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Contest: Post your E3 impressions and reactions, win tons of our E3 Swag!
Niero07.13.08 - 5:34 PM 41 comments

Ah, the wonderful ulcer that is E3. Let me reminisce: As many of you know, Destructoid wouldn't exist if it wasn't for forcing me to go out of my way to build a gaming site just to get credentials to the damn show, so going back every year always fills my stomach with a combination of love for the gaming industry and disgust of all the filthy man-sweat I'm going to have to endure to witness the bleeding edge of next-gen gaming through the cracks of my robot helmet while having booth babes run from across the room to jump all over my metal. I know it's gonzo, but I'll dearly miss bringing you shameless booth babe photos from this event. Maybe I can get some fat guys to show me their man boobs this year instead.

On a personal note, I'm very proud to deliver to you with the largest staff of editors I've ever sent to E3. I'd like to thank all the companies the people that made this possible -- you know who you are. I'm going to apologize ahead of time I say something totally inappropriate over a beer; we obviously wouldn't be here without your support. Look for a few surprise faces on the home page this week -- this is going to be a lot of fun. Actually, I'd like you to be as much a part of it as possible. Yup, contest!

To prepare for the onslaught of news and discussion coming this week we've upgraded our site software -- you can now tag your community blogs "E3 Expo 2008" and select stories will appear on our E3 feed located on the right of the page. We're also putting our exclusive swag behind it: The top 5 community blogs this week will win grab bags of everything we can get our filthy hands on at the event. Games. Shirts. Posters. Signed stuff. Little keychain things. Dirty underwear. Compromising photos. Everything!

All you have to do is blog your little heart out about E3: your predictions, expectations, reactions, rumors, news findings, and so on. Some articles will also be selected to appear on the home page as well. The winners will be determined by the c-blogs with the most hits, the most comments, the least flamebaiting, and otherwise unique perspectives on this year's show. The contest ends one week after E3, so post-apocalypse essays will be eligible if your day job prevents you from not doing your day job. You can also check us out on your mobile phone by going straight to Destructoid.com or via the 310.TV mobile portal. The contest is open to all Dtoiders, US, Canada, Europe, and BFE, so get blogging!

We hope you'll join us in our coverage of E3 next week!  Also, cocks.



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Latest comment by dethnow |view all 41 comments
The best part of E3 this year was the picture above with the booth babes. Who "won" this year? Nobody. Blizzard's announcement of D3 last month was more exciting than any of the garbage announ......



Toneman's Avatar
Toneman at 07/13/2008 17:34

Yay contest!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 07/13/2008 17:41

Least flamebaiting? Damn, there goes my planned cblog titled "E3 2008 - Your Parents Never Loved You And Your Favorite Console Sucks"
Clockwork's Avatar
Clockwork at 07/13/2008 17:44

Freaking awesome contest guys.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar
Hamza CTZ Aziz at 07/13/2008 17:53

You lie sir!
E3 2007 peeps:
Nick Chester, Alex Ryan, Colette, Niero, Tiff, CTZ, Husky, Aaron Linde, William Haley, Fronz, Ron Workman, Chad Concelmo!

Man, I don't know why I bailed out of going this year. My excuse was bullshit. I am half tempted to just drive on down tonight.
EuroFNF's Avatar
EuroFNF at 07/13/2008 17:58

Well, I have nothing better to do this week so I might as well enter. Plus, it means I can write more than just the EUFNF posts and other stuff like that
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
TheToiletDuck at 07/13/2008 17:59

I <3 Dtoid
bunnyrabbit2's Avatar
bunnyrabbit2 at 07/13/2008 18:01

I bloody did it again. I need to remember to log out of the EUFNF account
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naia-the-gamer at 07/13/2008 18:05

This sounds like fun, and I haven't been very bloggy lately (personal stuff and not having much to say). I'm sure something at E3 will get me on my soapbox.
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madninja at 07/13/2008 18:06

Does Failcast count?
Justice's Avatar
Justice at 07/13/2008 18:10

Awesome!
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 07/13/2008 18:12

so many contests! you're going to spoil us!
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 07/13/2008 18:23

So does this mean that although I won't be there, I can participate based on my impressions of the news I see?

Sounds like a sweet deal.
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Crunshii at 07/13/2008 18:33

Niero, don't forget to bring me goodies from E3!!! Like this rare emo Ponponkemon!

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kataztrophy at 07/13/2008 18:50

So...I'm not eligible because I refuse to use the less than stellar blog system on this site, when I have my very own blog elsewhere? That sucks. I want to wim stuff for making snide and bitter remarks in the comment section.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 07/13/2008 18:57

@ kataztrophy: Dude, you're an asshole.
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coonskin05 at 07/13/2008 19:05

"So...I'm not eligible because I refuse to use the less than stellar blog system on this site, when I have my very own blog elsewhere?"

