Advanced Overclocking Championship 2008 (aocc2008) - Hong Kong July '08

[T_M]

Youngpro and I will be there from Team.AU :welcome:
Many other well known guys attending.
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"28th July - International OC Arena

Hardware Configuration:

- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
- ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe
- ASUS ENGTX280
- Kingston HyperX DDR3-1800 or DDR3-2000
- > 1KW PSU (Brand/Model TBD)


Weapons :

- All hardware will be provided by ASUS and participants are to use them only. A pre-check will be conducted.
- Bring your own LN2 pots for CPU/GPU/Chipset. (LN2, Dry Ice and thermo flasks will be provided).
- Modding of hardware is allowed so bring your modding tool kit too
- All HDD will be provided and pre-installed with XP and Vista. XP is for SuperPI and 3DMark01 while Vista is for 3DMark Vantage.
- All HDD will be pre-installed with the standard set of tweaking tools and drivers. No outside software allowed, so no thumb drives etc.
- If any of your hardware fails during the competition, you may request for a replacement. However, if the same piece of hardware fails again, no further replacement will be provided.


Scoring Rules:

- Get the highest score possible for each benchmark within a given timeframe
- - Points will be allocated according to ranking of your scores. For eg. 1st - 20 pts, 2nd - 18pts.
- Raise your hand to submit a score and a marshall will verify and take down the score.
- Highest total points at end of time wins.
- scores submitted after the given time frame will not be counted


Some Tips

- Bring along insulation materials, case fans, CPU coolers etc.
- Hair dryers are useful so bring them along.
- UPS and Surge protectors are allowed if you want to bring along
- Hong Kong uses 3pin G type socket, 220V 50Hz


29th July - Maximum Hardcore

Hardware Configuration:

- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
- ASUS Striker II Extreme
- 3 x ASUS ENGTX280
- Kingston HyperX DDR3-1800 or DDR3-2000
- 2 x > 1KW PSU (Brand/Model TBD)


Weapons :

- LN2 pots for CPU, 3-way SLI GPUs, chipset etc.
- Only extreme modding is allowed
- You may bring along your own golden CPU
- You may bring your own HDD with preferred OS and tweaking tools

Scoring Rules:

- No rules :)
- This isn't a competition but just to have some fun playing with 3-way SLI and setting some records.
- 3 countries will form a group and if there are 18 countries, there will be 6 groups"



Attendees confirmed:

Australia:
T_M
Youngpro
moloko (beer wench)

Malaysia:
Coolice
Sanko

Finland:
SF3D
Sampsa

Sweden:
Elmor
Crotale

China:
1.time
susie (hottest chick in OC'ing :D)
Artkobe

Indonesia:
Hazzan
Erick Decoy

India:
Harshal
Darky

USA:
Fugger
Gautam

Hong Kong:
Lok
Alex
Hixie (beer wench)

UK:
Sacha35
Bazx

Thailand:
Zolkorn
Pegazus

Turkiye:
Brandybuck
ataruz

Singapore
NightRaven
clon22

Portugal
ojdr2001
Ricky

France
jmax oc
dami1stm

South Africa
flytek
TraX

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[M.Beier]

Nice :)
Good luck!
One thing I think is fun though is "They will stop at nothing to claim the throne of Champion overclocker", no one can claim a shiat while its one of these events with no initial qualification.

[coolice]

Sanko and me are going..see u guys there:)

[elmor]

See you there :) Any list of all attendants?

[hixie]

See you guys there! I won't be participating but i can get there within 30 minutes :rofl:

[SF3D]

Me and Sampsa will be there!

See you guys then!

[Kinc]

T_M you are going, damn... would have been nice to drink a few beers again :) I need to be at Assembly to prepare so can't join in Hong Kong :(

SF3D dont forget you need to sleep on the flight back ;) you are going directly to Hartwall Arena Assembly to overclock for a few more days when you get back home to Finland :D

[Gautam]

You gotta love how 3DMark06 and Vantage WR's are part of the planned agenda. :p:

[T_M]

Dang Marcus, when i saw an Asus comp i immediately thought you'd be there...... :(

The attendee list just keeps getting better, looking forward to meeting you Finlandians especially since i arrived in Singapore just after Sampsa left.

Save some partying till Monday night/Tuesday night when im there boys :D

[artkobe]

hey,bro~Welcome to China!hahah
I think we will meet that day,
because i will go to that contest with my master 1.time&susie:D

[T_M]

The indian bretheren will be there too

[Harshal]

Thanks Tim for adding ;)

Hope this time we do better than last time in SG :D
See you guys there :up:

[Amey]

Would be a pleasure to personally meet some well known names in the OC world. :up:

Thanks TIm for the info.

[BIKeINSTEIN]

All the best to everyone. :up:
Will stay glued in for the reports+pics. :D

OMG- all the mastahs will be there.
I don't understand much about OCing but i so wish i could be there just to watch everyone have fun. :)
Heartiest best wishes to all once more. :up:

[[XC] gomeler]

Have fun guys, should be an absolute blast :up: Need Hong Kong to be closer to America so I could fly/swim there easily :p:

[Charles Wirth]

Gautam and I will be there as Team RAMROD. :up:

[Gautam]

Indeed. Looking forward to meeting you guys and getting owned by you in ocing. I hear hipro might be there too with a very special lady. ;)

[K404]

Dragon Lily?

:)

[youngpro]

looking forward to meeting everyone, i hope hipro is there or else what will happen with that 3dmarkl06 wr? :o


i hear there might be a team from japan coming aswell? ;)

[[XC] gomeler]

Oh man, time to price a 6 foot by 2 foot by 3 foot crate to Hong Kong :up:

[T_M]

gomeler;3131292']Oh man, time to price a 6 foot by 2 foot by 3 foot crate to Hong Kong :up:

= a coffin?

:rofl:

[[XC] gomeler]

= a coffin?

