USS EURISKO - Intrepid Mark II Class

They removed the whole content 20 minutes after I posted this message on the dutch forums (must have taken some major traffic and comments)
I dont believe its something AnG3l has anything to do with.
Its his fans (or at least the ones that made such a fuss on getting fans to vote)
What they dont get is that we have had 7 contenders from the netherlands (7) that means we have a HUGE active scene and that generates a lot of votes.
Its also where a big market for coolermaster lies, they forgot about that in the rush to prevent bad publicity (like they had in the 2007 compo, the 2009 compo and now again)
sorry I am very upset right now ....

What the hhell man? How can they just change their minds? The initial voting should be final, there's no way they should be allowed to get away with backtracking like this. Can't we file an official complaint on your behalf or something? I'm sure if it was done by one of our mods or admin then they'd at least pay it some attention... This is a joke, I certainly won't be following the next competition like I was this one, they've really messed up...

Very unfortunate Asphiax but don't let it get you down or slow you down! As far as I'm concerned you still deserve the top spot so screw what these jealous fans have to say about it and please keep going for all of us watching!

Thanks man ,
Please note that I dont think that AnGeL or Gtek ahd anything to do with or incited to take action like this. The rules state that no unfinished mod can enter. but why they'd let me enter and not just rejected me or gave me a bonus prize to begin with ... It sure sucked the fun out of building it for me .... This time !

That is messed up, if it says that in the rules then they shouldn't have ever entertained your chances of winning. To let you into the competition and then take away the prize you've already won is a joke. It's not like just one guy was responsible for allowing the entry after all. How many people voted without bringing it up and why did the judges pass vote on it before deciding it wouldn't be allowed? Idiots man...

Way I see it though dude, it's all the more reason to finish it the way you want to and then blow them all away next year. We'll get you a facebook page and spam everyone we know with it! You got a damn high judge rating so we can easily put you in top place with some forum board abuse lol Let's see what reason these jealous losers find for why you can't be allowed to beat them then hey?

Only problem I see with what is being said is we shouldn't be choosing to support one project over another. If it is going to be done we should spam all TCBS projects that are in a contest evenly.

Thanks for the sentiment guys, but I`d rather win fair and square by getting the best results ... Oh wait didnt I do that ....

Anyhoo

I have been approached by CM HQ to talk about resolution. Keep you updated

If it's of interest, I happen to know that the winner of the tower mod category (Coolmister) needs a second PSU before it can be benched / used for gaming.

Thanks for the thought BLIBBAX but I do want to prevent it becoming a ugly battle.
If someone (doesnt matter who) gets thrown out for such a thing after being awarded such a achievement they`ll feel just like I did and believe me I do not want to be responsible for that! Just keep it like it is.

I can tell you that I have an official mail from one of the directors about the whole thing and CM netherlands are working overtime to get this whole mess sorted out quickly.

Will keep you updated!

In the meantime ...

Good day Alll, this is your captain speaking.

After the dooming de-commissioning of the USS EURISKO we are back better as before !!!
Looking at the ships logs of the last couple of days I have decided to focus the ships resources on upgrading the ships defensive and offensive systems. To better protect against any and all attack.

Starting with the main deflector.
The Main Deflector, one of the USS EURISKO's primary means of getting out of trouble. It is capable of generating all sorts of particle beams like Tractor, Tachyon and AntiProton beams and it will deflect small asteroid and laser weapons. During the final test run has also proven effective against all possible BULL-SH!T thrown at it during the last week. To review the main deflectors test run please follow this link :



The Captain would like to express his gratitude for all the support, messages and protests about past events and is currently working with Coolermaster Netherlands and Taiwan for a quick and fair (to me and all other competitors) resolution.

ASPHIAX OUT !!!

Seriously guys , thanks and be assured I will keep building the USS EURISKO !!

just curious... since entered this year... will u be able to enter next year?

oh and i kid u not yeaterday i was viewing your thread and thinking how cool it would be if u had a lazer for a gun hahahahahhahah NICE TOUCH MAN!!!!

great build!

Hahaha, are you betazoid perhaps?

No dont think so, the mod may only participate in 1 cm compo and there is also probably a startdate restriction like there was with this one.

I am planning on upgarding the phaser bank leds to full leds strips with a red laser at the end simulating the charge and dis-charge of the phasers. take a look at my earlier video to get a better idea. But the red lasers I have got are not so visible as the green one and I am a bit reluctant to get higher wattage one in fear of damaging peoples (and my own) eyes. We will see how that pans out.

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Originally Posted by ASPHIAX

Hahaha, are you betazoid perhaps?

No dont think so, the mod may only participate in 1 cm compo and there is also probably a startdate restriction like there was with this one.

I am planning on upgarding the phaser bank leds to full leds strips with a red laser at the end simulating the charge and dis-charge of the phasers. take a look at my earlier video to get a better idea. But the red lasers I have got are not so visible as the green one and I am a bit reluctant to get higher wattage one in fear of damaging peoples (and my own) eyes. We will see how that pans out.

