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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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l can--lt doesn't matter if you,
you know--lf you let me down

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or someone else,
it doesn't come through.

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l can always go out there.
l'm in control.

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And l'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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l don't drink. l don't smoke.
l don't do drugs.

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l play video games,

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which l think is far superior
an addiction

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than any of those other ones.

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l wanted to be a hero.

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l wanted to be the center
of attention.

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l wanted the glory.
l wanted the fame.

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l wanted the prem girls
come at me and say,

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''Hi. l see that you're good
at Centipede.''

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l had somebody draw
an analogy for me once

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that l always remembered.

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The top French pilot in World
War l 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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l 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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l 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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lf 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
l 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 l first lied about.

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But he had submitted
a bogus score,

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and l finally met him there
at LiFe magazine,

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and l 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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l went in the arcade
and sat down with Donkey Hong,

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and l beat him to a pulp.

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Well, l was better
than the best.

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And l got--
l 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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l'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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ln 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, l 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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lf 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 glamour 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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lt's actually carved
a part of my personality

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that benefits me every day.

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l mean, a burning passion
never to settle for what l 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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lt'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 saucelchicken 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 l'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--lt'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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lf l 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 l got laid off
and l had time on my hands,

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l was thinking,
''Well, what can l do

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''to kind of feel like
l have control of something,''

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so l looked at Twin Galaxies.

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l just--well, l typed in
Donkey Hong world record,

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and some spreadsheet came up,
and l saw what the score was.

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lt was held by Billy Mitchell,
and it was, like, 874,OOO.

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l go, ''Hey, l can beat that.''

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Almost there.

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l mean, l'm not the kind of wife
that's needy

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that l need him sitting on
the couch with me every night.

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l don't need that.

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What l need is him in the house
helping me with the kids

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or l 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 l have to be like, ''Hello.''

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Um, so then l 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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l'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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#  l'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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l've probably seen Steve
with tears in his eyes

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more than any other guy l 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.
l had pitched him too much.

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l was the manager of the team.

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lt 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 l always held close #

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l 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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l 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 l 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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lt 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 #

241
00:13:02,399 --> 00:13:04,735
#  Hold for the last time #

242
00:13:04,766 --> 00:13:07,668
#  Then slip away quietly #

243
00:13:07,700 --> 00:13:10,369
What plunged me
into competitive gaming,

244
00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:13,836
never to come out,
was Donkey Hong.

245
00:13:13,866 --> 00:13:17,236
Donkey Hong. Well, that was
the first ever Mario game.

246
00:13:17,266 --> 00:13:19,368
The whole thing
is a construction site.

247
00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:21,401
lt's all these girders
and elevators with ladders

248
00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:23,168
going from one girder
to the next.

249
00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,770
The whole goal, the whole time
is to get past the obstacles

250
00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,637
that Hong is throwing at you
and get--get the girl.

251
00:13:30,666 --> 00:13:33,468
Well, Donkey Hong, without
question, is the hardest game.

252
00:13:33,499 --> 00:13:36,402
lt's ridiculously difficult
on the first screen.

253
00:13:38,266 --> 00:13:40,701
Donkey Hong
is releasing these barrels.

254
00:13:40,733 --> 00:13:42,101
You got to jump
over the barrels.

255
00:13:42,133 --> 00:13:43,300
You gotta duck
the barrels.

256
00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:46,969
You can grab a hammer
and hammer the barrels.

257
00:13:46,999 --> 00:13:49,669
Okay, the secret
about the barrel board

258
00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:52,002
is you can actually
control the barrels.

259
00:13:52,033 --> 00:13:53,768
Right above this ladder,

260
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,135
you'll do a quick left,
and then a hard right turn.

261
00:13:56,166 --> 00:13:58,868
See how it went down?
Went down again.

262
00:13:58,899 --> 00:14:01,168
You gotta get past
all the barrels, the fireballs,

263
00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:02,200
get up the ladders.

264
00:14:02,233 --> 00:14:04,201
And as soon as you get to her,

265
00:14:04,233 --> 00:14:06,868
Donkey Hong takes her away
to the next level.

266
00:14:09,833 --> 00:14:12,302
The average Donkey Hong game
doesn't last a minute.

267
00:14:12,333 --> 00:14:14,134
lt's absolute brutality.

268
00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:16,134
Each of the 18 elevator boards

269
00:14:16,166 --> 00:14:19,335
represents the greatest
challenge in video game playing.

270
00:14:19,366 --> 00:14:21,334
The average gamer on Donkey Hong

271
00:14:21,366 --> 00:14:24,802
will never get past
the third elevator stage.

272
00:14:24,833 --> 00:14:27,435
Just the slightest touch from
one of these springs, kills you.

273
00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:30,268
There's no hammer for them.
There's no way to defeat them.

274
00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:32,702
All you can do is avoid them.
That's it.

275
00:14:32,733 --> 00:14:34,568
And the secret
to the third elevators

276
00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,337
is knowing which spring
to go on,

277
00:14:38,366 --> 00:14:41,001
and then knowing which spring
to move up the ladder on,

278
00:14:41,033 --> 00:14:43,502
and recognizing
when you must retreat.

279
00:14:43,533 --> 00:14:46,802
lf you don't time it just
exactly right, you will die.

280
00:14:46,833 --> 00:14:50,436
lt boils down
to hardcore skill.

281
00:14:50,466 --> 00:14:53,702
So l go on that one because it
line up with the dashed line.

282
00:14:53,733 --> 00:14:57,303
Now l'm waiting for one to line
up with the solid line there.

283
00:14:58,466 --> 00:15:00,801
l have said from the day
l met Steve

284
00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:03,702
that his talent
is in his hands.

285
00:15:03,733 --> 00:15:06,035
He pitched.
He was at basketball.

286
00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:07,634
He's a phenomenal drawer,

287
00:15:07,666 --> 00:15:09,434
and if you ever seen
pictures that he's drawn,

288
00:15:09,466 --> 00:15:11,668
but he's very artistic.

289
00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:14,035
lt's operating on some
subconscious level with him,

290
00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:15,500
l think.

291
00:15:15,533 --> 00:15:19,270
When we were driving to Hansas
or whatever, family trips,

292
00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,101
he'd sit there,
and for a hundred miles

293
00:15:21,133 --> 00:15:23,735
would bang his head, you know,

294
00:15:23,766 --> 00:15:25,968
four--four time
against the back of the seat.

295
00:15:26,399 --> 00:15:29,136
Five, six, seven, eight, nine...

296
00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:31,535
Well, l've often thought that
he maybe is a little autistic,

297
00:15:31,566 --> 00:15:33,901
that he's just
that obsessive compulsive,

298
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,201
'cause he would get
something in his mind.

299
00:15:36,233 --> 00:15:37,801
He wanted to play drums,

300
00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,768
and l don't even know
where he got that idea.

301
00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:45,639
This is Derek's drum set,
and it's not too bad.

302
00:15:45,666 --> 00:15:48,835
lt's--lt does the trick.

303
00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:31,571
The actual game play involves
so much eye-hand coordination,

304
00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,901
mind-body coordination,

305
00:16:32,933 --> 00:16:35,735
fast reaction time,
and comprehensive thinking.

306
00:16:35,766 --> 00:16:38,568
Such a high level
of precise execution.

307
00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:40,834
So much skill...

308
00:16:42,366 --> 00:16:44,234
involves so much learning.

309
00:16:48,433 --> 00:16:53,404
You have to have
deep comprehensive intelligence.

