Zune tattoo guy gets Microsoft's attention

The man so devoted to all things Zune that he got not one but two Zune tattoos looks to have finally drawn the attention of Microsoft itself, which has decided to fly its biggest fan out to Redmond and give him the star treatment. In a post on the Zune Scene message boards, "mszunefan" says that he'll be making the trip on July 5th, during which he'll do an interview for Microsoft's Channel 10 and then meet his heroes: a no doubt slightly unnerved Zune team. We have to say we're kinda glad that Microsoft stepped in when it did, there's no telling where the next tattoo might have ended up.

[Via Zune Boards, thanks Mike]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 8:38PM]

"Ms. Zune Fan"...?


:)

[Andir Posted Jun 21st 2007 8:41PM]

I've seen a few women with facial hair, but nothing that bad...

[donthedev Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:39PM]

Yea, it cant mean MicroSoft

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:12PM]

You see the :) underneath it? Of *course* I know it means "Microsoft". I was just pointing out that it could be read another way.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 2:41PM]

With another way do you mean Multiple Sclerosis? ... no I think it sounds more like to MicroSoft

:)

[Theblindman2 Posted Jun 21st 2007 8:42PM]

"I want a full body tattoo of me, only taller"

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 8:43PM]

I think it's Microsoft Zune fan... MSzunefan

What is the second tatoo? a man holding a rabbit? wtf?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 8:56PM]

This is incredibly irreponsible on Microsoft's part, encouraging this sort of vapid behavior.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:09PM]

OMG that thing is hideous. I almost put a fist through my screen.

[vfx2k4 Posted Jun 24th 2007 2:48PM]

What sort of message does this send to the impressionable youth of America though? Self-mutilation= fame and success? I'd like to carve McDonald's arches on my stomach- will I get the star treatment too?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 24th 2007 5:31PM]

the "message" is make money and generate awareness about a product line at next to no cost, courtesy Microsoft.

By having your internet websites "take the story home" to the market virtually free.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:17PM]

who gives a shit

[TurboTalon Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:19PM]

Trademark infringement? Haha, they're gonna sit him down and give him a long talk.. wow that'd be hillarious! Especially if they only paid for the flight one way.

[Padilla7921 Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:30PM]

@David

HAHAHAHA! If that happened, I'd be laughing my arse off from now until the 2nd Gen Zune's release.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:32PM]

This is the discussion that went down at MS headquaters after the second pic was pictured...

"OK, remember that fat psycho with the Zune tattoo?"
"Yeah, why?"
"He got another one on the other arm"
"Ah crap, Give him a photo op and some free stuff before he tattoos Bill on his ass"

[iPadKing of Tablets Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:40PM]

That did it. I'm gonna get a tattoo an Apple Logo on my forehead. Maybe I can get free iPods for the rest of my life if I'm scouted by Apple. I look a lot better than that guy.

[Richard Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:57PM]

You are most likely gonna receive a threatening letter from Apple.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 11:14PM]

So wait, I can now get Engadget minus the Apple/Iphone news, can I get it without the stupid redneck Micro$oft legion news too?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:42PM]

Yeah, knowing Microsoft, they'd probably call trademark infringement and requisition the guy's arm.

[Micmoo Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:31PM]

I am glad he gets to! If i get some sorta apple tat can I meat the apple people? I wanna meet waz!!!

[Wesscoast Posted Jun 21st 2007 9:59PM]

"Yeah, knowing Microsoft, they'd probably call trademark infringement and requisition the guy's arm."

Nah, I think they're gonna do the Jared thing from Subway. Fat Guy uses his Zune (wait for MS to ripoff the Nike+iPod stuff) and loses weight. Or maybe he just jiggles for 2 yrs straight.

At any rate, MS sold a Zune... er... I think

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:12PM]

great...now Microsoft is joining engadget in encouraging stupid obese people to be proud. God bless America!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 12:48AM]

That's not really something I would encourage people to do... making tattoos on mp3 player logos and stuff.
But hey, lucky him. And I guess Microsoft did the right move. Guy deserves some kinda reward.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:17PM]

iPod = New York
Zune = New Jersey

:-)

[bullshitexpresscom Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:20PM]

Eww, we don't want the Zune In NJ. Put it in the sewers in NYC with the alligators. They like to share music by wifi.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:24PM]

Why in the world anyone would want that fat loser having anything to do with a product is beyond me.

