Retro scarf competition
Back in the distant past (B3ta Newsletter 84) I asked our readers this:
Sometimes I fill this section of the newsletter with whimsey, sometimes bad jokes and sometimes nuggets of good ideas that I simply can’t be arsed to persue myself.
So imagine my (belated) surprise when B3ta boarder Account88888 got in touch to say he’d actually gone and made some and would I fancy giving away a few via the site?
Figuring this was a great opportunity to get some free scarfs for winter, how could I say no?
I thought long and hard about doing a fantastic photoshoot, and then thought, fuck it, I’ll just take a couple of snaps with them drapped around some old computers.
First off is a Scramble themed scarf, keeping a Cambridge Computers Z88 toasty and warm.
Secondly we’ve got a Space Invaders one making sure that the Spectrum +2 doesn’t get a cold interface this Christmas.
Anyway. I’ve got three to give away to B3ta readers. All you have to do is complete this exciting tie-breaker in 15 words or less and add it as a comment on this very blog post.
“I love 8-bit gaming because…”
And if you can’t be arsed with bollocks compos then maybe you’d like to buy one via B2D4.
WINNERS!
Yay, we’ve got three people that B2D4 reckon are the tops, and they’re getting a scarf each.
- I’ve never been called a n00b playing missile command… (soscynicalsohip)
- 10 REM SCARF COMPETITION HACK FOR INFINATE WARMTH
20 POKE 0121,666
30 SYS 2059
RUN (monkeon) - I love 8-bit gaming because thats where I learned that men love a girl who’s a computer nerd….but not one who can beat them every time. So a scarf would keep me warm on all those victorious yet lonely nights. (onlythegirl)
… using the joystick built up my wrist muscles, now it’s satisfaction everytime.
…because something had to occupy my time before sex came along
Because even though it might be cold in Scotland, it is even colder in Canada…
OR
Because 8 bits are more than enough when it comes to saving the world
I love 8-bit gaming because…I’m a geek.
because square tits get be rock hard
because anything above 10 confuses me
I love 8-bit gaming because…
there is no cow level so there is nothing to warry about
because…
it was when being (e)leet didn’t actually mean typing like a cunt.
i can rape the queen in…oh wait
I love 8-bit gaming because I am a gay. A big fat gay.
I love 8-bit gaming because I am a nerd.
I’ve removed all the skin from my neck with a knife. What a silly boy.
I love 8-bit gaming because thats where I learned that men love a girl who’s a computer nerd….but not one who can beat them every time. So a scarf would keep me warm on all those victorious yet lonely nights.
I love 8-bit gaming because I’m a fucking retro dick. If I got anymore retro I’d be a foetus.
because i could have a quick wank while the game loaded and then i could kill something, which caused me to have another wank
because it was easy to copy the bloody games
because i’m too cheap to buy a new console
“I Love 8-bit Gaming because…”
…it reminds me of the time when my mum shot me in the face and bought me a ZX spectrum to make up for it.
it’s all about the gameplay baby, all about the gameplay
because i’m a g33k with a cold neck
1tz s0 fxk1ng le3t… And i’m really, really cold in Scotland.
because I’m too much of a mong to understand any game more complex than Space Invaders.
I love 8 bit gaming because I’ll say anything to get a “Space Invaders” scarf
CHEAP THRILL. I love Space Invaders. It still only costs 10p to play it on an ancient console in my local arcade. How many other nostalgic whimsies can be satiated for 10p?
“I love 8-bit gaming because…”
…the pixels were large enough to be knitted into scarves!
(or alternatively)
… scarves in 64bit 1280×1024 would have been piss-hard to knit!
…because i’m a girl and I know enough about 8-bit gaming to be impressed by your skills but not so much that I forget my place…
I love 8 bit gaming because it doesn’t require much concentration so I can play it with a cock in my mouth
…because its better than cutting the cunts out of new borns
“I love 8-bit gaming because…” it’s less dangerous than going to cubs
I love 8-bit gaming because 7 bit gaming was always too competitive for me.
Because i have epilepsy
I love 8-bit gaming because my parents wouldnt buy me 16-bit console
I love 8-bit gaming because it had died out by the time i was born.
because it’s better than a kick up the arse.
> 10 print chr$(27)+”Because I haven’t been out since 1986!”+chr$(13)
> 20 goto 10
> run
Because I haven’t been out since 1986!
Because I haven’t been out since 1986!
Because I haven’t been out since 1986!
Because I haven’t been out since 1986!
Because I haven’t been out since 1986!
Because I haven’t been out since 1986!
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No excuses for length given I don’t have a 16k ram pack. Let’s just go with “Because I haven’t been out since 1986″
I have an 8-bit heart
I love 8 bit gaming because I’m old skool.
I love 8-bit gaming because i want a scarf.
Because its better than trapping your cock in a door.
its better than 4 bit gaming.
I love 8-bit gaming because I am an old git who won’t embrace the future.
I love 8-bit gaming because…It’s better than 2-bit and means SCARF! ;)
it gives me the power to masturbate until i develop calluses on my penis
I love 8-bit gaming because…it’s a prerequisite to getting a cool scarf.
It’s got all the fun of 4-bit gaming, but with twice the colours.
I love 8-bit gaming because ERROR REDO FROM START
I love 8-bit gaming because I can count the bits on one hand – Kayser, Chernobyl
I love 8-bit gaming because…I can count the bits on my fingers without using my thumbs.
because 9 is too many and 7 is not quite enough
I love 8-bit gaming because… people didn’t pester me with computer problems through messenger while playing Jetpac!