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Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:59 pm
by Cheeky Devlin
jawafour wrote:lex-man wrote:It's a fantastic film although as most of the story has now been totally altered I don't know if it'd be the same film.
I feel it is, lex - the characters are, for me, more mesmerising than the actual story. I haven't read too much so far about Mitchell being stripped of his records but - and I could be wrong - I think his original 874k record hasn't been called out as a cheat and he still stands as the first guy to get the max score on Pac-Man?
Mitchell is so full of himself, and comes out with so many wonderfully self-praising comments in the film, that it's fun to watch
.
The extras on the DVD are excellent, too - so many
seriously hardcore gamers that are are so into their particular games of choice.
There's a lot more to it all from what I've been reading.
The threads about this over on Resetera have been pretty decent actually. Lots of weird behaviour going on behind the scenes.
Here's a facebook post from someone who used to work at Twin Galaxies, who claims he was entirely discredited by Mitchell and his cronies. The whole thing sounds shady as hell.
https://www.facebook.com/OriginalPSP/po ... 3657753485
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:03 pm
by Lex-Man
jawafour wrote:lex-man wrote:It's a fantastic film although as most of the story has now been totally altered I don't know if it'd be the same film.
I feel it is, lex - the characters are, for me, more mesmerising than the actual story. I haven't read too much so far about Mitchell being stripped of his records but - and I could be wrong - I think his original 874k record hasn't been called out as a cheat and he still stands as the first guy to get the max score on Pac-Man?
Mitchell is so full of himself, and comes out with so many wonderfully self-praising comments in the film, that it's fun to watch
.
The extras on the DVD are excellent, too - so many
seriously hardcore gamers that are are so into their particular games of choice.
I think it was the million point score that was called into question. It was the video delivered in the middle of the film that's got him into hot water.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:14 pm
by Rex Kramer
Ad7 wrote:lex-man wrote:jawafour wrote:Reading through these latest developments, I'm tempted to watch The King of Kong *again*. It's just so good.
It's a fantastic film although as most of the story has now been totally altered I don't know if it'd be the same film.
It's now called the king of funky Kong and costs £49.99 to watch it again.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:40 pm
by Lex-Man
Hyperion wrote:Watched it the other week when the evidence came out. Just makes you think Mitchell's more of a banana split. That slimy guy that helps him...
It's quite funny because a lot of people would defend him saying a lot of it was down to the editing but he's made himself look way worse than the documentary did.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:38 pm
by Cheeky Devlin
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:20 pm
by Green Gecko
What kind of statement is that? What strikes me is the idea anyone would want to beleive such a buffoon, like he thinks he is some bastion of arcade gaming and someone would be very sad if their hero was a cheater. He's such a strawberry floating mug.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:23 pm
by jawafour
Mitchell is brilliant as a "bad guy", though. Real pantomime stuff and he does it superbly
.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:27 pm
by Green Gecko
Totally.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:27 am
by Hypes
Plot twist
Guinness reinstates Billy Mitchell's records
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:49 am
by Saint of Killers
Their evidence: what someone feels
Mitchell is still a banana split. GBoWR can strawberry float off, too.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:59 am
by rinks
Now where was that “punchable faces” thread?
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:05 am
by Saint of Killers
rinks wrote:Now where was that “punchable faces” thread?
Game specific:
t:most-punchable-face-in-games?start=20General:
t:face-punchable-douchebags?start=80
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:08 am
by Jenuall
Still unsure of who to regard as the biggest banana splits in all of these records cheating things: Billy Mitchell, Todd Rogers, Twin Galaxies or Guinness.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:17 am
by Saint of Killers
Mitchell>Twin Galaxies > Todd Rogers > Guinness. Guinness are just fools in this. Mitchell is a calculating piece of gooseberry fool who's long been enabled by Twin Galaxies. Rogers is just pathetic.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:21 am
by KK
Phil and Grant need to go in there and sort him out.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:31 am
by Jenuall
Saint of Killers wrote:Mitchell>Twin Galaxies > Todd Rogers > Guinness. Guinness are just fools in this. Mitchell is a calculating piece of gooseberry fool who's long been enabled by Twin Galaxies. Rogers is just pathetic.
Yeah I'd go with that ranking.
Guinness really aren't painting themselves in a good light at the moment though, with things like this and the recent spout of copyright claims they fired out against a whole load of speed runners on YouTube.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:35 am
by Saint of Killers
Not seen anything about that. Will check it out.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:46 am
by OrangeRKN
Jenuall wrote:Guinness really aren't painting themselves in a good light at the moment though, with things like this and the recent spout of copyright claims they fired out against a whole load of speed runners on YouTube.
What was this?
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:51 am
by Jenuall
OrangeRKN wrote:Jenuall wrote:Guinness really aren't painting themselves in a good light at the moment though, with things like this and the recent spout of copyright claims they fired out against a whole load of speed runners on YouTube.
What was this?
They asked a Super Mario Bros. speedrunner if they could interview him and feature his WR run on their channel but then after uploading it suddenly loads of other SMB runners were hit with hundreds copyright claims from Guinness on their videos.
Guinness claim it was an error in their system for automatically detecting copyright infringement and apologised about the whole thing but I think it has left a bit of a sour taste in the mouth of the people who were affected.
Re: Billy Mitchell stripped of records and banned from Twin Galaxies.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:11 am
by OrangeRKN
Ouch
I can reason how that could happen in error, as presumably top-level SMB speedruns look very similar with people using the same routes and only slight differences in execution. It's undoubtedly a bad look though.