MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2012 Qualifications have Ended

Yep you read that correctly. All of the qualification events have ended and the winners from each event will all get a chance to compete at the world wide finals in Taipei.  The contestants were chosen based on how well they did across 3 benchmark stages and the top combined stores were given invites to the finals.

The first Qualifier was for the Americas and was the one that I dedicated an entire month to complete in.  Sadly I didn't qualify for a spot in the finals but Splave walked away with the first overall taking first place in all three stages.
- MOA 2012 Americas Qualifier

The second qualifier was for the European region and featured the same benchmarks but introduced the first time that Ivy Bridge was allowed in a competition.  Xtreme Addict and T0lsty shared the top spot.
- MOA 2012 EMEA Qualifier

The third qualifier rounded out the world stage and encompassed APAC (Asia Pacific).  I.R.I.S. took the top spot having missed first place in only a single benchmark.  The same benchmarks and rules applied however the scoring results got progressively better towards the end of the HWBot based qualifying competitions.
- MOA 2012 APAC Qualifier

The fourth and final qualifier, Lords of Overclocking, was hosted by Futuremark and would decide who would get the last three seats.  LOA concluded on August 23rd and according to the contest page at futuremark.com dRweRz and Coldest shared the top two spots with Perica_barii getting the third and final spot.
- MSI Lords of Overclocking 2012 @ Futuremark

HWBot claims that the MOA finals will be held on September 28th at the National Taiwan University Sport Center in Taipei Taiwan.  It will be interesting to see how the competition unfolds and what hardware they will be required to use.

Related Web URL: http://msi-moa.com/