Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
My 3 cents and you people know I have nothing to gain from any of this as I don't compete.

It seems to me that we as a community have a choice to make here.
1) We can sit and argue over what happened when in the past or
2) We can sit down,make some rules that all(or the vast majority) can agree on and go forward from there.

Do you want to argue endlessly or do you want to fix the problems so that we can bring back the fun part of the hobby?
The choice is yours.

Now I'd like to add my suggestions to try and create a even playing field.
1)Remove all software mods totally.
I mean all.
2) Designate a OS to be used in the competitions. IE: win32 Sp3,etc..
NO MODS to the OS at all.
No touching the registry at all
3) Tweaking settings for the app to be limited to areas that all agree on.
4) Hardware Mods: Allowed if done yourself.
5) No "Factory pros" allowed;IE: Guys like Hicookie,etc..
These guys should be allowed to be the teachers in the hobby.
To show what can be done and yes, tout the companies they work for.

This should at least be a start to get a level playing field.
looks pretty good. I think SOME O/S "tricks" are OK but not at the registry level. It's ok to turn off the bling in WinXP. It's OK to set priority before a Spi run... stuff like that.
LOD manipulation for a 3D related benchie is inappropriate...

And YEAH... factory pro's should be excluded.