Hello everyone! It is I, TheLANguy. I'm back and ready to roll! Sorry for not being around as much the last few days. I have been recovering from a little surgery and getting plenty of rest. Big thanks to our guest blog writers, @HoldSquat, @Lightwreather, and @Dr. Will0hlep! I hope you have enjoyed their different writing styles. I sure have! I should be around for the rest of the event with the exception of a guest host here and there. 

As I write I'm listening to the end of the Friday WAN show. I caught the first 2/3 live but had to call it quits.

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I'm proud to announce that we did it! Today the team hit the record breaking milestone of FIVE BILLION points in one day. (5,051,257,722 to be specific!) That's more than the default and crypto teams combined! At this rate, we could become the top team in just 9.6 months. Great job everyone! So far, the team has produced 32,383,428,249 points and 76,009 WUs during the event. That works out to an average of 87,759,968 points and 206 WUs per participant. The fact that 87,759,968 is the average is insane. The top ten have produced 20.13% of this grand total. 

Now for the top ten! 

Stobin continues to be a wrecking ball to the hopes and dreams of all of the top folders. He has produced 1,399,334,887 within the last 24 hours! Stobin holds the throne with a total of 5,211,298,896 points. He seems quite eager to grow his already big lead. SAZrocks remains in second with 1,514,786,536 points. SAZ appears to have decreased their cloud computing spending usage since I last wrote. miker07 is certainly trying keeping up the pace in third and appears to have added some hardware today. He holds the rank with a total of 1,334,644,137 points. If SAZ slows down more, Miker could claim second. In fourth is Justaphf, who holds the rank with 1,158,945,734 points. Justaphf also appears to have cranked up the heat, producing 24,000,000 more points than yesterday. Mxyzptlk is on the move! Mixie is now back in fifth with 842,329,122 points. Lightmaster is now in sixth with 811,321,218 points. Lightmaster still follows close behind Mxyzptlk. Good ol' Gorgon is holding steady in seventh with 621,680,178 points. Chachunka is now in eighth after climbing a rank. Chachunka claims the rank with 532,486,865 points. Following close behind in ninth is Shlouski with 530,061,651 points. I wonder if Shlouski has the force to reclaim eighth. Finally, we have a new honourable gatekeeper! Koeger has gained two ranks and now holds the title with 477,722,774 points.

Outside of the top ten we have some movers and shakers!

CoffeeKeeper is piping hot climbing +173 ranks within the last 24 hours. Endergod1923 is now in 199th after climbing +28 ranks. Climbing +21 ranks is to 240th is edced. Simply Nintendo has climbed +16 ranks and has gotten closer to breaking into the top 100. grillmaschine (a name that seems familiar) is now in 293rd after gaining +13 ranks. TheCamba is also on the move climbing +12 ranks to 109th. OzoneSea also climbed +12 ranks and now sits in 157th. NeilOMalley is now in 80th after gaining +11 ranks. benlinuxguy and SuperCereal84 have also gained +11 ranks and sit in 219th and 294th respectively. Our looser of the day is RollinLower who fell 12 ranks today.  @RollinLower has been a part of seven folding months so far, so I hope he can get folding and qualify!

See you tomorrow!

Folding Month VIII Daily Stats

Happy folding,

LAN
 

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