:rofl:

Coffin's are too expensive. I'm thinking cardbord box used to ship coffins :up:

[dinos22]

go Team.AU go heheheh :up:

i'll be sipping coc.ktails on a beach in Europe while you guys are sweating it out hehehe

:up:

[T_M]

i'll be sipping coc.k

:up:

[youngpro]

go Team.AU go heheheh :up:

i'll be sipping coc.k

:up:

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dinos views do in no way reflect the views of the rest of Team.AU :up:

[dinos22]

why i thought you guys loved coc.ktails :ROTF:

[Harshal]

Dinos, Thats shocking news. Tim acts so normal living off beer :p:

@ Fugger, Good news!!! But now I hope to get some score on the board. Whole doing better takes new meaning with "Biggies" around :)

[T_M]

More contest info added to first post, including details of the "3D World Records" :P

[hixie]

Tim, i'll be joining you guys after work for a drink or two :toast::toast2:

[T_M]

or 15
I hope Asus will allow me to have my beers while benching too......

[hixie]

or 15
I hope Asus will allow me to have my beers while benching too......

If they don't have any on site i can sneak in a few for you :rofl:
Too bad i have to work, i called ASUS just now and said why didn't you tell me it was an international competition? The guy said he didn't know it would make a difference :rofl:then asked if i would like to attend :rofl:
I also know duck-san from japan is going

[Harshal]

Andrew... yes man you can get beer for us.. may be for those who retire early due to hardware issues. :p

[T_M]

Please wear an apron with boobs on it to - i always wanted a benching beer wench :D

[hixie]

Please wear an apron with boobs on it to - i always wanted a benching beer wench :D

Of course sir, anymore requests sir? Shall i should get some coc.k ...tails ready for dino? :p:

[G H Z]

HK is a beautiful city and so is the Royal Plaza Hotel looking at their site. Sure to be an amazing 4 days :up:

[moloko]

Bahahaha snaaaaaaap Dino :rofl:

*hi5's James*

Will see you there Tim - well, someone's gotta help James setup early :p:

I'll be there representing Team.AU but not competing as I've got other work to do :D

And there will be plenty of beer during benching if I have anything to do with it - a dash of LN2 works well on a room temp beer for nice cold benching ale ;)

[T_M]

sweet josh, I didnt even know that! :)

[blossa]

I know it will be interesting to follow this event even though I am sitting in sweden... However, I can not decide if I am most interested in how the benching is going or how the beer drinking is going... :D ;)

Have a nice time and good luck elmor and crotale!

[moloko]

Yeah, well I've got lots of news :) I'll be sure to share it with you over some beers when we're in HK :up:

[Movieman]

Hong Kong:
Hixie (beer wench)
Yea, go Hixie!:up:
Hong Kong is one of those places I'd love to visit.
Lot of $$ to fly there from Boston..
Just checked, cheapest flight is $2152.00 and the flight is 23 hours 50 mins.:eek:

[crotale]

That's some really nice no limit hardware :D

See you all there!

[BenchZowner]

Gotta be there ( at least I'll try :D )

[NightRaven]

i wont be there so have fun guys! :)

add: if it aint me.. then u know who from Singapore is going! :D :)

[moloko]

AOCC site is awesome: http://www.aocc2008.com/

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BenchZowner]

the lanparty is on ( ROFL )
Are they advertising DFI ? :p:

[NightRaven]

da lanparty is on!!!!!!!

[hixie]

i wont be there so have fun guys! :)

add: if it aint me.. then u know who from Singapore is going! :D :)

Why aren't you going? I was just planning our Lan Kwai Fong drinking trip :rofl:

[elmor]

Awesome HW and the benchmark list isn't too bad either :) And lots of interesting people, hehe.

[dinos22]

Why aren't you going? I was just planning our Lan Kwai Fong drinking trip :rofl:

isn't NR like an army commando now heheheh :D

[artkobe]

Why aren't you going? I was just planning our Lan Kwai Fong drinking trip :rofl:

Lan Kwai Fon:DLet me show eXtreme drinking:rofl:

[hixie]

Lan Kwai Fon:DLet me show eXtreme drinking:rofl:

Not sure if Hicookie is coming or not, if he does he'll show you xtreme smoking, xtreme drinking and xtreme courting with hot chicks in the bar :rofl:

[purecain]

wow.... would love to go.... i'll keep buying those lottery tickets... you never know.... lol

[Harshal]

Not sure if Hicookie is coming or not, if he does he'll show you xtreme smoking, xtreme drinking and xtreme courting with hot chicks in the bar :rofl:

Hicookie said his friend/partner will be coming for this event. Not sure if things have changed since then...

[Gautam]

'preciate it if you could fix my name T_M. ;)

[rdrash]

I'd really like such an opportunity...congrats to all who get in on this wonderful adventure!:up:

[Johnny Bravo]

Sacha35 and Bazx will be going to represent the UK :up:

[emo]

:welcome:Another Team HK‧Lok and Alex From Team Anti-X

[artkobe]

:welcome:Another Team HK‧Lok and Alex From Team Anti-X

:DHI,多毛

[emo]

:DHI,多毛

:up:DB 同學

[Monstru]

Hey fellas, how does one get into this event? Invitation? Preliminaries? Buys a ticket? :)

[bazx]

its going to be a blast

see you in hong kong

[BenchZowner]

Hey fellas, how does one get into this event? Invitation? Preliminaries? Buys a ticket? :)

As far as I know, Asus & VR-Zone are inviting people.
Invitation only.

[Gautam]

I also know duck-san from japan is going

:eek:

[moloko]

Just to confirm and back up BenchZowner, the event is invitation only.

There's any upcoming Gigabyte event that has preliminaries based around the world. The US one has just recently been held, the Australian one is August, so check with your local GB supplier if/when there is a qualifier for your region and you might get the chance to see everyone at the finals in Taiwan :)

[emo]

Just to confirm and back up BenchZowner, the event is invitation only.

