FAQ



Projects will be included in the vault when they fullfil a number of basic criteria and passed a voting by the community.

The project must:
  • be active
  • accept new members and teams immediately upon registration
  • have parsable team stats
  • have team stats that are updated regularly
  • provide a client program which runs on a local PC

The project must not:
  • be a keylogger or mouseclick counter
  • have a maximum number of teams or members
If your team has recently joined a listed project or if you wish to enter your team into these competitions (or if preferred this competition), please use the provided forms in the main menu to either edit an existing team or add a new team!

When you submit your team to be added to a project on here, it's not enough that your team exists, it must also have POINTS. If it has no points, it can't be added. 0 points does not count as points in this issue.
Project score = 10000 - ((Position - 1) * (10000 / Total number of teams in the project))
Category scores = Sum of all projects scores in a category
Overall score = Sum of all category scores
The goal of the new score is to devalue the points/credits/positions for inactive team and allow new and active teams to move ahead.
Team Activity Factor = ????
Project score = 10000 - (((Position * TAF) - 1) * (10000 / Total number of active teams in the project))
Category scores = Sum of all projects scores in a category
Overall score = Sum of all category scores
Raw text, tab delimited, formats of the stats are available at http://www.dc-vault.com/stats, please use these if you wish to create your own statistical displays or signatures.
  • overall.txt - Contains the stats by overall score
  • phys.txt - Contains the stats by Physical Science Category
  • bio.txt - Contains the stats by Biological And Medical Science Category
  • math.txt - Contains the stats by Mathematical Category
  • misc.txt - Contains the stats by Miscellaneous Category
The dedicated DC Vault forum have been set up to be the central place for interteam banter and taunting. Comparing teams and planning the next move to enhance your team's overall and/or category ranking is now made easier by the DC Vault stats. Join in and exchange yourself with the huge DC community.
This site is now supported by members of the Hard-DC team; but independent and team-agnostic. We look forward to it being used by your team and we appreciate comments on its functionality and ideas for improvements!