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Now I'm sure that most of you don't care that i won.. But it does concern the Tl.net community iF you continue reading. I won it at a School Raffle " BCIT" in BC , Canada
Since I already own a half decent laptop and owe a billion dollars in student loans i have decided to sell it. Online it goes for just over 2500$(www.sonystyle.com) since its really rare at only 300 of these machines made. My machine is labeled 33/300
Alright , if i haven't lost you yet this is where Tl.net gets involved.. If you remember i had a forum on tl.net a couple years back. I got robbed in Prauge and was staying with a friend in Amsterdam with no money or way to get back home. Well. liquid`meat hooked me up with 8hours of work and others , many others donated euros and dollars to help me get home. i didnt make it before Christmas but i did indeed get home shortly after. ALL thanks to Tl.net.
SO!! what im going to offer is 10% of my sale to TL.NET. which could be up to 250-300$
of course i would put Meat in charge of the cash , but ill leave it up to you guys for what you want to do with it. Tournaments , Tshirts, donation to charity , etc.. i really dont have a clue.. but this is my way of giving back to the community..
ill have the listing on ebay withen the week sometime . i have to set up a new paypal/ebay account. and will post a link to it as well.
i was also going to offer an additional 5% off to any TL.net member who purchases it. thats just an idea though
alright hopefully you made it all the way down to the bottom and are about to share your ideas on what to do with the 10%
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sounds like a great idea, link to auction would be nice.
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Nice way giving back to the community,
(hint you want it to jump up a couple 100 in price? get a progamer to sign it at blizzcon)
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haha.. i have no intention of going to bizzcon.. dont have the time. a good incentive for a tl.net user to bid though.
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Thats really cool man. Your story with TL.net is pretty legendary to begin with. This just makes it a littil better 
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I love these awesome stories involving complete strangers helping each other out :D
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perfect way to give back to the community.
300 dollar ironman tourney? 
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<3<3<3
I love your story ( one of the best thread here ) and i think it is an awesome idea !
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wow only 300 are made? that's really rare D: great way of giving back to TL for what TL has done for you haha
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Belgium9947 Posts
nice idea
i hope it goes for a lot of money
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I definately remember you User11, your story was so cool even though it was so unbelievable at first considering you just coming and writing such a crazy post about your travels (if I remember you were also just a new member with a very low post count at that time as well). Good luck with selling your Z series and i'm sure the money given to meat will be greatly appreciated!
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Austin10831 Posts
I think it might be even more rare/valuable than you think. On the website it says there's only 120 produced and they start at like $4400
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Good luck a lot User11, hope you'll get out of debt soon.
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Oh wow I didn't hear that story before, that's amazing.
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That's really cool, I think one of the better uses would be saving it for Highlander II (because this one is going to be a smashing success, I can feel it), as a place to start the prize pool.
Anything is awesome though.
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fanta!! hey! long time no hear.. haha how are you?
ill have to look it up again. on the box it says 33/300 might say 33/120 that would be wicked haha
yeah i was always just a watcher on these forums back in my sc days.. never posted .. well intill my ordeal.. good thing i did..
just looked its 33/300.. its not the Carbon fiber Z. its the kalediscope Z but with the Carbon Black colour
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Props to you for doing this, I hope the money helps you with your loans
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wow I wish I was around when this happened, cool story..
and look at the specs on that thing.. 8gb of ram in a 13 inch laptop O_o.. and a 512gb ssd o_O
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still remember reading your thread, heh.
nice idea!
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i will have the auction up tonight 8pm western pacific time.. ( vancouver canada time ) haha.
and will add an additional 5% off for tl.users
for the people who pmed me with offers thanks alot! but ill see how it goes with the auction. cheers
oh : so far some kind of tournament is looking best for the money.
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Osaka27154 Posts
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Congratulations on winning!
This is a pretty nice thing to do.
It sucks how you were robbed though. It must have been hard to replace all those things, if you even got around to replacing them at all, considering your debt, which seems to rival that of the United States.
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HALP IM LOST IN CANADA!!!!!!11!! I NEED A JOB
:D
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i remembered your backstory when i saw your username in the forum listing before i clicked this thread
it's a very classy move of you to give back to the community like this. hope it sells big!
edit: oh and i support the money going towards a tournament
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Anyone who hasn't read the original thread should do so asap.