There's any upcoming Gigabyte event that has preliminaries based around the world. The US one has just recently been held, the Australian one is August, so check with your local GB supplier if/when there is a qualifier for your region and you might get the chance to see everyone at the finals in Taiwan :)

:)Hope I can see you guys in Taiwan

[Monstru]

Aham...invitation only, thx guys :)

[Brandybuck]

We are coming from Turkiye :)

[ZoLKoRn]

Pegazus and me will be there :) can't wait to that time :D

See you everyone there :up:

[Fr3ak]

Who is allowed to join in this contest?

[hkalex]

:DHI,多毛

ok, you win :rofl::welcome:

[artkobe]

ok, you win :rofl::welcome:

:wave:Hi Alex,I want to eat Da Lang again:up:

[Monstru]

Nice to see that Asus didn't invite nobody from Romania....:shakes:

[Alex-Ro]

Maybe that comes because of our crappy importer RHS that is in no mean interesting in this direction ;)

[angelicavoc]

hazzan : finally there is delegation from indonesia , hopefully succeed and sukes....go INDONESIA go.....

[moloko]

Pegazus and me will be there :) can't wait to that time :D

See you everyone there :up:

Wicked!

I'll have to tell Nick and Jo that you'll be there because they really liked the cinnamon flavoured smokes you shared with them @ Computex hahah.

This should be some fun :yepp:

[Hazzan]

From Indonesia me and Erick Decoy

@angelicavoc : thanks

[blind_ripper]

It's very hard to not see past the friends-first policy here, a lot of the 'little' countries are left out once again and most of the competitors are already sponsored in some way

[ataruz]

We will be there :D

ataruz & Brandybuck from Turkey

[floppy]

the competition is by invitation only, and VR-Zone certainly hope that we will be able to invite more people in the many years to come! ;)

[Fr3ak]

Just out of curiosity: Has anyone from Germany been invited?

[blind_ripper]

nobody from france, germany, netherland, spain, portugal, greece and belgium

[Fr3ak]

lol, nice planning. Asus just forgot to invite people from the biggest European countries.

Is there a link to the official list? I would love to have some solid facts to write an article about this event.

And why on earth isn't the name of the event "Asus Overclocking competition 2008"?

[FatAlbert]

nobody from france, germany, netherland, spain, portugal, greece and belgium

and Poland I think.

[blind_ripper]

thx for the suport freak :) .

i could not make a full list off vontry's that are left out : becaus there are tomany :)

[Sampsa]

Does it say somewhere that this event is a competition between different countries? Afaik there are just people invited from all over the world and they happen to live in different countries..

Aren't No_name and joe_cool attending? I thought they were.

[Fr3ak]

Whatever, PR for this event is pretty weird.

[emo]

Whatever, PR for this event is pretty weird.

:down:everytime i participate in contest. coz i can speak both chinese and english. i never got a beautiful translator following in the whole event. i am complaining it:mad:

[Fr3ak]

Probably VR-Zone has exclusive rights to report about this event which might be the reason why nobody heard about it in Germany. Hopefully they post a lot of pictures =)

[boostedevo]

Not sure how I missed this thread...good luck everyone, especiallay Fugger & Gautam :D

Nice, you guys get to prep and OC an entire day before the competition, that's the way to go :up:

[Charles Wirth]

Thanks Ross

First time to HK, looks like a nice area we are going to. Looking forward to meeting everyone as well.

[cold_fire]

We are coming from Turkiye :)

oh ok then, we know who is gonna win :D

i will try to be there with u guys :up:

[nut311]

From Indonesia me and Erick Decoy

@angelicavoc : thanks

good luck pakde...:up::up:

[Harshal]

Probably VR-Zone has exclusive rights to report about this event which might be the reason why nobody heard about it in Germany. Hopefully they post a lot of pictures =)

Yeah they do. You can check the lalst years event coverage under Overclocking (http://www.vr-zone.com/subject/5) @ VR-ZONE.

Its gonna be a bigger meet this time with lot many new faces from around the world for AOCC.

[artkobe]

Thanks Ross

First time to HK, looks like a nice area we are going to. Looking forward to meeting everyone as well.

Hey Fugger,welcome to China!:D
Looking forward to our first meet:welcome:

[Planet]

Good luck Fugger and Gautum. Fugger what day are you guys leaving? I might take a quick trip to Vegas that weekend.

[Charles Wirth]

21st ~ 23rd is the closest dates before we leave, Ill have LN2 here next week so Ill be benching 19th and the 20th.

[T_M]

jcool and nname have another event on that weekend.
See OCX

[NightRaven]

Why aren't you going? I was just planning our Lan Kwai Fong drinking trip :rofl:

haha i wasnt invited... but now i think u can start planning again.. i'll be there with a good friend of mine, clon22 :)


isn't NR like an army commando now heheheh :D

haha nah wanted to be a pilot or something but hahaha... enlisting in oct.


Lan Kwai Fon:DLet me show eXtreme drinking:rofl:

yes i heard about that. so see u guys there :)

[NightRaven]

Not sure if Hicookie is coming or not, if he does he'll show you xtreme smoking, xtreme drinking and xtreme courting with hot chicks in the bar :rofl:

XTREME HOT CHICKS when hicookie is around... I AGREE!

u guys should have stayed in taipei longer for hicookie and me to bring u boys to some nice clubs!

[lolhalol]

just wanted to wish all a safe trip.. and best of luck to my bench mates coolice and sanko who are attending.... :) enjoy guys

[T_M]

Jeremiah, are you benching or just attending?

[moloko]

When is everyone arriving? It looks like my flight has me touching down in HK on 27th at 3.05pm.

[coolice]

any knows when can we check in to the hotel?
plan to take 25th morning flight:D

[artkobe]

Maybe 26th arrive HK:D

[Harshal]

We will be there on 26th Morning 10 ~ 10:30AM.
NR bro good to know you are joining :up:

[youngpro]

i arrive at 5:50pm on the 26th, so ill be there to party the first night,

someone PLEASE put a drink on ice for me

[Sampsa]

Team Finland will arrive 26th of July 7:30 am after 9h 40min flight :)

[elmor]

We swedes will arrive at 6:45 PM the 25th, flight takes over 14 hours with connections.