310
00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:58,868
Um, for years and years,
it was believed

311
00:16:58,899 --> 00:17:02,970
that Billy's record of 874,OOO
in 1982

312
00:17:02,999 --> 00:17:05,369
was really the highest score
anyone would ever get.

313
00:17:05,399 --> 00:17:07,668
And in fact, some of us
have played this game

314
00:17:07,699 --> 00:17:09,968
every day or every week
or every month since then,

315
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,267
and no one's
gotten close to that.

316
00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:14,302
No one across
that big length of time

317
00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:18,370
will ever be able to beat
his world record.

318
00:17:32,766 --> 00:17:36,269
Derek, look. You're on TV.

319
00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:38,368
See yourself? Say, ''hi.''

320
00:17:38,399 --> 00:17:39,801
No.

321
00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:41,501
l was havin'
the game of my life.

322
00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:47,038
l was--Think l got 600,OOO,
uh, and l hadn't died yet.

323
00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:50,135
And when l started
hearing some noises

324
00:17:50,166 --> 00:17:52,201
coming down the stairs,
screaming--

325
00:18:27,466 --> 00:18:28,967
And it's all on tape,
and l--

326
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,569
That's the tape l had to send in
to--to Twin Galaxies.

327
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,668
Everything l'm all about

328
00:18:35,699 --> 00:18:37,701
by practicing
transcendental meditation,

329
00:18:37,733 --> 00:18:39,334
and l like to see
that mirrored

330
00:18:39,366 --> 00:18:42,469
in the way l apply myself
to the video game world,

331
00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:44,435
in that
l seek to find champions

332
00:18:44,466 --> 00:18:46,601
and watch them grow
and become even greater

333
00:18:46,633 --> 00:18:50,436
as they begin to unfold more and
more of their full potential,

334
00:18:50,466 --> 00:18:52,100
which is what we do
when we do TM.

335
00:18:52,133 --> 00:18:57,104
lf Walter, through all these
years, all the way since 1982,

336
00:18:57,133 --> 00:19:00,803
hadn't continued
as a labor of love,

337
00:19:00,833 --> 00:19:03,268
then there would be
no central organization

338
00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:04,968
for competitive
video game playing.

339
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,236
Why do we do it?
Because we actually love this.

340
00:19:08,266 --> 00:19:10,267
Because we enjoy this.
We're fascinated by this.

341
00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:11,834
There's just something
in our genes

342
00:19:11,866 --> 00:19:15,069
that my group, Twin Galaxies,
raising the banner high

343
00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:18,102
to do this and move--move
organized video game playing

344
00:19:18,133 --> 00:19:19,133
into the future.

345
00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:20,467
Walter opened the door

346
00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,936
to truly--
l was gonna say international,

347
00:19:23,966 --> 00:19:26,802
but at the very least,
national competitive gaming.

348
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,768
We just happened to call it
Twin Galaxies.

349
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,035
The name burst into my brain.

350
00:19:31,066 --> 00:19:33,134
Walter Day didn't do that
by accident.

351
00:19:33,166 --> 00:19:36,969
Didn't get lucky.
He--He created his own empire.

352
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,935
Join us again
for Video Game News Update.

353
00:19:38,966 --> 00:19:39,966
l'm Walter Day

354
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,035
at the Twin Galaxies
international scoreboard.

355
00:19:42,066 --> 00:19:43,367
lt's been a wearying thing
being the scorekeeper

356
00:19:43,399 --> 00:19:45,401
because everybody picks on me,
you know?

357
00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:48,569
'Cause l'm the man, you know?
l'm a police officer.

358
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,636
Video games need a guy
like Bush, who will say,

359
00:19:51,666 --> 00:19:53,134
''Look, this is the way
we're gonna do it.

360
00:19:53,166 --> 00:19:56,569
This is the rule, and if you
don't like it, tough.''

361
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:57,968
You've got to have that.

362
00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,802
lf you didn't have that
in the NFL, who'd win?

363
00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,834
How do you declare a champion
unless there are rules?

364
00:20:02,866 --> 00:20:04,567
And if you break 'em,
you lose.

365
00:20:17,366 --> 00:20:22,037
The best features about him
are also his biggest downfall.

366
00:20:22,066 --> 00:20:24,902
People can just run over him
because he's so nice.

367
00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:29,103
Twin Galaxies survives
because people like Walter,

368
00:20:29,133 --> 00:20:33,070
people like Robert Mruczek,
people like me,

369
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:37,871
who participate all for
a passion of competitive gaming.

370
00:20:37,899 --> 00:20:39,134
Nobody draws a paycheck.

371
00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:42,235
l don't see details.
l see big pictures, you know?

372
00:20:42,266 --> 00:20:45,369
l see the big concept that lies
behind the whole issue,

373
00:20:45,399 --> 00:20:46,501
and then l tweak that.

374
00:20:46,533 --> 00:20:48,735
l can't do details and details.

375
00:20:48,766 --> 00:20:51,602
Twin Galaxies needs a staff
of detail-oriented people

376
00:20:51,633 --> 00:20:52,667
like Robert Mruczek.

377
00:20:53,466 --> 00:20:55,835
Um, anything
that's unexplainable,

378
00:20:55,866 --> 00:20:57,567
out of the ordinary,

379
00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,101
we have to keep our eyes
out for.

380
00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:00,834
That's not to say
we're infallible.

381
00:21:00,866 --> 00:21:04,836
When l have to watch that pile
of eight tapes over there

382
00:21:04,866 --> 00:21:07,702
for Dwayne Richard's
two-day nibbler performance,

383
00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,701
that's 48 straight hours
of paying attention,

384
00:21:09,733 --> 00:21:11,568
to make sure that he's doing
everything correctly.

385
00:21:12,399 --> 00:21:14,401
Package from
the Metroid team in Brazil,

386
00:21:14,433 --> 00:21:15,967
some Atari 2600 records.

387
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,267
Gotta watch that.

388
00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,669
These things take time
to veri_.

389
00:21:19,699 --> 00:21:21,635
And l have to look
at every single one of these.

390
00:21:21,666 --> 00:21:23,401
Like l showed you over here.

391
00:21:23,433 --> 00:21:26,536
This is just 200 videotapes.
That's nothing.

392
00:21:26,566 --> 00:21:28,601
This is the real stuff
that l have to do.

393
00:21:28,633 --> 00:21:32,903
l see world's records in my room
set just about every single day.

394
00:21:32,933 --> 00:21:34,567
Some people think
a world's record

395
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:35,734
is what's set at the Olympics

396
00:21:35,766 --> 00:21:37,801
or at the end
of a baseball season.

397
00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:41,303
l see this every single day,
and not just sometimes once.

398
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,333
lt's exciting.

399
00:21:42,366 --> 00:21:43,400
Derek!

400
00:21:43,433 --> 00:21:47,703
- Stop playing Donkey Hong!
- You stop it!

401
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,036
- Stop playing Donkey Hong!
- Maybe.

402
00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:54,400
Yeah, that was close.

403
00:21:54,433 --> 00:21:56,101
That was actually good.

404
00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:58,201
You stop it!

405
00:21:58,233 --> 00:22:00,535
Stop it!

406
00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:02,634
Derek, stop it. No.

407
00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:05,568
Stop playing Donkey Hong.

408
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,268
- Derek?
- Stop playing Donkey Hong.

409
00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,602
Derek, l'm gonna throw away
your rest if you don't stop it.

410
00:22:09,633 --> 00:22:10,633
Derek!

411
00:22:10,666 --> 00:22:11,967
Somebody has
accomplished something

412
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,167
that not only l can't do,

413
00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:15,035
that nobody else
has ever been done before,

414
00:22:15,066 --> 00:22:16,801
and it's exciting
to see that firsthand.

