Sprints 2024 - timetable and projects selected

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

There has been a slight issue with displaying the #1 Sprint stats, but they are updating and displaying correctly now.

I have EXTENDED the deadline for the end of the Sprint by 4 hours, so as to compensate for any issues arising from the above.

The issue was quite minor and Sebastien fixed it very quickly ).

regards
Tim

[n3Ro]

Good to hear! Thx!

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

The battle in League 1 is getting very interesting:

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Pos.	Team			FB Pts	Sprint credits
1	BOINC@AUSTRALIA		25	4,913,720
2	Planet 3DNow!		18	4,640,020
3	The Scottish Boinc Team	15	4,569,180
4	SETI.USA		12	4,398,060
5	L'Alliance Francophone	10	4,228,320
6	Rechenkraft.net		8	1,278,340
7	SETI.Germany		6	718,060
8	Czech National Team	4	256,680
9	Ukraine			2	89,240

So, FIVE teams are battling for the top position !!

And just about 24 hours to go (to the EXTENDED finishing time).

regards
Tim

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

I just had a message back from the NumberFields admin:

Hi Tim,

The sprint went well, at least from the NumberFields perspective. We got about double the usual throughput, which is great. Thanks!

So, to everyone who took part, your efforts were clearly much appreciated by the project, so well done for "doing your bit" !!

regards
Tim

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

I have made contact with the Project Admin at the randomly selected project for Sprint #2

Every league has the same project during each sprint, no matter which League each Team is in.

I await confirmation that their server will be able to cope with the expected high number of task downloads once the Sprint starts.

regards
Tim

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

The project selected for Sprint #2 is Asteroids

It looks very much like Asteroids website is running slow and it is issuing very few tasks.

The project status page seems to be stuck, even though the timestamp on the page is updating.

So, I will leave it until this evening, but it is MOST LIKELY if the website continues to be unresponsive, that I will SHORTEN the deadline so the Sprint will end early.

I have two alternatives:
1) Appoint a new project to take over and to end at the same time
2) To abandon this Sprint totally, as if the F1 race was red-flagged and the result will be whatever the final credits show. (as I want to be fair to anyone who has already earned some credits).

regards
Tim

[Yeti]

It looks very much like Asteroids website is running slow and it is issuing very few tasks.

Slow YES, but very few tasks ? I have a little bit more than 7.000 tasks, that is not very few !

So, I will leave it until this evening, but it is MOST LIKELY if the website continues to be unresponsive, that I will SHORTEN the deadline so the Sprint will end early.

Is this a championship or a Cake wreaths ? Winds may be rough, from the wrong side but all this is part of a real championship !

I have spent many hours to bring my bolides on the right track and now all shall be for nothing?

I have two alternatives:
1) Appoint a new project to take over and to end at the same time
2) To abandon this Sprint totally, as if the F1 race was red-flagged and the result will be whatever the final credits show. (as I want to be fair to anyone who has already earned some credits).

Number one is not a real alternative, in FormulaOne this wouldn't be possible.

My suggestion: talk / mail with the Project-Admin and hear first what his suggestions are. Can he fix something on his server / is he available for help / ...

Yeti

[Yeti]

By the way: The Project-Website is very responsable at the moment

[UBT - Timbo]

Slow YES, but very few tasks ? I have a little bit more than 7.000 tasks, that is not very few !

Hi

OK, then as long as you and other members are actually crunching the tasks AND youa are able to upload them successfully, then I will wait and see how things progress.

Is this a championchip or a Cake wreaths ? Winds may be rough, from the wrong side but all this is part of a real championship !

I have spent many hours to bring my bolides on the right track and now all shall be for nothing?

I am not sure what a Cake wreath is but I get your meaning.

My plan #2 would be to just shorten the Sprint and members would be awarded FB points based on their totals at the new ending time.

So, your efforts would not be for nothing !

Number one is not a real alternative, in FormularOne this wouldn't be possible.

My suggestion: talk / mail with the Project-Admin and hear first what his suggestions are. Can he fix something on his server / is he available for help / ...

Yeti

Yes, you are right, the analogy with F1 would not work if Plan #1 was attempted.

I would love to contact the admin, but the website is so slow and it just times out when I try to change to my profile so I can send a PM.

I really hope the admins know about this problem, but so far when I view the messageboard, NO ONE has made any comments...but maybe this is because no one can ACCESS the message boards?

regards
Tim

[Yeti]

I would love to contact the admin, but the website is so slow and it just times out when I try to change to my profile so I can send a PM.

Okay, so for your next Pre-Flight-Checklist: Ask the Admin for a contact-way outside the message-boards for situations like this