Washington Square Park simul given by – an AMP can 13.10.2009– AMP is an energy drink distributed by PepsiCo under the Mountain Dew brand. The makers have launched a campaign where a person wearing an AMP can costume challenges athletes to a game of whatever they are good at. Recently it was chess, in a well-known hustler's paradise. The AMP can man – obviously a disguised grandmaster – gave a ten-board simul. Anyone know who he was?
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The AMP Can Simul
We received the pointer from Mutaurwa Mapondera, Lead Producer/Associate Creative
Director at pLot,
who wrote: "My company recently completed filming a chess-based stunt in
Washington Square Park featuring a grandmaster. We filmed our grandmaster –
who will for now remain anonymous – playing three different simuls against
the best that the Washington Square Park hustler scene had to offer. The spectacle
that ensued had to be witnessed to be believed. We created this online spot
and I would greatly appreciate it if you would publish it.
AMP (formerly Mountain Dew AMP) is an energy drink distributed by PepsiCo
The AMP Can man comes to Washington Square Park and challenges the players
there. Mutaurwa Mapondera wants our readers to guess who the player is beneath
the promotional can. We assume he will reveal the identity in the course of
time.
The AMP Can Washington Square Park simultaneous exhibition
The same company also engineered a basketball stunt at Rucker
Park, a famous basketball court in Manhattan where people achieve a level
of fame for their basketball abilities, with several going on to play in the
NBA.
