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

by Viper007Bond 9y ago

sillysaurus3 9y ago
I came here to post that. It's fascinating. Why would anyone care so much about cheating in an extremely obscure arena?
- at-fates-hands 9y ago
  For the attention. He for sure took advantage of the situation and knew nobody could verify his claims. It wasn't until recently people have finally shown most of his scores are totally unattainable to begin with, something nobody could really refute until now. It also makes Twin Galaxies look incredibly shady and their refusal to really adjust the high scores just makes it seem like they have some weird stake in it was well.
  - ordinaryperson 9y ago
    Yep. You even see some of that in King of Kong when Walter Day says that Billy Mitchell is good for Twin Galaxies. I'd say it's part naivete (taking friends at their word), part incompetence (not fully vetting scores, especially early on), part complicity (gaming heroes make them seem like a stable of giants). Hard to know what % of each. It's an incredibly narrow band of fame, of attention, by a weird subculture that 99% of humanity pays no attention to, but for some people I guess it's important.
- rhizome 9y ago
  Tangentially related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wi... is great reading.
- oceanghost 9y ago
  I've met Billy Mitchell. Everyone has. You pretty much can't go to these events and not meet him. You walk into Twin Galaxies or Arcade Expo and he's standing there in a suit greeting people, selling autographs. That's his JOB. He's a brand. The only advertising for this brand is these stupid records. For Christ's sake, Adam Sandler riffs on him in "Pixels."
  - Sniffnoy 9y ago
    The comment you're replying to is about Todd Rogers, not Billy Mitchell.
    - oceanghost 9y ago
      Welp then I'm an idiot :)
      - sillysaurus3 9y ago
        No, it was equally interesting. HN is much too strict about tangential comments.
        oceanghost 9y ago
        Thank you!
        SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
        Equally relevant too, given the parent comment.

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

sillysaurus3 9y ago

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

at-fates-hands 9y ago
For the attention. He for sure took advantage of the situation and knew nobody could verify his claims. It wasn't until recently people have finally shown most of his scores are totally unattainable to begin with, something nobody could really refute until now. It also makes Twin Galaxies look incredibly shady and their refusal to really adjust the high scores just makes it seem like they have some weird stake in it was well.
- ordinaryperson 9y ago
  Yep. You even see some of that in King of Kong when Walter Day says that Billy Mitchell is good for Twin Galaxies. I'd say it's part naivete (taking friends at their word), part incompetence (not fully vetting scores, especially early on), part complicity (gaming heroes make them seem like a stable of giants). Hard to know what % of each. It's an incredibly narrow band of fame, of attention, by a weird subculture that 99% of humanity pays no attention to, but for some people I guess it's important.
rhizome 9y ago
Tangentially related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wi... is great reading.
oceanghost 9y ago
I've met Billy Mitchell. Everyone has. You pretty much can't go to these events and not meet him. You walk into Twin Galaxies or Arcade Expo and he's standing there in a suit greeting people, selling autographs. That's his JOB. He's a brand. The only advertising for this brand is these stupid records. For Christ's sake, Adam Sandler riffs on him in "Pixels."
- Sniffnoy 9y ago
  The comment you're replying to is about Todd Rogers, not Billy Mitchell.
  - oceanghost 9y ago
    Welp then I'm an idiot :)
    - sillysaurus3 9y ago
      No, it was equally interesting. HN is much too strict about tangential comments.
      - oceanghost 9y ago
        Thank you!
      - SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
        Equally relevant too, given the parent comment.