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01.23.05:
-Steve
I will have processor information on the Killer Gaming Rig #13 giveaway
for you soon. I am almost positive it will be an 939 pin 3200+ Athlon64.
I may also get confirmation on the motherboard for you as well. We are
hoping our ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe pans out. I have everything else in house
besides a decent monitor. If you have information on where I can get a
big ol' LCD for the KGR, let
me know...I only have two weeks left.
KGR #13
Components: -Steve
Just a little hint about the components that will be used in the Killer
Gaming Rig #13. It will be an A64+ socket 939 system and it will also
feature two GeForce 6600GTs in SLi. Schweetness. Make sure you use THIS
LINK to enter!!
01.14.05:
-Steve
Congrats to Adrian Garcia on winning the free computer given away during
the Hypothermia Donation Drive. A huge thanks to everyone who
contributed to the donation drive, the money went out today to Direct
Relief International what you guys have done is a fantastic
thing.
01.11.05:
-Steve
Notification has been sent out and we are waiting on a response from the
winner of the donation drive computer. You can still enter the Killer
Gaming Rig #13 once a day using THIS
LINK until we get the contest forms working again.
01.10.05:
-Steve
The donation drive is now closed. Also, keep your eye on your inbox we
are drawing a name at random for the free donation drive computer today
and sending out notification to the winner. Keep your eyes peeled if you
were part of the donation drive.
01.06.05:
-Steve
The donation drive is in full swing ENTER
HERE. I will update the page when we reach the halfway mark
and again when it gets down towards the end. So do not worry, you will
not be able to donate once the drive closes. You can still enter
the Killer Gaming Rig #13 once a day using THIS
LINK until we get the contest forms working again. The KGR
#13 will run for a full 30 days, so make sure you get your daily entries
in.
01.04.05:
-Steve
To enter the charity drive and win a computer for a $5 donation, CLICK
HERE. To enter to win the Killer Gaming Rig #13 (free), send
your name, e-mail and address using THIS
LINK.
01.02.05:
-Steve
Well, the results are in and with over a thousand people saying YES and
only 5 people saying NO, we will do a donation drive to help the victims
of the tsunamis. I have found a way to make everyone happy by keeping
the KGR #13 a complete free giveaway and do a separate system for the
donation drive. I have selected Direct
Relief International because of their policy:
Direct
Relief has never used a specific tragedy as a general fundraising
opportunity. We will not do so in this instance.We consider the funds
that contributed specifically for this disaster to be entrusted to us
for the benefit of people whose lives have been tragically affected. The
people who have called us, many grieving and emotional about the
tragedy, have made it clear that they want their money to assist these
victims – not others in other places that we assist who also face
extraordinary challenges and are vulnerable. We understand this, and we
will honor that intent.
I will open
the donation drive AND the Killer Gaming Rig #13 later today. Since all
of our contest links are still broken, send your KGR #13 entries HERE.
12.29.04:
-Steve
One school of thought is that we can turn the Killer Gaming Rig #13 into
a donation drive since I have the KGR #13 almost ready to roll now. Are
you for it? Against it? Please feel free to let
me know (steve@hypothermia.us
/ steve@hardocp.com).
12.28.04:
-Steve
Since this whole tsunami thing hit I have been inundated with requests
to do a charity benefit for the victims and do a donation from
Hypothermia as a whole. The problem is we have just wrapped up a series
of donation drives, Christmas is barely over with and I just don't know
if it is the right thing to do to do a donation drive if we (you) can't
get behind it 100%. As always, if it is something you guys want, I can
come up with computers and PC hardware to do it, but I don't want to
take advantage of your good will.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!
12.19.04:
-Steve
No real news on the server issues, but I can guarantee that the new year
will bring you a TON of new giveaways and a brand new Killer Gaming Rig.
Hang tight.
12.14.04:
-Steve
We are still having server problems, mainly with Front Page extensions
which breaks the contest submission pages. I have two really good
giveaways ready to roll but I need to get the server issues out of the
way first. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience. The reason you
never saw anything like this before is simple, working out issues 5
years ago when [H]ardOCP and Hypothermia just started out was much
easier. Today it requires crapload of servers, a ton bandwidth and a
full time person to run the whole operation. So have faith, we are
working on getting everything hammered out, it is just taking longer
than expected.
12.10.04:
-Steve
Congrats to everyone for making our efforts to aid Child's Play a huge
success. All together we raised $10,000 in only four days...if that
isn't amazing, I don't know what is.
