Folding Giveaway Thread

[KarmaKiller]

Alright guys, we've had lots of talk, and we all know this needs to be done.
So, this is the thread where we can setup the giveaways, and figure out prizes, etc...

So first to have a giveaway, we well, need something to giveaway. Many member have expressed interest in putting something up for grabs, so I don't think this is gonna be a problem. If you would like to volunteer for this, then send me a PM and we can get something worked out.

Next on the agenda, figure out a way to give the stuff away! We've done just normal "post in this thread to be eligible" giveaways in the past, but in talking to a few members we'd like to make sure they're active, and more importantly devoted to folding. Which again, I don't see a problem here.
As far as idea's for giveaways, I'm all ears. Ideas that's crossed my mind:
1. 2 Man Team point competition (lots of details but I'm gonna keep it short)
2. Race to xxx points
3. Random post in this thread you might win thread.
Again, I'm all ears for better ideas.

Umm.... trying to think of what else there needs to be here... Hmmm..
Well.. I can't think of anything else.. lol It's late and I'm tired.. I just wanted to get the ball rolling on this.. Post ideas, thoughts, whatever you want.
But PLEASE don't make this a spam thread. I wanna try to keep this organized chaos OK.

[Flying JJ]

To get new folders.
A set time period, maybe a month, with a minimum number of updates in this time. This way we get some new blood. Those with not so big a cpu/gpu can help too get an update or 2 a day and be eligible.

Go off a daily number, a power ball or something else like this for the winning draw.

See what others want to do. I'll kick something in, if I can get to get it.

Can we see if TIMO will put something up? Having a top 100 ( soon ) folding team and all the hits on the website here have to be generating some revenue.

[batmeat]

I'm still game for putting Karma's rig up as a prize. LOL. I'm in on this. Money's a bit tight again as I'm back in school (sigh) but I'll donate when I can.

[KarmaKiller]

Some good idea's JJ. I'm not sure if Admin would put up anything or not TBH, so I'm not sure what to say there.
But you have some good ideas for sure. Let's see if others comment on the thread

@Bat, I'm sure nobody wants my system, so we better just put yours up for grabs.

[nemowolf]

The thing that comes to mind is a Qualifier ...

So, we all know about what to expect for our PPD and in turn our PPWeek and PPMonth. What if we have each new folder qualify by joining the team and having them get monitored for a week to get their expected PPD, PPW, and PPM.

Simple giveaways that are cheap and inexpensive can use a PPD qualifier to enter then a random drawing to win. IE: If I average a PPD of 600points, i need to meet or exceed that in PPM to qualify for the entry. Once i submit my desire to be entered into the drawing all i have to do is make sure i continue to get my PPD up and over my expected PPM.


Now for say larger items, say some RAM, HD's, etc we can you a PPW qualifier. The idea is that this should be a larger expected goal to meet.

Now for say a MOBO/CPU or a slick GPU we can instead use an expected PPM qualifier to make sure that the folders trying for it fold their best for the month of the give away.



Now granted, this would essentially require someone to monitor and spreadsheet out all the folders who are active in the forums to make sure that we have some basis for an expected PPD, PPW, and PPM to go off of but i think it makes you a bit more invested in the folding.


Maybe do an "extra" entry in the drawing based on percentages over your expected PPD/PPW/PPM numbers?

[nunyadam]

The little guy that would benefit most from a new GPU will never win a race for points, and it is way to easy for somebody to Sandbag/cheat in a points competition. I think a Lottery would be more fare for all involved. I'm not saying the Big PPD players shouldn't get some sort of a bonus, but everybody should have a realistic chance of winning.

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

Indeed, also bear in mind that a F@H newbie might not know/understand the shortened codes we all do (PPD, WU etc) and may not know how big a number 600 PPD is - also bear in mind that this takes around a week to level off anyway, so if they're getting an average of 620 PPD the first time it would be above 600 PPD would be the about the sixth day...


On a slightly separated note, does TIMO (and any other of Scott's sites - RR etc) own the web-server or have it hosted elsewhere...? If the server is owned, then could we run F@H on it - or are we already...??

[Max_Confusion]

My opinion is that we need a database assigning each member a number and then a way to select a number. ALSO if you are the person donating the prize you should be inelgible to win.
In addition if we have someone who is competent in HTML or something a website with a live drawing.It doesn't have to be fancy maybe the admin would sponser a "drawing page" showing the pick number and winner

[nemowolf]

My opinion is that we need a database assigning each member a number and then a way to select a number. ALSO if you are the person donating the prize you should be inelgible to win.
In addition if we have someone who is competent in HTML or something a website with a live drawing.It doesn't have to be fancy maybe the admin would sponser a "drawing page" showing the pick number and winner

I much prefer having the person have their kids, nieces, or nephews do the random draw out of a hat.

[Max_Confusion]

I just meant to have everything be as transparent and public as possible.

