Bachelor Contest Winner Chooses PS2, Not Girl

techstar25 writes "IGN is reporting that last night was singles night at a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and a 'The Bachelorette' type contest was held. The winning bachelor was given a choice to either take the beautiful, young, brunette bachelorette out on an all expenses paid date, or receive a Playstation 2. Naturally, the bachelor took the PS2, and 'The men in the audience cheered.'" The article notes: "Looks like when it comes down to a choice between video games and female attention, these days, videogames are winning out."

On romance and video games

[dacarr]

My own experience has it that the girl of your dreams is more likely to be somebody you're not really looking for. Oppose a girl sent to you by competition. I mean, come on, that's forced and shallow.

Enjoy your PS2, dude, you've earned it.

FP!

Re:On romance and video games

[Profane MuthaFucka]

"Better the hand you know than the hand you don't" is what I always say. If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself.

The Playstation here is categorized as excercise equipment, as long as the controllers are manipulated virorously for at least 20 minutes, 3 times a week.

Re:On romance and video games

[ooby]

Koei makes a bunch of "romance" video games. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III, etc, and the Dynasty Warriors series to boot.

Re:On romance and video games

[Alkaiser]

"I don't know about you, but I wouldn't consider it romantic if a girl only married me because I crushed her father's army and executed all of her male relatives."

Um...what if she wrote a poem, too?

Re:On romance and video games

[GMC-jimmy]

Being from the US it shouldn't be much surprise that I'm divorced. Knowing what I know now and given the same choice, I would have chose the PS2 also.

Re:On romance and video games

[Bronster]

The Playstation here is categorized as excercise equipment, as long as the controllers are manipulated virorously for at least 20 minutes, 3 times a week.

If you get a date with the right girl, you can get your controller manipulated even more often than that. Mmmm...

[ob thingy] but then this is slashdot, so we'd know all about manipulating controllers[/ob]

Re:On romance and video games

[stfvon007]

Yea! Hook up a second controller to the PS2 and we can play multiplayer all night!

I guess...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Pay to play" doesnt appeal to some gamers...

Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[spineboy]

Or maybe he thought that the PS2 would stick around a lot longer that the little hottie that they rranged for him. I've gone out with a few models, and yes I would have preferred a PS2 to a few of them (looks*Intelligence=constant).

looks*Intelligenceconstant

[perrinkog]

The Ideal woman:
1. smart
2. Doesn't know she is hot
3. Is my fiancee (neener neener ;)

Re:looks*Intelligenceconstant

[dtfinch]

I would add:
4) Does not want to break my spirit.

Re:looks*Intelligenceconstant

[Creepy Crawler]

Even better if she has that oh-soo-nasty flare too ;-)

Re: Soulstealers

[MachDelta]

4) Does not want to break my spirit.

Well, that rules out all women.

Could I interest you in a very friendly dog?

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[UconnGuy]

I agree. I also think that if the girl needed to get a date at a baseball game, she couldn't have been anything spectacular. By that I mean, why isn't she taken already? I would never go out with anyone that way either - too risky and I would always be wondering what is wrong with her (until I found out of course). The PS2 will last longer and give much more hours of fun. Plus, the fun he will have with the PS2 on a nightly basis (monthly/yearly basis if married) will last more than 10 seconds each tim

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[tzanger]

I used to believe that until I met my sweetie Tara... Wowza. Now I believe the correct equation is beauty*brains=constant*modifier :-)

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[*weasel]

I believe that (modifier) is called (personality).

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[Tuxinatorium]

I have a revision to your theory that looks*intelligence = constant. Since there are plenty of women who are both stupid AND ugly, such as Rush Limbaugh, this principle does not hold in general. However super-smart hot girls are as rare as top quarks. The few exceptions are rips in the space-time continuum. Therefore I submit that looks*intelligence k*Q^2, where Q is the supermodel-stupidity quotient (SSQ) and k is the Really Fucking Lucky (RFL) parameter, which equals e^(does god like you?).

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[0x0d0a]

Since there are plenty of women who are both stupid AND ugly, such as Rush Limbaugh...

Wow. That may be the most impressive anti-conservative zing I've heard yet. Definitely got a chuckle here.

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[gl4ss]

or he could put 1 and 2 together:

chances of getting laid with the 'trophy' from a date you didn't even pay chances of getting laid for by giving the ps2 in exchange.

of course, if it had been a real nice all expenses paid 'night in the city' I'd have taken that because a night in the city can get fucking expensive and fun if done right.

