Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship 2008 - Taipei

[NapalmV5]

any gigabyte reps around?

[NightRaven]

good to see u guys! i'm still in taipei and there's a typhoon coming! taipei is expected to be in the worse part of the storm by tomorrow 29 sept at 3am..

the fine mist rain has been ard so i reckon it'd be soon.

T_M is still around. any other guys?

anyway congrats to all the winners! excellent job!

we cant forget to thank hicookie too for his help!

and u guys gotta check out this issue of the overclocker. i think its gonna be awesome!

thanks everyone and it was nice meeting u all. i think the most memorable was in the clubs and pubs huh! especially for those of us who went together. awesome! it was nice to be able to translate for u guys. take care all!

[aCe]

All I can say is Room 18 <3

Awesome event! Huge accolades need to be bestowed on Gigabyte for what has undoubtably been the best (and biggest) event of its kind ever.

Also still in Taipei and starting to struggle to operate on 13 hours sleep since Tuesday.

[Westyle]

Congratulations to the winners SF3D & Elmor, Boblemagnifique & Pt1t for the very good fifth place (France team powaa ) and all participants!

[T_M]

Flight being delayed due to Typhoon, so im here till monday now.

Its dissapointing to hear that the Germans pulled out because they did not recieve free hardware prior to the competition. No other team that I am aware of did and they did not cancel...

[dinos22]

Hardware was sent to them too late apparently:

what hardware? There was no hardware being handed out before the competition

i was told that they said to gigabyte that No_name was sick or something so they both decided to pull out

what a letdown from German team

About the dancing; I know you were just trying to get in my pants, so I stuck to Harshal and Zolkorn instead.

i think you mixed me up with Pt1t ......don't bend over in front of Thomas unless you want to lose virginity heh


Hey Vapor are you feeling better man????? hehehehehe


i just realised i haven't met Victor Wang ..... damnnn
next time i guess heh

[aCe]

We're here till Monday as well. Was looking forward to heading back home.

[TraX]

Really good to see you all again guys

Had a really good time with all at the event. The competition didnt go very well for us unfortunately, but I felt we did OK at the party

As usual everyone was amazingly freindly & helpful throughout & I am always amazed at how so many cultures can get together & get past language barries & have a good time.

Gigabyte really out did themselves here, we where well looked after at all times - thanks to all of them

Congrats again to all the winners

[MACMAC]

Left the hotel at 10:30AM this morning and I'm now back in Montreal 26 hours later

I didn't get a chance to properly say bye to most of you, but I suspect that some of you were still not back from the late night/early morning festivities

Assuming I wake up tomorrow, I'll try to finish a mega-article (~140 images) chronicling the competition day.

Anyways, I'd love to post something insightful, but my mind is foggier than an HK take-off, so I'm just going to say that it was a pleasure meeting all of you and let's do it again sooner than later

Also, of course, to Gigabyte for organizing this one of a kind event.

[demiurg]

Congratulations to the winners SF3D & Elmor!!!
And extra-congratulations to Russians Heroes DeDaL and NeoForce!!!

[elmor]

I arrived in Sweden about an hour ago after the flight back home.

Thank you to everyone here for all the congratulations and thank you everyone at the event for an awesome trip! Overclockers sure know how to party eh?

Special thanks to Gigabyte also for the event!

[Deanzo]

Wow!! what a trip.

Congratulations to the winners, and everyone else that took part.
Big thanks to Gigabyte for putting on such a well run event, You all need to pat yourselves on the back for a job well done

It was also great to meet soo many of my online friends, and make some new ones. Look forward to seeing you all again at some point down the road

[Movieman]

Congrats to all of the participants.
Winning is nice but the friendships you'll carry with you long after the memory of who won is forgotten.

[G H Z]

What a fantastic event. You couldn't find a better host than Gigabyte, simply the best of everything while in Taipei.

*EDIT*

hipro, I hope your wife is feeling better now.

[dinos22]

Congrats to all of the participants.
Winning is nice but the friendships you'll carry with you long after the memory of who won is forgotten.

I agree Dave

[boostedevo]

I'll echo the same sentiments as everyone else: excellent, EXCELLENT job by Gigabyte with this event and the days there aside from the event. Everything was 100% top shelf and planned perfectly.

It was great putting a LOT of faces to names at this event...can't wait for the next one

If you guys are stuck there for another day or 2 with nothing to do, I'd check that room and see if any tanks are left If not, Collin says there's always LN2 on tap at Gigabyte HQ

[VictorWang]

i just realised i haven't met Victor Wang ..... damnnn
next time i guess heh

same here, I'm trying to find u but there's too many people there.
there will be chances next time

hope next time we will have better luck, at least let me get my luggage for a smooth benching, haha

to win or lose the competetion is not a prob, see all those best overclkers getogether are more exciting.

