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The King Of Kong A Fistful Of Quarters -
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There'll always be the argument
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that video games
are meant to be played for fun.
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Believe me,
some of it's a lot of fun.
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Video games are meant
to be played at home,
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relaxing on a couch
amongst friends.
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And they are, and that's fun.
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But competitive gaming,
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when you wanna attach
your name to a world record,
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when you want your name
written into history,
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you have to pay the price.
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With this, it's just
like me and the machine.
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I can... It doesn't matter if you,
you know... If you let me down
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or someone else,
it doesn't come through.
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I can always go out there.
I'm in control.
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And I'm glad you touch on this.
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Do we have enough tape?
This is important.
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Everybody, even Grandma,
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games... meaning checkers, cards,
if not now, in the past.
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Show me even
a freakin' nun or a hermit
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who hasn't done cards
or checkers.
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I don't drink. I don't smoke.
I don't do drugs.
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I play video games,
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which I think is far superior
an addiction
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than any of those other ones.
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I wanted to be a hero.
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I wanted to be the center
of attention.
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I wanted the glory.
I wanted the fame.
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I wanted the prem girls
come at me and say,
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"Hi. I see that you're good
at Centipede."
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I had somebody draw
an analogy for me once
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that I always remembered.
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The top French pilot in World
War I shot down 24 enemy planes.
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The top American pilot...
You don't know his name, do you?
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Nobody does.
But it's Eddie Rickenbacker.
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Shot down 26 enemy planes.
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The German Ace, the Red Baron.
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Everyone knows
who the Red Baron is.
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That's 'cause he shot down
87 enemy planes.
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I mean, he was the best.
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There's just... There's a level
of difference between people,
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and it translates
into some games.
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Donkey Hong and Pac-Man
and Ms. Pac-Man
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and Galaga and Defender,
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these are the games
that caught the public eye.
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These are the games
people cared about.
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And so if you wanna be known
as being world-class,
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you gotta master
one of those games.
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I like the simplicity of it,
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and that's what
you'll probably hear
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from a lot of people
that like retro games
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is that it's the simplicity.
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Those games challenge
eye-hand coordination,
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mind-body coordination,
fast reaction time,
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and comprehensive thinking,
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on a level
that modern games don't.
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Memorization and
pattern recognition is key.
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Because for you
to get a single point further
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in an old game
from the early eighties
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meant a tremendous increase
of skill.
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If you do not know
the next pattern coming up
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in a Tron light-cycle event,
you will lose your life.
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Only the die-hards
who, for some reason,
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really love those games,
continue to stick with them.
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But what we've done is had the
mayor tie off the entire street
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so that Life magazine
could come to town
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and photograph the world's
greatest video game players,
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who've been flown in
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especially for
this Life photographic session.
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All these great superstars
are coming from North Carolina,
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California, Canada,
many other places,
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to be photographed
as the official world champions
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on many different games.
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That was the first time
two world-class players
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went head-to-head for
a competition was Life magazine.
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- Without a doubt I met players
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that were amongst the best
in the world
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and maybe even would say
or do whatever they could
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to make people believe
they were the best in the world.
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Well, at that time,
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he was the world record holder
on Centipede.
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But also at that time,
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he was the world record holder
on Donkey Hong.
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But we didn't know that,
because someone else
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was invited there
from Hansas City
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who, because of a claim
they had made,
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it was presumed that they
were the Donkey Hong champion.
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Donkey Hong was the one
that I first lied about.
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But he had submitted
a bogus score,
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and I finally met him there
at Life magazine,
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and I finally sat down
to play him.
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We had not been there long,
and Bill said,
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"Come on. Let's play."
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I went in the arcade
and sat down with Donkey Hong,
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and I beat him to a pulp.
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Well, I was better
than the best.
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And I got...
I got 200,OOO against Bill.
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Bill got 800,OOO
on his first man in that game.
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He shellacked me.
He shellacked me.
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Basically, he walked away
with his head down and humbled,
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and that brought him
to the truth.
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And from there,
we worked together.
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Well, the Bible...
Proverbs says,
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"As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another."
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Bill made me a better person,
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and did so
by basically making me confess.
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I've pointed out to Steve
that he's the person he is today
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because he came under the wrath
of Bill Mitchell.
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In front of the 19 top players
in the nation,
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actually North America,
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he did the highest
Donkey Hong score possible
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and also found out that the game
ends on the 22nd board.
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Since, I so-called
debuted on the scene
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at Life magazine in 1982,
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there hasn't been anybody
who's played even close.
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When Billy Mitchell
walks into an arcade,
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you know, everything stops.
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There's electricity
around Billy Mitchell.
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Everybody wants
to crowd around him.
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Everybody wants to see him.
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You know, everything about him
is perfect, you know?
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Billy is just that person.
You know, he wants to represent.
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If you could hack
into the machine
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and program it to play itself,
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you couldn't
even program it that well.
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There's a glamor to Billy.
There's a specialness to Billy.
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He was the first. He was
the first great, great player.
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The fact of the matter is,
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Bill is the best classic
arcade gamer of our era.
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It's actually carved
a part of my personality
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that benefits me every day.
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I mean, a burning passion
never to settle for what I have
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in my business, in my family.
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That's what competitive gaming
has done for me.
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He's a winner.
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Billy Mitchell
is absolutely a winner.
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It's sort of like
being in a maze,
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but everything you see
is actually sauce.
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The all-around
most-seasoned person
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in the hot sauce chicken wing
industry... yeah, for sure, me.
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There's a production end of it.
There's the preparation.
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When there's the sales
end of it,
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there's not somebody
who encompasses
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all of those areas like me
that I've ever met.
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He sells his hot sauce,
he sells himself.
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Because he's so charming
and such a good ambassador
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for all gaming
because he's positive,
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there's no reason,
in my opinion,
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why Billy Mitchell couldn't end
up on a Wheaties box someday.
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The video arcade classic
has finally been conquered.
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On July 4,
at a New Hampshire arcade,
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34-year-old Billy Mitchell
became the first person
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to master Pac-Man by recording
the first ever perfect game.
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♪ Billy Mitchell ♪
♪ primo joystick dude ♪
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♪ Amazing in the maze, ♪
♪ he ain't gonna lose ♪
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To get through every board,
getting every dot,
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every energizer,
every ghost that's applicable,
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to reach to the final 256th
screen without dying?
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That's... It's impressive
in its own right.
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The success of this
was not just because
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someone got
a perfect Pac-Man score,
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but because Billy Mitchell
got a perfect Pac-Man score.
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♪ Blue man in the corridor ♪
♪ singing the blues ♪
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♪ A perfect game goes down ♪
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♪ Billy's on the move ♪
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If I have all this good fortune,
if everything's rollin' my way,
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if all these balls
have bounced in my favor...
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there is some poor bastard
out there
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who's getting
the screws put to him.
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When I got laid off
and I had time on my hands,
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I was thinking,
"Well, what can I do"
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"to kind of feel like
I have control of something,"
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so I looked at Twin Galaxies.
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I just... well, I typed in
Donkey Hong world record,
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and some spreadsheet came up,
and I saw what the score was.
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It was held by Billy Mitchell,
and it was, like, 874,OOO.
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I go, "Hey, I can beat that."
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Almost there.
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I mean, I'm not the kind of wife
that's needy
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that I need him sitting on
the couch with me every night.
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I don't need that.
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What I need is him in the house
helping me with the kids
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or I need him
being with the kids.
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So he would want
to come out here and play,
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and that would drive me crazy,
'cause he is definitely OCD.
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When he is obsessed
on something,
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he is so focused,
and I have to be like, "Hello."
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Um, so then I just said,
"You have to do it at night."
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ls level 2 easy?
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Yeah, it's prem easy.
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I've dreamed of, you know,
being a musician for a living.
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That's what my dream was.
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He was brought up to be
that he was smart,
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he was an athlete,
he was talented,
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and for whatever reason,
he could never get those to fit.
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Steve was one of the original
starving grunge bands
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here in Seattle, just starving.
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The only people who came
to see him was us.
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With his music, it's almost like
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he didn't want people to know
he was doing it.
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He's a total paradox that way.
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♪ I've been looking so long ♪
♪ at these pictures of you ♪
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He has maybe a little social
hang-ups here and there
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that, um...
That haven't allowed him
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to be as successful
on one end as in other ends.
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They got to the state finals,
and Steve couldn't pitch.
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I've probably seen Steve
with tears in his eyes
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more than any other guy I know,
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uh, because of the frustration
that would build in him.
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And half the time,
it was on the pitcher's mound.
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He had hurt his arm.
I had pitched him too much.
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I was the manager of the team.
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It was a chance for him to shine
in front of thousands of people.
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That killed him...
That he couldn't pitch
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because it's that
competitiveness in him.
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♪ And we kissed ♪
♪ as the sky fell in ♪
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♪ Holding you close ♪
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♪ How I always held close ♪
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I envisioned him
as, uh, an engineer at Boeing.
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My dad worked at Boeing
for 30 some years,
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and the plan was to go to Boeing
and be a lifer,
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as they call 'em.
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But, um, things didn't work out.
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I don't know if he told you
that he was laid off
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the day we signed papers
on our house. Yeah.
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♪ And you finally found ♪
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♪ All your courage ♪
♪ to let it all go ♪
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He never has quite reached
that pinnacle.
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He never quite,
in any of his endeavors,
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was regaled
as the number-one guy,
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the guy that was better
than the rest
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and was on top of the mountain.
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Oh, he's just come up short
in a lot of things in his life,
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and I just think, you know,
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nobody wants to do that
all the time.
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♪ Lost in the cold ♪
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♪ You were always so lost ♪
♪ in the dark ♪
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♪ Remembering you ♪
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It has my high score saved
on there from last.
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♪ Slow drowned, ♪
♪ you were angels ♪
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♪ So much more than everything ♪
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♪ Hold for the last time ♪
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♪ Then slip away quietly ♪
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What plunged me
into competitive gaming,
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never to come out,
was Donkey Hong.
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Donkey Hong. Well, that was
the first ever Mario game.
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The whole thing
is a construction site.
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It's all these girders
and elevators with ladders
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going from one girder
to the next.
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The whole goal, the whole time
is to get past the obstacles
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that Hong is throwing at you
and get... get the girl.
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Well, Donkey Hong, without
question, is the hardest game.
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It's ridiculously difficult
on the first screen.
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Donkey Hong
is releasing these barrels.
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You got to jump
over the barrels.
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You gotta duck the barrels.
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You can grab a hammer
and hammer the barrels.
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Okay, the secret
about the barrel board
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is you can actually
control the barrels.
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Right above this ladder,
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you'll do a quick left,
and then a hard right turn.
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See how it went down?
Went down again.
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You gotta get past
all the barrels, the fireballs,
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get up the ladders.
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And as soon as you get to her,
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Donkey Hong takes her away
to the next level.
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The average Donkey Hong game
doesn't last a minute.
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It's absolute brutality.
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Each of the 18 elevator boards
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represents the greatest
challenge in video game playing.
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The average gamer on Donkey Hong
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will never get past
the third elevator stage.
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Just the slightest touch from
one of these springs, kills you.
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There's no hammer for them.
There's no way to defeat them.
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All you can do is avoid them.
That's it.
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And the secret
to the third elevators
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is knowing which spring
to go on,
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and then knowing which spring
to move up the ladder on,
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and recognizing
when you must retreat.
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If you don't time it just
exactly right, you will die.
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It boils down to hardcore skill.
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So I go on that one because it
line up with the dashed line.
283
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Now I'm waiting for one to line
up with the solid line there.
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I have said from the day
I met Steve
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that his talent is in his hands.
286
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He pitched.
He was at basketball.
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He's a phenomenal drawer,
288
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and if you ever seen
pictures that he's drawn,
289
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but he's very artistic.
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It's operating on some
subconscious level with him,
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I think.
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When we were driving to Hansas
or whatever, family trips,
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he'd sit there,
and for a hundred miles
294
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would bang his head, you know,
295
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four... four time
against the back of the seat.
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Five, six, seven, eight, nine...
297
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Well, I've often thought that
he maybe is a little autistic,
298
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that he's just
that obsessive compulsive,
299
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'cause he would get
something in his mind.
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He wanted to play drums,
301
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and I don't even know
where he got that idea.
302
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This is Derek's drum set,
and it's not too bad.
303
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It's... It does the trick.
304
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The actual game play involves
so much eye-hand coordination,
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mind-body coordination,
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fast reaction time,
and comprehensive thinking.
307
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Such a high level
of precise execution.
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So much skill...
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involves so much learning.
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You have to have
deep comprehensive intelligence.
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Um, for years and years,
it was believed
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that Billy's record of 874,OOO
in 1982
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was really the highest score
anyone would ever get.
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And in fact, some of us
have played this game
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every day or every week
or every month since then,
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and no one's
gotten close to that.
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No one across
that big length of time
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will ever be able to beat
his world record.
319
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Derek, look. You're on TV.
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See yourself? Say, "hi."
321
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No.
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I was havin'
the game of my life.
323
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I was... Think I got 600,OOO,
uh, and I hadn't died yet.
324
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And when I started
hearing some noises
325
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coming down the stairs,
screaming...
326
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And it's all on tape, and I...
327
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That's the tape I had to send in
to... to Twin Galaxies.
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Everything I'm all about
329
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by practicing
transcendental meditation,
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and I like to see that mirrored
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in the way I apply myself
to the video game world,
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in that I seek to find champions
333
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and watch them grow
and become even greater
334
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as they begin to unfold more and
more of their full potential,
335
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which is what we do
when we do TM.
