There were at least 5 FB sprints this year on medical projects(2 on Rosetta, 1 on WCG, 1 on SiDock, 1 on TN-Grid) so it stands to reason next year would be similar.
And two of these represent one of the aspects at which Formula Boinc organization is lacking.
- The TN-Grid server is emitting work at a quite well know low rate. This low rate of work generation is insufficient to support a contest. It's been known for years. Any TN-Grid contest is a contest about who can spam the server with work requests at the highest frequency.
- Since OPNG (the GPU application version of Open Pandemics) was introduced at WCG, a WCG contest without subproject selection will automatically be an OPNG contest. However, Similar to TN-Grid but for a different reason, WCG emits OPNG work at a very low rate. The outcome is the same; such a WCG contest is a contest in work request spamming.
So, why organize contests at TN-Grid again and again? And keep organizing WCG contests after the OPNG introduction?
BTW, there were actually 2 on WCG (also 2 at Rosetta, at MilkyWay, at PrimeGrid, and at SRBase). And one sprint was canceled. Quite repetitive. But at least this works better for anybody who is not favoring so-called speculative bunkering.
Formula BOINC is requiring teams to register for next season to be part of it,
This could be a positive development: There will be a far lower number of teams, members of all of these teams will be more or less aware what's going on, and "team hoppers" will have fewer targets to hop on and will be more visible at it (unless resorting to the dump'n'run tactic).
so I suppose there's a decision to be made on if we register for next year. -
https://formula-boinc.org/admin/team_registration.py
Personally, I am not interested in FB Sprints anymore. I also never was interested in FB Marathons, with the exception of the 2020 season.