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New TorCamp Event: SumoCampTdot 1.0

May 7, 2006 at 1:36 pm ·

I know that this idea has been brought up before. I just want to reiterate how this would totally kick ass!!! We could have the Java guys and the Ruby guys throw down, if we added the PHP, Python and DotNet guys we could have a total Battle Royal. So I think we need to make it official we need an event like this, we need to get our platform agressions out in a safe and fun activity. We need SumoCampTdot 1.0

  • We need a place to hold it. Its summer I think a park would be nice.
  • I think we should buy our own suits ($3K) so we can do this whenever…
  • So according to our own guidlines we would need 12 sponsors who would also be willing to be participants. I think I already have one.
    Each sponsor could wear their own banner.

Sumo Java vs Sumo Ruby

So I’d like to talk about this more at BarCampTdot next weekend, so how we can make this happen… I’d be willing to entertain the idea of renting suits instead of buying them.

SO IF YOU THINK YOUR PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT HAS WHAT IT TAKES BRING IT TO THE MAT. OH YEAH!!

[tags]TorCamp, BarCamp, Sumo, SumoWrestling, Ruby, Java[/tags]

  • lol. love the comments. think you can take the rooster?

    meanwhile, have you given more though to jrcampers? with the next webslam seemingly pushed off til after summer it seems like it might be a good time to organize something with the kids. if anyone has extra time in the summer you'd think it would be students. some kind of ad hoc SummerCamp could be cool. Highschoolers get out in june so there's still just a bit of time to get organized. what do you think? (I won't be at barcamp sadly so send me an email). cheers.

  • Look at the B-i-g Rooster, talkin tough. I know this is your "house" and everything but who do you think you are talking to. I LIVE with you, you are not that tough. Here is a picture of W.R. when he sat on the couch where our cat Herman sits.

    <img alt="Herman takes on W.R." height="180" src="http://static.flickr.com/51/142407620_cbe6ae63d5_m.jpg" width="240">
    Herman is heavy but he is no Sumo

  • Hey buddy, just because you don't need a suit to enter the circle don't trash the idea and ruin it for everyone else. Hey I wonder if you got into the suit if it would make you look thinner HAHAHAHA. Oh and as for that "Chicken" comment let me just say that I would destroy you on the mat because I am strong and fast.
  • You know W.R. sometimes you can be a real spazz. Do you seriously think that people in the TorCamp community appreciate these ridiculous suggestions? I mean you come out to the events, you don’t say much then you come home and express your views on this site. Let face it you’d have you ass handed to you if you ever came anywhere near a sumo circle, but there is no fear of that because dare I say that you are “chicken”...
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