Alcatraz

Definitely the best community I've come across. I still use Reddit because of the huge community and vast number of subreddits, but it seems like on Reddit you always have to be careful what you say, never make a mistake, and never disagree with a popular opinion, or else you will be downvoted into oblivion.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Long, long ago I spent so much time on the phone with tech support trying to figure out what was wrong with my monitor (it kept going to sleep, and I was unable to wake it up). Turns out I was using both a vga and a dvi cable at the same time.
 
       Anyways I've now watercooled two computers using acrylic tube, delidded three cpus, and helped out some ln2 overclockers, so I guess you could say that I'm a bit more PC savvy now. And it all started in that one moment when I realized that I was a tech-idiot. If that hadn't happened I would still be buying HPs, lusting over Alienwares, and endorsing iMacs.

Long, long ago I spent so much time on the phone with tech support trying to figure out what was wrong with my monitor (it kept going to sleep, and I was unable to wake it up). Turns out I was using both a vga and a dvi cable at the same time.
 
       Anyways I've now watercooled two computers using acrylic tube, delidded three cpus, and helped out some ln2 overclockers, so I guess you could say that I'm a bit more PC savvy now. And it all started in that one moment when I realized that I was a tech-idiot. If that hadn't happened I would still be buying HPs, lusting over Alienwares, and endorsing iMacs.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

It's a joke. 

Grand Prize Winner: Sonarctic11
Runner Up #1: Matt Stern Runner Up #2: pixelperv  
 
 
 
GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO
 

 
MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR (please read)

Stinky has created the Stinky Footboard to address a lack of solid gaming peripherals that look beyond adding more buttons to adding more simultaneous inputs. Having the ability to reload or crouch (assumes crouch bound to C) while strafing right is just one of the many things that the Footboard can do. It's also a great accessibility tool for computer users who might find alternate input methods helpful such as amputees. Check out their holiday special page where you can get the Stinky Footboard for $99.99. It's a great gift idea:
 
http://www.happystinkyholidays.com/
 
 
TLDR: HUGE thanks to Stinky Footboard for making this giveaway possible.
 
 
 
GIVEAWAY RULES & REGULATIONS 
 
Guys, this is a massive giveaway. Stinky is providing 3 footboards for us to giveaway including one special edition coloured one! Also included with the special edition is a full set of gaming peripherals!! I'll be including a Corsair M90 mouse, a Corsair K70 gaming keyboard (Cherry MX Red), a mouse pad (will find a cool one in the pile) and a Corsair Vengeance 2000 headset from the Tech Tips stash. Can't promise they have full packaging, but they're in great condition and have only been used to film videos
 
1. This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL
2. Multiple entries per person... But you have to do each one a different way! See details below
3. It would mean a lot to me if you spread the word about this giveaway by any means possible. It helps us show support for the sponsors who give us cool stuff to give to you guys!
 
 
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO EARN ENTRIES
 
1. Leave a comment on the contest announcement video above
2. Follow @StinkyBoard on Twitter
3. Like Stinky Footboard on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StinkyBoard
4. Leave a comment on this video:

 
The contest closes November December 31st, 2013 and the winners will be contacted in January 2014. Winners will also be tweeted out on the @LinusTech Twitter handle. Good luck everyone! Thanks for participating, and a big thanks again to our sponsor, Stinky!
 
** oh yeah I know I still need to announce winners for the HTC giveaway. I haven't forgotten. Video entries just take a while to go through. **

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

The 360 wins, right?

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

For a single place to have all of the updates. Unless a twitter feed is incorporated into the forum. I don't intent any real forum-like discussion to take place there - it's more of an integration thing.

Closing this thread since I'll no longer be monitoring it. I've read through all the feedback and will carefully consider it. Thanks so much guys.
 
I'm not turning this thread into a poll because I intend to carefully read the replies of every single person who posts in the next couple of days.
 
I won't make a decision like this without consulting the community that made us one of the top technology channels on YouTube.
 
I am considering completely abandoning unboxings in 2014 to focus on reviews, guides, Tech Quickie, and our upcoming daily news show.
 
What this means first of all is LESS CONTENT. Unboxings take a fraction as long as all that other stuff, so we won't be able to cover nearly the breadth of products that we used to do...
 
What it also means is MORE QUALITY and MORE FOCUS. We'll be able to really spend time getting familiar with things before we show it to you and really zone in on the stuff that we feel is most relevant, exciting and interesting.
 
Please let me know your thoughts.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

The 360 wins, right?

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.

Linus, you are clearly post farming, which is against the CoC. Someone ban this clown.