FloRolf

It is a great day, the day where you all find out where in the ranks you found yourself at the end of the event. I know there are a lot of new people in the team so I thought I would take a minute to explain the delay. Usually, after Folding Month ends I take a few days to look after myself. I'm a disabled guy with several chronic illnesses and although I love hosting Folding Month every year it does take it out of me, so having a few days to rest before I need to start handing out prizes is something I often do. 
 
I think it's fair to say that this is the first event with Den-Fi that we can clearly say he has been surpassed on a large scale. On the one hand, I'm really happy to see the team doing so well, but on the other hand, it is a little sad that he is fading in common knowledge of the event. I suppose it is only natural when someone leaves the team that they would be slowly forgotten about. But I remember! 
 
I would like to thank those who helped with the event this year, we have the usual thanks to @leadeater who continues to maintain and manage the script that is vital for the smooth running of these events. @cbigfoot does a lot of the leg work, validating point totals, inputting them to the spreadsheet and generally doing all the small odd jobs that need to be done. We also have @IkeaGnome and @TylerD321 who helped out along with others, so a massive thank you to everyone who makes these events happen.
 
Please can you all make sure we donate a few dollars to Jason over at EOC, his servers must have taken a beating with all the traffic we have thrown at the guy over the last month or so. You can either use this PayPal link or find the PayPal donation button on the EOC Website on the left. Don't forget to include a note thanking him so he knows it's from team LTT.  My personal go-to is, 'From LTT with love' but you are free to write your own. 
 
In first place, we have @Mxyzptlk, who did not skip a beat at all during the event. He was one of those people I could not stop looking at throughout the event as he pushed forward harder and harder taking the team to new rights. Breaking every record set for a single participant for any folding event so far, he takes the rank of first and is crowned the king for the next year with an incredible 4,968,894,133 points. Folding through an equally incredible 8,457 Work Units over the 35 days of the event I think you can all agree with me when I say he certainly deserves the throne. 
 
In second place, we have @jakkuh_t, even with all the power of LMG behind him, he was unable to challenge for first place, which I'm happy about as it would be a little sad if he was the one to take the crown by the end of the event. He managed to be another person who broke the last events record and if it wasn't for Mixie he would certainly be the new record holder. He takes the rank of second with 4,198,415,473 points produced from a total of 5,309 Work Units. 
 
In Third place, we have @Shlouski, who managed to hold on and take third place after being displaced by the LMG participant for this event. He managed to come in second place last event and if it wasn't for Jake I'm sure he would have managed to take second in this event as well, but it was not on the cards with Jake doing what he does. He takes the rank with 4,036,060,417 points being produced from 6,058 Work Units. 
 
In fourth place, we have Justaphf, who for those of you who don't know is the number of man on the team overall. He managed to take fourth which just goes to show that consistency can get you very high in the project even if you don't have the most folding hardware. Fold for a long time, consistently day after day and you can gain some impressive ranks overall. He takes the rank with 3,728,232,321 points, meaning he is the last of the people to surpass the 3.7 billion point record from the last event. He managed to fold through 4,827 Work Units. 
 
In fifth place, we have miker07, who won the last folding month event so to see him fall off the podium is a little sad, but hey that's the way it goes. He actually produced fewer points than the last event too by about 100m so not too far behind but it is still an incredible feat. Taking the rank with 3,673,278,709 points produced from 4,919 Work Units. 
 
6th place is filled out by Alex Atkin UK, who only managed to take 10th during the last event, his wide-ranging upgrades to his folding hardware certainly helped him to take a better rank during this event. He takes the rank with 2,845,561,746 points through 3,987 Work Units. 
 
7th place is Gorgon, who funnily enough was also filling out 7th place during the last folding month event. He takes the rank with 2,452,071,785 points produced from 4,310 Work Units. 
 
8th place is _Rlocke who actually came in fifth place during the last event so technically he managed to do worse than his last showing. he takes the rank with 1,621,684,056 points produced from 2,883 Work Units. 
 
In 9th place, we have vsteel who was filling out the post of gatekeeper for a small while during the event but in the end, managed to take over his final rank with 1,288,657,478 points, these points were produced by folding 1,598 Work Units. 
 
Finally, we have 10th place, Baha managed to take over Firedfly by the time the final whistle blew and managed to secure a place in history. He took the rank with 1,148,598,346 points and folded through 1,521 Work Units throughout the event. 
 
Usually, we just go through the top ten for the final post but I want to mention three others who managed to pass the billion-point mark during this event. For the first time in the history of folding events, we have had not only the whole top ten break that barrier but 13 people. 
 
