Booj Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 UPDATE BY HWBOT STAFF Alright, let's kick off this year's MSI Master Overclocking Arena! The official PR will be released at the end of this week, but obviously we'll leak the info a little early. Here's what the PR says, scroll down for more practical info: Celebrating its 5th anniversary, MSI’s Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) joins the most stable Military Class III components with record-breaking overclocking performance. Themed “Steel World”, MSI has forged the first evolution starting with the American Regional Qualifiers on the world-class overclocking community website HWBOT.org on April 13, 2012! The American Regional Qualifiers this year consist of three stages: 3DMark11, 3DMark03 and SuperPI 32M. Each with a different point scheme. There will be no model limitation on MSI mainboards and graphics cards, however entries are limited to single CPU and GPU setups. A cut-off elimination will be applied on May 4th (75% of the contest period) after which the qualifiers will continue with only the best 15 overall participants. At the end of competition on May 10th, the top three winners are qualified as MOA representative of the Americas. They are free to choose another friend to team up with and have the chance to continue their journey to the MSI Master Overclocking Arena Grand Final! Winner Awards: 1st: MOA 2012 Grand Final tickets to Taiwan 2nd: MOA 2012 Grand Final tickets to Taiwan 3rd: MOA 2012 Grand Final tickets to Taiwan 4th: MSI Mainboard Z77A-GD80*1 5th: MSI Mainboard Z77A-GD65*1 Lucky Draw(*2): MSI R7770 Newest Graphics Cards Do not hesitate now! Gear up your MSI weapons and let the evolution begins! More information please refer to MOA AM Qualifier- http://hwbot.org/competition/moa_americas_2012 (activates from Apr. 13) MOA website- http://msi-moa.com/ MOA Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/MSIMOA The Practical Stuff - Online Qualifiers Alright, so there will be 3 online qualifiers: Americas, EMEA and APAC. They will be running in different time frames and are also a little different in terms of qualification for the Grand Final later this year. Americas: 13/04 - 10/05, best of 3 continue EMEA: 18/05 - 14/06, best of 5 continue APAC: 15/06 - 19/07, best of 4 continue Fyi, there are no limitations on the amount of teams that can qualify per country. Ie, if the best 3 teams from the Americas qualifier are all from Bolivia, then 3 Bolivian teams will be in the MOA 2012 final. The Practical Stuff - Benchmark and hardware limitations As usual, the qualifiers have a couple of benchmarks and hardware limitations. The benchmarks each have a different weight in the calculation (weight applied to point algorithm). 3DMark11: 60 - 43,2 - 38,4 - 36 - 33,6 - 31,2 - 28,8 - 26,4 - 24 - 21,6 - 19,2 - 16,8 - 14,4 - 12 - 9,6 - 7,2 - 4,8 - 2,4 - 0 - 0 - ... 3DMark03: 25 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 - ... SuperPI 32M: 15 - 10,8 - 9,6 - 9 - 8,4 - 7,8 - 7,2 - 6,6 - 6 - 5,4 - 4,8 - 4,2 - 3,6 - 3 - 2,4 - 1,8 - 1,2 - 0,6 - 0 - 0 - ... Fairly straight forward. As for the hardware limitations: single CPU videocard single GPU videocard only MSI mainboards only MSI graphics cards no ES samples allowed, only retail hardware used must be released before the start of the competition (note: commercial NDA, not media NDA!) the usage of Virtu MVP is not allowed Since Ivy Bridge will launch at the end of April (29th according to the rumours), they are not eligible for the Americas qualifier. For the EMEA and APAC qualifiers, they will be allowed. The Practical Stuff - Get Lost You Sandbagger! We all know how online competitions usually work, so for the MOA 2012 we will implement an elemination cut to force those annoying sandbaggers to play their cards a little earlier in the game. The elimination will take place after 75% of the competition (we'll provide exact date, time, timezone) and will only allow the 15 best overall ranked to continue submitting. If you don't make the top-15 cut, you will no longer be allowed to submit in the rest of the competition. Note that the scores of the eliminated participants are still valid for the competition. So, if someone only submits the highest SuperPI-32M score and gets eliminated, you'll still have to beat that score to get the 15 points. That's all for now, more info to follow. Good luck :celebration: // ORIGINAL FIRST POST // Almost time for a new thread Confirmation of the 2012 edition http://www.facebook.com/pages/MOA/127725360583064 Quote
Massman Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 It's gonna be a little different this year. Quote
Crew Olesius Posted January 31, 2012 Crew Posted January 31, 2012 i think we need new topic?! am i right? Quote
Crew Olesius Posted January 31, 2012 Crew Posted January 31, 2012 Okay, made a new topic Good work dear pieter! Off topic: can you check your PM box? Quote
Mean Machine Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Different? How different? Only elmor is allowed to participate. And MOA will be about making motherboard promotion videos, not overclocking. Quote
Massman Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Haha! I wonder if Elmor is allowed to compete this year ... Quote
Mean Machine Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I doubt it, for one. Neither am I, for that matter. It'll feel all lonely for Henry. Quote
saint19 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Is a joke right? Now that I finally have Intel and want participate on this... Quote
Mean Machine Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 No, the video is definitely not a joke. Way to go on buying Intel, btw, wasn't expecting that. Quote
saint19 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 No, the video is definitely not a joke. Way to go on buying Intel, btw, wasn't expecting that. :( Quote
redmax Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I was talking with MSI about this at CES, I'm glad they are committed to making it happen. Quote