336
00:18:52,133 --> 00:18:57,104
If Walter, through all these
years, all the way since 1982,
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hadn't continued
as a labor of love,
338
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then there would be
no central organization
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for competitive
video game playing.
340
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Why do we do it?
Because we actually love this.
341
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Because we enjoy this.
We're fascinated by this.
342
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There's just something
in our genes
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that my group, Twin Galaxies,
raising the banner high
344
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to do this and move... move
organized video game playing
345
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into the future.
346
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Walter opened the door
347
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to truly...
I was gonna say international,
348
00:19:23,966 --> 00:19:26,802
but at the very least,
national competitive gaming.
349
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We just happened to call it
Twin Galaxies.
350
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The name burst into my brain.
351
00:19:31,066 --> 00:19:33,134
Walter Day didn't do that
by accident.
352
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Didn't get lucky.
He... He created his own empire.
353
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Join us again
for Video Game News Update.
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I'm Walter Day
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at the Twin Galaxies
international scoreboard.
356
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It's been a wearying thing
being the scorekeeper
357
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because everybody picks on me,
you know?
358
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'Cause I'm the man, you know?
I'm a police officer.
359
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,636
Video games need a guy
like Bush, who will say,
360
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"Look, this is the way
we're gonna do it.
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This is the rule, and if you
don't like it, tough."
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You've got to have that.
363
00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,802
If you didn't have that
in the NFL, who'd win?
364
00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,834
How do you declare a champion
unless there are rules?
365
00:20:02,866 --> 00:20:04,567
And if you break 'em, you lose.
366
00:20:17,366 --> 00:20:22,037
The best features about him
are also his biggest downfall.
367
00:20:22,066 --> 00:20:24,902
People can just run over him
because he's so nice.
368
00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:29,103
Twin Galaxies survives
because people like Walter,
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people like Robert Mruczek,
people like me,
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00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:37,871
who participate all for
a passion of competitive gaming.
371
00:20:37,899 --> 00:20:39,134
Nobody draws a paycheck.
372
00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:42,235
I don't see details.
I see big pictures, you know?
373
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I see the big concept that lies
behind the whole issue,
374
00:20:45,399 --> 00:20:46,501
and then I tweak that.
375
00:20:46,533 --> 00:20:48,735
I can't do details and details.
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00:20:48,766 --> 00:20:51,602
Twin Galaxies needs a staff
of detail-oriented people
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00:20:51,633 --> 00:20:52,667
like Robert Mruczek.
378
00:20:53,466 --> 00:20:55,835
Um, anything
that's unexplainable,
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out of the ordinary,
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00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,101
we have to keep our eyes
out for.
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00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:00,834
That's not to say
we're infallible.
382
00:21:00,866 --> 00:21:04,836
When I have to watch that pile
of eight tapes over there
383
00:21:04,866 --> 00:21:07,702
for Dwayne Richard's
two-day nibbler performance,
384
00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,701
that's 48 straight hours
of paying attention,
385
00:21:09,733 --> 00:21:11,693
to make sure that he's doing
everything correctly.
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00:21:12,399 --> 00:21:14,401
Package from
the Metroid team in Brazil,
387
00:21:14,433 --> 00:21:15,967
some Atari 2600 records.
388
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,267
Gotta watch that.
389
00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,669
These things take time to veri_.
390
00:21:19,699 --> 00:21:21,635
And I have to look
at every single one of these.
391
00:21:21,666 --> 00:21:23,401
Like I showed you over here.
392
00:21:23,433 --> 00:21:26,536
This is just 200 videotapes.
That's nothing.
393
00:21:26,566 --> 00:21:28,601
This is the real stuff
that I have to do.
394
00:21:28,633 --> 00:21:32,903
I see world's records in my room
set just about every single day.
395
00:21:32,933 --> 00:21:34,567
Some people think
a world's record
396
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:35,734
is what's set at the Olympics
397
00:21:35,766 --> 00:21:37,801
or at the end
of a baseball season.
398
00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:41,303
I see this every single day,
and not just sometimes once.
399
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,333
It's exciting.
400
00:21:42,366 --> 00:21:43,400
Derek!
401
00:21:43,433 --> 00:21:47,703
- Stop playing Donkey Hong!
- You stop it!
402
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,036
- Stop playing Donkey Hong!
- Maybe.
403
00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:54,400
Yeah, that was close.
404
00:21:54,433 --> 00:21:56,101
That was actually good.
405
00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:58,201
You stop it!
406
00:21:58,233 --> 00:22:00,535
Stop it!
407
00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:02,634
Derek, stop it. No.
408
00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:05,568
Stop playing Donkey Hong.
409
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,268
- Derek?
- Stop playing Donkey Hong.
410
00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,602
Derek, I'm gonna throw away
your rest if you don't stop it.
411
00:22:09,633 --> 00:22:10,633
Derek!
412
00:22:10,666 --> 00:22:11,967
Somebody has
accomplished something
413
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,167
that not only I can't do,
414
00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:15,035
that nobody else
has ever been done before,
415
00:22:15,066 --> 00:22:16,801
and it's exciting
to see that firsthand.
416
00:22:16,833 --> 00:22:19,101
That's how you play Donkey Hong.
417
00:22:19,699 --> 00:22:21,601
New world record.
418
00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:25,266
Welcome back.
419
00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:27,835
Bill Gates isn't necessarily
the most famous name
420
00:22:27,866 --> 00:22:29,000
in Redmond tonight.
421
00:22:29,033 --> 00:22:32,002
Coming up, meet the man
who's at the top of his game.
422
00:22:32,033 --> 00:22:33,934
A Donkey Hong world record.
423
00:22:33,966 --> 00:22:37,703
He was a big celebrity there
for a bit in Seattle.
424
00:22:37,733 --> 00:22:38,900
I was just doing it.
425
00:22:38,933 --> 00:22:41,035
Just thought it would be
a neat achievement.
426
00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:44,803
I didn't think it would ever
blow up to be a big story.
427
00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:47,335
He goes, "You're the first lady
of Donkey Hong."
428
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:49,367
I'm like, "Oh, my God."
429
00:22:49,399 --> 00:22:52,936
Even though it was
this silly video game thing,
430
00:22:52,966 --> 00:22:56,035
it's not many of us
that have a buddy
431
00:22:56,066 --> 00:22:59,302
who's the best in the world
at something.
432
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:01,768
That was a godsend to him
in the last couple of years
433
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,501
to get him through.
434
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:06,869
Like it might be was like
a safe haven for him, yeah.
435
00:23:06,899 --> 00:23:08,668
♪ No equality ♪
436
00:23:08,699 --> 00:23:09,767
♪ Be still ♪
437
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,502
♪ I will not accept defeat ♪
438
00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:14,468
♪ I will have you ♪
439
00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,902
♪ Yes, I will have you ♪
440
00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:18,601
♪ I will find a way ♪
441
00:23:18,633 --> 00:23:20,568
♪ And I will have you ♪
442
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,234
We're at Hamiakin Junior High,
443
00:23:22,266 --> 00:23:25,469
and I'm here in my seventh and
eight grade science classroom.
444
00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:26,767
It's my first year at teaching,
445
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,436
so it's been a challenge,
but very enjoyable so far.
446
00:23:30,466 --> 00:23:36,939
Sand, soil, and the cornstarch.
447
00:23:36,966 --> 00:23:40,903
I went to, uh, the city university,
which had a program and...
448
00:23:40,933 --> 00:23:43,669
One year,
you had a master's degree,
449
00:23:43,699 --> 00:23:46,202
so we roughed it out for a year.
450
00:23:46,233 --> 00:23:50,003
And here I am today,
so it finally worked out.
451
00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:53,302
It's fun, and he's not making it
so it's like,
452
00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:56,002
"This is science.
This is boring."
453
00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:57,467
He talks to us about stuff
454
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,602
that's not just like homework
and schoolwork
455
00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:00,633
and school and stuff.
456
00:24:00,666 --> 00:24:02,367
Okay, here is...
457
00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:07,103
My history with Donkey Hong is,
I have the world record.
458
00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:10,603
Okay, I didn't know
it was a world record.
459
00:24:10,633 --> 00:24:14,136
It's for Donkey Hong, is it?
Oh, my gosh.
460
00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:16,134
There is like... It's...
461
00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:17,734
all the science teachers here
are weird.
462
00:24:17,766 --> 00:24:19,701
Steve deserves
a lot of credit for that
463
00:24:19,733 --> 00:24:21,067
because he also...
464
00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:24,036
He also broke the record
on Donkey Hong Jr.
465
00:24:24,066 --> 00:24:27,702
So he... he took two... He took two
of Billy's titles,
466
00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:28,834
like, right away from him.
467
00:24:28,866 --> 00:24:31,301
And I don't mean to sound,
you know, crude or anything.
468
00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:33,768
But he did. He did.
Officially, he did.
469
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,936
That was the last world record
that Bill ever had.
470
00:24:36,966 --> 00:24:38,033
That was the last one to go.
471
00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:40,301
He had five world records
in 1985,
472
00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:45,104
and he had the Donkey Hong, and
then Steve Wiebe took it away.
473
00:24:45,133 --> 00:24:47,835
It's far more difficult
when you're on top,
474
00:24:47,866 --> 00:24:50,635
anybody who's on top,
to stay on top.
475
00:24:50,666 --> 00:24:53,168
Billy's got a lot of things
up his sleeve.
476
00:24:53,199 --> 00:24:56,536
He likes to keep quiet
in situations like that.
477
00:24:56,566 --> 00:24:59,669
So, you know, somebody may have
taken him down now,
478
00:24:59,699 --> 00:25:02,235
but behind closed doors,
Billy's got something planned.
479
00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:03,266
That's Billy Mitchell.
480
00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:05,435
On my phone, it says,
"Never surrender."
481
00:25:05,466 --> 00:25:07,634
If somebody beat his record,
482
00:25:07,666 --> 00:25:09,934
he'd have a plan
to beat it back.
483
00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:11,067
I'm sure.
484
00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:12,968
The worse thing
that could happen
485
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,337
would be to give somebody
the credibility of a score
486
00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:20,102
that doesn't deserve it.
487
00:25:20,133 --> 00:25:23,669
But even far worse than that
would be to deny somebody
488
00:25:23,699 --> 00:25:27,170
the credibility
when they deserved it.
489
00:25:27,199 --> 00:25:29,402
If I'm not there, I don't know.
490
00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:30,801
Get this.
491
00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,101
I came home one day
and there was two people
492
00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:36,569
in my garage
looking at my machine.
493
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,602
They wanted to...
They're spies.
494
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,304
It was a Saturday.
It was in July or August.
495
00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:46,635
And my mom was here 'cause I was
getting ready to go to work.
496
00:25:46,666 --> 00:25:48,167
And these guys
knocked on the door,
497
00:25:48,199 --> 00:25:50,602
and I don't think I knew
they were gonna be here at all.
498
00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:53,268
And they said that
who they were,
499
00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:54,968
and they wanted to come in
and look at the machine.
500
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,568
And I knew I had to leave,
and I said,
501
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,602
"I'm not comfortable
in letting you do that.
502
00:25:59,633 --> 00:26:02,702
"I have to go to work.
My mom is here.
503
00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:04,601
"Steve's gonna be home shortly.
504
00:26:04,633 --> 00:26:06,735
You just need to wait.
You just need to wait."
505
00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:09,635
To find out
at an ultra elite level,
506
00:26:09,666 --> 00:26:11,300
whether or not a score is good,
507
00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:13,768
sometimes we have no choice
but to call in the pros.
508
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,935
Bri... Brian Huh,
the Donkey Hong player,
509
00:26:15,966 --> 00:26:17,367
went to Steve's place.
510
00:26:17,399 --> 00:26:18,501
Bill asked me to do it,
511
00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:20,234
but I didn't have time
to go do it, so Brian did it.
512
00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:23,669
Went there with one of the most
respected gamers of all time,
513
00:26:23,699 --> 00:26:25,068
Perry Rodgers, to back him up.
514
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:28,336
Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies
asked me to, um,
515
00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:30,067
because I live
in the area near him,
516
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:31,835
to go investigate him.
517
00:26:31,866 --> 00:26:32,933
So we went out to his house.
518
00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:34,967
I mean, I'm the homeowner.
It's my house.
519
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,868
I'm the wife
of the Donkey Hong guy.
520
00:26:36,899 --> 00:26:38,434
They should have
respected my wishes
521
00:26:38,466 --> 00:26:41,268
and left my mom alone and not
come in, but they didn't.
522
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:44,403
They took apart
his Donkey Hong machine,
523
00:26:44,433 --> 00:26:46,134
and started taking pictures
of everything.
524
00:26:46,166 --> 00:26:47,467
You know, trying to look
for an excuse
525
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,235
to try to invalidate his score.
526
00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:52,102
They saw this box
527
00:26:52,133 --> 00:26:55,903
that has Roy Shildt's
return address on it.
528
00:26:55,933 --> 00:26:57,801
So they looked over
and they said,
529
00:26:57,833 --> 00:26:59,834
"Roy Shildt? Why is
Roy Shildt's name on there?"
530
00:26:59,866 --> 00:27:03,636
Roy Shildt is the type of gamer
that would like nothing more
531
00:27:03,666 --> 00:27:06,568
than to see Twin Galaxies
get an egg on its face.
532
00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:15,470
I want you to remember
that no punk bastard
533
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:19,403
ever got a gnarly piece
of poontang
534
00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:22,135
by being sensitive
and considerate.
535
00:27:22,166 --> 00:27:24,268
He calls himself Mr. Awesome.
