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this is a book or tv show that want to write its about a girl that plays in a rock band and dress in edgy clothing her name is katrina she discovers that there is a world beyond the internet called the dark net she becomes a powerful being that has a magical smart phone that turns her into a superhero that helps stop cyber threats Prologue Technology is part of our lives, it makes us who we are shape us, and it gives us a voice to express ourselves but what if there was a way to tap into the internet and use is as a weapon to make something good and evil what if there are things we don’t understand in the dark web. Everyone uses Facebook and Instagram some people share their bullshit abound but why can’t we just use real picture or talk face to face, have we lost a part of ourselves. There is a darkness to the internet what if we could tap in to the net what if there is something evil out there but something we don’t understand. But are we going to be slaved to tech or we are going are going to be free. Music is how we entertain ourselves it makes life better even when things go bad. This is my story the story of how I feel in love with heavy metal and other genres of the musical spectrum. This is also a story about how I got to harness the power of the internet. I’m not one of those teenagers that always on my phone all the time if I did that I would have no life I also live in Dallas Tx. A place that’s a world of its own I don’t get to travel much for that I live in far north Dallas. Its middle class with nice house some is 3 bedroom and other for I am an only child, Most of the other students at my high school think I'm weird or a freak I want to try to be a great people I have a lot of friends it's just not the friends that you may like Chapter 1 8am a typical north Texas April in north Texas the weather can be pretty fucked up sometimes. It’s a Friday on a April afternoon. I just got home after dealing with the hell that is high school and since I don’t have school tomorrow and homework needs to get done. I like school I like to create things that's why I took art classes because it allows me to express my self through my creativity and my art, I’m a musicians I love music and art and fashion and anything scary. every girl grows up to be the high school cheerleader or the bitch from some rich kids fucking family. Im a metalhead a term for people that like heavy metal music.some people think I’m creepy but let me introduce myself my name is Katrina I’m 18 I play in a band called glitchteeth I try my best to have a socal life even though some of the kids like to treat me like shit. When I was in elementary school I discovered all kinds of alt music I’m Nordic by decent, I'm 5.ft 9 ft My father is originally from Norway And I look like a cross between Wednesday Addams and Marilyn Manson. Some People say I look like a freak. But I don't think i'm a freak I think I'm unique’ I have piercings i have a bellybutton piercing and a nose ring I have purple hair. I like to dress like a weirdo When I was 16 my dad took me to get my belly button pierced it hurt very bad. I might get my first tattoo soon now that I’m 18.live in far north Dallas and I go to school in Sunnyside high school my high school is a typical public high school. A jungle full of people trying to get ahead of them self. we have the girls that act like there better than everybody else. The music I like to play and listen to is metal music it’s a genre that never gets any respect. I am also an artist with big ambitions I own 3 guitars and I also want to buy a bass. My dad had a lot of vinal records for the most part my dad was a rock star he was never really famous he played for 15 year until his band broke up. When my dad got married my mom was his tour manager and managed all his shows my dad was never into drugs like other rock stars he wanted to live a clean living lifestyle. After I was born he continued to tour for a while until I was 7 I understand what his job was. After I was 13 my dad got a job in a oil company. The money was better that’s my dad took the job. Flash back 7th grade 2012 I discover hard rock and heavy metal when I was in middle school there was this kid in my art class, he was weird I mean he looked weird some times, he dressed like he was a vampire always wore black and a hoodie with a band called motionless in white for anyone who don’t know they are a rock band they are signed to roadrunner records one of my favorite rock labels. There music is a mix of aggressive metal there lyrics are aggressive but they do write great music I wish they were more popular. There was this boy who I guss looked like your emo boy he always had a skateboard with him I was at the hallway in my middle school I was dressed in white baggy pants and a nofx tshirt He always wore black. When we were in class during our art session.he would like to draw some creepy things like jack skeleton from THE NIGHMARE BEFORE CHRISMAS and CORPES BRIDE. He wore shirts of bands that I never herd of with band names that were a little crazy. The shirt he was wearing was a band called Whitechapel. When class was over I followed him to his locker and I talked to him hey nice shirt, katrina said thank you” the boy said. Where did you get it, I said, the boy