For those of us who simply can’t get enough Sheen.  He has just gone live on Twitter @CharlieSheen.  Greatest part about his first Tweet ever… he is rocking a Cleveland Indians hat!  WILD THING!!  Now… if only Sheen would start walking around with this Bocce Set…

Looks like WILD THING to me!

More Sheen…

2011 MegaGate Event Schedule

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The four day event to benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research is open to the public. There are 8 scheduled double elimination tournaments. There is open play and on the spot tournaments all four days for all games. Participate in 4 of the 8 scheduled tournaments to qualify for the $10,000 Mega Bowl Prize Pool. Get into the action!

Thursday, February 3rd (6:00 PM – 10:00 PM)

-Meet the Competition Party at McFadden’s Las Vegas
-Attendance is not required and open to the public for FREE
-Kick Off Party features Chet Buchanan & The Zoo from 98.5 KLUC
-McFadden’s 2 for 1 Coronas and Appetizer specials
-Luck of the Draw Tournaments at 7:00 PM – Brasilia Ballroom & McFadden’s
-Open Play Tournaments until 10:00 PM in Brasilia Ballroom – Inside the Rio

Friday, February 4th (9:00 AM – midnight)

-Check-in at the Brasilia Ballroom starts at 9:00 AM & Open Play kicks off
-Luck of the Draw Tournaments kick-off at 10:00 AM, others announced onsite
-Monkeyball Tournament starts at 1:00 PM
-My Pole-ish Horseshoes Tournament starts at 3:00 PM
-$5K Cornhole Singles Tournaments starts at 3:00 PM
-$5K Beer Pong – Satellite Tournament for WSOBP 2012 - 7:30PM – McFadden’s
-The daily entry fee of $10 per person does not apply to pre-registered teams

Saturday, February 5th (9:00 AM – midnight)

-Check-in at the Brasilia Ballroom starts at 9:00 AM & Open Play kicks off
-Luck of the Draw Tournaments kick-off at 10:00 AM, others announced onsite
-$5K BT2 Bag Toss Doubles starts at 1:00 PM
-Bocce Ball Tournament starts at 1:00 PM
-Pub Washers Tournament starts at 3:00 PM
-Flip Cup Tournaments (teams of 4) start at 7:30PM – inside McFadden’s
-The daily entry fee of $10 per person does not apply to pre-registered teams

Sunday, February 6th Mega Bowl (11:00 AM – midnight)

-The 2011 MegaGate Mega Bowl Championship and Big Game Tailgate & Viewing Party will be held at the Crown Nightclub (an 11K sq ft venue) inside the Rio Hotel & Casino
-The doors at the Crown Nightclub will open at 11:00 AM
-2011 Mega Bowl Finals start at 11:30 AM for Cornhole Singles, BT2 Bag Toss, Beer Pong, and Flip Cup
-$50 General Admission; $100 VIP includes: food, 2 drink tickets, admission to Afterparty
-Big Game Tailgate & Viewing Party kicks off at 1:30 PM w/Bootleg Kev from 97.5 KVEG
-First 100 in the door get free Corona t-shirt & free entry into $100,000 TG4 Challenge

Dayofgames.com was finally released by the knucklehead who has been holding it for a couple years.  He never had any content on it.  I never approached him to buy it.  I just sort of hoped he would go away.  Finally, he failed to renew.  The WhoIs status finally got to pendingDelete and I figured I would just grab it once that 5 day wait was over.  I then got a little ansy, so I registered the Backorder with GoDaddy.  Then I got even MORE ansy and started doing some research.  I discovered that the GoDaddy Backorder was 100% worthless and that I had just wasted $20 (I actually called back later and asked for a refund, which was granted).  After my research I realized that the BIG 3 OTHER GUYS are not to be F’d with when grabbing a domain.  So a smart domain purchaser should just register with all 3… and pray that it does not go to auction.

