At E3 2000 - a video game conference, I had an idea for an article. I wasn't sure who would care, or give me money to write about it, so I held a short-term online auction for the article on EBay. Andrew Leonard from Salon won the bidding for $14! Doh. They got Battle of the gaming giants as a result.

(to seller)   (to bidder) If you are the seller or the high bidder - now what?	Currently	$14.50		First bid	$1.00
	Quantity	1		# of bids	9 bid history
	Time left	Auction has ended.		Location	Los Angeles, CA
				Country	USA
	Started	May-17-01 13:58:06 PDT		mail this auction to a friend
	Ends	May-18-01 07:48:38 PDT		request a gift alert
	Seller (Rating)	fusty (16)
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	High bid	aleonard21 (0)
	Payment	Personal Checks
	Shipping	Seller ships internationally (worldwide), See item description for shipping charges
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They would appear to be amiable fellows, standing there together in their loafers. But Peter Main of Nintendo didn't let his heels hit the floor for twenty minutes, Kaz was sweating enough to make his shirt dark, and Robbie felt impinged enough by jokes made on stage to refuse a polite press-opportunity photo.

How do they plan to spend the allowances of tomorrow�s gamers? Who will win over Walmart?

I�ll give you 600-1000 words on this by Friday, 3am Pacific time, and an exclusive personality photo that no one else got.

I will check the bids at midnight, Pacific, and confirm the leading bidder as the winner at that time.

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