415
00:22:16,833 --> 00:22:19,101
That's how you play Donkey Hong.

416
00:22:19,699 --> 00:22:21,601
New world record.

417
00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:25,266
Welcome back.

418
00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:27,835
Bill Gates isn't necessarily
the most famous name

419
00:22:27,866 --> 00:22:29,000
in Redmond tonight.

420
00:22:29,033 --> 00:22:32,002
Coming up, meet the man
who's at the top of his game.

421
00:22:32,033 --> 00:22:33,934
A Donkey Hong world record.

422
00:22:33,966 --> 00:22:37,703
He was a big celebrity there
for a bit in Seattle.

423
00:22:37,733 --> 00:22:38,900
l was just doing it.

424
00:22:38,933 --> 00:22:41,035
Just thought it would be
a neat achievement.

425
00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:44,803
l didn't think it would ever
blow up to be a big story.

426
00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:47,335
He goes, ''You're the first lady
of Donkey Hong.''

427
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:49,367
l'm like, ''Oh, my God.''

428
00:22:49,399 --> 00:22:52,936
Even though it was
this silly video game thing,

429
00:22:52,966 --> 00:22:56,035
it's not many of us
that have a buddy

430
00:22:56,066 --> 00:22:59,302
who's the best in the world
at something.

431
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:01,768
That was a godsend to him
in the last couple of years

432
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,501
to get him through.

433
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:06,869
Like it might be was like
a safe haven for him, yeah.

434
00:23:06,899 --> 00:23:08,668
#  No equality #

435
00:23:08,699 --> 00:23:09,767
#  Be still #

436
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,502
#  l will not accept defeat #

437
00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:14,468
#  l will have you #

438
00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,902
#  Yes, l will have you #

439
00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:18,601
#  l will find a way #

440
00:23:18,633 --> 00:23:20,568
#  And l will have you #

441
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,234
We're at Hamiakin Junior High,

442
00:23:22,266 --> 00:23:25,469
and l'm here in my seventh and
eight grade science classroom.

443
00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:26,767
lt's my first year
at teaching,

444
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,436
so it's been a challenge,
but very enjoyable so far.

445
00:23:30,466 --> 00:23:36,939
Sand, soil, and the cornstarch.

446
00:23:36,966 --> 00:23:40,903
l went to, uh, the city university,
which had a program and--

447
00:23:40,933 --> 00:23:43,669
One year,
you had a master's degree,

448
00:23:43,699 --> 00:23:46,202
so we roughed it out
for a year.

449
00:23:46,233 --> 00:23:50,003
And here l am today,
so it finally worked out.

450
00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:53,302
lt's fun, and he's not making it
so it's like,

451
00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:56,002
''This is science.
This is boring.''

452
00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:57,467
He talks to us about stuff

453
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,602
that's not just like homework
and schoolwork

454
00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:00,633
and school and stuff.

455
00:24:00,666 --> 00:24:02,367
Okay, here is--

456
00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:07,103
My history with Donkey Hong is,
l have the world record.

457
00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:10,603
Okay, l didn't know
it was a world record.

458
00:24:10,633 --> 00:24:14,136
lt's for Donkey Hong, is it?
Oh, my gosh.

459
00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:16,134
There is like--lt's...

460
00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:17,734
all the science teachers here
are weird.

461
00:24:17,766 --> 00:24:19,701
Steve deserves
a lot of credit for that

462
00:24:19,733 --> 00:24:21,067
because he also...

463
00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:24,036
He also broke the record
on Donkey Hong Jr.

464
00:24:24,066 --> 00:24:27,702
So he--he took two--He took two
of Billy's titles,

465
00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:28,834
like, right away from him.

466
00:24:28,866 --> 00:24:31,301
And l don't mean to sound,
you know, crude or anything.

467
00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:33,768
But he did. He did.
Officially, he did.

468
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,936
That was the last world record
that Bill ever had.

469
00:24:36,966 --> 00:24:38,033
That was the last one to go.

470
00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:40,301
He had five world records
in 1985,

471
00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:45,104
and he had the Donkey Hong, and
then Steve Wiebe took it away.

472
00:24:45,133 --> 00:24:47,835
lt's far more difficult
when you're on top,

473
00:24:47,866 --> 00:24:50,635
anybody who's on top,
to stay on top.

474
00:24:50,666 --> 00:24:53,168
Billy's got a lot of things
up his sleeve.

475
00:24:53,199 --> 00:24:56,536
He likes to keep quiet
in situations like that.

476
00:24:56,566 --> 00:24:59,669
So, you know, somebody may have
taken him down now,

477
00:24:59,699 --> 00:25:02,235
but behind closed doors,
Billy's got something planned.

478
00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:03,266
That's Billy Mitchell.

479
00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:05,435
On my phone, it says,
''Never surrender.''

480
00:25:05,466 --> 00:25:07,634
lf somebody beat his record,

481
00:25:07,666 --> 00:25:09,934
he'd have a plan
to beat it back.

482
00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:11,067
l'm sure.

483
00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:12,968
The worse thing
that could happen

484
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,337
would be to give somebody
the credibility of a score

485
00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:20,102
that doesn't deserve it.

486
00:25:20,133 --> 00:25:23,669
But even far worse than that
would be to deny somebody

487
00:25:23,699 --> 00:25:27,170
the credibility
when they deserved it.

488
00:25:27,199 --> 00:25:29,402
lf l'm not there, l don't know.

489
00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:30,801
Get this.

490
00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,101
l came home one day
and there was two people

491
00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:36,569
in my garage
Iooking at my machine.

492
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,602
They wanted to--
They're spies.

493
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,304
lt was a Saturday.
It was in July or August.

494
00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:46,635
And my mom was here 'cause l was
getting ready to go to work.

495
00:25:46,666 --> 00:25:48,167
And these guys
knocked on the door,

496
00:25:48,199 --> 00:25:50,602
and l don't think l knew
they were gonna be here at all.

497
00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:53,268
And they said that
who they were,

498
00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:54,968
and they wanted to come in
and look at the machine.

499
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,568
And l knew l had to leave,
and l said,

500
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,602
''l'm not comfortable
in letting you do that.

501
00:25:59,633 --> 00:26:02,702
''l have to go to work.
My mom is here.

502
00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:04,601
''Steve's gonna be home shortly.

503
00:26:04,633 --> 00:26:06,735
You just need to wait.
You just need to wait.''

504
00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:09,635
To find out
at an ultra elite level,

505
00:26:09,666 --> 00:26:11,300
whether or not a score is good,

506
00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:13,768
sometimes we have no choice
but to call in the pros.

507
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,935
Bri--Brian Huh,
the Donkey Hong player,

508
00:26:15,966 --> 00:26:17,367
went to Steve's place.

509
00:26:17,399 --> 00:26:18,501
Bill asked me to do it,

510
00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:20,234
but l didn't have time
to go do it, so Brian did it.

511
00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:23,669
Went there with one of the most
respected gamers of all time,

512
00:26:23,699 --> 00:26:25,068
Perry Rodgers,
to back him up.

513
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:28,336
Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies
asked me to, um,

514
00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:30,067
because l live
in the area near him,

515
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:31,835
to go investigate him.

516
00:26:31,866 --> 00:26:32,933
So we went out to his house.

517
00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:34,967
l mean, l'm the homeowner.
It's my house.

518
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,868
l'm the wife
of the Donkey Hong guy.

