WCG-TPU 9th Birthday Challenge (11/16-11/22/2013)- Join us/Crunch/Win Stuff

Norton · Nov 16, 2013

SpockvsData said:
I am totally in! Thanks to [Ion]! I have the same username.

Welcome!

What are you crunching with?

and get in on the game giveaway

Here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194581

[Ion] · Nov 16, 2013

Norton said:
Welcome!

What are you crunching with?

and get in on the game giveaway

Here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194581

He has an i5-2400 :toast:

We just got it set up now :toast:

SpockvsData · Nov 16, 2013

Norton said:
and get in on the game giveaway

Thanks I signed up! Btw, when do the logic captcha's go away?

GreiverBlade · Nov 16, 2013

F150_Raptor said:
I just fired up the Sr-2 for another 24 cores too!

HAIL TO THE KING, BABY! :toast:

Easy Rhino · Nov 16, 2013

we are now 3rd in hourly ouput!!!!!!!!!!!!! we need more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

librin.so.1 · Nov 16, 2013

Easy Rhino said:
we are now 3rd in hourly ouput!!!!!!!!!!!!! we need more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Phenoms started to roll out on reporting WUs not long ago and as soon as they start validating en masse, It should make enough of a dent to boost us up a bit. I hope :ohwell:

Dang, I am afraid it probably won't be enough to boost our output by 35%. As apparently, that is the amount of increase we need :cry:

Norton · Nov 16, 2013

Vinska said:
My Phenoms started to roll out on reporting WUs not long ago and as soon as they start validating en masse, It should make enough of a dent to boost us up a bit. I hope
Dang, I am afraid it probably won't be enough to boost our output by 35%. As apparently, that is the amount of increase we need

I'll have 12 cores reporting with a few days output tomorrow am... you should see the boost in the hourly update when I do.

We'll do our best to catch up- we're doing it but it will take awhile

d1nky · Nov 16, 2013

I just got a milestone woooooop! apologies if its a bit early for stones lol

I might ask if I can borrow someones rig tomorrow, itll be a 6 core phenom. I need to fix the cooler (fan broke) but itll be an extra 6 to my 12 cores, should say threads really lol!

librin.so.1 · Nov 16, 2013

Aye! Glad to see people are getting more "muscle"! For this challenge, gotta grab anything we can. Every single point counts!
That said, I shall try to ~~steal~~ borrow my pop's laptop tomorrow for the time of the challenge. And maybe my sis' laptop, too. Assuming I manage to catch Her in time.

theonedub · Nov 16, 2013

Norton said:
Kinda looks weird when you start a challenge outputting 10x your daily average:

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=team&proj=bwcg&team=6268&sort=today

:shadedshu

Tricks are for kids, we'll catch them :cool:

Easy Rhino · Nov 16, 2013

theonedub said:
Tricks are for kids, we'll catch them

not at this rate. we have to increase our current hourly output by over 33% to catch that team that began with 12 million points...

d1nky · Nov 17, 2013

33% whats that roughly in extra work units?

HammerON · Nov 17, 2013

theonedub said:
Tricks are for kids, we'll catch them

Yeah they dumped a bunch of WU's they must have been building up by looking at their rigs. i7 2600 earning over 37,000 points in one day...

Should be interesting after a week

Thanks to all the TPU folders helping us out :toast:

GreiverBlade · Nov 17, 2013

i just leave that here, before going to bed

14cores 16Threads no more HDD or USB stick .. damn i could add 6 cores more if i wasn't so broken :eek:

Norton · Nov 17, 2013

GreiverBlade said:
i just leave that here, before going to bed

http://img.techpowerup.org/131116/T7250.jpg
14cores 16Threads no more HDD or USB stick .. damn i could add 6 cores more if i wasn't so broken

m&m's · Nov 17, 2013

They'll see...

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2013

That's more like it

Norton · Nov 17, 2013

m&m's said:
They'll see...
http://img.techpowerup.org/131116/400.jpg

and again! :cool:

15th Warlock · Nov 17, 2013

So in theory, (and this is formulated while I wear my tinfoil hat, so please bear with me :eek:

) people can essentially download a bazillion tasks, start crunching while offline, and then go back online when the challenge starts so all these finished cached tasks are all dumped in a matter of hours?

Is that the only explanation? Because in my opinion you don't exponentially reduce your team's output in a matter of hours, am I right?

And if that were the case, would the organizers catch such scheme, or is this a free for all championship?

Oh, I don't know, I'm new to all this crunching stuff, and thus am probably the worst person to make these deductions, but it all seems reaaaaally fishy to me :shadedshu

What do people with more experience think about this "phenomenon"?

Regardless of what the reason may be for the huge discrepancy, we'll show em who's boss, that's for sure :rockout:

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2013

That is what is done, but it's totally legal. You can set a work buffer in BOINC, download a bunch of tasks, and crunch them, and then upload them later. I actually find this to be a great feature, so that my computer still has work to crunch while I don't have an internet connection (traveling, etc). It can also be used to create abnormally high scores, albeit briefly.

15th Warlock · Nov 17, 2013

[Ion] said:
That is what is done, but it's totally legal. You can set a work buffer in BOINC, download a bunch of tasks, and crunch them, and then upload them later. I actually find this to be a great feature, so that my computer still has work to crunch while I don't have an internet connection (traveling, etc). It can also be used to create abnormally high scores, albeit briefly.

Alrighty then, that actually explains a lot...

Oh well, like I said, we'll give them hell regardless :mad:

BUCK NASTY · Nov 17, 2013

It really pisses me off when it's not a level playing field. All I know is that we will have a strategy meeting before the next challenge. :rockout:

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2013

While it is frustrating, it's still science being done regardless, so I'm not angry as such with them. But I am determined to do my utmost now as always :toast:

HammerON · Nov 17, 2013

It doesn't matter that they stocked up on completed WU's and then dumped them the first day because the competition allows enough time for those with a steady output to catch up and pass them like they are standing still

Norton · Nov 17, 2013

As long as the science is the benefactor it's just a strategy.

However, if it appears that you are trying to fit your normal 10 days work into 7 days in order to get a jump on a challenge, then you may find that you need to defend that "strategy"

As HammerON said, watch your rear view... we're coming

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