Great idea, TL rules.
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dang just spent a half hour reading your story. very inspiring.
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OMG, this is really epic, congrats!!! I'm reading the original thread right now but from the look of things, this totally made me happy to be part of in such an inspiring nice community such as TL even if it was someone else point of view. It just to show how TL owns many of the forums out there! ^_^
As for the laptop, I checked it out too and o.O....... me want...... lol
But my suggestion is like a contest, rather than a tourney, maybe like a contest where you let them do something for ya to be picked.... you know how TL had the beta key guide contest and all.... ^_^
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i was going back and reading my thread also.. brings back alot of memories.. i was thinking a contest as well.. since in a tournament theres a select few that the money is destined too.. but what kind of contest?
as for muffin, haha if your lost on my side of canada and have a work permit i definatly could get you a job working in a resturaunt, pm me.
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I just read the entire story. Very inspirational. I don't have any suggestions for the money but I'm glad you're giving back to the community
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This story just gets better and better. User11, you are awesome.
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:-) thanks Elric haha
come on guys !! contest ideas!!!!
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After reading the story and this thread, I have to say you're a great guy.
Some kind of contest like the beta key guides would be awesome, pumps great info to tl and everyone's a winner.
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donate it to the highlander tournament!
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On July 28 2009 10:00 IdrA wrote:
give it to me!
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damn that is amazing, hope you get a good price on that auction. that is seriously a killer system and if i won it i would definately never give it away.
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make it a video contest and we'll make a poll to select the winner. so i guess the funniest video wins?
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On July 28 2009 10:00 IdrA wrote:
donate it to the highlander tournament!
this
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I just read that whole thread too. Holy fuck, my eyes. And wow, you pissed everyone off by refusing to clean house! I would clean house for beer and weed alone, what kinda Canadian are you!
GJ on your journey.
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it says only 120 were made :O
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I like it when people are generous in return to others. It's a cycle of generosity! :DDDD
So yeah. I wonder what the money will go to :o
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dood i read the whole thread from way back when even though I wasn't around back then. Awesome story and it's great that you're donating back to the community.
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I just spent the last 45 minutes reading your thread.
Holy shit, that was more epic than the last season Lost!
Truely inspirational, my favorite part is where you get home and post nothing for the next two years. It must have sucked for the people who cared so much for you to not know what happened, but then you reappeared after all that time, and it was beautiful.
It seems like you have a lot of fun and enjoy life no matter what your situation is. I respect that. Also, this idea is a really great way to give back.
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holy shit i just went back and read through your whole thread. what an amazing thread, i definately would not have expected such a generous response to such a crazy story
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Canada8031 Posts
I just finished going through all those posts, and I have to say, that thread is probably one of the best on TL. It's on par with Rayzorblade's love story.
On December 05 2005 07:56 User11 wrote:
hey All
theres a total of 19 people who made contributions to my cause
ranges from 1euro to 25 euros. im just curious if therse anything i can do for you guys and future contributors.when i get back on my feet back at home. or perhaps now.
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United States17042 Posts
very very nice. ^^
glad to see people giving back to the community.
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damn, i would totally be interested in buying the laptop, you should have sold it on here!!! - _ -
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Wow i didnt know there were TL members in BCIT... I figured i was the only one since people looked at me all weird for playing SC in the library and not studying...
nice way to give back to the community though... maybe they can use it as a prize for one of their blizzcon SC2 tourneys...
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On July 28 2009 12:28 exalted wrote:
damn, i would totally be interested in buying the laptop, you should have sold it on here!!! - _ -
You probably can buy it from him. He hasn't sold it yet and said that he might give a discount to TL members.
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konadora
Singapore66355 Posts
Great to see members giving back to the community =)
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Hi User11, glad things worked out for you Nice to see you payin' it forward, stuff like this is why TL is the best website
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On July 28 2009 12:28 exalted wrote:
damn, i would totally be interested in buying the laptop, you should have sold it on here!!! - _ -
i havent posted it on ebay yet. i was going to offer an additional 5% off to TL.net members and then additional 10% to the community. possibley a contest or a tournament. i was pmed an idea of a sandlot tournament. sounds very interesting and is a possibility.
iv gotten 2 offers so far on tl.net one for 1200, and one for 1400. im looking to get 1700 for it.. but been told since its rare it might go as high as 2500 on ebay. i just opened an ebay account since my last one was lost or closed down. dont really have any feedback so that might effect the bidding.
