*BREAKING NEWS* Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong high scores have been STRIPPED

[peam]

http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/king-of-kong-stripped-of-title-1202751358/

Also, King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters appreciation post.

Discuss.

[RichardCranium]

There's a Sean joke in here somewhere...

[Wrathbringer]

Who cares? Retarded thread.

[MotleyCrew]

Who cares? Retarded thread.

:yeahthat:

[peam]

https://media.giphy.com/media/vMhD70KN6mT8A/giphy.gif

[Ardwen]

This actually interests me, mostly because he got these so called scores at an arcade quite near me, I had read his and the oppositions stories for some reason years ago, it was quite weird, who would have thought of a plot to conspire to get video game high scores.

[Ardwen]

because you can mod an emulator, not to mention play in a more comfortable position etc etc. If you read the stories, he did all kinds of dirty stuff behind the scenes to harm other people and the group that keeps the records

[Velfi]

Can anyone exactly tell me what he did to cheat? He apparently used an emulator instead of a genuine original arcade machine but why would that be considered cheating? I read the article but just didn't see how it would be so damning to warrant a complete expulsion from competing ever again.

The record is based on a single, uninterrupted run. An emulator can allow you to use savestates and splice different runs together.

[Velfi]

Also, Todd Rogers was stripped of a lot of his records as he and Billy Mitchell were pretty much equally shady.

https://kotaku.com/guinness-officially-nixes-todd-rogers-dragster-records-1822568394

[Taernath]

who would have thought of a plot to conspire to get video game high scores.

Video games are serious business.

[Gelston]

Video games are serious business.

A global $93 billion business.

[Ardwen]

It wasn't when this happened, it was like 30 years ago or something ridiculous heh

[Gelston]

It wasn't when this happened, it was like 30 years ago or something ridiculous heh

It was an $11.8 billion industry in the '80s, in '80s cash too. About 30 billion in today money.

[Ardwen]

arcade games were an 11b industry? That seems high, games in general I can see,

[Androidpk]

Remember when this came out and how funny it was to think of people making huge salaries just for playing videogames? Now we have kids making millions of dollars of month to stream their gaming.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/f06Yt.jpg

[Gelston]

arcade games were an 11b industry? That seems high, games in general I can see,

Well, I've been talking about the "video game" industry the entire time.

Arcade alone was 8 billion, or 18.5 billion in 2011 dollars. The '80s was its peak though.

[Ardwen]

yep, one of the dudes I used to play Magic the Gathering with had a full time job in the 90s playing paintball, weirdest shit ever.

[Taernath]

yep, one of the dudes I used to play Magic the Gathering with had a full time job in the 90s playing paintball, weirdest shit ever.

On the surface that sounds fun, but those hardcore paintball/airsoft guys are the worst.

[peam]

On the surface that sounds fun, but those hardcore paintball/airsoft guys are the worst.

Operators

[Methais]

A global $93 billion business.

GTA V Breaks All-Time Entertainment Sales Records

90 million copies sold. $6 billion in revenue. It’s official. GTA V, created in Scotland, has beaten every other video game, Hollywood blockbuster and music release in history to become the biggest entertainment product in the world.
(https://digit.fyi/gta-v-biggest-product-ever)

[Fortybox]

GTA V Breaks All-Time Entertainment Sales Records

90 million copies sold. $6 billion in revenue. It’s official. GTA V, created in Scotland, has beaten every other video game, Hollywood blockbuster and music release in history to become the biggest entertainment product in the world.
(https://digit.fyi/gta-v-biggest-product-ever)

Thats sad.

[Methais]

Thats sad.

Why is that sad?

[RichardCranium]

Yeah GTA V is awesome.

[RichardCranium]

Shut the fuck up Necro.

[Methais]

I think GTA is racist and seduces young minorities to enter into a life of crime.

In before Kranar wrecks your account again.