May 6 2010Guy Scores $1 Million For Pitching Perfect Game In 'Major League Baseball 2K10'
So apparently 2K Sports was running a contest in which the first person to pitch a perfect 9-innings in MLB 2K10 would win a cool $1 million (sorry, no prizes for yelling FIRST! in the comments). And some guy did it within 24-hours of the game's release. Impressive, but I did it before the game even came out. I'm talking way back in 1988. No I'm not thinking of Ice Hockey for Nintendo! Yes, yes I am. That game's the shit, WHERE'S MY MONEY?!
Wade McGilberry of Mobile, Ala., a 24-year-old experienced gamer, bought the game at midnight on the night it came out. After debating with his wife Katy whether he should go to work or not, he decided he'd show up to work in his capacity as a 401K record keeper before he tried his hand at making $1 million.
At around 4 p.m. that day, Wade returned from work. He logged on to XBox Live, which is necessary to record the time a gamer could accomplish the feat, and set up his computer Web cam in front of his TV, a requirement for the verification of the perfect game.
Six partial games and an hour and a half later, Wade managed to pitch a perfect nine-innings. Congratulations Wade, you're a jerk! THAT MONEY WAS MINE HOSEBAG.
Gamer Wins $1 Million Perfect Game Prize In Less Than 90 Minutes [cnbc]
Thanks to Uncle_FUJ and JoeLickasack, one of which may or may not want to taste your change purse.
Reader Comments
1. Allegro - May 6, 2010 4:03 PM
old
2. blueZorro - May 6, 2010 4:04 PM
Ya, I just saw this on Ripten.
3. CharlO - May 6, 2010 4:09 PM
Yeah, has like three days.
First suckers!
4. Yo Sir - May 6, 2010 4:14 PM
Yo Sir I won the 1 mill cause I am the best mayne I deed it..
5. MoD - May 6, 2010 4:19 PM
I gonna say First just to spite you
FIRST!.
6. Jaja - May 6, 2010 4:19 PM
Everyone above this coment is fake and gay.
I hope you die!
7. Weed - May 6, 2010 4:53 PM
F1RST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. Jaded Icon - May 6, 2010 5:04 PM
Right now marketing is yelling at the game developers for not making it harder....
9. XX - May 6, 2010 5:29 PM
Wow, is Geekologie digging in the Old News Bin? The guy won it six hours after the game came out which was about two months ago.
10. emptyaddy - May 6, 2010 5:30 PM
Honestly, I was thinking of doing it myself and would have if it weren't for the fact that it was going to be achieved within a matter of hours of "official" release. Let's face it, it was arguably the easiest way to make a legit million.
11. blueZorro - May 6, 2010 6:01 PM
@ 3 what about people above and below your comment?
12. r k - May 6, 2010 6:31 PM
we need a picture of this 24 year old console gamer...
13. Jaded Icon - May 7, 2010 8:48 AM
@ 9
It did happen in January, but the detail weren't reported until May 5th. Sooooo.....maybe you should read the links before you open you mouth.
14. Duck Butter - May 7, 2010 10:03 AM
blueZorro needs to lickasac and quit being a hater.