Somebody loves DOOM 3

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Must be Walter Mittys PC case

http://www.hardforum.com/showthrea [...] ge=1&pp=20

I've bookmarked this in my ART category.

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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:39:08 -0400, "Tweek"
<tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> wrote:

>Absolutely mindblowing. I bet he could sell that to Id for $10,000.

Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time on
his hands..

toadie

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"faster_framerates" <nothanks@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time on
>> his hands..
>
> Agreed. I would rather waste my time gaming.
>
> He obviously doesn't have a wife either.
>
> - f_f

From his post of 12-26-2004, 09:13 PM: "My Santa-wife gave this naughty boy
an awesome Doom3 ZBoard--..." She's an enabler...

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In article <Cqube.420$_s1.397@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>,
dapperdan@wallawalla.com (DapperDan) wrote:

> http://www.hardforum.com/showthrea [...] ge=1&pp=20

A little hardcore trainspotter for comfort really. And yet... <checks
nobody's watching> "Wow!"

Impressive. Certainly not a waste of time, because I'm sure he could make
a good profit on Ebay with it, even if ID don't buy it.

Andrew McP

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> >Absolutely mindblowing. I bet he could sell that to Id for $10,000.
>
> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time on
> his hands..

So the time he spent realizing a concept into a tangible masterpiece would
have been better spent doing what? You're probably implying that he has no
friends and that the time would be better spent "with friends" or "getting
laid" or some bullshit. Maybe he's an artist, designer-engineer, technician
type. You know, someone with a brain who can engage with a concept and see
it through to execution.

Yeah, he's a real time waster...

Idiot.

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Tweek

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"Tweek" <tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> wrote in message
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>
> Highlandish <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:426f7a25_2@x-privat.org...
> > Quoth The Raven "faster_framerates"<nothanks@nowhere.net> in
> > d4me73$eul$1@news.tamu.edu
> > >> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time
> > >> on his hands..
> > >
> > > Agreed. I would rather waste my time gaming.
> > >
> > > He obviously doesn't have a wife either.
>
> Can I just say, I detest a man who judges another man based on the
presence
> or absence of a woman. Define yourself, douchebag.
>
> --
> Tweek
>

And can I say, I detest a man who judges another man based on him judging
another man based on the presence or absence of a woman.


--
Dr. Dickie
Skepticult member in good standing #394-00596-438
Poking kooks with a pointy stick.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries,
is not 'Eureka!' ('I found it!'), but rather 'hmm....that's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov

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> sometimes a person needs a break from gaming and wife'ing, I'm rather
> impressed and I hope to see the final product. I'm also inspired to do
> something similar

More power to you. I get the chance to be "creative" all day, so the gaming
I do at night is my way to decompress. I did agree it was amazing. I just
did all my model-building as a kid.

While playing Doom 3, or almost any game for that matter, I often pause,
look around the maps and admire the CGI work that goes into creating a game
world.

- f_f

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<toadie05@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:39:08 -0400, "Tweek"
> <tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> wrote:
>
>>Absolutely mindblowing. I bet he could sell that to Id for $10,000.
>
> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time on
> his hands..
>
> toadie

I just wish I had the money and the equipment (and the skills). I don't even
know the right end of an airbrush but I could use my old 40K
painting/modding skills and paint with normal brushes instead.

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drocket wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:16:51 GMT, "MP" <markparrish@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Can one imagine some cack-handed churl cracking about Beethoven whilst
>>writing his 9th Symphony:
>>
>>"Amazing, but that bloke has too much free time on his hands."

> Can you imagine in Beethoven had instead spent his time writing songs
> about some game that nobody will remember in 10 years?

Or why Mozart would waste his time devoting an opera to nonsense about
magic flutes. Or why Quentin Tarantino would spend millions doing an
homage to shitty Run Run Shaw revenge movies.

> This guy definitely has an amazing amount of skill, but spending it
> decorating a PC case to look like a game that's a mediocre sequel
> simply isn't the best use of his time.

It's his time to waste.

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Thusly Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> Spake Unto All:

>DapperDan wrote:
>> Must be Walter Mittys PC case
>
>Why? I enjoyed Doom 3, but certainly dont rate it as an all time great.

If you don't want the case, just send it to me. I'll take it.

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Highlandish wrote:
> either ID or Activision could buy the case for their collection. it might be
> better than any other they might order from elsewhere. I'm inspired to build
> cases based on games and make the developers buy it off me. what a business
> to be in!