was wearing a the shirt of a band called motionless in white he just came back from the show the next day from a concert. Being that we were 13 he had to go with a parent.So is the band any good Katrina said, well it depends on your taste in music its aggressive. The boy said, Well I like aggressive music, I said have you herd of metal core. Its basically hard core that’s more metalbased hardcore is very basic there is very few solos and is very fast metalcore has more solos, I went to the warped tour with my brother and my dad the boy said. We saw a lot of bands that I don’t remember one was a local dallas band called he is mercy they play a hip hop based rock music the singers is of Latin origin and speaks Spanish and English talk about how diverse the music at the warped tour was. When I was in middle school I wanted piercing my dad that it was cool that that he let me dressed whatever I wanted I thought its was the shit but people always made fun of me but I did not give a fuck, because I wanted to be different there was this girl heather she was a cheerleader her family was one of the riches in dallas and she always got nice thing she was one of those cheerleader sluts that could sleep with every boy they wanted to. Like most teenagers I have tried to fit in at school I have many friends and I or I have tried to, but the truth is that my pale skin and strange appearance might put people off. I convinced my dad that I wanted purple and blue hair. I thought its was the shit but people always made fun of me but I did not give a fuck, because I wanted to be different that those stupid. cheerleader sluts that could sleep with every boy they wanted to. Like most teenagers I have tried to fit in at school I have many friends and I or I have tried to, but the truth is that my pale skin and strange appearance might put people off. I want to get tattoos one day but my 18th birthday is a year off. I want to get tattoos one day but my 18th birthday is a year off My dad is into classic rock and other guitar rock and roll my dad works in the live music industry when I get older he is going to give me a job I want to start a musical project too. The boy said whats your name. katrina said just call me vergil” my name is karina nice to meet you That was when I was in 7th grade I discovered hard rock and heavy metal , present day to this day I have not seen Vergil I wonder where he had gone when I enrolled in Sunnyside highschool I could not find him its been 4 years when I was 12 years old my dad took me to warped tour it was how a discovered a subculture that I knew never imaged. My dad was always the cool dad that would let me dress how I want as long as I was not looking like a slut I always wore band shirts from bands that I liked in the metal scene. I was the emo kid in middle school and all the other kids would bully me for how I looked. I liked music that is was not mainstream. My dad took me too the warped tour for the first time my mother would never have let me do that. My mom was a very conservative. My dad knew about it but he would never tell her that he worships satin and my dad room had a lot of satanic imagery person. Ever since my dad took me to the warped tour for the first time in my life I felt like I fit in ever since 7th grade I had a problem fitting in maybe it’s because I always dressed up in crazy getup. I like to were a spiked dog collor and leather pants with studs. I started experience with gothic fashion and then I tried that punk fashion I had a black dress that had a skull on it and some other weird shit. I don’t go to hot topic. I go to a local place in deep ellum or I just go to a thrift store. I earn money by helping out in my dads guitar shop. I help him out with cleaning and answering phone calls my dad worked for a oil company for many year my family was from oslo Norway its just me and him now my dad divorced my mom when I was 9 it was the worst time in my life I always blamed It on myself I am now 17 now and its Friday and I must go to Kristen’s house, and practice I also have homework to do Chapter 2 I wake up after I here a loud knock What is it my father knocked on my door Hey my little sweet devilish Angel, I just made you breakfast? Coming I said; after I woke up I check my laptop cloak its 9:30 in the morning I got undressed I looked in my mirror I was naked now that I'm out of puberty I don't have to worry about my body changing anymore, I walked to my closet where I have more than 10 different kinds of shirts I take on my white Chapel shirt since Whitechapel is my favorite band and then I put on my underwear and skirt, I decided to put on some black tights. I brush my hair into pigtails and then I decided to go to my kitchen where my dad was sitting at the kitchen table checking his iPad and dressed in black pajamas. Making me pancakes and scrambled eggs with blackberry jam on top of my pancake. I sit at the table and my dad said eat up sweet angel.’ At the table, my dad said. so how was the show; it was shit I said, we played for 20 minutes and not many people show up. I said in disappointment. Well your band has not been around that long. My dad said do not be disappointed it takes time you’re the new guys in the dallas music community. Dad said. Well dad thank you. Her father was her biggest supporter. Dad why did mom left us was it my fault” my mom left me when I was 8 year old, I have not seen her since then. No at the table my father came and gave me a big hug and told me it was not your fault I was tearing up was just things did not work out with your mother and I and you should not ever blame your self ever. Thanks dad, Katrina said. Katrina walked back into her room the wall in her room was panted purple with posters of every hard rock and metal bands that most people would not ever give a fuck about. well neat and clean she just vacuumed the day before, in her room was a bookshelf full of comic books and magazine and the year book from her past year. When she was a freshman she was bullied for her looks. but then she met Brittney a black girl that dressed like her she was gothic like me. The first year I met her. She was dressed in black leggings with a purple skirt and an evanescence shirt. She found evanescence because someone recommended on Facebook. It was from that meeting that how are band formed Brittney new someone that played drums, that was the foundation of how glitch teeth was born. Katrina writing songs on her lab top she has 19 songs. Some are good and some are simply better, and some that I have written better than others. I checked my email addressed and I got a strange message it was from some weird email address I wonder if it was spam or someone was trying to hack me. But even weirder the email text was in blue and black in some strange code could someone be fucking with me I deleted the email. I don’t get many emails anymore. Facebook and Instagram are my new mode of communication. I closed my laptop and I cleaned up my room. It was kind of a fucking mess. I try my best to keep it clean but its hard when you have carpet, I want to tell my dad to replace my carpet. I want black because I love black, I have black nails black piercings and black screens on my laptop. All of a sudden, I got a call from Brittney. Hey my Viking bitch. She like to make jokes about my Nordic heritage do you want to come over. Sure, I said I am done cleaning my room. Hey Kristen, did you get a strange email like I did” I said no I did not hmmm strange I wonder” Kristen said with a weirded-out face’ don’t worry about it its probably just someone trying to fuck with you. I get plenty of people from high school trying to creep me out there is a lot of fucking people trying to fuck with me. Can I come over! Kristen said sure bring your guitar over I got a sick new drum kit I am sick of fucking playing bass. I am not good at drums but I think if I try, I will be better than I would be on bass. well thank you i just got done cleaning my room. I will be there in a minute I said, i got my backpack and my guitar I did not have a car so I decided to take the bus her house was only 6 miles away I have a bus pass it make its a lot easier than having change to pay the driver. I went to my dad dad was in his workshop building a guitar for a client it was in the beginning stage of production. In my dads’ workshop there was assortment of tools that were very fancy and expensive it was bright with a white tungsten light you need good lighting in a guitar shop. My dad had his safety glasses on the guitar was for a local band that my dad was friends with. Hey dad yes dear. I am going to Kristen house I’m taking the bus I need money can you give me some. Sure, but all I have is 50 bucks. But one day your going to have to get a job I have connections, yes dad’ I know can you help me sure I will talk to some people. thank you I said. My dad got back to work on the shop was loud with the sounds of a belt sanders. I got my guitar and I brought a change of clothes it was June the 10th in Texas that means hell. I got my guitar and my backpack. I walked to the bus station I was wearing a skirt and a black tang top. It was 4:00 in the afternoon traffic was bad the bus pulled up with a crowded bus. I got on the bus and showed my pass. It would take about 20 minute its going to be a long shitty day. Chapter 3 After a bus trip that seemed to take forever, I got off Kristen was waiting for me at the bus station. When I saw her, she was sprouting a blue Mohawk and earring and a big nose ring. She had sunglasses and short shorts on like the kind that looked like trailer trash we both like to dress in our outrageous shirts just to offend people, hey girl like my mohawk its fucking bad ass, Katrina said yeah I do I it looks good on you yeah I got it done at my friends barber. She helps spike it up and shaved the sides of my head my parents are fucking worried how I will get a job I just got my 3rd tattoo this month want to see. Kristen and I were walking back to her room her house were. A single-story house that her parents just bought. They got a great deal on it the last owner moved away to a small town. they said they were tired of the problems of Dallas. Dallas was not a city for everybody like most big city it has bad parts of town everyone knows southeast is the ghetto. Deep vellum is where all the clubs are my dad took me to my first concert when I was 12 he wanted to share his love of good music, as we were walking to Kristen kitchen I Kristen got to here fridge and took out some beer and Mexican food that here parents. Sorry I do not drink oh that’s fine even though I was underage I