Now *THAT* is an impressive mod...

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Weird News...

Programmer pops question on video game JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score. Li reached the needed score — and said yes. The word of the romantic feat last December filtered out after Peng, a financial software programmer, posted details on his blog. The reprogramming was a tricky task and took him a month. "I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way," Peng told The Star-Ledger of Newark. The couple plan to marry over Labor Day weekend, and PopCap, the Seattle company that makes "Bejeweled," will fly the couple to Seattle as part of their honeymoon. "Most video game companies would frown on people manipulating their games," said Garth Chouteau, a spokesman for PopCap. "But it won him a woman. As a bunch of geeks we have to say, 'Bernie, hats off to you.'" The company is also supplying copies of "Bejeweled" to hand out as favors to the wedding guests. In the hugely popular game, players score points by swapping gems to form vertical and horizontal chains.

I don't know what's more impressive... modding the game like that, doing it to (successfully) get the girl, or PopCap showing such cool support in the process?

Hats off to Bernie for a creative way to pop the question (even if it pretty much guaranteed he won't be around when she got it), and hats off to PopCap for making it special, all the way around.

[wellard]

That is a nice story

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

cool!

[Kakero]

What if the girl could never reach that certain score to see the thing? The guy will have to wait for a long time then?

[Felix The Assassin]

Originally Posted by Kakero What if the girl could never reach that certain score to see the thing? The guy will have to wait for a long time then?

That was taken into account, IIRC. She needed to reach 1.

[Harkoliar]

sweet

[Legolas]

Originally Posted by Felix The Assassin Originally Posted by Kakero What if the girl could never reach that certain score to see the thing? The guy will have to wait for a long time then? That was taken into account, IIRC. She needed to reach 1.

It's a suitability test. No gaming skills, no wedding.

[ZFR]

Originally Posted by Legolas It's a suitability test. No gaming skills, no wedding.

You'd want a girl who actually plays video games and keeps hogging your PC?

On a side note, how did you make the double quote? Manually put it in?

[Thoran]

Originally Posted by Legolas It's a suitability test. No gaming skills, no wedding.

Exactly... if she can't reach level 99 in hard difficulty, she's unworthy to wed such an obviously high level geek.

[Luvian]

Originally Posted by ZFR You'd want a girl who actually plays video games and keeps hogging your PC? On a side note, how did you make the double quote? Manually put it in?

Any serious gamer girl would come equipped with her own PC.