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TheGreatSatan
05-12-2009, 12:49 AM
I have been published in Maximum PC twice, PC Enthusiast (no longer in print) twice, PC Modder, PC Magazine, Australia's Atomic magazine, and the UK's PC Answers. The one magazine I have never made into is CPU magazine. Obviously it's one of the most popular PC magazines in the U.S. and I have submitted damn near every project I've ever created to them. The Mad Reader Mod every month receives a 12 month subscription to the magazine and a whopping $1500 prize! Well after all these years I finally got the email that floored me:


Congratulations! We love the Cuda mod, and we’ve chosen it as a Mad Reader Mod winner. We will display the mod on an upcoming CPU cover and of course in the MRM article inside the issue, and you will receive $1,500 in prize money and a free 12-issue subscription to CPU!

They tell me that it will probably be in the August issue!!:banana:

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1030907.jpg
OvRiDe
05-12-2009, 01:03 AM
Congratulations!!! That is the coolest!
Oneslowz28
05-12-2009, 01:19 AM
Congrats.
Boddaker
05-12-2009, 02:30 AM
Too cool man. Are they going to send a photographer out, or will you be taking the shots yourself?
DonT-FeaR
05-12-2009, 05:26 AM
cant wait to read that mod mate... im a big fan of that mag.. good work mate.
p0Pe
05-12-2009, 06:57 AM
NICE ONE m8! congratz so many times. thats just awsome:D
SXRguyinMA
05-12-2009, 07:33 AM
congrats! :banana:
TheGreatSatan
05-12-2009, 09:57 AM
Too cool man. Are they going to send a photographer out, or will you be taking the shots yourself?

I submit them
rendermandan
05-12-2009, 10:01 AM
Congrats dude!!!! I've been trying to get on the cover too with Dark Carbon. They said they are intrigued about it, but I never heard anything more.
How long did it take for them to choose it after you submitted it?
NightrainSrt4
05-12-2009, 10:39 AM
Awesome! Great work!
TheGreatSatan
05-12-2009, 01:44 PM
How long did it take for them to choose it after you submitted it?

A month
Drum Thumper
05-12-2009, 07:58 PM
You sir, are an inspiration to us all!
BuzzKillington
05-12-2009, 08:40 PM
Awesome man. I bet you nearly shat a brick when you got that e-mail!
Boddaker
05-13-2009, 01:09 AM
Congrats dude!!!! I've been trying to get on the cover too with Dark Carbon. They said they are intrigued about it, but I never heard anything more.

CPU typically choose rigs that look like a computer. They almost never pick custom builds. The 'Cuda mod is right up their alley. :)
The boy 4rm oz
05-13-2009, 05:33 AM
You were featured in Atomic? Which issue and which mod (TGS?) I may have brought that issue lol, I have quite a few of them laying around.

Congratz mate. The Cuda mod is a very well executed mod, you deserve it. +rep
billygoat333
05-13-2009, 07:55 AM
thats way cool man! I am excited to know a computer celebrity. :D lol

anyways... thats way cool, badass, all that. :up:
TheGreatSatan
05-13-2009, 09:07 AM
My R2-D2 was the Hotbox of the Month for August 2006.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/atomic2.jpg
The boy 4rm oz
05-13-2009, 10:27 AM
Congratz for you mate, yeah the oldest issue of Atomic I own is March 07.
Datech
05-13-2009, 02:55 PM
Congrats TGS! I wanna grow up to be just like you!
KiLLERMAN21
05-14-2009, 06:02 AM
Well done on the feature, well deserved.
BerticusPryme
05-15-2009, 04:37 AM
one of the best suiting rewards for such a person Ken. congrats and may you have many mods to come.
TheGreatSatan
05-15-2009, 10:44 AM
Nope. Now that I made it in that mag I think it's a good time to quit.
Datech
05-15-2009, 12:31 PM
Nope. Now that I made it in that mag I think it's a good time to quit.

I sincerely hope you are kidding.
The boy 4rm oz
05-15-2009, 12:34 PM
Please don't leave us TGS :D lol.
Bopher
05-15-2009, 01:39 PM
Nope. Now that I made it in that mag I think it's a good time to quit.

BLASPHEMY!!
rendermandan
05-15-2009, 01:48 PM
You can't just quit like that. We are your family and you can't just expect to walk away from your family. There will be consequences.... LOL
TheGreatSatan
05-15-2009, 04:07 PM
No. I think I'm done. What can I seriously still mod?
Eclecticos
05-15-2009, 04:26 PM
Wow. . thats awesome. Congratulations man!!! +Rep
The boy 4rm oz
05-16-2009, 01:59 AM
What can I seriously still mod?

A toaster :D.
Datech
05-16-2009, 12:45 PM
Mod something besides a computer. Or start integrating computers into other stuff. Even though its been done, I still want to integrate a computer into a desk, a touch screen computer into a coffee table, and mod other things related to my personal interests. If I ever get a physical xomputernstore going I'm going to have modded motorcycle helmets as a draw.