After trying to write the first page of this article six, seven or perhaps even eight times, I came to the conclusion that maybe it's just best to say it like it is. Right now I'm traveling home after having experienced a weekend that will forever be remembered as one of the most exciting events of my life. I got a chance to actually meet with some of the legends of the overclocking community; Sampsa Kurri of muropaketti and his fellow companion Pekka Rousu from the Finnish computer magazine MikroBitti, our friends from Denmark; Tom (xTom) and Peter (Nosfer@tu) of OC Team Denmark and last but certainly not least; Sturla, also known as Stoolman, from our neighboring country Norway, and our Swedish colleague from Sweclockers, Öjvind (KnightCharger).
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Last year Intel held a gathering much like this one, but back then it was only myself [Andreas/Delph1], Robert (crotale) and Marcus (Kinc) at the event. It was a much smaller event, but thanks to the success of the first event we were invited back, and this time we wouldn't be alone. Like I said above, Intel had invited overclockers from Norway, Denmark and Finland, beside us from Sweden. The idea wasn't exactly to battle us against each other, but more to combine our different skills into one huge overclocking think tank.
Very unfortunately, Marcus caught the flu right before the event. He phoned me the day before and told me the bad news. He had been flying back and forth across the globe to display extreme overclocking with liquid nitrogen all through August and September, but if there was any event he was looking forward to more than any other, it was this one. And I don't blame him, last time we had a blast. The build-up before this year's event left me tingling with excitement and I felt really bad for Marcus having to stay home.
On the following pages we will tell our version of what happened up at Intel. I'm pretty sure that the other articles covering this event will be very different as we all had different experiences up in Stockholm.
