Over half of the replies in the competition disgust me...

LHC · Apr 14, 2008, 11:59 AM

It's really sad that at least half the posts in that competition are all people trying to fake a disability/use one to their advantage to make people feel sorry for them. Do they honestly expect to win?

Do they realize that if some of them actually put forth their efforts to posting something useful, they could actually have a chance of winning?

It really annoys me when people try to get everybody to feel bad for them for one thing or another. It's the same thing with spam. When I get bored I usually read the spam in my spam filter, just for kicks and giggles, and some of them are just absolutely ridiculus. I'm sure that there are some people out there with a similar problem, but they sure as hell would do not do what these people do.

I dunno, just a rant. Those replies in the competition just vex me, that's all

BlueMak · Apr 14, 2008, 12:15 PM

Do what I do, laugh or throw up. After a couple of pages I stopped reading them. I feel sorry for the people that have to read all the posts in that thread.

IvanV · Apr 14, 2008, 01:22 PM

LHC, shame on you for making me read that thread

(I'm not participating because I wouldn't have a system that could take the card if I won).

blackdog · Apr 14, 2008, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LHC

It's really sad that at least half the posts in that competition are all people trying to fake a disability/use one to their advantage to make people feel sorry for them. Do they honestly expect to win?

Do they realize that if some of them actually put forth their efforts to posting something useful, they could actually have a chance of winning?

It really annoys me when people try to get everybody to feel bad for them for one thing or another. It's the same thing with spam. When I get bored I usually read the spam in my spam filter, just for kicks and giggles, and some of them are just absolutely ridiculus. I'm sure that there are some people out there with a similar problem, but they sure as hell would do not do what these people do.

I dunno, just a rant. Those replies in the competition just vex me, that's all

I get what you are saying and I guess you are talking about my post in this, I put it in mostly as a joke(notice the LOL at the end) but to be honest I really have been disabled for the last 3 going on 4 years and it hasn't been easy. Do I really think I would win it, NO, but don't crap on everyone because some of us are legit with our injuries. A little joke here and there takes the edge off and if you can't figure that out then you have the real disability no me.

Tipstaff · Apr 14, 2008, 02:14 PM

"The final decision is the final decision, thats why its called the final decision, so we want to see no whinging, bitching or claims of "OMG, I never win I am a loser, feel sorry for me I hope you all die" when it's over."

After reading that line, do you honestly think that anyone that tries to play on peoples sympathy in order to be chosen the winner is going to actually win anything BUT the sympathy they are asking for? Seriously, it's not going to happen.

Now bribes, on the other hand...

IvanV · Apr 14, 2008, 02:33 PM

I thought we had to use PMs to discuss bribes?!

IEMC · Apr 14, 2008, 02:47 PM

Bribes? Hmmmm

LHC · Apr 14, 2008, 02:56 PM

$10 for a 9800 GTX? I'll take it

BlueMak · Apr 14, 2008, 04:06 PM

I would love to make fun of some of the replies there, but it would probably not look good for the forum/site. So perhaps I will post here my "entry".

I deserve to win the game cause...oh this is pathetic, how can I make fun of those posts when so many are so stupid?

PangingJr · Apr 14, 2008, 04:16 PM

the prize still up. the competition is still open, lol.

BlueMak · Apr 14, 2008, 05:37 PM

Oh no, I am not going to take part in the competition, it would be unfair since I won last time, plus even if I would win, I don't know if I will have a desktop PC in 6 months for now. It would be better for someone who is going to take full advantage of it to win it.

mos2k · Apr 14, 2008, 08:19 PM

Interesting..

mike2h · Apr 14, 2008, 09:25 PM

all my posts in the thread are legit... but i knowwhat u mean about a lot of those posts, pretty sad.

technonerd · Apr 14, 2008, 10:00 PM

No sense of humor.... move along.

We're just pathetic anyways.

mike2h · Apr 14, 2008, 10:34 PM

lol ^ U GOT THAT RT!!