519
00:26:36,899 --> 00:26:38,434
They should've
respected my wishes

520
00:26:38,466 --> 00:26:41,268
and left my mom alone and not
come in, but they didn't.

521
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:44,403
They took apart
his Donkey Hong machine,

522
00:26:44,433 --> 00:26:46,134
and started taking pictures
of everything.

523
00:26:46,166 --> 00:26:47,467
You know, trying to look
for an excuse

524
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,235
to try to invalidate
his score.

525
00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:52,102
They saw this box

526
00:26:52,133 --> 00:26:55,903
that has Roy Shildt's
return address on it.

527
00:26:55,933 --> 00:26:57,801
So they looked over
and they said,

528
00:26:57,833 --> 00:26:59,834
''Roy Shildt? Why is
Roy Shildt's name on there?''

529
00:26:59,866 --> 00:27:03,636
Roy Shildt is the type of gamer
that would like nothing more

530
00:27:03,666 --> 00:27:06,568
than to see Twin Galaxies
get an egg on its face.

531
00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:15,470
l want you to remember
that no punk bastard

532
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:19,403
ever got a gnarly piece
of poontang

533
00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:22,135
by being sensitive
and considerate.

534
00:27:22,166 --> 00:27:24,268
He calls himself Mr. Awesome.

535
00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:26,935
He drives the Awesomobile
to fame and fortune,

536
00:27:26,966 --> 00:27:28,734
as he says on his web site.

537
00:27:28,766 --> 00:27:31,668
He's jealous of Billy
because Billy gets attention

538
00:27:31,699 --> 00:27:33,301
from beautiful women
wherever he goes.

539
00:27:33,333 --> 00:27:35,601
And, essentially,
he wants to be like Billy.

540
00:27:35,633 --> 00:27:39,236
l mean, l've seen the world
champion cherry pit spitter

541
00:27:39,266 --> 00:27:41,234
on the Tonight Show
with Jay Leno.

542
00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:42,700
And if that guy should be
on the Tonight Show,

543
00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:46,069
at least l can just--just be
a celebrity for a day.

544
00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,335
l didn't even get that.
l got no recognition at all.

545
00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:50,267
l didn't get to be
on any television shows.

546
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:52,268
lt's like l--
It's like l was a ghost,

547
00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:53,701
and l just don't feel
it's right,

548
00:27:53,733 --> 00:27:55,835
and l just want
a little recognition.

549
00:27:55,866 --> 00:27:57,734
l'm not necessarily
to become a celebrity.

550
00:27:57,766 --> 00:27:59,334
Hey, Billy.
How you doing, man?

551
00:27:59,366 --> 00:28:01,901
- How are you doing?
- Billy, how are you?

552
00:28:01,933 --> 00:28:03,301
l'm perfect.
Haven't you read?

553
00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:06,235
Twin Galaxies does a lot
to promote Billy

554
00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:08,801
'cause it's very much
to Twin Galaxies' advantage

555
00:28:08,833 --> 00:28:11,235
and very much to the whole
gaming hobby's advantage

556
00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:12,667
for Billy to become a star.

557
00:28:12,699 --> 00:28:15,702
When Walter Day
published that book in 1997,

558
00:28:15,733 --> 00:28:18,035
with all those egregious
errors in there,

559
00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:19,500
Bill Mitchell saw it.

560
00:28:19,533 --> 00:28:21,534
And he knew they were wrong.
He knew they were mistakes.

561
00:28:21,566 --> 00:28:23,634
But he tried to pretend
like they were real

562
00:28:23,666 --> 00:28:25,701
to try to take
my Missile Command score down.

563
00:28:25,733 --> 00:28:29,770
Roy and l met
at California Extreme,

564
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,135
and he knew that l was--
had a capability

565
00:28:32,166 --> 00:28:33,500
of beating Billy
on Donkey Hong.

566
00:28:33,533 --> 00:28:34,967
Steve Wiebe is the one
who had unlocked

567
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,101
the secrets to Donkey Hong

568
00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:38,001
to figure out how to get
a million points.

569
00:28:38,033 --> 00:28:41,002
He offered to buy me a board,
a Donkey Hong board,

570
00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:42,801
because mine had broken.

571
00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:44,701
And l didn't have the money.

572
00:28:44,733 --> 00:28:47,635
So, you know, it was a
mutual-beneficial relationship.

573
00:28:47,666 --> 00:28:49,567
He would buy me a board.

574
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,568
l would have the opportunity
to beat Billy's record,

575
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,102
and at the same time,
l would take Billy down

576
00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:57,569
and seek
Roy's revenge on Billy.

577
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,936
Um, and it seemed good
at the time, you know?

578
00:29:00,966 --> 00:29:02,834
And unknowing to me,
l didn't know the history

579
00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:06,436
between the bad blood
with Roy and Billy, and--

580
00:29:06,466 --> 00:29:10,002
To attempt something like this
for the sole purpose

581
00:29:10,033 --> 00:29:13,302
of taking down
one of Bill's scores,

582
00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:15,368
it's like a...a slap
in the face.

583
00:29:15,399 --> 00:29:17,101
They would say
that l somehow monkeyed

584
00:29:17,133 --> 00:29:18,701
with the board or something,
they--

585
00:29:18,733 --> 00:29:19,834
but they wouldn't have
any evidence.

586
00:29:19,866 --> 00:29:20,900
They looked at the board.

587
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:22,567
They took the pictures
of the board,

588
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,301
and they couldn't find
anything wrong with it.

589
00:29:24,333 --> 00:29:27,469
The fact that
the right gummy substance

590
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:29,902
on the right chip
out of all these chips,

591
00:29:29,933 --> 00:29:34,037
in the right spot
on the right board.

592
00:29:34,699 --> 00:29:38,804
l mean, l--l--l--l have to say
there's a conspiracy here.

593
00:29:38,833 --> 00:29:42,403
Any board that's worked on
could have a problem.

594
00:29:42,433 --> 00:29:45,669
To find out
that this gamer potentially

595
00:29:45,699 --> 00:29:49,370
has a fraudulent score
has upset Billy's master plan

596
00:29:49,399 --> 00:29:50,601
for what he wanted to do.

597
00:29:50,633 --> 00:29:52,634
l mean, when you come home
and see two guys in your garage,

598
00:29:52,666 --> 00:29:53,767
and you know why--
and you've learned

599
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,867
why they're there,
and you got to--

600
00:29:54,899 --> 00:29:57,969
from a guy like Bill Mitchell,
l mean, you know,

601
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,202
who's done crazy thing
after crazy thing

602
00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,468
after the next crazy thing,
you know?

603
00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:05,202
Billy Mitchell
was one of the evaluators,

604
00:30:05,233 --> 00:30:06,367
which seemed a little strange

605
00:30:06,399 --> 00:30:10,370
that the guy whose records
Steve is competing against

606
00:30:10,399 --> 00:30:13,936
is deciding whether or not
Steve's records are valid.

607
00:30:13,966 --> 00:30:17,736
Even if that board is
a completely legitimate board,

608
00:30:17,766 --> 00:30:20,034
Roy's taint on it
is too strong.

609
00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:22,468
''Roy Shildt's a liar.
Roy Shildt's a cheater.

610
00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:24,735
''Roy Shildt's full of crap.
Roy Shildt's out to get me.

611
00:30:24,766 --> 00:30:27,602
''And he's crazy,
blah, blah, blah, blah.''

612
00:30:27,633 --> 00:30:30,268
Well, he threatened
Bill Mitchell physically.

613
00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:35,104
Uh, in fact, he has threatened
Bill Mitchell's life.

614
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:38,436
No, l did not.
l did not. l did not.

