@zodac? Who is 'Z'odac? We love you too, man! Thank you for getting back into it.
I bugged so many people over my year to join and fold. I'd like to claim partial responsibility for the astronomical increase in folding production vs the only @axipher era . I was very much looking forward to at least a 200% increase in pay in 2022 when @ENTERPRISEfinished out annual staff reviews. 200% of 0 = 0
But, I came on here to update what's going on in the other thread. Saw a few tags. I might as well spill the beans on the OP. I am off tomorrow through Monday. Much needed break.
I got into folding because of zodac. I thought it was a cute girl. (kidding) I believe it all started for me during a Chimp Challenge in 2011. Not too long after than, he was leaving, and I was one of 3 people picked to replace him, and I began Editing to collectively fill his shoes which we could never fill because he was a beast at tasking. I truly wonder what % of his life was dedicated to all of this during the time he was Editing because I never saw someone accomplish as much as him on a Forum. But, youth mixed with not a whole lot of responsibility = time. I remember around that time, or shortly after, was when axipher, sweffymo, jedixjarf, and amd_sli_guru edited. I still talk to all of those guys after all of these years. anubis1127 stepped in after retirement #1. We talk daily even if it's just me saying I got a Baconator this morning.
No matter what happens, I do try to stay in touch. Even if it's just inviting everyone to Steam Chat 1x annually. I still occasionally IRC in the #No! chan I passed onto scraps along with ss_patrick, blitz_6804, and a few other old names that I could never get to fold again.
One thing I will say to @damricand everyone else here. I was never a folding wiz. I was a people person. I am not the most inclined in software or coding, although I have dabbled. I am a decent overclocker. I've done some things that were pretty risky and cool (like the K5000 that's at 50% folding production yet benchmarks fine - never could figure that out - tried flashing, drivers, clean installs etc.) You don't have to be a folding wiz to lead a team. You can learn to be, or at least study what you can. There were groups of people in the past that zodac organized who were gurus. Strong coding skills. Understanding how folding functions. Things like that. Folding Focus Group. cptasian, tictoc, axipher, and probably the most up to speed person right now would be firedfly, in my opinion. You can learn a lot on the folding forum for f@h. Also, they have a Discord Server.
/end rant