{"id":18405,"date":"2025-10-27T15:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/18405\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:02:11","slug":"david-new-york-throws-a-barbarian-look-alike-contest-for-clash-of-clans-this-halloween-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/18405\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVID New York Throws a Barbarian Look-Alike Contest for Clash of Clans this Halloween Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY \u2014\u00a0Fresh off a successful Barbarian Look-alike Contest event in New York City, Clash of Clans is inviting fans worldwide to channel their inner Barbarian this Halloween season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">This past weekend, DAVID New York orchestrated a vibrant physical event in New York City, drawing crowds to celebrate the game\u2019s hero. Inspired by celebrity look-alike contests that took over 2025, the agency challenged fans and Halloween enthusiasts to embody the Barbarian. Guests included Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns, past look-alike contest winner Miles Mitchell, former\u00a0judge\u00a0Benjamin De Almeida, and Davis Burleson from \u201cWhat\u2019s Poppin? With Davis!\u201d\u00a0who\u00a0hosted the\u00a0show.\u00a0Participants competed for a $10,000 grand prize and a Barbarian mustache comb.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">On the heels of this star-studded New York event, the brand is now launching a global competition on social media, inviting everyone to join the fun. Running through November 3, anyone who posts their Barbarian costume using the hashtag #BarbarianHalloween will be entered to win valuable in-game rewards. Fans eager for inspiration can tune in to the official NYC event recap\u00a0video, or\u00a0use the hashtag to see how creators and cosplayers are already bringing the Barbarian to life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&#8220;The\u00a0Barbarian\u00a0is Clash of Clans\u2019 most iconic character, so we wanted to give him the celebrity treatment he deserves. And what better way to do that than throwing a look-alike contest?&#8221;\u00a0said Andr\u00e9\u00a0Toledo, Chief Creative Officer at DAVID New York. \u201cTo make sure we found our worthy champions, we\u2019ve partnered with the experts: past look-alike contest winners and Clash of Clans\u2019 biggest players.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FR1.-KRRyCo7.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York, NY \u2014\u00a0Fresh off a successful Barbarian Look-alike Contest event in New York City, Clash of Clans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12627,9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-18405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-david-new-york-throws-a-barbarian-look-alike-contest-for-clash-of-clans-this-halloween-season","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-city-news","13":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}