LG Mobile World Cup
The LG Mobile World Cup was an international competition held on January 14, 2010, by
Format
Teams consist of two members. One member competes using a
Previously, LG hosted texting competitions in individual countries such as the United States and South Korea.[4] The United States had competitions for 2007, 2008, and 2009. South Korea had competitions in 2008 and 2009. However, 2010 was the first year when countries competed against each other.[1]
Qualification
Teams earned the right to participate in regional qualifiers. Over six million people registered to compete in the tournament.[5] Each team participated in five separate events: "break the wall", "monster popping", "moving pillar", "running relay", and "racing replay". The basic premise was to copy a scrolling piece of text as quickly as possible. No errors were allowed in transcription.
Results
Ha Mok-min, aged 16, and her partner, 17-year-old Bae Yeong-ho, won first prize in the competition.[4] Mok-min won the national championship, and was able to text at an average of 7.25 characters per second. She signed up for the competition when she noticed a kiosk in the mall, and saw the opportunity to win free movie tickets. Yeong-ho, a high school dropout, signed up in order to obtain money to buy a new car. The second-place finishers were Kate Moore and Morgan Dynda from the United States.[6] The third place team was from Argentina (Agustina Montegna and Juan Ignacio Aufranc)
The prizes were set at US$100,000 per pair for first place, $20,000 per pair for second place and $10,000 per pair for third place.[7]
Records
A side competition was offered to see who could beat the
References
- ^ a b c Razzaq, Laurén (13 January 2010). "Texting Pays Off at LG Mobile World Cup". Detroit: Fox News. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ Stanglin, Doug (14 January 2010). "World Cup texting championship opens. LOL". USA Today. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d Flatley, Joseph (15 January 2010). "Pedro Matias sets new texting record at LG Mobile World Cup". Engadget. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ a b c Choe, Sang-Hun (27 January 2010). "Rule of Thumbs: Koreans Reign in Texting World". New York Times. Seoul. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ a b "LG Mobile World Cup names the fastest texters in the world". The Independent. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Winners Crowned in Texting World Cup Competition". Fox News. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Mobile Worldcup Final Result" (in Ganda). 15 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Belic, Dusan (19 January 2010). "Team Korea wins the LG Mobile World Cup, global texting competition". Intomobile News. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.