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Hi all

The selected project admin has just confirmed that they are ready and able to support the next Sprint that runs from:

26-06-11 @ 1600 UTC to 26-06-14 @ 1600 UTC

So, hopefully this will run trouble-free and FB members can download tasks OK...but be aware that sometimes even the best run ...

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Anyway, the buffer seems too small for the current server load, so the administrator made some adjustments today that should hopefully help.


Hi all

I was away for most of yesterday (6th June) and so I did not see the posting on the Asteroids forum posted on 5th June at 21:44:34 UTC as ...

Honestly, I don't understand this indifference toward project selection. Every single time with Asteroids there are problems.

All year long I try to squeeze as many points as possible out of every project, and then Asteroids comes along, where it's impossible to even get tasks. Not on any of my ...

Hi everyone,

we all know that there are plenty of tasks available. Project admin knows it as well. But the server thinks a bit different :D
So, I have still some hosts idling because of that.

The strategy for Asteroid sprint is looking like that:

Start of the sprint: activating task loading ...

Next time the same not working project.

The Asteroids admins do nothing against the faulty configured server.
So why support this project?

It makes no sense if a faulty project is selected again and again.

I think it will be my last year at Formula Boinc.


Hi

Thanks for your feedback ...

Hi all

The randomly selected project for the forthcoming Sprint, which starts at 16:00 UTC on 4th June has been selected and the admin for the project has advised that tasks will be available.

Hopefully all should go well...

regards
Tim

Hi all

The mid-season promotions and relegations of Teams and Members from each league, would ideally take place exactly half way through the season - so after the first 12 Sprints.

But, the close spacing of Sprints in July, which are due to take place as follows:

Sprint #11 - 2026-07-02 16:00 ...

Well here I think the term "competition" does not apply anymore :D

I was not #1 at all last year... and remember the words of Julius : "better #1 in my village than #2 in Rome" ;)


I think in an "ideal" world, FB should be a competition between individual hosts...as then it will be a more even ...

Hi all

The next Sprint starts tomorrow !!

2026-05-21 21:00 UTC - 2026-05-24 21:00 UTC

And the project has now been confirmed that there are no planned maintenance periods for the above dates and plenty of tasks will be available, so we are good to go !

Good luck everyone !

regards
Tim

Hi Tim,

Before cleaning work starts I'd like to share my thoughts and observations on this topic.

WCG are still within a process of a major infrastructure upgrade and catching bugs and downtimes all over the time. Of course, normally it has quite short tasks, but pending validations surely can ...