Site Stresses

[tinytomlogan]

Right then peeps people have been sayingIve been a little short of late and tbh you are all right and Im sorry you think that. The last few weeks however have been to break my own rules fucking insane.

Ive technically worked 3 weeks straight pulling a MINIMUM of 14 hours a day to make sure everything from the motherboard previews, GPU reviews and all the intel testing that finally went live today. Thats ithout all the normal site work and dealing with the vendors I have to do. What his the front page is probably 20% of the actual work load its nuts.

So the point Im trying to make is: If I answer and you dont like the tone etc, theres generally a reason and if you think Im overly short its normally because I want to help and answer but youve asked either a stupid question or one thats been asked 500,000,000 times before and my patience is ever so slightly thin... LOL.


Anyways please enjoy the 1150 reviews, OC3D as a team have all worked very hard on them but for now Ive got a bigger task at hand and thats to find the bottom of my bottle of JD :lol:

 

[Feronix]

Great post Tom, takes some balls to apologize

Good explanation, I feel sorry for you! And here I sit, not knowing what to do with my free time

 

[The Orange One]

Tom,
Thank you for all the hard work you put in here at OC3D, it really is amazing, and amazing the effort you put in to all of your reviews make you one of the best reviewers on YT and of Written reviews as well!

Enjoy that Bottle of JD!
It's well deserved!

 

[VonBlade]

I particularly like the written reviews, but then I'm old-fashioned

*races you to the bottom of Tennessee's finest*

 

[MacLeod]

GTX780 review, GTX770 review and now a Haswel review all within a few days of each other and these things aren't exactly something you can just jot down on the back of a napkin. I ran a little half assed experiment with some game benchmarks with 2 different overclocks a few weeks ago for my own curiosity and it took me like 3 hours! I can imagine how long a real, full blown review takes and to do 3 major reviews along with an hour long video for each, yeah, I'd be a grouchy bastard too.

It pays off brother. You've got about the best site on the interwebz here. I've only been here a little while but really like it and find myself here many times a day and this forum is now my home page. So as far as I'm concerned, job well done.

 

[jamesriley94]

Eugh Jack Daniels!
Not sure if you're punishing yourself there or so stressed you've deluded yourself into thinking JD is a reward!? Get some proper Single Malt!

Anyway, all the regulars completely understand what you go through, and I'm sure most of us can put up with it all.
Keep it all up!

 

[NeverBackDown]

Reviews are amazing as always here at OC3D and I thank you guys for giving us the privilege of giving us the best and most thorough reviews.

Enjoy the JD Tom!:downit:

 

[Mathius]

All of your hard work as well as the oc3d team that goes into keeping this site as it is as well as all the reviews, product testing, comparisons etc....is enough to wear down the strongest of people...

Enjoy that JD (it is a big bottle I take it?), and open up a bottle of tequilla while your at it. and ill join you

 

[maniac]

we all appreciate your work tom, although unfortunately I only follow the major releases and those that I'm going to probably purchase. No patience watching half a dozen motherboard reviews, sorry

but I still appreciate all the hard work and dedication you put in the reviews

 

[yassarikhan786]

I can't say we understand the stress you're under constantly, but we can imagine. We love all of the reviews and are thankful that you keep pushing them out at such a pace.

Thank you Tom and OC3D for your hard work and dedication

 

[SuB]

Hear Hear! Well said Tom.

 

[Avro]

Can't complain with the way you run the site at all.
It's amazing we get an answer from you at all.

 

[MacLeod]

Can't complain with the way you run the site at all.
It's amazing we get an answer from you at all.

That's true. About the only time you hear from Kyle on HardOCP is when he's telling somebody to fuck off. LOL

 

[Fez]

you do a good job mate and it shows in your work have fun with that bottle

 

[tinytomlogan]

That's true. About the only time you hear from Kyle on HardOCP is when he's telling somebody to fuck off. LOL

Oh I do that dont worry, I actually used to be MORE hands on!

Hopefully next year when all of my plans come to fruition Ill be able to calm down a little bit.

I have a rather big project kciking off thats all about the site and nothing to do with hardware.

I/we/the team love this site to bits which is why the people that matter are still here. I dont spend $140,000 lightly but you can be sure that I along with the master coder SuB have some big plans on the table.

Plus of Course me VonBlade, G-Dubs and maybe even little Joshy soon will be keeping you all entertained with reviews.

There may even be a couple of reviewer positions on the cards.

All in all Im far from done, I just need to find the time to get everything into place. But inside 6 months we are already doing better thn the site EVER has done.

Amazing what can be achieved without a lead weight around your neck holding you down.

 

[seumasbeathan]

I can imagine how stressful what you do much be, and I think I speak for everyone here when I say we 100% appreciate all the hard work you and the rest of the team put in to provide us with the reviews. Top work

 

[Dark NighT]

Enjoy that bottle of Jack Daniels Tom, you deserved it and it was no suprise that haswell + the 700 series coming so close to eachother was going to provide a lot of stress and not a whole lot of sleep.

I suggest you drink up tonight and sleep in tomorrow! (if you can afford to lol)

Cheers mate!

 

[Permafrost]

a lot of people can learn from honesty like this tom

 

[dalewakelin]

We all appreciate your work Tom, good work!

 

[MacLeod]

Oh I do that dont worry, I actually used to be MORE hands on!

Hopefully next year when all of my plans come to fruition Ill be able to calm down a little bit.

I have a rather big project kciking off thats all about the site and nothing to do with hardware.

I/we/the team love this site to bits which is why the people that matter are still here. I dont spend $140,000 lightly but you can be sure that I along with the master coder SuB have some big plans on the table.

Plus of Course me VonBlade, G-Dubs and maybe even little Joshy soon will be keeping you all entertained with reviews.

There may even be a couple of reviewer positions on the cards.

All in all Im far from done, I just need to find the time to get everything into place. But inside 6 months we are already doing better thn the site EVER has done.

Amazing what can be achieved without a lead weight around your neck holding you down.

I hear ya man. I work 2 jobs over 60 hours a week so I know the feeling of feeling like all you do is work. But I have a nice big house and nice shit so I also know the feeling of it all being worth it.

Man, potential reviewer positions in the future huh? Man I would love that. Guess Id better start sucking up now huh? Gee, you sure look handsome in your latest video Tom.

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