bob(nz)

Oh - Nice!!

Yeah its a bit of a shame really. Some people are unhappy no matter what, and will always spend a lot of time and energy complaining / criticising instead of getting on and doing something about it. I guess this is just human nature in action!!! Anyway - thanks for the competition HWBOT. It was very intense and a lot of fun. It certainly got the Australian community very mobilised and focused, and it was great to see new guys stepping up and contributing to our results - even on air / water / ice etc!! The low clock challenge and enthusiast stages were a really good idea - and gave plenty of space for others to contribute to the cause. Tops off a great year of competitions and events - love ya work!!!!

lol these are actually patriot 2000el, they just have gskill spd on them

Faster damn you SuperPi!!

PM incoming

Wow - great 3 way competition in this stage - awesome to see!

HAHA - no dont do it!!!!

Vive la Oz!!!!

Oh this is exciting - go Indonesia!! Whoops i mean Australia!

heh - don't worry we leave our benching to the last minute some times also - trust me

^^^^ Should be a key component for sure!! But ya just know that someone is going to get bitter and twisted - lol

ditto

I dont have the reference point of past comps to compare this one with personally, but for what its worth, I'll share my views on the final structure..... 1. I can live with the fly in / fly out restrictions personally. Understand that MSI dont want us playing with other vendors at the same time, as long as the logistics work for flights etc (I dont want to be sitting in an airport for 15 hours waiting for a connecting flight in HK just because they want me out of Taipei) 2. Competition Hardware - I find it really strange that we are being sent a Z97 board that we probably already have, but not the video card that is not available retail and nobody (or very few people) have actually seen or used. We have no real setup time prior to the comp starting, and have 2 hours to learn the card and spit out world records in the process. I am always up for a challenge, but this seems crazy to me if MSI want the best results..... 3. Weighting of Classic Battle versus No Limits Battle - it seems the winner will be whoever has the most cash, not the best skill with the current format. My maths might be a bit rusty - but there are 8 graphics card tests that have the potential for either hardware top scores or a global top score. So being a pessimist and only focusing on harware top scores, if I turned up with 3 GTX760 cards and did a great job in clocking, I could earn 2 hardware points for 1, 2 and 3 card setups, over 8 tests, and there is 48 points. Twice as much as the Classic Battle winner, and I have 12 hours to do it What if I turn up with 6 cards, or 12? Just think of all the points I could earn running Crossfire / SLI on air Of course I will need to take out a new mortgage to buy all 33 graphics cards I need to guarantee victory...... 4. Timing of No LIMITS Battle - linked to the point above, I can actually stop benching in the Classic battle one hour before the end and start posting scores in the No Limits one - more points to be had, so why not......not sure this is what MSI really want in terms of focus for the event

Dammit Doug has gone AWOL and I need sleep!! Send me your paypal details asap and I will transfer first thing in the morning - shipping has now been confirmed - thanks

You have PM

Congrats Rhodie, and sorry Royal Flush - very strong results, and very unlucky not to be going to the final. Going to be a great event in Taipei - looking forward to it!!

Need to read the forum rules dude - need a pic of the actual CPU etc

Nice! Good job, cards not so easy to bench!!

aarrgghh no! but only need 2 cores Gyro-San - should be fine!!

Thanks 8Pack - hopefully we will see you there

Unloading sandbags....

naahhh - more hinky!

Sniper finally joins the party

nice!

welcome gyro-san!