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UBT - Mikee
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I got one too. Currently having a little argument with someone in the WCG message boards (the thread mentioned above) but - hey I don't care now.

My message also had
This feature wil be added in about a month.

FYI - it is more then 'just a tickbox'

Thank you for participating.
So was it a coincidence that this is happening now or something we said that prompted the action?

Whatever, we better improve our position once it's done otherwise I'll look a right plonker!  :D
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UBT - Mikeejones wrote:......So was it a coincidence that this is happening now or something we said that prompted the action?......
Coincidence or not, the team "competitiveness" will now be re-kindled afresh...and that can only be a GOOD thing for WCG project.

S'pose we better make a "push" crunching on WCG again, so when the "country-specific team stats go "live", we'll be in a good position... :wink:

regards,

Tim
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Looks like things are starting to change albeit haphazardly!

I noticed that in BOINCStats some of the flags had changed from 'international' to... well nothing.

Go to 'country stats' then 'United Kingdom' teams (last last icon) and you'll see some UK teams listed.

Just had a look at the relevant thread and I see...
Its gametime

The team captain can now associate themselves with a country starting today.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forum ... read=15241

We look forward to the greater participation
So it seems it's up to the 'Team Captain' to sort it!
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UBT - Mikee wrote:.....So it seems it's up to the 'Team Captain' to sort it!
The Team Captain has told me to tell you that he has now updated the "country" entry for UBT so that it is now correct.

You should also note from the thread link supplied that BOINC is now the "preferred" download client program for WCG....the UD client for Windows may not be supported for much longer (if at all) according to Dr Anderson, who advised me this yesterday.

I assume therefore that any existing Windows based members on WCG will be requested to move over to BOINC.

regards

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UBT - Timbo wrote:
UBT - Mikee wrote:.....So it seems it's up to the 'Team Captain' to sort it!
The Team Captain has told me to tell you that he has now updated the "country" entry for UBT so that it is now correct.
Thank the 'team Captain' for me! :D

Seems that, as very few other UK teams have noticed, we'll be #1 by a wide margin later today!

http://www.boincstats.com/stats/team_st ... %20Kingdom
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UBT - Mikee wrote:Thank the 'team Captain' for me! :D

Seems that, as very few other UK teams have noticed, we'll be #1 by a wide margin later today!

http://www.boincstats.com/stats/team_st ... %20Kingdom
Hi Mike,

I've passed on your thanks to the Team Captain....All he said was "IF WCG projects admins had told him that they were enabling this functionality, he'd have done it when so advised..."

Guess that's true of other teams as well - if they don't get told or can't be bothered to trawl ALL the forums and find out about this stuff, then they'll remain ignorant about it.... :oops:

As always, another issue where UBT are "leading the way" and getting the projects to "toe the line" and act professionally....

Ah well....in the meantime, it might mean we're #1 UK Team on WCG for a while then.

regards,

Tim
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After a minor hiccough, 'Nationalities' are now working. As suspected, we're #1 for the time being. Not doing so well in the World table as we've slipped back out of the top 100 to 101.

I know there are UK teams that have a higher total than us so the sooner they update their profiles the better. I'd prefer us to be #1 for real rather than due to any error or omission.
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