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Catch up with what has been happening behind the scenes with the webmaster of Win32 Developer.
The competition held by APC, Australia's longest running computer magazine, was spanned over almost a year and initially had thousands of entrants Australia wide, who were eliminated over three exhausting rounds.
The four finalists Jason Campbell (Merimbula,NSW), Darren Gatt (Hervey Bay,QLD), Karl Stade (Perth,WA), and Daniel de Vries (Brisbane,QLD) were invited to APC headquarters in Sydney to battle it out to determine the winner.
The final task was to build a computer from scratch, install Windows 7, and install a game (Bioshock 2). The winner was determined by who could get
the game title screen displayed first.
After some logical thought and preparation, Jason, managed to race ahead of the competitors and before too long had the computer loading in to Windows before the other finalists had even had a chance to power-up their machines.
Luckily it was smooth sailing from here, an hour and a half from competition start, Jason had completed the task at hand, becoming APC's first
ever 'Master Builder'!
Second and third place were determined a further hour later, having Darren Gatt as runner up and Daniel de Vries in third place.
With the event being flagged a great success by APC and its sponsors, there will be more competitions like this in the years to come.
19th May 2010 - APC Magazine Master Builder
Jason 'Lonewolff' Campbell, webmaster of Win32 Developer, has been crowned the inaugural APC Magazine 'Master Builder'.The competition held by APC, Australia's longest running computer magazine, was spanned over almost a year and initially had thousands of entrants Australia wide, who were eliminated over three exhausting rounds.
The four finalists Jason Campbell (Merimbula,NSW), Darren Gatt (Hervey Bay,QLD), Karl Stade (Perth,WA), and Daniel de Vries (Brisbane,QLD) were invited to APC headquarters in Sydney to battle it out to determine the winner.
The final task was to build a computer from scratch, install Windows 7, and install a game (Bioshock 2). The winner was determined by who could get
the game title screen displayed first.After some logical thought and preparation, Jason, managed to race ahead of the competitors and before too long had the computer loading in to Windows before the other finalists had even had a chance to power-up their machines.
Luckily it was smooth sailing from here, an hour and a half from competition start, Jason had completed the task at hand, becoming APC's first
ever 'Master Builder'!Second and third place were determined a further hour later, having Darren Gatt as runner up and Daniel de Vries in third place.
With the event being flagged a great success by APC and its sponsors, there will be more competitions like this in the years to come.