The Ethics of Overclocking

[Computurd]

so instead of blaming the cheaters we must blame massman and its team at hwbot and futuremark ??? LOL

Not entirely of course. Just about anyone reading this is aware of some of the things that go on with benchmarking, yet people set idly by and dont say or do anything about it. Like i said, I have no solutions.

But there are a few people here and there with the balls to stand up and say things when they see benchmarks that are obviously above and beyond the achievable, outside of 'illegal' tweaks.
Maybe there needs to be a few more individuals with the nerve to say it how it is, instead of being PC or worried about getting a bad rep. Or worried that they wont be 'cool' or get too 'hot'. Lol those are actual terms I have heard to describe it.

So whos to blame then? There are many many teams out there who do file sharing and hardware sharing, but they have to do it just to compete. It is so rampant that you have to actively participate in it to be able compete on a large scale. That alone shows you an entire breakdown in the system of rules and enforcement. Period.

Its kinda the rogue area of computing, overclocking is. Maybe its asking to much to set some sort of enforceable rules to it. It's just when it starts to become more of a 'sport' with manufacturers and competitions involved, that is where it is showing up as a sham. If it isnt fixed it might not grow any more than it already has, and with the price gouging many mfc's are putting on anything with an 'overclocking' label on it, maybe thats not a bad thing. Very subjective.

Look at poker for instance, once the staple in bars and back alley rooms etc, but now televised, World Poker Series or whatever the they call it. Now, can you visualize something like that for overclocking? Jesus, they have televised events of motorized robots with cutters on them trying to kill each other, so yea, of course it is possible. wouldnt that be great to have live TELEVISED overclocking events?

But, in order for these types of things to happen, you cant have the type of stuff happening that is now. It stifles the 'sport' aspect off it. Name one sport that is televised that doesnt have some sort of sanctioned governing body, with very clear cut rules?

Just saying in order to move forward, things would have to become more reliable.