Re:Maybe the guy had a girlfriend?

[radicalskeptic]

If you sincerely believe that looks*intelligence=constant is true, you've either not had many girlfriends, or just been unlucky. Last year I dated a total babe who was also the most intelligent girl I've ever met (she was in the Honors program at UMD and got almost as high on the SATs as I did).

Also if that were true, retards would be on the cover of Playboy every month and Sports Illustrated would have a "Swimsuits of the Special Olympics" edition.

It's a joke Lighten up!

[spineboy]

some people have a sense of humor...

I left my heart in San Fran

[Johnny Mnemonic]

Um, of course, it was San Francisco? While I'm sure the breeders still out number the non-breeders, there's a pretty good chance the guy "wasn't interested."

Or, at least that's what the gal will be telling herself for some time to come, no doubt...

Re:I left my heart in San Fran

[KingOfBLASH]

Where is the quote in your sig from?

Re:I left my heart in San Fran

[Johnny Mnemonic]

A Visit from the FBI [securityfocus.com]

Also, it was a Slashdot story. FBI Agent Talks Crime, Macs [slashdot.org]

Re:I left my heart in San Fran

[bigman2003]

I think it was the part where he referred to heterosexuals as 'breeders'.

Because, using a derogatory term to describe people who are NOT gay means that you are gay-bashing.

Re:I left my heart in San Fran

[Hard_Code]

Hey you insensitive clod, gay people can 'breed' [slashdot.org]!

Re:I left my heart in San Fran

[Creepy]

Right...

So you're saying that when I stop by my (black) neighbor and say "Whitey's come over to Par-tay" I'm really being derogatory to the black community? These are the same guys greet their (black) friends with "Hey Nigger!"

I just don't buy it.

Re:I left my heart in San Fran

[Creepy]

I know people that would say that and be serious about it, so it's hard to tell because I don't know you.

Sarcasm should at least hint at being non-serious. What kind of a jackass would post something like that and not mean it?

I mean
[sarcasm]
What kind of jackass would post something like that and not mean it?
[/sarcasm] :)

and in other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

a similiar contest was held across town, and this time the female contestant picked a Whitman's Sampler box over of her young suitors...

which just goes to show that sex is overrated because i'm not getting any

A date is one night, a PS2 is years of pleasure

[cjmnews]

Sure the date could turn into a relationship, but with a contest situation it most likely would not. Heck, she may not even put out, making the one night just an ordeal!

The Playstation 2 on the other hand is guaranteed fun for a years. So many games, so little time.

Re:A date is one night, a PS2 is years of pleasure

[chromatic]

Yeah, but you have to keep spending money on the PS2 to buy new games. Wouldn't that make it more expensive in the long ...

Wait, nevermind.

Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[HotNeedleOfInquiry]

1. A PS2 can pleasure you 4 weeks a month.
2. The only part of a PS2 that whines is the fan.
3. A PS2 doesn't leave the toilet seat up.
4. A PS2 doesn't complain about other PS2's

I've got to get back to work...

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[schmoli]

3. A PS2 doesn't leave the toilet seat up.

uhhh... what kind of women do you date?

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[johnkoer]

This [tshirthell.com] kind

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[euxneks]

The parent poster might actually be a woman...

on slashdot...

reading the games section.....

on second thought, scratch that.

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[evalhalla]

Or just a woman who reads slashdot with "collapse sections" on, no need to be specifically reading the games section. :)

Anyway, being a woman, I'm quite sure parent's parent's parent meant "A PS2 doesn't leave the toilet seat down", I suppose it was just a mispelling of sorts.

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[lcde]

3. A PS2 doesn't leave the toilet seat up.

forgot to do the ol'crotch test huh :)

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, but does the PS2 support massively multiplayer? ;-)

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[borisbfurry]

5. The PS2's start button is much easier to find

Re:Reasons why a PS2 is better than a woman

[Rysc]

You just didn't buy the right accessory.

I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[Elwood P Dowd]

Did anybody look at the pictures?

She didn't look hot, and she didn't look smart. (Although not dumb either.) "Buxom and brunette" are qualities that are irrelevant to desireability, imho.

I'm guessing that after hearing her talk for a few minutes, I'd have taken the PS2. Kudos for him, though, for figuring the right buttons to push. Too bad this all implies a weird kind of misogyny.

