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Anyone up for a Folding contest?

  • 16-09-2010 11:54pm
    #1
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    What do you guys think about holding a Folding event over a weekend?

    I can get a Google spreadsheet up for signups and can have stats once the event is over. I should also be able to write out the guides for the Windows Folding clients (with HFM) tomorrow. Will probably go post a thread about it in the other Tech sections too. There's a Facebook page we can post it on too. :)

    Anyone up for it? 2 days where we go all out and try and get the team's PPD as high as we can. :D


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  • #2
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Well, as promised, the SMP and GPU guides are up.

    Really want some input on the name of this though... the "Boards Folding Event" seems pretty uncreative... :p


  • #3
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Bump.


  • #4
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    24 hours bump.

    I'm thinking the start of October; 12pm Friday to 12pm Sunday. Sound good, or too early in the day?


  • #5
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭ aidan_walsh


    Not having taken part in one of these before, how is it managed? Do we report numbers in or are they taken from our stats pages?


  • #6
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    I run the ones over at OCN, and what I do is I download the stats from Stanford at the start of the contest, and then again at the end of the contest. Then I run them through a program which will get the stats for every member who signed up.

    I'll do sign ups using a Google Spreadsheet. :)

    Aside from that, all you guys need to do is Fold as much as you can. I'll be around quite a bit if anyone needs a hand setting up clients, or optimising their current client (SMP client w/bonuses, opposed to the Unicore client, new GPU3 WUs instead of the old ones, etc).


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  • #7
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Alright, I'll be posting the contest thread tomorrow, even though we only got one reply. :p

    I'll send out some PMs to the other members of the Folding team, see if they're interested.


  • #8
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭ aidan_walsh


    Well, my boxes are on 24/7 anyway so sign me up for anything :)


  • #9
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    I'll post the competition thread in an hour or two... I think the "Boards.ie Foldathon" would suffice as a name. :)


  • #10
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Posted:
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68122257

    I think 2 weeks should be enough time to get a fair few sign ups.

    Will go send some PMs now. ;)


  • #11
    C.D.
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭ C.D.


    zodac wrote: »
    I run the ones over at OCN, and what I do is I download the stats from Stanford at the start of the contest, and then again at the end of the contest. Then I run them through a program which will get the stats for every member who signed up.

    I'll do sign ups using a Google Spreadsheet. :)

    Aside from that, all you guys need to do is Fold as much as you can. I'll be around quite a bit if anyone needs a hand setting up clients, or optimising their current client (SMP client w/bonuses, opposed to the Unicore client, new GPU3 WUs instead of the old ones, etc).

    Zodac, just with regards to "running the stats"- what is compiled and how is performance measured? Is it simply the largest PPD or is it the biggest increase in PPD etc.?


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  • #12
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    I download the stats file from Stanford at the start and at the end of the Foldathon. Then I run it through a script which gets the points difference for all members on a seperate list.

    As for performance, yeah, we'll obviously compare stats, though I see this as more of an opportunity to pull in some more Folders... even if they're just Folding for the competition.


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