That's not what I said.
This competition will be won by someone who already has a Haswell or Ivybridge based machine. Meaning that they will have little use for the prize.
Anyone who would truly appreciate the upgrade has zero chance of winning.
I was just trying to understand why it didn't make sense and the part I quoted seemed to imply that the competition was pointless because people who own good hardware might win.
A further question I'd like to ask is what do you think the point of this competition is?
It's coming across that you think that it's main 'point' should be to provide an upgrade for someone with older hardware, that the winner should be based on how old or slow their hardware is. How about instead we pretend the 'point' may be to have a bit of fun and provide an incentive for people to learn and understand more about overclocking, this is after all an overclocking enthusiasts forum.
As previously mentioned, there are plenty of other competitions that do not require specific hardware to enter and they receive hundreds if not thousands of entries and a winner is picked at random. That winner may also have a good setup that in your eyes means they don't 'deserve' the prize but they still went to the effort of entering and just so happened to be successful.
Weren't you also a winner of a competition recently? Maybe the zoo one or the AMD wallpaper? I seem to remember seeing your name around then anyway. I didn't enter either of those competitions because I didn't know how to set up a signature or didn't have photoshop or similar to design a wallpaper. Instead of complaining about it though I just did that, didn't enter. If I had said anything it would have been to thank OcUK for the opportunity and maybe provide constructive criticism then be on my way.
Instead of repeatedly saying this competition is not fair or is pointless maybe you could have said something along the lines of 'I like this kind of competition however in future why not try...' that way you're telling OcUK that you would like to have more of this kind of competition without just throwing negativity at them making them wonder why they bothered and less likely to run anything similar again.
Sorry for the lengthy reply and I don't mean to pick on you it just seems that you are being one of the most vocal about this so I wanted to help you see it from another perspective. I love the OcUK forums and really commend their generosity I just don't want to see things go downhill and the recent levels of negativity I've seen would be enough to put anyone off.