saint19 Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 What's wrong with the video? Nothing, the problem seems be me... lol Quote
saint19 Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Now I believe you, Can I enter to this? Quote
Crew Xyala Posted March 7, 2012 Crew Posted March 7, 2012 Slogan is : Revolution Begins! Got hold on some MSI people to confirm a few things I talked about recently with massman: http://www.overclocking-tv.com/content/news/13160/msi-moa-2012-first-informations-from-hq/ Quote
Crew Leeghoofd Posted March 8, 2012 Crew Posted March 8, 2012 My name is Xyala and I talk to myself Quote
M.Beier Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) I thought my slogan suggestion was way better. "MOA, your chance to meet Tom Cruise of Europe" EDIT; Oh and Elmor is for overclocking, what Messi is for football. Edited March 8, 2012 by M.Beier Quote
Bobnova Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 lol a 450w TR2 as a prize? Really? Those things are awful. Quote
thebanik Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 lol a 450w TR2 as a prize? Really? Those things are awful. Thats just for Slogan Winner alongwith a decent Z68 mobo, I do not think there is anything wrong with the prize, but yeah I believe MSI would have Slogans for the upcoming few years, Quote
Massman Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Alright, let's kick off this year's MSI Master Overclocking Arena! The official PR will be released at the end of this week, but obviously we'll leak the info a little early. Here's what the PR says, scroll down for more practical info: Celebrating its 5th anniversary, MSI’s Master Overclocking Arena (MOA) joins the most stable Military Class III components with record-breaking overclocking performance. Themed “Steel World”, MSI has forged the first evolution starting with the American Regional Qualifiers on the world-class overclocking community website HWBOT.org on April 13, 2012! The American Regional Qualifiers this year consist of three stages: 3DMark11, 3DMark03 and SuperPI 32M. Each with a different point scheme. There will be no model limitation on MSI mainboards and graphics cards, however entries are limited to single CPU and GPU setups. A cut-off elimination will be applied on May 4th (75% of the contest period) after which the qualifiers will continue with only the best 15 overall participants. At the end of competition on May 10th, the top three winners are qualified as MOA representative of the Americas. They are free to choose another friend to team up with and have the chance to continue their journey to the MSI Master Overclocking Arena Grand Final! Winner Awards: 1st: MOA 2012 Grand Final tickets to Taiwan 2nd: MOA 2012 Grand Final tickets to Taiwan 3rd: MOA 2012 Grand Final tickets to Taiwan 4th: MSI Mainboard Z77A-GD80*1 5th: MSI Mainboard Z77A-GD65*1 Lucky Draw(*2): MSI R7770 Newest Graphics Cards Do not hesitate now! Gear up your MSI weapons and let the evolution begins! More information please refer to MOA AM Qualifier- http://hwbot.org/competition/moa_americas_2012 (activates from Apr. 13) MOA website- http://msi-moa.com/ MOA Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/MSIMOA The Practical Stuff - Online Qualifiers Alright, so there will be 3 online qualifiers: Americas, EMEA and APAC. They will be running in different time frames and are also a little different in terms of qualification for the Grand Final later this year. Americas: 13/04 - 10/05, best of 3 continue EMEA: 18/05 - 14/06, best of 5 continue APAC: 15/06 - 19/07, best of 4 continue Fyi, there are no limitations on the amount of teams that can qualify per country. Ie, if the best 3 teams from the Americas qualifier are all from Bolivia, then 3 Bolivian teams will be in the MOA 2012 final. The Practical Stuff - Benchmark and hardware limitations As usual, the qualifiers have a couple of benchmarks and hardware limitations. The benchmarks each have a different weight in the calculation (weight applied to point algorithm). 3DMark11: 60 - 43,2 - 38,4 - 36 - 33,6 - 31,2 - 28,8 - 26,4 - 24 - 21,6 - 19,2 - 16,8 - 14,4 - 12 - 9,6 - 7,2 - 4,8 - 2,4 - 0 - 0 - ... 3DMark03: 25 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 - ... SuperPI 32M: 15 - 10,8 - 9,6 - 9 - 8,4 - 7,8 - 7,2 - 6,6 - 6 - 5,4 - 4,8 - 4,2 - 3,6 - 3 - 2,4 - 1,8 - 1,2 - 0,6 - 0 - 0 - ... Fairly straight forward. As for the hardware limitations: single CPU videocard single GPU videocard only MSI mainboards only MSI graphics cards no ES samples allowed, only retail hardware used must be released before the start of the competition (note: commercial NDA, not media NDA!) the usage of Virtu MVP is not allowed Since Ivy Bridge will launch at the end of April (29th according to the rumours), they are not eligible for the Americas qualifier. For the EMEA and APAC qualifiers, they will be allowed. The Practical Stuff - Get Lost You Sandbagger! We all know how online competitions usually work, so for the MOA 2012 we will implement an elemination cut to force those annoying sandbaggers to play their cards a little earlier in the game. The elimination will take place after 75% of the competition (we'll provide exact date, time, timezone) and will only allow the 15 best overall ranked to continue submitting. If you don't make the top-15 cut, you will no longer be allowed to submit in the rest of the competition. Note that the scores of the eliminated participants are still valid for the competition. So, if someone only submits the highest SuperPI-32M score and gets eliminated, you'll still have to beat that score to get the 15 points. That's all for now, more info to follow. Good luck :celebration: Quote
IanCutress Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Looking good That post needs its own thread! Quote
Massman Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Looking good That post needs its own thread! Meh, I like everything in one thread. I've updated the opening post, though Quote
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