have had a little vodka since my father was from Norway drinking is part of the culture. I am too young for that but Kristen parents are okay with it. Me and her went to her room. I brought my backpack and my guitar. Carrying both of those can be heavy. After I got off what felt like a longer than fucking average of 20 minute on a bus I was finally in some air-condition room it was 80 degrees outside not helping that I was wearing black clothing I just might need a change of wardrobe. Kristen’s parents were working her dad works for a bank. hey girl I said I took out my guitar and a stack of notes from school and our band I needed help with my science class. Kristen took out her backpack got out her science homework I to wright a paragraph about the theory of evolution in proper grammar, as we were working on our homework I was brainstorming idea for new songs for glitch teeth. But for now, I was typing on her desktop computer when suddenly I got a weird black screen. What happen the screen when black and some weird letter pop on what is going on is there something wrong. The letters were strange. They looked like Greek letter and it displayed these in flashing purple then the computer went back to normal: What the flying fuck was that. Whatever it was I do not like the way it looks. The screen then displayed a strange image like the computer is going crazy Kristen gave an angry look. I think there is something wrong maybe a virus. But now things are fine. Kristen walked to her guitar case in her guitar case was a notebook full of lyrics that she had written, she wrote 20 lyrics for songs. Then she got out her guitar. It was a new guitar that her dad had custom build for her she got it for her birthday it was a dark purple with her name engraved on the back. It had a silver humbucker with a 24 fret Katrina had big fingers so she like the jumbo frets. When Kristen looked at the guitar wow. That was awesome. Do you have a amp that I could hook up yes? Even though Kristen played bass she also plays guitar. Do you want to play right now? I would love to play anything for my best friend. For the rest of the afternoon Katrina and Kristen played together until. The late afternoon one of the songs they were rehearsing was a fast pace aggressive dance song called ;tell me you love hate me we rehearsed it with just guitar and bass. No drums but I think it dos does not need live drums I think a drum machine is simply fine. I will tell Zena my drum ideas Katrina gets a call from her father. Hey, my dark princess does you want me to pick you up. Yeah, I would I have been rehearsing for a long time. I was physically tired sure I will pick you up in 20 minutes my dad says, hey Kristen I just got a text from my dad can you send me song file thru google email sure, Kristen said, I got my stuff packed my custom guitar that my dad gave me my backpack with my iPad. It was already dark outside. I gave Kristen a hug and I said my goodbyes. My dad arrived in a used black BMW car nothing fancy. Being that my dad was from Norway, but anyway, if you want to know the name of my dad. Its Olaf. My dad was named after the Norse god in Norway Hey my daughter how was Kristen house, It was wonderful, I said we rehearsed some new songs hey I got good news for you, yes my dad said, I talk to the promoters at one of the clubs at the bomb factory they want your band to play: really I said with excitement. Yes really? Glitch teeth has only been around for 2 years we never took ourselves seriously, but I found that my passion for music is what I want to do I don’t want to be famous for get a record deal. But hey if you got any homework. That needs any help then I will help you thank you. I’m still a junior in high school and I still have another year, after we get back to my house I put down my guitar in our closet hey Katrina do you want to make you a salad and crackers. Sure, I need to shower right now. I was sweaty from 2 hours of playing. Tomorrow I must call my other band mates for a full band practice. I might need another member I have Kristen” Zulu” Zena. I might ask the boy in my theater class; his name is Doro and he might just love me. I go to my room and I notice something strange outside three dogs or four now outside my window they were sitting outside staring at me there eyes were blue and they. And where were flickering like they were on a computer, I glanced to me be and back at the window they were gone. Was I seeing things I hope the coffee that Kristen gave me was not spiked with mushrooms? Chapter 4 I wasn’t sure what I saw I saw 4 dogs that did not look like they were from this reality. I got on my bed and I undressed my self-taking off my sweaty smelling outfits. I got my bathrobe and jump in the shower being that it was hot outside I took a cold one the cold water hitting my hot body felt so good but suddenly I got a weird flash back like it was a dream there was this figure what is happening what’s going on it was very brief. What was that. After I washed myself, I got out of the shower before I went to bed I left my mac laptop on sleep mode I got my hair dryer the heat felt so refreshing. I got my pajamas one I went to bed I closed my eyes and drifted out to sleep as I drifted asleepsomething felt weird I suddenly woke up I don’t know where I am what the flying