Yay! Cake!
Yay! We’re one!
Besides mashing our faces into cake and crying at all the attention, we want to do something special for all of our loyal readers and fans who have helped us get to this point.
The past year has been amazing for the “Orange” side of Icrontic. From our “Hello World” post to yesterday’s breaking news, we have come a long, long way. Those jerks over at Blue have lots of traffic and content to lord over us, but we came back swinging with a great staff of writers, well-crafted content, and continuously evolving relationships with game publishers. Our trip to E3 in June was a major milestone for us, and things have just been getting better and better. Here are some of the highlights from the past year.
Remember…?
- We LOVED Castle Crashers!
- The first of a long, awesome chain of CB’s New Releases came out.
- Brian started playing WoW.
- Bobby wrote his first gaming article, about decals.
- The famous Chopper Challenge comic.
- Our coverage of every TF2 Class Update in the last year.
- Cannonfodder’s first L4D guide—the Hunting Rifle.
- Speaking of which, Myrmidon’s first article with us—the Shotgun guide.
- The Resistance Journals from our then-secret look at The Saboteur.
- Our actual visit to Pandemic Studios to see The Saboteur.
- Our review of Valkyria Chronicles.
- Jackie’s quest to become a Frag Doll.
- Chris White’s first review—The Hunter.
- Kevin Farrell’s first review—Dwarf Fortress.
- Bobby and Brian go back to Pandemic for a roundtable with developers.
- Cliff incites the hordes with his L4D2-boycott crybaby call-out.
- Our interview with Valve’s Doug Lombardi.
- Our first hugely popular article, on the leaked Soldier update for TF2.
- Snark and Cliff blasting each other over the value of PC vs. Console.
- The whole Australia L4D2 kerfluffle led to a huge increase in our traffic.
- Nemikan’s first review, a roundup of three DotA clones.
- Lincoln’s Starcraft-on-Windows-7 guide blew up.
- Quady the Turnip made the Saxton Hale stamp.
- Sony PSP Go release day roundup.
- First on the web with a Shattered Horizon review!
- Steven Legg’s first review—Zombie Tycoon
- And just yesterday, our hilarious fanboy bait piece
Ahhh those were the days…
Well, enough nostalgia, now on to the good stuff.
Like any kids at a birthday party, we know all you really care about is the swag bag that you get to take home with you. We have been blessed with some truly awesome partners and have been able to put together an amazing gaming PC to just give away to a lucky winner.
One lucky winner will receive:
- AMD Phenom II X4 965 (The fiercest AMD CPU on the market)
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 (The fastest single-card GPU out there)
- Western Digital 300gb Velociraptor (The fastest desktop-level mechanical HD in the wild)
- NZXT Lexa S case (Beautiful, well-built enclosures always help)
- NZXT Sentry 2 fan control module (Gotta have bling and excellent control!)
- Ultra X4 750w modular PSU (MOAR POWAH, 80+ Bronze, and cable management to boot!)
- OCZ PC3-12800 Black Edition Ready CL8 Dual Channel RAM (AOD support, 4gb, fast—insanity!)
- ECS A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard (AM3 + AMD790 goodness—Delicious!)
- A copy of Shattered Horizon from Futuremark Game Studios (3D space combat madness!)
- A licensed version of 3DMark Vantage Advanced from Futuremark (Brag to your friends)
This sucker’s gonna chew through any game you could possibly throw at it, with AMD’s top of the line CPU and GPU, one of the fastest mechanical HDs on the market, and some sexy accessories from NZXT. Let’s just say you won’t be needing an upgrade for a while. The parts will be arriving separately, so the winner is responsible for assembling the machine. Batteries not included, some assembly required, etc.
To be entered in the random drawing, all you have to do is be a registered member of Icrontic, and post a positive gaming or Icrontic-related experience in the comments; maybe a memory of a boss in an old NES game you beat in 1989, or that time that we thought Jackie was a nine-year-old girl in TF2.
On December 1st, 2009 we will pick a random name from the qualified entrants. Good luck!
Happy birthday to us…. Happy birthday to ussss……
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