2K Sports Awards Alabama Man $1,000,000 for Perfection

[IndianBird]

The winner and his wife were on Howard Stern this morning

he threw a perfect game in only his 7th game played

so much for impossible

Congrats to him

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubenDouglas

someone wins a lottery, we KNOW RIGHT AWAY.. what a scam this was.. yeah I said scam.. What a bad precedent this sets up for other games.

I take it you've never been apart of any other contests outside of the lottery?

Because if you truly feel this way, a large % of contests are "scams" and set "bad precedents."

[StevenSeagalsLipitor]

Quote: Originally Posted by jared52

The article on CNBC said they didn't take out insurance because they couldn't calculate the odds of someone winning the prize so the $1 million will come out of their pocket. Of course the US Government also won this contest, just like they win every lottery and game show.

I think the amount of additional sales generated from this contest far surpassed the million dollars they spent on the contest itself, in fact, given the advertising they probably spent 2 million on this contest given all the advertising they did. I mean think about it, this guy is on The Early Show, Howard Stern, etc. And thats free publicity for the game, they also had some big ads on big tv shows too. That million bucks was nothing compared to what they made from the contest.

[nixon08]

I listened to the winner and his wife on Howard Stern this morning - he used Kenshin Kawakami believe it or not.

Some interesting facts:

-Threw the perfect game on only his 7th try.

-Had no experience at all with the game, it's demo, or any prior year's version. He mentioned something about how much better the game is than the other baseball games he's played - "older baseball games".

-Knew almost nothing about baseball, hadn't even heard of the pitcher he threw the pg with.

-Is an avid gamer in general - just not sports games.

And of course this was Howard Stern so we got some additional nuggets of info such as:

-He and his wife are only 23 years old, are devout Christians and plan to give 10% (before tax!!!) of the mil to the church.

-Neither have ever been drunk, tried pot, or had sex with or even so much as kissed another person. They waited until they got married to have sex and had even planned on waiting until marriage to kiss until the chick decided she didn't want their first kiss to be in front of an audience. Given this info you can also go ahead and figure out the "other things" the do not partake in.

-When asked what sins they have committed, his wife replied "well one time I fell off the back of the sofa and got a big ol' bump on my forehead n' I lied to my daddy n' told him I ran into a wall - because we were strictly forbidden from sitting on the back of the sofa".

To no one's surprise, his only sin (that he revealed) was skipping school to play video games.

[Trevytrev11]

Quote: Originally Posted by nixon08

I listened to the winner and his wife on Howard Stern this morning - he used Kenshin Kawakami believe it or not. Some interesting facts: -Threw the perfect game on only his 7th try. -Had no experience at all with the game, it's demo, or any prior year's version. He mentioned something about how much better the game is than the other baseball games he's played - "older baseball games". -Knew almost nothing about baseball, hadn't even heard of the pitcher he threw the pg with. -Is an avid gamer in general - just not sports games. And of course this was Howard Stern so we got some additional nuggets of info such as: -He and his wife are only 23 years old, are devout Christians and plan to give 10% (before tax!!!) of the mil to the church. -Neither have ever been drunk, tried pot, or had sex with or even so much as kissed another person. They waited until they got married to have sex and had even planned on waiting until marriage to kiss until the chick decided she didn't want their first kiss to be in front of an audience. Given this info you can also go ahead and figure out the "other things" the do not partake in. -When asked what sins they have committed, his wife replied "well one time I fell off the back of the sofa and got a big ol' bump on my forehead n' I lied to my daddy n' told him I ran into a wall - because we were strictly forbidden from sitting on the back of the sofa". To no one's surprise, his only sin (that he revealed) was skipping school to play video games.

Hillarious and ironic that it happened to some guy like this and not some hard core baseball/sports gamer.

[Cusefan]

Quote: Originally Posted by nixon08

I listened to the winner and his wife on Howard Stern this morning - he used Kenshin Kawakami believe it or not. Some interesting facts: -Threw the perfect game on only his 7th try. -Had no experience at all with the game, it's demo, or any prior year's version. He mentioned something about how much better the game is than the other baseball games he's played - "older baseball games". -Knew almost nothing about baseball, hadn't even heard of the pitcher he threw the pg with. -Is an avid gamer in general - just not sports games. And of course this was Howard Stern so we got some additional nuggets of info such as: -He and his wife are only 23 years old, are devout Christians and plan to give 10% (before tax!!!) of the mil to the church. -Neither have ever been drunk, tried pot, or had sex with or even so much as kissed another person. They waited until they got married to have sex and had even planned on waiting until marriage to kiss until the chick decided she didn't want their first kiss to be in front of an audience. Given this info you can also go ahead and figure out the "other things" the do not partake in. -When asked what sins they have committed, his wife replied "well one time I fell off the back of the sofa and got a big ol' bump on my forehead n' I lied to my daddy n' told him I ran into a wall - because we were strictly forbidden from sitting on the back of the sofa". To no one's surprise, his only sin (that he revealed) was skipping Work to play video games.

Fixed

As always, Howard Stern can turn what would be a horrible interview into a very good one, probably the best interviewer in Entertainment. I thought it was pretty funny that this guy did spill the beans that he pitched a perfect game within a day after it came out. I cannot Imagine 2K is very happy with him, he basically said that 2k waited 2 months before releasing this info, giving the impression that no one had won it.

[RubenDouglas]

maybe scam is the wrong word. In this sort of setting, waiting 2 months seems just flat out unethical. but then again I guess its up to the consumer to realize a winner has already had it won by that first week and that your chances of winning anything from week 2 to week 8 is likely sitting around zero.

But this does play into the whole "what if" situation that the lottery does when it preys on the millions that it does. People feel inherently lucky.

The hundreds of blogs and news articles that have picked up on this aren't taking note of the entry dates so I guess I'm just grasping at straws

good day

[rp71284]

LOL if 2k came out a week later and said it was over, they would have lost sales.

On a lighter note, if you want to get 2k10 used, you should be able to find it in your local gaming store or eBay at an even bigger bargain.