[xt0m]

Um.. Are the swedes flying the wrong way around? :P

[elmor]

Um.. Are the swedes flying the wrong way around? :P

Haha, you could think so. We have to change planes in Beijing, effective flight time is just under 12 hours.

[Pt1t]

nobody from france, germany, netherland, spain, portugal, greece and belgium

jmax oc 'll do contest for France.

[Benny Lodewijk]

good luck to you all guys...!! Too bad i can't join this time...

@Hassan : make us proud there kangmas :D....

[DDTUNG]

If any of you guys need assistance upon your arrival, you can call my cell 61233888. I guess I am the ranking senior XS staff in Hong Kong.:)

DDTUNG:cool:

[boblemagnifique]

jmax oc 'll do contest for France.

Yes ... vrzone choose but Asus France has the last word for these friends ....

[ataruz]

Hwa Team Turkey will 26 july

[Pt1t]

Yes ... vrzone choose but Asus France has the last word for these friends ....

OMG, vr-zone choosed you and Asus france forced them to choice someone else :shakes: It's bit lame ... but live :(

[Hazzan]

Indonesia arrive in th 27 3:00 AM....:D

@Benny Lodewijk : Thanks Boss :D

[andre X_X]

Good luck to all you guys!! :up:

Go Go Team Indonesia :D

[NightRaven]

haha T_M i'll be benching for Singapore.

so it's

Singapore
NightRaven
clon22

no flight details yet.


add now where's andrew! he's gotta promise to fulfill :D

hk chicks for u t_M? he he he he he :D

hmmmmmm maybe for james maybe huh? hahaha~

[ojdr2001]

In principle me and Ricky will be there for Portugal

No flight details yet

[Loser777]

I might go just fo' fun... I don't know jack about OCin compared to you guys.

[hixie]

haha T_M i'll be benching for Singapore.

so it's

Singapore
NightRaven
clon22

no flight details yet.


add now where's andrew! he's gotta promise to fulfill :D

hk chicks for u t_M? he he he he he :D

hmmmmmm maybe for james maybe huh? hahaha~

i right here! i've been waiting for this moment :rofl: start drinking at the bottom of lan kwai fong then work our way up to the top :ROTF: then back down again :rofl:

i'll pm you my mobile number

[s e t h]

TraX and i should be there. we'll probably be the only team from Africa and we're from South Africa.
no flight details yet but we're looking foreward to meeting, learning from and competing with all you fantastic overclockers :D

[NightRaven]

i right here! i've been waiting for this moment :rofl: start drinking at the bottom of lan kwai fong then work our way up to the top :ROTF: then back down again :rofl:

i'll pm you my mobile number

haha thanks man! and so i see :) well it's gonna be pretty soon if u ask me!

[s e t h]

here are some google earth placemarks for those interested

dragon centre (http://www.flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/dragoncentre.kmz)

royal plaza hotel (http://www.flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/royalplazahotel.kmz)

[hixie]

As far as i know, it's the West Kowloon Centre which is next door to the Dragon Centre. At least thats what Asus in Hong Kong is saying.

[NightRaven]

oh its dragon centre on our invites i think...

i need to go shopping bro.. hhaha~ for er.... ladies stuff...

ah u know the drill... haha~ she'll probably not be mad if i dont buy anything... BUT.... ah u know....

[emo]

here are some google earth placemarks for those interested

dragon centre (http://www.flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/dragoncentre.kmz)

royal plaza hotel (http://www.flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/royalplazahotel.kmz)

:yepp: Dragon Centre got a roller coaster inside，a very special feature。

[emo]

oh its dragon centre on our invites i think...

i need to go shopping bro.. hhaha~ for er.... ladies stuff...

ah u know the drill... haha~ she'll probably not be mad if i dont buy anything... BUT.... ah u know....

:rofl:the case is even worse if AOCC pay for your girl's ticket and hotel.

[NightRaven]

haha nah she's not my gf.. just my best friend... and she cant come.. got work :)

[dami1stm]

Me and jmax_oc will represent France for this contest :)

Very exciting to meet foreign overclockeurs and to share our knowledge and passion :)

Sry for boblemagnifique, I know that you are disappointed, but it is the life. Maybe the next time? :yepp:

[artkobe]

:eleph:
26th dinner is seefood
that sounds great:D

[Movieman]

:up:

I may just sig what you quoted until Dino fixes his current sig..:rofl:

[DeDaL]

Guys, what about Russia Federatin ?

[mika123]

Go frenchies :)

[Westyle]

:up:

[Oliver]

This is going to be a blast...

Sweet hw and killer teams, prepared to tear it up and start pushing it...

Go keep pushing it...

[T_M]

Updated the attendees list, sorry been a while since im travelling round Europe atm :)
Right now im in Wein (Vienna) then its off to Italy until I fly from Rome > Singapore > HK and arrive at 12:15pm Monday 28th, just in time for the competition kick off.

DDTung, thanks for offering your welcome :D Hope to meet you there

[NightRaven]

Updated the attendees list, sorry been a while since im travelling round Europe atm :)
Right now im in Wein (Vienna) then its off to Italy until I fly from Rome > Singapore > HK and arrive at 12:15pm Monday 28th, just in time for the competition kick off.

DDTung, thanks for offering your welcome :D Hope to meet you there

no wonder i havent seen u for the longest time! well take care and i'll catch ya in hk! :)

[hixie]

no wonder i havent seen u for the longest time! well take care and i'll catch ya in hk! :)

i'll catch you guys in the bar :rofl:

[NightRaven]

hahaha i heard about ur fav road from some friends who have been there.. they say its a great place! hahaha~

[TheGoat Eater]

i right here! i've been waiting for this moment :rofl: start drinking at the bottom of lan kwai fong then work our way up to the top :ROTF: then back down again :rofl:

i'll pm you my mobile number

that is with the escalator right? I so wanna go there for a week or two and OMG what is that tower that has the urinal that looks out the window way up there ... oh well another time :up: ... and why do I a guy from Des Moines, Iowa know about that place:D I digress, to much information absorbed through various sources:rofl:

[|RickY|]

seem me and ojdr will join the competition, see you guys there :up:

[hixie]

hahaha i heard about ur fav road from some friends who have been there.. they say its a great place! hahaha~
Now it's your turn to experience some fun! :D


that is with the escalator right? I so wanna go there for a week or two and OMG what is that tower that has the urinal that looks out the window way up there ... oh well another time :up: ... and why do I a guy from Des Moines, Iowa know about that place:D I digress, to much information absorbed through various sources:rofl:

Not quite, the escalator is near Lan Kwai Fong. You get to see the escalator in the new Batman movie as well.

