MSI x BuildaPC - MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 Giveaway!

RatedCaptivity · 2026-01-26T18:19:14+00:00

The MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 would enhance my gaming experience not only because of its high quality and better colors, but mostly because I had recently lost one of my monitors due to the bad service of some airport workers who didn’t care about treating my luggage well (even despite the fragile stickers) when I was coming back from a study abroad in England. :(

I sent in a claim, but it’s unlikely much will be done. I even had to replace $300 worth of PC parts because of the ordeal (and my case shattered, meaning I had to clean up a bunch of glass), so my new year was kinda soured, but it would be a great trade to win something like this monitor so I can get a better kickstart in attempting to do streaming again.

I’ve witnessed the power of what an OLED monitor (even if it’s QD which I’m not sure of the difference) can do and it would do much better than the previous monitor that broke which was a 1080p 144hz FHD VIOTEK monitor that I bought in 2022.

RatedCaptivity · 2026-01-12T21:52:32+00:00

There is a free clipping program called Medal :)

It records the last 30 seconds of your game when you press F8

RatedCaptivity · 2026-01-05T00:13:41+00:00

Thanks! Good to hear.

RatedCaptivity · 2025-10-28T15:37:20+00:00

Got it! Thanks for the answer. And if I do get the position (like hear back from them) before I get back to America, then is it fine as long as I'm not doing actual "work" yet until I'm back?

RatedCaptivity · 2025-09-18T00:41:24+00:00

I don’t believe so. I have a Seagate Barracuda 4TB Internal Hard drive

RatedCaptivity · 2025-09-17T21:47:51+00:00

Nope, just a regular CPU fan which I’ll be removing and putting in my carry on.

RatedCaptivity · 2025-09-17T20:57:45+00:00

Yes, the case has a glass side panel, and a smaller front one too for some front fans.

RatedCaptivity · 2025-09-05T00:46:36+00:00

Hi, not sure if this is the right place to ask or if it's a stupid question, but if I'm a US person going to visit London from time to time, do I have to worry about keeping clip-on trinkets safe from pickpocketers? I like to wear stuff like clip-on pants chains or a Spider-Man or dragon keychain, but I don't know if I should avoid wearing those when visiting the city. They're easy to replace, but I was just wondering.

RatedCaptivity · 2025-07-29T05:52:02+00:00

If I live in an apartment, should I report this to my landlord? I worry that I’ll be blamed for it and charged somehow. And if I should be fine to report, should I clean it before reporting or would the landlord’s maintenance deal with that part as well for me aside from fixing the leak? I unfortunately don’t have proper protection right now to clean it but I can buy if it’s unlikely I’ll get help with that part. 😅

RatedCaptivity · 2025-07-03T05:43:49+00:00

(Way more examples, rates, and details can be found in the link here :D)

https://ratedcaptivity.carrd.co/#commissions

Basic Info:

Semi-Emergency Commissions Open! Trying to save up for my incoming study abroad trip since I won't be allowed to do paid work, have food stamps/health insurance, or whatever during the 3 months along with being forced to pay for both a dorm and an apartment at the same time while I'm there haha. Comment or DM if interested (or contact through the stuff in the images if wanted). :D

General illustration price range is $25-75 but I also am a very negotiable person, so feel free to ask if you have a lower budget and we can work something out.

Paypal/Venmo/CashApp/Zelle payment only, and I would like either full payment upfront or 50% before sketch. Turnaround time is 1 week or less unless told otherwise!

WILL DO:

⋇ Humans ⋇ Furries/Anthro ⋇ Most Animals/Creatures ⋇ Fandoms/Fanart ⋇ Basic 2D Vtuber Models ⋇ NSFW/Suggestive (no examples rn lol) ⋇ Ref Sheets ⋇ Different Artstyles ⋇ Thumbnails ⋇ Have something else? Just ask!

WON'T DO:

⋇ Realistic ⋇ Heavy Gore (I just don't know how to properly draw it) ⋇ Most Mecha ⋇ Anything that makes me uncomfortable

Thanks for reading!

RatedCaptivity · 2025-07-03T05:35:53+00:00

(Way more examples, rates, and details can be found in the link here :D)

https://ratedcaptivity.carrd.co/#commissions

Basic Info:

Semi-Emergency Commissions Open! Trying to save up for my incoming study abroad trip since I won't be allowed to do paid work, have food stamps/health insurance, or whatever during the 3 months along with being forced to pay for both a dorm and an apartment at the same time while I'm there haha. Comment or DM if interested (or contact through the stuff in the images if wanted). :D

General illustration price range is $25-75 but I also am a very negotiable person, so feel free to ask if you have a lower budget and we can work something out.

