PS3 Server 171.64.65.83 Reset

Just over half an hour ago I switched on smASHer88_PS3 to successfully download a new work unit - Project 5308 Run 40 Clone 848 Generation 5. Lahm_Family_PS3 then downloaded Project 5308 as well, Run 35 Clone 854 Generation 8.

Reading Vijay Pande's blog, he's told us that they've reset server 171.64.65.83 and that seems to have fixed the PS3 downloading troubles we've been having. I dare say this particular server didn't boot up properly after the scheduled server outage they had a few days ago. There looks to be another scheduled server outage for 171.64.65.XX network on November 5, 7 AM to 8:30 AM PST (2 AM to 3:30 AM, November 6 for us on AEDT) so if ya have some issues then, hopefully it will pass quickly.

PST = Pacific Standard Time = GMT-8
AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Time = GMT+11

EDIT: Seemed to be a 3-4 hour period after my two 7hr work units finished where they wouldn't then download another new work unit! However i've turned them back on yet again to download new work units. I seriously hope these troubles are behind us now for the PS3! Haha

PS3 Servers seem to be down

If your PS3 is saying "can't connect to Server" then your not your own. It seems to be another small problem with the servers as many people have reported on the Folding Community Forum. Less than a fortnight ago, PS3 folders experienced the same problem, and it was given a short-term fix.

So hold tight guys, hopefully the Stanford guys are working on fixing this problem as we speak, as it is daytime there now. I'm sure Vijay will give us some official news soon. I have shutdown both my PS3s for now, and will keep checking one of them every now and then and post back when i have success in downloading a new work unit! Haha this doesn't really help our Foldathon, but oh well, gotta keep crunching away best we can!

New Official Team Logo

I've designed a brand new official team logo, just for the hell of it! The old one was getting a bit boring.. needed a refresh. You may also notice the new blog banner. Hope everyone likes!

Just so everyone knows, this is the original logo it is replacing -

I'll try to post some modified logos soon so that they can be used as forum avatars etc.

November 2008 = 2nd Team Birthday Foldathon!

Marking the 2nd Birthday of our Folding@Home team Aussie Rules Footy, we are going to celebrate by hosting a 'Foldathon'!

Basically, a Foldathon is where you fold as many work units as you can during a set time period (ours being the whole month of November), and building as many points for your donor name as possible.

As well as acting like a Team Member Recruitment Drive, we want to see how far we can push our Team Ranking position, as it stands at 1279th at the moment. By folding as many work units as possible, we'll be doing a lot of important work for Stanford University. It's also a way to create a bit of friendly competitive spirit amongst our team members, spurring them on to either putting on extra machines for themselves, or encouraging their friends and family to join the cause!

I've changed the 'Team Birthday' countdown clock to reflect the time period of the Foldathon. So we now have to the end of November to make as many points as possible!

Here's a snapshot of our current team stats which will be used in combination with a snapshot early on the 1st of December to decide a Winner of the 2nd Team Birthday Foldathon! Where a team member has more than one folding name, the sum of their folding names will be used.

Aussie Rules Footy

Date of last work unit	2008-10-31 08:30:13
Active CPUs within 50 days	33
Team Id	52735
Grand Score	1106761 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	4402 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	1279 of 146442
Home Page	http://team52735.blogspot.com/
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team52735.html

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	smASHer88_PS3	257161	1047
2	Ravenge5	153170	696
3	RoXeD	125120	517
4	Jens_Klausen	84908	180
5	Lahm_Family_PS3	61759	201
6	smASHer88	54019	184
7	BulleenAnt1	42274	143
8	DSE_352_PS3	37070	138
9	DSE_352_Notebooks	33487	136
10	zoneur	32860	73
11	mikael	26502	127
12	peterdiva	20962	54
13	BIGMAN	19683	56
14	Delta_Leviathan	18817	132
15	Greg	16622	114
16	magicgate3	13335	56
17	ROO_BOY29	13055	46
18	QCKRNU	12655	66
19	ahmsnake	11179	45
20	savernake	9445	38
21	Jacko	7230	36
22	rossqo	5596	10
23	mgpower0	5280	3
24	bec_clarke	4413	41
25	PS3	3982	33
26	hobbozzrock	3685	15
27	Ugly	3513	2
28	MitchAllen	3160	39
29	Ravenge	2917	24
30	nitty	2750	4
31	Jawgz	2434	16
32	erBotty	2250	5
33	J4CKT	2220	9
34	BOONDOCKS	1500	1
35	TheePi	1388	36
36	ningcaptor	1036	9
37	luigi4562	953	7
38	Rfscann	935	6
39	Suzy_Wong	837	4
40	SHELL86	765	2
41	CCz619	625	5
42	Bennymac	598	4
43	wilson	545	2
44	QUEBEC	500	2
45	Bioufaxxx	500	3
46	Revolutionary_For_Life	372	2
47	goddest	340	1
48	PS34LIFE.ZACHZEHRUNG	287	1
49	KillerKahuna	287	2
50	Curer_Of_Diseases	256	3
51	naomi	250	1
52	captinmax	250	1
53	nigel	250	2
54	Beauwoodland	186	1
55	chris_be	186	1
56	J4CKT_PC	149	3
57	Shinobi	125	1
58	dcbunny	98	2
59	Jorgo	30	2
60	THAmyth	0	4
61	ronnie	0	3
62	Bernard	0	5

Thanks guys for your participation and good luck!

