Nicolas_orleans
[H]ard DCOTM May 2016
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First place now!
Still #1!
Today is my first day joining WCG!
I used to be running F@H back in the old days, but decided to give WCG a try
Our Team's page at WCG http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/te...Id=BP5XNJBR9N1 Please note that we have a few unofficial teams. Please use this link to verify you are attached to the correct one. If you still aren't sure, please ask in the forums or via PM and we will be glad to get you set up.
BOINC
These projects use HardOCP as the team name:
WCG - http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/te...Id=BP5XNJBR9N1
All other BOINC projects use [H]ard|OCP
I wasn't part of the team when [H] Commandos decided to create teams at the various projects. So, I can't explain the chaos and or confusion that led to having more then one team name. So, depending on which BOINC project you join, you will find a couple choices. However, there is only one official team to choose.
For the following BOINC projects, you need to use HardOCP:
WCG
For all other BOINC projects, use [H]ard|OCP
Click My Contribution, click My Team, click Find a Team, search for HardOCP, Click on that team, then click Join Team. Keep in mind that if you are attaching to other BOINC projects, their pages will be a little different because they typically use the default BOINC template. It is also important to note that we have a couple different team names depending on which project you choose. A list of official teams are listed here. Please verify from this list that you are using the correct team name. An example is in the BOINC install guide linked below. WCG designs their own page.
That sounds like the nuclear option but might be the only way to deal with this situation.They wont do anything to the teams without confirming they are indeed dead. Since [H]ard|OCP is an active team, it is hands off. Something I have been considering is just switching all of them to HardOCP and just being done with it. It isn't the desired name, but would make all the BOINC projects the same. Thoughts?
They wont do anything to the teams without confirming they are indeed dead. Since [H]ard|OCP is an active team, it is hands off. Something I have been considering is just switching all of them to HardOCP and just being done with it. It isn't the desired name, but would make all the BOINC projects the same. Thoughts?
Does this only matter for WCG at this point? Since you made all the team names the desired "[H]ard|OCP" several months ago, I believe WCG is the lone standout, correct?
If so, I think this is only a problem for those wanting to join our team at WCG, and Toconator demonstrated exactly why: when given a choice between "HardOCP" and "[H]ard|OCP", most people would naturally choose "[H]ard|OCP" since that is most like the forum name and logo itself. I did the same thing when I first joined our team, back when there was a mixture of the two names at different projects.
Therefore, while changing the team name to "HardOCP" at all projects would certainly make my OCD feel better, I think it may not help at WCG. People will likely still pick the "[H]ard|OCP" team. It would also make us lose some coolness and individuality in our team name, as well as losing the ability to quickly pick the team name out of a list (to me, the [H] makes the name pop when looking at a long list of teams).
For these reasons, my vote for the name change would be a no. I think we need to sweat out King_N and hope he eventually relinquishes control of team [H]ard|OCP.
However, I am but one guy. I suggest we take this discussion to a dedicated thread, so that the whole team can have an opportunity to see it and chime in.
I wasn't trying to blame anyone for any of the confusion. When I joined WCG it wasn't just with the challenge in mind so I did not look up the link from any threads but rather did a search thru BOINC and the [H]ard|OCP team was the one suggested and it matched the CSG, WUProp etc. so I took it to be the correct one. The HardOCP one did not even pop up. Haven't heard hide nor hair from King_N in quite sometime and seeing as how he was responsible for the [H]ard Folding site I don't think he's too involved anymore. It was only after wanting to see my contribution after a few weeks and not seeing any of your names on the team list that I decided to look into it further and discovered there's 2 "Hard" teams and THEN read some of the threads and found the correct info/links and changed over. Chillax Gilthanis, no need to be defensive. This situation is not your doing and your contributions to DCing here in the Forums is monumental. It's just that a person doesn't usually have to read a specific thread or follow a link to join a project or team thru BOINC and the search function usually works quite well, just not in this instance.
I for one would be willing to help get hardfolding.com going again. EOC is awesome but needs some serious updating, and it'd be fun to get stats going for other projects all in one location