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Win a PlayStation 3, people! BTL II giveaway extended...again photo

*Sigh* Perhaps we shouldn’t run any contests under the guise of sports -- maybe then, we’d get more than a (baby’s) handful of entries. People, we must confess: we figured you would be willing to go above and beyond for a chance at a PS3, especially with all the great games available for the console this season (MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2). But obviously, we were sadly mistaken in our overestimation of your desire for a free videogame console.

What more can we do? We here at Destructoid feel like exasperated parents (we’re not mad; just disappointed). We line up contest after contest for you, dear readers -- with nothing but kick-ass prize packages -- and time and again, you repay us with what seems like a “meh” of indifference at best, and sheer laziness at worst. Sure, you might have to get off your ass occasionally to create an entry for some of our giveaways, but is that so much to ask? How many of you have better excuses than “I meant to enter, but I forgot/didn’t get around to it”?

In any case, we’re going to take the role of the battered wife here and give you one more chance: we’re extending our Blitz: The League II giveaway for a second time, so you’ll really have no one to blame but yourself if you don’t get an entry in. You have an extra week; the deadline is now 11:59 PM EST (yep, the clocks go back an hour tonight) on Sunday, November 9, 2008. Please refer to the original post for information on how to enter the contest. And please, send us your entries! You can win a real football helmet, for crying out loud!


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Zeno's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 11:11
Zeno
Honestly, sports contest on a gaming blog?

Whose bright idea was that?
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 12:36
John B
WTF? Guys! PAL has NOTHING to do with anything! There are several tools out there to convert a video file to any other format that doesn't care about PAL or NTSC, like Divx, Flash, or whatever.

Even at that, the ONLY place where PAL/NTSC is an issue is on a TV screen! A computer screen couldn't care less! I can display a PAL video on my PC just as easily as I can display NTSC!

The original rules even say to upload it somewhere on the web then point to it. You can put it up on YouTube for all that DToid cares, and let YouTube do all of the transcoding.

Using PAL is not an excuse!

On a separate note, I fully agree that forcing people to make a sports video in order to win a video game console is really fscking lame.
microwavefood's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 12:41
microwavefood
the picture you used is that of a day walker, not a ginger.
coffeesash's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 13:05
coffeesash
John B, it's also the transformer inside the PS3, you need ... step.. up converter for it and it's kind of dodgy unless you get a really good (expensive) one.
coffeesash's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 13:23
coffeesash
Step down, silly me.
Jambres's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 13:24
Jambres
Do people that all ready submited get extra points 4 doing what we was supposed to do on time? As someone who posted mine early thinks it's unfair they get extra time, I can't resubmit so y they get extra time? Read the other compliants they don't even care about the system, let alone the great American sport that football is. I did a referance joke in my movie about LT, that's like 200 bonus points alone, minium. I'm just saying the PS3 is MINE! I want LBP!
UglyDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 14:15
UglyDuck
Right. Look. I have an idea, an idea so epic and stellar that just scripting it would make your face asplode. But here's the thing; I don't have any friends. I don't own a video camera or an American football. Even if I did have a video camera that worked and didn't run out of battery and looked slightly better than pouring acid into your eyes, I would still have to get good footage, and whenever I try that, it looks bad.

But hey, at least I'd also have to do all the scripting, storyboarding, rehearsing and editing, as well as get time off work, find decent equipment, record the voice over, go outside (y'know, in the PUBLIC) and ultimately not win and overdose on laxatives because none of you people appreciate how fabulous I am.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT DESTRUCTOID? WELL I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY
sogmasta's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 15:42
sogmasta
Um yeah. Aint gonna lie. I don't have a ps3 but i'm not inclined to work THAT hard to get one. Rather just stick to my day job and earn it and get a game i actually want (not even football fans like that stupid game...jeezus).

Better off just telling people to draw a picture and send it in guys. 50 comments and half of them say they don't have a camcorder (but I'm sure they have a phone with VIDEO TAKING CAPABILITIES). Sounds like a waste of time
Brilliam's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 16:44
Brilliam
Aww, I shoulda checked this before I blew off plans today to finish editing for this :) oh well!
Druid 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 16:59
Druid 01
meh football
bart999's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 18:01
bart999
If the prize involved getting to make L.T dance like a junkie bitch for coke, then I'd be all over this. As it is I already have a PS3 and a Wii. Of course I did actually play football so, let me see if I can get my kid to stsnd still for a few seconds...
AltDelete's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2008 10:59
AltDelete
Okay. For real this time.
electricmole's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 17:37
electricmole
i really want to win a ps3. if only the contest type was more applicable for anyone. i hope there will be another ps3 contest maybe on Christmas day. ^^
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