News August 2005

 

Monday 01/08/2005
State of Origin Shoot Out: the numbers are up

I have set up a page for every one to check there progress along with a few charts.

Click on the state name to see stats from that states nominations.

International stats are here

 
State of Origin Shoot Out: and they're off and racing

Giveaway7: State of Origin Shoot Out is under way as of 07:00 WST today. It looks like QLD is aiming for the "BIG GUN" title with a lot of high calibre names on the team. It is good to see NT get on the boards with two members nominated so far. If you haven't nominated yourself yet it is not too late, it would be good to see NSW take it up to the Banana Benders and push for "BG" status.

State Nominations Points Target
QLD 63 2003224
NSW 74 1572870
VIC 49 933993
TAS 10 522316
WA 20 456401
ACT 7 217396
SA 15 206100
INT 3 116464
NT 2 9420
Total 243 6038184

 

 
Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (25th July to 31st July)

Moving through the field:

spols: up 55 places

Stuck in the pits.

Billme:  down 12 places
Keep her revving when she fires:

Shalimar: up 47,885 PPW
Missed a gear:

Sceggs: down 29,725
Starting Line: 57,248:  up 1,0631  points
Number of entrants racing: 431:  up 0 members
No of points completed: 2,294,835:  up 8,383  points
Average points per entrant: 5,324:  up 19  points

 

Sunday 07/08/2005
Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (1st Aug to7th Aug)

Moving through the field:

waldomaniac: up 111 places

Stuck in the pits.

wellonchompy:  down 15 places
Keep her revving when she fires:

bbeikoff: up 14,581 PPW
Missed a gear:

makon0: down 27,599
Starting Line: 59,041:  up 1,793  points
Number of entrants racing: 423:  down 8 members
No of points completed: 2,468,198:  up 173,363  points
Average points per entrant: 5,834:  up 510  points

 
Shalimar's weekly rap: slammin the house down ...

 

A big congrats to the wet_sponge on joining the 1 million high flyers club, go the mighty sponge and soak it up babeee SOAK IT UP!. Well done.:)
 
Congratulations again to DutchWink*OzForces who also joins the 1 million high flyers club. Can anyone say frequent flyer bonuses because between these two they have cornered da market in da points i tells ya. Way to go Dutchy.:)
 
Believe me babeee Joe_Bloggs is travelling smoothly, moving in on the half million mark....way to go Joe.:D
 
Now are they just Bad or are they plain Madd, da Maddkidz headed by terrible Trojax are prepping ta cross da border 252000 points and ramping ducking weaving & Slammin. Well done guy's see ya on da 1st page soon.:)
 
Fatmantan what can i say....boy ya gots ta get yourself a dual citizenship passport crossing over da border under da border & back over again. You will get there soon i tells ya...juss keep going i see's ya getting there permanently very soon. Stick it out okay hosay..well done i say.:)
 
The lean mean green machine is at it again, this time the casualty is da Brainy one, Heck he should just stay in the right hand lane and keep dat right hand indicator on for the next overtake because that ever so steady Teddy is doing da same thang. Way to go guy's.:)
 
The mexicans are crossing the border headed upstate & in a hurry on his Guzzi is dat crazy mexican [B]Geoff3DMN![/B] Sombrero and all babee. Go you good thing you. A big well done.:)
 
memememe yes [B]YOU![/B] Watsyia doin throwin down challenges left right and centre huh. Me thinks ya got an ace up ya sleeve ready to launch a fullscale attack. Way to go LCS:) i am waitin ta see whats you iz up toooo.      
 
Sitting on 270000 is ezee who aint takin things so ezee, him is serious i tells ya. He has the border in his sights and is upping the ante to get there like yesterday. Well done ezee not that your takin it ezee & Slammm on.:)
 
Da "d00dz" are in da house getting ready to bank 200000 points babee, if anyone can do it da d00dz will do it. Way to go.:)
 
And da hip-e continues his ramp up soon to slide into the 70000 figure mark.....Well done & way to go.:)
 
Honestly a big well done to every one, this is what ocau is all about. A big thank you to each and everyone of you.
 
