The Baron and the Exec

The Spike Video Game Awards can always be counted on to supply awkward moments, but they’re usually a celebrity bombing a joke with a hamfisted, if not intoxicated delivery. Last night we got something different, and no, we’re not talking about the teabagging spree.

That’s “The Black Baron,” a YouTube hypeman who had earlier ripped the the awards show and was brought to it by organizers to enjoy the program at the table of Spike TV honcho Neil Shermans. Black Baron wasn’t in any conciliatory mood after Spike’s thankless gesture, vowing to both put a boot in and piledrive their asses, and also—said to Shermans’ face—teabag their top executive. You can see the entire confrontation here.

Well. This screengrab may not be the best exploitable, but that’s where you guys come in. That’s Shermans holding out his hand, and you can put something in it. You can swap out Black Baron with someone else. You can substitute Referee Mario for Zachary Levi. Whatever, let’s take something awkward and make it awkward and hilarious.

Source Image: The Black Baron Stares Down Spike TV’s Neil Shermans

You know the rules: The 20 best will get rounded up and published at the end of next Saturday. Meantime, I and the rest of the starred commentariat will approve and promote as many as we can so folks can see them and pass judgment.

This is your no-frills step-by-step procedure to participation in the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest.

1. Create your ‘Shop.

2. Upload it to a free image hosting service. I suggest imgur. It’s stupid simple. No account is necessary.

3. This is very important: You must use the URL of the image itself. In imgur, this is the second URL it gives you after you upload the image. It’s under “Direct Link (email & IM)”

4. At the beginning of the comments roll, click “Start a New Thread”

5. To the right of your name, select “Image.”

6. Paste the imgur URL in the image URL field. It’s the field that says “Image URL.”

7. You can add editorial commentary if you want, but then just hit submit and your image will load. If it doesn’t, paste the image URL as a comment.

8. This is important: Keep your image size under 1 MB. It will not upload to comments if it is over that size. What’s more, we’re getting reports that if your ‘Shop is more than 1000px tall (vertical), it won’t upload. If you’re getting the broken-image icon, try resizing to a smaller dimension.

Now, Gentlemen, start your ‘shopping!