536
00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:26,935
He drives the Awesomobile
to fame and fortune,
537
00:27:26,966 --> 00:27:28,734
as he says on his web site.
538
00:27:28,766 --> 00:27:31,668
He's jealous of Billy
because Billy gets attention
539
00:27:31,699 --> 00:27:33,301
from beautiful women
wherever he goes.
540
00:27:33,333 --> 00:27:35,601
And, essentially,
he wants to be like Billy.
541
00:27:35,633 --> 00:27:39,236
I mean, I've seen the world
champion cherry pit spitter
542
00:27:39,266 --> 00:27:41,234
on the Tonight Show
with Jay Leno.
543
00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:42,700
And if that guy should be
on the Tonight Show,
544
00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:46,069
at least I can just... just be
a celebrity for a day.
545
00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,335
I didn't even get that.
I got no recognition at all.
546
00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:50,267
I didn't get to be
on any television shows.
547
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:52,268
It's like I...
It's like I was a ghost,
548
00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:53,701
and I just don't feel
it's right,
549
00:27:53,733 --> 00:27:55,835
and I just want
a little recognition.
550
00:27:55,866 --> 00:27:57,734
I'm not necessarily
to become a celebrity.
551
00:27:57,766 --> 00:27:59,334
Hey, Billy.
How you doing, man?
552
00:27:59,366 --> 00:28:01,901
- How are you doing?
- Billy, how are you?
553
00:28:01,933 --> 00:28:03,301
I'm perfect.
Haven't you read?
554
00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:06,235
Twin Galaxies does a lot
to promote Billy
555
00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:08,801
'cause it's very much
to Twin Galaxies' advantage
556
00:28:08,833 --> 00:28:11,235
and very much to the whole
gaming hobby's advantage
557
00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:12,667
for Billy to become a star.
558
00:28:12,699 --> 00:28:15,702
When Walter Day
published that book in 1997,
559
00:28:15,733 --> 00:28:18,035
with all those egregious
errors in there,
560
00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:19,500
Bill Mitchell saw it.
561
00:28:19,533 --> 00:28:21,534
And he knew they were wrong.
He knew they were mistakes.
562
00:28:21,566 --> 00:28:23,634
But he tried to pretend
like they were real
563
00:28:23,666 --> 00:28:25,701
to try to take
my Missile Command score down.
564
00:28:25,733 --> 00:28:29,770
Roy and I met
at California Extreme,
565
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,135
and he knew that I was...
Had a capability
566
00:28:32,166 --> 00:28:33,500
of beating Billy on Donkey Hong.
567
00:28:33,533 --> 00:28:34,967
Steve Wiebe is the one
who had unlocked
568
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,101
the secrets to Donkey Hong
569
00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:38,001
to figure out how to get
a million points.
570
00:28:38,033 --> 00:28:41,002
He offered to buy me a board,
a Donkey Hong board,
571
00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:42,801
because mine had broken.
572
00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:44,701
And I didn't have the money.
573
00:28:44,733 --> 00:28:47,635
So, you know, it was a
mutual-beneficial relationship.
574
00:28:47,666 --> 00:28:49,567
He would buy me a board.
575
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,568
I would have the opportunity
to beat Billy's record,
576
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,102
and at the same time,
I would take Billy down
577
00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:57,569
and seek Roy's revenge on Billy.
578
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,936
Um, and it seemed good
at the time, you know?
579
00:29:00,966 --> 00:29:02,834
And unknowing to me,
I didn't know the history
580
00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:06,436
between the bad blood
with Roy and Billy, and...
581
00:29:06,466 --> 00:29:10,002
To attempt something like this
for the sole purpose
582
00:29:10,033 --> 00:29:13,302
of taking down
one of Bill's scores,
583
00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:15,368
it's like a... a slap
in the face.
584
00:29:15,399 --> 00:29:17,101
They would say
that I somehow monkeyed
585
00:29:17,133 --> 00:29:18,701
with the board or something,
they...
586
00:29:18,733 --> 00:29:19,834
But they wouldn't have
any evidence.
587
00:29:19,866 --> 00:29:20,900
They looked at the board.
588
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:22,567
They took the pictures
of the board,
589
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,301
and they couldn't find
anything wrong with it.
590
00:29:24,333 --> 00:29:27,469
The fact that
the right gummy substance
591
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:29,902
on the right chip
out of all these chips,
592
00:29:29,933 --> 00:29:34,037
in the right spot
on the right board.
593
00:29:34,699 --> 00:29:38,804
I mean, I... I... I... I have to say
there's a conspiracy here.
594
00:29:38,833 --> 00:29:42,403
Any board that's worked on
could have a problem.
595
00:29:42,433 --> 00:29:45,669
To find out
that this gamer potentially
596
00:29:45,699 --> 00:29:49,370
has a fraudulent score
has upset Billy's master plan
597
00:29:49,399 --> 00:29:50,601
for what he wanted to do.
598
00:29:50,633 --> 00:29:52,634
I mean, when you come home
and see two guys in your garage,
599
00:29:52,666 --> 00:29:53,767
and you know why...
And you've learned
600
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,867
why they're there,
and you got to...
601
00:29:54,899 --> 00:29:57,969
From a guy like Bill Mitchell,
I mean, you know,
602
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,202
who's done crazy thing
after crazy thing
603
00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,468
after the next crazy thing,
you know?
604
00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:05,202
Billy Mitchell
was one of the evaluators,
605
00:30:05,233 --> 00:30:06,367
which seemed a little strange
606
00:30:06,399 --> 00:30:10,370
that the guy whose records
Steve is competing against
607
00:30:10,399 --> 00:30:13,936
is deciding whether or not
Steve's records are valid.
608
00:30:13,966 --> 00:30:17,736
Even if that board is
a completely legitimate board,
609
00:30:17,766 --> 00:30:20,034
Roy's taint on it is too strong.
610
00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:22,468
"Roy Shildt's a liar.
Roy Shildt's a cheater."
611
00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:24,735
"Roy Shildt's full of crap.
Roy Shildt's out to get me."
612
00:30:24,766 --> 00:30:27,602
"And he's crazy,
blah, blah, blah, blah."
613
00:30:27,633 --> 00:30:30,268
Well, he threatened
Bill Mitchell physically.
614
00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:35,104
Uh, in fact, he has threatened
Bill Mitchell's life.
615
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:38,436
No, I did not.
I did not. I did not.
616
00:30:38,466 --> 00:30:42,937
He threatened his own life
to make it look like me
617
00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,168
because for whatever...
To gain leverage
618
00:30:45,199 --> 00:30:47,268
with the other...
With other people, I don't know.
619
00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,001
He figured... What he...
620
00:30:49,033 --> 00:30:51,635
What he knows that my Missile
Command score is genuine.
621
00:30:51,666 --> 00:30:54,735
No matter what I say,
it draws controversy.
622
00:30:54,766 --> 00:30:56,601
Sort of like the abortion issue.
623
00:30:56,633 --> 00:30:59,035
If you're for it,
you're a son of a gun.
624
00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:01,001
If you're against it,
you're a son of a gun.
625
00:31:01,033 --> 00:31:04,703
Uh, I'm not God.
I don't have all the answers.
626
00:31:04,733 --> 00:31:07,135
And so I have to be careful
how I share my opinions.
627
00:31:07,166 --> 00:31:10,135
So Roy just was trying
to help me out,
628
00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:13,269
and I accepted his offer.
629
00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:15,435
I just, you know...
It's just too bad
630
00:31:15,466 --> 00:31:17,267
that association with him,
631
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:19,468
I never thought
that would hurt me.
632
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:22,669
We couldn't accept
a pretender board, so to speak.
633
00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:25,368
So we couldn't accept the score.
634
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,470
I would encourage Steve
just to leave that board behind,
635
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:38,037
leave Roy behind, and only play
on other Donkey Hong machines
636
00:31:38,066 --> 00:31:40,168
like the one at Funspot,
for example.
637
00:31:40,199 --> 00:31:41,968
To me, most importantly,
is you travel
638
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,035
to a sanctioned location,
like Funspot.
639
00:31:44,066 --> 00:31:46,334
Uh, that makes it official.
640
00:31:46,366 --> 00:31:51,471
If tomorrow Tiger Woods goes
and he golfs a 59, big deal.
641
00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:54,236
If he does that at Augusta,
that's where it counts.
642
00:31:54,266 --> 00:31:58,470
He's never really
asserted himself
643
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,735
in a way that I think he should.
644
00:32:00,766 --> 00:32:04,369
It's been...
Just disappointed so many times
645
00:32:04,399 --> 00:32:06,602
where you just kind of, like,
throw your hands up and go,
646
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:08,634
"Well, let's move on
to the next thing."
647
00:32:08,666 --> 00:32:10,968
Everything would've
fell right into place,
648
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,903
but he forgot about one thing:
649
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,467
that I would... about me
650
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,535
convincing Steve Wiebe
not to be a chump,
651
00:32:18,566 --> 00:32:21,435
talking him out of being...
Out of chumpatizing himself.
652
00:32:21,466 --> 00:32:25,536
I didn't think twice
about sending him to back east.
653
00:32:25,566 --> 00:32:28,135
It was like, "Absolutely.
Go kick some ass."
654
00:32:33,866 --> 00:32:37,102
Hi. My name is Justine Barker,
and I'm Miss Winnipesaukee.
655
00:32:37,133 --> 00:32:39,101
I would like to welcome you
to the seventh annual
656
00:32:39,133 --> 00:32:42,236
American Classic Arcade Museum
Tournament at Funspot.
657
00:32:42,266 --> 00:32:47,904
Funspot has become the best
recognized place worldwide
658
00:32:47,933 --> 00:32:51,670
for those who want to set a
world record on a classic game.
659
00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:55,301
♪ You're the best around ♪
660
00:32:55,333 --> 00:32:57,234
♪ Nothing's gonna ever ♪
♪ keep you down ♪
661
00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:58,367
♪ You're the best ♪
662
00:32:58,399 --> 00:33:02,370
Funspot is the Mecca
of classic arcade games.
663
00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:04,802
That place is awesome.
664
00:33:05,966 --> 00:33:07,534
Funspot's the premier place
665
00:33:07,566 --> 00:33:10,769
where the media comes
and meets with the superstars.
666
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,969
That's... You don't see
maybe a lot of DDG,
667
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,035
which is drop dead gorgeous
if you don't know...
668
00:33:16,066 --> 00:33:17,734
Girls who are playing the games.
669
00:33:17,766 --> 00:33:21,569
The world's best players
of classic games
670
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,535
are coming here
to do what they do best.
671
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,534
Play well.
672
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,635
♪ You're the best around ♪
673
00:33:28,666 --> 00:33:30,801
♪ Nothing's gonna ever ♪
♪ keep you down ♪
674
00:33:30,833 --> 00:33:32,034
♪ You're the best ♪
675
00:33:37,066 --> 00:33:38,567
♪ ...around ♪
676
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,435
Very recently,
just a few months back,
677
00:33:40,466 --> 00:33:42,768
I turned 30, and I retired,
678
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,568
and I moved here
to New Hampshire.
679
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,702
And I live right close
to Funspot.
680
00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:48,668
I play games at Funspot
every day now.
681
00:33:48,699 --> 00:33:50,368
I'm gonna have ten pieces
of well done bacon,
682
00:33:50,399 --> 00:33:52,135
I'm gonna have
four hard boiled eggs.
683
00:33:52,166 --> 00:33:53,734
I'm gonna have three pancakes,
684
00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:55,434
and hopefully,
play some great games.
685
00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:57,034
Here I am in my garage.
686
00:33:57,066 --> 00:33:59,067
We're gonna give
Billy Mitchell a call,
687
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:02,470
see if he's up to a challenge
at Funspot.
688
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:04,602
Let's go ahead and dial him up.
689
00:34:04,633 --> 00:34:05,734
Hi.
You've reached Bill Mitchell.
690
00:34:05,766 --> 00:34:07,501
I'm sorry I'm unavailable
to take your call.
691
00:34:07,533 --> 00:34:08,700
Please leave your name
and phone number.
692
00:34:08,733 --> 00:34:11,335
I'll call you back as soon
as possible. Thank you.
693
00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,967
At the tone,
please record your message.
694
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000
When you finish recording...
695
00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:15,167
I got a phone message.
696
00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,069
Press "1" for more options.
697
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,068
Hey, Billy.
This is Steve Wiebe.
698
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:21,367
Just calling
to see how you're doin'.
699
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,002
Hope everything's okay with you.
700
00:34:24,033 --> 00:34:26,902
Just seein' what your plans
are for Funspot.
701
00:34:26,933 --> 00:34:30,002
I was... Walter Day
invited me out there.
702
00:34:30,033 --> 00:34:31,267
And I was just wonderin'
it'd be cool
703
00:34:31,299 --> 00:34:33,101
if we could maybe, uh,
704
00:34:33,133 --> 00:34:35,335
just have a kind of friendly
competition thing.
705
00:34:38,266 --> 00:34:40,935
I help a lot of people
who wanna go to contests.
706
00:34:40,966 --> 00:34:43,535
When I look at different people
who were my favorites,
707
00:34:43,566 --> 00:34:46,902
who I'd wanna help,
she's at the top of the list.
708
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:51,100
- Surprise.
- Oh, my God.
709
00:34:51,133 --> 00:34:54,936
And at the ripe age of 80,
she's gonna go to Funspot,
710
00:34:54,966 --> 00:34:57,335
and she's gonna set
a world record on Qbert.
711
00:34:57,366 --> 00:34:58,366
Okay.
712
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,634
- That's the challenge.
- All right.
713
00:34:59,666 --> 00:35:00,833
- Is that agreed?
