The King (of Kong) is Dead - Billy Mitchell stripped of all records and banned

[Homerboy]

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

Famed high-score gamer Billy Mitchell, best known for his leading role in “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” documentary, was officially stripped of his “Donkey Kong” and other video game high scores and banned from submitting scores to the world’s largest tracker of video game world records following a decision that he cheated, Twin Galaxies announced today.

“With this ruling, Twin Galaxies can no longer recognize Billy Mitchell as the first million point ‘Donkey Kong’ record holder,” the group wrote in its announcement. “According to our findings, Steve Wiebe would be the official 1st million point record holder.”

Variety has reached out to Mitchell and Wiebe for comment and Guinness to see if his record there will stand.

The decision comes after months of research by the administrators of Twin Galaxies, which tracks world gaming records and helps the Guinness Book of World recordsvalidate gaming scores, according to a statement released by the group Thursday morning.





The group writes in an statement released today that Mitchell’s famous”Donkey Kong” score of 1,047,200 was not achieved on an arcade machine — a requirement for Twin Galaxies and Guinness — but rather through the use of emulation software.

 

[nakedfrog]

I thought he'd actually died based on your title.

 

[Homerboy]

I thought he'd actually died based on your title.

I realized that after I submitted it. But ta hell if I can figure out how to edit that crap.

Edit: figured it out. Edited.

 

[zinfamous]

I thought he'd actually died based on your title.

Same, and I assumed it was a rage-fueled hot sauce chugging that did it.

Oh, this is still a possibility, you know. I think the chances are rather high, now.

 

[nakedfrog]

I realized that after I submitted it. But ta hell if I can figure out how to edit that crap.

Edit: figured it out. Edited.

 

[Drako]

Donkey Kong is serious business.

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah, the amount of effort on this is kind of surprising.

 

[IronWing]

Doping is bad.

 

[zinfamous]

Doping is bad.

The hot sauce must flow!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I watched King of Kong, really well done documentary. The makers of the movie obviously had no love for Mitchell, he came across as sneaky and manipulative while Wiebe was the everyman hero. Looks like they were onto something, turns out Mitchell was every bit the weasel they made him out to be.

Of course neither Mitchell nor Wiebe are really the Kings of Kong. Their records have been obliterated now.