Quote Originally Posted by M.Beier View Post
1* Ok, there is no skills involved, especially not in live events
Cmon, you are kidding no one.... Luck, overclocking, optimizing/tweaking, and scheduling time all required for live contests
I come from a background of competitive sports (say, 12+ years of world cup level, top 3 best in my country at what I did). Let me tell you this: live overclocking events have got NOTHING on well established sports live events. Sure, my gear could break or fail and it would cost me a win, but for OC, you're 100% dependant on gear. Many MANY posters here have commented that corporations feed top 1% binned chips and cards to their top OC champions. How is that more fair than say, AndreYang picking his binned chip and giving away the result to someone else? It isn't.
2* You underestimate the value of a clean reputation... Its obviously more then a hobby for some; a lifestyle, a path... Any idea how much time it takes to make as many benchmarks as these guys do?
Technical limits isnt the problem, rather the goal is unacheivable if the rest of us wont like it....
This is the internet. We use online profiles that don't always correspond with who we are in meatspace. I'm not placed to judge anyone about what's an acceptable lifestyle but I will allow myself this comment: if you get so pissed off at some person that you've never even seen face to face over some magic numbers that he may or may not even have created himself, then you need to rethink your "lifestyle". Last I checked, those guys did OC as a sideline, not as a main income source. The associated online reputation means nothing. Tomorrow morning a dude named "AndrewLang" might show up with top10 results and he'd have a following in a matter of hours. Don't overestimate reputations of anyone on the internet.
3* Screening is a massive problem.... Now this is only hypotherical; but, what if AndreYang actually had an industry selling results? making money on cheating... I dont know, I honestly dont think so.... But do you consider it luck when buying 200 pieces of all hardware and testing all of it? Have you ever heard about "statistic"????
Are you saying that he got a leg up because he had top 1% binned stuff at his disposal? Thank you for agreeing with me that this whole "live OC contest" thing is basically BS because of this.
4* Congratulations, you just informed everyone that you are on the wrong forum
Because I don't care about what Joe Schmoe did in his basement with some LN2 and a couple of hours of free time?
I appreciate the effort put into this by enthusiasts around the globe. I appreciate the input I get when I need information regarding "xtreme systems". I don't appreciate it that my hobby is turning into yet another corporate pissing contest, with all associated problems.

Whatever, in the end, I still believe nobody will give a flying poop about this situation for more than a week.