As I have been contacted in the past I was contacted again earlier this week from zodac at OCN below is the PM sent to me and instead of ignoring it I figured that those who want to step up should contact zodac or at least we nominate a Captain or 2 as it is too much of a job for just 1 person.
 

Hi l337h4l. Been a while since we spoke. :P 
  
So, I'm sending out PMs to the rest of the captains, in the hope that we could all meet up again in the CC forum, and come to a decision on a format for the CC this year. I know I don't wanna have the same backlash we did last year, so having something to take back to the teams by March/April and adjusting from that would be pretty handy. :) 
  
Anyway, there's a fresh thread here (I know we were talking about it in an earlier thread, but I though it'd be better to start fresh with everyone again): 

  
zodac (overclock.net) 

 

strange that I didn´t get a message...
 
Anyway, I´m on the fence on whether we should participate myself,
and won´t run as captaiin this year

Funny this should come up right now.  The past few days I've taken an informal of 10-12 of folders that have been around these parts a long time (those people probably should repost their thoughts here).  Obviously I couldn't include everyone and primarily decided based on whose I came across first (don't be offended if you weren't included and post your input here instead).  Everyone I asked was in favor of participating, most regardless of the points system in place citing the good it does to build our team, unite our community and create bonds across folding teams.  only one or two were very interested in a revised point system.
 
Seeing that they have every intention to revise the extremely poorly designed point system they created, there is no reason we should not have intentions of participating at this time.  Anyone that put any actual thought into the previous point system could see that it was bound to fail horribly.  Please note, however, that the goal is to create a completely fair point system that does not favor any team, including ours.  This is essential for the long run stability of the Chimp Challenge - another year or two of a fail point system and it will leave a sour taste in many mouths.  Obviously the nature of folding makes this task extremely difficult to achieve, but it shouldn't be hard to do better than last year.  If the revised point system is as poor as the previous one, then we can make a participation decision as a team. 
 
At this point, I believe we should be electing team captains and actively engaging in the discussion to create a fair point system for everyone involved. 

troy8d
No offense taken although I am not extremely active in the forums I do continue to support EVGA.  What ever the decision of the community is I will follow along.  Personally the last 2 years "rules" were specifically written to knock EVGA out of the competition.
 
The original point to the chimp challenge is to push our machines as hard as possible with a point goal.  Everyone knows with the exception of [H]. per the original concept of the CC no one can touch EVGAs folding power.  So they handicap the contest so they have a shot. BUT EVGA is already handicapped trying to organize 1700+ folders.
 
It is not who wins or loses but how much can we all fold and how much teamwork is involved to organize hundreds or thousands of folders for one goal.
 
 

Before we do anything else we need a team captain(s).

I am interested in participating no matter what.  My only experience was last year's CC and it got me hooked despite the rule argument and placing near last.  Judging by the crunching movement, out community seems to have a large amount of people that just want to contribute regardless of rankings and points.  Let's get organized and start it off going full steam ahead!

So the question becomes, who wants to take on the responsibility of managing captain/representative selection?

Barbarossa

just started a thread about it in the main folding section. Maybe we get more replys there

Moving discussion there

I  dunno about the CC this time, I fold every day for personal reasons, but folding for less points now using the same power seems to be wearing thin. I wish they would have let us keep folding bigadv but i understand they have bigger more complex units we cant handle. It just becomes hard to justify when i folded 1.5 million in month of the CC last year and now i can barely clear the 350K mark without big adv. 

My $0.02 on the bruising we took last year - It's a point of pride to me that people felt they had to stack the deck that severely against us, and if they feel the need to try again this year? It just means we're holding steady as the best, that's all!

chimp challange won't be around till after March madness
 
last years chimp we switched our user name(folding name) to EVGApes and folded the duration under that name
you have to re-prime your pass-key for it (or get one already primed)
 
it's just a all out point race
 
last year it was based on 6 months of performance 
ie - the handicap
 
we are just establishing who is gonna represent us in the next discussion for this years contest
there's plenty of time to see what the new formula will be and get the team ready this year.
 
get the word out to stay in touch with the forum for updates
 

 

whatever the outcome will be I will be in the CC this year. I support EVGA's Folding Team, It's great fun, and its always amazing how generous everyone is with Prize Donations.

I am currently in the process of expanding my gpu collection.  This ape will be a lot stronger than last year.
 
@Madrias:  Come on, changing your name isn't that hard.  Lets get everyone on board that we can!

Opolis

I am currently in the process of expanding my gpu collection.  This ape will be a lot stronger than last year.

@Madrias:  Come on, changing your name isn't that hard.  Lets get everyone on board that we can!

 
I know it's not that difficult to do, I just don't like seeing zeros in my stats.

Madrias

I'm not sure I'll participate in CC (I don't like switching my username.) but I'll cheer us on anyway.

 
the jokes you make during the contests is half the fun I would hope you will join