fuck is going on I was in some kind of white room. It was like in the matrix when neo was in the white room but unlike the matrix the room I was in was kind of like a white screen was I in my computer oh My god? I ran and ran in fear trying to find out what is going on id I eat something am I dead. I was incredibly stressed from school I have some homework on my art project, no matter how much I ran there was nothing to go to the room kept going on and on. But then suddenly a black kind of goo just raised form the ground the black goo was remnants of tar it changed shaped it becoming a human like person it was in the shape of a man and finally looked like a person. It was in the shape of a man that looked like someone from a video game what am I in a fucking video how cool is that. Greeting my friend, it said. You speak hey can you tell me where I. am the unnamed man spoke to me. Katrina. He knew my name. my name is deros, wow cool name I said I choose you because let me explain there are force at work. I am a guardian of the internet or what you call cyberspace. the dark net is a living thing made up of data bits that control everything that you humans use. The dark net is a force that can be used for good and evil. Why do you need my help I am computer savvy but I also play in a band? so am I dreaming or not can you wake me up suddenly I woke up, what the fuck did I just see did I look at was I on acid I don’t use drugs Chapter 5 Monday morning far north dallas tx The next morning I woke up to go to school my dad took me to school and picked up Kristen we had our back packs and iPads I will be getting out of school earlyOn our way to school I did not tell Kristen what happen just now I did not think she would believe me. What should I tell my friends that I got sucked into a hidden world that no one knows about that technology has a dark side what I do know is that what I saw could change how the internet is view its hard to believe that behind our screens is a world inhabited by other beings that exist in another reality. the way to school was packed with end of schooltraffic as I waitedit was not a long drive. I had just got done with some homework for my art class I hope to graduated early this year I only had a three class today it was the last three weeks of school and I was excited to start summer, the last 3 weeks went buy like a lighting next year will be my last year of high school I will be going to a art school in downtown Dallas im not sure what it will be but im going to pick up. Me Kristen and zulu and Sheena are rehearing for our upcoming show for a show in at trees in dallas we are opening for a band called creeper I have never herd of them but they are from English they are not as heavy as we are we are not the most aggressive band but we like to used downturned guitars. Sheena just got a new set of drums from here brother. Her brother is out of college and works for a computer firm. I was talking to both zulu and sheena zulu was teaching sheena a little Japanese. They are best friends just like I am best friends with Kristen I hope we can continued the friendship after high school So far glitchiest had 20 songs written some of them are straight up heavy metal songs but we wanted to be a synth metal industrial we don’t like to be put in a box some of our song sound like nine inch nails. We are very inspired by 90s industrial and modern acts. Now that summer is here me and my band mates can fully focus on glitchteeth, im glad my dad was here to pick me up from school. I was riding in a suv that my dad had just bought a month ago it carry my stuff and my bandmate after a long hot afternoon we finally made it to my dads recording studio. My dad made a lot of money in a oil firm and he used that money to build us a recording studio besides his guitar business he also produces’ other bands we came prepared to record 15 songs for our spotify playlist. Chapter 7 The day everything changed Me and Kristen were still at the studio playing around with sounds on our equipment we have been communing back to the studio for and we recorded 18 songs for our up coming album we spent 8 hours in the studio like most people spent at their workplace. Each of us store our songs on a hard drive. after a long day at the studio we called it a day wow I’m so god dammed tire,I said Kristen was playing around with her bass amp trying to get the right sound for one of our song im t trying to get more distortion. Kristen said. Kristen was dressed in white pants with purple hair and a slayer t shirt. She was recording bass track. Sheena and zulu went home as it was 7:00 at night we were tired and hungry we would order pizza at her house. since her house was not that far we decided to walk home, after we cleaned up everything we locked the doors and I turned on the security alarm. Kristen house was not far my dad gave me the keys to his business and I have to keep it safe. We walked on a bike pathtowards a park being it was late we hope there was a place to eat open we came across a food truck that sold gyros the perfect meal we needed the energy for a mile walk. Me and Kristen ordered a lamb gyro with cucumber middle eastern food was our favor. Hey Kristen I said as we walked along the trail along a paved bike path . I check my phone I got a message from my dad