[dinos22]

hey Victor

yeah man you are right....there was so much going on hey....i haven't really had a chance to sit down and have a chat with a lot of ppl to be honest but i get a feeling that companies like Gigabyte are looking to make this a regular calender event so i'm sure it won't be long before we do this again.

Next time i will change some things >> maybe visit the temple like TeamUSA prior to the event first

If you guys are stuck there for another day or 2 with nothing to do, I'd check that room and see if any tanks are left If not, Collin says there's always LN2 on tap at Gigabyte HQ

just be careful of DJ Colin's choice of benching music

you guys should defo' go to do some benching at Gigabyte HQ.....that should be sweet

[ARH]

Hi

our flight canceled today because of the Typhoon so we change our flights for tomorrow 29th sep. the wind is very strong and shakes the windows now in the beauty hotel. agreed to the other guys, thanks to gigabyte stuff for arranging all the things very good even our food in the hotel room now,
which team is here in hotel beauty now ? we are alone ?

[TraX]

Hi

our flight canceled today because of the Typhoon so we change our flights for tomorrow 29th sep. the wind is very strong and shakes the windows now in the beauty hotel. agreed to the other guys, thanks to gigabyte stuff for arranging all the things very good even our food in the hotel room now,
which team is here in hotel beauty now ? we are alone ?

We are also in the Baeuty Hotel

Room 703 & 1005... But down in the lounge on the free internet stations right now, come say hi

EDIT: Hey guys just had a thought, there is more than one Beauty Hotel We are in Roumei Hotel

[hipro5]

hipro, I hope your wife is feeling better now.

Thanks for the thoughts M8.... She hurts a lot cuz we had a gynaecological surgery on Friday.....
We will find out after the biopsy if the things that they pulled out of her were "good" or "bad"......


Congrats to the winners...... They worth it....

[aCe]

Hi

our flight canceled today because of the Typhoon so we change our flights for tomorrow 29th sep. the wind is very strong and shakes the windows now in the beauty hotel. agreed to the other guys, thanks to gigabyte stuff for arranging all the things very good even our food in the hotel room now,
which team is here in hotel beauty now ? we are alone ?

Where are you guys and more importantly where did you get the food?

[Ekberg]

I just arrived in sweden after something like 18hours
I most say it was an awesome event and we had lots of fun.

The guys that left on saturday evening was kinda lucky to miss the typhoon

Good job to all the overclockers that was on this event and a real good job done to Gigabyte for making this possible

btw. dont drink absint on a overclocker party, its not good for your health. I cant remember a god damn thing after that drink

I hope to see you all at the next event!

[ARH]

We are also in the Baeuty Hotel

Room 703 & 1005... But down in the lounge on the free internet stations right now, come say hi

EDIT: Hey guys just had a thought, there is more than one Beauty Hotel We are in Roumei Hotel

hey where are you guys ? I asked reception about you in room 703 but he said there is no one in this room !
where is Roumai hotel ? we have some thing for drink and eat like beer or pineapple that can share with you too just call us in room 2506 in beauty hotel and tell me how we can meet you guys.

[boblemagnifique]

Hello All !!

Finally returned !!! although it was very wrong start , my car was blocked at the airport, my credit card was blocked, I waited 1 hour to find another card to pay and leave (a Sunday at 7am , it's difficult for found )

Although I almost fall asleep more on the highway, I'm still alive and at home

I wish to thank the staff of Gigabyte Taiwan and everyone in the organization, this has been very professional with a warm welcome

I wish to excuse to all participants, I stayed in my corner and not tell you, my English level is very, very bad (I get to write a little but talk, I panic too much and I lose my words) , I need work my vocabulary and my relationship to make me understand and you understand (each person has a different emphasis, I admit that I can understand that some words in sentences !!!)

I isn't an excuse, other than my lack of courage to learn to speak English !!! but sincerely, these events really motivates me to improve my English to discover people who have other cultures, other backgrounds, lifestyles with whom we have one thing in common: a passion for Overclocking !!!

I hope you understand the meaning of what I wanted to say (not win with my English ) there than me who is guilty!

I sincerely hope to discuss with you all benefit, sharing knowledge in the future in other competitions !!!

Thank you again all , congratulations to all of the first to last, this contest was difficult (time benchs was short , we hadn't tested the equipment before), I hope to see you very soon

BOB (Aurélien)