- Yeah.
714
00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:02,067
All right.
715
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,620
♪ Nothing's gonna ever ♪
♪ keep you down ♪
716
00:35:03,766 --> 00:35:06,401
♪ You're the best around ♪
717
00:35:06,433 --> 00:35:13,473
♪ Nothing's gonna ever ♪
♪ keep you down ♪
718
00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:14,834
You know, we have
a Donkey Hong machine here
719
00:35:14,866 --> 00:35:17,602
that Funspot purchased
in its year of issue,
720
00:35:17,633 --> 00:35:19,701
and it might even be a little
bit tougher to play here.
721
00:35:19,733 --> 00:35:21,901
People complain about getting
too many wild barrels.
722
00:35:21,933 --> 00:35:23,601
And although
it's totally a random element,
723
00:35:23,633 --> 00:35:26,202
uh, if you're gonna set a score,
you come to Funspot,
724
00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:29,102
set it on their Donkey Hong
that everybody knows about.
725
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:31,001
They won't give me my record,
726
00:35:31,033 --> 00:35:34,836
so they've urged me to come out
and do it live.
727
00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:37,602
And I think it's cooler
to do it live, too, so...
728
00:35:37,633 --> 00:35:39,835
I'm prem amped up
about Donkey Hong.
729
00:35:39,866 --> 00:35:43,002
Because I am a serious contender
on Donkey Hong.
730
00:35:43,033 --> 00:35:44,634
I've been trying
to actually beat the score
731
00:35:44,666 --> 00:35:47,468
that Billy Mitchell
got back in 1982.
732
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,269
Uh, Nicole,
she's, uh... She was stressing
733
00:35:50,299 --> 00:35:54,637
about being home this weekend
with the kids without me.
734
00:35:54,666 --> 00:35:56,100
She's probably getting sick
of the Donkey Hong thing.
735
00:35:56,133 --> 00:35:58,201
It doesn't seem to die.
736
00:35:58,233 --> 00:35:59,434
This is a big weekend,
and I'm really hoping
737
00:35:59,466 --> 00:36:00,767
that this fellow shows up
738
00:36:00,799 --> 00:36:02,568
because, um, you know,
he'd like to tell you
739
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,635
that, uh, he's
the Donkey Hong champion.
740
00:36:04,666 --> 00:36:07,535
And, um, the fact
of the matter is, um,
741
00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:10,335
all of us have not
seen him play Donkey Hong.
742
00:36:10,366 --> 00:36:12,501
No one really noticed me
at first.
743
00:36:12,533 --> 00:36:16,336
I was kinda lookin' to see
who I'd pay the money to
744
00:36:16,366 --> 00:36:19,135
to get in the tournament,
signed in.
745
00:36:19,166 --> 00:36:21,201
I recognized Robert Mruczek.
746
00:36:21,233 --> 00:36:23,969
Zack is about 30 seconds away
from dying.
747
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,536
So I just prem much walked
over to the Donkey Hong machine.
748
00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:29,401
Okay.
We might have a good story.
749
00:36:29,433 --> 00:36:31,268
It looks like
the mysterious player
750
00:36:31,299 --> 00:36:33,001
from the West Coast,
Steve Wiebe is here,
751
00:36:33,033 --> 00:36:34,467
um, playing Donkey Hong.
752
00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:36,501
So maybe I, uh... I'm gonna stop
watching the tournament,
753
00:36:36,533 --> 00:36:38,301
and we'll go over, see him.
754
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:41,901
- Hey, Walter.
- You did it, man.
755
00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,501
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
756
00:36:44,833 --> 00:36:46,334
Yeah.
757
00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:57,034
He didn't say anything to me,
unless he...
758
00:36:58,433 --> 00:37:00,601
Probably a week,
or a few days ago.
759
00:37:00,633 --> 00:37:02,101
Steve, apparently,
as I understand it,
760
00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:03,133
is here right now
761
00:37:03,166 --> 00:37:05,468
to prove to everyone
that he's got what it takes.
762
00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:09,570
But with Donkey Hong, it's,
you know... it's a little random.
763
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,171
You could get, um, bad luck
with a barrel... with the barrels.
764
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:15,634
You can get bad luck
with the fireballs,
765
00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:17,134
with conveyor belts,
with the elevators.
766
00:37:17,166 --> 00:37:19,434
Because that's a tough machine.
767
00:37:19,466 --> 00:37:22,635
These people think that the
machine is possessed, really.
768
00:37:22,666 --> 00:37:24,434
Even Bill thinks it's possessed.
769
00:37:24,466 --> 00:37:27,802
But, um, if Steve can pull off
850,OOO or higher
770
00:37:27,833 --> 00:37:30,001
on that machine,
that's a good score.
771
00:37:35,266 --> 00:37:36,266
Well, Billy Mitchell's
the champ,
772
00:37:36,299 --> 00:37:37,834
and I guess that makes me
the prodigy.
773
00:37:37,866 --> 00:37:40,768
So we've got the prodigy
against the newcomer.
774
00:37:40,799 --> 00:37:43,369
You can really make a comparison
between an athletic event, um,
775
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:44,634
and this
because this is, you know,
776
00:37:44,666 --> 00:37:46,701
this is four days of, you know,
really of alertness
777
00:37:46,733 --> 00:37:49,202
and paying attention,
and, uh, you know,
778
00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,635
not as hard as doing
a decathlon or a triathlon
779
00:37:51,666 --> 00:37:52,933
but still very, very hard.
780
00:38:00,633 --> 00:38:03,335
Do you want me to get it?
781
00:38:03,366 --> 00:38:05,334
That's Funspot.
782
00:38:05,366 --> 00:38:06,633
Hello.
783
00:38:06,666 --> 00:38:08,334
Hey, Brian. How you doin'?
784
00:38:08,366 --> 00:38:09,667
Steve Wiebe walked in,
785
00:38:09,699 --> 00:38:11,868
so I've been over at
the Donkey Hong the whole time.
786
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:13,301
Um, what do you think?
787
00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:15,034
Um, I'm gonna be, uh,
you know, playing
788
00:38:15,066 --> 00:38:16,901
over Steve Wiebe's shoulder.
789
00:38:16,933 --> 00:38:18,501
All right.
I'll talk to you later.
790
00:38:18,533 --> 00:38:19,533
- Okay.
- Bye.
791
00:38:19,566 --> 00:38:20,800
Bye.
792
00:38:27,799 --> 00:38:29,968
Brian Huh came over,
and he's one of the guys
793
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,671
that came to my house
that fateful afternoon
794
00:38:34,699 --> 00:38:36,601
to check out my machine.
795
00:38:36,633 --> 00:38:40,970
We're about to pass 520,OOO
On One Man.
796
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,301
So we really have, uh,
797
00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:46,136
have a memorable game here
at the Funspot tournament.
798
00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:47,433
And maybe...
Maybe I'll skip dinner
799
00:38:47,466 --> 00:38:48,466
and squeeze in a game,
800
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,435
and we'll come back
with a score on there.
801
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,535
- Come right in, Brian.
- Yep.
802
00:39:00,666 --> 00:39:02,567
That ape is very, very cunning,
803
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,102
and he will do
what he needs to to stop you.
804
00:39:05,133 --> 00:39:07,468
I couldn't get up fast enough,
and it got me on the left.
805
00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:09,168
Yeah.
806
00:39:13,566 --> 00:39:15,801
I scored 229,OOO points.
807
00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:18,468
Prem weak game, considering I
played a few already.
808
00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:21,469
A little bit half
than what Steve scored,
809
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,801
and Steve's up again.
810
00:39:35,133 --> 00:39:37,134
All right.
We brought you to Qbert.
811
00:39:37,166 --> 00:39:38,867
You dedicated time to it.
812
00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:41,002
You said you'd give up
some of your other vices
813
00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:42,267
in order to practice.
814
00:39:42,299 --> 00:39:44,001
We're not gonna lose.
We're not gonna be disappointed.
815
00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:45,033
We're going there to win.
816
00:39:45,066 --> 00:39:48,269
But I have one project,
one thing far more important.
817
00:39:48,299 --> 00:39:51,903
What I need you to deliver
is this.
818
00:39:53,699 --> 00:39:55,768
What is this?
819
00:39:55,799 --> 00:39:57,668
This is a score that they've
wanted to see for a long time,
820
00:39:57,699 --> 00:39:59,902
and I've held it
for all too long.
821
00:39:59,933 --> 00:40:01,773
You give it to Robert
or you give it to Walter.
822
00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:03,668
You can lose your luggage,
but don't lose the tape.
823
00:40:03,699 --> 00:40:05,601
- Okay.
- Okay?
824
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,168
I'm doing it
just for the fun of it.
825
00:40:08,199 --> 00:40:10,569
When I do an actual score,
I'll do it in person.
826
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:11,801
He's a very devious person.
827
00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:15,836
He works things out to his end
very well.
828
00:40:17,133 --> 00:40:18,734
We're really seeing
a great game here.
829
00:40:18,766 --> 00:40:23,103
Uh, it almost... Uh, Steve almost
lost a man right there
830
00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:24,133
at the end of that board.
831
00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:25,767
He got a lucky, lucky break.
832
00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:29,136
The randomness went the opposite
way that it usually goes.
833
00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:31,134
And, uh,
Steve is still going here.
834
00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:44,969
Oh. I didn't see that.
835
00:40:59,199 --> 00:41:01,635
Steve Wiebe
is on his second man.
836
00:41:03,233 --> 00:41:05,168
He's at 696,OOO.
837
00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:11,102
- Who is this guy?
- What? This is Steve Wiebe.
838
00:41:11,133 --> 00:41:12,400
- I won't bother you anymore.
- No problem, man.
839
00:41:12,433 --> 00:41:13,767
- I just wanna say hi.
- Yeah. Nice meeting you.
840
00:41:13,799 --> 00:41:15,468
- Yeah, you, too.
- All right.
841
00:41:16,866 --> 00:41:19,435
He could beat it if he...
If he...
842
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,335
He'd have to have
a really good game.
843
00:41:24,533 --> 00:41:26,034
I don't think he knows
the tricks that Billy knows,
844
00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:28,835
but I hear he's very good
on the escalator stage.
845
00:41:32,633 --> 00:41:36,136
Okay. Well, right now
Steve Wiebe has 870,OOO points
846
00:41:36,166 --> 00:41:37,934
on an active game
of Donkey Hong.
847
00:41:37,966 --> 00:41:40,201
Uh, if he clears
a few more boards,
848
00:41:40,233 --> 00:41:42,501
he's gonna have a shot
at getting to the kill screen.
849
00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:43,634
Uh, as far as I know,
850
00:41:43,666 --> 00:41:45,401
no one's ever achieved
the kill screen
851
00:41:45,433 --> 00:41:47,968
on the Donkey Hong machine
at Funspot.
852
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:52,304
Numerous classic games, they
all have something in common.
853
00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:54,535
They have an end
to the game play.
854
00:41:54,566 --> 00:41:57,268
There's not quite enough memory
for the final board.
855
00:41:57,299 --> 00:41:59,468
It's called a "kill screen"
because basically,
856
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:00,801
there's no way
to finish the level.
857
00:42:00,833 --> 00:42:05,237
That some sort of random data,
or code, inside the program,
858
00:42:05,266 --> 00:42:07,701
ends up getting used
for what you see on the screen.
859
00:42:07,733 --> 00:42:11,436
Donkey Hong is really strange
in that it actually lets you
860
00:42:11,466 --> 00:42:13,301
play the fi... um,
861
00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:15,234
the kill screen level
for maybe five seconds or so.
862
00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:16,266
Everything looks normal
863
00:42:16,299 --> 00:42:19,036
and then, suddenly,
Mario just up and dies on you.
864
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,037
The people who could get
besides myself,
865
00:42:24,066 --> 00:42:28,236
that have been seen getting
to the end of Donkey Hong...
866
00:42:31,233 --> 00:42:33,668
Gee, now that I think about it,
I don't think anybody has.
867
00:42:56,966 --> 00:42:58,033
If anybody wants to see,
868
00:42:58,066 --> 00:43:00,334
there's a Donkey Hong
kill screen coming up.
869
00:43:00,366 --> 00:43:02,868
There's a Donkey Hong
kill screen coming up
870
00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:04,735
if anybody wants to watch.
871
00:43:04,766 --> 00:43:06,234
You got to be able
to perform in the show
872
00:43:06,266 --> 00:43:07,834
with someone who's a contender
873
00:43:07,866 --> 00:43:10,034
staring straight at you,
staring at the game,
874
00:43:10,066 --> 00:43:11,834
Possibly even playing mind games
with you.
875
00:43:11,866 --> 00:43:13,234
I mean, it's all...
It's part of being a champion.
876
00:43:13,266 --> 00:43:14,900
You have to overcome it.
877
00:43:14,933 --> 00:43:18,069
There's a potential Donkey Hong
kill screen if you wanna watch.
878
00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:21,269
I can tell he's not on my side.
879
00:43:21,299 --> 00:43:24,603
He's one...
He's a disciple of, uh, Billy.
880
00:43:24,633 --> 00:43:27,202
This is, uh... You know, he's
gonna have to play it perfectly.
881
00:43:27,233 --> 00:43:29,368
He's at the hardest part
of Donkey Hong.
882
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,269
And, uh, you know,
it's not gonna get any easier.
883
00:43:32,299 --> 00:43:34,168
So we may have
an exciting moment here
884
00:43:34,199 --> 00:43:36,835
or, you know,
the pressure may get to him.
885
00:43:36,866 --> 00:43:38,801
One of those random elements
might happen.