So in 11th, we have firedfly who managed to take his rank with 1,148,598,346 produced through 1,521 Work Units. 
 
in 12th place, we have ShampooTime who takes the rank with 1,142,848,757 points from 1,924 Work Units.
 
Finally, the last person to produce one billion points we have Favebook who takes the rank of 13th with 1,018,925,665 points from 1,876 Work Units. 
 
 
Please click on the link below to see the full list of ranks for the event.
For this event all of the ranks will be on one link, there will be individual sheets added for each day, you can navigate these at the bottom of the window. 
 
Folding Month VI Daily Stats
 
If you don't see your name on the sheet above you either did not sign up for this event or you did not meet the minimum requirements. All event badges have been handed out already without any intervention needed from you guys, PLEASE DO NOT message me or the team about event badges. These badges are handled internally by the mod team and have been done already. If you ain't got one, then you didn't qualify. 
 
The winners will have 7 days from the publication of this post to claim the prize, if the prize goes unclaimed it may be raffled again, if it is not then it will be added to the community pool for future events. In order to claim the Prize you will need to PM me here on the forum, with the subject;
 
'Give me my prize, oh fair captain!'
 
To claim an Amazon voucher you will need to produce some details such as email and the Amazon region you use. If you use a currency different to USD we will give you the closest amount in your own currency. 
 
For hardware prizes, you should receive a message from me this evening requesting the needed details to be shared with LMG and their partners. If you have received a HARDWARE prize, please wait until you get the DM from me. 
 
If you want to provide feedback on the event and I very much would like it if you do, please fill in this form. 
 
So once again I want to take some time to thank you all for folding during the event, It has really been a great event as always and I hope to see you again in the future. In the meantime if you want to keep up to date with any future events you can follow me on the forum, or/and follow the folding community board. 
 
This is Spectrum signing off,
 
Happy Folding,
 
Spec. 

Well, here we are, at the start of yet another week. Is this event flying past anyone else or is that just me? Anyway, with the turning of one page and into another there is a fresh feel to the event, do you all feel as invigorated as I do? On my personal front, we have had yet another great day of writing. We are up to 23,822 words, a pretty good increase, to say at the start of the event I only thought I would get to 25k for the whole month this is promising. Going to make this a quick one as I was enjoying writing and playing with the kitten so much that I forgot to eat! Terrible. 
 
So let's get to it, how has the team faired today? Well, it is pretty much an average day again, with no real surprises, 2,194,574,881 points, slightly lower than yesterday but within a margin of error, week two of the event is the same seeing as this is the first day and for the event as a whole we have passed the 30 billion point mark at 31,901,708,398 points. This is also reflected in the WU count, being a rather average total of 5,861, with the week being the same and for the event as a whole giving us a total of 85,823 Work Units. The breakdown for the day works out to 38.50% for the top ten, 69.55% for the top 50 and 85.18% for the top 100. That works out as, 844,942,516 points, 1,526,253,816 points and 1,869,313,701 points respectively. 
 
Sitting on the throne we have the only person who deserves it, Mxyzptlk who has consistently outproduced every other person during the event produced 145,399,896 points today taking them up to a total of 2,000,085,647 points. Yes, you read that correctly, he has surpassed two billion points! Coming up in second place is a wild Shlouski who takes the rank with 1,719,437,175 points, today producing 110,103,416 points. miker07 is the last of the podium to look at today, taking the bronze rank with 1,532,731,015 points after producing 101,353,530 points. However he is not safe as Justaphf who is up next in fourth place outproduced him today and if things continue, with just a little more effort, he could even steal the podium spot. He takes the rank of fourth with 1,459,590,596 points and today managed 107,446,164 points. The last of the top 5 we have the LMG participant jake, jakkuh_t has continued to push forward and keep up his production rate. Having produced 98,154,510 points today he can claim fifth rank with 1,407,538,038 points. Alex Atkin UK has officially surpassed the one billion point barrier and has become the sixth person to do so. He produced 83,036,965 points today giving him a total of 1,036,325,585 points. A quite incredible achievement and I expect a few more to manage that feat before the end of the event. As predicted Gorgon has gained a rank today, taking the rank of 7th with 930,734,109 points, producing 67,916,825 today means if he maintains his production rate he will be the next person to pass the billion-point mark. firedfly is the man to miss out today losing a rank and falling to 8th overall, he takes the rank with 913,736,901 points after having produced 41,998,324 points today. _Rlocke is in 9th with 663,727,223 points and after producing 52,171,450 he very well could be the next person to gain a rank in the top 10. Finally, we have the honourable gatekeeper, once again vsteel is manning the post with 519,532,146 points, today he produced 37,361,436 points. 
 
