The wide world of sports -- as a gaming genre, and in general -- doesn’t get much love on Destructoid. But those of you who do follow tennis surely are aware that one of the sport’s Grand Slam events is currently under way: Wimbledon, the annual grass court tournament in London. Wimbledon has been going for a week, and Top Spin 3, 2K Sports’ new tennis sim, was released in North America last Tuesday (side note: keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming Destructoid review).
So why am I blathering on about an event and a game that very few of you care about? Well, here’s where things get interesting. Courtesy of the good people over at Rocket XL and my colleague Jim Sterling, I’ve got a doozy of a contest for you all. Here’s what’s being offered:
Grand Prize (1 Winner):
- Top Spin 3 track jacket
- Top Spin 3 game (system of your choice)
- 2K Sports library of games (MLB 2K8, NBA 2K8, Don King Presents: Prizefighter -- system of your choice)
Runners-Up (2 Winners):
- Top Spin 3 game (system of your choice)
That’s not a bad haul, now, is it? If you’re still reading, then you’re probably wondering how much of an ass you have to make of yourself in order to be eligible to win. Well, all you have to do is take a photograph at an actual tennis court. The photo has to include one simple thing: you hitting (or attempting to hit) a tennis ball with a sports implement that is not a tennis racket. Run with that.
The funniest and most creative picture will win; I will select the two runners-up as well. Let me be clear: these photos cannot be altered in any way (read: no Photoshopping) from what was captured on camera. You’ll have to make me laugh without resorting to captions and other tomfoolery. I’m only allowing one entry per person; send them to samit.sarkar+contest @ gmail.com (yes, that’s a plus sign) with the subject line “Balls deep for Top Spin 3.”
The contest will officially end at 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, August 8, 2008 (that’s just under two and a half weeks before the US Open). Regrettably, this contest is only open to residents of the US of A. Get crackin’!
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What if we don't have a tennis ball?
Worst pun ever.
Also, only hilarity can come of this contest.
No Fernando Gonzalez or Nicolas Massu = Tennis game made of pure fail!, They are both on the top ten (or were last month), they even won the gold medal on las olyimpic games. And they are not in this game.. Why? because thay are latin american and 2K doesn't give a damn about latin people >:0..
I'm sure they added a Russian-German-American guy who's 20th on the ATP buy hey, his last name isn't Gonzalez
>:0!!! I'm mad about this
A contest that doesn't rape the cblogs? I LOVE YOU BRONXBOMBER
@The-Excel: The last time I checked (which was, admittedly, many years ago), a can of three tennis balls could be purchased at my local sporting goods store for less than $2.50.
I want to go balls deep.
CONTEST ONLY FOR US = SUCK MY BALLS DTOID
I have an idea but the time and effort will resort to this contest being over before I finish.
You kiss your mother with those fingers Samit?
Now the debate is in as what constitutes a sport.. Cause a DDR mat would crumble if hit by a tennis ball.
@Sueng: Aw, come on. You’ve got nearly a month and a half!
the opportunity to take a copy of prizefighter is just serendipititious. only in america can you take a picture of yourself with a furry set of balls and turn it into trimphellence.
Hell yeah! I've got 4 years of competitive tennis under my belt. However, that in no way gives me an advantage in this insane contest. I have some ideas though.....
@galagabug: Scrumtrilescent.
Oh wait, the prize is sports games?
Suddenly, I have become less interested
I played varsity tennis in high school!
@Samit
Does the racket HAVE to be sports related?
I have the best idea for a would be racket but it's not sports related....
@mix: Well, I've gotta keep the contest sports-related somehow, and just throwing tennis balls in there isn't enough. So yes, the replacement racket must be something that's used in sports.
Are live fish used in any sporting events? Because technically they ARE a part of fishing. =D
@Samit
Sounds good, I will think of something then!
@Blehman
I was totally going to use a frozen fish from the store but samit said no :( ...lol
Countdown to picture of someone hitting a tennis ball with an impossibly large black/pink dildo.
Might I suggest here?
I saw Balls Deep and was wondering if I ended up at Deadspin by mistake.
DAMMIT!
I Just saw that damn USA only part and I was soo excited for something that didn't involve photo shop crap!
Of course it's going to take a bit of imagination to get sex/porn qualified as a sport.
You know what would be awesome and make Destructoid look like the best site ever? If you guys agreed to pony up the difference in shipping costs of the prizes so you can ship them outside of the US. Or even if the winner had the option of paying the difference themselves. Doesn't seem like much of a prize, but I'm sure there are enough people willing to pay for shipping in order to get good free stuff.
Seriously, it would make you guys look awesome.
Not sure if you can do that or if the people providing the prizes will let you, but it's worth looking into at least. Everytime I see mention of a contest I always first look to see even if I'm eligible... before I even read what the contest is about (like I just did with this one). If I'm not elibigle, I stop reading and move on.
Samit Sarkar,
So the racket has to be sports related? Meaning we have to choose a different sport and use their racket? How do we make this funny then?
Fish ftw.
I agree with Scotty...it pisses me off than i'm less than 6 hours away from the US and I can't fucking participate in any contests. The shipping can't be that much more (well, unless customs is a bitch).
Sweet, a contest I can do!! I hope I don't forget to do it. Time to think of random stuff to use....
I just saw this contest. I will enter