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any body entered it? i was thinking about it but then i saw this monster in the entries: http://www.extremegamingtour.com/moddin ... ntryId=208
and all my hopes and dreams were slayed as quickly as they came :lol: you can enter here if you want:http://www.extremegamingtour.com/modding+contest.aspx
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Some of those mods are really old (especially the doom mod), it sucks that they could have spend months and months on the modding (much longer than anyone who just found out about the competition for example) and then just submit the pre-finished work.

And yet some others of those people need to look up the definition of mod. They haven't done anything to their cases and yet they submit them anyway!

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That is amazing! I wonder if it is easy to open up still.
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His whole worklog is here if you fancy reading/looking at pics:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/foru ... ad.php?t=1

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:shock: think he does that for a living?
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That is an amazing build... 15 months of work? I wouldn't have the patience.
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You would think that a modding contest sponsored by Dell they would have required you start with a Dell case.

I still think its wrong that these old mod projects show up in new contests, you don't see the same car show up every time for the Ridler Award.
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bubba wrote:I still think its wrong that these old mod projects show up in new contests, you don't see the same car show up every time for the Ridler Award.
I agree with that sentiment too.

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Yeah, but if this is the only contest he has submitted it to, then I think it is ok.
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some of those "mods" really suck. the doom ones pretty good but that "Hell" one just looks like a total peice of crap. looks like the next tarintino/rodriguez movie
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Yeah, I saw that. He just sprayed some expanding foam and painted it.

I liked the one who submitted his "ORANGE fan mod"
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i can confidently say that this entry is going to win: http://www.extremegamingtour.com/moddin ... ntryId=132 :lol:
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there's no originality in it though, they just copied off an already used idea
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martini161 wrote:i can confidently say that this entry is going to win: http://www.extremegamingtour.com/moddin ... ntryId=132 :lol:
LOL off the shelf case entry with photos from the manufactures site.... love the description under the entry
This computer have great performance and style with a reasonable low price. TigerDirect and AlienWare help me to modify this computer. Unfortunately I can not affort it.
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But look at all of the time he took to post those pictures! He definitely has a chance!
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martini161 wrote:i can confidently say that this entry is going to win: http://www.extremegamingtour.com/moddin ... ntryId=132 :lol:

DAMN THAT THING IS SICK!!!! How can I obtain a case like that and how much would I have to spend to make it into that.
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