886
00:43:38,833 --> 00:43:40,534
Uh, sounds like
he just cleared another board,
887
00:43:40,566 --> 00:43:43,769
but we could have a wild barrel
or some aggressive fireballs.
888
00:43:43,799 --> 00:43:46,235
I thought I was gonna be
the first Funspot kill screen.
889
00:43:46,266 --> 00:43:48,701
And then, I had...
I had three fireballs trap me.
890
00:43:48,733 --> 00:43:51,001
I had the hammer in my hand.
They still got me.
891
00:43:51,033 --> 00:43:53,268
So anything can happen
in Donkey Hong.
892
00:43:53,299 --> 00:43:55,869
So, uh, for someone else
to beat me to the kill screen
893
00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:57,668
would be a let down,
but let's see what happens.
894
00:43:57,699 --> 00:43:59,601
Maybe he'll... Maybe he'll crack
under the pressure,
895
00:43:59,633 --> 00:44:01,868
and maybe I'll get my chance
to do it first.
896
00:44:04,466 --> 00:44:06,601
There's a Donkey Hong
kill screen might be coming up,
897
00:44:06,633 --> 00:44:08,001
if anybody wants to see it.
898
00:44:08,033 --> 00:44:09,701
Hey, Todd, if you're interested,
899
00:44:09,733 --> 00:44:11,701
there might be a Donkey Hong
kill screen
900
00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,134
in a couple of minutes.
901
00:44:16,966 --> 00:44:21,236
I think the energy
kind of picked me up.
902
00:44:21,266 --> 00:44:23,568
I was feeling kind
of like a zombie
903
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,501
in the middle of the game.
904
00:44:25,533 --> 00:44:27,434
But towards the end,
I got, you know,
905
00:44:27,466 --> 00:44:30,035
a little bit of a natural rush
going from the crowd
906
00:44:30,066 --> 00:44:31,767
and the excitement.
907
00:44:31,799 --> 00:44:33,434
So that kind of boosted me
908
00:44:33,466 --> 00:44:36,569
and put me over the top
to complete the game.
909
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,169
The kill screen.
The kill screen kicked in.
910
00:44:47,533 --> 00:44:51,036
This is the highest Donkey Hong
score done in public.
911
00:44:51,066 --> 00:44:53,134
Um, Walter Day stated that this
912
00:44:53,166 --> 00:44:55,334
was the highest score ever done,
913
00:44:55,366 --> 00:44:57,401
and this is
the first kill screen
914
00:44:57,433 --> 00:44:59,935
achieved on Funspot's machine.
915
00:44:59,966 --> 00:45:01,901
Steve Wiebe has become
the third person
916
00:45:01,933 --> 00:45:04,368
to reach
Donkey Hong's kill screen.
917
00:45:07,299 --> 00:45:10,036
This is completely
hard verification.
918
00:45:10,066 --> 00:45:11,200
You know what I mean?
919
00:45:11,233 --> 00:45:13,168
There's nothing stronger
than having it be done
920
00:45:13,199 --> 00:45:14,568
in front of a crowd.
921
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,868
The process,
it stands for itself.
922
00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:19,235
He did it in front of all of us,
but this solves
923
00:45:19,266 --> 00:45:21,226
any kind of doubt that there
could have ever been.
924
00:45:24,633 --> 00:45:26,968
Now you'll get all the accolades
you deserve and that's...
925
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,202
That's just the way it is
but, you know...
926
00:45:31,433 --> 00:45:32,433
So it's good.
927
00:45:32,466 --> 00:45:33,867
And I guess
there was kind of like
928
00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:36,302
an impromptu press conference
after the...
929
00:45:36,333 --> 00:45:37,967
After the score happened.
930
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,168
There were, you know...
There were cameras on the game.
931
00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:41,534
There were cameras
on Steve Wiebe.
932
00:45:41,566 --> 00:45:44,602
There were cameras on the crowd
looking at Steve Wiebe.
933
00:45:44,633 --> 00:45:47,002
I didn't get an exact count
of the people.
934
00:45:47,033 --> 00:45:48,801
There were a lot
of other witnesses in the crowd
935
00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:50,768
and people watchin' it,
so, you know,
936
00:45:50,799 --> 00:45:54,770
we have a verified score on a
legitimate Donkey Hong machine
937
00:45:54,799 --> 00:45:55,834
for Steve Wiebe now.
938
00:45:58,866 --> 00:46:00,601
We just got off the internet,
939
00:46:00,633 --> 00:46:03,635
where I logged on the front page
of the Twin Galaxies web site
940
00:46:03,666 --> 00:46:08,370
the news story that Steve Wiebe
just scored 985,600 points,
941
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:09,934
which, essentially,
is the officially recognized
942
00:46:09,966 --> 00:46:12,635
first place score
on the web site.
943
00:46:12,666 --> 00:46:15,101
So he's been announced
as the world champion.
944
00:46:15,133 --> 00:46:16,200
We'll see what happens now
945
00:46:16,233 --> 00:46:20,870
with Steve putting the pressure
back on Billy Mitchell.
946
00:46:21,666 --> 00:46:22,733
Thank you.
947
00:46:22,766 --> 00:46:25,135
I think it hit him prem hard.
948
00:46:25,166 --> 00:46:26,166
Thank you
for volunteering your phone.
949
00:46:26,199 --> 00:46:27,367
This was an important call to...
950
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,436
Oh, no, no.
I understand that.
951
00:46:30,466 --> 00:46:31,700
Yeah, I can imagine.
952
00:46:31,733 --> 00:46:33,935
He probably
wasn't real thrilled.
953
00:46:33,966 --> 00:46:35,967
Yeah, he said,
now his playing out the tape
954
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,102
that he submitted
is more important, uh...
955
00:46:38,133 --> 00:46:39,133
more important than ever,
I guess.
956
00:46:39,166 --> 00:46:42,135
- Don't share that with anybody.
- No... I... Well, obviously.
957
00:46:46,333 --> 00:46:48,902
We've got everybody
on the invitation-only list.
958
00:46:48,933 --> 00:46:51,602
And, uh, you know what?
Walter is here.
959
00:46:51,633 --> 00:46:54,102
We're just kind of, you know,
tellin' jokes and havin' fun.
960
00:46:54,133 --> 00:46:55,767
Um, who's there?
Like Todd and Duane?
961
00:46:55,799 --> 00:46:57,401
Yeah.
962
00:46:57,433 --> 00:46:59,301
What I mean is,
it's probably a good idea,
963
00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:00,867
like, if I say hi to Todd.
964
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:01,900
Actually, would you believe
965
00:47:01,933 --> 00:47:03,434
he's in the middle
of a... of a Lady Bug game.
966
00:47:03,466 --> 00:47:05,301
I don't think
we wanna interrupt.
967
00:47:05,333 --> 00:47:07,501
We have a Lady Bug cabaret
in the cabin,
968
00:47:07,533 --> 00:47:09,067
and Todd's got a score going.
969
00:47:10,199 --> 00:47:12,368
Okay, we're gonna get Walter
on the phone.
970
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,336
Um, a couple of hours ago,
we were all at the Funspot,
971
00:47:15,366 --> 00:47:17,701
and, uh, Brian Huh said
972
00:47:17,733 --> 00:47:21,103
that Billy, um, had a delivery
for us here at the cabin.
973
00:47:21,133 --> 00:47:22,934
Oh!
974
00:47:23,933 --> 00:47:25,434
Brian Huh, he's kind of like...
975
00:47:25,466 --> 00:47:26,800
He's kinda like
really good friends with Billy.
976
00:47:26,833 --> 00:47:28,935
He talks to him all the time.
977
00:47:28,966 --> 00:47:32,235
Um, he said everybody is gonna
wanna see what's on the tape.
978
00:47:33,299 --> 00:47:35,969
Brian Huh is there?
979
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,469
He knows everything to do
with the tape.
980
00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:40,768
He knows to guard the tape
with his life.
981
00:47:41,733 --> 00:47:42,733
I explained to him.
982
00:47:42,766 --> 00:47:45,668
He could lose his life,
but don't lose the tape.
983
00:47:47,066 --> 00:47:49,968
Who wants to hear
the announcement?
984
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,370
So even in Florida,
the long arm of Billy Mitchell
985
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,835
has reached in here
to Funspot seven
986
00:47:55,866 --> 00:47:58,401
to cause
more interesting developments.
987
00:47:58,433 --> 00:48:02,003
Now, we're gonna start
on this TV screen the videotape
988
00:48:02,033 --> 00:48:05,102
and, essentially,
if Steve Wiebe or Brian Huh
989
00:48:05,133 --> 00:48:08,503
or anybody else can also beat
the score on that tape
990
00:48:08,533 --> 00:48:10,935
by about 4:OO
tomorrow afternoon,
991
00:48:10,966 --> 00:48:14,235
he'll give them $10,OOO, okay?
992
00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:17,435
And we know Billy Mitchell can
pay these promises, too, okay?
993
00:48:17,466 --> 00:48:21,136
So he has it while I'm tryin'
to get a million live.
994
00:48:21,166 --> 00:48:25,637
He has it set out
so people, you know, at Funspot
995
00:48:25,666 --> 00:48:29,302
can gather around
and... and look at his tape.
996
00:48:31,066 --> 00:48:33,168
Okay, here we are.
We got cameras on the screen,
997
00:48:33,199 --> 00:48:34,200
cameras on the crowd.
998
00:48:34,233 --> 00:48:35,767
No one's gonna miss this moment.
999
00:48:35,799 --> 00:48:37,501
998,2.
1000
00:48:39,633 --> 00:48:41,434
Here we go.
1001
00:48:41,466 --> 00:48:45,403
We have every eye in the crowd
focused right on your screen.
1002
00:48:46,466 --> 00:48:48,234
Everybody's lookin',
every camera's on here.
1003
00:48:48,266 --> 00:48:50,267
We're not gonna miss this
for anything.
1004
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,134
I don't think
there's any distraction
1005
00:48:55,166 --> 00:48:57,167
that can pull everyone away
right now.
1006
00:49:00,266 --> 00:49:01,433
Oh, and look at that.
1007
00:49:01,466 --> 00:49:03,768
And with the bonus, we have
the first million point game
1008
00:49:03,799 --> 00:49:04,934
of Donkey Hong.
1009
00:49:04,966 --> 00:49:07,001
And the score...
And the score reads zero.
1010
00:49:07,033 --> 00:49:09,168
Six zeroes all the way across.
1011
00:49:14,966 --> 00:49:18,069
Not even Helen of Troy had
that much... much attention.
1012
00:49:19,933 --> 00:49:23,403
Billy kinda steal the show,
and he's not even there.
1013
00:49:23,433 --> 00:49:27,737
It's kinda the way
they, you know,
1014
00:49:27,766 --> 00:49:31,736
were kind of diffusing
what I was going for, you know,
1015
00:49:31,766 --> 00:49:35,269
in hyping up Billy's,
you know, videotape.
1016
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,403
1,047,200 points
1017
00:49:41,433 --> 00:49:43,067
is the highest score
any have ever seen.
1018
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:45,068
I don't know. I suppose Walter's
got to get in that office
1019
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:47,402
to that computer now,
doesn't he?
1020
00:49:48,633 --> 00:49:50,568
Okay, um, go ahead and, uh...
1021
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,668
Go ahead and hand to Walter
the phone real quick.
1022
00:49:52,699 --> 00:49:54,001
Hi, Billy.
1023
00:49:54,033 --> 00:49:56,335
Prem good.
It's all been wonderful.
1024
00:49:56,366 --> 00:49:58,434
Billy's probably
the closest person
1025
00:49:58,466 --> 00:50:00,067
to being a Jedi
of any of the players,
1026
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:04,237
and he refers to it with humor
as "Obi-Wan Henobi-ing" people.
1027
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,435
Steve Wiebe
not having the opportunity
1028
00:50:18,466 --> 00:50:20,467
to view anything
that Bill Mitchell does.
1029
00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:23,169
I mean, Bill Mitchell plays
at a great advantage.
1030
00:50:23,199 --> 00:50:24,834
When Billy Mitchell is watching
1031
00:50:24,866 --> 00:50:28,536
Steve's world-record
winning tapes,
1032
00:50:28,566 --> 00:50:30,634
he's in a position
to study Steve's technique.
1033
00:50:30,666 --> 00:50:32,367
When the man says,
"I wanna see your papers,"
1034
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,701
and Obi-Wan Henobi goes,
1035
00:50:33,733 --> 00:50:35,301
"You don't need
to see our papers,"
1036
00:50:35,333 --> 00:50:36,801
and suddenly the guy says,
"You can go.
1037
00:50:36,833 --> 00:50:38,167
I don't need
to see your papers."
1038
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,635
You saw the tape,
which is no doubt a copy
1039
00:50:51,666 --> 00:50:53,601
because I'm sure
he didn't send the master.
1040
00:50:53,633 --> 00:50:59,138
He's gonna send a copy
or the master to Rob Mrcuzek,
1041
00:50:59,166 --> 00:51:02,602
who is the chief referee
of Twin Galaxies.
1042
00:51:02,633 --> 00:51:06,503
I try to promote Twin Galaxies
as "integrity above all."
1043
00:51:06,533 --> 00:51:10,436
Um, I will do that
with my dying breath.
1044
00:51:10,466 --> 00:51:15,537
And if a gamer knowingly cheats
or tries to put one past us,
1045
00:51:15,566 --> 00:51:18,769
we will make sure that the score
is not recognized.
1046
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,735
Did the gamer pause at any time?
1047
00:51:31,766 --> 00:51:34,101
Illegal glitches
or glitch abuse.
1048
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:45,867
Did they cheat?
