04.30.04
-Steve
I have put 113
Uncanny X-Men comics up for sale on eBay. I finally finished
off my complete run of X-Men comics from #1 thru #350, but over the last
two months I have been submitting my comics to CGC to have my comics
graded and slabbed ( put in a
clear case ) and now I am getting
rid of my extra comics to bankroll the grading of my comic collection.
It costs anywhere from $15 - $79 per comic to get the graded...and at
350 comics, you can see that it will cost a small fortune. If you are
interested in getting a great start on a X-men collection, you own a
comic shop or you are just interested in reselling them individually on
eBay...check out the auction.
04.28.04
-Steve
Thanks to our friends at Microsoft, we have a handful of brand spanking
new Halo X-box bundles to give away for the next week. These X-Box
consoles are the translucent green kind ( they
look like X-Box developer kits )
that say "Halo Edition" on the front. Each console comes with
a copy of Halo bundled with it as well. Get your name thrown in the hat
for a chance to win one of these very cool X-Box consoles. ENTER
HERE.
04.26.04
-Steve
I just got a secret package in from Microsoft for another "One A
Day" giveaway...look for that one in the next few days, I think
you'll like it.
04.23.04
-Steve
The Dave Cockrum benefit computer was sent out today and the autographed
8x10 pictures will be sent out soon courtesy of the Goddess of Geek,
Asia Carrera. The proceeds of the benefit ($2000.00)
and a plaque with all of the names of the donors will be sent via FedEx
on Monday morning. Thanks again to everyone who helped Dave through this
very difficult time. DON'T FORGET to keep entering to win the Killer
Gaming Rig #11, there are 12 days left!!!
Winners
-Steve
The winner of the Dave Cockrum benefit is Haddie McManus!
Congratulations!! But WAIT...there's more! I have a bunch of autographed
Asia Carrera 8 x 10 photos for 25 random entrants! If you see your name
below, Asia is autographing a glossy 8 x 10 personally to YOU...not just
an autograph, but an autograph to you.
Seon Lee,
Edwin Stroop,
Michael Goyette, Adam Hetrick,
Tim Buckley, Chase Peel,
Alan Patton, Ryan Lovejoy,
Shane Kukiattikoon, Steve Harvey,
Rafe Marden, Daniel Halstead IV,
Michael Baker, Peter Schulz,
Alex Hunter, Jacob Buchert,
Daniel Carraher, Chris Snyder,
Gary Bingham, Richard Russo,
Lee Hughes.
04.20.04
-Steve
Dave Cockrum Benefit is closed! Great job you guys.... I will have a
winner announced tonight AND a special surprise for 25 other people
drawn at random!! Stay tuned!
04.20.04
-Steve
This is it, we are down
to the last 100 chances to
win this awesome $3,000+ computer... after that no more entries will be
accepted. I imagine by tonight this kick ass computer will be gone.
Have no fear, the totally free Killer
Gaming Rig #11 is open until May 7th!
04.19.04
-Steve
Update! We are just over half way there! There are about 175 spots left
in the Dave Cockrum benefit, chances are the remaining chances will all
be gone by late tonight early tomorrow.
Cockrum
Benefit -Steve
Enter the Dave Cockrum Benefit here
and try to get your hands on this awesome top of the line 3.2GHz Extreme
Edition, Radeon 9800XT powered Small Form Factor PC. This will be the
last benefit we do for a long time so this is your chance to help out
and try to win a killer computer at the same time. A huge thanks to
CompUSA for the
Extreme Edition P4 and Radeon 9800XT. This is open to everyone. There is
free FedEx shipping to anywhere FedEx delivers.
This is NOT the
Killer Gaming Rig giveaway ( KGR is completely free ). For the
Killer Gaming Rig #11, use this link
to enter.
