{
  "id": 97575,
  "title": "Early team merger deadline",
  "url": "/competitions/recursion-cellular-image-classification/discussion/97575",
  "author_name": "Sohier Dane",
  "post_date": "2019-06-27T19:49:41.274000",
  "votes": 7,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>The team merger deadline for this competition is much earlier than usual; teams will be locked in on July 22. This will allow us to ensure that all teams are on a level playing field in terms of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/recursion-cellular-image-classification/overview/resources\">free GPU credits and TPUs</a>, which will be issued shortly after the merger deadline.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 563050,
      "postDate": "2019-06-27T19:49:41.273Z",
      "content": "<p>The team merger deadline for this competition is much earlier than usual; teams will be locked in on July 22. This will allow us to ensure that all teams are on a level playing field in terms of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/recursion-cellular-image-classification/overview/resources\">free GPU credits and TPUs</a>, which will be issued shortly after the merger deadline.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The team merger deadline for this competition is much earlier than usual; teams will be locked in on July 22. This will allow us to ensure that all teams are on a level playing field in terms of [free GPU credits and TPUs](https://www.kaggle.com/c/recursion-cellular-image-classification/overview/resources), which will be issued shortly after the merger deadline.",
      "votes": 7
    },
    {
      "id": 589412,
      "postDate": "2019-07-31T21:17:13.973Z",
      "content": "<p>Sorry, we are not able to grant exceptions to this rule, as it was clearly defined in the rules and timeline upfront.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sorry, we are not able to grant exceptions to this rule, as it was clearly defined in the rules and timeline upfront.",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 589063,
      "postDate": "2019-07-31T12:18:56.830Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi, we are are also a bit late. Would it also be able to request a team merge?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, we are are also a bit late. Would it also be able to request a team merge?",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 582884,
      "postDate": "2019-07-23T18:13:11.173Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi Sohier,</p>\n\n<p>Our team had some delay, and we just missed the deadline of team merger. Is it still possible to request the merger today please? We are missing 2 team members now.</p>\n\n<p>Thank you for your help. Really appreciate it.\nBest Regards,\nMengdi</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Sohier,\n\nOur team had some delay, and we just missed the deadline of team merger. Is it still possible to request the merger today please? We are missing 2 team members now.\n\nThank you for your help. Really appreciate it.\nBest Regards,\nMengdi",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 583687,
      "postDate": "2019-07-24T20:37:05.007Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi, my team missed the deadline of the team merger as well. Is it still possible to request a team merger? I want to add just one more person.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, my team missed the deadline of the team merger as well. Is it still possible to request a team merger? I want to add just one more person.\n",
      "votes": -1
    },
    {
      "id": 589642,
      "postDate": "2019-08-01T07:34:13.677Z",
      "content": "<p>Does it mean it is too late to join? Usually team merger deadline and entry deadline are the same.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Does it mean it is too late to join? Usually team merger deadline and entry deadline are the same.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 589643,
          "postDate": "2019-08-01T07:36:06.053Z",
          "content": "<p>No need to respond, I just joined ;)  That was just for checking as I won't have time to work on this till molecular competition is over.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "No need to respond, I just joined ;)  That was just for checking as I won't have time to work on this till molecular competition is over."
        },
        {
          "id": 589904,
          "postDate": "2019-08-01T14:43:42.433Z",
          "content": "<p>Yep, definitely not too late to join, just team merging.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Yep, definitely not too late to join, just team merging."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 584475,
      "postDate": "2019-07-26T03:29:28.667Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": 1,
      "isDeleted": true
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 589412,
      "author_name": "Julia Elliott",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-07-31T21:17:13.973000",
      "content": "<p>Sorry, we are not able to grant exceptions to this rule, as it was clearly defined in the rules and timeline upfront.</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 589063,
      "author_name": "Jessy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-07-31T12:18:56.830000",
      "content": "<p>Hi, we are are also a bit late. Would it also be able to request a team merge?</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 582884,
      "author_name": "Mengdi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-07-23T18:13:11.173000",
      "content": "<p>Hi Sohier,</p>\n\n<p>Our team had some delay, and we just missed the deadline of team merger. Is it still possible to request the merger today please? We are missing 2 team members now.</p>\n\n<p>Thank you for your help. Really appreciate it.\nBest Regards,\nMengdi</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 583687,
      "author_name": "Ishan Amlekar",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-07-24T20:37:05.007000",
      "content": "<p>Hi, my team missed the deadline of the team merger as well. Is it still possible to request a team merger? I want to add just one more person.</p>",
      "votes": -1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 589642,
      "author_name": "CPMP",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-08-01T07:34:13.677000",
      "content": "<p>Does it mean it is too late to join? Usually team merger deadline and entry deadline are the same.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 589643,
          "author_name": "CPMP",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-01T07:36:06.053000",
          "content": "<p>No need to respond, I just joined ;)  That was just for checking as I won't have time to work on this till molecular competition is over.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 589904,
          "author_name": "Julia Elliott",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-08-01T14:43:42.433000",
          "content": "<p>Yep, definitely not too late to join, just team merging.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 584475,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-07-26T03:29:28.667000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "563050": "The team merger deadline for this competition is much earlier than usual; teams will be locked in on July 22. This will allow us to ensure that all teams are on a level playing field in terms of [free GPU credits and TPUs](https://www.kaggle.com/c/recursion-cellular-image-classification/overview/resources), which will be issued shortly after the merger deadline.",
    "589412": "Sorry, we are not able to grant exceptions to this rule, as it was clearly defined in the rules and timeline upfront.",
    "589063": "Hi, we are are also a bit late. Would it also be able to request a team merge?",
    "582884": "Hi Sohier,\n\nOur team had some delay, and we just missed the deadline of team merger. Is it still possible to request the merger today please? We are missing 2 team members now.\n\nThank you for your help. Really appreciate it.\nBest Regards,\nMengdi",
    "583687": "Hi, my team missed the deadline of the team merger as well. Is it still possible to request a team merger? I want to add just one more person.\n",
    "589642": "Does it mean it is too late to join? Usually team merger deadline and entry deadline are the same.",
    "584475": ""
  }
}