You could build in a front panel button for "God Mode" ...

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Quoth The Raven "Tweek"<tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> in
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> Highlandish <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:426f7a25_2@x-privat.org...
>> Quoth The Raven "faster_framerates"<nothanks@nowhere.net> in
>> d4me73$eul$1@news.tamu.edu
>> >> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free
>> >> time on his hands..
>> >
>> > Agreed. I would rather waste my time gaming.
>> >
>> > He obviously doesn't have a wife either.
>
> Can I just say, I detest a man who judges another man based on the
> presence or absence of a woman. Define yourself, douchebag.

hey, watch your attributing, I never said any of that. I lambasted him same
as everyone else.

--
I like to torture my plants by watering them with ice cubes. - Steve
Wright

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Quoth The Raven "Walter Mitty"<mitticus@gmail.com> in
3dabuqF6qkuhfU1@uni-berlin.de
> drocket wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:16:51 GMT, "MP" <markparrish@mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can one imagine some cack-handed churl cracking about Beethoven
>>>whilst writing his 9th Symphony:
>>>
>>>"Amazing, but that bloke has too much free time on his hands."
>>
>>
>> Can you imagine in Beethoven had instead spent his time writing songs
>> about some game that nobody will remember in 10 years?
>>
>> This guy definitely has an amazing amount of skill, but spending it
>> decorating a PC case to look like a game that's a mediocre sequel
>> simply isn't the best use of his time.
>
> You are the definition of a philistine. I bet youd have said the same
> about Stradivarios (sp) when he was tinkering with wood making that
> new fangled Fiddle thingy.

that would be soooo over his head

--
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire
(1694-1778)

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Quoth The Raven "MP"<markparrish@mindspring.com> in
F3Wbe.601$7F4.323@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net
> "drocket" said:
>
>> >> This guy definitely has an amazing amount of skill, but spending
>> >> it decorating a PC case to look like a game that's a mediocre
>> >> sequel simply isn't the best use of his time.
>
> "Walter Mitty" replied:
>
>> > You are the definition of a philistine. I bet you'd have said the
>> > same about Stradivarius when he was tinkering with wood making that
>> > new fangled Fiddle thingy.
>
> "Highlandish" offered his viewpoint:
>
>> that would be soooo over his head
>
> I doubt it, Highlandish, and I don't agree. This guy is dedicated to
> his work - whatever that may be.
>
> From a historical point of view, Stradivarius was not the first
> violin-maker. He just took the design, manufactoring, and acoustic
> capabilities of the violin (and viola) to different methods of
> construction and playability. He also developed a technique for
> "pumping them out", a la Henry Ford and his cars. Assembly line
> production.
>
> But some professional violinists consider other violins (newer
> models) more desirable and playable than original priceless
> Stradivarius violins. But the only "valuable" violins the general
> public seem to recognize are Strads. Therefore - an original
> Stradivarius "must be" superior to any other violin. They aren't now.
> They are more recognized as priceless antiquities. Sure - a violinist
> may want to use his priceless Strad now and then, but perhaps it
> would be "the devil" in trying to keep it in tune.
>
> Stradivarius just has "the name". Sort of like "Windex" (rather than
> calling glass cleaner "glass cleaner", most people say "pass the
> Windex" ). Same for "Kleenex" rather than "facial tissues". Or
> "Band-Aids" for "small sterile adhesive bandages". Brand-name
> recognition. Here in the U.S. we are prone to those genaralities
> because they are easier to say and everyone knows what you are taking
> about.
>
> But back to the capabilities and potential of this "Doom 3"
> case-modding gentleman. I truly believe if the gentleman had an
> understanding of the acoustical physics, the proper wood(s), tuning
> pegs, specific glues (some of which are organic - made from horse
> hooves, for example), clamps, the "frogs" (Google it - "Violin
> frog" ), the strings, the bridge(s), a proper acoustic frequency
> monitoring room and harmonic frequency spectrum analyzing equipment,
> and last - but most of *not* least - a professional violinist to
> "beta test" his work-in-progress - I am certain the man is so
> brilliant he could build a violin that would be a fine acoustic
> instrument.
>
> Of course, Stradivarius didn't have any of the electronic testing
> devices way back then that would come in handy now - and that would
> have saved hours of work during manufacture - because Stradivarius
> was also a master violinist and could test his handcrafted
> instruments "as he went along" making them. When he perfected what he
> thought was his "ideal" violin, he used the same techniques to build
> more of them.
>
> What I am saying is, that I believe "Mr. Doom 3 case-modder" could
> build a fabulous violin if he wanted to. But that doesn't seem to be
> his specialty; his oeuvre. "Mr. Doom 3 case-modder" seems more
> comfortable using man-made materials (including adhesives, Bondo®,
> Plexiglas®, plastics, modern pre-fabricated electronic parts modified
> to suit his needs, etc.) than working with the materials needed to
> make a violin.
>
> If I were a violinist, and he made violins, I would commission him to
> build me one, simply because he has proven himself incredibly
> dedicated to his work he has at hand - wherever that may be.
>
> I wish I could afford for him to mod a case for me - but it probably
> be more like an "Clive Barker's Undying" or a "System Shock 2"
> case-mod than a "Doom 3" mod. And laugh if you must - maybe even a
> "Myst" mod! :-)
>
> Mark

