Bowl with Team SitePoint at SXSW!

By Matthew Magain | February 6, 2007 | Web Tech

Bryan has had to change the date of this event to the evening Sunday March 11th, starting around 7pm. This clashes with the Web Awards, so you should email Bryan now to let him know whether you’re still able to attend (if you already signed up then you should have received an email from him).

AvalonStar Bowling Extravaganza Are you heading to this year’s SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas next month? Fancy yourself to be a king of the ten pin bowling alley?

Well Bryan Veloso’s AvalonStar Bowling Extravaganza is on again this year at the Austin Bowlarama, and Team SitePoint is looking for a couple of sharp shooters — err, bowlers — to help them take out the treasured Phoenix Cup.

This is your chance to bowl alongside none other than the two founding members of SitePoint, Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz (as well as a couple of us meagre underlings). And there are other perks too — free drinks for all team members! And in addition, SitePoint is sponsoring the event with giveaways of books, five free drinks to each member of the winning team, and one free drink to every bowler who bowls a strike.

However there are only a few spots available, so sign up quick and request to be a member of Team SitePoint. Or if you’ve already signed up and haven’t joined a team yet, email Bryan to let him know.

That cup is so ours.

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Matthew Magain (@mattymcg) is a user experience designer and former Creative Director of SitePoint. Nowadays he runs Useractive, a UX design consultancy in Melbourne, Australia. When not designing beautiful user interfaces or speaking at conferences, he can be found regularly ignoring his blog, m-dash..

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{ 15 comments }

TheLunchBox February 20, 2007 at 12:30 am: I’m not on a team yet, maybe I can get in on the sitepoint team and show you how it’s done.
lloydi February 16, 2007 at 8:19 am: See you there, dudes! Drunknbowling, here we come …
Matthew Magain February 13, 2007 at 2:23 pm: Glad you’re as excited about this event as I am James.
Please read the details carefully. We’re giving one free beer to EVERY player who gets a strike, regardless of what team they are on. There are 32 teams, and 6 on each team. Plus more free drinks and a t-shirt for those bowling on Team SitePoint. And we’re giving away other prizes to the winning team as well.
I would have thought that was rather generous, for an event that we’re not even organising.
James Ahn February 13, 2007 at 2:09 pm: Jesus. This is so nerdy it’s lame. A bowling competition wearing sitepoint t-shirts? And you only get one free beer. How cheap are you guys? I know you’re making a mint with those books, so how about a 6 pack for everyone who bowls a strike.
Brian February 8, 2007 at 2:24 pm: I emailed Bryan with some team requests, we’l lsee what he does. What are your average bowling game scores? and or what is your highest game? (just curious) Oh, and the beer chugging, what kind of beer? ;)
Mark Harbottle February 8, 2007 at 8:50 am: …looks like Matt Magain and Brian are on my team then ;)
junjun February 8, 2007 at 7:59 am: Uhm.. my bowling skills are not close to semi-pro, but I have a weird accent.. sound good enough? Oh yeah, almost forgot, I will be buying beers! ;)
Matthew Magain February 7, 2007 at 4:47 pm: Would love to have you on the team Brian, be sure to let the organiser know.
In fact, it’s looking like there may be enough people for us to have two SitePoint teams (one SitePoint founder on each) so you can be on my team, k? :-)
Mark Harbottle February 7, 2007 at 11:47 am: Being semi-pro would give you a fair chance. However Matt Magain is our captain so he makes the final decision. Keep in mind, he may be looking for other skills, such as your ability to sledge the opposition, and the speed at which you can put down a beer. You will be wearing a SitePoint T-Shirt don’t forget so we need to cross the T’s and dot the I’s on your ability to represent the brand ;)
Brian Artka February 7, 2007 at 2:39 am: I have signed up, but I am teamless. Does a semi-pro bowler from Milwaukee get a signing bonus? ;) lol.
junjun February 7, 2007 at 2:23 am: I’ve been debating of I should attend again or not.. this was the deciding factor I think ;)
Mark Harbottle February 6, 2007 at 6:02 pm: Shouldn’t they be buying us drinks to get on the team?
Matthew Magain February 6, 2007 at 4:16 pm: That’s right, Kev. Your philosophy is equally applicable to pool/billiards.
Kevin Yank February 6, 2007 at 3:57 pm: That cup is so ours.
Useless Bowlers + Free Alcohol = Skillful Bowlers? :-)
charmedlover February 6, 2007 at 1:30 pm: Only at SitePoint. :)