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$50,000 grand prize at the L.G. National Texting Championship in New York on Tuesday.

In one round, texters had to send texts while blindfolded. Another round quizzed contestants' knowledge of texting acronyms.

texting tongue-twisters. Rowe failed to accurately text "Which wicked witch wished which more wicked witch in the well?" while a human emoticon talked trash about her sister.

Riffing off texters' sometimes dangerous tendency to text while performing other tasks, another round required contestants to complete an obstacle course while firing off difficult-to-type texts.