{"id":1598,"date":"2011-08-10T16:25:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T21:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2013-07-02T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T16:04:22","slug":"vmworld-2011-vodgeball-more-than-a-game-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/vmworld-2011-vodgeball-more-than-a-game-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"VMworld 2011 v0dgeball &#8211; More than a game (to me)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>vOdgeball?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What the heck is that?<\/strong><br \/>\nAt VMworld 2010, the tradition of a the VMworld vOdgeball (dodgeball) Championship continued.\u00a0 This was a dodgeball tournament between an EMC vSpecialist Team and a primarily Cisco team (with some NetApp sprinkled in).<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately I left the conference before the games, so I missed them.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Weaver (@lynxbat) took some footage of the event:<br \/>\n<object style=\"height: 390px; width: 640px;\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1xMOBzTmNCc?version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed style=\"height: 390px; width: 640px;\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1xMOBzTmNCc?version=3\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Fast Forward to 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nThis year I was asked to be a part of the EMC vSpecialist Team, and I couldn&#8217;t be more thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I&#8217;m sure I will be utterly embarrassed by my performance, but will have a blast contributing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is most important (More than a game)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woundedwarriorproject.org\/\" target=\"_new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1607\" title=\"Wounded Warrior Project\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wounded1.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>To me, as a 20+ year veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, I have made many friends in the military.\u00a0 Of those friends, some of them have seen combat, some of them have been wounded, while some of them are no longer with us.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s vOdgeball tournament will be accepting $5 donations.\u00a0 100% of the proceeds will go to the <strong><a title=\"Wounded Warriror Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.woundedwarriorproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wounded Warrior Project<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 I have a great deal of respect for this group and everything that they do for my brothers\/sisters in the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we can do<\/strong><br \/>\nI will start by saying I will do my best not to look like a complete idiot, do the best for my team, fight to win, and donate <strong>$100<\/strong> to the Wounded Warrior Project.<\/p>\n<p>If you are attending VMworld 2011, and come to the vOdgeball Tournament, please donate.\u00a0 More info can be found here on where\/when (Sunday August 28, 2011)<br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"vOdgeball 2011 - Las Vegas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seeuthere.com\/rsvp\/invitation\/invitation.asp?id=\/m2c4ec-1710YNCV5FLYX\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.seeuthere.com\/rsvp\/invitation\/invitation.asp?id=\/m2c4ec-1710YNCV5FLYX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t attending VMworld 2011, or are attending but aren&#8217;t coming to the vOdgeball Tournament <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">and would still like to donate<\/span>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wwpproudsupporter.kintera.org\/faf\/donorReg\/donorPledge.asp?ievent=308932&amp;supid=333424237\" target=\"_parent\"><em>click here to donate.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>My thanks<\/strong><br \/>\nI thank VMware, EMC, Juniper, NetApp, VCE, Dell, HP, and the Virtually All Girls teams for participating.<em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vOdgeball? 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