Article: Todd "Toddsmack2k" Roberts
Editor/Design: Allan "Zardon" Campbell

 

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All these sweet computers had top of the line components in them and all of them were running what else - the awesome ATI Radeon 9800's

from right to left are: Darren Polkowski of Tom's Hardware, Jeff Royle of ATI, Andrew Dodd of ATI, Terry Makedon the don of ATI, David Makin of AMD, and me on the end holding up the symbol for all of those who are in the know!
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Just to give you a idea of how many people where there here are 4 different shots of the Area we were in
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Also check out just a few of the sweet gamers rig's that were at the event!
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Check out some of the freebies i got:

I was not the only one from Driverheaven representing us at the event. Our very own nforcer, Andrew275, Shaunboyland, and The Neon cowboy were there also. Unlike me they had the opportuniy to be there for a longer duration. Imagine 96 straight hours of high octane gaming with over a 1000 gamers like yourself. Tiring but at the same time exhilarating !

Dave Stellmack: MC'ing the event and kicking it off

With the lights off the show got ready to rumble. I have to say in the few moments I talked to Dave, he is one very funny guy and is very passionate about what he does. He was all over the place at MML2 but always managed to make you smile with a joke or give you the last 10 seconds he had in between running around the show.

While I hadn't the time to game any I still walked away from the event with a huge grin on my face and the feeling of that I had made some great friends. I want to thank Kyle Felstein, Harry Yen, Phillip Stein, Ray Delrosario, Greagan Dunn, Dave Stellmack, Darren Polkowski, and David Makin. I want to thank them for taking the time to meet with me, hooking me up with some really excellent goods, and being the freindly individuals they are. I have never met a group of guys who were so curteous and made such a great effort to make me feel welcome. Thank you to each and everyone of you!

I would like to give a extra special thanks to Terry Makedon from ATI and his staff. I am still taken aback from how level headed and nice he is. From the moment we met until I had to leave Terry made me feel special. He guided me though the event personally and introduced me to so many great people. I hope all of you get the opportunity to meet this man. He is a big reason in my opinion why ATi are growing and dominating by leaps and bounds. I now not only know him as Terry Makedon or Catalyst Maker but as a friend also. Thank you Terry you made the event for me.

Last but not least I want to thank Zardon for the opportunity he presented me with. If it wasnt for him and all of you here making Driverheaven the great site it is I may have never went to MML2. Thank you Zardon for making sure I was taken care of and giving me the opportunity to meet Terry and all the great guys I did.

So next time you guys have the chance make sure you go to MML in the future and have a blast. You will have a ball as well as walk away with some amazing prizes, just ask nforcer! I know next year I will be going but it will be different this time. I will be there for all 4 days of the non stop fun.