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Viper007Bond | 8 years ago

Really interesting video about that: https://youtu.be/8e-H4sEHB54

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sillysaurus3|8 years ago

I came here to post that. It's fascinating. Why would anyone care so much about cheating in an extremely obscure arena?

oceanghost|8 years ago

I've met Billy Mitchell. Everyone has.

You pretty much can't go to these events and not meet him. You walk into Twin Galaxies or Arcade Expo and he's standing there in a suit greeting people, selling autographs. That's his JOB. He's a brand. The only advertising for this brand is these stupid records. For Christ's sake, Adam Sandler riffs on him in "Pixels."

at-fates-hands|8 years ago

For the attention.

He for sure took advantage of the situation and knew nobody could verify his claims. It wasn't until recently people have finally shown most of his scores are totally unattainable to begin with, something nobody could really refute until now.

It also makes Twin Galaxies look incredibly shady and their refusal to really adjust the high scores just makes it seem like they have some weird stake in it was well.