Neuromancer Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Agree... Competition made for professional OCers (or very rich guys). Totally unfair. MSI wants world records broken at their event. they do not want 15 minute spi32M or AIWHDs running. Plus limiting the entries to the hardware that will be benched (highend) at the actual event for another reason. Experience. They want clockers that are familiar with p67/x79/maybe even z77 and they want people familiar with high end GPUs. I wouldnt want to dole out 10 ferraris to a bunch of people that only have experience with go-karts. They wont know what they are doing will break stuff and then badmouth my ferraris. so while I also feel slighted at not being able to compete, and my participation of late has been lacking for a lot of the same reasons (financial issues), I can completely understand why they have those HW requirments. I still dont understand the skewed point system though lol Quote
thebanik Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 I believe there is no limitation of MSI Mainboard and Graphic Card according to the Press Release sent by MSI, can the first post be edited with the info..... Quote
Massman Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 The info in the first post is correct. I think the PR might have been a little ambiguous. It says there's no limitation on the model of the mainboard/vga, but there is one on the brand of mainboard/vga. Quote
thebanik Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 The info in the first post is correct. I think the PR might have been a little ambiguous. It says there's no limitation on the model of the mainboard/vga, but there is one on the brand of mainboard/vga. hahahahahaha.....OMG......got it, and I thought wow...MSI is breaking its trend, ....But I guess this is to be expected..... Quote
Mean Machine Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 As far as I remember, there has never been a brand limitation on the local qualifiers. At least not in the nordics, I qualified to the EU finals twice with non-MSI hardware. Those were dark periods in my life, admittedly, but I did. Quote
Massman Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 By the way, I was told (not by MSI) that the live final will feature 15 overclocking teams. Since 3+5+4 will come from HWBOT, that means there will be three tickets available through 'another way'. I assume you guys are bright enough to figure out how ... FYI, just a rumour ... this is not at all confirmed by MSI. Quote
I.M.O.G. Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 I assume you guys are bright enough to figure out how ... Broken broom handle overclocker death match?! Quote
Hondacity Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 I think there will be 1. 7ghz ivy comp? 2. lord of oc 3. unknown Quote
rbuass Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 We will have hard competition and hard work to go to finals... There are lots of great OCCkers in North America + few good Overclockers in South America. Thanks to MSI to give us this amazing competition... We can not forget we have no GOOC and no more information about another great overclocking competitions around the world... At least we still have the best one. Quote
redmax Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I hope to be at the MOA finals either as a competitor or as a "reporter/spectator". Of course my preference would be to compete since that would be a lot more fun. If all else fails I'll be taking "option 3" or checking the couch for airfare money. This should be a good challenge and highly focused on getting good GPU scores. Quote
saint19 Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 We will have hard competition and hard work to go to finals...There are lots of great OCCkers in North America + few good Overclockers in South America. Thanks to MSI to give us this amazing competition... We can not forget we have no GOOC and no more information about another great overclocking competitions around the world... At least we still have the best one. You have good options there as well as nacho and e-killer, since IB isn't allowed on the competition this make it more interesting since all components would be very similar. Quote
thebanik Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 cheating is not allowed right? I hate cheaters....I like to put my blood and sweat in the results I get...... Can you sell me one of your scores.....I will pay you with cash earned with blood and sweat, Quote
Gamer Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 cheating is not allowed right? Why do you ask? Quote
Splave Posted April 12, 2012 Posted April 12, 2012 Why do you ask? Just confirming it wasn't allowed (jk) Quote
Crew Xyala Posted April 13, 2012 Crew Posted April 13, 2012 just tried to get hold on MSI for an interview to answer a few of the questions asked here but it failed ... will try to dig deeper http://www.overclocking-tv.com/content/news/13430/moa-2012-americas-competition-is-starting-today/ Quote
ME4ME Posted April 14, 2012 Posted April 14, 2012 hmm..was just thinking of this contest. So the prizes will be ticket to TW only. While probably some month later, LOC will have the usual cash prizes + ticket to TW too? funny. Who dares to skip regional contest, and fully focus on LOC Quote
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