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Samuel Castañón the 3rd, who many will remember as Doc, a contestant on Sony Playstation's reality show The Tester. A show where people compete for the chance of a live time; to work for Sony as a video game tester. Doc was one of the more memorable contestants because he was label by the show as the bad guy. When I met Sam at this years E3, the person I got to talk to, was far different from the person I saw on TV. As usual, Hollywood twist the truth to attract viewers.
Recently I received word that Sam has come down with very serious illness. Due to a genetic abnormality in his heart he will have to have open heart surgery to correct the fatal illness. Only .5% of population are born with this genetic defect, and it couldn't happen to a cooler person. When Doc is not gaming, he spends most of his time saving people as a Paramedic and a Firefighter. So those should be two big browning points with the man upstairs.
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
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Sad but hardly news worthy relevant for gamers.
I think he at the very least deserves some acknowledgment. Come on, the guy saved lives!
How many people have you saved that weren't pixelated?
Guys...Doc is a regular N4G user.
He and Cyrus both are.
Grow up. The man is sick.
You have my prayers, Doc. Is there a fund or anything? I think fellow gamers would be happy to send money.
Edit: Lol. That's ok. I'm a Christian...not a "Christian", like the ones you see on TV, yelling at people.
We should all work together, as humans, to help each other. Doc needs our support. Has anyone started a fund? I'd be glad to give. After all, faith without action is meaningless.
Edit 2: Don't disagree with SilverSlug. This is not a religious debate, people. It's fellow gamers caring. Grow up.
Why is this an article? Yes, Doc is having some heart problems but this shouldn't be on N4G. Gosh people...