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arrgh Lost my chance for an 8800 Ultra! (10 comments )
by: Ging9 (49) | Posted in cluster NVIDIA SLI GIVEAWAY CLUSTER
Posted 5 months ago ( edited 5 months ago ) in category DEFAULT

Won an 8800 Ultra from SLIZONE! LOST the prize because my little girl destroyed my computer & I couldn't claim it in time! AAAAAGH!

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Click to view Orangebudge's User Page Orangebudge (15)  Talk to Orangebudge in the Shout! Box Dec 11, 2007 - 09:31 am | Edited on Dec 11, 2007 - 09:31 am
that sucks so much dude, damn kids lol im sure she couldnt of messed it up hard enough for u not to fix.

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Click to view Ging9's User Page Ging9 (49)  Click to view Ging9's User Profile Talk to Ging9 in the Shout! Box Dec 11, 2007 - 01:49 pm
You'd be amazed how much damage a sugary mix of 10% real fruit juice! and preservatives will do to a motherboard and vid card. Especially since I wasn't aware of what my little saboteur had done for a couple days...I pretty much had to gut the innards. I went from reasonably fast SLI machine to a Frankenstein's monster of a rig that I pieced together with spare parts and cast-offs from friends. It was just that final little kick in the berries when I finally was able to log on again to the SLIZONE and find out I'd missed the contest deadline by a couple days. I think the Man upstairs was testing me...

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Click to view Orangebudge's User Page Orangebudge (15)  Talk to Orangebudge in the Shout! Box Dec 12, 2007 - 10:24 pm
dammmnnn, honestly if i had the time to work full time right now i would be paying 250$ a month for a top of the line sli gaming rig but u know how it is, bills n stuff to pay.

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Click to view indigo196's User Page indigo196 (249)  Click to view indigo196's User Profile Talk to indigo196 in the Shout! Box Dec 08, 2007 - 06:45 pm
Ging -- good to see another 40 year old still gaming and dealing with little ones. I have three. 7, 2, and 7mos. It will be an eon before I can buy a decent rig again.

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Click to view Ging9's User Page Ging9 (49)  Click to view Ging9's User Profile Talk to Ging9 in the Shout! Box Dec 08, 2007 - 07:52 pm
Thanks for the support indigo. My gaming these days comes in stolen moments between parenting. My 8 year old son kicks my but in NHL07, which is pretty embarrassing, but at least we get to spend time together doing something we both enjoy. I have to say, winning this contest would go a long way to making up for losing that Ultra...everytime I visit that site I'm reminded of the one that got away.

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Click to view Ging9's User Page Ging9 (49)  Click to view Ging9's User Profile Talk to Ging9 in the Shout! Box Nov 29, 2007 - 09:16 pm | Edited on Nov 29, 2007 - 09:16 pm
» This is a true story
This really happened. Back in July I found out I'd won the card two days after my time limit ran out to claim it. It had taken me a few weeks to piece together a running computer after my daughter poured a drinkbox full of juice in my tower's exhaust port. I tried everything I could think of to get the guys that run the contest to bend the rules, but they told me they couldn't because of legal reasons. I'd never won anything in my life...this would have been the first. I was robbed by a 250ml container of apple juice!

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Click to view StryderSilverton's User Page StryderSilverton (10)  Talk to StryderSilverton in the Shout! Box Jan 09, 2008 - 02:40 pm
» How long did you have?
I just read this... UGH!!!! How long did you have to claim the prize before you lost it? Did they send you a warning that it was about to be dropped? Sad and scary stuff!

Stryder

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Click to view FS-Pongky's User PageI am an AMD Agent FS-Pongky (1129)  Click to view FS-Pongky's User Profile Talk to FS-Pongky in the Shout! Box I am an AMD Agent Nov 28, 2007 - 05:48 pm
Better to have never had it, than to have it then lose it... I think is how the saying goes.

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Click to view Ging9's User Page Ging9 (49)  Click to view Ging9's User Profile Talk to Ging9 in the Shout! Box Dec 11, 2007 - 06:29 am
Wise words were never spoken. I wish I'd never checked back then to seek if I'd won. It would have saved months of seething anger and frustration.

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Click to view Ging9's User Page Ging9 (49)  Click to view Ging9's User Profile Talk to Ging9 in the Shout! Box Dec 02, 2007 - 09:44 pm
» The pain just keeps on coming
I just can't get over this one, much to my wife's chagrin. It's just so f$^%^#@ frustrating! I've NEVER been able to afford a top-end component for my system...here was a chance to change that..but NOOOOOO. Why bring a 40 year old losing streak to an end!

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