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Okay, so you know I went on a quest to build a new machine a while back. The first machine was in the thread Cantrip's Mobile Gaming Computer Quest. I was trying to make a machine that I could carry on a plane, but decided it was too big to do so.
So I started on another machine as described in the thread Cantrip's Rig #2 - Ultra Portable. I can't get that machine to give me a video signal out of the VGA port on the mobo or out of the vid card, but the CPU and the Memory work and I will get to it this weekend. The aim of that project is to make the smallest AXT machine that will play TF2.
So why the hell didn't I just get a laptop? Because I can't upgrade a laptop and any that can play TF2 come with a $3500 price tag. But if you check my stats, I have logged on 4.5 DAYS of game time since late November and I put on 10 lbs. during that time. In other words, because of this game, I'm turning into a fat-fuck.
What to do?
Now you all know I'm a little OCD and kinda do things in extremes. I see a problem and I work at it until it is fixed - more on that in another thread. I reasoned that if I was playing 4.5 days, I was sitting on my ass for 4.5 days of the last couple of months. What if I would have been moving during that time? I could have lost weight. What if I were to game while on a treadmill, just like watching TV on the treadmills at the gym? I've got a treadmill that hardly gets used. What to do?
My solution was to build my Gaming Rig #3 so I wouldn't have to move Gaming Rig #1. Same specs as Gaming Rig #2, but I used the EVGA 8600GT 512 DDR3 for this machine and Rig #2 will instead get the DDR2 mem card. And I decided to get a proper case which was on sale at Fry's without paying for shipping or having to wait for one from Newegg. Tied it with a bungie cord in case of earthquakes. Cost = friggin' less than a gaming laptop.
I took an old door hinge I found in the garage and bolted that to the wall. Then I took a piece of scrap plywood and cut it so the center lined up with the center of the treadmill. I then made a template out of cardboard and a pen to drill the holes for the mounting screws. The store wanted over a Bennie for the same thing I custom built for free. And the monitor is at perfect eye level so I don't have to hunch over. Cost = $0.
I then took an old plank and drilled a couple of holes for some rope to tie it to the treadmill. It rests on the treadmill grab arms. That white wooden thing is a shoe rack that was collecting dust in the corner of the garage. It's sitting on the plank. The blankets are what I was using before the rack to raise the keyboard and mouse so my arms didn't hang. It's at the perfect height now. Cost = $0.
You can see some restraining love straps and giant anal beads hanging above the rig for when WDF? comes to visit.
So here it is:
I have to say, I am tired if I play for as little as an hour. I can only walk at the lowest setting at like 1mph. When I'm jumping around, I have to step off the belt because my legs try to go in the direction of the movement on the screen. Side-stepping on a treadmill is bad and jumping doesn't work.
The treadmill will go for 99 minutes, then it shuts off and I have to hit start again. The other day I played through two cycles plus some more time. Like 230 minutes or around four hours. I wasn't walking for that entire time, but even standing, it burns more calories than playing sitting on my ass. And it's much harder to eat Cheetoes off of my tee-shirt if I'm standing up. Cost = 225+ Calories/hr.
I've already lost almost two lbs. Or it may be because I took a giant dump before I weighed myself, not sure about that one.
You should be more like Cantrip.  Twitchy: "I pulled a Cantrip . . ." GivePeaceAChance: "If the Tempest had nipples, I'd pinch that shit." Xylicon: "I'm about to deliver my [Richard] in your face for posting that stupid shit. " WDF?: "He keeps reaming me... night after night... I'm rather sore." GivePeaceAChance: "OMG MY NIPS ARE HARD" llenta: "cantrip, you fail!!!" Filliam H. Muffman: "i'm on top of dick"
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lol cantrip, you never cease to amaze me.  Cantrip wrote:When I die, I want to be reincarnated as a woman's jogging bra.
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holy hell cantrip, thats both amazing and terrifying all at the same time Bah Weep Granah Weep Ninny Bong
This is the Narwhal.
Denne er narkval
Hvor er narkval?
Where is the narwhal?
Lykkkelig liten narkval!
Happy Little narwal!
This has been Conversational Norwegian with Freakazoid.
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Dude... just... wow. I love you Brother.
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We should "ALL" be more like Cantrip! 
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that's it. at first i thought he was just odd but now i realise the dude's a fuckin nutcase. total looper. and Cantrip, you can get a laptop that'll play TF2 for $600. all you need is the 8400m which is dirt cheap for what you're getting. yeah, i'm a cranky 'oul fucker. deal with it.
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Excellent work Cant. However, I am disappointed you didn't go for the next best thing, which would be to rig up a stationary bike with a generator and use that to power the PC. I believe Cantrip's rig #4 - The Ultimate Energy Efficient Exercise Entertainment Device (UEEEED) is in order! No... I challenge you to construct it!
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What a fucken inspiration. That is, I must say, completely badass. silverwasp wrote:Be careful what you wish for... I have 10 younger siblings and I am only 20....
Yes.... Same parents WarMachine wrote:meh...maybe if he hadn't been handed a burning house he could have done great things, but right now he has won the Prize for what? Damage Control?
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