Hello Everyone

This has been a very interesting read.
One point that I PERSONALLY needs to be remembered is mostoverclocking was accomplished on stock hardware when most individuals started and is still what most individuals experience day and day out. (Regardless of whether or not it was done for improvement or for the point of just doing it) The only individuals that know the benefits of ES samples are the overclockers that have received them. I think if this is a true overclocking competition it should be maintained no ES samples are used. I do think that if retail samples are used it should be provided by the CPU manufacturer maybe in conjunction with a trusted reseller.

I think there needs to be adjustment for teams. This produces too much variance in the performance of the overclcoks that can be achieved. I think the best route would be to have a small set of teams that have multiple boards ( 3 boards max ) and there are qualifiers initially for which boards are to be used these also must be retail boards. Once these boards are benchmarked and used the 3 overclocks are averaged and this would be the outcome winner. Then if wanted to could take the highest overclocking board to final round. I feel this would also help in showing the skills and knowledge of the overclocking team in question because multiple boards would have to be used. Additionally If retail samples are used I do think there is any need for limiting the frequency what you can Overclock (shoot for the stars ).
Things across the board need to be standardized meaning the same thing is done for other product such as cooling solutions. If this is not the case you have unfair advantages an example would be what is x LN2 pot performs considerably better than Y pot.

Regardless if a true level of standardization can be brought into play this is what would cause it to be different than any other overclcoking comparison including orb or hwbot. It then becomes a focus on the skill set and experience of the overclocker with a combination of the hardware. Additionally it is important to alos have the three stages of cooling represented and maybe individually in the own rounds due to the fact most overclockers are on air then water and then gas. I think the better way to think of this competition is in the sense of F1 speeds attempting high speeds but with the much bigger focus being on regulation and standardization.