1049
00:51:45,900 --> 00:51:48,135
Did they pause the game
after the load-up
1050
00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:50,434
for the purpose
of using a flying erase head
1051
00:51:50,466 --> 00:51:52,734
to then reload the game
at different settings?
1052
00:51:52,766 --> 00:51:54,000
I gotta look for things
like that.
1053
00:51:54,033 --> 00:51:57,403
This tape may be done
in a week, week and a half,
1054
00:51:57,433 --> 00:51:58,467
to answer your question.
1055
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,369
All these wonderful games
are fixed to the left.
1056
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,902
Walter is entering this
into the Internet as we speak.
1057
00:52:11,933 --> 00:52:13,668
Well, Billy Mitchell
is being upgraded.
1058
00:52:13,699 --> 00:52:15,568
We're officially submitting
his score.
1059
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:19,570
Uh, 1,047,OOO
and how much, Billy?
1060
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,068
- Was it 200 or 300?
- Two hundred.
1061
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:22,468
That's what I thought.
1062
00:52:46,766 --> 00:52:48,300
Right on the barrels, yeah.
1063
00:52:48,866 --> 00:52:51,568
It's kind of ironic
that he went...
1064
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:55,403
He was a guy that pushed
for live scores all the time.
1065
00:52:55,433 --> 00:52:58,836
And now here I am at Funspot
busting my ass
1066
00:52:58,866 --> 00:52:59,933
to get a live score
1067
00:52:59,966 --> 00:53:02,301
and he just submits
taped scores now
1068
00:53:02,333 --> 00:53:03,467
and then gets the record.
1069
00:53:10,266 --> 00:53:12,001
World record headquarters.
Can I help you?
1070
00:53:12,033 --> 00:53:16,036
If this score, this "Donkey
Hong" defines Billy Mitchell,
1071
00:53:16,066 --> 00:53:19,269
then why could he not find time
in his life to go to Funspot?
1072
00:53:19,299 --> 00:53:21,101
Steve did.
Steve has a job.
1073
00:53:21,133 --> 00:53:22,434
Steve has a family.
Steve has kids.
1074
00:53:22,466 --> 00:53:24,467
He went. Why can't Billy?
1075
00:53:24,500 --> 00:53:29,104
I think he feels
that pressure to, um,
1076
00:53:29,133 --> 00:53:32,436
to meet people's
expectations of him,
1077
00:53:32,466 --> 00:53:35,268
and he puts a lot of pressure
on himself,
1078
00:53:35,299 --> 00:53:36,534
and if he doesn't succeed,
1079
00:53:36,566 --> 00:53:39,268
I think he feels
like he's failed them.
1080
00:53:39,299 --> 00:53:41,869
And he feels that deeply,
I think.
1081
00:53:47,233 --> 00:53:51,203
If I were to break a million,
he wanted to maybe show that,
1082
00:53:51,233 --> 00:53:52,968
you know, I've already done it
1083
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,836
because no one knows
that I've done it, too.
1084
00:54:15,166 --> 00:54:17,234
I haven't really thought
too much about, um...
1085
00:54:19,033 --> 00:54:20,901
you know, the... the controversy.
1086
00:54:20,933 --> 00:54:23,001
I've kind of let it go since
I, you know, I went to Funspot,
1087
00:54:23,033 --> 00:54:26,302
did... did my best.
Got my score up.
1088
00:54:26,333 --> 00:54:27,767
I've been killing myself
for like...
1089
00:54:27,799 --> 00:54:30,235
With school 12 to 14 hours,
1090
00:54:30,266 --> 00:54:33,068
prepping three classes
and grading...
1091
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:35,035
Every... every day after school.
1092
00:54:35,066 --> 00:54:36,133
Almost there till eight.
1093
00:54:39,066 --> 00:54:42,903
A lot of my songs
are like big rock songs,
1094
00:54:42,933 --> 00:54:47,203
with lots of guitars in them,
lots of layers of vocals.
1095
00:54:47,233 --> 00:54:49,568
Here's one called "Three Lies."
I'm gonna sing this to you guys
1096
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:53,303
in the midst
of this cold summer day.
1097
00:54:53,333 --> 00:54:55,401
This is who I really am.
1098
00:54:55,433 --> 00:54:57,234
I'm some guy out there
who's supposed to be an artist,
1099
00:54:57,266 --> 00:54:59,434
who's up there
just getting wild and crazy.
1100
00:54:59,466 --> 00:55:01,501
♪ Didn't I tell you ♪
1101
00:55:01,533 --> 00:55:03,501
♪ You, you, you, you ♪
1102
00:55:03,533 --> 00:55:06,636
♪ Never not to love ♪
1103
00:55:06,666 --> 00:55:09,168
'Cause I'm being...
I'm being Mr. Scorekeeper,
1104
00:55:09,199 --> 00:55:10,634
and I've been doing it
for 25 years,
1105
00:55:10,666 --> 00:55:12,901
so there's all these
automaton things I can turn on.
1106
00:55:12,933 --> 00:55:13,933
"Okay. Yes.
1107
00:55:13,966 --> 00:55:15,067
"And the reason for this is that
1108
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:16,534
"and that the reason for that
is this," you know.
1109
00:55:16,566 --> 00:55:18,234
Now I'm... You know,
I'm ready to...
1110
00:55:18,266 --> 00:55:19,600
I'm ready to let it go.
1111
00:55:19,633 --> 00:55:22,702
♪ Two lies are more ♪
♪ than plenty ♪
1112
00:55:22,733 --> 00:55:26,536
♪ But three lies, ♪
♪ I'll probably be saying ♪
1113
00:55:26,566 --> 00:55:27,800
♪ Goodbye, love ♪
1114
00:55:27,833 --> 00:55:29,634
No matter how many people
get involved in this,
1115
00:55:29,666 --> 00:55:31,234
it's still my child,
'cause it came
1116
00:55:31,266 --> 00:55:33,301
right out of my psyche,
you know.
1117
00:55:33,333 --> 00:55:36,669
But still, the others
are more attached to it,
1118
00:55:36,699 --> 00:55:38,701
and they believe
they need it more.
1119
00:55:38,733 --> 00:55:41,235
Part of the reason
I'm still here doing it
1120
00:55:41,266 --> 00:55:46,070
is for them to help them
have the benefit of this,
1121
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:47,501
or the happiness of this,
1122
00:55:47,533 --> 00:55:49,768
so that it can go on
and continue to benefit people.
1123
00:55:49,799 --> 00:55:51,034
Because it's in such a place
1124
00:55:51,066 --> 00:55:53,868
that I don't have
to do Twin Galaxies,
1125
00:55:53,900 --> 00:55:54,900
but I really would like
1126
00:55:54,933 --> 00:55:57,101
to see it have closure
that's positive.
1127
00:55:57,966 --> 00:56:01,135
Boy, I got cold fingers.
It's cold.
1128
00:56:03,966 --> 00:56:06,234
I often have people ask me
what my handle is,
1129
00:56:06,266 --> 00:56:08,534
what my three initials are.
1130
00:56:08,566 --> 00:56:13,804
I mean, come on.
I tell people, "Look at me."
1131
00:56:13,833 --> 00:56:16,001
What do you think
my three initials were?
1132
00:56:18,466 --> 00:56:20,601
If you don't know,
you're not looking hard enough.
1133
00:56:22,366 --> 00:56:23,600
T.I.E.?
1134
00:56:23,633 --> 00:56:24,967
No.
1135
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:26,801
Which one
was I wearing yesterday?
1136
00:56:26,833 --> 00:56:28,434
- The America...
- U.S.A.
1137
00:56:28,466 --> 00:56:32,670
U.S.A. So I had Latin friends
and I had Canadian friends,
1138
00:56:32,699 --> 00:56:35,636
and I always had
to keep the Americans on top.
1139
00:56:39,166 --> 00:56:41,501
Hello.
This is a message for Walter.
1140
00:56:41,533 --> 00:56:44,235
This is Craig Glenday calling
from Guinness World Records.
1141
00:56:44,266 --> 00:56:45,433
Guinness from England called.
1142
00:56:45,466 --> 00:56:47,146
They want me
to call them back immediately.
1143
00:56:49,766 --> 00:56:51,033
Hello. Craig speaking.
1144
00:56:51,066 --> 00:56:53,735
Craig, this is Walter Day
with Twin Galaxies. How are you?
1145
00:56:53,766 --> 00:56:56,468
They're announcing to the world
that they trust everything we do
1146
00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:58,001
and that they rely
on everything we do
1147
00:56:58,033 --> 00:57:00,935
as being true and honest,
and so that's why
1148
00:57:00,966 --> 00:57:03,835
they're going with us
as the official scorekeepers
1149
00:57:03,866 --> 00:57:06,668
and providers
of electronic gaming content
1150
00:57:06,699 --> 00:57:07,967
for their upcoming books.
1151
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,634
It's become very complicated.
1152
00:57:09,666 --> 00:57:11,434
So to have someone like Walter
and his team
1153
00:57:11,466 --> 00:57:13,267
who just know everything
there is to know
1154
00:57:13,299 --> 00:57:17,003
about computer games, um,
was for us a godsend.
1155
00:57:17,033 --> 00:57:19,034
Since older people
also read your book,
1156
00:57:19,066 --> 00:57:20,734
a certain number of people
would care
1157
00:57:20,766 --> 00:57:23,235
what the world record
is on Donkey Hong.
1158
00:57:23,266 --> 00:57:26,235
We look forward
to being a part of Guinness.
1159
00:57:26,266 --> 00:57:28,334
Yeah, yeah. It's just
an, uh, reward to be here.
1160
00:57:28,366 --> 00:57:29,767
You know,
working with Twin Galaxies.
1161
00:57:29,799 --> 00:57:32,469
You just recorded a big piece
of Twin Galaxies' history,
1162
00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:34,501
you know?
You saw what it said.
1163
00:57:34,533 --> 00:57:36,568
They're announcing to the world
we're the official scorekeepers
1164
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,069
and people have
to be verified by us.
1165
00:57:39,100 --> 00:57:41,936
Wait until you see
the poster upstairs I just did
1166
00:57:41,966 --> 00:57:43,767
to turn the process
of submitting to Guinness
1167
00:57:43,799 --> 00:57:45,368
into a contest.
1168
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:48,135
When you wanna put a score up
1169
00:57:48,166 --> 00:57:51,402
and you wanna have
a title of world champion,
1170
00:57:51,433 --> 00:57:53,768
you're competing against
everybody in the world.
1171
00:57:53,799 --> 00:57:56,702
You want a title
for your own living room?
1172
00:57:56,733 --> 00:57:59,602
Man, I'll send you that title.
Your own arcade?
1173
00:57:59,633 --> 00:58:01,401
Man, I'll sign it,
and I'll make up a paper,
1174
00:58:01,433 --> 00:58:03,234
and I'll send you a plaque.
1175
00:58:03,266 --> 00:58:05,067
You want your name in the
Guinness Book of World Records
1176
00:58:05,100 --> 00:58:07,469
and in the Twin Galaxies
international scoreboard?
1177
00:58:07,500 --> 00:58:10,603
You have to earn it.
I have to earn it.
1178
00:58:10,633 --> 00:58:13,902
There's a lot of scores
I've gotten.
1179
00:58:13,933 --> 00:58:16,702
And when the time comes
and the pressure is that hard,
1180
00:58:16,733 --> 00:58:20,002
I'll have to do it in a public
forum, as I always have.
1181
00:58:31,166 --> 00:58:32,500
Is that truthful?
1182
00:58:36,066 --> 00:58:40,403
Is that true?
Then we better get practicing.
1183
00:58:43,299 --> 00:58:46,403
The only thing to do is to...
1184
00:58:46,433 --> 00:58:49,669
Yeah, go somewhere
and break 1,OOO, 047 live.
1185
00:58:49,699 --> 00:58:53,670
And that would be the only way
to do it for sure, you know?
1186
00:58:53,699 --> 00:58:56,536
There would be
no gettin' screwed over.
1187
00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:59,602
I've got kicked around
like the dog for so long,
1188
00:58:59,633 --> 00:59:02,502
I don't trust referees.
1189
00:59:02,533 --> 00:59:04,301
This is the contest
that gets them
1190
00:59:04,333 --> 00:59:06,301
into the Guinness Book
of World Records,
1191
00:59:06,333 --> 00:59:07,934
so they would have
that inspiration.
1192
00:59:07,966 --> 00:59:10,168
But as far as my skills, I'm...
1193
00:59:10,199 --> 00:59:12,635
Yeah, I'm feeling
on the top of my game.
1194
00:59:12,666 --> 00:59:14,868
And I'd love to see Bill
defend his title
1195
00:59:14,900 --> 00:59:16,434
against Steve Weibe,
head-to-head.
1196
00:59:16,466 --> 00:59:19,502
That'd be great. It's all about
head-to-head competition.
1197
00:59:19,533 --> 00:59:21,701
He's kinda one of
my tougher students, he goes,
1198
00:59:21,733 --> 00:59:25,103
"Yeah. When are you gonna go
kick that guy's ass?"
1199
00:59:25,133 --> 00:59:26,934
And I go, "Watch your language."
1200
00:59:26,966 --> 00:59:30,402
And I go,
"I'm gonna do it here soon."
1201
00:59:30,433 --> 00:59:33,702
And if someone is going to break
a classic arcade game record,
1202
00:59:33,733 --> 00:59:36,102
they're gonna have
to come prepared.
1203
00:59:36,133 --> 00:59:37,767
Maybe that's what I need.
1204
00:59:37,799 --> 00:59:40,102
So I can be at my best,
have him there.