Whatever. Maybe he wasn't single anyway. I'm not, but if I heard the way the contest worked ahead of time, I'd have lied.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[dthree]

She looked blond to me, maybe they were referring to her roots.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[walt-sjc]

You mean the bad snapshots of a tv in the background??? Looks like someone needs to learn how to use the "crop" tool, or at least aim the camera correctly.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[nacturation]

But trading an all-expenses paid date for a ~$200 PS2 system? Granted, he might not have thought that the girl is his type, but think of the experience he could have had. Go do some fun things, then eat at a great restaurant, order the best stuff on the menu, have some expensive drinks, and maybe some decent conversation about Portuguese and life in Latin America. You could quite easily rack up $1000 worth of expenses that someone else is paying for, and who knows... the girl might turn out to be rather intelligent and interesting after all.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[johnkoer]

Except that all expenses paid probably means dinner and a ball game. They will probably just receive $200 or so in vouchers ie a $100 gift certificate to some swanky restaurant and tickets to some Giants home game with maybe some beer and pretzel coupons.

I think he would be hard pressed to get more than $200 worth of expenses on the date.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[arkanes]

Maybe in his normal work day he's an international photography consultant and he meets all sorts of exotic people all the time and his idea of a good prize is the chance to just chill out with a beer and play some GTA?

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[Dixie_Flatline]

Maybe, but most of the people on /. aren't, and most of them are responding that they'd take the PS2 as well. As a geek, I've always had a hard time meeting women, even just as friends. I'd jump at the opportunity to meet someone new. She may be a waste of my time, but I'd never know if I took the PS2. And I KNOW the PS2 would be a waste of my time. :)

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[The Evil Couch]

I donno about that last bit, man.

any chick that's willing to be offered as a prize on television isn't what I'd call intelligent. although she'd be interesting in the same way that a car wreck is.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[jhoffoss]

How does one "look smart"?

As another poster posited, an all-expenses-paid evening could easily surpass the soon-to-be-$149 pricetag of a PS2. Plus, even if she's not your type, you could have a nice time for one evening. Sometimes a date is *more* fun for both parties if you know there won't be another. But I suppose most of the guys reading the gaming section of /. wouldn't really know that...

Anyway, maybe he just asked her out anyway, when they walked off the field. "Hey baby, how 'bout I show you a thi

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[MrResistor]

Plus, even if she's not your type, you could have a nice time for one evening. Sometimes a date is *more* fun for both parties if you know there won't be another.

I never understood that point of view. If there's no future in it, what's the point? If I can already tell she's not my type, why would I want to subject myself to whatever negative quality I see in her for an entire evening? Chances are I'd end up being too annoyed to enjoy myself.

Then again, I'm not really interested in owning a ps2 either, so

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[jhoffoss]

C'mon, you have to be adventurous to please all the ladies! Besides, it gets cold up here in MN during the winter. We need all the warmth we can get!

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[Arkham]

Here she is:

http://media.ps2.ign.com/articles/508/508371/img _2 091905.html

Looks pretty decent to me. If I were single I think I would pick the date. Not like a PS2 is a rare item or anything. You can buy one of those anytime.

Re:I wouldn't touch her with yours.

[TheLink]

She looks OK. Nothing spectacular tho. And not my type in the looks department.

You can sell the PS2 if you find it just doesn't suit you or you get tired of it.

Heck, sell the PS2 on eBay in a "proven hotter than a bachelorette" auction. You might make a bit more.

Then you can use the money to subsidize a date with a girl who is actually interested in dating you rather than being forced by circumstances etc.

What a wuss!

[Stormwatch]

If it were, who knows, a Hi-Saturn with all the accessories and an original copy of Radiant Silvergun, I would understand. But choosing the Playstinky2 over a date with a hot babe?! I just have to say: OMFG LOL FAG!!!

Bachelor != unattached

[redelm]

It was probably a _very_ smart move if the guy already had a GF.

Cheating isn't smart even if it's never discovered. You'll always know. "We come to hate those we have wronged" [Plutarch?]

Re:Bachelor != unattached

[irokitt]

He could of just brought his girlfriend along.

Brunette?!?

[Otter]

The winning bachelor was given a choice to either take the beautiful, young, brunette bachelorette out on an all expenses paid date...

I know some of you guys are none too knowledgeable about women, but -- that is not a brunette [ign.com]. She is what is known as a "blonde". Lara Croft is a brunette, as are most of the women in Asian pr0n.

Re:Brunette?!?

[king-manic]

wikipedia states:
The term brunette is commonly used to refer to a human (usually a female) who has black or brown (especially dark brown) hair, often with dark eyes and a relatively dark or olive complexion.