[KarmaKiller]

Ok, as far as the Admin questions, your guess is as good as mine. When we started the giveaway, RR made it clear to point out that they are in no way sponsoring them, and I think this kind of falls close to the same lines. Send Scott PM's with those questions, it would do you more good.

As far as the giveaway ideas, I'm loving them. Keep them coming.

Also got to thinking, that maybe the guy that is offering up the prize can determine what the giveaway should be to win it. That way it's fair to them, and still makes people happy in the end. Just a side thought, since we now have a thread full of good ideas for giveaways!

On my 2 man team comp idea, I just wanted to expand on it, since it seems a couple questions hinted on it.
With the 2 man teams, each member only gets to run 1 instance of folding, so the team would have 2 going total. So that levels the playing field. Next there would be a set time, and the team would set a new name so we could track stats. So if the contest started at say noon, I (or someone else) would check stats at noon, at keep track from there. So it's fairly simple.
Now how the prizes get divided would be up to the team that won.

Anywho, again keep the ideas coming.

[Max_Confusion]

besides I don't have kids, neices or nephews...

[Max_Confusion]

KK, I'm not arguing with you or anything, but the lottery style giveaway would be fair to all new and existing members. just my 2 cents. I'm gonna stay out of the descision making process unless asked to contribute my thoughts, I'm a fairly junior member of this project

[KarmaKiller]

No no. I don't think your arguing at all.. And that's what this thread is for, to hear YOUR GUYS thoughts. That's what I want.
I'm not really in charge of anything, I'm just trying to get the ball rolling. Many members have been asking about the giveaways, and wanting to donate stuff, so I'm trying to get this thing going so we can deal the goods!

[sharder8]

The little guy that would benefit most from a new GPU will never win a race for points, and it is way to easy for somebody to Sandbag/cheat in a points competition. I think a Lottery would be more fare for all involved. I'm not saying the Big PPD players shouldn't get some sort of a bonus, but everybody should have a realistic chance of winning.

I've got to agree with Nunya . . . We need to help the little guys in order to encourage new members. Take Sarah_L for example. Currently, all she has is a laptop and she's not pulling many points . . . but she's giving it everything she has. If she were to win a MoBo, CPU, and cruncher Vid card, she may be encourage to complete a new cow and produce more for the team. The big crunchers like me . . . (this would be a personal preference), may exempt themselves from the contests. (For the record, I'll always sign-up for the contest, but not for myself . . . I'll always state who the prize will go to under my name. Example: sharder8 for Sarah_L or Shyguy.) I won't accept the prize for myself.

We need to consider a system that may be 2 or 3 tiered prizes . . . based on points, where those that are giving everything they have, but make low PPD get highest prize, high gets lower prize, and if 3 tier, middle gets middle prize.

I know this sounds backwards . . . but the big PPD people are already hooked/have the bug . . . but we need the little guys or we won't get a big PPD producing team. Example: I'm by far the #1 producer on ChristianBoards.org R@H Team . . . but it's all the little guys that keep the team going. BTW, Team Christianboards.org is still 81st in the world and could use some help.

Anyway, that's my .02.


Harder

[GamerWannabe]

i like this lottery idea. I'm on a school issue laptop, and a free comp part or maybe even laptop (hopefully) would be nice

[Flying JJ]

i like this lottery idea. I'm on a school issue laptop, and a free comp part or maybe even laptop (hopefully) would be nice

Then start folding for Team Techimo ( 111 ), thats what the give away is for to get new people on the folding team.

Reply in the F@H spam thread please.

I wanted to do this giveaway to get NEW folders. Don't want to exclude anyone who is folding, but the prime reason I brought this up was to try to get some new blood in.

We get about 250k ppd, if one of the big guys go down, we lose from 1/10th to 1/5 th of our ppd per day. Would really like to spread this out more.

[GamerWannabe]

okay thanks

[Aaron_8015]

Why not do the two peeps per team thing but you must be teamed up with a new member? Say less than 1 month.

This means that each of us would have to go search for a new team mate.... Which would bring in alot more than one or two peeps...

[nunyadam]

Big question, how do we attract new folders with a give away? My idea is post that you must get at least say 40 updates between now and say Oct. 30th and come say hi to be eligible. Then the drawing will be by a stats daily number ( no shady here everyone can see it ). You get a number and ( last 2 didgets ) who wins, wins. But how do we get it out to everyone to make it worthwhile (50-60 new folders for a month)?

The old rule was being an active TIMO folder foe at least 1 Month, and a post in the Contest thread.
We could use the stats for the Lottery. all we would have to do is....

1.determine what update we want to use.(and which Stats site.)
2.take a screenshot, and post it in the thread.
3.Winning Number would be the last 2 digits of the Team's daily stats as shown in the screenshot.
4.Contestants winning Number would be the last 2 digits of there daily stats.
4a. or closest to the winning number if no one hits it. (I don't like rollovers.)
4b. In case of a tie the use the last 3 digits of those who tied.

Simple Rules and Transparent.