[asus france]

:clap::clap:Good luck to the French team!:clap::clap:

[Trouffman]

Have fun guys and good luck for the French team !

Enjoy \o_

[Pt1t]

OMG, vr-zone choosed you and Asus france forced them to choice someone else :shakes: It's bit lame ... but live :(


:clap::clap:Good luck to the French team!:clap::clap:

:down:Before saying B U L L S H I Tyou should ask the why and wherefore!:down:


Sorry to have offended you ;)

[asus france]

no problem PT1T, this case is close.. and we hope for a good result for french team...

[TheGoat Eater]

Not quite, the escalator is near Lan Kwai Fong. You get to see the escalator in the new Batman movie as well.

Great! I am going to the movie here in like IDK 1 hour or so :up: can't wait :shocked::up::D

[i found nemo]

you guys are lucky :(

[BenchZowner]

I'm not jealous :p: ( grabs a highball full of vodka :p: )

[[XC] gomeler]

I'm not jealous :p: ( grabs a highball full of vodka :p: )

I'm going to need more than that to drown out the tiny bit of jealousy I contain :p:

[youngpro]

ooo cal-san and duck-san are also coming, very exicting ;)

[NightRaven]

haha thats exciting!

[kevinj]

Hello dear all, this is KevinJ
I will go as well with a young cute boy clocker.
See you guys in Hongkong~

GOGO!Taiwan Team!

[Gautam]

As of right now it's unclear whether FUGGER and I are even going. We have gotten nothing definitive from Asus on any front, forget about plane tickets.

[boblemagnifique]

As of right now it's unclear whether FUGGER and I are even going. We have gotten nothing definitive from Asus on any front, forget about plane tickets.

Bad News :(

[dami1stm]

Bad News :(

+1
i agree :(

[boostedevo]

+2

Wouldn't you need to be leaving in a couple of days to get there for the 28th? It doesn't sound too good if you don't have any info or tickets yet. That blows :(

[jmax_oc]

Arf what a pity for it Gautam... Do you want me to contact Asus HQ to help you for your tickets ?

[asus france]

Hello all,
i ask hq for this problem

[FatAlbert]

hey asus, what about polish overclockers ?

are they not good for ocing with the best ocers from the rest of the world ?

:D

[Fr3ak]

While you are at it, kindly ask Asus Germany why media is not getting any information about any of the events. Thanks! :)

[NightRaven]

As of right now it's unclear whether FUGGER and I are even going. We have gotten nothing definitive from Asus on any front, forget about plane tickets.

u guys gotta make it Gaut!

Fugger's got brackets for sf3d and myself!!!!!

no fugger = no brackets!
no brackets = no mounting!
no mounting = no subzero!!!!!!

we cant live without that! i think i can speak for pete also! :D

really hope u guys can make it. will ask vrzone if they can help too :)

[NightRaven]

now where's hixie!

is this Volar place at LKF good? haha~

[Sadhiq]

Hello all;
i call asus usa and hq tomorow morning to know more for this :banana::banana::banana::banana: case..

While you're asking everyone, ask also the Belgian HQ :ROTF:

[TheGoat Eater]

Yikes this is turning into a big conundrum - I hope this gets fixed quickly and in time to get everybody there in time

[hixie]

now where's hixie!

is this Volar place at LKF good? haha~

I don't know, haven't been in there b4.
BTW, Evan from VR-Zone visited me yesterday

[NightRaven]

haha yea i know they're there and he's there already :) i'll hit at 2pm or so on sat

[NightRaven]

anyway i've asked visionary from vr zone to help check out the asus thingy for fugger and gaut so let us know if there is any news :)

[asus france]

Dear all,
normaly, this contest is only for asia team and not for europe/eu.
Some country from europe, push and push to send oceur and media to this contest, i can say you: i push every day during 2 weeks.
I fight with bigboss, and i think with national holidays, some marketing team don't have time to organize this for each country.
I hope Asus organize a contest in europe for all country (without asia team ^^) but it's just a dream .
This type of contest without all the best from each country is not a complete event.

But with or without eu/ germany etc... french team will be the winner team ^^

[over@locker886]

Dear all,
normaly, this contest is only for asia team and not for europe/eu.
Some country from europe, push and push to send oceur and media to this contest, i can say you: i push every day during 2 weeks.
I fight with bigboss, and i think with national holidays, some marketing team don't have time to organize this for each country.
I hope Asus organize a contest in europe for all country (without asia team ^^) but it's just a dream .
This type of contest without all the best from each country is not a complete event.

But with or without eu/ germany etc... french team will be the winner team ^^

I hear sadly, Asus no focus for Europe :S When I asked Asus Hungary , nobody hear about this event..I hope EU will get 1 event/year in future :S

[hixie]

anyway i've asked visionary from vr zone to help check out the asus thingy for fugger and gaut so let us know if there is any news :)

It's being worked on.

[Charles Wirth]

We have flight info and will arrive a little late on Saturday, hopefully time to make dinner and whatever is planned afterwards.

I have parts for people with me.

[Harshal]

^^^ Good to know that Charles. As for after dinner I guess a long session with as much beer one can take I guess :D

[NightRaven]

oh believe me indian...

ur somewhere on the top of my list for bring able to hold the most amount of beer!

haha see ya in abit!

