anymore to bin 100’s of pieces of
hardware. The joy of private health
care in the UK, costs heaps of money.
(The UK and a number of places I can
think of as well sadly – Ed!)
How often do you have overclocking
sessions, attend competitions etc?
Well right now I focus more on the
management and organisational side
of events. I host Team Great Britain,
or TeamGB events like the MSI OC
Academy event we held at Cambridge
and the schools/university road show
stuff. You never know where the next
8pack is going to come from so you
keep looking.
What is your single greatest or most
memorable overclocking event and/
or achievement?
Hmm that is very difficult to answer
actually; I am very proud of what
8pack has been able to achieve from
a UK scene perspective and really
enjoyed the two year journey while
he was learning his trade – at heart
I am more of a mentor than the
bloke standing centre stage, but on a
personal level it is between taking the
AMD 32M Super Pi stage of a HWBOT
pro-league a few years ago and
building up the midlifegamers.co.uk
benching team to where it is now.
The highest ranked UK based team
on HWBOT. Not that I posted many
results for the team to be honest. But
what a blast working with that bunch
of guys and they have really grown
into the role of the top UK team.
Overclocking as an eSports of sorts,
what is your opinion on that?
Five years ago I argued that
overclocking is a proper sport,
and that view has not changed. I
do not agree with how it is run or
how rankings are decided but that
is the only game in town for now.
My argument against the current
system is simple. Outcomes that are
achieved without competition, and real
competition as in head to head stuff
are simply results achieved in practice
and as such have no value beyond
the statistical for me. Let me try and
explain. You have a sprinter who
can break the world record time in
training, time after time she/he does
this. However come a competitive
track meet and suddenly things are
very different. All world records
for athletics are achieved at official
sanctioned competitive events, they
are achieved in the heat of battle if you
like. So the person who breaks the
world record for fun in training might
not even place because they cannot
deliver on the day. All competitive
events or sports are about performing
on the day. But not overclocking and
benching. There you sit in front of your
rig with no pressure and you pump out
scores that are not really verified in
any meaningful way and you can be a
world record holder. OK if you say so…
Personally I want to see head to head
benching, I want to see folks have to
produce the goods under pressure.
That way you will really see who has
the bottle and who is truly a world
best.
What about overclocking do you think
has changed the most over the years,
be it for the good or the bad?
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