Real Name: John Krump

Email: GruntmaN

Age: 33

Location: Kansas City

Background: My background is in technology. I’m well versed in ISP/data hosting, SMP and BeoWulf as well as server/ server array design and deployment. I've been a fan of "Modding" since I was entering my truck in low-rider competitions. Not sure what set this apart from everything else I was doing at the time but it's now my passion. I love each of the people listed below with all my heart as GruntvillE wouldn't be the same without them.

Founder and Editor in Chief of the site.

GruntvillE AdickT since: Come on?

GruntvillE ResponsibilitieS: Editor in Chief, Web MonkeH, Graphic Artist, poo slinger, Writer and Paperwork Avoider

Current Mod- "Fire" from the Group Theme Mod "Elements"
Fire Specs:
• AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
• MSI K8N Diamond Plus
• BFG 7900GT
• 2x1024MB Mushkin Redline PC3200
• BENQ Lightscribe DL
• 2x WD SATA2 160GB RAID0
• AquaExtreme H2O Kit
• DangerDen D4 Pump
• ThermalTake PurePower 680
• Chen Ming 601 Work Log

Favorite Game: Tie: UT2k4 & COD2

Quote: “Are ya sure?"

Real Name: Rich Neves

E-mail: DickNervous

Age: 35

Location: 22 Miles East of Hell (Levittown, NY)

Background: Bona fide computer geek since 1980! Ran my own consulting business while in college and wound up at a few resellers doing everything from building PCs to designing networks. In 1997 I landed at CMP Media where I wrote reviews for the Computer Reseller News Test Center. Had over 50 reviews of products ranging from Kingston Turbo Chip CPU upgrades to Novell Netware for Small Business. I have also had the opportunity to have 2 articles published in Computer Reseller News, 2 reviews published in Network Computing and 1 in Information week. Somewhere in there I graduated college (1991), got married (1993), and bought a house (1999). In 2001 I first heard of modding, and did my awful First Mod (Nov 2001). I thought I could do better and in the summer of 2002 created BlackDeath, then found religion, um, I mean GruntvillE. John invited me to post my case in the new gallery and I found a great bunch of people and stuck around. Sometime that fall I wrote my first review for GruntvillE, and the rest is, as they say, history. In May 2003, I became a webmaster at GruntvillE. I'm currently employed as an IT Specialist for IBM Software Group.

Sr Editor and Strong Arm

GruntvillE AdickT since: August 26, 2002

GruntvillE ResponsibilitieS: Webmonkeh, Writer, Moderator, Troubleshooter, IRC Sex Slave, East Coast Representative

Current Rigs: BlackDeath & Envy

BlackDeath System Specs:
• Modified Antec SX1030B
• ECS SLI
• Athlon 64 3700
• 2x512mb Corsair XMS2500C2
• 2x BFG 7800GT
• 2x WD "Raptors" SATA RAID 0
• PolarFLO TT CPU Block, PolarFLO GPU BLock
• BlackIce Extreme Dual 120 Radiator
• D4 Pump, PrimoChill Dual Bay Res
• Sony DVD+RW

Favorite Game: UT2k4, WoW, Doom III, Hide-the-Salami

Quote: "You didn't think you were going anywhere with that flag, did you?"

Real Name: Skyler Salmasi

E-mail: Sky

Age: 29

Location: Deep East Texas

Background: Emergency Room RN. I specialized in Pediatric Transplant & Trauma and finished my Masters in 2003. I am currently a professor at a local college teaching Pediatrics and Critical Care in the RN program. Started into computers and modding in June of 2002. My first mod was --ChicksCanMod2-- , this case gave me chance to enter the modding world. I was interviewed for a case modding article and published in the New York Times in 2003. I am building my first home and my goal is to start a small Gypsy Vanner Breeding Program.

Current Rigs: FrozenSky & DeceptiMod

FrozenSky Specs:
• Li-Lian V1100
• Thermaltake Purepower 680 PSU
• ASUS P5WD2 Premium
• P4 3.2 Socket 775 w/Zalman 700Cu
• 1 Gig OCZ 5400 DDR2
• WD 74gig 10k Raptor
• Gigabyte Radeon X800 XL
• SoundBlaster Audigy 2
• HP DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW

Favorite Game: UT2k4, Final Fantasy Series, Flirting with Booty, Naked Twister

Hobbies: Computers, Riding and Showing my Clydesdale (Annabelle Star), and art.

Quote: "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work " - Thomas Edison

Real Name: Lee Hancock

E-mail: Bellerophon

Age: 27

Location: Maryland

Background: Born in Hanover , West Germany and raised throughout England and Scotland . At the age of seven, moved to the East coast of the US where I've lived ever since. Married with 1 brat and one on the way.