615
00:30:38,466 --> 00:30:42,937
He threatened his own life
to make it look like me

616
00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,168
because for whatever--
to gain leverage

617
00:30:45,199 --> 00:30:47,268
with the other--
with other people, l don't know.

618
00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,001
He figured--What he--

619
00:30:49,033 --> 00:30:51,635
What he knows that my Missile
Command score is genuine.

620
00:30:51,666 --> 00:30:54,735
No matter what l say,
it draws controversy.

621
00:30:54,766 --> 00:30:56,601
Sort of like
the abortion issue.

622
00:30:56,633 --> 00:30:59,035
lf you're for it,
you're a son of a gun.

623
00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:01,001
lf you're against it,
you're a son of a gun.

624
00:31:01,033 --> 00:31:04,703
Uh, l'm not God.
l don't have all the answers.

625
00:31:04,733 --> 00:31:07,135
And so l have to be careful
how l share my opinions.

626
00:31:07,166 --> 00:31:10,135
So Roy just was trying
to help me out,

627
00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:13,269
and l accepted his offer.

628
00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:15,435
l just, you know...
It's just too bad

629
00:31:15,466 --> 00:31:17,267
that association with him,

630
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:19,468
l never thought
that would hurt me.

631
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:22,669
We couldn't accept
a pretender board, so to speak.

632
00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:25,368
So we couldn't
accept the score.

633
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,470
l would encourage Steve
just to leave that board behind,

634
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:38,037
leave Roy behind, and only play
on other Donkey Hong machines

635
00:31:38,066 --> 00:31:40,168
like the one at Funspot,
for example.

636
00:31:40,199 --> 00:31:41,968
To me, most importantly,
is you travel

637
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,035
to a sanctioned location,
like Funspot.

638
00:31:44,066 --> 00:31:46,334
Uh, that makes it official.

639
00:31:46,366 --> 00:31:51,471
lf tomorrow Tiger Woods goes
and he golfs a 59, big deal.

640
00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:54,236
lf he does that at Augusta,
that's where it counts.

641
00:31:54,266 --> 00:31:58,470
He's never really
asserted himself

642
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,735
in a way
that l think he should.

643
00:32:00,766 --> 00:32:04,369
lt's been--
just disappointed so many times

644
00:32:04,399 --> 00:32:06,602
where you just kind of, like,
throw your hands up and go,

645
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:08,634
''Well, let's move on
to the next thing.''

646
00:32:08,666 --> 00:32:10,968
Everything would've
fell right into place,

647
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,903
but he forgot about one thing:

648
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,467
that l would--about me

649
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,535
convincing Steve Wiebe
not to be a chump,

650
00:32:18,566 --> 00:32:21,435
talking him out of being--
out of chumpatizing himself.

651
00:32:21,466 --> 00:32:25,536
l didn't think twice
about sending him to back east.

652
00:32:25,566 --> 00:32:28,135
lt was like, ''Absolutely.
Go kick some ass.''

653
00:32:33,866 --> 00:32:37,102
Hi. My name is Justine Barker,
and l'm Miss Winnipesaukee.

654
00:32:37,133 --> 00:32:39,101
l would like to welcome you
to the seventh annual

655
00:32:39,133 --> 00:32:42,236
American Classic Arcade Museum
Tournament at Funspot.

656
00:32:42,266 --> 00:32:47,904
Funspot has become the best
recognized place worldwide

657
00:32:47,933 --> 00:32:51,670
for those who want to set a
world record on a classic game.

658
00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:55,301
#  You're the best around #

659
00:32:55,333 --> 00:32:57,234
#  Nothing's gonna ever
keep you down #

660
00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:58,367
#  You're the best #

661
00:32:58,399 --> 00:33:02,370
Funspot is the Mecca
of classic arcade games.

662
00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:04,802
That place is awesome.

663
00:33:05,966 --> 00:33:07,534
Funspot's the premier place

664
00:33:07,566 --> 00:33:10,769
where the media comes
and meets with the superstars.

665
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,969
That's--You don't see
maybe a lot of DDG,

666
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,035
which is drop dead gorgeous
if you don't know--

667
00:33:16,066 --> 00:33:17,734
girls who are playing
the games.

668
00:33:17,766 --> 00:33:21,569
The world's best players
of classic games

669
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,535
are coming here
to do what they do best.

670
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,534
Play well.

671
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,635
#  You're the best around #

672
00:33:28,666 --> 00:33:30,801
#  Nothing's gonna ever
keep you down #

673
00:33:30,833 --> 00:33:32,034
#  You're the best #

674
00:33:37,066 --> 00:33:38,567
#  ...around #

675
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,435
Very recently,
just a few months back,

676
00:33:40,466 --> 00:33:42,768
l turned 30, and l retired,

677
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,568
and l moved here
to New Hampshire.

678
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,702
And l live right close
to Funspot.

679
00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:48,668
l play games at Funspot
every day now.

680
00:33:48,699 --> 00:33:50,368
l'm gonna have ten pieces
of well done bacon,

681
00:33:50,399 --> 00:33:52,135
l'm gonna have
four hardboiled eggs.

682
00:33:52,166 --> 00:33:53,734
l'm gonna have three pancakes,

683
00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:55,434
and hopefully,
play some great games.

684
00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:57,034
Here l am in my garage.

685
00:33:57,066 --> 00:33:59,067
We're gonna give
Billy Mitchell a call,

686
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:02,470
see if he's up to a challenge
at Funspot.

687
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:04,602
Let's go ahead
and dial him up.

688
00:34:04,633 --> 00:34:05,734
Hi.
You've reached Bill Mitchell.

689
00:34:05,766 --> 00:34:07,501
l'm sorry l'm unavailable
to take your call.

690
00:34:07,533 --> 00:34:08,700
Please leave your name
and phone number.

691
00:34:08,733 --> 00:34:11,335
l'll call you back as soon
as possible. Thank you.

692
00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,967
At the tone,
please record your message.

693
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000
When you finish recording--

694
00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:15,167
l got a phone message.

695
00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,069
--press ''1'' for more options.

696
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,068
Hey, Billy.
This is Steve Wiebe.

697
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:21,367
Just calling
to see how you're doin'.

698
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,002
Hope everything's okay
with you.

699
00:34:24,033 --> 00:34:26,902
Just seein' what your plans
are for Funspot.

700
00:34:26,933 --> 00:34:30,002
l was--Walter Day
invited me out there.

701
00:34:30,033 --> 00:34:31,267
And l was just wonderin'
it'd be cool

702
00:34:31,299 --> 00:34:33,101
if we could maybe, uh,

703
00:34:33,133 --> 00:34:35,335
just have a kind of friendly
competition thing.

704
00:34:38,266 --> 00:34:40,935
l help a lot of people
who wanna go to contests.

705
00:34:40,966 --> 00:34:43,535
When l look at different people
who were my favorites,

706
00:34:43,566 --> 00:34:46,902
who l'd wanna help,
she's at the top of the list.

707
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:51,100
- Surprise.
- Oh, my God.

708
00:34:51,133 --> 00:34:54,936
And at the ripe age of 80,
she's gonna go to Funspot,

709
00:34:54,966 --> 00:34:57,335
and she's gonna set
a world record on Qbert.

710
00:34:57,366 --> 00:34:58,366
Okay.

711
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,634
- That's the challenge.
- All right.

712
00:34:59,666 --> 00:35:00,833
- Is that agreed?
- Yeah.

713
00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:02,067
All right.