Way to go guy's.:)
 
Later

 

Monday 08/08/2005
BEATtheBOX 39: and the winner is...

The winner of FBOX039 is M4dd0g (400). You have won this magnificent prize.

Case: 250W ATX Miditower- FBOX Collection
Motherboard: ABit NF7- FFF
CPU + HSF: AMD XP2400- FFF
RAM: 256MB PC3200- bundy33op
HDD: Maxtor 6 GB- FBOX Collection
Extras: CDROM/FDD - FBOX Collection



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State of Origin Shoot Out: week one...

Giveaway7: State of Origin Shoot Out is one week old this morning. As you can see visually, with your eyes the International team is leading the way by a big margin from Tasmania. They are a whisker under 136 percent, call it 135.2 in round figures. There are 5 teams in contention for third place, a battle is developing between them...I say developing because it's not yet on. Victoria are in the top six, in seventh position. I've no idea what WA's orders are, but they are following them superlatively well. Do my eyes deceive me, or is Queensland's engine sounding rough, Queensland are actually in a very good position. they are in last place. But there are still three weeks to go, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way. So keep at it and you never know because anything can happen in Folding and it usually does.

 If you haven't nominated yourself yet it is not too late.

State Nominations Points Percent
INT 6 52972.0 135.2%
TAS 11 145167.0 109.5%
ACT 9 68227.5 104.4%
SA 20 92907.0 104.0%
NT 3 3961.0 103.7%
NSW 86 459218.8 103.5%
VIC 56 287569.8 103.4%
WA 22 114674.1 99.9%
QLD 72 526175.8 92.2%
Total 285 1750873.0 100.8%

 

 

Sunday 14/08/2005
Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (8th Aug to14th Aug)

Moving through the field:

hip-e: up 71 places

Stuck in the pits.

MADman:  down 15 places
Keep her revving when she fires:

Silicon Wars: up 34,477 PPW
Missed a gear:

wet_sponge: down 11,842
Starting Line: 60,343:  up 1,302  points
Number of entrants racing: 435:  up 12 members
No of points completed: 2,456,526:  down 11,672  points
Average points per entrant: 5,647:  down 188  points

 
BEATtheBOX 40: starts tomorrow...

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge which starts this morning is FBOX40. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

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Case  350 W ATX Miditower FBOX Collection
Motherboard ASUS P4S800MX FFF/Ellroy80
CPU + HSF P4 2.8GHz Northwood 800FSB FFF
RAM 512MB PC3200 Geoff3DMN
HDD Seagate 4.3 GB FBOX Collection
Extra CDROM/FDD FBOX Collection

 
Shalimar's weekly rap: slammin the house down ...

 

Get the 1 million Milestone Badge ready baby....Datsun 1600 iz a comin in hot outta the 900K zone n revvin it up like there's no tomorrrroowww & then some. Is this boy stubborn or juss plain loco...whatever the case may be all i can say iz wayyy toooo go Dattooooo. A Definite deserved milestone for U.

Wreaking havoc left right & centre in the 95K zone iz da ninja OverPAQ'd him causin all sort's of problems for everyone PAQ'n powerPAQ'd punches on his way to the 100K milestone. Wax ON! Wax OFF! Kick here, Chop there, e aint shhtoppin for no one baby. Way to go OverPAQ'd, n keep PAQ'n those points in!

He say he ain't got a name but N0NAME420 is makin a name for im self & doin it in style 80,000+ points sez so! He gots a name & it iz N0NAME420 babeeee
Well done N0NAME420, you rock!

There's a maniac loose in da house! And it be da waldomaniac in the red wit afterburners on. On a rampage in the 80,000 zone da waldomaniac already got iz eye on dat100,000 milestooonnee.
Go waldo you good thing! Well done.