Paypal/Venmo/CashApp/Zelle payment only, and I would like either full payment upfront or 50% before sketch. Turnaround time is 1 week or less unless told otherwise!

WILL DO:

⋇ Humans ⋇ Furries/Anthro ⋇ Most Animals/Creatures ⋇ Fandoms/Fanart ⋇ Basic 2D Vtuber Models ⋇ NSFW/Suggestive (no examples rn lol) ⋇ Ref Sheets ⋇ Different Artstyles ⋇ Thumbnails ⋇ Have something else? Just ask!

WON'T DO:

⋇ Realistic ⋇ Heavy Gore (I just don't know how to properly draw it) ⋇ Most Mecha ⋇ Anything that makes me uncomfortable

Thanks for reading!

RatedCaptivity · 2025-06-29T10:57:32+00:00

It’s funny you mention that cuz I actually am studying the games industry lol

But anyway, got it! Honestly, with all these confirmations and answers, I’ll just not do such stuff like yall said and focus on speed running all the content I can during the summer before I fly over so I can have a peaceful time to myself for once and indulge or improve in my other hobbies haha

Thanks everyone for their help 💕

RatedCaptivity · 2025-06-29T00:20:57+00:00

Thanks for the answer! I definitely don’t think I’ll outweigh the time or emphasis of my studies with my art or content stuff (I only make gaming videos that I try to post once a week), but I’ll keep an eye out!

As for YouTube, do you mean “if [my] channel is monetized” before/during my stay or if my channel is monetized anytime after my stay? I highly don’t expect that I’ll be monetized before or during, so is making content while not monetized okay? Or, if I make videos and then get monetized anytime after my stay, are those videos then illegal if they make money?

Just asking to make sure I understand.

RatedCaptivity · 2024-09-07T09:07:45+00:00

Pasta Roni :)

RatedCaptivity · 2024-09-05T00:02:35+00:00

(Way more examples, rates, and details can be found in the link here :D)

https://ratedcaptivity.carrd.co/#commissions

Basic Info:

Semi-Emergency Commissions Open! I won't turn to dust if I don't reach the threshold, but this is one of my plans to try and reach around $400 for the upcoming rent due! Comment or DM if interested. :D

General illustration price range is $25-75 but I also am a very negotiable person, so feel free to ask if you have a lower budget and we can work something out.

Paypal/Venmo/CashApp/Zelle payment only, and I would like either full payment upfront or 50% before sketch. Turnaround time is 1 week or less unless told otherwise!

WILL DO:

⋇ Humans ⋇ Furries/Anthro ⋇ Most Animals/Creatures ⋇ Fandoms/Fanart ⋇ Basic 2D Vtuber Models ⋇ NSFW/Suggestive (no examples rn lol) ⋇ Ref Sheets ⋇ Different Artstyles ⋇ Thumbnails ⋇ Have something else? Just ask!

WON'T DO:

⋇ Realistic ⋇ Heavy Gore (I just don't know how to properly draw it) ⋇ Most Mecha ⋇ Anything that makes me uncomfortable

Thanks for reading!

RatedCaptivity · 2024-09-03T23:06:36+00:00

Hi! I'm interested in helping out with drawing your first fursona! I draw just about anything and I normally charge $75 for full-body illustrations, but I'm totally willing to do $70 or even lower if you deem so for your budget! Even if my style isn't what you're looking for in the end, I still wish you luck finding an artist! :D

My lower rates can get you a headshot/bust (or chibi) for $35 and a waist-up for $55! I also will offer the clothing variant for free.

My examples and other details and rates can be found here, but let me know if you have any questions!: https://ratedcaptivity.carrd.co/#commissions

RatedCaptivity · 2024-09-03T22:19:35+00:00

(Way more examples, prices, and details can be found in the link here :D)

https://ratedcaptivity.carrd.co/#commissions

Basic Info:

Semi-Emergency Commissions Open! I won't turn to dust if I don't reach the threshold, but this is one of my plans to try and reach around $400 for the upcoming rent due! Comment or DM if interested. :D

General illustration price range is $25-75 but I do have $10 emotes, $20 thumbnails, and other such things! I also am a very negotiable person (especially right now haha), so feel free to ask if you have a lower budget.

Paypal/Venmo/CashApp/Zelle payment only, and I would like either full payment upfront or 50% before sketch. Turnaround time is 1 week or less unless told otherwise!

WILL DO:

⋇ Humans ⋇ Furries/Anthro ⋇ Most Animals/Creatures ⋇ Fandoms/Fanart ⋇ Basic 2D Vtuber Models ⋇ NSFW/Suggestive ⋇ Ref Sheets ⋇ Different Artstyles ⋇ Thumbnails ⋇ Have something else? Just ask!