GruntvillE AdickT since: September 2002

GruntvillE ResponsibilitieS: Writer, Moderator, =GvL= Member

Current Driving Rig: Magnum P.C.
• Custom Enclosure
• Epia MII1200
• 256 Kingston Value PC3200
• 180g 7200rmp Western Digital
• M1-atx 90w DC-DC

Current TV Rig: H²TPC
• Custom Enclosure
• XP Mobile 2400+
• MSI KM4AM-V
• ATI 9550 VIVO
• Samsung Spinpoint 160GB SATA
• 512 Crucial PC3200
• SageTV PVR-250 Bundle

Favorite Game: Peek a boo, BF2

Quote: "the surfaces of the wings of a bumblebee are too small to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know this and flies anyway"

Real Name: Keith Nolen

E-mail: Hobbes

Age: 36

Location: Texas

Background: Always lived here in Texas, I’m employed as a firefighter, and I love to build things. (He means he plays with Lincoln Logs)

GruntvillE AdickT since: August 12, 2002

GruntvillE ResponsibilitieS: Moderator and Writer

Current Rig: Stormbringer
• Abit Fatl1ty
• Intel P4EE 3.73
• 2GB of Corsair XMS DDR2 Pro
• BFG 7900GT
• 2 Seagate Barracuda Serial 80 Gig’s set up in Raid 0
• Hand carved case of goodness

Favorite Game: COD2, Unreal 2K4, Battlefield 1942 and Racquetball

Quote: (Latin) “Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?”
Loosely translated means “Ouch, I cut my thumb off!”

Real Name: Toby L. Ceselski

E-mail: Kagato

Age: 31

Location: Kansas City

Background: Background: Computer junkie since my first introduction to a Tandy TRS-80 Model III in grade school. Attended Kansas State University @ Salina where I earned an Associates degree in Computer Science (originally worked towards a dual major with CS and Electrical Engineering). I've always had a curiosity towards learning how things work, electronics most especially. Even as a child I found myself "making the rounds" on trash day to find discarded electronics that I could open up and tear down. I'm not a very active modder, I think some of the ideas I have are too grand for my skills or lack thereof. I'm more of the go-to guy for questions and answers on all things technology.

GruntvillE AdickT since: Aug 19, 2002

GruntvillE Responsibilities: News, Reviews and Forum Curfews

Current rig: Kagato's Box
(In great need of an upgrade):
• Lian-Li PC-V2000
• Intel P4 2.4C @ 3.4Ghz
• Abit IC7-G MAX II
• 512MB Geil Ultra PLatinum PC4400 (x2)
• XFX GeForce 6600GT
• M-Audio Revolution 7.1
• WD 74gb Raptors (x2 in RAID-0 @ 128k)
• WD 120GB SE (Storage)
• Plextor PX708A (DVD +/- RW)

Favorite Games: Final Fantasy III, Phantasy Star I & II, Unreal Tournament (all of them), strip poker and CoD.

Hobbies: Computers (duh), Electronics, Stephen King novels and Photography

Quote: "I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time." - Herbert Bayard Swope

Real Name: Brian Carter

E-mail: Boddaker

Age: 37

Location: Northern California

Background: Born and raised in California , graduated Chico State University with a BA in Communication Design. Started out in graphic design, then migrated to video production for TV, specializing in video compositing and animation. I'm happily married with a 2yr old boy (the center of my universe).

Looking back on my past interests, I find there was a natural evolution that brought me here. In high school, I found myself interested in cars and hotrodding with my friends. With that same group of friends, I got into paintball. But at some point during college, we all got old and lazy, and realized we could shoot each other on computers over the internet. It then became a necessity to out-do each other's rigs. I was the first to add a window kit and a blue light to my case.

Case modding is basically a culmination of all my passions, past and present.

GruntvillE AdickT since: September, 2004

GruntvillE Responsibilities: Writer and Moderator

Current Rig: SideView Monitor Case
• ASUS A8N SLI Premium
• AMD FX-55
• 1Gb (2x512Mb) Centon Gemini PC3200 Dual Channel Ram (2-2-2-5)
• (1x) XFX GeForce 7800GT 256Mb
• 2x WD 80GB 7200rpm (IDE) Raid0
• Thermalright XP-120 HS & Thermaltake 120mm fan
• Audigy
• Samsung CD/DVD Burner
• OCZ Powerstream 520W Power Supply
• Samsung 19" 910T Flatscreen Monitor

Favorite Game: Half Life 2; Call of Duty: United Offensive, Quarters

Hobbies: Computer modding (obviously); restoring, hotrodding and showing classic AMC muscle cars; mountain biking and trials riding; giving piggyback rides.

Quote: “ AMC is the sign of the true hot rodder. Hats off to anyone building an AMC, there are no jap crap parts, it's all remade originals. That's why he's so good at modding!” -GruntmaN

Real Name: Tim Eustace

E-mail: Quality_Control

Age: 23

Location: Glenn Dale, MD

Background: I’m a junior in college attending University of Maryland. Currently living at home with my parents until I finish school. I have a girlfriend of 4 years named Chrissy. I work full-time as quality assurance and a fabricator at a metal shop which specializes in forced-entry and bullet-resistant doors and windows for the Department of State. I’ve been a computer junkie for almost 6 years. Bellerophon, unfortunately, is my brother in law =)

GruntvillE AdickT since: February 2003

GruntvillE Responsibilities: Writer and Moderator

Current Rig: Smaug’s Revenge
• AMD XP 1700+
• IWILL KK266+ Raid
• 512 MB PC133 Crucial SDRAM
• Xtasy Geforce 3 Ti200
• Phillips 2400 Series 24x12x40x
• Hercules Fortissimo II

Favorite Game: Call of Duty and Of All Time – Fallout

Quote: "Oh crap....I joined the wrong team."

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