Tricks with the Sparrow are a big deal in the MMO shooter Destiny. Now there’s a kind of rodeo on Mars with prizes to be won, coming directly from Bungie.
The fan site “That Wizard came from the moon” is announcing the first annual interplanetary Sparrow freestyle championship. And they have a pretty crazy video for it. To participate in the event, the EV-30-Tumbler is needed along with a YouTube channel. In the German client, it’s called the Sparrow S-30 Tumbler.
The Tumbler was given to pre-order customers of the DLC “Darkness Awaits”. Only with this so-called “stunt-Sparrow” are some of the advanced tricks possible – we have summarized a few of them.
To participate in the competition, you should record a video of your best Sparrow tricks. The video should definitely take place on Mars. You will then post this highlight reel with the hashtag #TWCFTM by no later than February 7 on your YouTube channel. Then a complicated selection process will take place, and the winners will be announced on February 22. Further details can be found here.
For the first place, there is to win an original framed artwork from Destiny in three panels that shows a fireteam on Mars (so to speak, a “RL” painting that serves as a template for the aesthetics in the digital game). Bungie has announced that they will look into whether there are more prizes available.
Looks like a lot of fun, or as the organizers say: “If your Sparrow isn’t on fire, you’re not doing it right.”
Sparrow racing was the hype last year – will the trend return?
Experimenting and tricking with the Sparrow is one of the “iconic” things to do in Destiny. A few months after release, there was a real hype when Guardians discovered what was possible with the Sparrow. Suddenly, Guardians were jumping on the Sparrow over the Hellmouth, performing the craziest tricks or even dancing.
The enthusiasm was so great for a short time that Bungie assigned someone to create a special stunt-Sparrow, the Tumbler S-30, which then served as a bonus for Darkness Awaits and may have influenced some in their purchasing decision.
By now, the Sparrow enthusiasm has died down a bit. Maybe this event can reignite the fire.