@charles! good to hear! will be catching u there then :)

[asus france]

ok happy to hear this.
Welcome on board !

[DDTUNG]

We have flight info and will arrive a little late on Saturday, hopefully time to make dinner and whatever is planned afterwards.

I have parts for people with me.


Charles call me on my cell 61233888 as soon as you arrive.

DDTUNG:cool:

[hixie]

oh believe me indian...

ur somewhere on the top of my list for bring able to hold the most amount of beer!

haha see ya in abit!

@charles! good to hear! will be catching u there then :)

And may i ask who is in that list? :rofl:

[Harshal]

Hehe J!!! Thanks but I am just avg guy when its beer. :P:
I think our Ozzi friend Tim Marshall is in top 3 if not top... dat dude can just go on on and on :D

[lolhalol]

Hehe J!!! Thanks but I am just avg guy when its beer. :P:
I think our Ozzi friend Tim Marshall is in top 3 if not top... dat dude can just go on on and on :D

this is absolutely true. lol and i am a first hand witness to this golden water guzzler..lol.. hahahah .. TIm remember our night out .. hahahahah

[TraX]

flytek & i arrive @ 7.50am Saturday morning, bright & early :D

See you all there :up:

[Vivi]

goodluck :D

[T_M]

For anyone who hasnt checked yet, the AOCC website (www.aocc2008.com) has been updated with info on all teams (finally) and some event info too.

See you :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:es on Monday!

[G H Z]

GO Team RAMROD!!!! :D

[nachthymnen]

Nice event:up:
Can't wait for results and pictures:D

[youngpro]

team.au will be targeting 1st place for alcohol drinking.. im not sure they have announced the prize money for that yet though ;)

hope someone else drinks spirits, cognac > *

[NightRaven]

this is absolutely true. lol and i am a first hand witness to this golden water guzzler..lol.. hahahah .. TIm remember our night out .. hahahahah

baaaahhh! haha~ i dont think tim ever drinks water... its coke or beer.


Hehe J!!! Thanks but I am just avg guy when its beer. :P:
I think our Ozzi friend Tim Marshall is in top 3 if not top... dat dude can just go on on and on :D

haha well ur also right on that bro~



And may i ask who is in that list? :rofl:

haha u and the 2 i quoted above. tim m... haha unbeatable. so lets find out!

[moloko]

team.au will be targeting 1st place for alcohol drinking.. im not sure they have announced the prize money for that yet though ;)

hope someone else drinks spirits, cognac > *

I have inside info - the prize is a new liver! WOOT!

Although I've been out of my usual habits lately, I did manage to down 3/4 of a case of Coopers Sparkling Ale before going out last weekend. Hopefully that's enough prep for this little contest :p:

James; find the cognac and I'll see to it that no one disturbs the drinking session :D


Really looking forward to catching up with everyone I've met before and also meeting some new faces too. It should be some good fun :up:

[bazx]

well we have just booked into the hotel and i must say Asus have done us proud

the hotel and flights went like clockwork big thanks to Ian

the temps here are 34c if you leave the hotel:D so its real hot

we got all the cooling and hardware thro customs ok so we are good to go

here are some shots of the view form our hotel room

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000282.jpg

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000284.jpg

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000285.jpg

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000289.jpg

sacha un-packing

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000290.jpg

[moloko]

Looking good bazx :up:

I hope the rest of us get through customs with all of our gear without any hassles.

Also thanks for the temperature update. I was trying to decide what to pack :shrug:

[T_M]

34C aint THAT hot, just nicely warm :D
YP, hope ur all packed and ready?

[hixie]

Exactly, 34C ain't hot, it's nice and warm :D

[Harshal]

For me it will not be much different... Mumbai is usually higher then that in summer.
BTW, our flight is at 00:30... leaving my place with Darky @ around 20:30 for Airport.

[T_M]

Someone please advise the :banana::banana::banana::banana: code for the TVs

[moloko]

Pretty sure he's ready to go Tim. Everything seems to be going smoothly and I'll be bringing the bulk of the insulation with me.

Also, just about to go to the shops to pick up some compact speakers - probably Logitech R-10 or something similar. James and I figured we'd need some benching beats :D

[T_M]

Well, i literally only brought a CPU and some small tools with me so you guys need to take care of the pots and everything (which yp already knows)

[SF3D]

Me and Sampsa are heading to airport soon. See you guys tomorrow!

Damn.. 34c. When you guys see tall white guy who is sweating like crazy all the time, it's me :rofl: I will not survive 5 days :up:

[Ashraf]

well we have just booked into the hotel and i must say Asus have done us proud

the hotel and flights went like clockwork big thanks to Ian

the temps here are 34c if you leave the hotel:D so its real hot

we got all the cooling and hardware thro customs ok so we are good to go

here are some shots of the view form our hotel room

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000282.jpg

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000284.jpg

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000285.jpg

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000289.jpg

sacha un-packing

http://www.benchtec.co.uk/images/baz/HK/P1000290.jpg

No people? No cars? Where are they? :eek: Good luck to everyone.

Go Team RAMROD, Go! :yepp:

[hixie]

On the 20th floor (rough guess) people are quite small :p:

[moloko]

Well, i literally only brought a CPU and some small tools with me so you guys need to take care of the pots and everything (which yp already knows)

Yeah i've got a couple CPUs, some memory (kingston and corsair - in case we can't use anything other than kingston) but most importantly the speakers have been bought and are working fine :D:ROTF::clap::up:


Damn.. 34c. When you guys see tall white guy who is sweating like crazy all the time, it's me :rofl: I will not survive 5 days :up:

I don't think you'll be the only one buddy :rofl:


No people? No cars? Where are they? :eek:

They couldn't possibly be in one of the central hubs of asia! :p:

[Harshal]

^^ Heheh yeah come to India and be it anywhere and you will find most people sitting around at the corner of main street killing time... :P:

[NightRaven]

^^ Heheh yeah come to India and be it anywhere and you will find most people sitting around at the corner of main street killing time... :P:

come to singapore and everyone and everything will run u over if u even dare try do that! haha

anyway 34 degrees... hehe just like home! :D

oh yea and its typhoon season now in hk no?