714
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,568
#  Nothing's gonna ever
keep you down #

715
00:35:03,766 --> 00:35:06,401
#  You're the best around #

716
00:35:06,433 --> 00:35:13,473
#  Nothing's gonna ever
keep you down #

717
00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:14,834
You know, we have
a Donkey Hong machine here

718
00:35:14,866 --> 00:35:17,602
that Funspot purchased
in its year of issue,

719
00:35:17,633 --> 00:35:19,701
and it might even be a little
bit tougher to play here.

720
00:35:19,733 --> 00:35:21,901
People complain about getting
too many wild barrels.

721
00:35:21,933 --> 00:35:23,601
And although
it's totally a random element,

722
00:35:23,633 --> 00:35:26,202
uh, if you're gonna set a score,
you come to Funspot,

723
00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:29,102
set it on their Donkey Hong
that everybody knows about.

724
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:31,001
They won't give me my record,

725
00:35:31,033 --> 00:35:34,836
so they've urged me to come out
and do it live.

726
00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:37,602
And l think it's cooler
to do it live, too, so...

727
00:35:37,633 --> 00:35:39,835
l'm prem amped up
about Donkey Hong.

728
00:35:39,866 --> 00:35:43,002
Because l am a serious contender
on Donkey Hong.

729
00:35:43,033 --> 00:35:44,634
l've been trying
to actually beat the score

730
00:35:44,666 --> 00:35:47,468
that Billy Mitchell
got back in 1982.

731
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,269
Uh, Nicole,
she's, uh--She was stressing

732
00:35:50,299 --> 00:35:54,637
about being home this weekend
with the kids without me.

733
00:35:54,666 --> 00:35:56,100
She's probably getting sick
of the Donkey Hong thing.

734
00:35:56,133 --> 00:35:58,201
lt doesn't seem to die.

735
00:35:58,233 --> 00:35:59,434
This is a big weekend,
and l'm really hoping

736
00:35:59,466 --> 00:36:00,767
that this fellow shows up

737
00:36:00,799 --> 00:36:02,568
because, um, you know,
he'd like to tell you

738
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,635
that, uh, he's
the Donkey Hong champion.

739
00:36:04,666 --> 00:36:07,535
And, um, the fact
of the matter is, um,

740
00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:10,335
all of us have not
seen him play Donkey Hong.

741
00:36:10,366 --> 00:36:12,501
No one really noticed me
at first.

742
00:36:12,533 --> 00:36:16,336
l was kinda lookin' to see
who l'd pay the money to

743
00:36:16,366 --> 00:36:19,135
to get in the tournament,
signed in.

744
00:36:19,166 --> 00:36:21,201
l recognized Robert Mruczek.

745
00:36:21,233 --> 00:36:23,969
Zack is about 30 seconds away
from dying.

746
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,536
So l just prem much walked
over to the Donkey Hong machine.

747
00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:29,401
Okay.
We might have a good story.

748
00:36:29,433 --> 00:36:31,268
lt looks like
the mysterious player

749
00:36:31,299 --> 00:36:33,001
from the West Coast,
Steve Wiebe is here,

750
00:36:33,033 --> 00:36:34,467
um, playing Donkey Hong.

751
00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:36,501
So maybe l, uh--l'm gonna stop
watching the tournament,

752
00:36:36,533 --> 00:36:38,301
and we'll go over,
see him.

753
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:41,901
- Hey, Walter.
- You did it, man.

754
00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,501
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

755
00:36:44,833 --> 00:36:46,334
Yeah.

756
00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:57,034
He didn't say anything to me,
unless he...

757
00:36:58,433 --> 00:37:00,601
Probably a week,
or a few days ago.

758
00:37:00,633 --> 00:37:02,101
Steve, apparently,
as l understand it,

759
00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:03,133
is here right now

760
00:37:03,166 --> 00:37:05,468
to prove to everyone
that he's got what it takes.

761
00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:09,570
But with Donkey Hong, it's,
you know--it's a little random.

762
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,171
You could get, um, bad luck
with a barrel--with the barrels.

763
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:15,634
You can get bad luck
with the fireballs,

764
00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:17,134
with conveyor belts,
with the elevators.

765
00:37:17,166 --> 00:37:19,434
Because that's a tough machine.

766
00:37:19,466 --> 00:37:22,635
These people think that the
machine is possessed, really.

767
00:37:22,666 --> 00:37:24,434
Even Bill
thinks it's possessed.

768
00:37:24,466 --> 00:37:27,802
But, um, if Steve can pull off
850,OOO or higher

769
00:37:27,833 --> 00:37:30,001
on that machine,
that's a good score.

770
00:37:35,266 --> 00:37:36,266
Well, Billy Mitchell's
the champ,

771
00:37:36,299 --> 00:37:37,834
and l guess that makes me
the prodigy.

772
00:37:37,866 --> 00:37:40,768
So we've got the prodigy
against the newcomer.

773
00:37:40,799 --> 00:37:43,369
You can really make a comparison
between an athletic event, um,

774
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:44,634
and this
because this is, you know,

775
00:37:44,666 --> 00:37:46,701
this is four days of, you know,
really of alertness

776
00:37:46,733 --> 00:37:49,202
and paying attention,
and, uh, you know,

777
00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,635
not as hard as doing
a decathlon or a triathlon

778
00:37:51,666 --> 00:37:52,933
but still very, very hard.

779
00:38:00,633 --> 00:38:03,335
Do you want me to get it?

780
00:38:03,366 --> 00:38:05,334
That's Funspot.

781
00:38:05,366 --> 00:38:06,633
Hello.

782
00:38:06,666 --> 00:38:08,334
Hey, Brian. How you doin'?

783
00:38:08,366 --> 00:38:09,667
Steve Wiebe walked in,

784
00:38:09,699 --> 00:38:11,868
so l've been over at
the Donkey Hong the whole time.

785
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:13,301
Um, what do you think?

786
00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:15,034
Um, l'm gonna be, uh,
you know, playing

787
00:38:15,066 --> 00:38:16,901
over Steve Wiebe's shoulder.

788
00:38:16,933 --> 00:38:18,501
All right.
l'll talk to you later.

789
00:38:18,533 --> 00:38:19,533
- Okay.
- Bye.

790
00:38:19,566 --> 00:38:20,800
Bye.

791
00:38:27,799 --> 00:38:29,968
Brian Huh came over,
and he's one of the guys

792
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,671
that came to my house
that fateful afternoon

793
00:38:34,699 --> 00:38:36,601
to check out my machine.

794
00:38:36,633 --> 00:38:40,970
We're about to pass 520,OOO
On One Man.

795
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,301
So we really have, uh,

796
00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:46,136
have a memorable game here
at the Funspot tournament.

797
00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:47,433
And maybe--
maybe l'll skip dinner

798
00:38:47,466 --> 00:38:48,466
and squeeze in a game,

799
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,435
and we'll come back
with a score on there.

800
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,535
- Come right in, Brian.
- Yep.

801
00:39:00,666 --> 00:39:02,567
That ape
is very, very cunning,

802
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,102
and he will do
what he needs to to stop you.

803
00:39:05,133 --> 00:39:07,468
l couldn't get up fast enough,
and it got me on the left.

804
00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:09,168
Yeah.

805
00:39:13,566 --> 00:39:15,801
l scored 229,OOO points.

806
00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:18,468
Prem weak game, considering l
played a few already.

807
00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:21,469
A little bit half
than what Steve scored,

808
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,801
and Steve's up again.

809
00:39:35,133 --> 00:39:37,134
All right.
We brought you to Qbert.

810
00:39:37,166 --> 00:39:38,867
You dedicated time to it.

