On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden, CoD World at War

November 11, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel reports that several members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will celebrate Veterans Day by gaming with U.S. troops stationed overseas.

Pro vs. G.I. Joe, the nonprofit group which arranged the event, reports that Madden 09 and the brand-new Call of Duty: World at War will be the weapons of choice. Tamps Bay CB Phillip Buchanon, LB Cato June, TE Alex Smith and CB Aqib Talib will take on service personnel in Germany, Japan, Kuwait and a secret Middle-east location to be revealed during the match.

UPDATE: Activision deserves some kudos here as well. In a press release the publisher points out that it supplied CoD:WaW for today's event and will continue to do so for future Pro vs. G.I. Joe matchups.

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Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden,

Submitted by diziizle on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 22:09.

Out of curiosity... when you downed an officer, did you immediately go in for the teabag? film izle

Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in ...

Submitted by Alan1874 on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 22:28.

Tampa Bay is my favorite team,,,, maybe next year they will make it!

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Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden,

Submitted by Doomsong on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 08:39.

This is an awesome idea....

Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden,

Submitted by GrimCW on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 18:56.

uh oh wheres JT to claim that now those soldiers are going to be killing machines! oh wait.. they were TRAINED to be that way... damn.... well one more lost for him. Well that was a fast one.

kinda funny though since JT claims to "support our troops" but then condemns anyone who plays games... and i can't think of anyone during my time that didn't play games (mostly Halo, Wolfenstein, and need for speed)

and yes i know he's outta the picture (sorta) but i still enjoy the random kick to the groin :)

heh reminds me of the tournaments my squad used to hold, enlisted vs commissioned. Voted for the game and almost always ended up in Halo 2... mostly since we had more copies of that than any other game.

oh.. and when we weren't forced to forfit due to having to get back to work (cheap arse officers cheat IMO) we usually won :)

Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden,

Submitted by Doomsong on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 08:40.

Out of curiosity... when you downed an officer, did you immediately go in for the teabag?

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin

Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden,

Submitted by ZacharyMiner on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 18:18.

Heh, I would never have thought of this kind of event myself, but it sounds like it will be fun for those involved.

Re: On Veterans Day, Tampa Bay Bucs Battle Troops in Madden,

Submitted by Eville1 on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 15:46.

Now we just need rap stars fighting wars..Right fiddy???

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