[NightRaven]

Yeah i've got a couple CPUs, some memory (kingston and corsair - in case we can't use anything other than kingston) but most importantly the speakers have been bought and are working fine :D:ROTF::clap::up:



I don't think you'll be the only one buddy :rofl:



They couldn't possibly be in one of the central hubs of asia! :p:

hey Josh does ur speaks come with a sub?

[hixie]

come to singapore and everyone and everything will run u over if u even dare try do that! haha

anyway 34 degrees... hehe just like home! :D

oh yea and its typhoon season now in hk no?

It's been sunny the past week, the weeks before was just non stop rain

[NightRaven]

hmmm haha sounds good for shoppin!

ok man... so i'll see u tml afternoon. will give ya a call when i hit

[elmor]

Robert and I have arrived aswell, no sight of any others :)


We'll be at breakfast tomorrow Saturday at 10 AM. Otherwise we're available in room 1037.

[T_M]

Room 1337?

I just saw on Rome TV the forecast for monday is 36C.
Taiwan has a low pressure system heading towards it.

[Fr3ak]

Have fun guys! :D

hixie, I expect at least 50 pics posted here per day :P

For the European guys: I heard some rumours about a event one week after the event in Hong Kong. It takes place in Valencia, that's pretty much all I know.

[emo]

Just back from the party with my friends, one of the preparation for the next four day. see you guys tomorrow. ^^

[hyem]

Arrrgghhh we're still stuck up here in Indonesia bro,... We'll go there at 3pm today... meet You there...

[moloko]

hey Josh does ur speaks come with a sub?

Nah mate. I need my luggage to be as light as possible as I want to bring some things back on the way home :yepp:

It's just a little set of Logitech R-10 speakers but it should do the job for providing some benching beats. They'll also be good just to have some music if we decide to smash some drinks in the hotel before going out (I'm looking at you pro :p:)

Can you get Canadian Club in HK or should I bring some from Aus? One of the best drinks ever = Canadian Club + Creaming Soda. It's sooooooo good.

I believe pro gets his flight some time about now out of Adelaide and I'll be leaving early Sunday morning. No idea where the heck in the world Tim is at the moment :confused: :rolleyes:

Looking forward to seeing my Team.AU brothers as well as my global overclocking brothers soon too! It should be awesome :D

[DDTUNG]

Does anyone know where dinner will be at on Saturday? I'd like to drop by and meet everyone and join you for the outing to Lan Kwai Fong. My cell is 61233888 and feel free to call me.

DDTUNG:cool:

[NightRaven]

Nah mate. I need my luggage to be as light as possible as I want to bring some things back on the way home :yepp:

It's just a little set of Logitech R-10 speakers but it should do the job for providing some benching beats. They'll also be good just to have some music if we decide to smash some drinks in the hotel before going out (I'm looking at you pro :p:)

Can you get Canadian Club in HK or should I bring some from Aus? One of the best drinks ever = Canadian Club + Creaming Soda. It's sooooooo good.

I believe pro gets his flight some time about now out of Adelaide and I'll be leaving early Sunday morning. No idea where the heck in the world Tim is at the moment :confused: :rolleyes:

Looking forward to seeing my Team.AU brothers as well as my global overclocking brothers soon too! It should be awesome :D

canadian club? oOO never heard of so no idea! havana club yes! haha~

aye will be bringing speakers also and ya always wished for a sub though! hahaha~

last i knew tim was in vienna still~

i've got my flight in about 2 hrs time so see ya guys there!

[eva2000]

Good luck guys.. and go Team.AU ! :D

[moloko]

Does anyone know where dinner will be at on Saturday? I'd like to drop by and meet everyone and join you for the outing to Lan Kwai Fong. My cell is 61233888 and feel free to call me.

DDTUNG:cool:

I won't be in HK until Sunday afternoon. There's a few guys that have already made it to HK and youngpro should land this afternoon too so perhaps send out some PMs? Otherwise, there's nothing else I can think of to help the situation :confused:


NR: Canadian Club is a nice whisky made in Canada. The drink I was talking about was nick-named a 'Tyler-engine' (rip off on 'fire engine') after a mate of mine when we were on a crazy drunken holiday a couple years ago - 570 standard drinks had in 6 days between 4 people and this was not including the drinks had at clubs/pubs. I think we spent the whole time just wasted hahaha.

I might have a small taster/sampler bottle of the 12 year old Canadian Club stocked away in my room. If I do, I'll bring it with me ;) :D



Good luck guys.. and go Team.AU ! :D

Heheh, a big ol' +1 to that! :up:

[Sampsa]

Me and SF3D arrived couple of hours ago to HK and finally got into our room. After being 24 hours awake we will now get some sleep and wake up around 4 - 5 pm.. should we meet in a lobby and go to dinner? Team Finland and Sweden are heading for some beers after hw pickup I guess :)

Team Finland's homepage: http://www.overclocking.fi

[hixie]

Does anyone know where dinner will be at on Saturday? I'd like to drop by and meet everyone and join you for the outing to Lan Kwai Fong. My cell is 61233888 and feel free to call me.

DDTUNG:cool:

I don't know where dinner is, but i guess Lan Kwai Fong drinking tour will be Monday?
My cell is 62043404

[T_M]

After Vienna i spent a couple days in Venice, and now spending the remaining days in Rome :)
Starting to wind down now and we are very tired after two straight weeks of sight seeing and shopping. Yesterday the GF had a happy birthday topped off with some LV bag purchasing.....

Going to make sure i get some good sleep in before the long haul from Rome to HK so can compete straight off the plane then head out to the Monday party :D

+6596374140 is where im at

[Oliver]

Have a good time guys...

Sounds like there will be overclocking and golden soup...

Keep pushing it...