So… I registered with Pool.com and SnapNames.com and NameJet.com

SnapNames scored the  domain and it didn’t go to auction.  Rock and roll.  It’s been a day, and I still haven’t received any notification from Pool or NameJet, but I assume those will come on Monday.

Also of note, I received unsolicited offers from 2 other random companies about buying the domain from them.  I never even responded to those emails.  I didn’t want them to know that I had any desire of purchasing the domain, or that I even existed.  I assume they just would have done the exact same auction process, except flipped the domain to me for triple the price.

Now I just need to wait 60 days to flip it over to GoDaddy away from whoever the heck has it.  Done and done!

If you are deciding between backordering a domain with Namejet or Pool or Snapnames or GoDaddy:
Don’t waste your money with GoDaddy
Register with Pool, NameJet and SnapNames.
Wait to see if you have an auction to deal with.
*make sure you set the MINIMUM bid.  You will ALWAYS have a chance to up your bid if it goes to auction.  Some of the auction places will just have the purchase go through at your $500 bid amount… when you should have just bought the domain for $59.

This new David Hasselhoff TV show commercial is epic.   All fans of chest hair, and embracers of the word “awesome” … Rejoice!  It’s the perfect commercial.  An incredibly hilarious use of chest hair, and the great catch phrase — “Some people Are Born Awesome”.

If you overuse the word AWESOME, like we do at The Day of Games, then this ad is brilliant.

Enjoy:

The Day of Games will be taking part in the amazing MEGAGATE festivities in Las Vegas over Super Bowl Weekend!  We will be there specifically for the Bocce portion, but you can also enter tournaments for Cornhole, Washers, Polish Horseshoes, Ladder Toss, Beer Pong, Flip Cup, and some other great games.  You can sign up for any game you want… if you only want to play Cornhole, then just sign up for that, or if you only want Bocce, then just sign up for that, or just Beer Pong, or Ladder Toss, etc. etc.  Tournaments can be registered for “A la carte” or in “Package” deals.   The American Tailgating League has thrown together this pretty spectacular looking weekend which also includes evening parties, and a gigantic Super Bowl viewing party.  This will be one HUGE tailgate weekend.  You know you want to go to Vegas…  Why not Super Bowl weekend?  The Day of Games is a new brand in tailgate games, we’ve got all your gaming gear needs covered when it comes to stuff you want for partying at a tailgate.  Take a look at our products and find someone in your family a great gift for the holidays!   Check out all the details on MEGAGATE!

When we heard there was going to be a huge Bocce tournament on the beach in Santa Monica, complete with a beer garden and music… we HAD to be a part of it! The Day of Games is happy to announce that we will be a sponsor for the ‘Bocce Blitzkrieg Bocce for Books Charity Tournament’. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Room to Read. The tournament is October 2nd and is located just North of the pier. This is going to be an AWESOME day. We will also be providing some prizes so you could win one of our Bocce Ball Sets!

Sign up now before it sells out!

October 2nd
Santa Monica Pier (north parking lot and on the sand)
Beer Garden, Bocce on the sand, Music, Prizes, Awesomeness
3 Divisions
$70 per team … for CHARITY!

As a guy running a business (www.thedayofgames.com) based on the playing of games, I am constantly thinking of ideas for improving existing games or simply inventing my own.  Every now and then I will like an idea so much that I quickly do some research into the invention… 1) Has anyone else thought of this?  2) What would be a cool name? 3) Would it be cost-effective to produce?  4) Is there an existing patent on the idea?  etc. etc.

This afternoon I was reviewing some patents when I came across this absolute gem of a patent: “APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A ‘HIGH FIVE’”

Classic.  I can’t believe this thing was patented! What a spectacularly terrible invention! It generally costs about $10,000 or more to have your invention turned into a patent (legal fees, legal fees, and more legal fees).  The production costs are a completely separate matter.  Was this thing ever actually produced?  Where can I buy one? Is it rude if I use my High Fiving Apparatus to slap hands instead of a friend who is sitting with me?  Can I take this thing to sporting events? Will it fist bump?  What about low-fives?  So many questions!