However you rarely refer to a asian person as being a brunette. Asians simply have black hair, or a more flattering term "raven" colored hair.

And brown = brunette so she may well be brunette because the image shows her havign brown hair.

Re:Brunette?!?

[IO ERROR]

I know some of you guys are none too knowledgeable about women, but -- that is not a brunette [ign.com]. She is what is known as a "blonde". Lara Croft is a brunette, as are most of the women in Asian pr0n.

After looking at her, I think I would have taken the PS2 myself. And I don't even want a PS2.

Make all the jokes you want, but...

[Gothic_Walrus]

I can't help but think that the majority of Slashdot readers would end up doing the same thing if they were put in that situation...

Re:Make all the jokes you want, but...

[C0rinthian]

I'd take the PS2 then ask her back to my place for a fun filled game of SOCOM. (or some other good PS2 multiplayer game, I can't think of any)

If she says no, it was never meant to be. If she says yes....

Re:Make all the jokes you want, but...

[TheLink]

I'd mod you up if I didn't post already.

The Bachelorette?!

[illuminatedwax]

What? This was a Bachelorette style competition? Have we completely forgotten about original, non-reality television programming? This is a Dating Game style competition.

I hate television so much.

--Stephen

no TV, I didn't mean it, really! I'm sorry...

aww, that's an easy choice!

[Anonymous Coward]

Take the one that comes with a manual!!

Re:aww, that's an easy choice!

[mar1boro]

The best piece of advice I've seen, on Slashdot, in years.

Re:aww, that's an easy choice!

[vwjeff]

Take the one that comes with a manual!!

What? Who reads the manual? Are you refering to a printed manual or one that naggs you endlessly. I guess that's why I am single. I didn't follow "the manual." I guess the fact that I'm posting to /. could be a factor also.

PS Linux Kit

[bhima]

Well, I have to admit. If they threw in the Linux kit, I beleive I would have gone for Playstation too.

Re:PS Linux Kit

[d3kk]

The search is over, folks. We've finally found the ubernerd.

If I was him...

[Soul-Burn666]

I would have taken the PS2 and then invite the ch1x0r over to play Rez on the new PS2, with the vibrator accessory [gamegirladvance.com] ofcourse ;)

Compatibility

[Oriumpor]

There's no guarantee the Brunette is backwards compatible.

Re:Compatibility

[Guppy06]

Wait... if she's "backwards compatible," does that mean she's still sleeping with her ex-boyfriends?

Re:Compatibility

[G-funk]

Erm, think "back of a volkswagen"

Re:Compatibility

[ColaMan]

even with antivirus protection, she could have been backdoored already... you just never know.

A Point

[ronfar]

The guy who won the contest was the guy who was most likely to attract a woman on his own. Therefore, he was least likely to need any help in getting dates. So, provided the prize was valuable to him, he's the person in the contest most likely to toss the girl over the side.

This doesn't prove anything about "games being more valued than female attention," and besides maybe the whole thing was a Sony publicity stunt for their aging game platform...

Re:A Point

[VisorGuy]

and besides maybe the whole thing was a Sony publicity stunt for their aging game platform...

Quite likely...

Think of the possible endorsement spots he might be able to get paid for...
He could become the next "Jared Fogle", but for Sony/PlayStation!!

Finally !

[Jtoxification]

Finally ! A man with balls, who is not afraid to show he's a nerd on National TV !

The truth is: Good human beings are few and far in between, (unless you count slashdot) but playstations are backed by warranty.

Re:Finally !

[Alkaiser]

Ok...I'm wondering how IGN just happened to get photos of all this. This all smells like a Sony-based publicity stunt to me.

Everyone knows

[girth]

there's a better way [russianbrides.com] to get a date.

Bow to the master

[Wylfing]

This guy is a fucking genius. As soon as he opted for the PS2, he became extremely desirable in the eyes of that girl.

PS2 advert?

[arcanumas]

Uh, this stinks too much as a PS2 promotional effort. I bet the whole thing was set up.

Re:PS2 advert?

[Alkaiser]

Exactly...once I saw the words "4 Love or Playstation" I immediately thought this was a stunt.

Earlier this year the Washington Wizards had a "Will you Marry Me?" publicity stunt, where they had the girl run for the exit. This reeks of something similar, especially since this is where the big-ass Sony Metreon is located.

Best of both worlds.

[Time Doctor]

My girlfriend actually got me a PS2!

