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Hi guys,

As some of you may or may not know there are actually teams for the Folding@Home project.  I decided since this is my home for PS3 news and info that it would be cool to start a n4g.com team.  Lets see how well we can do as a team!  I hope Dusty does not mind me doing this.  I thought it would be a good way to promote the site and help create more of PS3 community here with us all on a n4g.com team.

If your interested in joing the team all you need to do is once you start Folding@home press the triangle button and then select identity and then change team. 

The team number for n4g.com is 61588.

You can see the team stats HERE.

Folding@home is a rip off for the consumer if you think of the electricity costs read the following:

Based on my calculations if anyone was running folding@home for 8 hours a day based on it taking 200 Watts per hour (see:http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/ps3-foldinghome-tflop-rating-demoted-plus-faq-246900.php)
and using current cost figures from Puget Sound Energy (www.pse.com) at 0.092492 per kWatt

The calculation would be as follows

200(watts) x 8(hours) x 7(days) x 52(weeks) / 1000(to get kWatts) x 0.092492(current electricity cost per kWatt in Washington State) = $53.87USD a Year

and if you calculate $53.87USD x 40,000(Average amount of full time contributing) it equals $2,154,693.63USD out of the consumers pocket.

ORIGINAL: stingray9191

Folding@home is a rip off for the consumer if you think of the electricity costs

So do you burn down orphanges and animal shelters since their a drain on the economy? You made your point by starting a thread and then you try and talk people out of making a team for it? Stop being so stingy and give a little for a better tomorrow.

I'll gladly join. Will there be any kind of feature anywhere to let us know how many people are on the team?

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things

It's pronounced "sizer." Size-er. It's very bad Spanish, and means "If (si) it is (es) to be (ser)."

Kool. I'll be joining your team soon. My PSN I.D is ThatWhorre.

Yes the Folding@Home site has all the stats for individuals and teams..you can look at all that stuff when your running Folding or you can do it via PC and the internet.
 
The stats page where you can look up your donator name and your team.  http://folding.stanford.edu/stats.html  They don't have anything yet for the team stats as I just started it today.  It should get updated in the next few days I am guessing.
 
Glad to have you and That_Whore on the team!  Hope we can get alot more and we can kick some butt for a good cause!

I agree, it'd be great to see as many people from thise site as possible join in for some good.  Changed my PS3's donor name to Siesser, which is my PSN as well.

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things

It's pronounced "sizer." Size-er. It's very bad Spanish, and means "If (si) it is (es) to be (ser)."

Joined the team yesterday. Im on right now running the program. Almost done with my first packet.

This is an outstanding idea for a great cause, count me in I will log on tonight and sign up for the N4G team my PSN is ZeroTolerance.

 

www.ztgamedomain.com

You can see the team stats HERE.  We're closing in on you, VG!  It kind of sucks though, because I've actually completed 5 WU, but they're only crediting what I've done since I joined the team or changed my Donor Name; not sure which, since both happened at the same time.
 
Anyways, PSN: Siesser

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things

It's pronounced "sizer." Size-er. It's very bad Spanish, and means "If (si) it is (es) to be (ser)."

Sweet im on the board!. Already started my second. Glad to see the team is getting more members. I will be send you guys friend request when i logg on tonight. So keep in eye out. I dont have a headset yet but im working on it. 

I'll be back on folding tonight, will join the team when I do.

Yeah I get my PS3 to fold with you guys! Count me in PSN: Spartan666

I sent you guys friend request. Drop me a message with any updates on the team or you want to join up on a game. Have a good weekend guys. 

I'm in PSN name kabala

I joined under the name johnsislandsc, my psn is eldon3

I spend more time here than on Game Informer.  2 WU's done for them.  I'll join you guys instead.  Folding@home identity, 45DeadNinjas.  PSN identity, SnakePirate.  See you around.

Welcome to the team guys. I'll be sending you guys friend request later on today.

Dude, my GF freaked when she saw I had a friend request from "That Whore" LOL

 

www.ztgamedomain.com

Sorry ZT. The name just pop in my head and i decided to run with it. Plus i think its really funny. People always laugh there ass off when they see my name on Rainbow six vegas on XBL. I always get "dude that the best name ever" comments.