Photics Team Presents – A Contest For GameSalad Developers

PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
edited November -1 in Miscellaneous
I've noticed a lot of drama and strife on the forums lately. So, I started a contest as a way to bring the community closer together. The details are here...

http://photics.com/photics-team-presents-a-contest-for-gamesalad-developers

Basically, for every point donated to the Photics Folding@home Team may count as one entry in the contest. The prize is a Promo Code for The Unofficial GameSalad Textbook app.

Folding@home is a distributed computing project. By using your computer's downtime, you can help scientists better understand protein folding. This could lead to cures of related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s disease, and many Cancers.

The contest started already and it runs until February 28, 2011 12:00PM Eastern. See the official contest page for details.
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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    I setup with your team photics. How long does it take to show on your page. Oh and im trying to register with your site to leave my comment. :)
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  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    tenrdrmer said:
    I setup with your team photics. How long does it take to show on your page. Oh and im trying to register with your site to leave my comment. :)

    Hey! That's great news!

    Once you finish your first work unit, and Standford University updates the page, you should show up on the team! Depending on how fast you get through a work unit, it should be about 10-24 hours.

    Also useful information...
    The PlayStation 3 and Windows PCs running the GPU client are great at folding!

    My Mac has a CUDA GPU, but I can't seem to get it to fold properly... even with virtualization or boot camp.
  • forkliftforklift Member Posts: 386
    I guess this is like SETI@home. pretty cool concept.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Photics said:
    Hey! That's great news!

    Once you finish your first work unit, and Standford University updates the page, you should show up on the team! Depending on how fast you get through a work unit, it should be about 10-24 hours.

    Also useful information...
    The PlayStation 3 and Windows PCs running the GPU client are great at folding!

    My Mac has a CUDA GPU, but I can't seem to get it to fold properly... even with virtualization or boot camp.

    Almost doen with PS3 download too. Imma have everything in the house pumping on this thing. LOL I really want a copy of that book.
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  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    tenrdrmer said:
    everything in the house pumping on this thing. LOL I really want a copy of that book.

    Ha, that's awesome! :)

    Welcome to the team!
  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    I'm being dumb...how do I sign up.. I pressed the link provided...

    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=60254

    Then what..

    I've already got a copy of your app/book but I thought I'd see if I can contribute any way...
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    This page might be more helpful...

    http://photics.com/about/photics-team

    Basically, once you complete a work unit, you should appear on the Team page. To enter the contest, post a comment on the contest page with the same name that appears on the Stanford University / Photics Team page.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    OK, so it seems that there's some interest in this contest. Although, I'm not seeing the team page update.

    • Remember, the team number is 60254.
    • Also, the PlayStation 3 and the GPU client is much faster.
    • You can get even more points by registering a passkey.
  • Rob2Rob2 Member Posts: 2,402
    @Photics which client/s do you run, have you got a winbox too?
  • AppChogieAppChogie Member Posts: 503
    Ive been doing this for years already via Playstation 3, great work towards cancer.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Hey photics i've completed 2 work units on my PS3 and still not on your page. I have team number right also cannot find a way to use my pass key on the PS3 Any idea's And is there anyway to track what you've done on your computer
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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Well I did some googling and it appears at least as of mid 2010 passkeys are not usable on PS3 :( thats to bad I hope I get credit for my non passkey work units.
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  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    tenrdrmer said:
    Well I did some googling and it appears at least as of mid 2010 passkeys are not usable on PS3 :( thats to bad I hope I get credit for my non passkey work units.

    If it's not on the team page, it doesn't count. I didn't know that the PS3 accepts passkeys. I'm going to test that out. It's busy installing a new update right now.
    Rob2 said:
    @Photics which client/s do you run, have you got a winbox too?

    Most of my score on the team comes from a PC. (It has a nice nvidia graphics card with CUDA.) I haven't done much folding since I switched to a Mac.

    _________________

    UPDATE: I checked out the PS3. Maybe I have a different version, or I missed a setting, but I didn't see a way to enter a passkey. My PS3 is on and folding right now.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    OK, one day later and I can now start to see some activity.

