Saturday, May 17, 2008

@ a truck stop in tooele...

Yes, the title of this post sounds like the begining of an improv sketch on "Whose Line is it Anyway?" However, everything you are about to read is true, so brace yourself.

So two weeks ago i was working in Tooele. On one particular day i went to lunch at the Taco Bell located inside the nearby truck stop. I ordered two spicy chicken burritos, and they were delicious. On my way out i glanced at one of the arcade machines that lined the wall. This particular machine was the "win a prize" type. It begged me to play (i think it was the amazing zoltars cousin). The game worked as follows: There were roughly 20 rows, and each row was roughly 10 squares wide. The game would begin with 3 squares moving back and forth along row #1. The player then presses a button that freezes row #1's squares on place. Once row #1 is frozen in place 3 squares begin moving back and forth in row #2. It is the players goal to freeze those three squares directly on top of the previous 3 squares. This process continues all the way to the top, however, as the game progesses you only given two sqauares, and finially you are only given one square. The ultimate goal is two create a tower of squares all the way to level 20. If a player reaches level 15 he/she can elect to recive a prize (this prize is on par with a 50-100 ticket prize at your local arcade) or he/she may elect to forgo that prize and try to complete the tower all the way to level 20. If the player makes it all the way to 20 he/she wins a grand prize (this prize is much more significant, like a wii or an ipod etc.)

I am sure you can finish the rest of the story, but just to be sure. I WON! As a result i am now the proud owner of an XBOX 360. It was pretty awesome.

8 comments:

malibumoons said...

wow, that is cool. my husband would be jealous. btw, i like the new background.

Dave said...

The real question is - how much money did you spend on the arcade? Because if you were pumping quarters for the rest of the afternoon you not only lost the quarters but also the money you could have made working.

I'm jealous. Wanna go to taco bell, in tooele?

Anne said...

You are my hero, Scott. Please teach me your video game playing skills. In return, I've got some bow staff skills that I can teach you.

scott j said...

i spent $2 (it should be noted that is cost $1 per try)

laura said...

if you can't think of anything to do with that silly xbox...

paul said...

dang.

apparently, my lucky streak of "Winning Random Things" has been transferred. do right by it.

Sarah Schmidt said...

some guys have all the luck...
-anna and soren

Adrianne said...

Shut Up! That is awesome! No wonder you keep volunteering for the crappy jobs- it is well worth your trip to the Bell and arcade!