Congratulations to Ricky Gallo, who has won the copy of Hero of Sparta for iPhone. On Saturday we posed the question “In no more than 100 words, state why you should win the game?”.
We had hundreds of entries, but we felt Ricky’s was the best. Read his winning entry below, along with some very close runners up.
Winner: Ricky Gallo
It has been long since I have aquired any money for pleasure, for I have spent much of my recent time slaying the Minotaur which devastated the island of Crete. My brethren call me Theseus, and I have, at last, finished my duties. Luckily, I was able to escape the dreadful labyrinth alive. The king awarded me with an item of the gods called an “iPhone”. However, without “Hero of Sparta”, I have no use for it. By Zeus! It would be a crime for a man as valorous as myself not to win this game!
Runners up:
Colin: I have earned the honor of winning Hero of Sparta for my immense strength and integrity, which has won me many a chariot races and countless women! I shall play this game until my thumbs hurt more than when I hold the reigns of a thousand horses, and until my eyes hurt as if I was looking at a thousand suns! I will protect my land both in the game and in real life, and I shall overcome the greatest of bosses until I reach the final victory screen! I shall achieve a higher level of greatness than any man can imagine, and I shall reign supreme!
Matthew Rubinstein: because I spent all my denars on Persian whores.
Sam the Spartan: I’m entering this competition to try and win a copy of Heroes of Sparta because I’m a poor Spartan Warrior and I have no money. I spent it all on swords and shields to help us to protect our Empire. I love my iphone and it keeps me entertained whilst I’m off fighting in the long, boring battles against the Persians. I also think I should win the copy as I killed several thousand Persians with my bare hands and can shout THIS IS SPAAAAARTA! really loudly.
Taylor Kyles: This is Creon. Hades just got a shipment of iPhone 3G’s down here! They are really fun, but I would like my chance of being a Hero of Sparta, because as you can tell I obviously was no hero. Currently we have to run all applications by Hades himself, but I think I can slip this one by him. Oh, oh, and for our daily seminar last week, Steve Jobs spoke about the iPhone. Sadly, four guys were sent to the Land of the Dead for jailbreaking. Well I must go, I think Sadamm is waking up.
Pintos n Cheese: I must win…in order to save the COSMOS! As JASON, I am leader of the ARGONAUTS. Only together with the Hero of Sparta can I defeat the ARCH-enemy of mankind, the anti-ZEUS. In an ODYSSEY, he schemes to render the BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING of Sparta…ANATHEMA!! Not even ALEXANDER THE GREAT can vanquish such a foe! My SOPHISM plus the hero’s skills, of which there are no equals…equals success! With the ALPHA & OMEGA as my guide, I will have NIKE…victory!!!
Brian Newhouse: I’m not Hercules, with strength bestowed by Zeus, the King of the Gods himself. I am King Argos, King of the city-state of Sparta. I am prepared travel to the ends of the Earth to journey and fight. I will even venture into the heart of Hades; the inferno of hatred and despair, to kill the Hound of Hades: the three-headed ferocious Cerberus. Forget the Iliad. Forget the Odyssey. When a man will go anywhere and do anything to fight for his people, he becomes a hero. This is the time for my legend. I am the Hero of Sparta.
Benjamin Schodowski: I need to win this contest because, much like Pangloss in Voltaire’s Candide, I have been struck with syphilis and have proceeded to lose an eye and an ear in the process. The only thing that can give me a hint of relief would be to win a copy of Hero of Sparta!
Thanks to everyone who entered, look out for more competitions soon. 