I meant that the violin reference would be over the head of the detractor,
not the modder, who I hold in the highest degree.

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"Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>Quoth The Raven "Les Steel"<a@aolnot.com> in
>3da0i9F6s2a93U1@individual.net
>> <toadie05@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:15bt61tr3s8j7hc3r4kqrv760lh2hs82vg@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:39:08 -0400, "Tweek"
>>> <tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Absolutely mindblowing. I bet he could sell that to Id for $10,000.
>>>
>>> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time
>>> on his hands..
>>>
>>> toadie
>>
>> I just wish I had the money and the equipment (and the skills). I
>> don't even know the right end of an airbrush but I could use my old
>> 40K painting/modding skills and paint with normal brushes instead.
>
>same, only had the WH fantasy models and WW2 airplanes as previous
>experience

I wonder if anyone used gaming miniatures for a case mod diorama?

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"Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Quoth The Raven "Bateau"<Gamera@work.stomping.aza> in
> 2jf371lkbepkqh7i9so90mm8e5omd4iji4@4ax.com
>> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>>Quoth The Raven "Les Steel"<a@aolnot.com> in
>>>3da0i9F6s2a93U1@individual.net
>>>> <toadie05@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:15bt61tr3s8j7hc3r4kqrv760lh2hs82vg@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:39:08 -0400, "Tweek"
>>>>> <tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Absolutely mindblowing. I bet he could sell that to Id for $10,000.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time
>>>>> on his hands..
>>>>>
>>>>> toadie
>>>>
>>>> I just wish I had the money and the equipment (and the skills). I
>>>> don't even know the right end of an airbrush but I could use my old
>>>> 40K painting/modding skills and paint with normal brushes instead.
>>>
>>>same, only had the WH fantasy models and WW2 airplanes as previous
>>>experience
>>
>> I wonder if anyone used gaming miniatures for a case mod diorama?
>
> dunno. building a pc is a little more mature than miniatures, unless
> someone wants to mod a case for Dawn Of War
>
> --

That's what i've been thinking! Would cost a bomb though with what GW charge
nowadays.

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"Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>Quoth The Raven "Bateau"<Gamera@work.stomping.aza> in
>2jf371lkbepkqh7i9so90mm8e5omd4iji4@4ax.com
>> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>>Quoth The Raven "Les Steel"<a@aolnot.com> in
>>>3da0i9F6s2a93U1@individual.net
>>>> <toadie05@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:15bt61tr3s8j7hc3r4kqrv760lh2hs82vg@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:39:08 -0400, "Tweek"
>>>>> <tweek@comeonletsbereal.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Absolutely mindblowing. I bet he could sell that to Id for $10,000.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time
>>>>> on his hands..
>>>>>
>>>>> toadie
>>>>
>>>> I just wish I had the money and the equipment (and the skills). I
>>>> don't even know the right end of an airbrush but I could use my old
>>>> 40K painting/modding skills and paint with normal brushes instead.
>>>
>>>same, only had the WH fantasy models and WW2 airplanes as previous
>>>experience
>>
>> I wonder if anyone used gaming miniatures for a case mod diorama?
>
>dunno. building a pc is a little more mature than miniatures, unless someone
>wants to mod a case for Dawn Of War

Case modding is wayyyyyy less mature than miniatures.