1205
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:44,536
♪ Don't lose your grip ♪
♪ on the dreams of the past ♪
1206
00:59:44,566 --> 00:59:47,435
♪ You must fight ♪
♪ just to keep them alive ♪
1207
00:59:47,466 --> 00:59:48,633
I was hoping Billy
would be there
1208
00:59:48,666 --> 00:59:51,035
so we could compete
head-to-head.
1209
00:59:51,066 --> 00:59:55,537
He's been... always an advocate
of live scores, live scores.
1210
00:59:55,566 --> 00:59:57,734
But now, he's all of a sudden
Mr. Videotape.
1211
00:59:58,966 --> 01:00:03,136
It just... I mean, I know to win
is, like, so important.
1212
01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:06,702
But to blatantly do things
that are against the rules
1213
01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:09,535
and know in your heart
that you didn't do it correctly
1214
01:00:09,566 --> 01:00:11,301
and get credit for it...
1215
01:00:13,366 --> 01:00:16,402
We know what kind of...
Is there any satisfaction there?
1216
01:00:16,433 --> 01:00:18,168
I don't see...
I don't see any.
1217
01:00:34,466 --> 01:00:36,100
I just need one favor from you.
1218
01:00:36,133 --> 01:00:40,103
I know it's... of all
you've done for me, I just...
1219
01:00:40,133 --> 01:00:42,401
Give me a shot at it
without you, you know,
1220
01:00:42,433 --> 01:00:44,201
kind of, bein' my backbone.
1221
01:00:44,233 --> 01:00:47,269
I need to, kind of,
attack it by myself.
1222
01:00:47,299 --> 01:00:52,104
It says, "Good luck, Steve,
in Donkey Hong."
1223
01:00:52,133 --> 01:00:53,400
- All right.
- Hnock 'em dead.
1224
01:00:53,433 --> 01:00:54,567
- I will.
- You will.
1225
01:00:56,900 --> 01:00:59,636
"Work is for people who can't
play video games.
1226
01:00:59,666 --> 01:01:01,267
- "Billy Mitchell."
- That's right.
1227
01:01:01,299 --> 01:01:06,405
Out of the entire global
classic gaming hobby,
1228
01:01:06,433 --> 01:01:08,468
there's one significant rivalry
1229
01:01:08,500 --> 01:01:11,569
that's equivalent
to the big rivalries in history:
1230
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:16,171
Yankees Red Sox, Maris Mantle,
Heckle and Jeckle.
1231
01:01:16,199 --> 01:01:18,835
All the big rivalries
in history, you know.
1232
01:01:18,866 --> 01:01:20,200
This is up there on that level.
1233
01:01:20,233 --> 01:01:22,335
So Billy Mitchell
and Steve Wiebe
1234
01:01:22,366 --> 01:01:24,901
are going for the top spot
1235
01:01:24,933 --> 01:01:28,236
in the forthcoming book
of world records on Donkey Hong.
1236
01:01:28,266 --> 01:01:31,268
Hello, Billy.
This is Steve Wiebe.
1237
01:01:31,299 --> 01:01:33,368
I really think
we need to settle this thing.
1238
01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:34,934
May the best man win.
1239
01:01:34,966 --> 01:01:37,635
So we'll be seein' you
next week.
1240
01:01:37,666 --> 01:01:38,967
He knows I'm going to be there.
1241
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:40,935
It's just a skip away.
1242
01:01:40,966 --> 01:01:44,135
A hop, skip, and a jog
from his house, so...
1243
01:01:44,166 --> 01:01:46,768
there's really no excuse for him
not to be there.
1244
01:01:47,533 --> 01:01:52,337
Never leave home without it:
"How to win at Donkey Hong."
1245
01:01:52,733 --> 01:01:53,967
Yeah, so...
1246
01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:03,369
The Guinness...
A lot of people are...
1247
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,240
Yeah, people... A lot of people
read that book.
1248
01:02:32,900 --> 01:02:35,435
This is actually, technically,
a weightlifting glove
1249
01:02:35,466 --> 01:02:37,034
because I discovered
in the eighties
1250
01:02:37,066 --> 01:02:38,066
that you could buy
1251
01:02:38,100 --> 01:02:40,335
a weightlifting glove
which was fingerless,
1252
01:02:40,366 --> 01:02:42,501
and I use it to... I used it
to play marble madness.
1253
01:02:42,533 --> 01:02:44,234
See the double padding?
1254
01:02:44,266 --> 01:02:46,568
Occasionally, I use this
to avoid calluses
1255
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,468
from certain joystick games.
1256
01:02:48,500 --> 01:02:50,969
You can do Marble Madness,
a track ball all day long.
1257
01:03:07,566 --> 01:03:09,567
Excuse me, guy. I got
a celebrity in the car here.
1258
01:03:09,600 --> 01:03:12,336
- Can I cut in front of you?
- Oh, I'm sorry...
1259
01:03:16,766 --> 01:03:19,969
- Did you get dropped off?
- I got dropped off.
1260
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,369
- Was Billy driving?
- Billy was driving.
1261
01:03:25,299 --> 01:03:28,703
Well, anyway, welcome to
the Dodge City of video games.
1262
01:03:28,733 --> 01:03:30,468
Thank you, Walter.
Happy to be here.
1263
01:03:31,633 --> 01:03:32,633
I want this.
1264
01:03:32,666 --> 01:03:34,267
I'll get you some out of there.
1265
01:03:47,966 --> 01:03:49,367
What do you need?
1266
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:51,835
In order: 693,500...
1267
01:03:55,366 --> 01:03:56,967
Okay.
1268
01:03:58,199 --> 01:03:59,234
Yeah.
1269
01:04:16,866 --> 01:04:18,934
Yeah. Nicole.
1270
01:04:18,966 --> 01:04:20,367
Hi. I'm Nicole.
1271
01:04:21,833 --> 01:04:23,334
And this is little Derek, huh?
1272
01:04:23,366 --> 01:04:24,767
Yeah.
1273
01:04:26,333 --> 01:04:29,135
- The faster, yeah.
- Derek, he's about...
1274
01:04:31,433 --> 01:04:33,601
I'm afraid if he can't do it,
1275
01:04:33,633 --> 01:04:35,801
he's gonna beat himself up
about it.
1276
01:04:35,833 --> 01:04:39,369
I don't know if that's the forum
in which he will be successful.
1277
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:40,634
I mean,
I know he can be successful.
1278
01:04:40,666 --> 01:04:42,434
I'm just afraid,
what if it doesn't happen?
1279
01:04:42,466 --> 01:04:44,901
- Bye, Derek.
- Derek, give Daddy a hug.
1280
01:04:44,933 --> 01:04:46,334
What are you guys gonna do?
1281
01:04:46,366 --> 01:04:49,001
- We're just gonna go home.
- Go swimming.
1282
01:04:49,033 --> 01:04:50,401
You gonna go swimming?
That sounds fun.
1283
01:04:50,433 --> 01:04:51,901
Okay. Let's go.
1284
01:04:51,933 --> 01:04:53,434
- Bye.
- I love you.
1285
01:04:54,766 --> 01:04:56,434
Bye. Thank you.
1286
01:04:58,866 --> 01:05:02,069
Yeah, the longer I wait,
the more, you know,
1287
01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:04,769
pressing, I, you know,
I get more nervous.
1288
01:05:04,799 --> 01:05:07,269
So if I do it the first night,
it'll be great.
1289
01:05:07,900 --> 01:05:10,302
Steve Wiebe is a trouper.
1290
01:05:10,333 --> 01:05:12,568
Steve Wiebe has come
to three events
1291
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:16,837
to prove himself in the fire
of in-person competition
1292
01:05:16,866 --> 01:05:20,636
and under the stress
of having all eyes on him.
1293
01:05:44,300 --> 01:05:45,434
Oh!
1294
01:05:50,333 --> 01:05:51,467
Yeah.
1295
01:05:55,866 --> 01:05:57,867
Yeah.
1296
01:05:57,899 --> 01:05:59,067
- . Was it "Weeb" or "Weebee"?
- "Weebee."
1297
01:05:59,100 --> 01:06:00,100
- That's all right.
- Sorry.
1298
01:06:00,133 --> 01:06:01,934
Well, most... Twin Galaxies
call me Wiebe, so...
1299
01:06:01,966 --> 01:06:02,966
Okay.
1300
01:06:02,999 --> 01:06:04,201
- And that's a common mistake.
- Is it?
1301
01:06:04,233 --> 01:06:05,534
Either that or "Wibe."
1302
01:06:05,566 --> 01:06:07,734
But at least, you got
the correct pronunciation.
1303
01:06:07,766 --> 01:06:08,833
Steve Wiebe is who
I wanted to be
1304
01:06:08,866 --> 01:06:10,667
when I grew up
playing Donkey Hong.
1305
01:06:10,700 --> 01:06:11,767
He's quite the player.
1306
01:06:14,066 --> 01:06:18,437
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ that the dice are loaded ♪
1307
01:06:18,466 --> 01:06:22,870
♪ Everybody rolls ♪
♪ with their fingers crossed ♪
1308
01:06:22,899 --> 01:06:27,537
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ the war is over ♪
1309
01:06:27,566 --> 01:06:32,037
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ the good guys lost ♪
1310
01:06:32,066 --> 01:06:36,537
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ the fight was fixed ♪
1311
01:06:36,566 --> 01:06:38,868
♪ The poor stay poor ♪
1312
01:06:38,899 --> 01:06:41,068
♪ The rich get rich ♪
1313
01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:46,038
♪ That's how it goes ♪
1314
01:06:46,066 --> 01:06:48,001
♪ Everybody knows ♪
1315
01:07:03,966 --> 01:07:05,434
Well, maybe they'd like it
if I lose.
1316
01:07:05,466 --> 01:07:08,135
I got to try losing some time.
1317
01:07:08,166 --> 01:07:11,335
Oh, I can break a million.
I've done it.
1318
01:07:11,366 --> 01:07:14,335
I've been on pace...
Two games I got to 850,
1319
01:07:14,366 --> 01:07:19,137
I thought I was gonna do it, and
I just got... just in a bind.
1320
01:07:19,166 --> 01:07:20,634
♪ Is leaking ♪
1321
01:07:20,666 --> 01:07:25,003
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ the captain lied ♪
1322
01:07:25,033 --> 01:07:29,871
♪ Everybody got ♪
♪ this broken feelin' ♪
1323
01:07:29,899 --> 01:07:33,870
♪ Like their father ♪
♪ or their dog just died ♪
1324
01:07:35,133 --> 01:07:37,435
Does this have my name
on the back or something?
1325
01:07:37,466 --> 01:07:38,500
What does it say?
1326
01:07:39,733 --> 01:07:42,836
It says, "You have a yearning
for perfection."
1327
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:48,569
Because he's
in, um, his own business,
1328
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:50,201
it's very flexible for him.
1329
01:07:50,233 --> 01:07:53,336
He can go over to the school
for events.
1330
01:07:53,366 --> 01:07:55,101
He was at an Easter egg hunt
the other day.
1331
01:07:55,133 --> 01:07:57,034
'Cause he'll... he'll come
in the office someday
1332
01:07:57,066 --> 01:07:58,801
and they'll say,
"Geez, where is Billy today?"
1333
01:07:58,833 --> 01:07:59,967
"Billy's not here."
1334
01:08:00,966 --> 01:08:03,468
I told him last night
that he had to come,
1335
01:08:03,499 --> 01:08:05,535
that there's no reason for him
not to be here.
1336
01:08:05,566 --> 01:08:07,768
He says, "I have 15 reasons
why I can't come."
1337
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:08,800
I said, "They're all b.s."
1338
01:08:08,833 --> 01:08:10,000
This is after 1:30
in the morning.
1339
01:08:10,033 --> 01:08:11,634
I said, "They're all b.s.
'cause I have 15 reasons"
1340
01:08:11,666 --> 01:08:13,334
why you have
to be here tomorrow."
1341
01:08:13,366 --> 01:08:15,501
He had a chance to play him
in Funspot this year.
1342
01:08:15,533 --> 01:08:17,601
He had a chance to play him
in Pompano Beach.
1343
01:08:17,633 --> 01:08:21,837
He had a chance to play him
at California Extreme.
1344
01:08:21,866 --> 01:08:24,134
That's three of 'em
I can think of right there.
1345
01:08:24,166 --> 01:08:26,301
Why wouldn't he play
against Steve?
1346
01:08:26,333 --> 01:08:28,201
'Cause he's afraid
he's gonna lose.
1347
01:08:28,233 --> 01:08:32,604
I traveled 3,OOO miles
to give myself a chance
1348
01:08:32,633 --> 01:08:35,135
to get the world record
and be in Guinness.
1349
01:08:35,166 --> 01:08:39,436
I hope he can, at least,
come ten miles
1350
01:08:39,466 --> 01:08:42,135
and put his game on the line,
so you make the call.
1351
01:08:42,166 --> 01:08:44,001
Where are you?
1352
01:08:46,533 --> 01:08:48,067
All right, well, we're,
like, we're all here.
1353
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:50,769
We're all seated and getting
ready to order, so...
1354
01:08:52,999 --> 01:08:55,035
Um, okay, let me go down
the list here.
1355
01:08:55,066 --> 01:08:57,601
We got Tom Rodgers and his girl.
1356
01:08:57,633 --> 01:09:00,435
We got Shawn, Fran, Jason, and...
1357
01:09:18,566 --> 01:09:20,301
That's fair, isn't it?
1358
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:27,401
Okay.
1359
01:09:31,633 --> 01:09:33,968
I'm real sorry he's not...
He didn't come.
