you again to everyone who participated and made this contest a success. Thanks again to Hack30 for his part in sponsoring the contest.

The PPD Contest Winners will be announced as I make contact with the users who gained the most production and they select their prize.

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[the_cultie]

Congrats man!!! WTF!!! :beer: :soda:

[Edward2]

CONGRATULATIONS DFONDA !!

[Computekinc.us]

Winner winner chicken dinner! :beer:

[Evilsizer]

WTF defonda!!

[Jason Kitchens]

Congrats to defonda!!! WTF!!!

[jerseytomato]

Congratulations Dfonda !!! :beer:

[dfonda]

Winner winner chicken dinner! :beer:We just came from Boston Market:)
Speechless Folks,,,,, under normal economic conditions I would ask Harlam to pick another winner...... there are so many of you on the Team that are more deserving then I am....:o

But I have not been able afford all the parts to convert a rig(and still pay my taxes:eek:) and this is a godsend!

I'll only need to buy a Mobo and PSU, I should be able to take the heat from my wife for that....I pray the Flowers for Valentines day are still in her memory banks!!;)

Thank you Hack30 for the Great donation!:beer: and Thank you Harlam for running the contest.:beer: and Thank you to the other folks who donated prizes

and Thanks to my teammates for wishing me well!:beer:

Should have it up and running 24/7 in 2 weeks:beer: It will be a pure folding box to keep in nature of this contest.:beer:

[torin3]

Whoo-hoo! Congrats Dfonda! :beer:

[LandShark]

lucky ba$tard...... :mad: :p

I must say, another well deserved winner!! :beer: :santa:

[Macaholic]

I'll only need to buy a Mobo and PSU, I should be able to take the heat from my wife for that....I pray the Flowers for Valentines day are still in her memory banks!!;)

Congrats! One other word of advice to help with the wife. Get rid of the avatar or the flowers were for naught. ;)

[DavidJa]

Congratulations to the winner and a big thank you to the organizers and the people who donated all the prizes.

[dfonda]

Congrats! One other word of advice to help with the wife. Get rid of the avatar or the flowers were for naught. ;)

She just reminded me that I didn't give her any darn flowers....She got a card,dinner and romance. So I scored points for the romance....but lost points for not remembering...and now she's asking me what happened to the Phillies Avatar!!

[ihrsetrdr]

Congratulations Dave! http://www.geocities.com/tthomas_sbsd.empl/emoticons/woot.gif http://www.geocities.com/tthomas_sbsd.empl/emoticons/woot.gif :beer:




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[hank123]

Really dude shut off your hacks! Wheres an Admin?

JKing nice dude!

[klear]

nice one, congrats dfonda! :bday:

[Jolly-Swagman]

CONGRATS dfonda! WTF!!!

[StaTek]

Gratz dfonda!

And many thanks to Hack30 & harlam357 for making this possible! :beer:

['Cuda340]

Congrats dfonda :beer:

[jintatsu]

congrats dfonda.. :beer:

[Hack30]

Awesome folding every one, glad to be able to donate for all of you!
Lately its been hard to even just check up on you delinquents lately so this was an easy something that I could do for yuz!!;)


Congratulations dfonda on the big prize:thup:

[Edward2]

Thank you Hack for sponsoring our contest. We definitely appreciate it. ;) :beer:

[harlam357]

Drum roll please http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNaZedAWmlE :D

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PPD Contest Winner: klear


Congratulations klear! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :beer:

I need to also thank Computekinc.us. He was the true top gaining producer and deferred the PPD Contest First Place Prize to the next top producer, which was klear.

Thank you again to everyone who participated and made this contest a success. Thanks again to Hack30 for his part in sponsoring the contest.

The remaining PPD Contest Winners will be announced as I make contact with the users who gained the most production and they select their prize.

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[Jolly-Swagman]

Congrats to klear, winner of PDD Contest.WTF!!!


also thanks to Computekinc.us , for being such a great Team player, and T32 Member, WTF!!!.

