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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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DM - best you get your crunching shoes on!!  I know Ady!! First Jonathan and then Blizzie. These “kids”, each with their two super-machines, are performing some serious whoop-@$$ on me and my rack of 9 relics from the past!!! But remember that old saying: “Youth and exuberance is never a match for old age and treachery!”  The game is afoot! I hope to get back to the trekk as soon as we get this point thing nailed down. Orakk owes me some fresh shrimp from down under.    |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
On a completely unrelated note.. Got back from school, found a envelope on my desk, I open it, and I got accepted to another college.
That's 2 for 2. Out of 8.I'll be shutting down one of my rigs for a while tonight. Need to clean it out. It's been a month and half.. I'll be around.  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Dataman, I can certainly understand the sentiments. One of the things I've realized though is that being the "captain" of this team is an awful lot like being the "titular" head of a non-profit. You have no power or authority at all. What your organization accomplishes is completely at the mercy of your volunteers. Now that sounds cold but it is a valuable perspective. Every non-profit would love to have a member that can "whip out the checkbook and write them a six or seven figure check whenever they please" but the truth is that the most valuable volunteers are the ones that are there every month, year in, year out, year after year. They may not be able to match that one but they are the ones you count on, can depend on and base your plans on. As for us, anyone that joins our team, for however long, is a part or our team. I guess the Base Campers are sort of like the "cheerleaders" of the volunteers here at WCG - though perhaps I should have said strolling medival minstrel troupe instead as the image of Ady in a skimpy skirt and pompoms is one that is going to "haunt" me now. Like the head of a non-profit, you can't make anyone do anything, you can't "hire" folks or "make" them volunteer. Instead of managing or even leading, it's more a matter of encouraging and inspiring. I'd like to think folks join us because of what we are - the kind of team we are, the example we set. We have a bit of a colorful history being one of the original teams here at WCG. Of the three years+ I've crunched for WCG, I've probably spent close to half of it on my own. When I joined MOT, I left a bit after that but came back in the end. As captain, I've watched folks leave - some that you'd call major hitters - and I did worry about it at first. Seeing a team that once was putting up 300K points a day get down to doing 80-90K a day was discouraging. Watching a team thread that was regularly quiet was as well. What I've learned is not to not worry about it but to understand that members will come and go and some of those will be "heavy hitters". I've watched others leave for other teams and return. I've seen us grow and, while we may not be back to our 300K days of our peak, we have grown to pretty consistently manage in the 150K range over time. What I've tried to do is to welcome any who would join with us, for however long or much, and to respect their decisions whatever those may be. Too many folks like Gerald have stories and experiences that they could share that I'd like to see become faded memories of the past, not because there is no value to them or we could gain nothing from them. Quite simply, I, like so many of you, want such things to become relics of a darker and sadder past, a past where diseases claimed our loved ones far too often and far before their time. That is how I choose to "lead" this team. I don't always get it right but that is what I try to focus on. That it is a matter of "faith" that I believe we will accomplish what we will is a lesson I've learned over the last nine months as captain. I;m not even sure anymore why I initially threw out the 50 million point goal. I don't believe I really expected us to come near it at first but it took on its own life and this team took it up and made it their own. That others have joined us in contributing in their own way for a short time is a gift I am grateful for because they have said they believe in what we aspire to and have honored us by being a part of that. I am really grateful for what each and every one does. I can't see one who puts up 20K or 30K points a day as being more valuable then one who does 200-300 points a day. I choose to believe that each does what they can given their reasons and their commitment. That is what I want to value. The system we have in place here at WCG doesn't really do that as well as I'd like - not that I say that as any sort of indictment, it simply is the way it is. I do want to find ways to recognize those who are there with us thru thick and thin. They deserve it. No, I am not satisfied with what I have "accomplished" in the last nine months but then I honestly don't expect that I ever will be. That's just plain bull headed cussedness for you.  Like anything else though, you just keep at it. Bull headed cussedness can end up doing more that you'd ever expect. I'm sorry if anyone reading this finds it a bit melodramatic but I won't apologize for that. That look I saw in my wife's eyes that day in the doctor's office is something I can't ever forget, and one I don't ever want to see again.I didn't see the original question, but very well said. Rick PS......"as the image of Ady in a skimpy skirt and pompoms is one that is going to "haunt" me now." - Thanks for that visual [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 10, 2007 11:51:31 PM] |
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Former Member
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PS......"as the image of Ady in a skimpy skirt and pompoms is one that is going to "haunt" me now." - Thanks for that visual I'll have you know I have a great pair of legs  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Congratulations Blizzie! Where did you get in? Where do you want to get in? Keepin my fingers crossed for you for good luck!
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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On a completely unrelated note.. Got back from school, found a envelope on my desk, I open it, and I got accepted to another college. That's 2 for 2. Out of 8.I'll be shutting down one of my rigs for a while tonight. Need to clean it out. It's been a month and half.. I'll be around. Congratulations! Where do you want to go? What will you major in? |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Applied for 4 University of California and 4 California States. Which ones, I'll keep a secret for now.
Major is Computer Engineer and alternative is Computer Science. Something in the IT field would work too. I prefer hardware over software though. I plan on getting my Comptia A+ Certification over my 2 weeks winter/holiday break if I can get my studying in before. Or study then and take it after. http://certification.comptia.org/a/default.aspx It's like a industry standard now a days. |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 12/10 - All Members:
----------------------------------------Team rank movement report =========================
Points milestones report ======================== Blizzie reached 25,000 points Runtime milestones report ========================= No runtime milestones found.  Results returned milestones report ================================== Dataman returned their 3,000th result smcclarigan returned their 5,000th result Jonathan Figdor returned their 1,800th result New members report ================== No new members found. Retired members report ====================== bl1nxz retired from the team.  For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 08/24/2005 1,609 Points: 06/26/2007 334,880 Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34 Good crunching folks!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 12/10 - Active Members
----------------------------------------Active team members report ==========================
Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Ten active members returning points today: 01: marysduby - 51,783 points 02: Dataman - 24,459 points 03: Blizzie - 18,775 points 04: Dave Bell - 9,492 points 05: Arthur256 - 8,394 points 06: Jonathan Figdor - 7,808 points 07: Coingames - 7,089 points 08: keithhenry - 5,004 points 09: frans6nl - 4,824 points 10: Esteban69 - 3,516 points Total points returned today: 163,302 Active members returning points today: 30 Average points per member active today: 5443.4 |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Points milestones report ======================== Blizzie reached 25,000 points Results returned milestones report ================================== Dataman returned their 3,000th result smcclarigan returned their 5,000th result Jonathan Figdor returned their 1,800th result Nice work everyone ! |
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