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Bachelor Contest Winner Chooses PS2, Not Girl

Posted by simoniker on from the alluring-stylings dept.

techstar25 writes "IGN is reporting that last night was singles night at a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and a 'The Bachelorette' type contest was held. The winning bachelor was given a choice to either take the beautiful, young, brunette bachelorette out on an all expenses paid date, or receive a Playstation 2. Naturally, the bachelor took the PS2, and 'The men in the audience cheered.'" The article notes: "Looks like when it comes down to a choice between video games and female attention, these days, videogames are winning out."

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  1. On romance and video games by dacarr · · Score: 5, Insightful
    My own experience has it that the girl of your dreams is more likely to be somebody you're not really looking for. Oppose a girl sent to you by competition. I mean, come on, that's forced and shallow.

    Enjoy your PS2, dude, you've earned it.

    FP!

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  2. A date is one night, a PS2 is years of pleasure by cjmnews · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure the date could turn into a relationship, but with a contest situation it most likely would not. Heck, she may not even put out, making the one night just an ordeal!

    The Playstation 2 on the other hand is guaranteed fun for a years. So many games, so little time.

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  3. Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours. by nacturation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But trading an all-expenses paid date for a ~$200 PS2 system? Granted, he might not have thought that the girl is his type, but think of the experience he could have had. Go do some fun things, then eat at a great restaurant, order the best stuff on the menu, have some expensive drinks, and maybe some decent conversation about Portuguese and life in Latin America. You could quite easily rack up $1000 worth of expenses that someone else is paying for, and who knows... the girl might turn out to be rather intelligent and interesting after all.

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  4. Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours. by johnkoer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except that all expenses paid probably means dinner and a ball game. They will probably just receive $200 or so in vouchers ie a $100 gift certificate to some swanky restaurant and tickets to some Giants home game with maybe some beer and pretzel coupons.

    I think he would be hard pressed to get more than $200 worth of expenses on the date.

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  5. A Point by ronfar · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The guy who won the contest was the guy who was most likely to attract a woman on his own. Therefore, he was least likely to need any help in getting dates. So, provided the prize was valuable to him, he's the person in the contest most likely to toss the girl over the side.

    This doesn't prove anything about "games being more valued than female attention," and besides maybe the whole thing was a Sony publicity stunt for their aging game platform...

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  6. Bow to the master by Wylfing · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This guy is a fucking genius. As soon as he opted for the PS2, he became extremely desirable in the eyes of that girl.

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  7. Re:The Facts: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He won a date, not sex.

  8. They give out PS2's as Darwin Awards now? by GrnArmadillo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I mean, I'm okay with it cause I'm not sure I want anyone willing to participate in this sort of contest reproducing. But we're not even talking about humiliating yourself for national TV exposure (leading to lucrative endorsements) and a million dollar purse a la Survivor. Maybe the guy was just competitive and really wanted to win and maybe he decided midway through that the girl wasn't a keeper, but let me tell you that *I* wouldn't want to risk every girl I ever try to date in the future finding out via Google that I'd done that for $200 in gaming hardware (not to mention friends, tens of thousands of people at the game, and anyone watching on TV if it was televised)....

  9. Re:Make all the jokes you want, but... by C0rinthian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd take the PS2 then ask her back to my place for a fun filled game of SOCOM. (or some other good PS2 multiplayer game, I can't think of any)

    If she says no, it was never meant to be. If she says yes....