Who iz dis Silicon Kid, he drops in for a day n lays down 27Kkkkk leaving another 4K on da 2nd day.
Can anyone say SLLAAAMMMM!
No one can Slamm like the Silicon Kid can Sllaammm!
That's why they call it the Silicon SLLAAMMMM!!!!!
Dat boy got hiz hardware from roswell methinks.

bones_was_here watchyia talkin bout louis! 45,000 points sayz ya still iz here Okay! Way to go bones.....you are what ocau is all about okay.
Well Done!

Bhurak_AU Ok Ok i'll get outta da way, boy you iz persistant. Way to go..Ramp! Slamm! Rock n Roll! "Me got's ta get's another Disprin" Way to go Bhurak_AU go hard, go well and well done!

Da mastablasta juss cain't leave dose Ribo's alone! 230,000+ k and still Blastin those Reebboo's one after da other day after day.
Way to go and well done.

*GROAN* Teddy's built another puter.....ee sez dis one's for solitaire 2 cores can play solitaire 2 at a time.!
*GROAN* Thump! Neeeeeeext...

Again a big thank you to each and everyone of you. It wouldn't be possible without you.

Later

 

Sunday 21/08/2005
Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (15th Aug to 21st Aug)

Moving through the field:

Maj_Feltch_Monkey: up 114  places

Stuck in the pits.

petesh:  down 13  places
Keep her revving when she fires:

wet_sponge: up 73,280 PPW
Missed a gear:

Silicon Wars: down 28,097 PPW
Starting Line: 61,582:  up 1,239  points
Number of entrants racing: 432:  down 3 members
No of points completed: 2,530,618:  up 74,092  points
Average points per entrant: 5,857:  up 210  points

 
Shalimar's weekly rap: slammin the house down ...

 

Overtake city here they come, wow everybody is overtaking everyone. This week the overtake crown got's ta go to those boy's from the Land_of_OZ headed by the king of the great outback Auslander! These guy's are awesome leaving behind a trail of dust as they hit the heights climbing the charts. They dropped what they were doing for their own team and came in at the last minute for an 11th hour OCAU rescue.

You guy's rock! Way to go, well done & thank you.

Slamm of the week got's ta go to the wet_sponge 65K slamm in 24hrs...now i don't know what the sponge is doin to his pc's but i bet this aint the last time we gonna see him uhhmm use extreme prejudice. What a soak job "65K' , nice dump babee.

Now something iz a happenin in Banana Bender country, a major ramp up is on the cards as Team_Bris slowly but surely shift in to SLAMM MODE! Now who said dem Bananabenders caint fold huh! Who.
Well done guy's i see a monsta in da making baby.

Good golly it's Ollie and he is at it again zigging n zagging him is da zig zag specialist exercising the eoc stats charts. Sheesh my neck hoit's watchin im doin the zag in the 70k zone. Ollie! Ollie! Ollie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Go The Olligator. Way to go Ollie. What would we do without you.

190,000 banked and Bending it like Beckham....bluesrock is rockin in on the big 200K mark. bluesrock you rock! A big well done and Rock HARD Baby. Way to go.

And not to be out done, the ever so eager Beever iz cuttin in on a slice of da action grabbin a cool 220K on the way hosay that's what he say's okay! Way to go Beever.

Now gettin his weekly fix of points the Caffeen kid slides into the 335K zone grabbin another cuppa on da way while he gently ramps up hopen no one would notice. "I see ya"

Next off the rank readying for the big 1 Mil mark is xylus[atomic] the atomican him self. 935K and counting down! He got's one thing to say. Seeya wouldn't wanna be ya Way to go.


The Legend!
A big congratulations go out to DGROMS.com crossing the 3.5mil mark "at idle " and the Legend shall continue. Watch out DG Razor is comin. Absolutely awesome achievement. A big & to add to that 6.5 Mil between these 2 Thuuuud.....