Well, that was a little exciting, but yknow what is really exciting, the rest of the ranks! So let's dive in and see who'd doing what! First of all, TV, you listening to me I'm really sorry to you, I'm sorry that I said I was disappointed in you... wait... you lost a rank today and fell to 111th? You only have 55,334,721 points? I have no words to describe how I feel. So moving on swiftly, NeutralChaotic had a good day, gaining 9 ranks to take over 108th with 56,387,301 points, well done, keep it up! IkeaGnome gained three ranks to take over 62nd with 117,126,652 points. Producing 10,793,941 points today I can see him continuing to climb the table in future updates. Wandering_Luddite, someone we have looked at before gained 11 ranks to take over 196th with 20,598,366 points. cheapasian had a great day today, gaining 7 ranks to take over 94th with 68,065,469 points. I have to say I love Asian food, especially when it's cheap so expect a visit soon! 
 
As you can see all remains exciting, here's to another three weeks of folding. Keep up the good work and remember, you can get free credit on google cloud. 
 
 
Please click on the link below to see the full list of ranks for the event.
For this event all of the ranks will be on one link, there will be individual sheets added for each day, you can navigate these at the bottom of the window. 
 
Folding Month VI Daily Stats
 
Please remember that this is a friendly event, but we are all folding away for Science, AND GLORY! 
 
I'm really impressed with the numbers we are seeing here, Thank you to all who are involved and who make this worthwhile every year.
 
Remember we are a team first and individuals second, so give thanks where thanks is due and hit that reaction button when someone helps you out.
 
Be wary of the minimum participation requirements of this event.
 
20 Days with activity*, 500,000 Points & 40 WU
(*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)
REMEMBER YOU MUST FOLD FOR TEAM 223518!
 
Happy folding,
 
Spec

Ladles and Gentlespoons, it has to be said that quality has made up for quantity this year, we may be thin on the group but we have sure made up for that with the inane level of production we have seen during the third annual folding month. what this month lacks in surprises and excitement it made up for in sheer clout.
 
Before we get into the ranks and awards I want to give thanks, first of all I want to thank everyone who participated, no matter if you folded billions of points, or a handful of points, it truly is only a great event because all of you guys get involved. 
 
I also want to thank the team behind the scenes, @leadeater deserves our thanks because he is the one who created the script that revolutionised the way in which we handle data, and it has continued to work without flaw during this event(Minus the human error at the start of the event). @marknd59 has been a massive help with validating the points for the daily updates ensuring we could be confident of the data we were publishing. @cbigfoot jumped in to help with points validation from time to time, especially after mark fell ill. @ssmmdd and @j1philli also helped with the event. I'm sorry if anyone from the events team has been missed.
 
Please can all make sure we donate a few dollars to Jason over at EOC, his servers must have taken a beating with all the traffic we have thrown at the guy over the last month or so. You can either use this PayPal link or find the PayPal donation button on the EOC Website on the left. Don't forget to include a note thanking him so he knows its from team LTT.  My personal go to is, 'From LTT with love' but you are free to write your own note. 
 
This year has been stressful for many of us, with great amounts of uncertainty and anxiety. It can easily be said that for some of us this year has been the most difficult in living memory. We have lost jobs, savings, our homes and even our loved ones, but here, on this forum we stand together, we stand strong and united. We are just one team of many working together to seek out knowledge where there was only a void before. To further the understanding of human health, to maximise our comprehension of diseases. This is a noble task, and for that, I salute you all. 
 
List of the honoured dead
 
It is a sad time when we see the demise of our hardware, even more sad when that hardware holding out a few more days or weeks would have secured a better position. 
 
LpoolTech's Mouse
CBigfoot's SeaSonic 750 Gold PSU
John Anti's 2 x  AF120LED case fans
Gorgons's Gigabyte b450M DS3H
Justpoets's APC 1500 UPS batteries
rodarkone's Alphacool Eisbaer 240
Homeofmew's Hard Drive
Unilever's Zotac 2080ti amp extreme, 1 cheap 256GB SSD, and 2 EVGA 750 PSU's
Yaboistar's centre fan on their 1080Ti
Rybo's MSI 970 Gaming motherboard
Jack Nafier's Dell Inspirion 5570
Wall03's RX 470 4GB
Baha's Zotac GTX 970
 
Rest In Piece Valiant hardware, there is a special place in silicon heaven(Red Dwarf Reference right there) for you, lest we forget. 
 
