The discussion of what this promo may or may not mean for the team etc. does not effect what will actually happen. So I don't know why there can't be discourse and speculation without people saying that we should all be humbly, eternally grateful to EVGA and nothing less. For the record I'm in Australia and can't even use the bucks.

I fold for the right reasons (to contribute to a good cause) so far as I perceive it as an efficient application of my resources. Which for me, is if there is some compensation. So I do appreciate that there is compensation which allows me to contribute. I realised a very long time ago that the electricity was costing more, so that was never the point.

An interesting possibility might have been to have the points rewarded on a sliding scale that doesn't end. 120 points for 3 million, a further 120 points for 10 million, an additional 120 points for 30 million.... and so on. I could see that stealing folders from other teams by the truck load.

I just wanted to say thank you for the new promotions.

I like the goal of keeping folks going and going - the more involved the more likely they will fold as a donation for a good cause instead of for bucks.  Bucks are great and a great way for the company to help Stanford.

Looks like it is working well - nicely done!

I used to be able to crank out nearly 14k ppd between my CPU, GPU, and PS3, but for now i need to pickup some new memory because im down to 2gb, and cant very well vmware smp fold on 2gb of memory. Oh well, my PS3 and 9800gtx are still folding for 111065:D

I've noticed ALOT of new faces now that this has come up...cant wait to see that estimated time of taking over DROP!!!

Shane, there's no doubt that earning the full $120 should take significant work. On the other hand, you've taken away the incentives for someone who can't fold over 100K points per month. Someone who wants the $120 and can fold 10K ppd or more is going to get it. If they're one of the people who can turn out two to three times that much, then they might fold a few days to meet their goal and shut down for the month.

On the other hand, if it takes me between two and three months to put up 100K points, it's still 100K points. We used to fold when Stanford's program first started, but we got away from it for a while until a few months ago when I came across the EVGA promo and fired it back up. Will I keep folding? Yes, we believe in the program. However, there's no real reason to continue associating our folding with the EVGA team at this point. I do hope you re-think your promo and allow for some small incentives to those who can't make your new radically increased numbers.

Radically increased? For someone who was making a million last year, they only need to triple their output. If you were putting up 500K a year for $50, then you only need to do a little more than twice that for $60 this year. Those increases are significant, but not radical. Well, for someone who was only making the lowest level of incentive, they have to increase their folding by as much as a factor of ten in order to qualify for anything at all. That's pretty radical for anyone who hasn't invested in a significant hardware upgrade. I doubt that anyone whose output amounted to under a 500K points a year was abusing the system.

Why is it worth it for EVGA to consider this? Well, when I get around to upgrading the system, wouldn't you like those folding points to be part of the EVGA team? I realize that some members don't care about those points since they can put that up in a day or two. The elitist attitude of the people with the hottest hardware is downright offensive and unfriendly. Obviously, it's not about "folding for the money" with the hardware I'm currently running. That doesn't mean it isn't nice to get a little incentive here and there, though. It was great that EVGA showed appreciation for that last year, and unfortunate that it has come to an end.

KMoore4318

I like the new Promo, but would be willing to bet it hits the Chimp Chalange hard.

Not if people are smart about it, but they will not be. The Chimp Challenge only last about a week for us if we get a good number of people, so unless a hypothetical person's rig can only produce barely over 100k or 250k/month than they are only losing out on 5 bucks. Not a big deal IMO for having fun and SUPPORTING our TEAM.

Heck, maybe even EVGA can calculate a person's ppd average and add it into the days for when they participate in the CC. Everyone who does participate in it folds 100% to the CC and will make it obvious who is helping and who is not. This way even the people who can only make the minimum do not lose out on the 5 bucks.

We will try to make accommodations for the Chimp Challenge.

EVGATech_Kyle

We will try to make accommodations for the Chimp Challenge.

Woot! This will not affect me but I see it as doable for those that don't have super machines and still want to participate in the CC.

4 months at 250k=1 million so you basically tripled the requirement to get the money. I think that's cool but you should have some lower incentives for people that fold for the entire year but can never get to 100k a month or introduce a 50k a month incentive for $2.50 or something. Or change it to 3million points=120 1.2million=60 idk this really screws over the little guy, I even have to change what I'm doing now. I wish those new fermi's were out I wouldn't have to worry then, or could this point system have been made in preparation of the new fermis?

The only chink in that rationale is that a lot of people cannot afford the newly released hardware. I myself have bought all but two of my cards used because there is no way I could afford the new stuff. The only reason I have 285's and 295's is because of the upcoming fermi release and the bad economy, people either were or had to dump there stuff for one of the two reasons.

You are still looking at $1000 minimum just to build that system. Have you watched the news lately about the state of the economy and the jobs market?

Just come back from holidays and resume folding.  It's time consuming to read the whole thread!!
 
The new incentive scheme is great!  What we have discussed throughout the last few months is how to keep folders in our team not to stop folding after exceeding 1M.  If it is true that many folders stopped folding after exceeding 1M, most of our folders have excess capacity. Obviously, this new scheme can squeeze more or all out.

I dont get the new rules, what happens if you dont make atleast 100k a month, you dont get anything? i only did 170k  year 2.

Forget about my question found out myself, no bucks for me, not that i have any use for it anyway.