Red Ring of Death-o-Rama
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Red Ring of Death-o-Rama (abbreviated RRoDoR) is the annual event held by Microsoft involving the XBox 360. The contest began in 2007 and is held in the United States.
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Contest
The contest begins with several people playing a XBox 360. The first one to successfully get their system to display the Red Ring Of Death wins.
If a player would like to play online, then Microsoft will give the player a 15 day trial to XBox Live.
2007
The first Red Ring of Death-o-Rama was on July 14, 2007 in Los Angeles. The winner was American, John Doe with a time of 10 hours, 43 minutes. Doe won $27 and several smaller prizes. At the time, Doe was playing Gears of War online.
Controversy
This contest resulted in Doe with a non working XBox 360. Doe was not happy a ended up filing a complaint with Microsoft. Microsoft ended up having to repair Doe's console for free. This resulted in Microsoft having to change the prize for 2008.
2008
This year's contest is taking place in Phoenix, Arizona in July 2008. It was announced in July that the prize will be a free repair job on the broken XBox and $35 in cash. The event will be known as "Microsoft's XBox 360 Red Ring of Death-o-Rama Presented by Mountain Dew Game Fuel".