he sent me a article from the local news. It was chilling and made my jaw drop hey Kristen check out your phone. My dad was not the kind of dad that was worried about me walking at night in a park in dallas I had pepper spray I don’t live in fear. The news article shows a crime sense. It read missing jogger attacked and stabbed by somebody what made it weird was that there were no footprints no nothing police looking for suspect. Okay do I need enough to be scared of sorry to scare you my dad texted I just wanted to warn you I texted back im okay. Me and kristan were holding hands we talked to each other in confort. Hey girl you should not worry about anything were are no longer little girls were women now were fearless and not scared plus I got a black belt in karate Kristen said you never told me that. Well I was but we were so focused onGlitchteethand high school Katrina Kristen zeena and zulu were all there for each other no matter what. Me and Kristen were walking along a paved path it was a well lit walkway with joggers and cyclest as we were walking me and Kristen were talking about taking some college courses for school. I want to attend a arts school for musical gifted people like me. Hey girl I said what do you think of me working at a music studio or being in the music industry I was thinking of being a anr director! Suddenly something got our attention I saw a flashing light in the woods of the pathway. Should we check it out I said. Kristen and I looked at each other with a stern face. We go closer and closer to whatever that was the light was blue and bright once we saw what it was I picked it up it’s a smart phone but nothing I have never seen it was a little bigger than your average phone I said it looks like something from the future “Kristen said but there was no buttons no anything I tried turning it on but I could not find a way. We walked along the trail to Kristen’s house it was suddenly strangly quits. Weird no sounds like police sirens helicopters or other people the paved trail we were on was usually busy. We stick to the crowded trails for safety a big city like Dallas that’s just living in a urban environment the park we were walking through was along the katy trail a urban trail it was no central park like in new York but I think it would be cool if dallas had its own central park. Suddenly in the distance 4 strange dogs were in the distance there eyes were glowing they looked like something from resident evil they were about 100 feet from us they started walking my heart was pounding. Runnnnn I screamed me and Kristen were running as fast as I can the strange dogs were not chasing us strangely they were not even following us we ran as fast as we can then there were gone. What the fuck did we saw. Kristen said we got to Kristen’s house in highland village we were sweating from all that running. Then suddenly I got a text message from dero. Who are u I texted back are you real I texted. Yes im very real you were not dreaming. I was huffing and puffing Kristen was scared as shit those dogs. So It was real I said, yes dero texted me back. Its hard to explain come out side, suddenly dero appeared from my front poarch how did you!!!. What are you I am a being of a different place Kristen followed your not a threat are you no. what are you your not human are you I sad. he spoke in a strange voice there is a placethat is beyond cyberspace your internet has created another dimension a place called the dark net. hear he took out a smartphone much like the one I found a portal appeared wow I said it was blue and glowing like a black hole. The device I left you is called a dataphone it power of the dark net. whats the dark net I said it is a unseen world where that humans cannot fathom it is powered by databit in our world we are made of databits and trigabit. So like tron kind of yes dero said like tron, he said with a monatone voice What about those dogs. Those are not dogs they are wreaths they are ghost of the dark they appear in dog form to blend in now take out your devise and put it on your wrist, are you sure I can trust him Kristen. Yes you can trust me dero said I am going to guide you and train you the dataphone need a human to bond to when it glows I want you to put it on your arms. Suddlen it started to glow katrina are you sure you want to listen to him, Kristen; there is only one way to find out I took out the phone. It suddenly jumped on my arms. What the helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll; Suddenlymy there was this strange blue fluid coming over me aaaahhhhh whats happening to me my body had a pulse of electricity there was a blue glow all around me my hair was chainging from a black to a bright blue my skin was bemoming more whiter my skin was pale enough I was becoming something else. Kristen was looking in horror dero whats happen to her the iphion she is where is boding to her mind and body. Katrinaaaa Kristen sayed are you all right. the light faded when I looked at my hands I was covered in some kind of armor that was not like anything I saw my shoes where like motorcycle boots I looked like a power ranger but a less cheesy one it was light like air your suit is made up off thousands of polygons dero said ohh your data phone can conjure up anything you can imagine for as long as you onlywhat was I my hair changed from a dark black to a glowing blue dero made a mirror showed me a what I look like. I look awesomedero told katrina thathe dataphone I gave you gives you power that no mortal man only beings like me you posesed the power of the guardians like me I want you to use your powers to fight the evils of cyberspace hey wait I said and just like that dero disappears CHAPTER 8 NEW ARMOR I was back to normal dero was gone my armor was gone, hey katrina Kristen said what the fuck was that, did we take any drugs or anything Kristen parents came out of the house are you okay yes were just tired do you want any dinner Kristen parents said no thanks we went to Kristens room Kristen house was a two story house her parents were in finance and owned a two story house in