Albert Cohen of Troy, NY must have been an avid sports fan with no money to attend actual events, or no friends to watch games with, because why would anyone go through such great lengths to come up with something so ridiculous.  I have been an incredibly lucky guy when it comes to sporting events, I’ve attended Olympic events, World Cup games, MLB playoffs, NCAA Sweet 16 games, soccer games in South America, NBA playoffs, and a zillion other sporting events which have thrilled me beyond belief.  In EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE where something AMAZING has happened I have high-fived the stranger next to me.  In about a dozen cases I can think of, I have hugged the strangers next to me.  In a few rare instances, I have even dog-piled with complete strangers.  Maybe Albert was scared of strangers?  Here is some of the text from the patent which I am sure you will find entertaining:

Quoted directly from the patent:
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“BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
During a televised sporting event, a “high five: is commonly shared between fans to express the joy and excitement of a touchdown, home run, game-winning basket, birdie or other positive occurrence.  Unfortunately, as known in the art, a “high five” requires the mutual hand slapping of two participants, wherein a first participant slaps an upraised hand against the elevated hand of a second participant.  As such, a solitary fan is unable to perform a “high five” to express excitement during a televised sporting event.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
In order to avoid the disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention provides a pivotable, self-righting hand-arm configuration for simulating a “high five” when struck by the hand of a user”
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Brilliant!  Sign me up for one of these hand slapping machines.

Ever played Polish Horseshoes?  Now you can buy a new polish horseshoes game from The Day of Games.  It’s called Stickzee!  It comes with 2 adjustable platforms (3 sizes), 1 175 gram professional disc (ultimate quality), a carrying case, 2 koozies, and a bottle opener.  This is a great game. It’s pretty simple to play too.  All you need to do is stand behind your Stickzee platform and throw the disc at your opponents platform.  If you can knock over a can placed on top of the platform, and it hits the ground… 2 points.  If the disc is “catchable” and the opposing team fails to catch the disc…. 1 more point!  Throw back and forth until 1 team hits 21.  It is also customary to hold a drink in one hand so that only the other can be used for catching and throwing.  Some people call this game polish horseshoes, or frisbeer, or beersbee, or spanish horseshoes, or all kinds of names.  Now you can buy a Stickzee set and go play!

BUY STICKZEE TODAY!

Here is the proposal from the Manhattan Beach Police and a guy from Parks and Rec:

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Is this a search for an awesome San Diego Bocce Ball League? Lucky you.  I have the answer.  Google brought you here.  Congrats.  If you want to play bocce with other your people in a rec league setting — you should join the DogDaze Leisure Sports League.  This rec league is for 20 and 30 Somethings and is currently in its 2nd year.  Last year the bocce games were played in Pacific Beach on the sands on Law Street – overlooking the pacific ocean and the sunset…  but this year the venue will likely be moving to Kate O Sessions.  Although there will be no beach bocce sunset play, there is now the fun of playing bocce on grass.  So the DogDaze leagues aren;t exactly just a bocce league, they include Bocce, Horseshoes, Cornhole, Ladder Toss, and a bunch of games that generally involve throwing things at other things.  This is truly the best setting to relax after work.  This is an alternative to the VAVI Sports League that you were in last year.  Its not competitive kickball.  Its just a bunch of people, hanging out, having a good time, and then all going out to a bar together.  Happy hours in San Diego are always a good time.
This sound good to you? Check out – Dogdaze Leisure Sports Leagues.

If you enjoy OTL in San Diego then you are the kind of person who will enjoy the SD bocce league.  Meet new people in town, make new friends, have fun with your current group of buddies.  The Dogdaze games are so simple – EVERYONE CAN PLAY THEM.

This is also a pretty cheap rec league in San Diego.  For under $50 bucks you get to leave the house and enjoy your time after work!