09-Sept-2003: Legion Hardware has officially existed since the year 2000 and over these past three years the site has rapidly grown and changed into what it has become today. In this time I have published hundreds of reviews based on a wide range of computer hardware which have been read by millions of people. Over the years I have received many inquiries regarding how Legion Hardware came about and why.
It all started with one product, which happened to be the Razor Boomslang. This was the ultimate gaming mouse that came at an ultimate price of $160 AUD. At the time I was 16 years old with nothing more than a part time job at the local supermarket funding my gaming rig. Quake world was a big hit around this time and while I was never any good at it the Boomslang was said to be a fragging master.
Command & Conquer (Gold) was also another favorite of mine at the time and I was the webmaster of a site called the “Command & Conquer Legion” which I co-hosted with a very good friend (Russell Proud). Initially Russ was contacted by the makers of the Boomslang offering it to us as a review sample. At first I didn’t quite grasp the idea … they were going to give us the ultimate gaming mouse worth $160 AUD for free and all we had to do was take a few pictures and do a write up on whether or not we liked it.
After a few weeks of eagerly anticipating the arrival of our ultimate gaming mouse it finally arrived in all its glory. We opened up the box and just looked at it, we had the ultimate gaming mouse and it cost us nothing but a few hundred words. After writing the review and posting it on our site Russ had the brilliant idea of starting a web site that would be dedicated to product reviews. With that idea the Command & Conquer Legion soon became “Legion Hardware”. Companies such as AMI, Swansmart and Thermaltake were keen to offer their support supplying us with an abundance of computer hardware.
Within days of playing and testing this hardware my computer knowledge had increased greatly and so had my system’s specifications :) One year later I found myself running Legion Hardware solo as Russ had decided he was over writing and testing computer hardware and ventured into the networking industry where he has been doing well ever since. For the past two years I have been working harder and harder to make Legion Hardware a better place to visit. I am forever doing my best to improve the quality of the reviews and the site itself.
As the third year has almost expired I look forward to what the fourth has in store for Legion Hardware. Finally, I thank all the readers and manufacturers that took a huge helping hand in making this story possible.
Steven Walton - 2003
Legion Hardware
