EXTREMEHW 48-hour Foldathon, May 20-21st 00:00 UTC

[keeph8n]

9 minutes ago, neurotix said:

It started last night Thurs at 7pm CST for me. So yes.

 

 

I’ve had things folding, but didn’t see any updated points spreadsheet in the initial post. 

[damric]

I'm investigating. It's possible that I had a miscommunication with @axipher

 

Let's see what he says.

 

Worst case scenario is that the server didn't start tracking and we have to push the event start back to tonight.

Edited May 19, 2023 by damric

[neurotix]

Any word on this yet?

[damric]

1 hour ago, neurotix said:

Any word on this yet?

None. 

[damric]

The score card seems to be doing something now

[mx500torid]

Looks like I missed the start but going now.

[axipher]

So um... Yeah, damric changed May to start beginning of Friday at Midnight UTC instead of Saturday like the previous 2 and 3 day ones and my smooth brain didn't actually properly check the day of the week, so it basically started a full day late, Friday May 19th at 8 PM EST (Saturday May 20th Midnight UTC).

[mx500torid]

In mx500torid

[damric]

7 hours ago, axipher said:

So um... Yeah, damric changed May to start beginning of Friday at Midnight UTC instead of Saturday like the previous 2 and 3 day ones and my smooth brain didn't actually properly check the day of the week, so it basically started a full day late, Friday May 19th at 8 PM EST (Saturday May 20th Midnight UTC).

I really meant for it to start Friday night

 

I mean Saturday morning at midnight?

 

Yes I really messed up the time zones myself this time around

Edited May 20, 2023 by damric

[Minotaurtoo]

well shoot... I missed this one big time... last few hours here, but I'm going to jump in for a bit... temps down a bit outside so AC should be able to keep up.

[damric]

1 hour ago, Minotaurtoo said:

well shoot... I missed this one big time... last few hours here, but I'm going to jump in for a bit... temps down a bit outside so AC should be able to keep up.

We're going to let the contest continue for another 24 hours since we had a hiccup with the score card. I'll update the OP

 

[neurotix]

1 hour ago, damric said:

We're going to let the contest continue for another 24 hours since we had a hiccup with the score card. I'll update the OP

 

I'm glad you guys sorted it out. Thanks.

 

I am confused by this though, will the contest end Sunday 0000 UTC or Monday 0000 UTC? So does it end tonight at 7pm for me or tomorrow at that time?

 

Thanks.

[damric]

28 minutes ago, neurotix said:

I'm glad you guys sorted it out. Thanks.

 

I am confused by this though, will the contest end Sunday 0000 UTC or Monday 0000 UTC? So does it end tonight at 7pm for me or tomorrow at that time?

 

Thanks.

Also updated the countdown timer link

 

COUNTDOWN TO EVENT STOP

[lGazak]

IN lGazak

[neurotix]

2 hours ago, damric said:

Also updated the countdown timer link

 

COUNTDOWN TO EVENT STOP

Thanks.

[HaRdLy007]

In Jeff_Petovello

[damric]

8 hours to go and a tight race at the top! Who wants the white hat the most? 

[neurotix]

2 hours ago, damric said:

8 hours to go and a tight race at the top! Who wants the white hat the most? 

I won't get it, but it will be interesting to see if I stay in 3rd or if PaperClip passes me up, and with Jeff folding who knows, I could end up 5th.

 

EDIT: Jesus, Jeff is at like 38m already or something, he might win the whole thing in a lot less folding time than everyone who started at the beginning. Wow.

Edited May 21, 2023 by neurotix

[damric]

Congrats @firedfly I'll get with you and get you your ballcap!!!

 

Well done everyone!!!

[Alex]

Congrats to everyone, and hopefully I can get my 4090 running in time for the next competition

 

It's always cool to see the Team Summary graph during these events;

 

[neurotix]

I will take care of the prize drawing later today, around 1:30pm CST. If I don't, damric please contact me privately on Discord to remind me. I might forget.

[axipher]

Thanks for all the folding power team, sorry about my mix-communication with @damric and @neurotix on the start day and the 24-hour delay.  In the future, it *should* run midnight to midnight over Saturday and Sunday UTC.

 

It also looks like my ETF 750 Ti is no longer enough to get enough work units, might be time to look to adding another small GPU in to the fray, but I have no spare PCIe slots right now.

 

I do have an old Haswell mATX board that I could slot a GPU in to, but normally I only power up new computers if they will serve an alternate purpose as well...

[neurotix]

PaperClip, Alex_Blum, and Fluxmaven -

 

You have each won $50 from us.

 

Please send me your PayPal email address in a private message within 72 hours.

 

If I don't get it in 72 hours, I will redraw that person and get a different winner.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Damric, tagging doesn't work on mobile for me, if you know these guys forum names can you tag them please?

[damric]

53 minutes ago, neurotix said:

PaperClip, Alex_Blum, and Fluxmaven -

 

You have each won $50 from us.

 

Please send me your PayPal email address in a private message within 72 hours.

 

If I don't get it in 72 hours, I will redraw that person and get a different winner.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Damric, tagging doesn't work on mobile for me, if you know these guys forum names can you tag them please?

@NBrock @Alex @Fluxmaven

[damric]

1 hour ago, axipher said:

Thanks for all the folding power team, sorry about my mix-communication with @damric and @neurotix on the start day and the 24-hour delay.  In the future, it *should* run midnight to midnight over Saturday and Sunday UTC.

 

It also looks like my ETF 750 Ti is no longer enough to get enough work units, might be time to look to adding another small GPU in to the fray, but I have no spare PCIe slots right now.

 

I do have an old Haswell mATX board that I could slot a GPU in to, but normally I only power up new computers if they will serve an alternate purpose as well...

I'm looking at June 17th-18th for the next foldathon. I'll make a post about 2 weeks prior as usual.

 

Next time we should give away a mug and a coaster from the EHW store.