811
00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:41,002
You said you'd give up
some of your other vices

812
00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:42,267
in order to practice.

813
00:39:42,299 --> 00:39:44,001
We're not gonna lose.
We're not gonna be disappointed.

814
00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:45,033
We're going there to win.

815
00:39:45,066 --> 00:39:48,269
But l have one project,
one thing far more important.

816
00:39:48,299 --> 00:39:51,903
What l need you to deliver
is this.

817
00:39:53,699 --> 00:39:55,768
What is this?

818
00:39:55,799 --> 00:39:57,668
This is a score that they've
wanted to see for a long time,

819
00:39:57,699 --> 00:39:59,902
and l've held it
for all too long.

820
00:39:59,933 --> 00:40:01,768
You give it to Robert
or you give it to Walter.

821
00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:03,668
You can lose your luggage,
but don't lose the tape.

822
00:40:03,699 --> 00:40:05,601
- Okay.
- Okay?

823
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,168
l'm doing it
just for the fun of it.

824
00:40:08,199 --> 00:40:10,569
When l do an actual score,
l'll do it in person.

825
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:11,801
He's a very devious person.

826
00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:15,836
He works things out to his end
very well.

827
00:40:17,133 --> 00:40:18,734
We're really seeing
a great game here.

828
00:40:18,766 --> 00:40:23,103
Uh, it almost--Uh, Steve almost
Iost a man right there

829
00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:24,133
at the end of that board.

830
00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:25,767
He got a lucky, lucky break.

831
00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:29,136
The randomness went the opposite
way that it usually goes.

832
00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:31,134
And, uh,
Steve is still going here.

833
00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:44,969
Oh. l didn't see that.

834
00:40:59,199 --> 00:41:01,635
Steve Wiebe
is on his second man.

835
00:41:03,233 --> 00:41:05,168
He's at 696,OOO.

836
00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:11,102
- Who is this guy?
- What? This is Steve Wiebe.

837
00:41:11,133 --> 00:41:12,400
- l won't bother you anymore.
- No problem, man.

838
00:41:12,433 --> 00:41:13,767
- l just wanna say hi.
- Yeah. Nice meeting you.

839
00:41:13,799 --> 00:41:15,468
- Yeah, you, too.
- All right.

840
00:41:16,866 --> 00:41:19,435
He could beat it if he--
if he--

841
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,335
He'd have to have
a really good game.

842
00:41:24,533 --> 00:41:26,034
l don't think he knows
the tricks that Billy knows,

843
00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:28,835
but l hear he's very good
on the escalator stage.

844
00:41:32,633 --> 00:41:36,136
Okay. Well, right now
Steve Wiebe has 870,OOO points

845
00:41:36,166 --> 00:41:37,934
on an active game
of Donkey Hong.

846
00:41:37,966 --> 00:41:40,201
Uh, if he clears
a few more boards,

847
00:41:40,233 --> 00:41:42,501
he's gonna have a shot
at getting to the kill screen.

848
00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:43,634
Uh, as far as l know,

849
00:41:43,666 --> 00:41:45,401
no one's ever achieved
the kill screen

850
00:41:45,433 --> 00:41:47,968
on the Donkey Hong machine
at Funspot.

851
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:52,304
Numerous classic games, they
all have something in common.

852
00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:54,535
They have an end
to the game play.

853
00:41:54,566 --> 00:41:57,268
There's not quite enough memory
for the final board.

854
00:41:57,299 --> 00:41:59,468
lt's called a ''kill screen''
because basically,

855
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:00,801
there's no way
to finish the level.

856
00:42:00,833 --> 00:42:05,237
That some sort of random data,
or code, inside the program,

857
00:42:05,266 --> 00:42:07,701
ends up getting used
for what you see on the screen.

858
00:42:07,733 --> 00:42:11,436
Donkey Hong is really strange
in that it actually lets you

859
00:42:11,466 --> 00:42:13,301
play the fi--um,

860
00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:15,234
the kill screen level
for maybe five seconds or so.

861
00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:16,266
Everything looks normal

862
00:42:16,299 --> 00:42:19,036
and then, suddenly,
Mario just up and dies on you.

863
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,037
The people who could get
besides myself,

864
00:42:24,066 --> 00:42:28,236
that have been seen getting
to the end of Donkey Hong...

865
00:42:31,233 --> 00:42:33,668
Gee, now that l think about it,
l don't think anybody has.

866
00:42:56,966 --> 00:42:58,033
lf anybody wants to see,

867
00:42:58,066 --> 00:43:00,334
there's a Donkey Hong
kill screen coming up.

868
00:43:00,366 --> 00:43:02,868
There's a Donkey Hong
kill screen coming up

869
00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:04,735
if anybody wants to watch.

870
00:43:04,766 --> 00:43:06,234
You got to be able
to perform in the show

871
00:43:06,266 --> 00:43:07,834
with someone who's a contender

872
00:43:07,866 --> 00:43:10,034
staring straight at you,
staring at the game,

873
00:43:10,066 --> 00:43:11,834
Possibly even playing mind games
with you.

874
00:43:11,866 --> 00:43:13,234
l mean, it's all--
it's part of being a champion.

875
00:43:13,266 --> 00:43:14,900
You have to overcome it.

876
00:43:14,933 --> 00:43:18,069
There's a potential Donkey Hong
kill screen if you wanna watch.

877
00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:21,269
l can tell he's not on my side.

878
00:43:21,299 --> 00:43:24,603
He's one--
He's a disciple of, uh, Billy.

879
00:43:24,633 --> 00:43:27,202
This is, uh--You know, he's
gonna have to play it perfectly.

880
00:43:27,233 --> 00:43:29,368
He's at the hardest part
of Donkey Hong.

881
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,269
And, uh, you know,
it's not gonna get any easier.

882
00:43:32,299 --> 00:43:34,168
So we may have
an exciting moment here

883
00:43:34,199 --> 00:43:36,835
or, you know,
the pressure may get to him.

884
00:43:36,866 --> 00:43:38,801
One of those random elements
might happen.

885
00:43:38,833 --> 00:43:40,534
Uh, sounds like
he just cleared another board,

886
00:43:40,566 --> 00:43:43,769
but we could have a wild barrel
or some aggressive fireballs.

887
00:43:43,799 --> 00:43:46,235
l thought l was gonna be
the first Funspot kill screen.

888
00:43:46,266 --> 00:43:48,701
And then, l had--
l had three fireballs trap me.

889
00:43:48,733 --> 00:43:51,001
l had the hammer in my hand.
They still got me.

890
00:43:51,033 --> 00:43:53,268
So anything can happen
in Donkey Hong.

891
00:43:53,299 --> 00:43:55,869
So, uh, for someone else
to beat me to the kill screen

892
00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:57,668
would be a let down,
but let's see what happens.

893
00:43:57,699 --> 00:43:59,601
Maybe he'll--Maybe he'll crack
under the pressure,

894
00:43:59,633 --> 00:44:01,868
and maybe l'll get my chance
to do it first.

895
00:44:04,466 --> 00:44:06,601
There's a Donkey Hong
kill screen might be coming up,

896
00:44:06,633 --> 00:44:08,001
if anybody wants to see it.

897
00:44:08,033 --> 00:44:09,701
Hey, Todd,
if you're interested,

898
00:44:09,733 --> 00:44:11,701
there might be a Donkey Hong
kill screen

899
00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,134
in a couple of minutes.

900
00:44:16,966 --> 00:44:21,236
l think the energy
kind of picked me up.

901
00:44:21,266 --> 00:44:23,568
l was feeling kind
of like a zombie

902
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,501
in the middle of the game.