The OCAU connection:
Gawwwwd all mightyyyy gords iz moiderin em i tells ya, stayin steady in the green zone at the big 215K mark ee sez so & das a fact Jak! Meanwhile looktall_OCAU iz lookin reeaall goood moving in to da 120K zone & thats with one pc baby jussss one! Way to go guy's.

Shal's SLAAMMM of the week go's to the wet_sponge.

Shal's Player whose the stayer of the week go's to the Sundance kid h_ok im self..

This has been one heck of a week for the OCAU fold mobeele. Thankyou OCAU for doing what you....thank you each & every one of you for keeping hope alive.

Later

 

 

Sunday 28/08/2005
Shalimar's weekly rap: slammin the house down ...
What a week for folders the world over. Stanford Slayyyuuummmmddd the lot of us! We all know that it was the return of missing credits BUT a SLAMM is a SLAMM and this time it was the Stanford SLAM!!!!!

Well Maj_Feltch_Monkey izza doin da rampage thang burning up the charts like a hot top 40 HIT! 100+K and not leaving the building anytime soon. Him iz definitely not monkeying around i say's. Excellent job & well done.

Now the battle hardened mtech is putting the mtechnique into his Slaammers "a tweak here n tweak there"....im is not about to make it easy for anyone that want's ta pass the mtechnique kid. Approaching the 2.5mil mark in style baby. Way to go mtech.

He takes da QMD's he takes da ribo's sheeesh ee will even take da Tinkers Baby......Fearless Feartec aka SimonFearby*W "Dont's forgets da W". Daayyuuummmnnn can this boy fold a leeaan meeaann protein with 1 pc....Debonair extrodanair 70+K okay. Way to Slamm Simon..

Approaching the 100K zone and not breaking a sweat while makin a meal of things that Slaammiiiin Strontium_(atomic) "another atomican" is in so coool cruise control mode. Well done.

The North Shore Connection:
Meanwhile back at sceggs headquarters that crazy scientist ralphy140 is messin around with da REACTOR AGAIN!!! hitten 6K a day while the sceggs reactor is still cold and being tuned. I got's one thing ta say. If ralphy rocks sceggs then "OH BOY!!!!! i juss caint wait.

The Southern Connection:
Kameeeeleeeeeon!!!! aka "Kameleon" equals stamina not stealth cause cruisin at 9K a day everyone can see's ya i tell's ya! 680+K another Tasmainian is hittin the heights and in one heck of a hurry to the 1 mil mark. Way to go Kameleon seems like the Tasmanian mob have an arsenal at dere disposal. Absolutely awesome stuff.

The Heat is on! Bollocks & the Bear:
Bollocks & the ever so steady Teddy are at it again. This time the Bad! New's! Bear! with da Dual core kiddz is gunning for Big! Bad! Bollocks! with an overtake in the wanting and a payback with GST added. The master's are overtakin everyone in the battle for the Grail. I sit's here in awe i do i telt's you.

Shal's Player whose the stayer of the week award goes to yotkaaaa because he Rock's yaa. Well done.

Shal's Slammm of the week goes to Trinedy & REDFIRE 80K Slamm baby.

I juss caint write any more becoise the Stanford Slamm really made things uhm COMPLEXICATED!

A big congrats goes out to everyone Slammin into new clubs this week. Well done Guy's n Gal's.

Later

 
Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (22nd Aug to 28th Aug)

Moving through the field:

Maj_Feltch_Monkey: up 87  places

Stuck in the pits.

Moggity:  down 16  places
Keep her revving when she fires:

Trinedy: up 76,095 PPW
Missed a gear:

wet_sponge: down 34,145 PPW
Starting Line: 63,313:  up 1,731  points
Number of entrants racing: 455:  up 23 members
No of points completed: 3,549,781:  up 1,019,163  points
Average points per entrant: 7,801:  up 1,943  points

 
BEATtheBOX  and the winners will be...
Besides FBOX40 being given away tomorrow there will be a redraw of FBOX39 as well since it hasn't been claimed.

