Love, seX, Intelligence....

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:40 am

Writing a theme tune to something?

JG · Post by JG » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:41 am

He was the first man to eat a three course 'banquet' in space.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:58 am

Founding Atari (the original, not the Infogrames-owned travesty it is now). And Chuck E Cheese, although that's only in the US IIRC.

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:07 pm

Atari-probably the greatest name in gaming history is correct.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:15 pm

The man was a gaming god.

I read this in an F1 magazine on the train last weekend: A survey was recently conducted to discover which sports had the most spent on them worldwide through sponsorship. First was football (predictably), second was motor racing (considering the cost of F1, also not surprising), but what was the third?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:24 pm

I'll try baseball as in the words of Alphaville "It's big in Japan".

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:29 pm

i'll go with tennis

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:07 pm

Golf, perchance?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:40 pm

Nag racing?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:55 pm

Nope to all of them. Remember it's usually the sponsorship that pays for R&D costs, as well as the prizes.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:02 pm

Basketball?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:55 pm

Nope.

The costs the sponsership pays for are most likely ploughed into the apparatus required for this sport.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:59 pm

red bull air race thingie?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:17 pm

Americas Cup type boating?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:18 pm

Air race: Surprisingly no. I presume this is because the planes flown in that tend to be bought, rather than researched and built. And because there are very few different classes. Remember motorsport was second, and that has a large amount of classes. F1, GP2, F3, ChampCar, Rallying, Karting, etc.. They all add up.

EDIT: NM gets it, it's sailing. Those boats must cost a lot.