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Close to 3000 gamers gathered at Sydney's Coogee Beach on the weekend to help the Xbox 360 break a world water balloon record.
According to Microsoft, 2921 gamers from around the world threw 55,000 water balloons yesterday at the Xbox 360 Water Balloon Challenge. The event was held to commemorate the recent Australian launch of the Xbox 360 and to raise money for a local surf lifesaving club.
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Diet Zeek
26/04/2006 03:50 PM
Hi, i was there, and videoed it from the fight on my Nokia N70....its on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzwa_aAOC4M
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Leigh
28/04/2006 01:03 PM
I participated in this world record and it was the best saturday morning ever. Im on the grey team and i make up part of the middle of the '3'.
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phil
04/08/2006 12:54 PM
here is the Xbox commercial of the day: www.waterballoonchallenge.com
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john
07/08/2006 03:32 PM
that video is freaking amazing. I was there and got hit in the gonads 3 times.
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