Points Milestone - peterdiva - 20k

Joining the team a bit over a month ago, peterdiva has just passed the 20,000 points milestone!

Currently on 20,962 points from 54 work units, he sits 138,004th out of 1,116,493 all-time folders. Well done mate!

Work Units Milestone - Lahm_Family_PS3 - 200

Gunning for just over two months straight, Lahm_Family_PS3 has now made a milestone for returning over 200 work units!

Currently on 61,759 points from 201 work units, it sits 63,307th out of 1,116,493 all-time folders.

New Top 10 Team Member - zoneur

A bit late to report on this one sorry, but zoneur has taken 10th spot on the Team Leaderboard, pushing mikael back to 11th.

Only joining less than 3 weeks ago, zoneur has made a quick climb up the ranks!

Work Units Milestone - peterdiva - 50

peterdiva has now returned over 50 work units for the team!

Currently on 18,082 points from 51 work units, he sits 151,270th out of 1,115,453 all-time folders. Good work mate!

Points Milestone - Ugly - 2k

My mate Ugly has just passed the 2,000 points milestone!

He's already scored 3,513 points for the team from only 2 work units! He's looking to climb the team leaderboard quickly too, so lookout! Haha, so far he's sitting 352,481st out of 1,114,484 all-time folders. Great work mate!

Points Milestone - J4CKT - 2k

J4CKT has just passed the milestone for 2,000 points!

Sitting 423,848th out of 1,113,471 all-time folders, he's returned 9 work units already for a total 2,220 points. Keep up the good work mate!

Points Milestone - J4CKT - 1k

J4CKT has just passed the 1,000 points milestone!

Currently sitting 493,538th out of 1,111,984 all-time folders, he has returned a total of 6 work units for 1,450 points. Good stuff mate!

New Team Member - J4CKT_PC

It looks as though our latest new team member - J4CKT_PC is part of J4CKT's subteam!

Obviously this is a PC, and it has already returned 1 work unit for 119 points. This one currently sits 904,543rd out of 1,110,747 all-time folders. Thanks for joining up!

Work Units Milestone - RoXeD - 500

RoXeD has now bumped himself up a notch in the Major Milestone Club department, returning his 500th work unit for the team!

Sitting at 120,232 points from 500 work units, he has contributed nearly 10% of all the team's points, and over 10% of all the team's work units! Currently positioned 3rd on the Team Leaderboard, he sits 35,538th out of 1,110,747 all-time folders. Great work mate!

New Team Member - Ugly

One of my mates has just joined the team and is folding under the name Ugly!

He's running the SMP client on an Apple MacBook Pro, so this explains why he has received 1,760 points from his 1st work unit! Already gaining his 1,000 points milestone, he currently sits 460,804th out of 1,110,747 all-time folders. Good stuff mate!

Points Milestone - peterdiva - 10k

peterdiva has just passed the 10,000 points milestone!

Joining the team just over a month ago in late September, he is now positioned inside the team's top 20 team members. Having a look at his donor page tells us he has 3 'active processors' folding under his name, and I can tell by looking at his Kakao Stats summary page, that he has folded atleast one SMP work unit worth 1,760 points. So i'd say he's running a dual-core computer with the SMP client, and possibly another computer with just a single regular client installed. Although, i'm just guessing!

He stats are as follows - 45 work units returned for 10,978 total points, sitting 202,248th out of 1,110,747 all-time folders.

New Team Member - J4CKT

Aussie Rules Footy now has another team member, with a folder going by the name of J4CKT joining up!

Returning 3 work units already, they have made 680 points and sit 626,027th out of 1,110,747 all-time folders.

Work Units Milestone - zoneur - 50

zoneur has just made a work units milestone for returning over 50 work units!

This guy has now earned the team a total of 23,620 points from exactly 51 work units. He now sits 126,507th out of 1,105,763 all-time folders. Well done mate.

New Top 5 Team Member

We have a new Top 5 team member, with my 2nd PS3 - Lahm_Family_PS3 now sitting 5th, nudging out my founding computer name - smASHer88 out of the top 5 to 6th spot.

Heres our current top 5:

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	smASHer88_PS3	250891	1023
2	Ravenge5	147630	674
3	RoXeD	117096	488
4	Jens_Klausen	68640	143
5	Lahm_Family_PS3	53942	171

Points Milestone - zoneur - 20k

Amazing, zoneur only joined 11 days ago, and has already cracked the 20,000 points milestone!

Our favourite Belgian has so far returned 44 work units, for an exact 20,260 points. He currently sits just outside the team's top 10, and 139,630th out of 1,104,764 all-time folders. Great effort mate!

PS3 work unit downloading issues given short-term fix

If you fold using a PS3, you probably would have noticed just lately, in the last few days or so that your system may have had troubles downloading a new work unit. It seems the servers have been temporarily out of 'jobs' or work units to dish out.

Reading Vijay Pande's blog, Stanford have implemented a short-term fix for the issues, but no comment as to exactly what is wrong.

I had both my PS3s switched off for two days, turning them back on every now and then to see if a new work unit could be downloaded. Last night both PS3s successfully downloaded new work units, one after 1 retry, the other straight away. As far as I can tell, both have been trouble free since. So if you currently have your PS3 down, waiting for these issues to pass, switch her back on, everything should be smooth sailing for now! lol