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> Sure, some of his videos had the odd questionable moment—a video lag here, some dark footage there—but for the most part these queries were far from conclusiv
by lqet 5y ago
> Sure, some of his videos had the odd questionable moment—a video lag here, some dark footage there—but for the most part these queries were far from conclusive proof that he had been cheating, and so nothing ever came of them.
This reminded me of the excellent documentary Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, in which at some point (SPOILER) one of the best (if not the best) arcade game players in the world submits a very suspicious VHS tape of a new record.
If you want to have a deep look into the world of competitive arcade gaming, I strongly recommend this movie. It starts out quite innocent, but gets darker and more insane with every minute.
The full movie is on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXLQqcHcJDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXLQqcHcJDQ
- belter 5y agoGreat documentary. Thanks for sharing. Those were the times. Was surprised at the low amount of views. This other one, ( spoiler warning ) that you should NOT see before watching your linked video...has more than a million :-) https://youtu.be/yJ74cr1x6SE https://youtu.be/yJ74cr1x6SE
- crtasm 5y agoIt's an unofficial upload in 2020 of a 2007 documentary - 10k views doesn't seem that surprising. Here's an upload from 2016 with 166k views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-P8Kyvnz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-P8Kyvnz4
- wnevets 5y agoIIRC there was a story posted here on HN about the admins of the leaderboard helping the hot sauce guy cheat as well.
- Forgeties79 5y agoI need to find it, but I remember reading an article that was critical - or at least complicated the narrative - of the documentary, saying that the characterizations were not very fair/were very lopsided to facilitate the "good guy vs. villain" story. I'll try to track it down. Update: https://www.avclub.com/the-king-of-kong-continued-donkey-kong-champ-billy-mi-1798213302 https://www.avclub.com/the-king-of-kong-continued-donkey-kon...
- rasz 5y agoLooking at the amount of lawsuits Billy Mitchell is still throwing around to this day Ill say the movie was right on the money. https://www.thegamer.com/billy-mitchell-lawsuit-twin-galaxies/ https://www.thegamer.com/billy-mitchell-lawsuit-twin-galaxie...
- Forgeties79 5y agoOh don’t get me wrong, I have no desire to grab a beer, let alone be friends with, Billy Mitchell. But I also think some documentarians can get a little “interpretive” with their edits at times.