Xbox Dad of the Year is Ballin’
A few weeks ago I mentioned a cool essay contest from Xbox.com looking for the Xbox Dad of the Year. The winning entry is in ladies and gents. (thanks for the tips) I found out that my mother sent in an essay nomination for me. I didn’t win ofcourse. But the nomination from my mom was special.
Anyway, here’s your Xbox Dad of the Year winner and runner-up entries. I can only imagine a 7-Lan party set up. The value of making A’s in school has surely gone up since my day.
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June 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am
great post Col Hartman.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:11 am
Thanks Deaconblade. Could you please edit my typos……”Their are many fathers” is embarassing…..lol
June 21st, 2007 at 11:13 am
embarrassing!!!! I need to wake up today!
June 21st, 2007 at 11:17 am
gotcha covered
June 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
[quote comment="39270"]Well, congrats to the winner, what do they get btw?
All I am going to say about the selection is they picked one fortunate family who probably did not need another xbox 360, but then again all the other contestants already had a 360 also. This was no father of the year nomination, for all we know some of these dads could beat their wives. Now as an xbox gamer, I think this Bob guy deserves some recognition for using gaming to enforce good academic achievement. I know many teachers would wish more dads like Bob were around. There are many fathers in public schools from the U.S. who usually don’t even speak to their kids, let alone invite their kids’ friends over and game with them.
So yeah his kid is very fortunate, but why is that his fault? Yeah we’re all envious, but what are you going to do? As an educator, I’m just glad to hear that Bob only lets children who get good grades play in lan parties and that he is responsible enough to drive them home after a night of gaming. Props to Bob for being a good dad and having the income to go all out on xbox360. If I had the money I’d do the same for my future son.[/quote]
I don’t think anyone is mad at the kid or his father. If I had enough disposable income I’d definitely do something like that for my child in the future. It’s more about the selection process in general. I just feel that whoever decided on the winner should’ve used other criteria because they definitely didn’t need the freebies.