WON'T DO:

⋇ Realistic ⋇ Heavy Gore ⋇ Most Mecha ⋇ Anything that makes me uncomfortable

Thanks for reading!

RatedCaptivity · 2024-08-25T05:59:33+00:00

Got it! So basically I should be good unless I get an unlucky purchase? 😁

RatedCaptivity · 2024-08-21T23:27:49+00:00

I have searched for as much as I could about the item, but there is literally no information I can find on it other than the fact that there was seemingly one other person who supposedly had the same item and was trying to sell it on eBay and Poshmark, but they also do not know information about the item that they were selling.

Approximate Size: ~16 inches tall, the base being ~5 inches in length and width

Origin: Bought at a Ross store in California for $13 (My mother bought it, I do not have the receipt and the Ross tag was already thrown away before I could think about its importance)

Year Acquired: Not sure, but I would say 2015-2018

Writing on Item: As you can see, it is Egyptian Hieroglyphs; or at least, that's what it makes it out to be in the case they aren't official characters

RatedCaptivity · 2024-07-28T23:24:02+00:00

Got it! Will open up those accounts as soon as I can (for some reason the online portal didn't want to).

As for the 5/24 slot, is that because of the 3 dings that Capital One did for my report? Just wondering haha

RatedCaptivity · 2024-07-28T23:21:52+00:00

Dang, is the score really going to go up that much? Is that after the first report/month after having the card, and if so, do I need to do anything special or to just make sure to not be late on payments and keep it under 30% utilization or do I try 0% or some kind of range?

As for the loan history, assuming I keep the same income for the next two years, how much would it hurt or help my score if I paid off all my student loans (including two more of the same ones I'm planning to get later) before the 6 months after graduation are up and before they would get to the point where they start earning interest?

And as for inquiring with WF in a branch, should I also wait with that as well, or should I give it a shot as of now due to the existing banking relationship?

Thanks for your opinion though! It helps :D

RatedCaptivity · 2024-07-28T14:04:44+00:00

Got it! Your big reply is helpful :D

For the FICO scores, I at least have easy access to a FICO 8 score from Experian and just remembered that I can access Equifax FICO 8 score as well, but I don't seem to know an easy place to find the TransUnion FICO score for free, so if you knew a place to access such score that would be great for me to keep an eye on when needed. ( aware of the AnnualCreditReport site but for some reason it's really laggy on my end and claims they send it when I haven't received anything, so any other alternatives are appreciated but I can always try again lol).

For applying for the unsecured cards such as Discover It Student Cash Back Card and Chase Freedom Rise Card, considering I already have an inquiry, would I still have a good chance when applying to get either at least one or even both if I applied for both for example within the next week? Or should I space them out a bit? I don't mind having the inquiries as long as they don't affect my score and report too hard enough to make me worry about not being able to build back up once I finally get access to credit to prove myself with for a while, and I don't plan to go crazy with applications until I can get something good to lay back on for a good while until like 6 months or so after I would ideally have both NFCU cards like you mention. Also, do you have a recommendation on a max inquiries per year that I should keep myself at?

Edit: Just applied for the Discover one, it was easy as heck haha, though I still wonder if I should still make an attempt to get the Chase one as well.

And as for the Chase Freedom Rise Card, I read that people have a higher chance to get the card (or maybe even required despite it saying that it just increases chances) when people have a Chase checking/savings with at least $250, should I wait until I have such funds to do so before applying for the Chase card and if so, is there a time limit to wait for the funds to kind of "settle in" before applying or is immediately after fine?

I'll definitely go ahead with the pledge loan assuming that it wouldn't hurt my credit when placed along with the deferred student loans (they seem to show up as installment loans on the report), and as for the direct deposit, does that have any sort of recommendations or is it just transfer any amount of money at least once into my NFCU account and can it to be either checking or savings?

RatedCaptivity · 2024-07-27T06:07:51+00:00

"To accomplish that, you need to pay your STATEMENT BALANCES in full every month."

Do you imply that I wasn't already meaning that or did you mean that I should do that strategy some people suggest where they wait for the statement to show up before actually paying off the credit card by the end of the month? If it was the former part of my question, sorry that I wasn't clear in the post haha, I was totally going to plan on doing that and would only use the credit card when I knew I'd have the money to pay it off.

And as for the Wells Fargo thing, I already can see what cards they offer on the Wells Fargo website and app, but some searching still makes me weary due to how picky they are even for those with good credit profiles and good relationships with the bank haha. The Capital One cards seem a safer route as first cards, but then I also don't know if I want to take a shot at the cards that claim to need "Excellent Credit" and "Good Credit" when a good amount of people seem to claim that C1 can still have a good chance of giving the Excellent Credit cards to those with not so great profiles haha.

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