Official TBCS Contest: Spookify your thumbdrive and win a Cooler Master Hyper TX3

[Oneslowz28]

http://thebestcasescenario.com/oneslowz28/front_page/halloween09contest/halloweencontest4.jpg

Thats right! We are having a contest where you actually have to mod something to win. All you have to do is mod a cheap usb thumb drive around a Spooky / Halloween theme. The prize will be a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Universal CPU cooler (http://coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=2922)

Rules for the contest


Must actually mod a USB thumb drive.
Must base the mod around a Spooky / Halloween theme.
Drive must still work after mod is finished.
No conceptual / design entries accepted.
Final entries must be submitted by Sunday October 25th
Winner announced on Halloween night.
All are allowed to enter. (shipping to countries other than the USA may be delayed by a week or two)
One entry per contestant.


Contest begins now.

Judging will be done by the TBCS Staff.

1-10 points for Creativity
1-10 points for Originality
1-10 points for Functionality
1-10 points for Following the theme
1-10 points for Quality
Admin will supply a 1-10 point vote on the overall mod

We will add up the total score from each judge and average them to get the total score. Closest to 60 points will win.

Please do not post your entries on the forum until after the contest has ended. This will keep your entry a secret and will not let your competitors see your design or idea. Please email your entry to contest@thebestcasescenario.com.

Final entries must be submitted by Sunday October 25th. Judging will take place over a 5 day period and winner will be announced on Halloween night.

Good luck

[Oneslowz28]

If you are entering this contest please post in this thread.

[billygoat333]

oooh I will probably enter. just gotta find an old usb thumbdrive to cannibalize :D

[d_stilgar]

I've got thumbdrives. Are we allowed multiple entries?

[OvRiDe]

I am going to say pick your best.. one entry per contestant!

[HM4A1]

I'm in! Can you ship to Australia when I win!? ;P XD

[Oneslowz28]

Overseas shipping is noted in the rules. But yes you will get the prize if you win.

[d_stilgar]

I'm in.

[mittelmeier]

I'm in also.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Im in on this one too

[985323]

im in

[Trace]

I have a spare 1GB laying around, consider me in.

[doughnaught]

im in

[HM4A1]

Before I send mine in. In what format do you want the mod presented? Any in particular?

[=OoN= BloodReaver]

Do have to take pictures of the finished product and e-mail it to the e-mail address on the first page. If so i Am in

[Oneslowz28]

photos and an explanation of how you modded it is fine.

[Technochicken]

I'm in.

[d_stilgar]

I should be getting some stuff in the mail on Monday. This should be so good. If I don't win, the winner gets my entry. If I do win, I donate it as a prize for the next contest.

[Oneslowz28]

Sweet thanks d_stilgar

[knightyc]

would be cool if you guys could post some pics. or is it a closely guarded secret lol.

I would enter i have a warhammer vamipre counts army an a few spare bits n bobs askin to be modded only problem is only drive i have is a little aston villa man wife got for bday an i think she would kill me lol

was going to use this theres a coffin in the back that is removeable would fit a small usb drive in with some cutting.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1300344&prodId=prod1050079

[Datech]

knightc, if there is a Microcenter or similar big box store near you, you can go pick up a 512MB or 1GB thumb drive for <$10. As far as the pictures, no pictures until after the contest that way no one copies someone else's design.

[knightyc]

no im in the uk :(

[nevermind1534]

no im in the uk :(

I could sell you one.

[knightyc]

cheers dude got good news just got one from work :whistler: lol

now to get out the dremmel :)

[Funk]

I'm down!

[Datech]

Just to give a little bit more competition, I've already created and submitted my entry. Beware!

[Funk]

One question; when you say functionality I assume you are referring to portability. Correct?
Or would you be referring to the drives actual ability to function?

[Datech]

3. Drive must still work after mod is finished.

The judging functionality refers to whether or not it will work. It will basically be an automatic 10 or an automatic 1. You can mod the thumb drive into anything you want, but it better be super cool cause you'll be taking a 9 point deduction if it doesn't work ;)

[Funk]

I don't think it's possible for the drive not to work lol. So I'm in the clear.

[Frenkie]

I'll give it a go, allthough we dont celebrate halloween here in The Netherlands like you do. Sounds like a fun compo ! :D

[XcOM]

im in on this one, i think i have an excelent idea thats gonna win!

[Oneslowz28]

5 days left.

[d_stilgar]

Mines gonna have to be a one or two day. I have all the stuff that I ordered, but school has been killing me. Did I tell you that architecture will consume your whole life?

[billygoat333]

lol wow, I havent done a single thing on this mod except break open the flash drive from the plastic. :whistler:

[=OoN= BloodReaver]

same here cant find what i am looking for anyways i will drop out

[Frenkie]

lol wow, I havent done a single thing on this mod except break open the flash drive from the plastic. :whistler:

ROFL me too. Waiting for a delivery from the UK. :whistler:

[Datech]

Come on, you can do it! My mod took me about 5 total hours to complete. Maybe less. Do you really want to let a 5 hour mod beat your masterpiece?

[Oneslowz28]

3 days.

[Trace]

I need to get to work! Crap.

[Oneslowz28]

2 days. Better hurry

[d_stilgar]

Crap. I'm out. I was going to do this today, but botched a component pretty bad and won't have time to fix it. I've got to drive home today to trade cars and I'm fixing my wife's computer today. There's just no time now that I messed up that bit.

