[Intermediate] 2010 Overclock.net Case mod Competition Voting Thread - Page 8

and what are you most like and why?

Let the votes speak for themselves, hehe. Now in your thread, all comments are valid and welcome, I say. Here is just to express comments on all of us or how things are working out so far in general--which to me is clear on the one hand and still shady on the other.

BTW I am looking at a video editor app that could mix together a slideshow with moving video, titles and music along with effects and what not. I may not have a chance to upgrade my camera and vidcam but I could definitely squeeze more out of them with a good editor. Think about it for the next time, you can't have two land slides consecutively!

Cheers and Saludos

If you don't vote for beer, you aren't a man.

I guess Kilo is right, there are more wine and beer guzzlers here than I had imagined, hehe.

The Barrel just keeps on piling in votes and I would imagine would take the "mod of the year" honors if there was one here, and will inspire a bunch to take another look at their future projects, and maybe a treasure hunt through their attics, basements, garages, etc.

Great to see that "quaint" hardware done to tradition in innovative wire management, sleeving and component location and finish, is given a wink of approval and is in no way chastising the voting preferences toward it. I guess it goes to show that hot and expensive hardware is not a prerequisite to coming out ahead which is to me quite astounding.

I am also glad that Iwok88, being a relative noob to modding and to OCN (and a gamer to boot!), has shown what a vivid imagination, a lot of hard work and a judicious use of tools (some I wish I had) can do for a relatively ordinary old wooden barrel.

Getting my butt licked by him? Well, I can't say that I mind because his took this forum by storm and caught a lot of guys fancy and imagination. I just can't figure who these guys are:

-Definitely not hot hardware and WCing favorers.
-Definitely not the heady overclockers.
-Definitely not case mod proponents.
-Definitely not those of the new cnc and laser cutting school of thought.
-Definitely not the scratch modding bunch that heavily favor acrylics. Remember that Iwok's mod is an OBJECT mod, not a scratch mod like Jacob's and mine in this category.
-Definitely not the huge gamer crowd (come on, what can you play with a solo-core P4?)

The only thing that I can surmise is that these are just the "average Joes and Janes" that have average hardware, average mods, average incomes, average tastes, and are average members--the quiet majority I guess would be the best term I can come up with, absolutely normal for ANY forum in the world, inspite of having membership from all over the world (kudos for that!).

And it is not a country phenomenon, who has heard of mods from Mexico anyways (right Rado, repo and Caraboose?) before. Burritos, tacos, tequila, mariachis, sarapes, charro sombreros yes, but.....mods??? This is more expected from countries like Brazil (Oli thinks we are Brazilian, hehe), Chile and Argentina. And sorry, it is not proper forum etiquette to give other forum addresses unless authorized and we have not, and are not yet OCN affiliates (I don't think we have the minimum requirements).

Ah, and take into account the language barrier. I told Iwok to polish up on his English (just waved me off) so he wouldn't give wonky answers, well.....sigh...

So, I am still confused and of course any comments and opinions are most welcome! Do take into account that these are just my observations.

Cheers and Saludos

god.. this one was hard...

first off, i think all the modders did fantastic jobs with their cases & mods

second, when it really came down to the voting i was torn between my two favorites:

iwok88's -Barrel Proyect (and) Papang's Up and Away. They were both really admirable, in design, concept, and originality. Papang's Up and Away is very imaginative, original and unique, taking the form of a air-balloon going up in the sky. while iwok88's -Barrel Proyect takes the form of a beer barrel and is not only cool but it can easily relate to any male community (no offence)

this was a tough one, but i voted

interesting choice of words

I thoroughly enjoy reading through your posts.

Well, taking advantage that you are just above me (literally), I want to congratulate you for a very honorable 2nd place (and for pushing me down to 3rd-- kidding!). And I appreciate that you take the time to read my tom-foolery and see some substance in it, hehe. I sure hope to bump into you again elsewhere in the forum and have a chance to say "hi!" again.

It was a pleasure chatting with you and I guess that this year will be a rather calm ending for the contest. I feel satisfied and cannot complain of this being in any way an inactive activity (sounds redundant) and I continue to hope that the Yearly Case Mod contest will always be the highlight of the year for us to show our utter best mod projects for peer approval from the guys and the distinguished panel of judges. No greater honor indeed!

Cheers and Saludos

Congrats to the 3 winners and congrats to all who finished something! The end.