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On July 28 2009 05:22 StorrZerg wrote:
Nice way giving back to the community,
(hint you want it to jump up a couple 100 in price? get a progamer to sign it at blizzcon)
You want it to jump up a couple 1000 in price? Put a pic of inc in a bikini as the wallpaper.
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haha didnt he finish 6th on WCG the greatest gamer or w/e haha
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could you post the full specs for the system? i have some friends that might be interested in buying it as well
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Ok, I just read your Netherlands post.. Wow! My buddy just got back from a 6 month stay in Australia but no where near as epic as what I read there.
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hey sorry to badger you, but the link is sort of ambiguous. the one you won is model number VGN-Z790DND with p9700, 8gb ram, 512gb ssd, blu-ray?
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That is one DAMN sexy laptop. If only I had the money 
Good luck with your sell. Just reread your story - as epic as ever!
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Stop asking him to donate, you guys:
Since I already own a half decent laptop and owe a billion dollars in student loans i have decided to sell it. Online it goes for just over 2500$(www.sonystyle.com) since its really rare at only 300 of these machines made.
Buy it yourself from him and donate to TL. =.=
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Money ---> shirts ----> MS paint contest imo :p
Or writing contest.
Or a donation ?
eh many options ;(
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On July 28 2009 18:45 skronch wrote:hey sorry to badger you, but the link is sort of ambiguous. the one you won is model number VGN-Z790DND with p9700, 8gb ram, 512gb ssd, blu-ray?
the Z790 yeah the color being black. its fully loaded... except the ram is 6gb not 8gb. everything else i think is the best. vista ultimate 64bit 512gb ssd bluray p9700 2.8ghz
its pretty fantasic.. haha..
hopefully i get it up for auction sometime today... been too lazy i guess
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what would it retail for with all of those specs?
offhand i am willing to pay 1700, will consider higher if it really goes for that much.
im in the market for a new laptop, and i really like sony vaios, so give me a good deal and i will snap it up plz!!!
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liquibition? like 3 liquibitions with good players and $100 prize money each.
Just read through part of your old thread, really impressive tbh what an awesome community tl.net can be
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On July 29 2009 03:36 exalted wrote:
what would it retail for with all of those specs?
offhand i am willing to pay 1700, will consider higher if it really goes for that much.
im in the market for a new laptop, and i really like sony vaios, so give me a good deal and i will snap it up plz!!!
ill put it on ebay and see how it goes.. ill start it at 1500. retail i believe is 2200-2400. im just curious how much it will go for on ebay since its numbered 33/300
auction will be up shortly
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hopefully it will go over 3k huh
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That's cool! Good luck with the selling!
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are you the super old school User11? you used to be so good at BW =P
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Vatican City State1650 Posts
For gaming, isn't nvidia 9300M GS a little lacking? Frankly, I don't understand how some of these business notebooks go for anything higher than 1000. If you want a gaming laptop, a 2ghz dual core/4gb ram is enough, and after that it's the graphics card that matters. At the very least, if you want modern games running smoothly at playable settings, you should aim for 9600M GT as a baseline.
If you truly want a work only laptop, even a 2ghz single core with 2gb ram is fine. Heck, a netbook will be enough.
The SS hard drive and 8gb ram are just excessive for any purpose. Until SS drives go down in price, regular hard drives will almost always be more bang for your buck, especially on laptops, which generally last at most 3 or 4 years. And although 8gb ram is nice, the difference you will feel from 4gb and 8gb rams will be almost nonexistant.
I mean, look at the 2gb of video ram available for the graphics card. At this point, the number of games that can benefit fully from the 2gb ram is nonexistant. Indeed, the 9300M card will limit the gaming and other graphics performance so much so that the 2gb ram won't feel like anything special.
....Of course, I do find the OP's actions commendable... but I don't understand the people here who are offering 1500+ for a sub optimal laptop like this.
