Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
Hm. Maybe. Although, because Weibe was about to break his record, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a crew following him around to get reactions. Either way, it's a fascinating documentary.
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Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
However, it's not completely unheard of for documentarians to fudge a little and reenact stuff.
Darth Cheney
Footballguy
Dude...It's BILLY MITCHELL!.
The Big Guy
Fear the Blitz
How did he do? Come close? I was pretty decent at video games when I was a kid, but sometimes stuff just happens when you play, you have one second pause and you are done. To declare that you will break the record as you approach the game has to be tougher then what Ruth did calling his shot.
newteech
Footballguy
He had 2 guys left and about 980K when he hit the kill screen. Billy Mitchell's record is 1,050,200.
flapgreen
Footballguy
How does this work? I thought you just played until you beat the game or last board?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
In case you've never played a video game before, you can advance levels/screens/boards without maximizing points.
flapgreen
Footballguy
nope. never
Otis
Footballguy
effing shukeIIRC, when the dorks from Twin Galaxies invalidated Weibe's board, the record reverted to the old record, which was Weibe's, not Mitchells, but he hadn't cracked the million-point barrier with it. The way the movie played it, it seemed like Mitchell retained the crown. There were a few other liberties taken with the events.
Sad to see Weibe couldn't get the record, it would have been fun watching him try to carry around the $10,001 in quarters in prize money.
Edit: Not knowing much about DK, I wonder if someone with infinite patience could break the record by just jumping over and/or hammering barrels at 100 pts each 10,000+ times on one of the early boards.
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SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
You know, he's gonna have to play it perfectly, he's at the hardest part of Donkey Kong, and it's not gonna get any easier. So we may have an exciting moment here, or you know, the pressure may get to him, one of those random elements might happen. Sounds like he just cleared another board, but we could have a wild barrel, or some aggressive fireballs. I thought I was gonna be the first FunSpot kill screen, and then I had three fireballs trap me, I had the hammer in my hand, they still got me. So anything can happen in Donkey Kong. So for someone else to beat me to the kill screen would be a letdown, but lets see what happens, maybe he'll crack under the pressure and maybe I'll get my chance to do it first.
SierraKiloBravo
Footballguy
Jesus.
SierraKiloBravo
Footballguy
The "wild barrel" part gets me every time.
newteech
Footballguy
This wouldn't work because each round has a bonus timer. You lose a life if you don't complete the board before time runs out.
rick6668
Footballguy
:( Jumping over barrels that Kong throws even at the fastest pace he throws them is about the same as the countdown timer.
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
SaveFerrisB said:
it's a documentary film
chet
Footballguy
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
SierraKiloBravo
Footballguy
Shuke = Truth.
I don't think she's ever seen such epic losers ex. Wiebe.
OC Zed
Footballguy
ODoyleRules
Footballguy
Just saw this last night for the first time. Brilliant movie.
I loved the fact that they billed the Funspot ("Funspot" - the name itself is funny) event as this huge gaming event and there's only like 10 people in the whole arcade. I will have to watch this again and again.
I loved the fact that they billed the Funspot ("Funspot" - the name itself is funny) event as this huge gaming event and there's only like 10 people in the whole arcade. I will have to watch this again and again.
rick6668
Footballguy
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
If only my Billy USA Mitchell alias had been approved.
Is it Netflix streaming?
Proud Communist
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
landrys hat
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
"I remember a lot of celebration; hugs, kisses and a lot of hooting and hollering," Mitchell said in a release. "Once that died down, I stood there looking at Donkey Kong Jr. and thought 'there's one more thing I have to take care of'."landrys hat said:
Still quotable.
TRIP_THE_LIGHT_FANTASTIC
Footballguy
landrys hat said:
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
snitwitch
Footballguy
omg that is the best quote I've read this year. Love him or hate him, you must respect him."I remember a lot of celebration; hugs, kisses and a lot of hooting and hollering," Mitchell said in a release. "Once that died down, I stood there looking at Donkey Kong Jr. and thought 'there's one more thing I have to take care of'."landrys hat said:
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
No wonder my Billy USA Mitchell alias I tried to secure was shot down.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I have to tell this story.
I patron Billy's bar which his sister really owns and he sort of works in there. They own two of them called Rickey's and the one in Pembroke Pines is pretty nice, mostly locals and a lot of white trash. What constitues white trash? Parents that sit their kids at the bar while they drink, that usually is step 1 in my book. I've watched plenty of games there on Sundays though because the booze is really cheap and they do have great chicken wings.
1. The hot sauce that he supposively sells...they have it at Ricky's and there are two kinds. The first is simply a Louisiana Hot Sauce that they slap the Rickey's label on the bottle, I'm not kidding. The second is a habanero sauce that is pretty GD hot but again it looks like they slap their label over another sauce, that's not uncommon believe it or not.
2. Billy likes to cook breakfast on Sat and especially Sunday. He routinely will come out of the kitchen in gym shorts that look like the kind issued in the 1970s, really short and kind of make you uncomfortable to even look at. I try not to eat anything during the times he is in the kitchen.
3. They have a Ms Pac Man machine and I was in the bar a couple weeks ago and I write a note and taped it to the machine because I know Billy will play that game when he is done cooking on the weekend, he always does and really he is not that good at MS PM, so I wrote on there specifically "Hey Billy, when are you going to break the record again?" Bartender in there hates his guts and made sure the little note stayed taped to the video game until he could read it.
That's all I got and I know that was a boring story for most of you. I actually passed around a copy of the King of Kong to most of the staff that works there, they didn't even know it existed or what Billy's background was...the past couple years have been a lot more fun in there with everyone in on the joke and or movie.
I patron Billy's bar which his sister really owns and he sort of works in there. They own two of them called Rickey's and the one in Pembroke Pines is pretty nice, mostly locals and a lot of white trash. What constitues white trash? Parents that sit their kids at the bar while they drink, that usually is step 1 in my book. I've watched plenty of games there on Sundays though because the booze is really cheap and they do have great chicken wings.
1. The hot sauce that he supposively sells...they have it at Ricky's and there are two kinds. The first is simply a Louisiana Hot Sauce that they slap the Rickey's label on the bottle, I'm not kidding. The second is a habanero sauce that is pretty GD hot but again it looks like they slap their label over another sauce, that's not uncommon believe it or not.
2. Billy likes to cook breakfast on Sat and especially Sunday. He routinely will come out of the kitchen in gym shorts that look like the kind issued in the 1970s, really short and kind of make you uncomfortable to even look at. I try not to eat anything during the times he is in the kitchen.
3. They have a Ms Pac Man machine and I was in the bar a couple weeks ago and I write a note and taped it to the machine because I know Billy will play that game when he is done cooking on the weekend, he always does and really he is not that good at MS PM, so I wrote on there specifically "Hey Billy, when are you going to break the record again?" Bartender in there hates his guts and made sure the little note stayed taped to the video game until he could read it.
That's all I got and I know that was a boring story for most of you. I actually passed around a copy of the King of Kong to most of the staff that works there, they didn't even know it existed or what Billy's background was...the past couple years have been a lot more fun in there with everyone in on the joke and or movie.
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
So what you're saying is that your note motivated Billy to break the record? If so, that's pretty awesome.
ditka85
Footballguy
Pics or GTFO
