Gonna do something a little different this time around, but it should prove kinda fun. :)

The winner, who will be chosen by me, will have his/her/it/other's choice of one game from the following list:

Duke Nukem Forever (standard edition)
Borderlands Game of the Year Edition
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Warlock: Master of the Arcane
"That THQ Game That Shall Not Be Named Until SG Clears it Again"
(Hey, I happen to think it's awesome)
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (I had to...)

Here's how to play:

Since everyone and their brother nowadays (and some pets) have cameras stashed in their pockets and/or orifices of preference, this should be fairly easy to do. Just snap a pic of your gaming rig, one that we can easily see, and share it here (just use a freebie pic host service and link to it). Include a quickly scrawled, but legible, note mentioning SteamGifts in it so we know the pic is really from you and not just something you snagged off of Google. It can say anything you like, such as "I ♥ SteamGifts" or "CthulhuSaves is a douche for making me do this!" You get the idea.

Now, here's the catch. I'm looking for a certain type of eccentricity, but I'm not gonna tell you which. Could be anything from see-through cases with lots of lights to boxes made of real wood, or maybe a certain motif (pirates, zombies, unicorns, etc). Ya never know. ;) At the very least you waste a minute or two of your life and get to show off your rig to everyone. I've also created a hierarchy so that, should no one post a pic that falls into the right styling, I'll default down the list until we've got a winner.

The contest will remain open as long as there is continued interest in it. Could be just a few hours, maybe a few days. Whenever people stop posting, that'll signal the end and I'll announce a victi--, er, winner.

(Lurkers are encouraged to give copies of Fortix to their favorite runner ups. lol)


Contest is now closed.

Some very nice systems were shown! However, nobody upped pics of anything really weird or eccentric, much less the specific type I'd chosen as the winning category (see below), so I just used random.org to pick a winner from the entries posted.

The winner is... drumroll...

HenryLi!!!

I'll contact you on Steam to finish up. :)

Ok, so some of you are probably wondering what the "mystery" category was, and the answer would be: Caseless systems. Caseless PCs were originally born out of necessity and/or poverty, but have, rather surprisingly, since become a new fad, alongside Retro, SteamPunk, and all the other eccentric styles. What's really hilarious is that, in true commercial fashion, they're now producing special cases for caseless systems! I kid you not. They typically look like milk crates or desktop sized open-lid boxes, but personally I think that's cheating and takes the fun out of using nails on the wall and coathangers draped from hooks on the ceiling (now that's a caseless system!). lol

Here are a few pics in case you're curious:

Clicky1 Clicky2

So there ya go. Hope this was fun for you guys. If so, please say so, and hopefully we can do something similar again later. :)

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Evening bump. :)

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Maybe I'll take some more recent pics tomorrow. This should do for now need to sleep.
Click Me

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Desk

Main computer...two blue fans and the inside is lite red but wont come up in photos....meh

2nd(Linux) computer, less power

EDIT: Forgot note...but my profiles in one of the photos. hope thats legit enough O_o.

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Phone pics, only my main gaming rig. Otherwise it gets too much with my girlfriend's desktop, laptop, my pc which runs as a esxi server and a mini pic from Sapphire :) None of them looks that special anyway imo. Well the Sapphire mini-pc is nicely designed.

But, here is my rig
Desk
Keyboard/Mouse
G19 screen info :D
Box
Side shot 1
Side shot 2

The toilet roll is there as I'm fricking ill, so it's needed lol

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I'd just like to say that i don;t own the macs, my friends thought it'd be 'funny' to put them in there hahahaha
apparently the alcohol doesn;t belong to me either-.-

my babies
silverSparkleisgay

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my cat is cute, her name is sporty:>

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oi! I object to being called gay! I am in fact awesome :D

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Maybe later i will upload the pics of my old and new gaming PC.

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S E X

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Here is my setup. I sometimes play PS2 games on that TV.
Everything
From Left
From Right
Center

Edit: One more from left

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Am I mistaken, or do you have stuff stuck to your case with magnets?

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You aren't mistaken.

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Wow, not a lots of gamers use Ubuntu. Do you dualboot (like me), or go with wine (suck for mw, having proble m with primusrun).

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Dualboot, but I currently play only 1-3 hours (mostly LoL) per day because of school.

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This

Is

My

Shiny (ignore the silicone adhesive smear...)

