Tech Link (Industry): Andre Yang found doing "malpractice" of overclocking

Apparently, the famous Andre Yang, is banned for doing "malpractice" with the recently concluded MOA LOO contest. Well, he's banned at XtremeSystems.Org and HwBot also issued a 1-year ban on Andre and all those involved: Hiwa, eXtremetweaker.de, KJ and Skinnee.

Brag: dm got recognized by OCZ!

I have been meaning to post it, but for some reason, I missed it!!! Anyway, I just want to brag that I have been recognized for contributing outstanding scores for the OCZ Benchmarking Team. Being on the frontpage of a world-reknowned overclocking website is a great accomplishment for me. I emphasized my name below, yay for me! And oh, I did take a screenshot of the news post too. Update: OCZ news article has been archived at: http://ocz.com/consumer/company/newsroom/newsletters/report.php?id=361

OCZ Benchmarking Team Hits 12th Place Ranking Worldwide!
2007-05-01

Starting out with literally nothing a mere month ago, OCZ’s very own benchmarking team has reached a top world ranking. The twenty members led by “Rgone” consistently hit top ten HWBOT rankings in nearly all categories. Supplied with initial samples from the OCZ cooling, memory, and power supply lineups, the team took dedication to the next level and spent hours tweaking and benchmarking.

It all paid off with the numerous personal awards and the collective global rank each team-mate has contributed to…they have truly made OCZ proud! For all you overclockers out there who love to compete, why not join the OCZ forums and benchmark to win some top hardware in the process?

For more information on the HWBOT benchmarking competition and Team OCZ please visit www.hwbot.org.

Official Team Benchmarkers:
Rgone, Raja, Burlnutt, MarcusDelirious, Ryder, Tony, Praz, Nutcase, Logann26, NicoOCZ.

End Users:
DaveT, dm, RuloXP, Flasker, tony929292.

CONGRATULATIONS GENTELMEN!

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Source:OCZ Benchmarking Team Hits 12th Place Ranking Worldwide!

Rant: hwbot.org and dm's score...

I figure instead of answering some private messages and a couple of emails, I'll just post my thoughts here. Anyway, the general question is my entry at hwbot.org, and why my score suddenly dropped. I know that some are wondering, but worst, some are insinuating a not-so-good idea. Just to clear things up:

1. I already stopped benching for hwbot.org after I won at the XS competition. So, I'll never be able to bump my rank anymore. However, I am trying something out with OCZ Team, but that's another story.


2. I am really not an overclocker, so I am really not interested to attain a certain benchmark score or overclock. Heck, I use a laptop, so that'll explain why I don't submit score on my own personal whim.


3. And last but not the least, hwbot had ceased to allow PCMark04 as part of their official list of acceptable benchmark software. That significantly impacted my score, and hence, the big drop out from being Top 6 to my current standing.

So that's how it goes. And oh, I don't hate hwbot.org, that site is great, it's just that, it's not my cup of tea. I'll bench, overclock, and tweak not because I like to be number one, but because I have a goal. And I met that goal, and even excels and won the contest. That's enough for me, end of story, and I am willing to join and submit score again at hwbot, if there's a need ;)...

Till next ramblings...

Brag: dm hits highest HWBOT daily submission!

Woot, I hit a highest score submitted for the day! After trying out a lot of configurations, I manage to hit some home run score for the TipidPC team. Below is a screenshot of the score posted today at HWBOT, and since it's refreshed daily, I snag a screencapture of this rare event and experience. Click on the image for the full screenie!

This will be the last week that I will be able to submit score for the team actively, and I hope I submitted enough scores to maintain the current TPC standing up there at Top200 together with the big boys. Benching rigs all on air is a tough challenge, specially if you know you are going against top personalities in the overclocking world that uses special cooling and high end parts.

It's #3 World Record for wPrime32 and wPrime1024, and that's awesome! I hope I'll be able to maintain that stand for quite some time, but hey, I know that it'll be left to dust but not before I savor the success.

Well, that's all for today. I will savor my success and celebrate it by taking my dinner with a good ol' bottle of my favorite booze, coffee!!! (Ok, it's not "booze" but I consider it as that, so there...)