**Mousey** · Apr 14, 2008, 11:37 PM

I said the cookie monster that lives in my closet will eat me if i don't get a 9800GTX

calidan · Apr 15, 2008, 12:57 AM

|2A|N's post was pretty funny.

**kris23** · Apr 15, 2008, 01:23 AM

i really dont expect to win....

im just making replies to get people to go WTF? at my stuff...

keeps me from being bored

mos2k · Apr 15, 2008, 09:11 AM

I said i deserve the card becuase i have dreams about it

IvanV · Apr 15, 2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

20. Because I never won anything in my whole life and I'm 99 yrs old and only have a few days left to live.

Ahahahahahaha, good one!

mike2h · Apr 15, 2008, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mos2k

I said i deserve the card becuase i have dreams about it

eewww messy...

LHC · Apr 15, 2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

eewww messy...

That's not right, dude.. not right

BlueMak · Apr 27, 2008, 09:47 PM

I couldn't help myself. I took part in the competition, I am not going to win, but I just had a good/bad joke and no better place to say it.

Vikingod · Apr 27, 2008, 10:46 PM

It's just a competition guys, people are allowed to beg all they want. Its only disappointing when people truely feel entitled to whatever is up for grabs, and badmouth the staff/winners/company when they don't win. I roll my eyes at whinning a bit, during and after the competition, but I guess it's to be expected.

I will say though, some are funny, so competition threads are fun to troll on occasion.

Aledronix · Apr 27, 2008, 10:49 PM

I've been fantasizing about that card since I first saw the add for the competition

I really wanna win it cause it's a project in my head that has been going on for a few months now which will start with buying a new PC and I already invested a lot of time and money into it and the card would come as a good bonus in it's completion.
I at least tried to make my posts funny though they don't stand out that much and mixed in some personal experience like the part where I worked during the summer to get money for a new Pc and the moto accident of a good friend of mine.
Throughout the 32 pages I have seen some pretty funny posts and I will vote for them at the end of the competition but some guys scared me !

)
what do you guys think about that picture with old chubby, half-naked and most likely drunk fellow?

**Mousey** · Apr 28, 2008, 09:43 AM

Tbh i don't particularly "need" the card because my HD3850 can drive pretty much any game i play so long as i'm tame on the AA and AF, other than that it runs 1280x1024 perfectly fine with nice smooth frames.
Assassin's Creed looks like le sex with all the AA turned up but my frames dip into the teens when i have it up at 3 so i keep it at 1 and cringe at all the jagged edges lol.

Apr 14, 2008, 11:59 AM	#1
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Over half of the replies in the competition disgust me... It's really sad that at least half the posts in that competition are all people trying to fake a disability/use one to their advantage to make people feel sorry for them. Do they honestly expect to win? Do they realize that if some of them actually put forth their efforts to posting something useful, they could actually have a chance of winning? It really annoys me when people try to get everybody to feel bad for them for one thing or another. It's the same thing with spam. When I get bored I usually read the spam in my spam filter, just for kicks and giggles, and some of them are just absolutely ridiculus. I'm sure that there are some people out there with a similar problem, but they sure as hell would do not do what these people do. I dunno, just a rant. Those replies in the competition just vex me, that's all __________________

Apr 14, 2008, 12:15 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Do what I do, laugh or throw up. After a couple of pages I stopped reading them. I feel sorry for the people that have to read all the posts in that thread. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 14, 2008, 01:22 PM	#3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,917 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	LHC, shame on you for making me read that thread (I'm not participating because I wouldn't have a system that could take the card if I won). __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Apr 14, 2008, 02:14 PM	#5
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	"The final decision is the final decision, thats why its called the final decision, so we want to see no whinging, bitching or claims of "OMG, I never win I am a loser, feel sorry for me I hope you all die" when it's over." After reading that line, do you honestly think that anyone that tries to play on peoples sympathy in order to be chosen the winner is going to actually win anything BUT the sympathy they are asking for? Seriously, it's not going to happen. Now bribes, on the other hand... __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Apr 14, 2008, 02:33 PM	#6
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,917 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	I thought we had to use PMs to discuss bribes?! __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Apr 14, 2008, 02:47 PM	#7
IEMC Neighborhood screw up. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: MI, US Posts: 770 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	Bribes? Hmmmm __________________

