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Hi everyone!
I’m here at Comic-Con with the Maximum PC /Gaming University booth (#5129 if you’re in town!) and it is pretty rad. Met up with Bruce Webb, of Batman’s Utility Belt fame, today – he’s even taller than I am, which is impressive. His rig is drawing admiring looks from the masses.
I also want to remind all of you that we’re auctioning off Bruce’s rig for charity; you can enter at the booth any day of Comic-con, and we’ll announce the winner on, I believe, Sunday. More deets to follow tomorrow mornin’.
But seriously. You can own a fully-functional PC built into a friggin’ utility belt. Oh, and help people. How wicked rad is that?
Also, Round Five of the monthly tournament is under way, so you should vote. Round Six begins on the 27th.
So tomorrow I’m heading down to Comic-Con, where as you may recall, Bruce will be showing off his badass Batman Utility Belt rig per the previous contest. The rig will be on display at Maximum PC’s Gaming University, booth 5129, and Bruce will be around off and on, I’m sure, when he’s not wandering the grounds in (presumed) glee.
I’ll be hanging around too. Stop by and say hi.
I just thought this battle was pretty funny. Vote vote vote.
Yes sir ladies and gentlemen (I can say this now because it has been proven that there are, in fact, ladies here), it is now Round Four. You know the drill by now – there are eight battles with sixteen excellent rigs, and it is your duty to pare these down by the end of the 24th. Only eight rigs must go on.
In other news, Alexander the Great is 2,364 years old today, so if you see him, congratulate him on that whole conquering-the-known-world thing.
This, ladies and gents, is why we can’t take Norman Chan anywhere.
Alright, y’all have had ample time to post your sketches for the Gamers’ Challenge. Now the six of you who have sketches up as of this writing better get your butts in gear; your rigs have to be done by August 1st. That’s not much time.
The purpose of these contests, besides allowing us to give out wicked prizes, is to encourage new work in the modding community – as such, the idea is to get as many good entries as possible. Thus my previous extension of the sketch deadline – If there are only three entrants, sure, everyone is guaranteed a prize, but where’s the sense of competition? The more entrants the merrier – it just means you have to bring your "A" game to the contest and mop the floor with everyone else.
I look forward to seeing your designs come to fruition.
Onward!
Oh and vote; this round ends on the 19th.
You have like ten hours to put up a sketch for your Gamers’ Challenge rig and tag it gameschallenge. And then you actually have to build the dang thing by August 1. That’s not a whole lot of time but I have tremendous faith in your abilities.
Oh, and do that voting thing. Round ends on Sunday.
P.S. today is Tie Day. I am resplendent.
Okay when I told you you had another week to get your sketch up, I meant a week from the original deadline. So you have until Friday the 11th.
Also, the round schedule for the rest of the month is as follows:
- Round Two ends Sunday July 13th.
- Round Three ends Saturday, July 19th
- Round Four ends Thursday, July 24th
- Round Five ends Sunday, July 27th
- Round Six ends Tuesday, July 29th
- Round Seven ends Thursday, July 31st
Okay, fine. You can have an extra week to put up a sketch for the Gamers’ Challenge. It’s just a sketch, people – you don’t have to actually finish until August. As it stands, we have three prizes and three entrants. So, uh, your odds are pretty good right now.
Also, Round One of the July tourney is ending tonight. Vote or I will come to your house and stand under your window and hoot mournfully.
Just a friendly reminder that if you plan on entering the Gamers’ Challenge you need to have a sketch up on your rig profile page by July 4th. All you need by that deadline is a sketch or mock-up on a rig profile tagged gameschallenge. You have until August 1st to actually finish your rig and post it to the profile, but the deadline for preliminary entries is Friday. If you want to enter, bear this in mind.