What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using. · I'm a full-time stock trader and I put very heavy loads on my machine with multiple trading platforms, running other multiple programs, and a screen capture recording my screens during market hours. I’m a very heavy multitasker and put heavy loads on my machine. I will NOT be using this PC for any gaming. It’s strictly a work PC for heavy multitasking and stock market trading. · If this helps the trading programs I use are Think or Swim, Scanz, Stocks To Trade, and Etrade Pro. · I’m looking for a substantial, noticeable difference to my current build from April 2014 below. Currently, I experience jitteriness and lagging even after a clean install of Windows. · 2014 Current Build: Falcon F-52X F-52 Cases: The Atlas with superior cooling F-52 CPU/Processor: Artic Storm Air Cooled quiet cooling on i7-4820K Intel 4-Core CPU @ 4.2GHz Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (max 16GB memory) Memory: 16GB DDR3 Memory F-52 Power Supply: Standard Duty 650W Power Supply Monitor Connections: 4 Monitors Supported -MaxView 630 display (2 video cards) OS Drive: 250GB Samsung 840 EVO 81,500iops & 530MB/sec Additional Drive(s): 1TB Standard Duty hard drive for daily backups 2018 Upgrade: AMD Radeon Pro WX 2100 2GB GDDR5 PCIE 1XDP 2XMDP What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes? · I was planning on spending between $2,000-$3,000 and I might be willing to spend up to $3,500. I would like to spend the least possible, without sacrificing the performance I need for multitasking, trading programs, and screen recording, etc. When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy. · Immediately. What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc) · I only need the Tower and Windows 10 installed. Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location? · I live in Dallas, TX USA and I’ve never heard of Microcenter, so I looked them up, and there’s one 20 minutes from me which is exciting. I haven’t checked the prices compared to cyberpowerpc.com which is the only one I’m familiar with, but Microcenter may be even better, assuming the prices are reasonable, since it looks like I won’t have to wait weeks like I would with cyberpowerpc.com. If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated. · The only thing I think might be worth using (but not sure) is the AMD Radeon Pro WX 2100 2GB GDDR5 PCIE 1XDP 2XMDP I bought in April 2018. I would prefer not to use this card, if a better one wouldn’t be extremely expensive, so I don’t have to swap it out and I can keep my second machine as a working backup. Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU? · I don’t really understand overclocking but heard it can cause premature wear and extra heat. I’m thinking it may not be necessary since I’m willing to pay for either the I9-10900K or the AMD 3950X which was recently recommended to me for my use but again I’ll leave that to your advice. Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc) · I need a fast hard-drive. I was told that PCIE NVME is faster than SSD but I’ll leave that up to your suggestions, and whatever you recommend. The size of the hard drive is not important I don’t think since I have 230GB and still have 108GB free. · I store most of my files on a secondary internal drive and external drives with the exception of what in documents. · I would like to have either 1 or 2 good internal drives that are a total of 16TB to store everything I have and to use daily since all my working files will be in there (word, excel, etc) Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components? · I don’t have any specific preferences so whatever you think is best. It would be nice for it to run quiet but it’s not that big of a deal unless the fans are extremely loud. Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference? · I need Windows 10 Home loaded on the system. Extra info or particulars: · I need to purchase this computer built (I can’t build it myself). I have some configurations through cyberpowerpc.com and now I’ve learned about Micro Center. I’m open to any other suggestions of other companies that might be good at looking at to have a pc built. · I have heard mixed feelings of liquid cooling and the risks of water leaking so that sounds scary to me but again I’ll leave that to your suggestions. Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it and it means a great deal to me since this machine is extremely important for my stock trading and daily multitasking.