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i guess i dont get the joke about betazoid?

that sucks you can only compete in one comp... still got to say... its cool that even for a non finished product you got some serious recognition... i mean this thing is awesome...

as for the lasers... you could always use some cheap lasers from a site like dealextreme.com ... cheap chinese lasers ... they sell a bunch of cheap ones... red green you name it

i think the idea you got for them is awesome... hahahahaha if it works you could always get a lazer that actaully sets a match on fire in place of the green one (just for one shot to make a cool video then place your normal green one back in its place) and make an enemy ship (small one) coated in scraped match heads and set it on fire hahahahahahahah ... childish... but humorous none the less

Personally I think you should have no problem competing in a second CM contest once it's finished. You're in official talks with them already right? So make that a condition of their compensation for the grief they're putting you through. That'll work out much cheaper for them than you demanding they still give you the prizes you were told you'd won (which is exactly what I'd be doing right now)

That's what I'd do anyway, just say to them 'I'm happy to waive the prizes I was awarded in exchange for an opportunity to showcase the mod in it's completed form at the next competition. I will have your full support and it will NOT be removed from the contest a second time for ANY reason. Failing this I expect the prizes I have already won to be delivered as promised. Regardless of the decision to revoke my title I and many others feel it was totally unfair and so I feel I at least deserve this much as compensation for the emotional rollercoaster you have started me off on.'

Some crap like that anyway, that'll put em in their place :D

Ok, I`ve got a question for YOU !

Normally the colour of a federation phaser is orange/red. But to recreate that visually a strong laser is needed. Another solution without risking eye damage is a Blue/Violet laser.

Poll: Do YOU think a Blue/Violet phaser is ok for the EURISKO?
[*]Yes, that`s cool
[*]No, original is better
Tussenstand:
http://poll.dezeserver.nl/results.cg...out=1&sort=prc
Ook een poll maken? Klik hier

Poll stops in 5 days !
Thanks people !!!

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Originally Posted by licenseless

i guess i dont get the joke about betazoid?

i think the idea you got for them is awesome... hahahahaha if it works you could always get a lazer that actaully sets a match on fire in place of the green one (just for one shot to make a cool video then place your normal green one back in its place) and make an enemy ship (small one) coated in scraped match heads and set it on fire hahahahahahahah ... childish... but humorous none the less

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Betazoids were a humanoid race of telepaths from the planet of Betazed.

Create a small Borg cube from match heads and target it !
That`s good fun mate !

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Originally Posted by Munty

Personally I think you should have no problem competing in a second CM contest once it's finished. You're in official talks with them already right? So make that a condition of their compensation for the grief they're putting you through. That'll work out much cheaper for them than you demanding they still give you the prizes you were told you'd won (which is exactly what I'd be doing right now)

That's what I'd do anyway, just say to them 'I'm happy to waive the prizes I was awarded in exchange for an opportunity to showcase the mod in it's completed form at the next competition. I will have your full support and it will NOT be removed from the contest a second time for ANY reason. Failing this I expect the prizes I have already won to be delivered as promised. Regardless of the decision to revoke my title I and many others feel it was totally unfair and so I feel I at least deserve this much as compensation for the emotional rollercoaster you have started me off on.'

Some crap like that anyway, that'll put em in their place :D

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Hahaha, can I quote you on that? LOL
I am having official talks and tuesday they will offer me their proposal.
I think it will all be OK and competing a second time ...
Gonna have a new ship next year ...

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Originally Posted by ASPHIAX

Betazoids were a humanoid race of telepaths from the planet of Betazed.

Create a small Borg cube from match heads and target it !
That`s good fun mate !

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hahahah betazod hahahahahaha its funny because i should have known it would have been a joke like that ... with the build you are doing hahahahahaha


exactly my thoughts on the borg cube hahahahaha i mean the lasers that can light a match are fairly cheap on those chinese wholesale sites... so getting one to make a funny video would be AWESOME hahahahh

all you would have to do... is get some flocking glue and sprinkle it on the borg cube like you would flock onto an interior ... they sale the stuff at craft stores everywhere

We Are Borg - Resistance is Fu.... ZING !!!!!
Burn baby, Burn !!!!

This was just posted in the dutch forums and I have Marco's permission to post this translation in the international forums.

Hello everyone,
it took a while but Asphiax and us have come to a result. Since we cannot and don't want to disappoint the current top three nor Asphiax we have decided to award Asphiax with the Honorary Second Place. The USS EURISKO is a great mod which deserves all honor and respect so that is why we came to this conclusion. Next to this honorable mention, Asphiax will also receive these prizes to make a nice gaming rig:
1x Cosmos S
1x Silent pro Gold 1000w
1x V8 CPU cooler
3x Turbine Master fan
1x Gigabyte P67 Mobo
1x 580GTX VGA kaart
1x Patriot Viper Xtreme Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-12800 (1600MHz) x1

The official statement will be placed on www.coolermaster.com/casemod2011 after the weekend. I would like to offer my apologies again in name of Cooler Master for how things went down, I hope we took away some of your frustrations this way.
Have a great weekend!

