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What's YOUR CoH/V set up look like???

Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2012-04-02 22:26 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Yeah, I will admit to purchasing said binder, but have summarily discarded it over time as I didn't feel like wasting trees on the updates that sorta came, but didn't.
There were... what, two updates total?

 

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Yeah, I will admit to purchasing said binder, but have summarily discarded it over time as I didn't feel like wasting trees on the updates that sorta came, but didn't.
Oh yeah, the original contents were ditched ages ago. Not even any nostalgia from it, cos half the crap in there was wrong anyway.

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I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

 

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Oh yeah, the original contents were ditched ages ago. Not even any nostalgia from it, cos half the crap in there was wrong anyway.
Well to be honest, by updates I meant corrections and revisions made by BadgeHunter and what turned into the Titan Network. :-D

 

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My setup's a bit more exotic.
I have a server rack set up behind my desk with all my network equipment bolted onto it.
Plus a shelf to set my computer on and get it up off the floor. This way my desk remains free for whatever other clutter I accumulate.
And when I need to put a DVD/Blu-Ray/CD in, I just reach through my monitor area.
The phone's a VOIP system tied back to my office at work.
Across from it in the opposite bay are my webcam and my NAS.
Right next to my desk is my TV and Blu-Ray unit.

This setup isn't totally convenient. But it's relatively clean and easy to maintain.


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My main computer, currently down for the count due to hard drive failure, alongside my fiance's:
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8519/photo0077nu.jpg
How does your fiance not have carpal tunnel syndrome with his wrist bent like that all the time for his mouse?


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The "laptop hub":
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1604/photo0079gc.jpg
(my kitty PITA shuns the camera)
And wow! Your sofa has a pull out snack table?

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OK. Here's mine:

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Since we're sharing...

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Hyper and Serial...thanks for adding!!! GREAT stuff!! Hyper...LOVE the big screen tv literally two feet away!! And Serial....yours wins for funniest of ALL time!!

I'm getting some great ideas here!! Can't wait til the new Alienware gets here so I can start playing as a dualCOHer !! Will be taking some of all your ideas and putting them into place!! Especially that additional footrest idea from Serial !!

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Clean set-up there, ZWill!!!! Love it!!

Keep 'em comin, guys and gals!

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For some reason I just know I'm gonna get laughed at for asking this, but...

Z, what do you have 2 mice for?

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I'm sure one mouse is for the boards and the other is the "special" mouse...it shuts down all purple recipe drops the second I log in and turns them back on the second I log out. ;o)

PS...I NEED that desk, ZWill!!

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For some reason I just know I'm gonna get laughed at for asking this, but...

Z, what do you have 2 mice for?
The G9 for FPS/MOBA/RTS

The Naga for MMOs and RPGs

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OK. Here's mine:
DUDE!

I'm terminally prone to hoarding and all but I say this with full confidence.

THROW SOME OF THAT **** AWAY!


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Hyper and Serial...thanks for adding!!! GREAT stuff!! Hyper...LOVE the big screen tv literally two feet away!!
Yeah. Have it hooked up to the Mini-HDMI port. So, if I wanted to crank down my resolution and go wireless for keyboard and mouse, I could play on the TV.

Why crank down? Because 1920x1080 comes out blurry on the screen.
1280x720 is much more readable.



All I need now is an HD projector and a nice, BIG wall.


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How does your fiance not have carpal tunnel syndrome with his wrist bent like that all the time for his mouse?
He actually doesn't have his hand on the mouse very much. He plays almost entirely by keyboard. I have no idea how he does it. I'm constantly looking around with my mouse, and I have several common binds on button4 and button5 (plus chords). I have no idea.

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And wow! Your sofa has a pull out snack table?
Yeah. It's frikken awesome! It has two cup holder holes and everything. The couch is also full of sleepy-time voodoo...sit in it for too long and you fall asleep even if you've just done back-to-back energy drinks.

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I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

 

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PS...I NEED that desk, ZWill!!
That's an IKEA desk if I'm not mistaken. I had the same model desk from a few years ago when the legs were bolted on differently. During a recent IKEA trip, I noticed the same model desk but it had a different leg configuration like in Zwil's screenshot.

If I'm right, I can say with utmost confidence that the desk is without a doubt the heaviest piece of furniture I've ever lifted.

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That's an IKEA desk if I'm not mistaken. I had the same model desk from a few years ago when the legs were bolted on differently. During a recent IKEA trip, I noticed the same model desk but it had a different leg configuration like in Zwil's screenshot.

If I'm right, I can say with utmost confidence that the desk is without a doubt the heaviest piece of furniture I've ever lifted.
It's pretty damned heavy. Great desk though, and very uncramped.

I particularly like the profile of it.

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Oh, why not?

Here's the desk of this gamer girl. Probably atypical since I am also detail obsessive and a neat freak.



1 - DIY desktop computer built to play City Of Heroes.

2 - External hard drive for file backups. Used weekly.

3 - UPS. Saved my computer at least once so far in the last year.

4 - 24" widescreen monitor (1920 x 1200 resolution)

5 - Wireless keyboard and mouse, the latter on a circular water-looking mouse pad.

