Thanks to Boy Genius, Deej and I got to go down toward the Ferry Building in San Francisco and try our luck at winning brand new BlackBerry Storms in the First Touch Storm Grab.
The way it works is that they blow 3 kinds of tickets around in the booth (there are red ones, black ones, and white ones). If you get 7 of the black ones with the Storm pictured, then you win a Storm. If you get 6 of the "red ones" (which really means black with a red border), you can win a free Jabra headset. If you get white ones...you don't win anything, sadly.
They made it a little too easy because the tickets stick to the ceiling and the walls, but they were already saying that in the next stops (Chicago is next) that they're not going to allow contestants to use the ceiling or the walls. Oh well, in the mean time we'll be psyched about our new Storms!
A few suggestions for all you in other cities...try pining the tickets against your body. It's pretty hard grabbing them out of the air....also, make sure you're grabbing at stuff above your knees. Anything below that is against the rules.
Here are some pics and a video from the event:
We waited in line for about an hour watching folks win (and a few miss out)...finally it was our turn. Deej stepped up first.
Luckily, he came out victorious! Then it was my turn...I have to admit, I was a little nervous. Most people were walking away winners but that meant the pressure was really on...no one wanted to be "that guy who lost."
I put on the safety goggles, took off my shoes, and stepped in the chamber.
And I won too! Woohoo!
Edited by stins - Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:07:34 GMT
Edited by deej - Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:20:06 GMT