04.17.04
-Steve
O.K. when I asked this question about the raffles and charity stuff, I
had this in mind. Has everyone heard of Dave Cockrum one of the X-men
comics artists? Well, the gist of the story is this...the X-men back in
the early 70's almost went out of existence, readership was waaay down
and Marvel went for months on end with no new comics. Dave Cockrum was
one of the key people that turned the whole franchise around. He brought
in Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus to the team and they re-launched the
X-men. The rest is history. Fast forward to this month, Dave Cockrum is
in the VA hospital with pneumonia and complications from diabetes. Dave
gets no royalties, no monetary kickback at all from the whole X-men
franchise and he is in serious trouble. This
story at Wizard explains it better than I ever could...it is
a seriously screwed up story.
I am rallying the troops for
an awesome Shuttle i875 SFF with all top of the line components and hold
a benefit for Dave Cockrum and his wife to hopefully help him out in
this time of need. I will probably start the benefit soon.
Any comments? Please let
me know.
Raffle
Question -Steve
Well, the results are in...1,274 e-mail for raffles and 1 against. The
majority of people agree that as long as they are not impacting current
contest and not done too often then it is a great idea. I think two or
three times a year max is best unless it is an emergency situation that
we all agree on.
04.15.04
-Steve
We have solidified most of the Killer Gaming Rig #11
components. So far we have a 3GHz 800MHz FSB Pentium 4, 1GB of
Corsair PC4000 memory, two 160GB SATA hard drives, complete
Asetek Watercooling kit, ATi Radeon 9800XT, Lian Li Aluminum
Case. Make sure you get your entry in!!
04.14.04
-Steve
Does anyone use the "Friends" feature on X-box Live? I always
wondered if people did...I have had Live for 2 years and I never used
the feature. Well, I suppose if I get 1,000 requests on my gamer tag
Hypothermia for Xbox Live...I'll know a bunch of you use it. Heh..
04.13.04
-Steve
It seems that a LOT of you guys like the raffles and auctions. The
problem is, I am not a raffle or auction site and we only do this to
help others in need. We try to steer clear of doing them all the time
simply because it would just lose its purpose. Having said that, I have
now earned a reputation for helping others and I am approached almost
daily with requests for help. This is my question, I know you guys dig
on the chance to win an ass-kicking computer for a $5 donation to
different worthy causes, but ultimately...it is up to you guys. Do you
want raffles more often ( monthly, quarterly, bi-annual )? Do you want
me to do a killer computer (not
the KGR) every so often for charity?
These would be an ADDITION to what I do already and wouldn't
take away anything from the current giveaways. If you are for or against, let
me know.
04.10.04
-Steve
I noticed 3 or 4 days ago that people with odd/weird names in the
"from" section of their e-mail were getting caught by my
e-mail filter. Apparently people with 4 or 5 words in their names like
"Some Dude From Planet Earth" were getting tossed into the
spam folder. Why anyone would have a name like that instead of the regular
"Steve Lynch" or "steve@hardocp.com"
is beyond me anyway. So if you have a weird name like that in your
e-mail address and I haven't responded to you...now you know
why.
04.07.04
-Steve
The Killer Gaming Rig #11
opens today. You can enter once a day for the next 30 days. I have an
awesome Radeon 9800XT 256MB card to handle graphics on this beast but
that is all I can say for right now...specs to be announced soon. In the
mean time, get your name in the hat. You can see all 10
of the past KGRs here.
Whoa! -Steve
Holy cow, I had no idea how many people would be interested in the
limited edition Wolverine sculpture, my inbox has been jammed with
e-mail about the sculpture. Most of the questions pertained to size of
the sculpture (because you
couldn't tell from the picture)
and when the giveaway would start. Well, the giveaway will start on
Monday the 5th and this picture should give you an idea how large the
sculptures are.
Cool Stuff:
-Steve
I have all the winning notifications sent out for the last two contests.
Make sure you check your in-box and for those notification. As always
keep entering to win until all prizes are claimed.
I also have a pretty damn
cool giveaway lined up. I picked up a pretty damn spanky limited edition
Wolverine sculpture (only 1500
total made) this week and that
gave me a great idea. I am making a deal for three more of these limited
addition sculptures to give away to you guys! Here are a few pictures of
one.
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