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is awesome32277 Posts
I sent you a pm user11 ^____^
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What a great philanthropist!
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On July 29 2009 12:46 orgolove wrote:
For gaming, isn't nvidia 9300M GS a little lacking? Frankly, I don't understand how some of these business notebooks go for anything higher than 1000. If you want a gaming laptop, a 2ghz dual core/4gb ram is enough, and after that it's the graphics card that matters. At the very least, if you want modern games running smoothly at playable settings, you should aim for 9600M GT as a baseline.
If you truly want a work only laptop, even a 2ghz single core with 2gb ram is fine. Heck, a netbook will be enough.
The SS hard drive and 8gb ram are just excessive for any purpose. Until SS drives go down in price, regular hard drives will almost always be more bang for your buck, especially on laptops, which generally last at most 3 or 4 years. And although 8gb ram is nice, the difference you will feel from 4gb and 8gb rams will be almost nonexistant.
I mean, look at the 2gb of video ram available for the graphics card. At this point, the number of games that can benefit fully from the 2gb ram is nonexistant. Indeed, the 9300M card will limit the gaming and other graphics performance so much so that the 2gb ram won't feel like anything special.
....Of course, I do fine the OP's actions commendable... but I don't understand the people here who are offering 1500+ for a sub optimal laptop like this.
I think that the whole limited edition thing jacks up the price a fair amount, even though I agree with many of the points you outlined here. Besides, you don't need a great graphics card to play Starcraft.
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On July 29 2009 12:46 orgolove wrote:
For gaming, isn't nvidia 9300M GS a little lacking? Frankly, I don't understand how some of these business notebooks go for anything higher than 1000. If you want a gaming laptop, a 2ghz dual core/4gb ram is enough, and after that it's the graphics card that matters. At the very least, if you want modern games running smoothly at playable settings, you should aim for 9600M GT as a baseline.
If you truly want a work only laptop, even a 2ghz single core with 2gb ram is fine. Heck, a netbook will be enough.
The SS hard drive and 8gb ram are just excessive for any purpose. Until SS drives go down in price, regular hard drives will almost always be more bang for your buck, especially on laptops, which generally last at most 3 or 4 years. And although 8gb ram is nice, the difference you will feel from 4gb and 8gb rams will be almost nonexistant.
I mean, look at the 2gb of video ram available for the graphics card. At this point, the number of games that can benefit fully from the 2gb ram is nonexistant. Indeed, the 9300M card will limit the gaming and other graphics performance so much so that the 2gb ram won't feel like anything special.
....Of course, I do fine the OP's actions commendable... but I don't understand the people here who are offering 1500+ for a sub optimal laptop like this.
its business executive laptop, meaning its light and portable like a workbook yet has some features of high end rig, so basically its none of the two but since its sony and its flashy, its 2x the price tag.
Its made for people with $$ (or lack of something else) to impress ladies in conference room.
Having 2 graphic chips on a book is just waste of space if you ask me.
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On July 29 2009 09:36 Xeris wrote:
are you the super old school User11? you used to be so good at BW =P
haha yeah i use to be xeris sounds familiar.. id had lots of akas on bw and on nilla..
i think one of my first aka`s on nilla sc was [Phi]-Demi haha.. but since like 02 iv been User11
i was good buddies with lzgamer and bighuntah. we were always on the same teams for years on end.. haha now huntah and i suck from lack of gaming and well lz... im lost for words
the notebook is over excessive but it is all that... and numbered which makes it a collector.. + its a sony.. haha
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Just read that big thread, glad you're doing ok =)
Hopefully the laptop goes for realllly high. I would bid, but i just dont have 2.2k to spend on a laptop =(
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im having some serious trouble putting up the auction on ebay haha.. paypal wont let me confirm my address... i put it up locallyon craigslist for 2k. i know it would probably go for alot more.. 2k is all im looking to get for it. there were 4 offers i got around the 2k mark on tl.net .. i might pm them later to see if there still interested.
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i just checked the specs and wow
that is pretty crazy for a laptop...