    It looks like tenrdrmer is serious about success!

    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=60254

    Tenrdrmer jumped from nowhere to 17th place on the Photics Team! And so far, there's only one eligible contestant.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Holy crap that why I couldn't see anything I kept looking to be added at the bottom. I've got a linux box sitting in the back I think i'm gonna add to the mix.

    @photics how can I tell if my mac is doing anything? PS3 is simple i've got 3 work units already on that and that all I see on the list. I even ran insomnimax so my mac wouldn't go to sleep on me over night.
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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    Hey Photics, who is Oracle on your team?

    Will be joining tonight!
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    tenrdrmer said:
    how can I tell if my mac is doing anything?

    Heh... my previous attempts at Mac folding haven't been too successful, so I'm not an expert on folding@home with a Mac. However, there's a link that might help you see what's going on...

    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&teamnum=60254&username=tenrdrmer

    It states that you accomplished three work units, but only one CPU. That seems to suggests that all three of your PS3 work units got through.
    Gabbyr said:
    Hey Photics, who is Oracle on your team?

    I don't disclose the identities of Photics.com or Photics Team members. However, there is a forum at Photics.com. Maybe you can introduce yourself to the community and see if Oracle responds.
  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    joined as 'headshot'... hope to make the charts soon...
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Gabbyr said:
    joined as 'headshot'... hope to make the charts soon...

    You also have to post on the contest page. That way you can be contacted if you win.
  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    done.

    did not see any passkey option on the PS3... does it matter?
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    No Ps3 doesnt have access to the passkey. not sure how it works if you use a passkey on one machine and not on another.
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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    so... is this one basically me and tenrdrmer going head-to-head? anybody else joined?
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Gabbyr said:
    so... is this one basically me and tenrdrmer going head-to-head? anybody else joined?

    So Far I think its just the two of us. Prepare to be destroyed in head to head competition. LOL. Not really your gaining on me pretty fast. Imma have to get some more computers running if I don't wanna loose my lead.
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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    LOL - you are so dead, might as well switch you machines to my user and share the glory! ;)

    Hey Photics, what about a runner up reward?
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Gabbyr said:
    Hey Photics, what about a runner up reward?

    I thought about that, but it would undermine the rules and the spirit of contest.
  • Rob2Rob2 Member Posts: 2,402
    humbug... you going to let all those promo codes go to waste :)
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Rob2 said:
    humbug... you going to let all those promo codes go to waste :)

    The promo codes are not going to waste! I'm working to make sure of that.

    With the initial launch of the app, I ran out of promo codes. With the update, I only have nine active promo codes. One is for the contest. That leaves eight left for the media. (I still have more promo codes in reserve in iTunes connect.)

    I've been contacting news sites, and even a TV network, to see if they're interested in receiving promo codes. It's surprising to me... GameSalad is free software (not counting professional) to make apps, which is one of the hottest things in the industry right now. I think there should be more press coverage.

    As an example...
    http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-build-an-iphone-app-2011-2

    GameSalad was skipped. That means one of two things...

    1) People don't know about GameSalad
    2) People don't care about GameSalad

    Neither is good news for the software. Perhaps my promotion of the textbook will help to change that perception.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Here's a reminder... the winner is chosen randomly.

    Right now tenrdrmer has something like 4,220 points and headshot has 2,213 points. That means if the deadline of the contest was right now, headshot could still win. It's not about being first. It's about the winning entry.

    A random number between 1 and 6453 is selected. The order is higher in team ranking goes first. If the random number is 5000, then headshot would win. This is a fairly close contest. While the one with the most points is more likely to win, there could still be an upset.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    How does 5000 make him win just outta curiosity? that doesn't make sense to me sorry. I was under the impression each point was an entry mean as of now I have 4200 entries and head shot has 2200 entries not that a random number some how decides the winner. just curious looking for a better explanation of how you are choosing the winner.
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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    :( I'm lagging... kids play the PS3 over the weekend, will need to catch up...

    I also didn't got the winning logic, more details please.

    GR
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