Now, it is time to get to what we have all waited for, THE RANKS!
 
In first place we have @Den-Fi, taking his throne for the second time. ALL HAIL THE KING! Sitting in what can only be called a very comfortable seat with 2,342,017,007 points he never really looked like loosing. Our previous best point total for any event was 886,386,763 points set during the last folding month. The most interesting point to make of his astounding victory is the fact that ran all of his hardware himself and didn't sport a single mercenary during the event. 
 
In Second place we have @Macaw2000, the king of the mercenaries, he may have gain his position by the use of cloud computing but with 1,641,029,686 points we won't hold that against him. Our second person to have over one billion points for a folding event your name should be revered like royalty. 
 
In third place we have @rodarkone, our third and final person to breach the one billion points barrier during folding month with 1,044,854,657 points to their name during this event has claimed this respectable position. Let your pride beam from you like the searing glow of a searchlight in the night. 
 
4th place is filled by newbie @Unilevers with 941,856,695 points, this is still better than our historical best and a fine score to achieve during the event. 
 
5th place is filled by @miker07with 845,682,351 points, down one position from last folding month. 
 
6th @Gorgonwith 843,750,865 points.
 
7th @Shlouskiwith 657,555,359 points.
 
8th @_Rlockewith 651,385,368 points.
 
9th  @LAR_Systems with 542,632,893 points.
 
10th @Justaphf with 521,033,918 points. 
 
Make sure you take the time to check if you have won a prize by clicking the link below. 
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dumkSds8IVaMQuCMUk6cAdmW8EfIATz8YGAIrJ7r5Ng/edit?usp=sharing
 
If you don't see your name on the sheet above you either did not sign up for this event or you did not meet the minimum requirements. All event badges will be handed out without any intervention needed from you guys, PLEASE DO NOT message me or the team about event badges. These badges are handled internally by the mod team and will be distributed shortly. 
 
The winners will have 7 working days from the publication of this post to claim the prize, if the prize goes unclaimed it may be raffled again, if it is not then it will be added to the community pool for future events. In order to claim the Prize you will need to PM me here on the forum, with the subject;
 
'I am here to claim what is rightfully mine!'
 
To claim an Amazon voucher you will need to produce some details such as email and the amazon region you use. f you use a currency different to USD we will give you the closest amount in your own currency. 
 
Now onto the little announcements! 
 
The first to come is the new higher folding badge thresholds, these new values have been decided due to the increase of power a GPU can provide; this has made it much easier to achieve badges in recent years. The new thresholds below will come into force on January 1st, 2021. Anyone holding a current badge will be grandfathered in! This means you won't have your badge downgraded after the new thresholds come into effect. 
 
 
The second announcement is the new rules for future events, these rules are still preliminary and we are awaiting final confirmation from the mod team. these rules are subject to change;
 
Failing to meet the minimum requirements.
 
Publicly discussing the administration of the event;
If you have an issue with the way in which the event is being conducted please reach out to an appropriate member of the event team.
 
Signing up to the event with a folding identity that is believed to not be your own.
 
Signing up to the event with more than one folding identity.
 
Conducting yourself in a manner that is believed to be not in the spirit of the event, this includes but not limited to the below;
purposefully only meeting the minimum requirements, acting to undermine the integrity of the event, to attempt to cause division within the community. 
 
Breaking any one of these rules will result in a disqualification from the event. It is also important to know that there is no appeal process for disqualifications. 
 
 
 
This is Spectrum signing off,
 
Happy Folding,
 
Spec. 

This is a very quick update just to let you all know where we are at. 
 
There is no updated participant list as of yet. 
 
Due to the rapid development of the situation in Britain of COVID-19 my household has taken the hard and complicated decision to isolate ourselves as much as possible. We are expecting this to last a minimum of 6 weeks, but it could very well be significantly longer.
 
All people who live here have some form of medical issue that puts us in a very hard situation. This means that over the next 24-48 hours I will be quite busy handling friends and family, medication supplies, shopping and contacting the local council to inform them of our decision and having some form of care plan put in place.
 
I hope that you can all understand that this task must take precedence over all else. 
 
The starting date and time for the event will be remaining as originally planned to ensure I have the time needed to have everything in place for this. 
 
I will be available on the event thread and also via DM when needed where possible. 
 
In the meantime if you desperately need assistance @Metallus97 will be around to answer general questions about folding at home. @leadeater has access to the datasheet and can help to confirm entries and make correction. 
 
Thank you all for your respect and understanding at this challenging time, please, keep yourself safe.
 
Happy folding,
 
Spec.