 
State of Origin Shoot Out: ends tomorrow...

It looks like NT are going to finish well on top and some lucky person from the Top End is going to have the basis of a nice new Folding machine coming their way. There are plenty of prizes to go around and one person from every team will win something.

 

Monday 29/08/2005
State of Origin Shoot Out: and the winners are...

 

State Nominations Points Percent
NT 4 27962 180.9%
INT 6 224731 141.7%
TAS 13 704563 121.3%
VIC 62 1332830 116.2%
SA 21 429854 115.6%
WA 34 548069 110.7%
QLD 82 2568165 108.224%
NSW 94 1990134 108.220%
ACT 10 290389 104.8%
Total 326 8116696 111.8%

Giveaway stats page is here

Click on the state name to see stats from that states nominations.

International stats are here

 

The winning team is Northern Territory by a big margin over the International team with Tasmania in third.

Queensland is the BIG GUN state with the most points produced.

Now on to the prize draw.

Main Prize:

Donated by Datsun 1600

AMD XP2600 Mobile CPU, ABit NF7 motherboard and a Swiftech MCX 462-V cooler and 2 x 256MB RAM.

Drawn from the NT team, the winner is Wizard: 4535

2nd Prize:

Donated by FFF

Antec Aria Case.

Drawn from the INT team, the winner is Skoyaz: 4260

3rd Prize:

Winfast TV 2000 XP TV Card with remote: Donated by fnkychnk
Pioneer DVD 8X Burner: Donated by |bLuEqUt|

Drawn from the TAS team, the winner is fester2001: 801

Consolation prizes:

Donated by Lownoise PC and Plus Corp

1
Thermal Control Unit
2 x 120 mm Fans
2 x Cold Cathode Tube
Keyboard and Monitor Cleaning Kit
2 x Spire fan grills

the winner is fxr91: 560

2
2 x Cold Cathode Tubes
Keyboard and Monitor Cleaning Kit
Multimedia Lens Cleaner
2 x Spire fan grills

the winner is systemdown: 913

3
2 x Cold Cathode Tubes
Keyboard and Monitor Cleaning Kit
Multimedia Lens Cleaner
2 x Spire fan grills

the winner is southernx: 729

4
Selection of Fans 60 to 120 mm
Spire Sound absorbent mat
Choice of cooler
462 or 478 or 754/939/940

the winner is Sehan: 4304

5
Choice of cooler left over from consolation prize 4
Back Pack with AMD and Plus Corp logos.

the winner is Oblong_Cheese: 4868

6
Cooler left over from consolation prize 4

the winner is Michael H: 4044


Congratulations to the winners and a big thanks to the sponsors of the prizes, Datsun 1600, fnkychnk, |bLuEqUt|, Lownoise PC and Plus Corp. Also well done to all those that participated and lifted there production level above their base for the duration of the Shoot Out.
 

 
BEATtheBOX 39 and 40: and the winners are...
The winner of FBOX040 is Falls (721). You have won this magnificent prize.

Case: 350W ATX Miditower- FBOX Collection
Motherboard: ASUS P4S800MX- FFF/Ellroy80
CPU + HSF: P4 2.8GHz Northwood 800FSB- FFF
RAM: 512MB PC3200- Geoff3DMN
HDD: Seagate 4.3 GB - FBOX Collection
Extras: CDROM/FDD - FBOX Collection


Redraw for FBOX039

The winner of FBOX039 is fnp (959). You have won this magnificent prize.

Case: 250W ATX Miditower- FBOX Collection
Motherboard: ABit NF7- FFF
CPU + HSF: AMD XP2400- FFF
RAM: 256MB PC3200- bundy33op
HDD: Maxtor 6 GB- FBOX Collection
Extras: CDROM/FDD - FBOX Collection



To receive your magnificent prize you must pledge to run it 24/7 and pay for postage. If you agree to these terms send me a PM and we can sort out delivery.

 

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