Re:Best of both worlds.

[Guppy06]

Yeah, but what happens if/when you break up?

"I want my records^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hgames back!"

No realistic chance of a relationship

[analog_line]

He'd have to REALLY be desperate to grab for one night spending someone else's money (which ALWAYS impresses the chicks...hey wait...) as some kind of silver bullet to happiness. Take the PS2, and wait for someone real to come along.

Unless you already had a PS2 of course, and all expenses paid REALLY MEANS all expenses paid... There are some DAMN find sushi restaurants in San Francisco that I'd love to patronize on someone else's dime. If she wants to come along and just have some good food, some drinks, and shoot the shit, sure whatever. Matter of fact, that'd probably be the most likely situation for something starting up. Someone who's secure and not worrying about starting a relationship is far more attractive than someone desperate not to fuck up and is walking on eggshells. Can't have fun at all with someone like that.

OUCH! how did she feel?

[redelm]

Talk about rejection! Maybe knock her self-esteem? It's worse for women because the rejection they suffer is usually more passive than the active "no" that men get.

Men often complain that women are too mercenary, yet this reversal seems acceptable.

What goes around, comes around. If guys are nasty to women, women will be mean right back. You want that?

Re:OUCH! how did she feel?

[ildon]

The reason the men cheered is because women are ALREADY nasty and ALREADY in control, and this guy was proving to everyone that the woman was NOT in control.

What the -?

[identity0]

Well, I read the headline and thought, "My god, a guy so antisocial he mated with his computer?! At least use the USB port instead of PS2..." Thank goodness it was a Playstation 2 :P

Hey, this being California, the guy might still legally wed his newfound love!

I hate to make fun of someone who was just rejected in favor of a game console, but think of it this way: The PS2 was probobly new in original packaging, never been opened. The girl, on the other hand...

Okay, that was mean :) In all fairness, I'm sure most girls would pick a GameCube over a guy.

Simple reason for this

[Pluvius]

You can sell a new PS2 for about $180, which you can spend on whatever the hell you want. The date with the bachelorette likely wouldn't have gotten him shit besides a free meal (much less than $180).

Rob

They give out PS2's as Darwin Awards now?

[GrnArmadillo]

I mean, I'm okay with it cause I'm not sure I want anyone willing to participate in this sort of contest reproducing. But we're not even talking about humiliating yourself for national TV exposure (leading to lucrative endorsements) and a million dollar purse a la Survivor. Maybe the guy was just competitive and really wanted to win and maybe he decided midway through that the girl wasn't a keeper, but let me tell you that *I* wouldn't want to risk every girl I ever try to date in the future finding out via Google that I'd done that for $200 in gaming hardware (not to mention friends, tens of thousands of people at the game, and anyone watching on TV if it was televised)....

If she was really interested in him...

[JExtine]

She should have told him to take the PS2, and given him her number...

I'd takthe PS2 too.

[Dolemite_the_Wiz]

When you get bored of the PS2, you can just turn it off.

Dolemite
______________________

Re:I'd takthe PS2 too.

[dswartze]

Not to mention, when you're looking for some fun, all you have to do is flick a switch to turn it on.

San Francisco

[Halfbaked Plan]

The clue everybody seems to be missing is 'San Francisco.'

This boy might not swing that way.

If it had been an XBox...

[vga_init]

I would have understood.

Not single???

[Necromancyr]

Hey, HERE'S A THOUGHT..the guy was ALREADY SEEING SOMEONE...possibly.

Understandable

[fozzmeister]

Ok for the company to set this up the company would need to PAY the girl to go on the date, oh im sure it'd be very good, and she'd laugh at all your jokes etc, but do you really want that?

The Moral of the Story

[Staseman]

The moral is: You should always choose video games, because you can cheat on a video game but the video game can't cheat on you in return.

Actually he will get lots of female attention

[kninja]

Looks like when it comes down to a choice between video games and female attention, these days, videogames are winning out.

Or Bachelor 2 was really damn smart, and knows how to pull women.

A baseball stadium filled with thousands of other women was watching this take place, and wondering why he chose the playstation over an attractive woman. Wonder/mystique is a well known (to non-slashdotters) technique for cultivating attraction.

A lot of other women are going to come running like in the lower portion o

Re:The Facts:

[Anonymous Coward]

He won a date, not sex.

Re:The Facts:

[VisorGuy]

hahaha!! so true!

I spent my mod points already, otherwise I'd mod the parent +1 Insightful.