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08-18-2010 , 05:59 PM

#301

BigBadJonV

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Has anyone actually tried his sauce?

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08-18-2010 , 06:13 PM

#302

daryn

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his wife i'd imagine

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08-18-2010 , 06:22 PM

#303

BigBadJonV

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Originally Posted by daryn

his wife i'd imagine

touche sir, touche

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08-18-2010 , 07:09 PM

#304

Dynasty

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Originally Posted by BigBadJonV

Has anyone actually tried his sauce?

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Originally Posted by daryn

his wife i'd imagine

Fail.

You saw the opening. So, how could you not respond "Brian Kuh" or "Walter Day"?

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08-18-2010 , 08:07 PM

#305

MuresanForMVP

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Originally Posted by wiper

no reason. that dude is a pretty big waste of life. but if he loves himself, then it's whatever i guess..

A person's opinion of Billy Mitchell is a pretty good indicator of how good or bad they are at life. I'll let you guess what you fall under...

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08-18-2010 , 09:05 PM

#306

Baltimore Jones

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Originally Posted by amplify

we'll wait for you to catch up

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Originally Posted by wiper

no reason. that dude is a pretty big waste of life. but if he loves himself, then it's whatever i guess..

I think you also need to catch up in terms of understanding how fast and loose the movie played with the facts.

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08-19-2010 , 03:07 AM

#307

MikeyObviously

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http://www.800hotsauce.com/about.php

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08-19-2010 , 03:25 AM

#308

LeapFrog

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no other brand made in America has more Cayenne pepper, mother****er.

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08-19-2010 , 03:28 AM

#309

profELMO

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Why is his hot sauce / restaurant called rickey's? did he just buy the franchise?

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08-19-2010 , 09:41 AM

#310

rage4dorder

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watched this movie in march i think, enjoying the back and forth rebreaking of the records.

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08-19-2010 , 01:38 PM

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Dynasty

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These video game documenataries really interest me. It must me nostalgia.

The History of Pac-Man, Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

New Billy Mitchell quote: “I had such a tight grip over the joystick at times, I was afraid I was going to shatter it. But, I managed to cheat death.”

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08-19-2010 , 01:41 PM

#312

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The analogy with his pro gaming and the hotsauce business in the docu is just comical GOLD.

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08-19-2010 , 01:42 PM

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New Billy Mitchell quote: “I had such a tight grip over the joystick at times, I was afraid I was going to shatter it. But, I managed to cheat death.”

Is there anyone in the world who has such a high ratio of quote to gold?

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08-19-2010 , 03:29 PM

#314

Phresh

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Originally Posted by Thijs908

The analogy with his pro gaming and the hotsauce business in the docu is just comical GOLD.

"He sell his hot sauce, he sells himself!"

I still love that.

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08-19-2010 , 05:00 PM

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Dynasty

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Originally Posted by Baltimore Jones

I think you also need to catch up in terms of understanding how fast and loose the movie played with the facts.

If you enjoy the drama of King of Kong too much (like me), Walter Day's responses are worth reading.

Walter Day & Twin Galaxies respond to 'King of Kong'

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08-19-2010 , 05:05 PM

#316

Baltimore Jones

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Originally Posted by Dynasty

A documentary on the history of text adventure games just came out:

http://getlamp.com/

Haven't seen it yet - it's released with a Creative Commons license or whatever, meaning it can be "pirated" legally. We'll have to wait for somebody to rip it though, in some quick searches it doesn't look like it's up yet.

I mentioned this over a year ago ITT, but the same guy also did a BBS documentary, also available for "free". Really interesting stuff, and no playing with the truth like with KoK.

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08-19-2010 , 06:36 PM

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Jack Bando

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Originally Posted by Dynasty

If you enjoy the drama of King of Kong too much (like me), Walter Day's responses are worth reading.

Walter Day & Twin Galaxies respond to 'King of Kong'

The boards also explain why Mr Awesome hates TG so much.

(Short answer-he claims his Missile Command record used a slower cursor speed than the guy who passed him and he's the true king of MC. TG says that they never tracked whether that option was on and it was player's choice)

Any one with a TG record on OOT?

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08-19-2010 , 09:44 PM

#318

amplify

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Originally Posted by Dynasty

If you enjoy the drama of King of Kong too much (like me), Walter Day's responses are worth reading.

Walter Day & Twin Galaxies respond to 'King of Kong'

I have totally gone off the deep end as I am reading these with fascination.

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08-19-2010 , 10:42 PM

#319

TheNoodleMan

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08-19-2010 , 11:13 PM

#320

Loce

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Interesting indeed:

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In the movie, the facts are portrayed as Steve's 1,006,000 point score being rejected and the world title reverting back to Billy Mitchell at 874,340 points -- the score Mitchell had attained in 1982.

However, the world title portrayed on the movie screen should have reverted back to Steve Wiebe, himself, who was actually already the world record holder at that time with his 947,200 points. Interestingly, audiences watching the \"King of Kong\" are unaware that Steve Wiebe is already, at that time, the World Champion on Donkey Kong and remains so throughout the first 4/5ths of the movie, a fact that the movie plot doesn't reveal.

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08-20-2010 , 05:37 AM

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I have totally gone off the deep end as I am reading these with fascination.

I can't take anything he says seriously after watching him out on his farm.

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08-20-2010 , 10:54 AM

#322

Heya

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Originally Posted by profELMO

Why is his hot sauce / restaurant called rickey's? did he just buy the franchise?

Rickey is short for Richard which is long for dick which is short for Billy Mitchell.

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08-20-2010 , 11:47 AM

#323

Yeti

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why are people posting links (and quoting from them) that were already posted IN THIS THREAD 2-3 years ago? it's a bit dumb, especially given this thread is pretty short. anyway i believe i will rewatch the movie this weekend. i was thinking earlier about him breaking the 2 records in one weekend, that really is pretty amazing.

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08-20-2010 , 12:00 PM

#324

Wires

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This movie was high on my must watch list a few years ago but after reading about all the historical liberties taken by the filmmakers I put it on the back burner and eventually forgot about it.

In the meantime I've read pretty much everything about the story (including most of the links in this thread). Is the movie still worth watching or the story presented in such a disingenuous manner that it isn't worthwhile?