Last Month the Japanese try to retrive this mod a little bit more. They played in the at 2pm CET. At the moment the gametracker,com Server Monitorring is off. Hope soon they turn it on. The ranking seems to work.
I'm gonna try and set up something similar, but I fail at breadboards and don't know anything about wiring computer parts. I bought one of these http://www.directron.com/tachometer.html as well as a USB/Serial adapter, and an AC inverter to power the Molex connector. Once I get it working, I'm probably gonna swap out the tach for an actual pedestal one, similar to the one used in that article. I might get a cheapo chinese one for like, $50 or even go crazy and by an Autometer made one for like, $200 But I'll post some updates every now and then and let you guys know how it goes. Just another useless idea that I feel like dumping money into. I discovered EL wire a while ago, and now my desk has USB-powered blue neon underglow.
EDIT: Ok, maybe "Bought" wasn't the right word to use. I ordered those 3 items, and I'm just waiting for that stuff to arrive.