The big change to our team began last December. The topic of team growth came up as we discussed how to achieve the goal of recruiting good members and eventually overtaking XS for the number 1 spot in the HWbot team rankings. We had discussed a merger earlier in ’09, but had mutually decided the time was not right. Since the Bot had recently changed it’s scoring in its latest revision, Overclockaholics had surged back up to number three directly below us. The time for unity had come. We would only need another 1500bts to overtake XS for the top spot if we unified.

Unfortunately it was not a unanimous decision to merge. We were a great team over at NBOC, but some of the leaders had different views on how to proceed. Ultimately the top eight heavy hitters from NBOC, under the new unit name of “SubZeroSyndicate”, joined the Overclockaholics.com gang to form the “OC Alliance”. Kal-El, the administrator of OCA, has made the transition as smooth as superhumanly possible, big thanks to him. This new alliance seemed to motivate all of us as never before.

Seeing the new Alliance rapidly approaching in their rear view mirror, XS began a benching rally to maintain their lead. This proved to be ineffective as the new Alliance’s momentum was unbelievable. Through the tremendous efforts of our members, and a great community of helpful and knowledgeable benchers, we have succeeded in capturing number one.

Our plan for the future? That ones easy,… bench our asses off with the goal of world domination!

So you see why its been difficult to make the time to publish here recently. I intend to continue pushing the envelope for myself and my team. I also intend to spend more time here writing about this amazing journey. Lets celebrate our victory as we battle our way up through the world ranks. Congrats team OCA!