Apr 14, 2008, 02:56 PM	Thread Starter #8
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	$10 for a 9800 GTX? I'll take it __________________

Apr 14, 2008, 04:06 PM	#9
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I would love to make fun of some of the replies there, but it would probably not look good for the forum/site. So perhaps I will post here my "entry". I deserve to win the game cause...oh this is pathetic, how can I make fun of those posts when so many are so stupid? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 14, 2008, 04:16 PM	#10
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	the prize still up. the competition is still open, lol.

Apr 14, 2008, 05:37 PM	#11
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Oh no, I am not going to take part in the competition, it would be unfair since I won last time, plus even if I would win, I don't know if I will have a desktop PC in 6 months for now. It would be better for someone who is going to take full advantage of it to win it. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 14, 2008, 08:19 PM	#12
mos2k HH's Hermit Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lahore Posts: 865 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	Interesting.. __________________

Apr 14, 2008, 09:25 PM	#13
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	all my posts in the thread are legit... but i knowwhat u mean about a lot of those posts, pretty sad. __________________

Apr 14, 2008, 10:00 PM	#14
technonerd DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 594 Rep Power: 0	No sense of humor.... move along. We're just pathetic anyways.

Apr 14, 2008, 10:34 PM	#15
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	lol ^ U GOT THAT RT!! __________________

Apr 14, 2008, 11:37 PM	#16
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,189 Rep Power: 245 System Specs	I said the cookie monster that lives in my closet will eat me if i don't get a 9800GTX __________________

Apr 15, 2008, 01:23 AM	#18
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,019 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	i really dont expect to win.... im just making replies to get people to go WTF? at my stuff... keeps me from being bored __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Apr 15, 2008, 12:57 AM	#17
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	\|2A\|N's post was pretty funny. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan

Apr 15, 2008, 09:11 AM	#19
mos2k HH's Hermit Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lahore Posts: 865 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	I said i deserve the card becuase i have dreams about it __________________

Apr 27, 2008, 09:47 PM	#23
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I couldn't help myself. I took part in the competition, I am not going to win, but I just had a good/bad joke and no better place to say it. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 27, 2008, 10:46 PM	#24
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	It's just a competition guys, people are allowed to beg all they want. Its only disappointing when people truely feel entitled to whatever is up for grabs, and badmouth the staff/winners/company when they don't win. I roll my eyes at whinning a bit, during and after the competition, but I guess it's to be expected. I will say though, some are funny, so competition threads are fun to troll on occasion.

Apr 27, 2008, 10:49 PM	#25
Aledronix DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Brasov, Romania Posts: 43 Rep Power: 0	I've been fantasizing about that card since I first saw the add for the competition I really wanna win it cause it's a project in my head that has been going on for a few months now which will start with buying a new PC and I already invested a lot of time and money into it and the card would come as a good bonus in it's completion. I at least tried to make my posts funny though they don't stand out that much and mixed in some personal experience like the part where I worked during the summer to get money for a new Pc and the moto accident of a good friend of mine. Throughout the 32 pages I have seen some pretty funny posts and I will vote for them at the end of the competition but some guys scared me ! ) what do you guys think about that picture with old chubby, half-naked and most likely drunk fellow?

Apr 28, 2008, 09:43 AM	#26
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,189 Rep Power: 245 System Specs	Tbh i don't particularly "need" the card because my HD3850 can drive pretty much any game i play so long as i'm tame on the AA and AF, other than that it runs 1280x1024 perfectly fine with nice smooth frames. Assassin's Creed looks like le sex with all the AA turned up but my frames dip into the teens when i have it up at 3 so i keep it at 1 and cringe at all the jagged edges lol. __________________