Marco van Genechten
Cooler Master Netherlands

I must say that I am very happy with the Honorary Second place and I feel everything is restored to waht it was before this mistake happend.
I would like to thank Marco, Ruud, Raymen, CM Taiwan and CM -Netherland in special and offcourse all of you for the support during the last weeks.
This will help me to complete the EURISKO big time and I am so looking forward to BF3 now.

Again many thanks and see you again in next years Coolermaster Casemod Contest !
Best
Sander van der Velden

Nice hardware mate!

Gief free hardware :P

Here is a short vid on the TriCorder Controller for the Main Deflector Laser and the different fire-ing patterns.

I will need to find a decent second hand tricorder on ebay or something and fit the small remote into it. There will be more functions (double digit functions, 11,22,33,44) to control the other led and led arrays in the ship. Also the volume control of this old HDMI switcher remote will be used to fade certain leds. Couple of nice challenges to be overcome, but its getting there!

Looks pretty cool. Can't wait to see more body work done on the case.

Its going to take some more time unfortunately.
I need to finish all this work to be sure about the size of the breadboard I have to create for all the led work. this needs be fit somewhere in the deflector tunnel and once I have fixated the baseplate and deflector tunnel there`s almost no getting to the hardware anymore (except for swapping out HDD`s and the PSU)
I think the armour is another 10 to 15 hours of work.
Hope to get to it soon!

Congrats on a good result mate. Glad it all finally got worked out. Any thoughts on what you'll be building for the next comp yet?! :D

Ok , here is a mid-year update !

Ths build of the EURISKO started on january 16th and its now halfway through the year so time for a short update and planning for the next phase of the build.

Current state:
What a job but the noses and backsides of the nacelles are almost identical. Finally! Have got 6 days off from work (starting the 16th) to close the entire wing sections, right nacelle, install the mesh for the SDD/HDD tailfan and finish the deflector tunnel. I am going to need those 6 days ...

Its not going to be only build work but also unfortunately some restauration work. One of my cats descided to have a problem with that great big white thing in the corner of the room. Nails vs Depron, all best are open .... :evil:

Also for the next phase WWWicked of the Dutch forum Highflow has been hacking away at the beautifull banner made by JDBNSN! Hope you dont mind as I think it turned out quite ok. (picture is going te get swapped for finished picture)

Also I finally found a solution for the 500 dollar quote I received for the Dedication Plaque made of plexi.
Thanks to Dennis Jasper van Significs

There will be highres pic available once I put a nice frame around it

Live long and Prosper !

looking good man!!

I was actually thinking about his mod last weekend. "Where is it now?" Glad to see your still working on it.

Thansk guys !

The EURISKO got a bit lost in the Pegasus Galaxy ...

Here is a short vid on IZE's Atlantis (birthday gift for my baby girl, she just loved the leds and lasers on the EURISKO now she has her own)

Tubing has to be be stabilized with white plexi rings (looks like an Italian village right now) but the electronics work (there will be 64 RGB leds installed in sides) and she's good enough to light up her eyes when its in random mode...



Sides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zfuHe8iLE

As promissed! The high res (4592 x 2576 - 4. MB) can be downloaded from my blog

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=951

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=488

Ohhhh baby I can picture Seven-of-Nine without those clothes..... :blivnk::blivnk::blivnk::blivnk:


This is looking absolutely killer.

Truely an amazing build! As a long time Trekkie, and Voyager fan, you have really done it justice. The name plate .. well that detail is just icing on the cake.

Very nice work! I can't wait to see the final pics!

Thanks a lot guys !
I have got 6 days of building ahead (yessss) and will post regularly !
Thanks for the support !

Ok, Here is the update on day one of the MOD marathon

Current state :

Put a powertool next to it to give a better idea of the size!

The Wing section needs some serious work!

The bottom saucer section needs some love too !

Need to finish some last details.

See the little wooden blocks, those will be made into a slide-in frame that can be mounted when there's need for warp speed.

I also want to install all the bottom fans for the push/pull setup

A mountain of depron ...

The nose and aft section of the necalle can be removed if i ever need to get to the BITSPOWER fittings.

Jump ahead, second nacelle encapsulated!

That was it for day one , stay tuned for the upcoming 5 days of the marathon !

Laters

I thought this was Star Trek:Voyager not Fast and Furious, silly :P

Looks like you got a few details to button up, but when its finished, its going to be one hell of a build!

Thanks man! But there are some devils in them details :twisted:
I want to get her all encapsulated this week and ready for the next phase, airbrushing!

Eh, I've seen bigger.

Ok, Here is the update of the 2nd day of the MOD Marathon!

0900 >>>
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

1700
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

So that's it for today, laterz !
Just joking ..

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

Installed the SSD/HDD Tailfan to see the effect before fixating the mesh with apoxy clay.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

Untill tomorrow !

Ok, Here is the update of day 3 of the MOD Marathon ...

Ever had one of those days that you work your ass off and it just doesnt look like your going forward?

Well It was one of those days …

Did tons of work getting the sides symmetrical (not a small task)

http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

Finally the design of the tail is finished, had 3 versions and could not decide which one. Chose the one most like the original design.
http://asphiax.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=590&h=330

Short update, hopefully better tomorrow !
Laterz

I think its looking great dude. Can't wait for the next update!