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theflyingorc posted:Lol Why did everyone believe this guy, don't you need some kind of proof e: I got 69 billion points in, uh, Mario, but I lost the tape. Swear on me mum
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Nobody cared
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 18:07 |
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But the World Refused to Care...
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 18:11 |
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oldpainless posted:Nobody cared History repeats.
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 18:15 |
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RFC2324 posted:Look up his imdb page. In 2012 he played himself in the movies The King of Cons and The Perfect Fraudman. How did no one figure this out? Playing "himself" in two documentaries.
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 18:16 |
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Phlegmish posted:Why did everyone believe this guy, don't you need some kind of proof The way that Twin Galaxies worked you had to send a tape (actual VHS) to one of the refs that they employed. The guy would watch the tape, verify that it was real, and then approve it on the website. Only problems were that the guy he used was his best friend (or at least a good friend) and also they gave the guy himself authority to post scores. So he just sort of posted whatever he wanted. So it was more "I got 69 billion points in Mario, and I sent the tape to Dave" and Dave was like "Uh, yeah, confirmed."
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 18:16 |
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These people, their video game authority treehouse club and the whole highscore drama was also the focus of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Surprise, absolutely everyone involved is incredibly insufferable and awful.
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Colander Crotch posted:The way that Twin Galaxies worked you had to send a tape (actual VHS) to one of the refs that they employed. The guy would watch the tape, verify that it was real, and then approve it on the website. Corruption in atari speedrunning? This is worse than the olympics!
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oldpainless posted:Nobody cared actually no it's much funnier than that EVERYBODY cared, because this guy was basically a god to this weird subculture as being the best player ever and he made a living Being Good At Videogames in the 80s It was literally an Emperor's New Clothes situation where they would have had to admit to themselves that Todd, glorious Todd was not a perfect person Also Twin Galaxies, which is just an Arcade that started keeping track of video game scores, REALLY REALLY wants to be a big important website and ALSO they all know Todd and admitting that they've been conned or that "some guys we know who ARE NOT LIARS said it happened" isn't a good enough standard ruins their reputation it's this weird large scale corruption over THE LEAST IMPORTANT THING and I love it
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Your Computer posted:These people, their video game authority treehouse club and the whole highscore drama was also the focus of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Surprise, absolutely everyone involved is incredibly insufferable and awful. My favorite part is the home video (audio only) of the guy screaming in despair when he blew a perfect Donkey Kong run after many hours
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 18:59 |
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canyoneer posted:My favorite part is the home video (audio only) of the guy screaming in despair when he blew a perfect Donkey Kong run after many hours Is that the part where he shouts at his crying kid for interrupting his Donkey Kong or is it later? I couldn't actually finish the documentary theflyingorc posted:actually no it's much funnier than that
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 19:36 |
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Not sure how the author confused Norway's flag for Canada's.
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# ? Feb 12, 2018 22:50 |
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Colander Crotch posted:The way that Twin Galaxies worked you had to send a tape (actual VHS) to one of the refs that they employed. The guy would watch the tape, verify that it was real, and then approve it on the website. Said friend is also now in prison for pedophilia and Rogers claimed all of the tapes he sent in were confiscated when the dude got arrested. That also wasn't true.
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Your Computer posted:These people, their video game authority treehouse club and the whole highscore drama was also the focus of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Surprise, absolutely everyone involved is incredibly insufferable and awful. which is funny because didn't billy mitchell get stripped of his title as well? fake edit: lol accused, but apparently twin galaxies is putting him 'under review
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 01:23 |
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 02:18 |
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I got 『Bark at the Moon Moon』
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 02:27 |
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https://i.imgur.com/W3uU3Rm.gifv
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 02:30 |
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 03:09 |
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eh the original is better
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 03:17 |
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But did he take a shower?
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 08:01 |
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 08:39 |
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Sagebrush posted:eh the original is better Sometimes they ask for zip code. Get that, too.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 09:42 |
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Mine's 42069.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 09:57 |
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Last one on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6851HsSuho "h"
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 10:49 |
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 11:12 |
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:Mine's 42069. Awesome! We're in the same zip. My +4 is 42069-1488!
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 12:53 |
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Do you guys also live on Boner Hitler boulevard?
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 13:12 |
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My PIN is 1337 if that helps with this project. It isn't really, I'm just joking.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 13:53 |
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:which is funny because didn't billy mitchell get stripped of his title as well? What blew me away the most was all those tech industry millionaires who retired in their 20's and 30's who decided they'd spend every waking moment of the rest of their lives playing lovely 80's arcade games with other dweebs, and developed a social hierarchy around their scores. Nerds really are the worst.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 14:23 |
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The Bloop posted:It isn't really, I'm just joking. That's exactly what someone who just revealed their PIN would say!
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 14:35 |
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My bank allows setting a 6-8 digit security code but i set a 12 digit one cause I'm 1337 like that.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 14:46 |
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:Mine's 42069. Hows the weather in Melber Kentucky this time of year?
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 15:20 |
pr0zac posted:Hows the weather in Melber Kentucky this time of year? I just drove through there last night It was nice
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 16:56 |
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Karate Bastard posted:My bank allows setting a 6-8 digit security code but i set a 12 digit one cause I'm 1337 like that. how the hell did you figure out my pin code? are you a wizard?
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 17:01 |
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My PIN code is your mom's weight
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 17:04 |
Stex T posted:My PIN code is your mom's weight Well mine would be your moms weight but it only goes up to 9999
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 17:05 |
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Data Graham posted:I just drove through there last night nice.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 17:23 |
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My pin is the price of a cheese pizza and a large soda at Panucci's Pizza, where I used to work.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 17:25 |
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SpacePig posted:My pin is the price of a cheese pizza and a large soda at Panucci's Pizza, where I used to work. Sorry about your dog
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