Uh oh ladies and gentleman, we have a big shot here. This guy won't use the cblogs because he has A WORDPRESS BLOG. Not a site powered by Wordpress, but a Wordpress blog. How did you hook up that sweet deal? I mean they don't just give out Wordpress blogs to anyone who walks off the street. I'm surprised you're not covering E3 for your own site and holding your own contests. I mean, who's going to hear about all the big announcements when Kataztrophy isn't going to be posting up-to-the-minute blogs detailing the event?
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Qraze at 07/13/2008 19:08

dude, those chicks got whiplash. @kataztropy it would help to have any blogs before making a remark like that. like me, except my blogs are the greatest crapfilled fails on d~toid, but i hope you "wim" every contest you enter.
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 07/13/2008 19:11

coonskin! lmao! that was great.
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Qraze at 07/13/2008 19:21

what the fuck is gamer lunchbox anyway? at least here people will comment your blogs.
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kataztrophy at 07/13/2008 19:27

You guys are amusing, really you are. My point is that unlike most people here, I don't feel the need to use this site as a myspace clone. I like Destructiod for the news posts, not the social network elements. It would be nice to have an alternate way to enter this particular contest.

Take a deep breath, put the hostility away and recognize the lightheartedness in my original comment. Qraze, thanks. I hope you also "wim" for being the only person to never make a spelling error in your life. Keep the humor coming fellas.
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Neonie at 07/13/2008 19:32

Compromising photos and dirty underwear? I'm all over this shit.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 07/13/2008 19:39

stunt race fx sequel im calling it.
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 07/13/2008 19:44

i make spelling errors all the time, but i don't diss d~toid while doing so. and even on myspace people don't comment your blogs. this IS the site to spout your opinions on gaming and have people react. you don't do that on myspace, do you?
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Dale North at 07/13/2008 19:51

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EternalDeathSlayer at 07/13/2008 20:08

Dude, that's the fucking contest. How else would you join? Would it make any sense at all to allow your wordpress blog entry into the contest? No, because that would be promoting another website , something I'd imagine most websites don't like to do.

Dumb ass.

As with all contests, the idea is to promote YOUR FUCKING BRAND.

As a matter of fact, it's quite gracious of them to include the community in such an awesome way, when they could have just done some generic bullshit and given away free stuff for nothing.

Your comments weren't light hearted.

Again, dude, you're an asshole.
RedWolf's Avatar
RedWolf at 07/13/2008 20:10

I don't find a lot of girls posting semi revealing pictures here.... i fail to find the connection to myspace...
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 07/13/2008 20:31

i thought my comment was lighthearted, not yours.
falinter's Avatar
falinter at 07/13/2008 20:41

How about you just copypasta your own super awesome blog into our so called less than stellar blogs?
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 07/13/2008 20:56

copypasta= a great meal. lol
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BuckF1tches at 07/13/2008 21:23

I'll miss you guys! Bring back some STDs for me!!!!!!
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 07/13/2008 21:30

@kataztrophy

joystiq's that way --->
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 07/13/2008 21:30

@kataztrophy

joystiq's that way --->
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar
ThunderHeartXI at 07/13/2008 22:48

Huh, I may just have to try my hand at essay writing.

I'll fail horribly, but I may as well shoot at it.
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Kfizz at 07/14/2008 03:10

I went to the last real E3 in 06. I got to get swag and meet hot both babes. I played the Wii Zelda for the first time. My knees went weak plus i almost drop the wiimote since i was all sweaty from standing in line. Plus i kept missing the targets since we shot with the D pad. I hope we get some good nintnedo factiods.
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Niero at 07/14/2008 03:17

@ kataztrophy - I know we don't have the best community software yet, but its come along way and we continue to add new features every day.

The guys here that know me well know I'm all about our community stuff. That's always been the spirit of this thing - I get to do this all the time but I remember how special it was to get stuff by the industry. I used to collect EVERYTHING until my closet exploded and I had to fill it with tupperware things. An awesome problem to have that I gladly pass on to our readers! I don't know of a better way to thank people that read and use our site the most.

Obviously we're promoting the site in doing this, but if you take a step back the result is one of the best places to discuss E3 as a community with the added benefit of our home page traffic giving those individual conversations exposure that's hard to come by on most other gaming sites. I think its a pretty good way to run things and keep it real.
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Kryptinite at 07/14/2008 06:43

AWESOME!!!!

I'm going to write up a post on how much Nintendo has let me down :(. Hopefully they will release a 2Dish Metroid to get my heart pumping again.

Also, I like swag.
Ali D's Avatar
Ali D at 07/14/2008 06:58

I'm gonna try my best, but being in Australia means everything happens at E3 whilst I'm in bed or going to work :(

@Niero. Destructoid has one of the best gaming communities around.Thanks for the opportunity to win this stuff, as the chances of me ever going to E3 are virtually negligible.
Char Aznable's Avatar
Char Aznable at 07/14/2008 09:03

I think its a pretty good way to run things and keep it real.

I appreciate it. Dtoid rules.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 07/14/2008 10:52

yay
Shaa Zaaam's Avatar
Shaa Zaaam at 07/15/2008 20:18

Hooray

Gonna try it out.
dethnow's Avatar
dethnow at 07/20/2008 20:18

The best part of E3 this year was the picture above with the booth babes. Who "won" this year? Nobody. Blizzard's announcement of D3 last month was more exciting than any of the garbage announced this past week.

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