WWDWWD - The Show-Offs

Greetings! And welcome to the cocky instalment of Where We Do What We Do! This episode features the much awaited powerhouse stations of Xeon, Insanity and myself. Personally, I felt that many of you also qualify for this category. However, selection criteria was heavily focused on setup arrangement and photography. If you'd like to resubmit your pictures or if you recently had a new piece of gear added to your rig, don't hesitate to resubmit! We're intending to make this a regular segment!

Nuff said. Behold, Sim Lim Square. LOL seriously Xeon's com(s) here really do remind me of the backlanes of Sim Lim. You know where the CPU towers are angled sideways due to space constraints. I don't want to say too much about this one because I'm fairly sure many people can't live up to the immensity of this setup. View full size to believe. Xeon, "This was as much as i could squeeze in" which implies that there are another 2 desks in his room with similar amount of tech.

Insanity hotstuff keeps his terminal looking slick and cool. The Cool Pyro perhaps? This is certainly the bachelor pad of gaming stations; alcohol, cologne, magazines, black tabletop, toys... what more can you ask? Oh ya. Chicks.

Contrary to what many people thought (those who've been to my room know this) the Mystery Station isn't mine. So here's a deskshot of my setup. It's changed abit now since I got my hands on a VJ deck =D. But yeah, dual monitors are for my work and sure help manage the clan administration while in-game.

So the thing is, if this is my station, who does the Mystery Station belong to?! CONTEST CLOSED and you all fail! No one got it right! The station belongs to the oldschool godfather of pagn.net and TFC rocket extraordinaire, Dequan.
Dequan was damn excited when he saw we were doing our WWDWWD posts that he sent over a couple of images of his setup, which in my opinion, is fuxxing pimp. His rig features dual monitors and a Macbook to aid his work as a music composer, producer and audio engineer. He regularly visits the blog and occasionally plays TF2 at my house.

Heavy Update

Run coward.
Source: planethalflife

XsT Class of 2008

A huge huge huge shoutout and thanks to Mut for putting this together. It's exceptionally accurate and overwhelmingly hilarious! Thanks Mut - for this, XsT presents you with a custom designer XsTee:

Where We Do Mega Post

Well hello there! Welcome to the mega large instalment of The XsT WHERE WE DO WHAT WE DO! A huge huge thanks to all members who contributed their deskshots for this project, keep them coming! I've decided to do a mega post along with a mini contest at the end where you can win yourself fabulous prizes*! In addition to that, Massacre has been kind enough to drop off his "Home and Away" gaming/work stations in a little montage - check it out.

*Terms and conditions apply lol.

Above is the elusive gamestation that I was asking for an ID couple of weeks back. Turns out it was HBBs (identified by the distinct Orange Box mousepad.) Like his playstyle, HBB's station is no nonsense gaming goodness. Just the rig and the tools he needs to plough through the servers.

In stark contrast to HBB's station is Craig's fluffy Carebear err... thing. I can't tell which is worse, playing on a tiny laptop keyboard or having a Carebear's butt occupy two-thirds of my mouse area. Craig, in all aspects of terminology, you have outdone your brother in gh3yness. Although your hi-fi set above your desk may redeem a small amount of your pride, I question what kind of music is emitted through those speakers.

Man. I wanted to name this instalment of WWDWWD "The Stuffed (Up) Toy Edition". Here's KENNEH! Not so much the Carebear but it's Sonic! And because Sonic's oldskool cool, you get extra points in my books. Also visible are the other handhelds Kenny owns (PSP, NDS etc.) Good stuff man - although your Love Hina wallpaper is questionable, I'm sure Xeon appreciates it.

Much awaited is Rat's very very cultured comic hub. The desk could easily be mistaken as an actual study desk (hahaha yeah right.) Gaming keyboard and gaming mouse are standard outfits along with satellite speakers on his desk. Gorgeous black CPU case he's got there too. Only thing I must add is his power sockets look a little dangerous. Just a little. HAHA.

Last but not least it's Mass! All the way from Perth, he send his rigs. I must say, his "away" desk area is looking fine with the MacBook Pro running TF2. His local Singapore system isn't too shabby either, reminiscent to an untamed beast of sorts. Click the preview above for a larger image. Shoutout to Mass! Much love.

And here's the MYSTERY STATION OMGWTF! Who could it possibly be? Send me (Psyrabbit) your answers by 30 July 2008 and you might win a custom designer XsT Tee! Look for me over Steam for futher enquiries. If there are 2 or more people with the same correct answer, they will be put into a round of Celebrity Deathmatch duel_duel2 - demos recorded!

