Monthly Archives: May 2009

Win a xbox 360!

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Ok guys so heres the deal. I am getting an xbox that will be modded and given away. The mods that will be done to it will include a custom paint job. Some different led mods and a few other tricks possibly ;) .

However as we are all aware an Xbox costs money. Thus leaving it to the sponsor site to pay for it. That means that the terms and conditions are all on MagniRack and in order to win you have to be a customer. However it does not matter if you spend $5 or $500 you are still entered in the contest!

So if you are looking for a gameserver or even a teamspeak server and want a chance to win a tricked out xbox 360 I suggest checking it out.

Oh ya almost forgot…There will also be a second and 3rd prize in the form of cash in your account that can be used for services with magnirack so the chances are good that you will get something.

[Full Details: MagniRack GiveAway]

-Tracker

Game Mods: Part 1-Intro

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Borrowed from :http://afarawaytangent.blogspot.com/2008/09/controlling-modding.html

Barrowed from :http://afarawaytangent.blogspot.com/2008/09/controlling-modding.html

Today’s topic is game mods. Are game mods good? or are they bad? In my opinion they can be both. As a modder I love taking something and making it do something else, or make what it does better. To be honest I love gaming. I’m a huge PC gaming fanatic. I rarely play consoles for the sole reason of no third party mods. Now I’m sure your thinking “DLC” or down loadable content. And your right that is technically a mod or some sort of add-on but that completely by passes why I love mods. I love mods because they are third party originals that regular people have thought up and put together. This always gives the game some openness because the mod creator isn’t on a pay roll and therefore can experiment all he wants. Then again he can drop the project at the tip of a hat or something can come up and the source code may never be release. That is always a shame but its how the game modding scene works.
Not all mods are good mods and probably not for the reason that you think. Its not that some mods suck, if they suck then no one will use them and no one cares. No the bad mods are those made by talented individuals for the sole purpose of giving you — or themselves — a advantage over another player. This is a kinda touchy subject for me. For me modding is supposed to give you a some sort of advantage, but should you use morals and make the mod but swear never to use it? Then that defeats the purpose. Its a touchy subject but I for one will never use a mod that gives me and advantage, I prefer to earn my advantage.
Soon I intend to do a full and complete write up on some of my favorite games and the mods for those games. Complete with videos, commentary, Screen shots, links to all of the mods I play, and finally a tutorial on how to install all of the mods and play them. So be ready for a barrage of content!
-DarkWarrior

Would you want……

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xbox360arcadeAn XboX 360 for free? I know your gonna say yes. But what if I was to mod it myself? Adding some custom paint along with LED’s and a few other fun things possibly. Still yes?

Comment below and let me know if you would be interested in winning something like this and it might just happen that I mod a 360 and give it away to someone ;)

Or…If you would rather have a modded Nintendo Wii post that as a response below and it might happen instead or as well ;)

-Tracker

Xbox 360 modding….

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After looking at youtube I REALLY want to mod my xbox 360 after viewing youtube for a few hours….Here is the question. Would you mod your nice working xbox 360? Answer in the comments!

There is an app for that!

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Makes you want to just run out and get an iPhone does it not?

-Tracker

How would you change TheModShop?

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change

It has been a while since any MAJOR changes to the overall look and feel of TMS have been done. So I want to know. What would you change? Leave it in a comment and it will be considered.

Twitter Time!!!

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Do you use twitter? I have been using it for a while and recently Dark has gotten into it a bit as well so if any of you out there happen to use it why not follow us? There is no offical TMS twitter page yet tho.

If you follow us we will follow you back!

Tracker

Dark

Sponsor time!

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Bandwidth is not cheap neither is all the space that this site takes up. That is why I have to post the ad’s like this. Long story short MagniRack helps pay the bills. So check them out if you are looking for a game server. The prices start at $1.25/slot for base servers public and private. If you get a game such as C:SS or DOD:S or any other source based game that supports tick rates then you can select what tick you want for free! Thats right for the same $1.25 you can get a 100tick server!

To top that off use the code 75OFF at checkout and you will get 75% off the entire order for the first month!

Be sure to say that you found them through TheModShop :)

[MagniRack.com]

-Tracker

Fan Mail!

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First of all me [Dark] and Tracker work hard on making original posts as often as we can. Today Tracker has sent me a rather awesome piece of mail from a user who likes our posts. We [Dark & Tracker] would love to thank this user for his or her support! And I want everyone to understand that this site is not run by one person, but by two people with very busy lives. All we want is to push hardware and software to new limits and get as much for our money as we can! Without further adieu I present to you this very awesome letter:

Hello TheModShop,

An email has been sent from djakku. Here's the message:

   I've added your site to my bookmarks a while ago, back when
the eeepc701 was really new and not on the market on europe/usa yet.
You had a really nice resolution hack for the small screen.
Anyways, since then frankly whenever I opened my
{Tech/Mods} bookmarks in tabs, I always found sad that you
didn't really update you blog often.
Yet each of your update was significant, you weren't rambling about nothing
new to report.
I'm an computer studend and I've visited various scenes, mostly homebrew.
I really respect the effort/time motivated people who seriously take the
responsability, or the goal, to keep a site up to date.
Yes, writing to mainstream site is great, of course, but beyond that,
the personnal touch, the expressions or ideas about
general programs or mods, is more honnestly expressed
via 'underground scenes' site like yours.
I just wanted to tell you that since you said that your site will
be more often updated, i refresh my browser more often,
and I'm glad to read your articles.
Keep them coming!

We here at the TMS would like to thank the writer for his praise! Me [Dark] and Tracker are very surprised and are happy to have the honor of the sender. So Keep on moddin’!

-DarkWarrior

[From Tracker]

I am glad that the eeepc mods brought you to TMS. However sadly the eeepc has no new stuff that can be done to it that I know of. [Thinks for a second] Well maybe not… ;) . Anyway as I type this I have a server sitting next to me getting a new OS install done on it and I am going to do a os load to another server I have here at home and I am getting 2 more in tomorrow. As soon as I get them in I will be working on them. What are all these gonna do? Well I am going to mod them to do new things! So hopefully we can keep you in your seat checking the site every day.

I am pleased to get this kind of mail from people and welcome it from all we love this kind of mail even tho it is rarely sent. Well rather than rant on and on about random stuff now I am going to end this post.

-Tracker

[P.S. If you would like to send us an email feel free to click the Contact Us link in the side. From there you can fill out the form and it will get sent directly to both inboxes [Mine and Dark's] we may post your fan mail on the site. If it is a mod idea or a mod that you did and posted to your own blog we might post that as well. If you want just email us to say “Hi” we like hearing from you guys]

5 best data recovery tools!

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Lifehacker has a good post to read if you are looking to get your data back! Im not even gonna attempt to re-do it tho.

[Source: LifeHacker]