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Yeah i think ill save 50 bucks in gas, 20 bucks in ticket price, 10 for pizza, 2 for monster, and the rage of watching all their friends get free intel stuff.
Pass on this one.
Actually that is completely incorrect. The person you are referring to did not win a CPU. He was having trouble with his current setup and asked the Intel rep if he knew of any problems with his current CPU/MB combo is all. His friend did win a CPU though so you might of mixed them together as the same person which is not correct.The thing that made me thing twice about the situation is he was the only want to install the chip the second he got it. Everyone else (from what i saw) was planning on playing with the PC they brought, and clearly this person was hopeing to win the worst PC award and upgrade his system because there is no way someone would've came with that bad of a PC to LAN due to it not running anything. If they were giving out new motherboards and chips to the worst overall PC, i know my brother-in-law had an old AMD chip system he brought, but because it didn't take a intel chip, he wasn't able to upgrade, but the kid who got it ended up upgrading his whole system by playing the game.
Now i know this wasn't Nexus's fault becuase they didn't come up with the system to give out the chips, i just thought that maybe he should've been told, sorry your motherboard is soo bad, i guess your PC can't handle this chip, it should go to the next person on the list who can actually use it, since those were the rules. Or if there was a motherboard available, then it should've been an overall worse PC contest.
I remember I was told that the new processor had to work on your current board and they wanted you to install at the lan.
Actually that is completely incorrect. The person you are referring to did not win a CPU. He was having trouble with his current setup and asked the Intel rep if he knew of any problems with his current CPU/MB combo is all. His friend did win a CPU though so you might of mixed them together as the same person which is not correct.
Yes, this is correct. The person that got just the Motherboard did not win a cpu at NeXus LAN. He was just talking to Jeff about why his computer was freezing with his current configuration and Jeff determined it was the mb. That mb was not even a prize that was designated for NeXus LAN, it was just something Jeff did because he is an awesome guy! By the way, the mb did fix his problem and a good thing too because then he was able to game the rest of the night without his computer locking up.
The processors...
Everyone had the same shot at the nice processor mb combo that was given away as the raffle prize (except staff does not participate in this).
As far as how the other processors were given out for the upgrade contest, I think it is a neat idea to give it out to someone that will use it. As Renegade said, the winners were able to upgrade on the spot and use the new processors that very same night.... how cool! I was happy to see those people get upgrades and I personally only knew one of the people that won the upgrades. It's just cool that Jeff does this, and it's neat to watch the winner's excitement. Jeff does not do this at every LAN, so this was not announced ahead of time, but we are grateful that he gave four more attendees an upgrade. Next time, he may do something different... you just never know. Hopefully, he knows that most people are appreciative of this opportunity and he continues to do so at other LANs. I wouldn't want someone to miss out on this opportunity.
Sounds good guys, i know setting up a LAN is a sometimes Thankless task and there is much more that goes on behind the scenes. I just wanted to express how i was feeling just to clear the air. No you can't make everyone happy and i appreciate you taking the time to setting the record strait.
One more suggestion, i know you draw a good younger crowed that can handle staying up all night, but have you considered starting the lan earlier and doing a 2 day thing? I know around 3 AM, i start dragging butt and doing energy drinks isn't the answer for me. If the LAN started at 10 am and went until 10 am the next day, i know i'd have more gaming time, but i'm not sure the building constraints. Just my thoughts on the topic.
Thanks again for hosting, the venue was good and the people were fun as always!