Box

Still need to watercool the GPU and replace the massive green fan with a slimline one :V

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Nice one, like the added details on the mainboard and graphics card :)

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Thanks :) Took ages and made my eyes go funny for a while but it was worth it!

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Damn, that is pretty.

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For a short while afterwards all I could see was neon. I imagine that is what an acid trip feels like, except less happiness and more pain, frustration and hand cramps :V

I'm planning on flipping the rear radiator round, cutting some more holes and rearranging the tubing annnnd resleeve the PSU cables. But it's finding the time for it (and I'm lazy :D)

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Shoe-in

Eyelet that one slide,

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Oh, the pain. lol

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Sorry that was terrible but I got a kick out of it...

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Indeed it does but the shoe must go on.

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It's like Vogon poetry on tape. In Surround Sound.

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The pictures aren't the best and the computer doesn't look anything special either, but it is capable of running anything and I like it.
There is only one fan with LED lights (red) and it looks a bit better in reality than on the pictures. Other fans and everything else is just average. The keyboard is some average MS Industrial, mouse is a cheap Acme and 1680x1050 Samsung monitor. But I am still able to be MVP in matches (so I don't understand why people need special mouses or keyboards...)
The only game that I would be interested in is Warlock: Master of the Arcane (already own/don't need the rest).
Thanks!

Front
Side

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Old pic, have a soundcard in there now too. Clicky
Need to upgrade :(

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Hello,
Some stuff
My Laptop ^^
More stuff
Hope I win :D
Yeach, I know It's the best quality you've ever seen :P

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My baby... my aging but still awesome baby... The Box

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so lame

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Jealous.

lol

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Here is my Laptop :) As you can see i took the picture whilst trying to comment so it looks cool lol!I got the speakers, i wrapped paper around the bright parts cus they blind me; I got a wireless mouse; a fan for my laptop; and the laptop which can run most games in high detail; just what i need!

http://i50.tinypic.com/70gdfl.jpg

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Ok, so let's rephrase. Perhaps instead of "eclectic" the word "weird" would better convey the idea. Do you have a gaming rig that's... odd or unique in some way? :)

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I leave one of the side panels off. =/

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I usually do that, too. Always fiddling with stuff inside; it's easier that way. Unfortunately my PC died a few years ago, and I haven't had the spare cash to rebuild it yet. Been using a laptop. It's a decent lappie, so I can't complain, but it's certainly not a gaming rig. One day, though, the gaming world will be mine again!! N'yah! N'yah!

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My box


Sorry no note, unless you count whats on my DA page?....


My rebuild

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Well Here It is

524$ For a Crappy HP Pavilion Slimline With a 6150SE+Single Core 2.70 Ghz But i bought and installed a GeForce 210 Getting Money For a New Case,CPU,PSU,Cheer's!(btw it run's most of the stuff i throw at it like my dog.and Games at 1024x768 Med :p)

Mah Baby

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T'is a new day, citizens!

Things seem to be slowing down. I'll monitor the thread throughout the day, and if the entries continue to taper off, I'll end the contest this evening.

C'mon, last chance to show us your bizarre gaming rigs and maybe win something!

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Actually, it's a perfectly ordinary, not-at-all-customized iMac from ~2005.

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Heh. Looks like silverSparkle beat ya to it. :)

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Well, dang. But I do have a much less cool mouse than he does! (the standard Mac mouse)

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Here's my pride and joy; my 42" LG DellBook 360

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Front - Side - Monitor

Additionally, I have these. (:

These photos are taken yesterday. (:

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the ultimate rig O.O ps3,xbox 360+kinect,ps1 or sega dreamcast(I can't recognize it from the pics but looks more like ps1) and another black console up+good looking computer(the case looks kinda too normal compared to all the stuff you have)

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In the last picture, there is...

a PS3 with PS Eye, a XBox 360 with Kinect, PS1, PS2, a NES clone, Nintendo 3DS (25th Anniversary Zelda Limited Edition) and a WDTV Live. Other than these, a GH guitar for XBox, drumsticks for a RB Drum set (again, for XBox360), some 3D glasses (for the TV of course). All of the consoles are (except the NES clone) connected to that A/V receiver via optical cables. Also on the right, you can see Valve The Sacrifice, Brady Guides for MGS2 and MGS4, Umbrella Academy and Kick-Ass.

Hope this helps. (:

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