1360
01:09:33,999 --> 01:09:35,101
- Bill?
- Yeah.
1361
01:09:35,133 --> 01:09:40,471
Well, you know,
Mark and Steve showed up
1362
01:09:40,499 --> 01:09:43,903
unexpectedly and uninvitedly,
but hard to keep them away.
1363
01:09:43,933 --> 01:09:44,933
Yeah.
1364
01:09:44,966 --> 01:09:47,168
And Bill just doesn't want
anything to do with him.
1365
01:09:47,199 --> 01:09:48,467
Yeah.
1366
01:09:49,699 --> 01:09:51,334
All right. See you.
1367
01:10:01,333 --> 01:10:03,134
He's got a plan,
so when he comes out
1368
01:10:03,166 --> 01:10:04,934
because Billy is Billy,
you know.
1369
01:10:04,966 --> 01:10:08,069
And he's gonna come out
with a bang.
1370
01:10:08,666 --> 01:10:10,567
Oh, Billy Mitchell
always has a plan.
1371
01:10:11,966 --> 01:10:13,567
- He likes to keep secrets.
- Yeah.
1372
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:15,635
He likes surprising people.
1373
01:10:15,666 --> 01:10:18,869
He likes... He likes people
seein' him do the unexpected
1374
01:10:18,900 --> 01:10:20,468
and say,
"Oh, boy, I didn't realize
1375
01:10:20,499 --> 01:10:21,834
- "you were gonna do something
like that, Bill." - Yup.
1376
01:10:21,866 --> 01:10:23,100
That's how he is.
1377
01:10:23,133 --> 01:10:25,635
It's annoying
when somebody's ahead of you.
1378
01:10:25,666 --> 01:10:26,700
You know, when you're not
the lead dog,
1379
01:10:26,733 --> 01:10:31,037
the view doesn't change, and I
always wanted the view, so...
1380
01:10:31,066 --> 01:10:32,934
He's got the Roy Shildt excuse.
1381
01:10:32,966 --> 01:10:36,602
He's got... You know,
he's not gonna show up.
1382
01:10:36,633 --> 01:10:40,536
I've heard a lot of talk
of Billy Mitchell,
1383
01:10:40,566 --> 01:10:45,203
and I've heard a lot of talk
of strange videos and things.
1384
01:10:45,233 --> 01:10:49,637
But I haven't heard much
in the way of him
1385
01:10:49,666 --> 01:10:52,502
getting in front
of a camera crew or people
1386
01:10:52,533 --> 01:10:55,769
and winning a record
in front of people.
1387
01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:59,503
I haven't heard about that yet.
Maybe he did that 25 years ago.
1388
01:10:59,533 --> 01:11:01,401
But I haven't heard of him
doing it lately,
1389
01:11:01,433 --> 01:11:03,434
and it makes you wonder why not.
1390
01:11:22,266 --> 01:11:23,800
We got him here.
He's here.
1391
01:11:45,900 --> 01:11:47,668
Hey, Billy.
1392
01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:10,768
Video games
are meant to be played
1393
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:15,671
in a competitive environment,
under pressure, organized,
1394
01:12:15,699 --> 01:12:18,469
where you have to perform
literally on demand.
1395
01:12:21,966 --> 01:12:23,667
Never. Never.
1396
01:12:27,433 --> 01:12:30,936
And when you do that,
you have far more credibility
1397
01:12:30,966 --> 01:12:33,935
than someone who says,
"Oh, I did that last week."
1398
01:12:33,966 --> 01:12:35,334
No matter
how good you play tennis,
1399
01:12:35,366 --> 01:12:37,101
no matter how good
you play golf,
1400
01:12:37,133 --> 01:12:39,268
if you don't play
when you have to play,
1401
01:12:39,300 --> 01:12:41,802
if you don't play
when the pressure's on,
1402
01:12:41,833 --> 01:12:44,068
you're really not good enough.
1403
01:12:44,100 --> 01:12:48,537
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ the deal is rotten ♪
1404
01:12:48,566 --> 01:12:52,503
♪ Old black Joe's ♪
♪ still pickin' cotton ♪
1405
01:12:52,533 --> 01:12:55,035
♪ For your ribbons and bows ♪
1406
01:12:55,066 --> 01:12:59,537
I can handle losing if he would,
at least, compete against me.
1407
01:12:59,566 --> 01:13:01,034
I'm not afraid to lose.
1408
01:13:01,066 --> 01:13:04,102
I'm just some no-name guy
from Washington.
1409
01:13:04,133 --> 01:13:07,436
Billy is trying to live up
to this image
1410
01:13:07,466 --> 01:13:10,602
of being the greatest ever in...
1411
01:13:10,633 --> 01:13:13,936
So he's afraid that if he loses,
that's gonna tarnish him.
1412
01:13:16,100 --> 01:13:18,936
Yeah, that was the game
before this.
1413
01:13:18,966 --> 01:13:22,402
♪ But just a shining artifact ♪
♪ of the past ♪
1414
01:13:22,433 --> 01:13:26,403
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ the scene is dead ♪
1415
01:13:26,433 --> 01:13:28,101
♪ But there's gonna be a... ♪
1416
01:13:28,133 --> 01:13:31,102
It's been three days, man,
1417
01:13:31,133 --> 01:13:32,133
and the fatigue's
starting to set in,
1418
01:13:32,166 --> 01:13:35,602
this mentally, this, you know,
1419
01:13:35,633 --> 01:13:39,203
starting over,
it takes a toll on you.
1420
01:13:39,966 --> 01:13:43,202
♪ Everybody knows ♪
1421
01:13:44,866 --> 01:13:49,403
♪ Everybody knows ♪
1422
01:13:49,433 --> 01:13:53,470
♪ Everybody knows ♪
1423
01:13:53,499 --> 01:13:57,337
♪ That's how it goes ♪
1424
01:13:57,999 --> 01:14:00,836
Steve Wiebe, I think,
is a very straight shooter.
1425
01:14:00,866 --> 01:14:03,468
This is the last day, isn't it?
1426
01:14:03,499 --> 01:14:07,370
I think that he gets influenced
sometimes by people,
1427
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:09,568
and, uh... and that's probably
one of his lessons...
1428
01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:12,002
To be stronger in himself.
1429
01:14:12,033 --> 01:14:14,668
You know what I mean?
We all have lessons.
1430
01:14:18,433 --> 01:14:20,601
Thanks.
Yeah, I'm gonna break then.
1431
01:14:21,833 --> 01:14:24,001
Last start? Okay.
1432
01:14:24,866 --> 01:14:26,534
- Okay.
- So...
1433
01:14:27,533 --> 01:14:30,402
Oh, here it is.
This is the last shot.
1434
01:15:33,433 --> 01:15:36,035
I'm done.
1435
01:15:36,066 --> 01:15:38,401
- I'm done.
- Casualty.
1436
01:15:38,433 --> 01:15:40,601
It's so heart-breaking.
1437
01:15:41,999 --> 01:15:44,702
I guess it's not even
about Donkey Hong anymore.
1438
01:15:44,733 --> 01:15:46,768
- It's...
- What's it about?
1439
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:49,536
Just, uh... I don't know.
1440
01:15:49,566 --> 01:15:52,802
It's become
just a game and trying...
1441
01:15:52,833 --> 01:15:55,969
For me, trying to get
a score recognized...
1442
01:15:56,666 --> 01:16:01,237
and trying to beat this empire
that I'm trying
1443
01:16:01,266 --> 01:16:05,203
to break through
and get a fair chance.
1444
01:16:05,233 --> 01:16:09,403
'Cause he is not cunning
and manipulative and mean.
1445
01:16:09,433 --> 01:16:11,701
He is a decent person at heart.
1446
01:16:12,699 --> 01:16:15,969
In the end,
that's all that matters.
1447
01:16:27,300 --> 01:16:29,468
In a funny sort of way,
it's like being the king
1448
01:16:29,499 --> 01:16:31,835
and having the advisers
speak their opinions
1449
01:16:31,866 --> 01:16:34,969
but then trying to choose
the right answer
1450
01:16:34,999 --> 01:16:37,802
and the right path of action
based on the advice.
1451
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,469
I think that Steve Wiebe has
to be viewed on his own merit
1452
01:16:43,499 --> 01:16:47,971
and not on anything alleged
which may have happened.
1453
01:16:47,999 --> 01:16:50,469
Steve Wiebe feels fine to me.
Doesn't he to you?
1454
01:16:50,499 --> 01:16:52,835
Steve Wiebe,
could you come up here?
1455
01:16:55,900 --> 01:16:58,168
- Is it Steve "Weebee"?
- Yeah. "Weebee."
1456
01:16:58,199 --> 01:16:59,200
- All right.
- That's okay.
1457
01:16:59,233 --> 01:17:02,202
For some reason, I keep thinking
it's "Weeb." Sorry.
1458
01:17:02,233 --> 01:17:04,635
The thing about Steve
is Steve is special.
1459
01:17:04,666 --> 01:17:05,933
Steve has gone through
a long history
1460
01:17:05,966 --> 01:17:08,568
that don't need
to burden you with,
1461
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:09,667
but I just
wanted to tell you that
1462
01:17:09,699 --> 01:17:11,001
I wanted to congratulate you
1463
01:17:11,033 --> 01:17:14,102
and shake your hand again,
that as far as I'm concerned,
1464
01:17:14,133 --> 01:17:15,968
you are a top player,
1465
01:17:15,999 --> 01:17:18,335
worthy of the highest regard
from Twin Galaxies,
1466
01:17:18,366 --> 01:17:21,001
and we're very honored
to receive your videotapes
1467
01:17:21,033 --> 01:17:23,502
at any time you wanna
record them and send them to us
1468
01:17:23,533 --> 01:17:24,800
because we think, uh...
1469
01:17:24,833 --> 01:17:26,868
We think your skill set
is on the highest level,
1470
01:17:26,900 --> 01:17:30,036
and you're a member
of the family and you're great.
1471
01:17:30,066 --> 01:17:31,667
And so you're okay.
You're great, You're...
1472
01:17:31,699 --> 01:17:33,635
- You make me feel... uh, really...
- You're a great performer.
1473
01:17:33,666 --> 01:17:35,234
Whoo!
1474
01:17:40,166 --> 01:17:44,436
I can only speak for myself,
but I... I've talked with Steve,
1475
01:17:44,466 --> 01:17:46,034
I talked to his wife,
I talked to his kids,
1476
01:17:46,066 --> 01:17:48,668
I've met with him,
talked to him in detail.
1477
01:17:48,699 --> 01:17:51,602
And speaking for myself,
I have no question
1478
01:17:51,633 --> 01:17:56,137
about his integrity,
his ability, or anything else.
1479
01:17:56,166 --> 01:17:59,335
I mean, he's proven himself not
just as a Donkey Hong player,
1480
01:17:59,366 --> 01:18:01,234
but really as a person of...
1481
01:18:01,266 --> 01:18:04,435
Of somebody who really desires
to do the right thing.
1482
01:18:05,366 --> 01:18:07,134
You agree with... I mean, his...
1483
01:18:07,166 --> 01:18:08,233
I'm not familiar enough
with the situation.
1484
01:18:08,266 --> 01:18:10,468
Okay.
1485
01:18:18,499 --> 01:18:21,736
I feel I won, that I tried,
1486
01:18:21,766 --> 01:18:24,768
and I hope people
will remember it, you know,
1487
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:28,470
this... empty his name tag here.
1488
01:18:36,166 --> 01:18:39,602
After I returned from the trip,
Walter e-mailed me
1489
01:18:39,633 --> 01:18:41,668
and had these words:
1490
01:18:41,699 --> 01:18:44,536
"Steve, your Donkey Hong
accomplishment was fantastic.
1491
01:18:45,300 --> 01:18:47,468
"After soul searching,
we at Twin Galaxies
1492
01:18:47,499 --> 01:18:50,369
"wish to apologize to you for
such inconsiderate treatment.
1493
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:52,802
"We look forward
to your future exploits
1494
01:18:52,833 --> 01:18:53,833
"and are excited
1495
01:18:53,866 --> 01:18:55,534
"about the amazing
high-score breakthroughs
1496
01:18:55,566 --> 01:18:58,001
"you'll be bringing
to the Donkey Hong community.
1497
01:18:58,033 --> 01:19:00,034
Blessings and friendship.
Walter Day."
1498
01:19:00,066 --> 01:19:04,203
So that's his, um...
1499
01:19:04,233 --> 01:19:09,104
the way he wanted to bring peace
to this situation.
1500
01:19:12,566 --> 01:19:13,667
- Dad!
- Dad!
1501
01:19:13,699 --> 01:19:14,834
Is it cold?
1502
01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,102
He was searching, you know?
He was... He wanted something,
1503
01:19:37,133 --> 01:19:40,135
and I wanted that for him
'cause I wanted him to be happy.
1504
01:19:40,166 --> 01:19:42,601
So now, I see that.
1505
01:19:42,633 --> 01:19:44,234
Don't do that.
1506
01:19:44,266 --> 01:19:45,834
Do it again.
1507
01:19:51,266 --> 01:19:53,001
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
1508
01:19:53,033 --> 01:19:58,338
♪ I wanna go back ♪
♪ to my hometown ♪
1509
01:19:58,366 --> 01:20:01,635
♪ I'd be a big shot, ♪
♪ be a little star ♪
1510
01:20:01,666 --> 01:20:04,769
♪ And drive the best car ♪
♪ off the lot ♪
1511
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:09,171
♪ I wanna be your lucky winner ♪
1512
01:20:53,300 --> 01:20:55,568
Baby! New high score!
120891
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