Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (KMoore4318)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:40:11 GMT

^ Cool thanks for posting the Pic, I'll post a pic of my web cam once it arrives. I enjoy seeing the prizes.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (chris619)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:22:14 GMT

so i was number 108 on the list but I still got a prize and here it is. Thanks to nick1551 for the donation.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (oasis789)

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:59:35 GMT

Looking forward to the Jan contest!

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (ana3mic)

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:19:04 GMT

Ooops I forgot to fill that

EDIT: Feedback was still active, so I left mine

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (troy8d)

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:48:28 GMT

2011 TZC Feedback Summary:

I feel like this information should not be known only to myself, so after reading through all the of feedback submitted this is a summary of the comments provided so far. Note: it is only a summary so not everything people said can be included, only the major themes (i.e. just because it isn't listed doesn't mean it wasn't read or isn't being considered).

The overall average rating given to the contest: was a 9.25.

Things people liked about the best about the 2011 TZC: Answers were fairly consistent with the most common answer being that they enjoyed the friendly competition and competitive nature of the contest as well as the camaraderie and trash talking it inspired. This was followed by the fact that the contest gets people motivated to fold and push their hardware harder than they previously were pushing it. Finally, the stats, website and chat were all also mentioned frequently.

What would you like to see changed: Responses were quite sporadic with the most common answer being "nothing". This was followed by less complaining and whining by contestants. Several people mentioned more advanced notice of the contest as well. There were a few suggestions to modify or eliminate the PPD requirement. Finally, a few people mentioned that they would like to see more gifts/prizes.

When would you like to see the next contest: the majority suggested a contest in January.

All respondents indicated that they would participate in the next Time Zone Challenge (if there is one). Though in all fairness, there are a few individuals that did not fill out the survey that have indicated they will not be participating gain.

Finally, there were two issues brought up by numerous people that were pretty well split 50-50 with no clear consensus. The first being a separate international team and the second is having an announced versus random start time.

Thank you to everyone that took the time to provide feedback, if you have not yet you still have the opportunity to do so. Until we come up with the "perfect contest" (which we haven't come close yet) the feedback helps us move in the right direction for future contests.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (capple01)

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:29:24 GMT

groundforce33

Congrats Capple01 on your bigadv rig.

Thanks . I can't wait to get it up and folding.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (Chrome-M-Dragon)

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:01:42 GMT

clifford_cooley

cdragonm
oh yay, damn near dead last, Guess who's not gettin that keyboard? :P
Whoever gets that keyboard ought to feel guilty with your name written all over it. LOL

lol, Nah, no guilt needed, just as long as they love it as much as I would have. Besides, things always work out and in the name of Science it shall!

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (troy8d)

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:54:06 GMT

KMoore4318

Anyone now why it lists my form name a s difrent than my folding name ???
74 KMoore4318 ilya_hhjj 11/18/2011

This was a result of your inability to enter them properly on the registration page. It should be fixed now.

EDIT: Oh, and the fact that I was completely exhausted last night probably came into play as well.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (KMoore4318)

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:41:39 GMT

Anyone now why it lists my form name a s difrent than my folding name ???
74 KMoore4318 ilya_hhjj 11/18/2011

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (clifford_cooley)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:52:43 GMT

cdragonm
oh yay, damn near dead last, Guess who's not gettin that keyboard? :P

Whoever gets that keyboard ought to feel guilty with your name written all over it. LOL

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (chris619)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:48:27 GMT

DAMN #108 on the list was hoping to get that gts 450sc. killed mine during the contest oh well at least I made the list. Everyone won on this one, we did amazing job with the numbers we put up. FOLD!

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (Chrome-M-Dragon)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:37:55 GMT

oh yay, damn near dead last, Guess who's not gettin that keyboard? :P

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (groundforce33)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:07:54 GMT

Congrats Capple01 on your bigadv rig.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (Enosoma)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:21:42 GMT

And to think, I almost went to bed...

Exciting!

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (troy8d)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:16:29 GMT

Drawing link: http://www.livestream.com/evgafolding

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (killerjas)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:49:26 GMT

troy8d

Get ready for the drawing!

Im ready.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (troy8d)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:43:16 GMT

Get ready for the drawing!

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (ana3mic)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:20:34 GMT

I got off by +9%, but that's because I decided to play as little BF3 as possible before 11.11.11. I know 1,409 PPD is not much but we need that 11 Billion, we are doing this!

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (theGryphon)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:16:02 GMT

Estimated 3000, got 2845. If it wasn't for that 10127 WU (which took my laptop more than 5 days), I'd be well over my estimate. Still good I think, considering I was also working on this laptop the whole time.
I'll give the poor thing a rest after the 11 Billion goal...

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (JD22964)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:01:37 GMT

I estimated 50k, ended up with 54,804 PPD.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (drougnor)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:20:26 GMT

Wow! I got my AVG PPD to within 4 points . . . I estimated 35k even, I produced 35,004 ppd avg. Nice.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (killerjas)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:10:33 GMT

Yay. I got my GCard still foldding lol

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (tedster59)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:59:09 GMT

yay

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (shrekdaklown)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:57:52 GMT

the couple tweaks i did at the start got me around 2000 more ppd than i was expecting

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (tanner2)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:49:24 GMT

dagnabit, I was 611 ppd off on my estimate

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (drougnor)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:23:47 GMT

Looks like the crossover happened at the 1:00 pm EST update for CST! Congrats on everyone crossing the 50 Million line!

Also, I have now shut the stats down, so the automatic updates will now cease and the stats are effectively frozen for our historical records.

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (_Nite_)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:15:09 GMT

troy8d

The prize drawing is scheduled for 9 PM EST Thursday November 10, 2011. If I am a little late please be patient, it is because I haven't made it home yet.

look forward to it

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (Barbarossa)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:54:51 GMT

here ya go
[attachment=0]

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (shrekdaklown)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:20:05 GMT

great now i want cookies

Re:Official 2011 Time Zone Challenge Announcements (captain318)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:16:47 GMT

Punchy

The great and powerful Oz has spoken! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...