12.06.04:
-Steve
I want to thank everyone who participated in helping us raise a total of
$10,000.00 for the Child's Play charity drive this year. I am extremely
proud of the fact that our three charity drives were a huge success all
thanks to you but most of all, there are a lot of sick children who will
be spending the holidays in the hospital who thank you. Just remember,
there is still 19 days left to Christmas, if you weren't able to
participate in one of our donation drives, you can still go to the Child's
Play website and buy a gift
of make a donation.
12.05.04:
-Steve
We will have our Child's Play gift certificate winners posted soon, keep
checking the link below to see if you are one of the lucky winners.
12.02.04:
-Steve
Our Donation drive is in full swing, if you would like to win one of two
$1,000 gift certificates and help raise money for the Child's Play
charity at the same time, hit the link below...there are plenty of spots
left!
CLICK
HERE
MORE Child's
Play: -Steve
As of today, Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity is close to breaking
the $150K mark for cash donations, but with only 26 days left until X-Mas,
they need all the help they can get to make it happen. To do this, we
are going to hand out TWO (2) $1,000 gift certificates randomly to those
who donate to the cause. MY GOAL is to help PA break the $150K mark, I
know we can do it, every little bit helps so let's do this!! Click the
link above to donate!
11.28.04:
-Steve
O.K. I have almost all the details hammered out. I want to have things
rolling by this weekend and give you guys the opportunity to make one
final push before Christmas, and I will give out TWO, count them TWO
$1,000 gift certificates at random to two of the people who donate (one
for Best Buy one for CompUSA). Check back here soon!!!
11.24.04:
-Steve
We are less than one month away from Christmas and the Penny Arcade
Child's Play Charity drive is inching closer to that magic $100k mark in
cash donations. I want to make sure we put Child's Play over the top
this year so I am hammering out the deal right now for $2,000.00 in Gift
Certificates from CompUSA and Best Buy to raise more money for the
cause. Keep your eyes peeled here, this is an amazing cause and they are
sooooo close to hitting the $100k mark, I know Hypothermia can help put
them over the top.
Server
Issues: -Steve
Our server issues are taking longer than anticipated. I sincerely
appreciate your patience, we will hopefully have things worked out in
the very near future. The good news is, this is the first time in 5
years we have had any downtime like this, so we won't be due again for
another 5 years!
10.27.04:
-Steve
We still have server issues, once we get everything hammered out and
back to normal we will post our interview with the Frag
Dolls. In the mean time...or should I say down time, I am
getting contest stuff together for a bunch of cool stiff for the
holidays.
As most of you know I had my
final back operation (I hope) and things should be back to normal...heh..I
said "back" to normal! Right now my schedule is grueling, I
get up a 2:30am every day for my normal job at HardOCP
so I can have news posted for the morning news crowd (6am CST).
I post news for 12 - 14 hours a day. I write my review content for the [H]
and gather the content prizes and such between news posting. After that
I go straight to physical rehab 5 days a week for two and a half hours a
day. By the time I get home I have enough time to get 3 - 4 hours of
sleep and start the whole process over again. If I haven't gotten to
everyone e-mail, please bear with me...I promise to get to everyone!
Oh yeah, for those of you
not up to date on my back injury, I was hurt a few years ago and this
is what happened to my back.
Child's Play
Charity Drive: -Steve
If you want to have a chance
to win a complete high end computer just for making a $5 donation
to one of the best charities on the planet, click
this link and see how Hypothermia readers are coming together to
make a donation to Penny Arcade's Child's Play 2004!
Hypothermia
Updates: -Steve
Most of you have noticed server
issues with [H]ard|OCP
lately and wondering why Hypothermia
hasn't been updated in almost four weeks. Well, it is because we had to
move Hypothermia to different servers and I currently cannot access my
site yet to update it. We had a hacker compromise our security last
month so we moved ahead with hardware updates we already had
planned....just sooner than we wanted. The accelerated schedule has
thrown us off a bit while we prioritize what needs to be fixed first.
Everything will be fixed soon, it just takes time to get it all fixed.
So that is it, that is why
Hypothermia hasn't been updated. We will have everything back to normal
soon, in the mean time, I have this temporary page set up to keep you up
to date. All the links on this page take you back to Hypothermia, so
feel free to browse as you normally would.
Child's Play
Charity Drive: -Steve
If you want to have a chance
to win a complete high end computer just for making a $5 donation
to one of the best charities on the planet, click
this link and see how Hypothermia readers are coming together to
make a donation to Penny Arcade's Child's Play 2004!
CLICK
HERE
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