Oh God! id launches official tattoo competition

Yes it’s happened. You know at E3, those people you see in three-quarter length leather raincoats? They often have small laptops slung about themselves as though they were frontline warriors in some kind of thrilling cyberbattle. They’ve watched The Matrix and The Crow too many times…

See, you know who we mean.

Well, that bunch is having a tattoo face-off to decide who has the best and most impressive permanent scarring dedicated to the exploits of id Software.

Here’s an excerpt from Todd Hollenshead’s latest brilliant idea:

“So, here's the deal: email me a genuine id-related tatoo [sic] photo of you or someone you know who has one. It's probably best to take a couple different pics if you can. Whoever has the best legitimate tatoo [sic], judged in my sole discretion (with maybe some help from the team) will get one free copy of DOOM 3 + strategy guide + new "Making Of DOOM 3" book and I'll sign the game box for you. Now, I'm not trying to encourage people to go out and get a tatoo [sic] - this is supposed to be for those who already have one. If we get enough cool entries, the idea is that we'll compile and frame all the photos and put them in a big frame to hang on the wall here at id. That's a pretty good consolation prize if you don't get the game/guide/book.”

Oh and as you can see above, it’s not an official competition. Our mistake. Well, good luck to all entrants. SPOnG will also award a copy of a game, signed by our very own Marcus Dyson, along with a book of some sort, in case your table has a short leg, for the best SPOnG-inspired tattoo we receive.

Girls only
Over 18
Under 20
All photographs must qualify for BBFC 18 rating