Contest for a NEW TeamAnandTech MiniTeam

Netopia

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Hey Everyone,

I'm cutting/pasting this from the Distributed Computing Forum in hopes of generating more interest. This regarding cracking RC5 for TeamAnandTech

Joe


I have been motivated by the incredible generosity, dedication and team spirit of fdiskboy. His retirement of a million plus blocks to the Asylum was a VERY team oriented and leadership minded thing to do.... so.... I decided to do likewise! My ~15 million blocks added to the Asylum's 5.5 Million would put them up in the Top 60's overall. Unfortunatly, when I went to retire, all of their email spots were already used up. Sorry guys, I tried.

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

I believe that. So... I believe that He helped me make good out of this sad situation.

OK, HERE'S THE DEAL

I'm very close to 15 Million blocks, (14,984,492 to be precise). Because of some loose and remote cows I've got out there that I can't get my hands on, I'm still averaging about 2,500 blocks per day (plus some OGR) to my email address even though I've become a member of the Federation. At that rate, I should pass the 15 Million mark in less than a week. That will, I hope, be my very last personal milestone for RC5. I'm going on vacation (any members in New Mexico?) starting Sunday, so I might even be around when I hit that mark.


I'm going to lay some ground rules for this contest/challenge and I'm going to have to leave it up to the honor of the members of TA to obey the rules. I think we need more mini-team competition. I want to reward those individuals who are willing to go the extra mile to win.

Here's the challenge

To the FIRST group that accomplishes all of the below....
  • Creates a BRAND NEW TA Miniteam... the team must be named with "TA-" as a prefix or "-Team AnandTech" as a suffix. You needn't continue in the Star Trek vein, but if you wanted to, that would be cool (we don't have a dominion yet, do we?)
  • Have 15 active participants. Active only in the sense of cracking, but active on the boards would be even better.
  • Out of the 15, only five members can be current (last 90 days) members of TA. That means at least 10 new members. If you go over 15, that's fine, but at least 10 have to be new members.
  • MUST flush through Mika's Proxy.
  • MUST accumulate 1 Million blocks AS A MINI-TEAM on Mika's Proxy.
  • The Team MUST make sure it has at least ONE retirement email slot left open
....I will retire my 15 Million blocks and also by so doing, that miniteam will continue to get around 2,500 extra blocks per day (and a little OGR) for as long as it takes me to get my hands on my remote cows (could be months). I hope you understand the impact of this. For the people who reach down, grap a pair, and win, they will be INSTANTLY hurled into the TOP 100 OVERALL once the retirement is made.

Who's up for the challenge? C'mon ladies... you want to live forever?

Joe

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