Yes, at 2pm on Sunday afternoon, the Memorabilia Stage
played host to the grandest blogger slamdown of the weekend. My opponents were
officially the superb Tonyo Times, but it soon turned into a three-way battle
with the audience eager to hoover up discarded points along the way. We had to
answer a series of challenging questions covering all elements of geekery and
fandom, loosely based around events, promotions and products featured at the
MCM Expo.
I got off to a bad start, failing on my knowledge of both
the new Footloose film and anime-based videogames (although I really should have
guessed Dragonball). However, a couple of lucky guesses around SyFy television
shows had me back in the game. The game continued, with the audience rewarded
with spot-prizes for picking up on any passes or incorrect answers from the
contestants.
However, the battle was soon over, and when the dust had
settled, it turned out that I had won, by a score of 7-5. However, both of us
were winners, sharing the prizes between us.
Prizes included Disney Universe for the Wii, a book of Sci-Fi art, various pieces of In Time promotional gear, some really nice in-ear headphones, a USB drive, and a funky pyramid clock.
I now get to travel
to Birmingham in a few weeks to the Memorabilia event there, where the grand
final of the Battle of the Bloggers will take place. A big thank you to Kat and
Phil from Blogomatic 3000 for organising the event, and to the team from TonyoTimes for providing great competition. A couple of people recorded the event,
so as soon as the videos hit youtube, I’ll post them here.
One final thing: As part of entering the event, I was given
this for the Sunday:
I think this could be the start of something beautiful…
Next on World of Superman: The Thrill Electric!
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