If any of you play MLB 2K11 on 360 or PS3 then you're well aware of the $1,000,000 giveaway that was offered to gamers who could record themselves pitching a perfect game. Apparently pro-wrestler/tech-guru Michael Manna (aka Stevie Richards in ECW, WWE and TNA) has pitched a perfect game and posted it to YouTube.
But unlike last year when the contest started on the release date, this $1,000,000 Perfect Pitch competition doesn't start until April 1st.
As explained on Manna's T4 tech videocast yesterday - at end of the 8th inning, when Manna realized he might actually pull off the perfect game, he started recording it just as a cool thing to post to YouTube in order to share his accomplishment with the geek-tech community online.
He wasn't really thinking about the prize money. After the game was over, Manna, who's stated that he's normally quiet and reserved, said that he "opened the door to the house, ran outside, screaming 'Perfect game! Perfect game!'" He was more excited about actually accomplishing the goal of the perfect game than anything else.
"I was amazed. I just wanted to play the game." Richards went on to state, on the videocast, that when he tweeted about pitching the perfect game, it wasn't to claim his prize. "I wasn't putting it up there to say 'Hey, I want my million dollars now.' But in the back of my mind I was like 'didn't they do something on release day last year?' And then first person who tweeted to me said 'Hey, man. You won the million dollars."
Manna himself didn't think he won because he was sure that, having not read the official contest rules, there were a few restrictions. Maybe not three pages worth of restrictions, but clauses and loopholes nonetheless.
"I just wanted to play the game and record a YouTube video of a game that nobody reviewed." For the record, Richards has never claimed to have won the million dollars, or that he deserved to win it.
"It's just a fun thing. I want it to be a positive thing. But I am gonna brag that 'Hey man, I did this really cool thing.' They say 'geek cred' but it's a real thing in the tech community."
But unlike last year when the contest started on the release date, this $1,000,000 Perfect Pitch competition doesn't start until April 1st.
As explained on Manna's T4 tech videocast yesterday - at end of the 8th inning, when Manna realized he might actually pull off the perfect game, he started recording it just as a cool thing to post to YouTube in order to share his accomplishment with the geek-tech community online.
He wasn't really thinking about the prize money. After the game was over, Manna, who's stated that he's normally quiet and reserved, said that he "opened the door to the house, ran outside, screaming 'Perfect game! Perfect game!'" He was more excited about actually accomplishing the goal of the perfect game than anything else.
"I was amazed. I just wanted to play the game." Richards went on to state, on the videocast, that when he tweeted about pitching the perfect game, it wasn't to claim his prize. "I wasn't putting it up there to say 'Hey, I want my million dollars now.' But in the back of my mind I was like 'didn't they do something on release day last year?' And then first person who tweeted to me said 'Hey, man. You won the million dollars."
Manna himself didn't think he won because he was sure that, having not read the official contest rules, there were a few restrictions. Maybe not three pages worth of restrictions, but clauses and loopholes nonetheless.
"I just wanted to play the game and record a YouTube video of a game that nobody reviewed." For the record, Richards has never claimed to have won the million dollars, or that he deserved to win it.
"It's just a fun thing. I want it to be a positive thing. But I am gonna brag that 'Hey man, I did this really cool thing.' They say 'geek cred' but it's a real thing in the tech community."