[Frenkie]

Hm, this is kinda embarrasing for me to tell you....
But here goes:
I started with a standard USB stick
http://clan-rag.gameparty.net/bitchie/case/TDrive/Thumb-Drive01.jpg
I quickly dismantled it to its bone.
http://clan-rag.gameparty.net/bitchie/case/TDrive/Thumb-Drive02.jpg
I measured it , and found it would fit nice in a real thumb
http://clan-rag.gameparty.net/bitchie/case/TDrive/Thumb-Drive03.jpg
...got me a good sharp knive...
http://clan-rag.gameparty.net/bitchie/case/TDrive/Thumb-Drive04.jpg
..toke aim...
And after this shot, my story ends...
http://clan-rag.gameparty.net/bitchie/case/TDrive/Thumb-Drive06.jpg
Why? because I couldnt get the USB drive in the thumb, it seems people NEED a thumb do a lot of things and I just cut mine off !!!!!!

sorry guys!

:)

[nevermind1534]

lmao

[billygoat333]

haha that was awesome.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

lol yeah im down to the wire

[Datech]

I think Frenkie just won, total thumbs up! lol

[Liquid_Scope_99]

yeah very cool

[Oneslowz28]

Last day. Get your entries in by Midnight EST

[billygoat333]

yeah I didnt get mine finished. :(

[d_stilgar]

I think you still have til midnight tonight.

[985323]

i didnt finish, lost it in the mess...

[Oneslowz28]

4 hours left to get your entries in.

[Oneslowz28]

Contest is closed for submissions. Good luck to all who entered.

[Funk]

=( I didn't finish either. My design got way too complex. And I procrastinated way too much lol. Good luck everyone.

[Technochicken]

Are all the entries going to be posted before the results are out on Halloween, or should we post them our selves? I'd love to see what other people came up with.

[Datech]

I'll be posting mine in the modding section a little later. Since all the entries are in I see no reason not to post about it.

[Frenkie]

Mine came just a day too late, so I did a quick fix and not what I wanted to present as a final.
http://clan-rag.gameparty.net/bitchie/case/TBCS-thumb.jpg

[Oneslowz28]

http://thebestcasescenario.com/oneslowz28/front_page/halloween09contest/halloween-contestwin.jpg

TBCS would like to congratulate Liquid Scope for winning our first annual Halloween contest: Spookify your thumbdrive. Liquid's entry stood out above the crowd and for that he Wins a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=node/387) CPU cooler. We would like to thank our other entrants: Technochicken and HM4A. We would also like to give special mention to Frenkie and Datech. Stay tuned for TBCS' next contest to be announced very soon.

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp44/Liquid_Scope/PICT0159.jpg

[Oneslowz28]

I will post the full results in just a little bit.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

I cant Beleive i won awesome first time i have ever really won anything thanks again TBCS.

[Trace]

Congratulations!

[msmrx57]

Congrats!!:banana: Great looking mod.

[Frenkie]

Congratulations man, well done ! You sure earned this all the way !

[Oneslowz28]

Here are the official results. Sorry I did not get them up sooner. I was dead tired last night.

The judging criteria is listed below.

Judging
Ok Judging was done like this.

1-10 points for Creativity
1-10 points for Originality
1-10 points for Following the theme
1-10 points for Quality
Admin will supply a 1-10 point vote on the overall mod

Total votes were tallied and highest score won.

Admin Journalist and Moderators were the judges.

Vote submission process

Votes were submitted to the contest@thebestcasescenario email address. No one knew what the next was voting. This kept things clean and non influenced.

In the interest of full disclosure, Only OvRiDe and myself have access to the contest@thebestcasescenario.com email. We did not open any emails until voting was closed.
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Results

Judge 1

Contestant Name: Technochicken

Creativity: 10
Originality: 9
Following the theme:10
Quality: 10
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Contestant Name: Liquid Scope

Creativity: 10
Originality: 9
Following the theme:10
Quality: 10
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Contestant Name: HM4A1

Creativity: 8
Originality: 9
Following the theme:8
Quality: 5
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Contestant Name: Datech

Creativity: 7
Originality: 8
Following the theme: 10
Quality: 6
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Judge 2

Technochicken



Creativity: 5
Originality: 6
Following the theme:8
Quality: 8
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Liquid Scope:

Creativity: 9
Originality: 10
Following the theme: 10
Quality: 9
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HM4A1:

Creativity: 8
Originality: 8
Following the theme:1
Quality: 3


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Judge 3


Technochicken



Creativity: 5
Originality: 7
Following the theme:9
Quality: 8
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Liquid Scope:

Creativity: 10
Originality: 10
Following the theme: 10
Quality: 9
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HM4A1:

Creativity: 7
Originality: 7
Following the theme:1
Quality: 5


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Admin Vote

Contestant Name: HM4A1



5

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Contestant Name: Liquid_Scope

9

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Contestant Name: Technochicken

6

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Overall scores

Technochicken 101
LiquidScope 125 Winner
HM4A1 75

[Oneslowz28]

I would like to say thanks to everyone who entered and to all of you who rushed to finish but did not submit / finish in time.

There will be a new contest in the very near future so every one needs to keep checking the front page.

[Technochicken]

Great job LiquidScope, and congrats on the win!

[Liquid_Scope_99]

i really needed the cpu cooler i have an i5 system im waiting on my rmaed psu you all i had was the stocker intel heatsink and fan this one should be way better

[billygoat333]

yay! lol congrats!

[Funk]

Congrats!