Vr-zone

VR-Zone is a technology news website in Singapore. It started off as a hobby site talking about hardware news, reviews, technology, overclocking and anything deemed interesting by hardware enthusiasts.
VR-Zone.com Community and Lifestyle Forums
Currently, VRForums is one of the most popular IT discussion forums in Singapore. It discusses topics ranging from computer technical news to gossipy celebrity news. It also currently hosts one of the most popular “Marketplace forums” in Singapore.
Another notable forum is "News Around The Web". Users will post interesting Tech and IT news for members to discuss.
Harddisk Mass Order Scam
In March 2008, several dozen VRForums members fell into a scam. Money was transferred to the point-of-contact but the collection of the Velociraptor Hard Disk Drive never materialized.
VR-Zone conducted its own investigation and unveiled a potential scamming case. A police report was filed and an illegal over stayer Johnson Plant was arrested. The deposits for the Velociraptors Hard Drive was not recovered.
Mas Selamat Saga
VRForums attracted media and authorities attention during the Mas Selamat saga when one of the VR-Zone Forum member discussed the possibility of a jailbreak before the escape of Mas Selamat was announced by .
VR-Zone.com Pricewatch
VR-Zone.com Pricewatch is a microsite which lists down any computer hardware offers and discounts.
VR-Zone.com Events and Campaigns
Over the years, VR-Zone built up an extensive port folio from organizing of online events and contests.
Online Contests and Campaigns
Gaming events
*March 2004
**Gunbound competition at the National University of Singapore
*September 2004
**World Cyber Games National Finals at Suntec City
*October 2004
**GX-League at Suntec City
*November 2004
**Family Festival 2004 at Suntec City
*December 2004
**Funan CyberGame Challenge at Suntec City at Funan IT Mall
*March 2005
**School's Out Gaming Challenge at Funan IT Mall
*April 2005
**Unreal Tournament 2004 at Funan IT Mall
*2005
**VR-Zone's Quake 4 Launch Party at Funan IT Mall
*2006
**Chinese New Year LanParty at Little India
*June 2006
**VR-Zone Eskimo LanParty at Fuji Ice Palace, Jurong East
*August 2006
**Kode 5 South East Asia Regional Qualifiers at Funan IT Mall
*November 2006
**Kingston Children's Charity Gaming at Funan IT Mall
*December 2006
**Nvidia Reality Tour at Funan IT Mall
*December 2006
**Battlefield Funan LanParty at Funan IT Mall
Overclocking events and displays
*At Various Times
**Super Over-Clocked Gaming PCs Displayed @ Sim Lim Square Shops
*2005 and 2006
**VR-Zone Supercooling Rig & World’s First Automated Dry Ice Cooling System at Computex Taipei Hall 1 for 2 consecutive years
*2004 to 2007
**Various Liquid Nitrogen Cooling sessions
*October 2004
**Computer Refrigeration Workshop at Burlington Square
*December 2004
**Benchmarking Summit + BYOC event at Funan IT Mall
*January 2005
**Super-Cooled Gaming Monster at Nanyang Technological University
*January 2005
**Competition on Super-Cooled PCs at National University of Singapore
*March 2005
**IT Show at Suntec City
*June 2005
**PC Show 2005 at Expo
*June 2005
**Dry-Ice Over-clocking LAN Party
*2005
**VR-Zone Over-clocking Competition at World Cyber Games National Finals 2005
*2005
**The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Singapore 2005
*2005
**VR-Zone at World Cyber Games Grand Finals 2005
*2006
**VR-Zone @ DFI Overclocking Competition in Beijing, China
*2006
**VR-Zone Eskimo LAN Party OC Competition at Ice Skating Rink
*2006
**ABIT OC Competition 2006 at Funan IT Mall
*2007
**Asus Overclocking Championship at Funan IT Mall
*July 2008
**Asus Overclocking Championship at Dragon Center, Hong Kong
*August 2008
**Memory Overclocking Competition at World Cyber Games Qualifiers with Qimonda

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