6 - Left: decorative pewter figurine of a winged cat perched on a locked tomb; Right: iPhone, my computer away from computer.

7 - Left: life notes (my version of a journal); Right: picture-a-day calendar of wolves, an experiment this year since I don't usually use desk/wall calendars.

8 - Comfy chair! The key ingredient to a great gaming desk that is most frequently overlooked or skimped.

9 - No, the pedals do not offer any significant exercise. They amuse me, especially while listening to upbeat J-Pop tunes during a MSR, so I keep using them.

10 - Decorative light I enjoy but usually forget to turn on.

11 - Below: Neatly coiled and tied audio cable. Sometimes when I have the house to myself I listen to music on the monitor's build-in speakers.

12 - Ear buds. House rule is you can listen to whatever you want as long as no one else has to.

13 - Marble coasters for edibles to protect desk from moisture and heat.

14 - Top left drawer for current craft project, lip balm, and hand lotion.

15 - Bottom left drawer for desk supplies such as pens, stamps, computer cables, hanging files, etc.

16 - Right cabinet looks like it was designed for a desktop computer, but it has such poor ventilation I use it for half-finished craft projects instead.

17 - Right side of desktop used for transitory projects like sorting mail, paying bills, and papers to archive.



Here is what my desk looks like when messy...



What the camera didn't show well is that the computer monitor has five windows open on top of the CoH character select screen, plus a dozen more minimized. iPhone is displaying the City Status app by Kitsune Knight.

Like SerialBeggar, I like comfy warmth, thus the slippers, throw blanket, and stretch knit gloves. Items on the right are taxes and the novel "Shades Of Grey" by Lisanne Norman; the former I am happy to let accountants read while the latter is my idea of light reading.

The paper and hook in front of the keyboard are for the loom project sitting in the top left drawer. Why yes, I multi-task. How did you guess?



Looking forward to seeing how you design your gaming setup, Justice29!

 

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The G9 for FPS/MOBA/RTS

The Naga for MMOs and RPGs
G9? Oh man, we both know good mice when we see them. I've been using a launch G9 for like 4 years and will probably get another if this one dies.

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It's pretty damned heavy. Great desk though, and very uncramped.

I particularly like the profile of it.
I'm not particularly fond of an 'asymmetrical' corner desk... there was one I used to have (one of the knock-together... don't think it was Sauder, but same sort of thing) that I loved. With hutch. I still see them occasionally, but they wouldn't fit a widescreen monitor (well, not without shoving it WAY back,) much less two.

Kinda sorta this, but not exactly:


And I use top/side storage space too much to go hutchless (Either that or I'm going to need to throw shelves on and cobble something together.)

I'm thinking once I move/settle in, I'm going to just have to come up with and build my own desk, unless someone knows of a dual-widescreen-friendly desk like that. Don't mind having a fair bit of space to the sides. Prefer it actually.

(Oh, and /thumbsup on the G15. Still have mine... though I'm using a G110 ATM. No LCD, one row fewer keys, but it works for me. Tis skinnier.)

 

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I bought a similar looking pedal "exerciser" thing too in an attempt to keep my legs from atrophying since I spend so much time on the computer. But the space under my "desk" is too cramped. I don't have enough height for my knees if I sit at my normal distance. I can use it if I move my chair way back, but my shoulders can only maintain my cantilevered arms for a short while.

Oh, and I think we have the same HP monitor too! I recognize the glint off that useless alleged ambient light sensor on the upper left corner bevel.

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I think we have the same HP monitor too
The monitor has been very nice to me over the years. ;->

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I recognize the glint off that useless alleged ambient light sensor on the upper left corner bevel.
Oh is that what that is? I always thought it was a built-in video camera that I never desired to use.

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I bought a similar looking pedal "exerciser" thing too in an attempt to keep my legs from atrophying since I spend so much time on the computer. But the space under my "desk" is too cramped. I don't have enough height for my knees if I sit at my normal distance. I can use it if I move my chair way back, but my shoulders can only maintain my cantilevered arms for a short while.
I think I'm among 1% who can use the pedals at a desk. My desk is about two inches taller than normal, I am shorter than average with short legs, the pedals are on the lowest possible setting, and I still had to remove the keyboard tray to keep from bumping my knees. If I didn't find the pedals so entertaining, I'd put it by the couch (probably never to be used again) and reclaim my keyboard tray.

 

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Oh is that what that is? I always thought it was a built-in video camera that I never desired to use.
One of the reviews I read about this monitor when I was researching it mentioned that according to the monitor's specs it is supposed to sense your ambient light level and then automatically adjust the monitor's brightness or something. However, based on their testing, it doesn't seem to do anything.

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It's pretty damned heavy. Great desk though, and very uncramped.

I particularly like the profile of it.
I'm actually on the lookout for one of the older Jerker desks from Ikea.

Like this one.




They don't sell them anymore unfortunately. So I'm combing Craigslist for local sellers. I've missed 4 of them in the last 6 months. A couple of them by mere minutes.

The things are totally modular. So you can add additional hutch shelves, swivel arm shelves, etc.


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