More than likely this picture was taken in the basement of his mom's house, where he lives.

[Slartibartfast Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:31PM]

You'd be right, assuming his mum has a tattoo studio in her basement.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:34PM]

Man, what a sucky way to blow your 15 minutes of fame

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:51PM]

Wow...... you guys are all mean people. So he got something he likes and he's going with it. Good for him. When is the last time any of you got any treatment like that? My guess is never, considering the attitudes I have seen here. My take? I don't buy MS, but I've never had the companies I exclusively buy from offer me a damn thing!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2007 7:41AM]

A "what" tattoo? Why not just tattoo a giant "L" on his forehead?!!!

[Padilla7921 Posted Jun 21st 2007 10:58PM]

http://internetservices.readingeagle.com/editor/archives/woz-cameo.jpg

^^^he tried getting a Zune tattoo, then Steve Jobs got a hold of him

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 11:07PM]

If they're flying him out, I expect they'll have to buy two tickets for the plane...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 11:30PM]

Biggest fan indeed!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 11:35PM]

endless cheap advertising for Microsoft, this whole scheme has been.

This guy has been paid by Microsoft since day one.

Now if only I could release a device that:
1) can't hold my personal files
2) gives me 3-days-or-3-plays of a track while calling it "sharing"
3) can't get music on it in virtually any operating system or computer without software

...and yet get this much virtually free publicity for it.

http://www.cowonglobal.com/
http://en.meizu.com/

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2007 11:46PM]

I have a tatoo of Mario, maybe nintendo should fly me to Japan

[Zzephyr Posted Jun 22nd 2007 12:21AM]

Hey, he shaved off those droop bars on his 'stache, now he looks almost normal.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 1:04AM]

Hes the guy you hope is not the girl on the other end playin WoW.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 2:54AM]

The first tatt is ok because it's a fairly nifty symbol if anything, but the second one? It's just creepy.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2007 1:23AM]

I think that's the coolest thing I've ever heard. Poor guy gets eaten alive by vicious apple fanboys, he deserves it.

[thrilla from manila Posted Jun 22nd 2007 2:25AM]

lol. I thought they were going to sue him for copyright infringement.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 2:29AM]

Does this really warrant THREE posts???

Give it a rest already. So some dweeb got a Zune tattoo. It was amusing the first time and only barely.

Besides, you'll violate the 'three times rule in comedy' on your next post.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 2:50AM]

I'm sure this guy rocks...

...in warcraft.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 3:54AM]

Anyone who has got a zune tatto on his ass will get first, second , third,.,.,.,..generation zune s for free. Terms and conditions apply.

[artifex Posted Jun 22nd 2007 3:52AM]

one on each arm for enhanced squirting, no doubt.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 2:16PM]

Now, THAT's funny.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 3:53AM]

A tattoooed fat slob? The perfect target audience for them- I hope he, his Zune, and his other mutilations live happily ever after.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 4:13AM]

Folks, it's obviously a Photoshop fake.
Nobody would really tattoo a Zune logo onto his arm!
Right?!
Right?

[autopilot Posted Jun 22nd 2007 5:00AM]

What a fat looser. People should have grown out of this kind of behaviour at high school. He needs to visit a shrink, not MS.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 7:46AM]

It is a fake, this is all bunk. As I've said before, where is the irritation? Why isn't it raised? His arm isn't even slightly red in that area. This is a freshly done tat(the red/purple areas are not ink)
http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3p10100170nt.jpg
I agree, this is some publicity stunt that is supposed to be so underground, by the rabid Zune fanbase but in fact the "Zune team" is probably responsible. We've been had!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 10:04AM]

Is the best any of you iPod fangirls have to make fun of me about is my weight? I have a hard time believing a bunch of nerds making fun of another nerd's tattoo don't have weight issues themselves. Most of you are probably living with your Mom because fat jokes show you are only 11 yrs old. Also I do have a fiance and she isn't a cow, she is 5 foot tall and 120 lbs. Yum