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...
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.
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.
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.
Ging9 (107) 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!
» 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!
» 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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