I am about to embark on a journey. A vision quest if you will. I have moved to mother Russia and I am running up and down snow covered mountains and sweating heavily in a barn with a fat guy. Just like Rocky in ... well I can't remember what Rocky movie it was. I have drastically changed my diet for this training. The days of nothing but Mt. Dew, cigarettes and beer are gone. Now it is strictly Mt. Dew, cigarettes, beer and hardcore anabolic steroids. But I need more. I need you. Help me Obi-Wan Community. You're my only hope.
On July 30th, I will be competing in an invite only tournament by EA with 16 other players from around the Internets in a no holds barred game of Wing Commander Arena on XBLA. Like Lui Kang in the Mortal Kombat movie, sans the sh*tty acting, it will be a battle to the death. Why do I need you? There are prizes involved, and they are big. If I win, these prizes won't be going straight to the pawn shop/strip club as usual. They will be going to you. Everything I win, will in fact be given out here at Dtoid to our community.
Here is a quick rundown of what I can win, by you helping me win, so that you can win what I win after you helped me win it. Understand?
GRAND PRIZE:
- Panasonic 50" 1080p Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV
- Bose 3-2-1 GSX Home Theater System with Progressive-Scan
- Xbox360 Elite
- Extra Controller
- Xbox Live Gold Membership
- Wing Commander Arena + 11,200 Microsoft Points
- Partridge in a pear tree (This prize is subject to not be real)
RUNNER UP 1, 2 and 3
- Xbox360 Elite
- Wing Commander Arena + 11,200 Microsoft Points
Hit the jump to find out how you can help a starving child for pennies a day.
This Friday for Destructoid's weekly Friday Night Fights, I ask that you beat me repeatedly at Wing Commander Arena. To take out people like Brian "Magical Hair" Crecente, I must be in the best shape and conditioning of my life. Track down my gamertag, Roncore, and make me learn to love the pain. Everyone is free to jump in the action (Except Grim because he is like Rain Man on XBLA). Please come and join this Epic battle which should look something like the picture below.

[Special thanks to Ben Swanson, the Community Manager at EA for the invite]