LHC@home

Sorry that part of this is a repeat of one I just posted on seti@home
But here I would like to address something that potentially may have this effect here
If when the new server’s come on line and the credits have to be reset
That a league table for the results already done are published,
Although the science is of primary importance there is competition between users and groups based on these, for some it’s the only reason that they run LHC@home and other Boinc projects
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Credits an alternate view and proposal

I propose the following change to the credit system
(With the addition of another credit counter for this)
That at interval ether monthly or yearly the credits are “reset”
With the credit that was acquired for that period a league table of:-
Top County, team and user statistics for that period are then published

This is for 3 reasons
Firstly it will provide more competitiveness between individuals and teams
It will reflect the effect that a new team can perform in the rankings
As some have been processing for years and others for a short time it will provide more excitement to the rankings

Secondly when the project does end, the totals can still be calculated for total credits accumulated per individual/team/country statistics

Thirdly it will provide a good indication of user trend for that period

I don’t know how others feel but I understand it could be better this way
It would not affect the science
But as many appear to be in it for the credits
It would add competition in the meantime

And total credits would not be affected
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Dave