Official Country Cup 2017 thread

[pro]

im putting out the challenge to all the big guys next year

 

get involved in Country Cup, this is my most enjoyable benching of each year, an excuse to catch up with good friends, bench old stuff that i normally wouldnt touch

 

its genuinely alot of fun, but if the top guys from each country dont turn up and show the up and coming guys how its done, we are going to keep coming and taking this every year

 

dont let us win 2018

[zeropluszero]

Don't let me ignore my wife for her birthday 2018

[AG-TAS]

Prize wise AU usually puts forth everyone who made a submission, regardless of its standing to vote on what they want from the prize pool in order of preference, then someone does a Livestream with names in hat and pick names out, then chose from lists in order of preference according to what is still available.

Has worked for us in the past so far. Though please I don't need any more CPU pots haha

 

Yeah , it's well organised and done fairly. We keep getting Bob(NZ) to do it coz we love his sexy face and voice

 

Often guys will throw into the pool, gear they have no more need for , or duplicates. Helps spread access to gear and therefore opportunities to learn new stuff.

 

Yes, Websmile, we do love the team session for CC. It's become a tradition to include a bus trip through the Barossa Valley vineyards too, to break up the long benching days. Can get quite messy as some of our pics show lol.

 

Shout out to the guys at Cybergamer for giving us full access to their venue in Adelaide, big space. Much better room than the gaming venue last year, where I realised how a caged hen must feel like :0

 

Thanks to all the sponsors for the prize pools for everyone, in particular Gigabyte here in Aus.

Edited December 22, 2017 by AG-TAS

[yosarianilives]

You guys are killing it! Shame I chipped my Vega 64 last night trying to ghetto mount a tek 9 fat onto it otherwise I would've been able to have some more fun for that stage. KP really needs to provide mounting for fiji and vega... Also I'm really hoping that getting 2nd this year will draw some more people out for next year. Would be really fun to do a bench meet for next CC.

[Bilko]

Yeah , it's well organised and done fairly. We keep getting Bob(NZ) to do it coz we love his sexy face and voice

 

Often guys will throw into the pool, gear they have no more need for , or duplicates. Helps spread access to gear and therefore opportunities to learn new stuff.

 

Yes, Websmile, we do love the team session for CC. It's become a tradition to include a bus trip through the Barossa Valley vineyards too, to break up the long benching days. Can get quite messy as some of our pics show lol.

 

Shout out to the guys at Cybergamer for giving us full access to their venue in Adelaide, big space. Much better room than the gaming venue last year, where I realised how a caged hen must feel like :0

 

Thanks to all the sponsors for the prize pools for everyone, in particular Gigabyte here in Aus.

 

^ Everything he said

 

It's a group effort and I'm damn proud to be a part of it

[websmile]

Stage 5 is done as well, nearly all final submissions are OK, good work

[dinos22]

Getting close there on last stage

[websmile]

Last stage went to USA, grats, but the overall win clearly goes to australia, congratulations for the country cup win and I hope all participants had some fun

[unityofsaints]

Well done U.S., stellar effort on all stages and gratz on getting stage 6! Sucks about that chipped Vega. Amazing benching fellow Aussies, let's aim for the whitewash next year

[Leeghoofd]

Solid job Aussies, nice team effort from the other participating countries too... Have a nice one!

[zeropluszero]

Congrats to all participants!

[ozzie]

good onya all you aussie blokes , nicely done

[AG-TAS]

Well done USA on taking last round.

 

We'll be back next year to try and complete a clean sweep.

 

Ggs to all who participated.

 

Many thanks to mwave.com.au for their help.

[RandyOC]

Good job everyone! I had an absolute killer time this year! Stage 5 was some good fun with a lot learnt. I'll be back next year for that clean sweep

 

Thank you everyone for the help.

[Don_Dan]

Congrats to Australia for their strong finish!

 

Merry Christmas, guys! :celebration:

[Bones]

Have to say congrats to Australia, strong effort to take the win and well deserved!

[Frito11]

Was a lot of fun! Congrats to the AU boys!

[Lochekey]

Congrats to team Australia.

 

Wish I could have helped the US out more this year but just did not have the right hardware except for my 7970's which unfortunately got burned out trying to push for a good score on stage 4.

[Paulie_AU]

Congrats to everyone that competed and the Aussie guys who smashed it. Awesome team work!!