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yeah its something else.... makes me want to keep it haha.. .. im already commited to selling it though.. and of course the 10% to tl.net
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I'm not sure what you can do about the ebay thing, but I think you can get a lot more than 2k for it. there's similar laptops with lower specs going on ebay for 2.5k...
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can you get pictures of the laptop / box and put them in the thread?
just want to have an exact idea of what it is.
also, I am in Taiwan right now, so how much would it cost to ship it here from where you are?
link to craigslist posting?
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On July 28 2009 10:00 IdrA wrote:
donate it to the highlander tournament!
hahahaha you greedy jerk :D
jk
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On July 30 2009 11:17 exalted wrote:
can you get pictures of the laptop / box and put them in the thread?
just want to have an exact idea of what it is.
also, I am in Taiwan right now, so how much would it cost to ship it here from where you are?
link to craigslist posting?
ill get some photos up as soon as possible. not to sure how much shipping would be. id have to call and ask. taiwan is pretty far.
was hopeing to avoid shipping it and do it locally after all the trouble iv been having with ebay/paypal.
craigslist listing is here. i just edited it. for a slightly higher price. been getting to many low ball offers.
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/sys/1296516287.html
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im having trouble uploading pictures.. its not that kaleidoscope backing its the carbon black.. yeah like the one in your picture.. but maybe more sleeker. if that makes any sence
alright!!! I User11 have figured out my ebay/paypal problems haha. ( they contacted me and helped me )
got the auction up. starting at 1700. nothing to special.. i thought it would cost an insane amount to list but i kept it short and sweet.. only cost me 80 cents..
heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110419679064#ht_500wt_1182
i even gave tl.net a plug hehe
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error.. sorry for double post.. only meant to edit.
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Alright Guys.. Theres about 3 hours left in my auction. so far Iv had a total of 6 bids... Right now its at 2335USD. which is an acceptable amount considering i was going to take 400-500 less before the auction
auction is here
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110419679064&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1182
for those who have no idea whats going i suggest you read the thread
=) and for those who still dont have a clue whats going on .. i suggest you read my thread when i was stuck in amsterdam. mani posted it
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is awesome32277 Posts
Have you decided what to do with the money? (the tl money i mean!)
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haha not yet.. looks like some kind of contest.. since its fair.. a one on one tourney is no good since theres only a select few to win it.. but what kind of contest..
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On August 05 2009 14:31 User11 wrote:
haha not yet.. looks like some kind of contest.. since its fair.. a one on one tourney is no good since theres only a select few to win it.. but what kind of contest..
buy a nice gift for some of the staff
like a bottle of wine or something
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My opinion is to just give it to the TL staff, and let them run a contest in your name and use the money as the prize. I think that a good contest type would be like the guide contests that TL held for the SC2 beta keys, since not only is it fair and accessible/winnable by everyone, but it also contributes to the overall community.
Something like a VOD commentating contest would be nice, for example.
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Austin10831 Posts
On August 05 2009 14:51 Manifesto7 wrote:
Profile contest!
This is an awesome idea!
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Time to jack up the bidding...
Just kidding.
I remember reading that blog and thinking, oh shit, that sucks!
Good to hear you got home safely and its good that you are donating 10% to TL.
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$2,900 and I'm sure there will be a increase come deadline. Congrats man
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On August 05 2009 16:18 FantomX wrote:
$2,900 and I'm sure there will be a increase come deadline. Congrats man
Gotta say, good thing you put it up on ebay it seems. Getting waaaay more money hopefully.
Congrats.
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sick that the auction ended up going so high
way way over my budget, but congratulations man!
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
$ 4174.98 new when you get it from Sony
So the guy buying it is getting a good deal, but at least you got more than $2000 for it lol. The SSD is like $1300, did you know that?
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
And congratulations, you are now $2900 richer, minus whatever you give to TL.
I would hate it if the money were used for something boring like another tournament or showmatch... think outside the box on this one!+ Show Spoiler +illegal beta key fund lol
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i know i cant believe how high it got.. amazing!!!!! im so happy haha!! i like the idea of giving it to the admins and having my name under the sponsored contest of event. or everywhere on the site .. or what ever.. doesnt matter  haha..
as soon as i get payment and have it shipped . i will get in contact with a trusted admin. and get something oraganized
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!
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