Introducing the special Micro edition of the CFB Battle Royale! (Quarantine Edition)
Ladies, Gentlemen, everyone stuck in their houses for the next two weeks, welcome to the special micro CFB Battle Royale! The event where you can watch your favorite teams duke it out for a shot at virtual domination!
The rules are simple:
All 130 FBS schools will be participating
All schools will be controlled by an A.I. There will be no human influence in the outcome of a match
Domination victory only
Each Conference will play one full game until there is a single conference champion left standing. Conferences will be done in alphabetical order.
After all conferences have a single champion, a final championship game will be played to determine a national champion
Extra Tidbits
The game will be played in Civilization V with all expansions enabled
The team's leader will be their current head coach
Unlike the official CFB Battle Royale, this micro version will take place on a small circular island map.
Also unlike the official CFB Battle Royale, each team will be limited to only their home stadium. If you lose your stadium, you're out of the game.
Since teams are so close together and only have one city to defend, we should be able to run multiple matches in a single stream. I plan on running the whole event in one day, but if it gets too late we can stretch it to the next day as well.
And now, the teams!
All of the teams will essentially be their official CFB Battle Royale counterparts for the new season. Think of this as a fun little preview for the real one in June.
I have a Google spreadsheet with all of the information here (minus the icons) plus a little bit more. You can find the spreadsheet here
When does this start?
The tournament is going to start THIS SUNDAY at 1:00 PM EST! The entire competition will be streamed live on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/greggles90. Since this is just a micro Battle Royale, no screenshots will be taken and no recap will be posted. However, I do plan on recording the entire stream and posting the videos to YouTube!
In closing
First, I'd like to thank the Redditor that reached out to me about doing this. I don't know if they would like me to name drop them or not, so for now they will stay anonymous. I know that it's hard being cooped up in the house for so long with everything going on, so I'd like to do my part in giving you all an option for entertainment. I hope to see you all there, and am looking forward to seeing who will win!
$1200 PC for strategy gaming, some video editing, and plenty of multitasking; first-time PC build
What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
The most intensive thing I would use it for is playing strategy and city-building games. I play a lot of Stellaris, Civ 6, and City: Skylines. I also have a tendency to multi-task heavily (lots of tabs and windows open in Firefox, some with videos loaded and usually one or two other programs running simultaneously). I do some light video editing for work using Camtasia and some light graphic design using Photoshop and Illustrator, but that's occasional. Finally, I do some statistical analysis using SPSS. I typically like to work across two monitors, not sure if that makes a difference.
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
$1200, but I could be persuaded to push it a little bit for the right part.
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
ASAP! This is the only part of the year when I have extended downtime.
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc\)
I supposed I only need the tower and the components that I'll place inside of it. I have a graphics card that a friend gave me two years ago, but from reading the posts around here and buildapc I believe it's outdated now. For reference, it's an EVGA GeForce GTX 760. I am willing to buy a new graphics card, however. As for peripherals, I don't need any for now.
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
I'm in the US (specifically, Dallas, TX). Yes, we have a Microcenter here in Dallas.
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
I don't think so. I've read what this means but to be honest, I'm not sure when or why I would do this in my particular situation.
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
At least an SSD and an HDD. I think 256 or 512 GB is enough for the SSD, but if I can nab a larger one, that's fine too. I think an HDD of at least 2 TB is also a good idea since I store a lot of pictures and videos for work and school. I also need a WiFi card, albeit temporarily (eventually we'll be able to run an Ethernet cable to the PC).
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
No preferences here.
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
Nope, I have access to a copy of Windows that I can install.
Extra info or particulars:
Thank you for any input or recommendations! EDIT: fixed the busted formatting
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