The Real Watchmen

I cant help but post another thing Watchmen related.

Even if you can beat the The Zohan, the Watchmen cannot beat this!

"Ma-tar! Ma-tar! Ma-Tar!"

Let me tell you who watches the Watchmen!

The Watchmen will get Owned by THE ZOHAN. YOU DONT MESS WITH THE ZOHAN!

Who watches the Watchmen?

Hi-quality trailers found HERE

Most epic movie of 2009, I hope ^_^

XsT OMGWTFBBQ!

Thanks for coming guys! Nice to meet Ken and HBB!
You'll be receiving the full compiled photo pack in your emails sometime this week.
Also, we've had a record number of XsTs online and IN THE SAME GAME at once! Most insane 9 vs 9 highlander mode in my honest opinion. Quote from Selr, "Not cerious... just derious" win.

WWDWWD 3 - The Minimalists

Annnnd we're back with more gaming stations from your fellow members! This rounds reviews hail from Feanor all the way from the US as well as our diligent destructive demoman Duece. First up is Feanor's rig:

Upon first glance one will notice that the one thing that these 2 combatants have in common is the minimalist look and feel. This is particularly so for Feanor as he has almost nothing academic visible on his desktop! Truly worthy of the term 'gaming station '! Feanor's choice of black and red casing unit with blue led lit transparent side-panel catches the eye as a force to be reckoned with.

Taking minimalism to a whole new level, Duece's game area is not only sparse, it's old school! Being the ONLY XsT so far to submit a deskshot with a CRT monitor, Duece's system is no pushover. He's still using a souped up CPU power tower as well as having the advantage over all of us who have to disable vsync to hit desired framerates. I hope he keeps the, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy, sure saves heaps of cash. That's really an old school computing area Duece, hope that CRT will last you for many more years.

Mirrors' Edge Trailers

Second Trailer


Story Trailer


Developers' Walkthrough

Avatars Series 3: "The Elements"

The poll has spoken. You asked for something fresh and now you got it.

Bringing new meaning to good chemistry and bonding (combo puns!). The new series of official XsT avatars are being rolled out and you should have received yours over the weekend. Enjoy! Once again we're open to ideas for the next series of avatars! If you have not received yours yet or have returned from long inactivity, message any of the moderators and let them know.

Our Killer Blog Dominates People!

Hi everyone!
seeing as people adore this blog (mentioning no names). lets keep it interesting!
i mean, who cares about case mods right?
not like we're gonna spend $ and make our cpu a dispenser.
so... heres a little post that will anger/interest many people!

well there's many pics of XsT at dance clubs. well XsT not only likes dance...
some of us like Radiohead:


and ex-Libertines Carl Barat & Gary Powell's Dirty Pretty Things:


Sorry, had to brag. =x.

and as a bonus pic... Underworld performing Born Slippy!!!

Case Mods

An article surfaced today over at phl and I thought I'd cut a snippet for you guys. From the HL2 casemod to the companion cube and sentry gun, now comes the dispenser mod. "All we do know is that this Team Fortress 2 mod doesn't just blow our socks off - it resupplies afterwards at the nearest dispenser." Awesome imo.

Check out the full article over here.

Also, you might like to see the designer's other works at IronMods.

WWDWWD 2 - Crim, Q and Sick

We're back with more stations! First up is our very resilient soldier Crimson. His system is fashioned on a fine wooden table, extra oldschool with the slide-out keyboard compartment. The ever diligent Crimson also has his game station area peppered with books and tomes - a sure sign of balance between academics and fragging. Extra points for Crimson who's got the XsT blog on his monitor!

The question on everyone's lips is, "So how does Q play at home?" Well you get a good idea of how his mouse is swung from this picture. Q's surface of choice is the popular Razor mat (also sliced in half, surprisingly. Would have thought Q would need the whole mat.) For those who are unaware or have not been apart of that one particular LAN party, we had first hand experience watching how Q plays with "sensitivity 1". Q is clearly one who takes care of his tech, the cloth on the tower and the Audigy Front-Panel (OMG that's really classic stuff) really speak for themselves. Thumbs up for area cleaning.

Last setup for this episode of WWDWWD is the nomadic Sick! The epitome of "hot seat" can be seen here, gosh there must have been some serious action going on to tear the chair hahaha. Although not half as tidy as Q, Sick's game area has some serious props including Kon from Bleach! The Orange Box mose mat might be one of the factors contributing to his sniping prowess of late LOL - can I think of any worse lines to write.

So folks! After reviewing these systems, it's time for another poll! Which system set up is most likely to give you an ache of some sort? Vote now!