claytonwilliams
we didn't beat them before,....but it was a fun challenge at the last minute. i have ebolia wus so as soon as i finish those i will be in100% here. I got involved with bio so thats where my heart lies.

But we did win the last Challenge.
Planet 3DNow! was not part of the last Challenge as Punchy said above.

Orange_1050
This Challenge has become a farse.
I love a good Challenge, and I have no problems of getting a good beat, that is, if Meeting at equal terms.
P3D With their Heavy hitters would most likely take this one home anyways, so their bunker strategy is a huge fail in my book.
Bunkering can be ok for some reasons, some situations, but not this way.
I'm drying out POGS now, entering Year of the Sheep Challenge
If no one else make a thread about it, I'll see if I can make one later.
 

As I for the POTM.
Lets hope next time they have a start Date and for issued Tasks like all the other Projects do.
 
Ban Bunkering

For the most part I moved over the PRIMGRID, but still have tasks running during the day on theSkyNet POGS.
I just not in the Challenge Mode anymore.
Man what a Team Planet 3DNow! They are Rocking Away.

devlin85
Yeah I voiced my disgust at the extreme bunkering that occurred by p3d.. Even when other teams have done it in the past it was never like this. They have around 1.5 Million RAC in CPU power from what I can gather but yet bunkered so hard they hit 15 million after only 5 days.. absurd! 
 
I made the suggestion on their forum post too, I'm sure a show of support would help  -> http://forums.theskynet.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2914&sid=02231cc768fb27d34f0e00047d497a70 

Fantastic post devlin and great initiative.
For many reasons I think this subject need an open debate.
I'll jump on that thread when I get the opportunity.

maybe you should of joined overclockers uk to help take down p3d hehe. long time lurker and have been reading these parts of the forum for a long time and I do agree that P3D are taking the fun out of it with the " cheating " if you like.

I was thinking more like tag team haha :P
at present the brit team seem to be doing a good job at holding second lol. One of the members seems to have some what the power of a quantum computer
 
 
 
 
 

guestman
maybe you should of joined overclockers uk to help take down p3d hehe. long time lurker and have been reading these parts of the forum for a long time and I do agree that P3D are taking the fun out of it with the " cheating " if you like.

Greetings guestman, and welcome to our forums
I think it's nice of other teams to say hello and to exchange thoughts and experience. We have all common interest and also we have the common goal to find either an answer, or at best, a cure.
 
You did a fantastic job in the last Challenge, and we thank you for pushing to the very last day. You made this challenge a really fun and interesting one. You even pulled computers out of your sofa.
I fully understand the Overclockers UK's urge for a revenge from last time. However, most crunchers around signalize that a 30 day challenge is too long.
Many think it's not ok to ask a team to dedicate resources to one single project for such a long time.
Also, we have a limited attention span as they say
 
 
About the ongoing "Ultimate Team Challenge 2015"
Some not so good stuff happened. First it was too soon, too long lasting, and then it was this behavior of P3D.
Most of us entered this challenge out of respect for Overclockers UK, and your wish for revenge.
 
However, when P3D presented 7-10 days of work the first day, they pulled the plug out of this challenge right there and then.
Many of us just pulled out, leaving just a fraction of our resources.
One can discuss bunkering day in and day out, but there are consequences. One of them we saw right there, people lose interest, and quit.
When a project invite all teams they can get to a, say 10 day challenge, isn't the meaning that the teams compete about how much work they can present over 10 days?
Then why does one team present 20days of work in a 10 challenge?
If they wanted so bad to work on those WU's 10 days ahead, they could, but why not deliver the ready work when ready?
 
Also, most WU's need validation.
When a big team deliver thousands of thousands of WU's down for validation at day one of a challenge, it will put a crazy strain on the project's hardware, possibly straining the over all performance for the whole project, slowing down the validation time for all other participants.
 
When a big and strong team as P3D show this tactics, they also show smaller and perhaps new teams how to.
This un-culture may harm the whole challenge spirit among many good teams.
The losers will be the project itself, and that's the exact opposite to what we crunchers want.
We are here to help out the projects.
 
Bunkering is not cheating, it's a lack of better knowledge.
 
 

Hi Orange et al
 
Just signed up to say Hi and thanks for coming over to see us!
 
I am by no way a leader or ambassador for our team I just crunch whenever I get the time, which is less often these days :(
 
Your comments are much appreciated and I for one agree with everything you said, the challenges created in crunching are all of bit of fun and going to lengths to make sure you win by a massive margin even when you are a massive team takes the enjoyment out of it and is a hollow victory in my eyes.
 
The challenge last year was great fun for all even though we lost to the better team, everyone involved in the challenge did so in a friendly manner.
 
p.s someone on here stole my name (voicon), or I signed up years ago and forgotten my password and don't know what email I used :-)

Re: ELIMINATE BUNKERING FROM CHALLENGES

Unread postby eckley » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:07 am
So far our servers have coped without issues when teams have taken advantage of bunkering, thanks the the magic of AWS. So from a purely hardware point of view we have no issue with bunkering. However, the real question here is how bunkering fits into the idea of a challenge. A challenge really stats who can do the most work in a set amount of time, and bunkering allows some users to extend that time giving themselves an unfair advantage, although is it really unfair if everyone can do??

If I can figure out how to do it, I'd like to provide the option when creating a challenge to allow or disallow challenges that way we can have the best of both worlds. Credit is awarded after a work unit is validated and unless I get the time to construct an alternative credit system I can't see an easy way around the issue.. Anyone out there of a bright idea?

Alex

http://forums.theskynet.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2914&sid=8ca493683484dea092ecffabbd2bf83a
 
Perhaps someone could explain to him exactly how PrimeGrid does it... I'm too busy right now to make a long post.

Removed

bcavnaugh
I hope so, For the Win.
 

How did I get on there as # 19 . I been doing WCG after the last contest at skynet

http://www.theskynet.org/challenges/52?locale=en  As this ends soon, great job #1, as they have more than twice as much as 2nd place. Awesome job!