Castle Crashers Players to Brawl Over 24k Gold Xbox 360

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Castle Crashers Players to Brawl Over 24k Gold Xbox 360

The Behemoth has used the Midas touch on an Xbox 360 for an upcoming Castle Crashers tournament prize.

To celebrate the recent peak of over 2,000,000 players in Castle Crashers [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Castle-Crashers/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108b7], The Behemoth is holding a Castle Crashers contest in January called the Tournament of Champions that will award a very special grand prize. The winner of the contest will receive an Xbox 360 fit for a king.

The grand prize of the Tournament of Champions is a golden Xbox 360, and this thing ain't spray painted either. The Behemoth plated an Xbox 360 in 24k gold, but the console is still fully functional.

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It even includes an Xbox 360 controller plated in 24k gold, in addition to a 24k gold hard drive. Awesome. This could be the most highly sought after Xbox 360 variant in history.

To enter the contest, Castle Crashers players must be in the top 100 weekly ranked arena players by 12:00 noon PST on January 28, 2011. These 100 players will battle it out in 1-on-1 arena matches through a single elimination tournament to take place on February 5.

Second place will get a Castle Crashers-themed Xbox 360 Elite, and third will receive 250 squishy chickens, the smushable doll seen in the background of the accompanying pictures. In its benevolence, The Behemoth is awarding the top 24 players with a "special bonus," and every player in the tournament is guaranteed to receive something (probably a chicken). Interested players, and eBayers, had best prepare their most deadly pets and arena strategies.

Source: The Behemoth Blog [http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=3528]

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Roboto

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The winner of that is not gonna play it but put it in a sterile display case. 24k gold has the tendency to tarnish (which is why it is mixed with other elements like nickel), and handling that controller would speed that process up.

Very impressive...
 

Danpascooch

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And what happens when you inevitable drop/scratch/rub-off-the-gold-plating on that controller?

Suicide?
 

Danpascooch

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Onyx Oblivion said:
It'd be really funny if that 360 red-ringed.
Could you imagine MAILING that thing to Microsoft to be repaired? I would literally fly to their repair facility and WATCH them work on it to make sure they didn't scratch it.
 
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Roboto said:
The winner of that is not gonna play it but put it in a sterile display case. 24k gold has the tendency to tarnish (which is why it is mixed with other elements like nickel), and handling that controller would speed that process up.
And the winner shall admire it until Indiana Jones steals it right out from under them.

"That belongs in a museum!"
 

Danpascooch

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It's very cool looking, but considering that McDonalds was able to have those Pokemon balls with gold plated figures inside, they probably did this without spending TOO much money.
 

Adzma

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I hope the person who wins it never actually uses it. Xbox overheating problems x 3000 with that thing.
 

teutonicman

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HOLY TITS! I would have just expected a Castle Crashers themed 360, but "gold" plated, daaaaaaaaaaaaamn!
 

SelectivelyEvil13

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I have never played (nor plan on buying) Castle Crashers, but that is quite a great incentive. No point in even using the thing as it's surly headed straight to auction. Besides, I'd bet that gold coating makes it potentially Red Ring quicker. Damn that would be awful. The only thing worse is knowing that you would then own a gold-plated brick of useless technical parts and plastic because if you sent that in for a Microsoft repair, you'd get an ol' white refurb sent back 100% guaranteed!
 

WolfEdge

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Hmm... I've heard the price of gold has skyrocketed lately. If nothing else, that xbox would make for quite the nice payday.
 

Wardnath

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Roboto said:
The winner of that is not gonna play it but put it in a sterile display case.
That's if they're smart about it, but I doubt that will be the case, sadly.
 

CleverCover

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OMG the things I could buy if I sold that.
Time to level up my Green Knight!
Grinding Awayyyyyyy!