[TraX]

i took a couple of pics otherwise you guys would say it never happened....hehe
more will follow later

sunrise leaving the cape
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/capesun.jpg

cap'n there's a hole in the wing :0
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/hole.jpg

sunrise again somewhere after vietnam...hmmm...still no sleep <_<
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/eastsun.jpg

there were crops of identical and very tall residential buildings on approach to hong kong...many many of them
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/city.jpg

plenty of shiny commercial high rises too
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/tall.jpg

and all built using bamboo scaffolding
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/bamboo.jpg

some not so shiny and new
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/flat.jpg

wow...these ppl take their cartoons too seriously :P
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/hk/doll.jpg

we're having a great time, meeting many top clockers and exploring around the hotel.
luckily after the competition finishes we'll still be here for two whole days to explore, shop and take more pics.

laterz

[G H Z]

all built using bamboo scaffolding

Bamboo? Remind me not to work construction over there :p:

[Sampsa]

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/hk_aocc2008_01.jpg

Last night picking up the hardware from VR-Zone hotel room

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/hk_aoc2008_02.jpg

Hotel bar: Sampsa, elmor, SF3D, crotale, Ricky, Zolkorn, ojdr2001, Giorgioprimo and hicookie.

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/hk_aoc2008_03.jpg

Setting up the system in our hotel room :)

[Solarfall]

good luck to everyone !! and GO TEAM FINLAND !!:up:

[hixie]

Attention all those that did not see me at the meeting today.
Lan Kwai Fong Drinking Tour, Monday 10PM at the Hotel Lobby

[Sampsa]

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_04.jpg

me modding in hotel room

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_05.jpg

GeForce GTX 280 vgpu mod

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_06.jpg

Seafood dinner: sampsa, SF3D, crotale, elmor, darky, harshal, clon22, nightraven, giorgioprimo, gautam and fugger

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_07.jpg

Hong Kong by night

[massman]

Great photo's, Sampsa, hope you're having fun!

[boostedevo]

Glad to see Fugger and Gautam made it...how come they are the only two that appear to be wearing AOCC shirts? :D

Nice pics, I like night time city shots. What we really need is a live video feed in the conference room :)

[mika123]

Gogo JMax-Hardware :up:

[darckcrystal]

:up:

[G H Z]

What we really need is a live video feed in the conference room :)

That would be cool, I just hope G packed his stuff a little better this time :D

[[XC] gomeler]

Attention all those that did not see me at the meeting today.
Lan Kwai Fong Drinking Tour, Monday 10PM at the Hotel Lobby

Hot damn! I'd be down just for that, let alone all the benching :up:

[asus france]

Gogo JMax-Hardware :up:

Yes Frenchies powered team.
Pastaga attitude ^^

[Fr3ak]

Great pics! Thanks Sampsa! :toast: :)

[[_Silence_]]

1st Place - China
2nd Place - Sweden
3rd Place - Portugal

Final ranking :)

[Sampsa]

1. China $5000
2. Sweden $3000
3. Portugal $2000
4. Singapore $1000
5. Finland $500
6. USA -

:)

[asus france]

1. China $5000
2. Sweden $3000
3. Portugal $2000
4. Singapore $1000
5. Finland $500
6. USA -

:)

Nobody have final rankings?

[k|ngp|n]

1. China $5000
2. Sweden $3000
3. Portugal $2000
4. Singapore $1000
5. Finland $500
6. USA -

:)

Is that for real?? Was team USA sleeping during the competition?

[Sampsa]

Is that for real?? Was team USA sleeping during the competition?

It was a really tough challenge for all the teams. Everyone had to struggle with 4,5 hours bench session in a shopping mall with strict timelines (1,5 hours for each benchmarks: Spi8m, 3DM2001 SE and 3DMark Vantage). Some teams managed to pick better CPUs but then again, everyone was on the same line when we started so I guess no one has complains. It was a great competition and thanks to all other teams! :up:

[Solarfall]

1. China $5000
2. Sweden $3000
3. Portugal $2000
4. Singapore $1000
5. Finland $500
6. USA -

:)

damn what happened to team USA ??? i was sure that they would have been in the top3

[Pt1t]

damn what happened to team USA ??? i was sure that they would have been in the top3

Hong kong night was maybe too hot :D

[Kinc]

Congrats to all the prize winners! :toast: Always nice with some cash boost in this sport :)

[over@locker886]

Congrats to all the prize winners! :toast: Always nice with some cash boost in this sport :)

I agree, Congrats to everyone!:up:

Thanks very nice photos to Sampsa and other people, who's uploaded! Hong-Kong is very beautiful city:)

[k|ngp|n]

How about the Australians? More pics!

[CAL930]

[QUOTE=CAL930;3172552]It was happy tonight.
WR will be broken without fail tomorrow though team Japan was unsuccessful:up:
http://cal930.sakura.ne.jp/cgi-bin/c-board/file/D1010193.JPG

DUCK has already slept

[Marco André]

Congrats Portugal :clap: and to all the other teams and staff!

[k|ngp|n]

[QUOTE=CAL930;3172552]It was happy tonight.
WR will be broken without fail tomorrow though team Japan was unsuccessful:up:
http://cal930.sakura.ne.jp/cgi-bin/c-board/file/D1010193.JPG

DUCK has already slept

haha :D

Respect to team china btw :clap:

[over@locker886]

[QUOTE=CAL930;3172552]It was happy tonight.
WR will be broken without fail tomorrow though team Japan was unsuccessful:up:
http://cal930.sakura.ne.jp/cgi-bin/c-board/file/D1010193.JPG

DUCK has already slept

hehe:D

DEWA DEWA Team Japan!:up:

[BenchZowner]

Yeah, where are the aussies ?

[Sampsa]

How about the Australians? More pics!

As you wish. SF3D just passed out and I'm emptying minibar ;)

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_14.jpg

Main stage and five trophys for winners.

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_09.jpg

SF3D ja Sampsa

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_08.jpg

Our setup for SuperPi 8M.

http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_10.jpg

Final results of the event









http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/aoc2008_13.jpg

Duck, Sampsa, giorgioprimo and cal930

Now to sleep ->