[klear]

agreed, thank you computekinc.us, harlam, and everyone that has helped me :)

[Sam__]

nice one!

and great folding everyone.

[dfonda]

Congrats klear!(and Compu K):beer::beer:

and some parts have arrived to give the GPU a happy home!
I don't know what 1000watt PSU's weigh but this thing weighs 50Lbs:)

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[Edward2]

dfonda, looks like you are just about ready for that new GTX+. And yes, the TX850W power supply is very heavy.

[Surferseth]

Congrats to the winners!
Thanks to those who make the folding contests possible!

[harlam357]

Congrats klear!(and Compu K):beer::beer:

and some parts have arrived to give the GPU a happy home!
I don't know what 1000watt PSU's weigh but this thing weighs 50Lbs:)

Ah man... you gots plenty 'o powah! :attn:

Looks like it will be Thursday when the card arrives... so you've got time to get all the rest put together, then you can just pop that baby in. ;)

[Hack30]

Sweet folding Everyone!!

And congrats to klear for the PPD contest!!

Woo Hoo!!!
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[blazed]

Gratz to all the winners.

[dfonda]

Ah man... you gots plenty 'o powah! :attn:

Looks like it will be Thursday when the card arrives... so you've got time to get all the rest put together, then you can just pop that baby in. ;)

Last piece arrived. I let the SMP on the Ubuntu rig run. So I need to swap everything. 2 hours for the hardware...I'll cross my fingers on the software. I'll do my best to have it running tonight.:beer:


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[jonspd]

nice :D

[harlam357]

Hey... that looks oddly familiar. ;) Sorry if there was any white cat hair in the box. My cat travels more than I do... he just doesn't know it. :)

Sweet! :D Looks like it made the journey well. It sure has been lonely the last six weeks just sitting in my compy room. ;)

[dfonda]

nice :D

Nice to see you Jon.I was worried about ya:beer: Vacation??


Hey... that looks oddly familiar. ;) Sorry if there was any white cat hair in the box. My cat travels more than I do... he just doesn't know it. :)

Sweet! :D Looks like it made the journey well. It sure has been lonely the last six weeks just sitting in my compyJust a dead mouse!:eek::)

Posted into Ubuntu beautifully!(Posting on new rig right now) I will finally get my chance to Fold GPU in it. Compiz Fusion still working.

But not tonight....gonna boot into Win 7 which should be a little quicker to get up and running.(Don't yell at me Shell:p)

Need driver recommendation. Vista 180.*** what?

Win 7/9800GTX.

and some Gig chipset drivers. I think thats it.

[LandShark]

Congrats klear!(and Compu K):beer::beer:

and some parts have arrived to give the GPU a happy home!
I don't know what 1000watt PSU's weigh but this thing weighs 50Lbs:)

2-parts-down1togo.jpg (http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=72447&stc=1&d=1238521978)

great! now get back to work and get it up and running!! :santa:

[SuperMotarded]

Need driver recommendation. Vista 180.*** what?

Win 7/9800GTX.

I'm partial to 185.20, or 181.20. 185.20 seems to boost the PPD on the first card by almost 2K ppd for some reason, and last time I checked the thread on it, stanford had said it wasn't messing the work up at all (which was everyones initial concern about the increase).

[harlam357]

Really? Still seeing more PPD with 185.20? The science should be fixed now, so I guess no harm in running those drivers. Since the initial effect was only seen on Vista, my guess is that this increase you're seeing is also on Vista?

[Is_907]

Congratulations to the winners!
Let's see... 12 months until the next March Madness so I'd best get ready...

[harlam357]

Just an update... torin3 is our next best PPD Producer and has chosen the Mirror's Edge PC Game as his prize.

I must apologize as I just really dropped the ball on getting these games given away... thankfully my time is going to free up a bit again here soon as work is going to slow down a touch.

Thanks again to everyone who participated... I look forward to doing this again soon. :)