The Ultimate Tech Celebrity Deathmatches

Rob Malda founded Slashdot, Kevin Rose founded digg -- arguably the two leading user-submitted tech news sites on the Web. Both equally respected by their dedicated users, the two founders met in the Celebretech Deathmatch ring to decide which was best, once and for all.

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Malda and Rose faced each other across the squared circle, each deafened by their legion of adoring fans in the stadium. Many Slashdot fans sat with cowardly bags over their heads, while a strong smell of Mountain Dew wafted down from the digg section.

Malda stepped up first, approaching the centre of the ring armed with a Firehose. Avoiding the torrent blasted towards him, Rose dived out of the way and quickly taunted Malda. "If I lose, then what the hell, at least I'll have died trying," he roared. "OFF TOPIC!" yelled annoyed Slashdot supporters. Enraged, Rose brought out his shovel and lunged towards his opponent. The shovel hit Malda square in the back of the head with a pleasing clang, almost knocking him unconscious.

Rose towered over the Slashdot founder. "I will have the final say," bellowed Malda in defiance. "I will decide what these crowds will see today!" Rose's lips tightened, the grip on his shovel stronger than ever. "Editorial control is dead, Taco. From now on, the crowd holds the reins!" At these words, the digg supporters stormed from their seats and in to the ring.

The Slashdot fans hurled themselves over the barriers and a furious flame war erupted in the centre of the stadium, as Rose and Malda slowly backed away. The firehose and the shovel were left unused, rejected, upon the floor, as several thousand people shouted, insulted and irrationally rated each others' punches.

The bloody battle continued into the small hours without a clear winner. The firehose, however, was sliced in two with the shovel, and the two competitors were later seen in a bar having a beer.
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