903
00:44:25,533 --> 00:44:27,434
But towards the end,
l got, you know,

904
00:44:27,466 --> 00:44:30,035
a little bit of a natural rush
going from the crowd

905
00:44:30,066 --> 00:44:31,767
and the excitement.

906
00:44:31,799 --> 00:44:33,434
So that kind of boosted me

907
00:44:33,466 --> 00:44:36,569
and put me over the top
to complete the game.

908
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,169
The kill screen.
The kill screen kicked in.

909
00:44:47,533 --> 00:44:51,036
This is the highest Donkey Hong
score done in public.

910
00:44:51,066 --> 00:44:53,134
Um, Walter Day stated that this

911
00:44:53,166 --> 00:44:55,334
was the highest score
ever done,

912
00:44:55,366 --> 00:44:57,401
and this is
the first kill screen

913
00:44:57,433 --> 00:44:59,935
achieved on Funspot's machine.

914
00:44:59,966 --> 00:45:01,901
Steve Wiebe has become
the third person

915
00:45:01,933 --> 00:45:04,368
to reach
Donkey Hong's kill screen.

916
00:45:07,299 --> 00:45:10,036
This is completely
hard verification.

917
00:45:10,066 --> 00:45:11,200
You know what l mean?

918
00:45:11,233 --> 00:45:13,168
There's nothing stronger
than having it be done

919
00:45:13,199 --> 00:45:14,568
in front of a crowd.

920
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,868
The process,
it stands for itself.

921
00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:19,235
He did it in front of all of us,
but this solves

922
00:45:19,266 --> 00:45:21,134
any kind of doubt that there
could have ever been.

923
00:45:24,633 --> 00:45:26,968
Now you'll get all the accolades
you deserve and that's--

924
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,202
that's just the way it is
but, you know...

925
00:45:31,433 --> 00:45:32,433
So it's good.

926
00:45:32,466 --> 00:45:33,867
And l guess
there was kind of like

927
00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:36,302
an impromptu press conference
after the--

928
00:45:36,333 --> 00:45:37,967
after the score happened.

929
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,168
There were, you know...
There were cameras on the game.

930
00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:41,534
There were cameras
on Steve Wiebe.

931
00:45:41,566 --> 00:45:44,602
There were cameras on the crowd
Iooking at Steve Wiebe.

932
00:45:44,633 --> 00:45:47,002
l didn't get an exact count
of the people.

933
00:45:47,033 --> 00:45:48,801
There were a lot
of other witnesses in the crowd

934
00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:50,768
and people watchin' it,
so, you know,

935
00:45:50,799 --> 00:45:54,770
we have a verified score on a
Iegitimate Donkey Hong machine

936
00:45:54,799 --> 00:45:55,834
for Steve Wiebe now.

937
00:45:58,866 --> 00:46:00,601
We just got off the internet,

938
00:46:00,633 --> 00:46:03,635
where l logged on the front page
of the Twin Galaxies web site

939
00:46:03,666 --> 00:46:08,370
the news story that Steve Wiebe
just scored 985,600 points,

940
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:09,934
which, essentially,
is the officially recognized

941
00:46:09,966 --> 00:46:12,635
first place score
on the web site.

942
00:46:12,666 --> 00:46:15,101
So he's been announced
as the world champion.

943
00:46:15,133 --> 00:46:16,200
We'll see what happens now

944
00:46:16,233 --> 00:46:20,870
with Steve putting the pressure
back on Billy Mitchell.

945
00:46:21,666 --> 00:46:22,733
Thank you.

946
00:46:22,766 --> 00:46:25,135
l think it hit him prem hard.

947
00:46:25,166 --> 00:46:26,166
Thank you
for volunteering your phone.

948
00:46:26,199 --> 00:46:27,367
This was an important call to--

949
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,436
Oh, no, no.
l understand that.

950
00:46:30,466 --> 00:46:31,700
Yeah, l can imagine.

951
00:46:31,733 --> 00:46:33,935
He probably
wasn't real thrilled.

952
00:46:33,966 --> 00:46:35,967
Yeah, he said,
now his playing out the tape

953
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,102
that he submitted
is more important, uh...

954
00:46:38,133 --> 00:46:39,133
more important than ever,
l guess.

955
00:46:39,166 --> 00:46:42,135
- Don't share that with anybody.
- No--l--Well, obviously.

956
00:46:46,333 --> 00:46:48,902
We've got everybody
on the invitation-only list.

957
00:46:48,933 --> 00:46:51,602
And, uh, you know what?
Walter is here.

958
00:46:51,633 --> 00:46:54,102
We're just kind of, you know,
tellin' jokes and havin' fun.

959
00:46:54,133 --> 00:46:55,767
Um, who's there?
Like Todd and Duane?

960
00:46:55,799 --> 00:46:57,401
Yeah.

961
00:46:57,433 --> 00:46:59,301
What l mean is,
it's probably a good idea,

962
00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:00,867
like, if l say hi to Todd.

963
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:01,900
Actually, would you believe

964
00:47:01,933 --> 00:47:03,434
he's in the middle
of a--of a Lady Bug game.

965
00:47:03,466 --> 00:47:05,301
l don't think
we wanna interrupt.

966
00:47:05,333 --> 00:47:07,501
We have a Lady Bug cabaret
in the cabin,

967
00:47:07,533 --> 00:47:09,067
and Todd's got
a score going.

968
00:47:10,199 --> 00:47:12,368
Okay, we're gonna get Walter
on the phone.

969
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,336
Um, a couple of hours ago,
we were all at the Funspot,

970
00:47:15,366 --> 00:47:17,701
and, uh, Brian Huh said

971
00:47:17,733 --> 00:47:21,103
that Billy, um, had a delivery
for us here at the cabin.

972
00:47:21,133 --> 00:47:22,934
Oh!

973
00:47:23,933 --> 00:47:25,434
Brian Huh, he's kind of like--

974
00:47:25,466 --> 00:47:26,800
He's kinda like
really good friends with Billy.

975
00:47:26,833 --> 00:47:28,935
He talks to him
all the time.

976
00:47:28,966 --> 00:47:32,235
Um, he said everybody is gonna
wanna see what's on the tape.

977
00:47:33,299 --> 00:47:35,969
Brian Huh is there?

978
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,469
He knows everything to do
with the tape.

979
00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:40,768
He knows to guard the tape
with his life.

980
00:47:41,733 --> 00:47:42,733
l explained to him.

981
00:47:42,766 --> 00:47:45,668
He could lose his life,
but don't lose the tape.

982
00:47:47,066 --> 00:47:49,968
Who wants to hear
the announcement?

983
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,370
So even in Florida,
the long arm of Billy Mitchell

984
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,835
has reached in here
to Funspot seven

985
00:47:55,866 --> 00:47:58,401
to cause
more interesting developments.

986
00:47:58,433 --> 00:48:02,003
Now, we're gonna start
on this TV screen the videotape

987
00:48:02,033 --> 00:48:05,102
and, essentially,
if Steve Wiebe or Brian Huh

988
00:48:05,133 --> 00:48:08,503
or anybody else can also beat
the score on that tape

989
00:48:08,533 --> 00:48:10,935
by about 4:OO
tomorrow afternoon,

990
00:48:10,966 --> 00:48:14,235
he'll give them $10,OOO, okay?

991
00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:17,435
And we know Billy Mitchell can
pay these promises, too, okay?

992
00:48:17,466 --> 00:48:21,136
So he has it while l'm tryin'
to get a million live.

993
00:48:21,166 --> 00:48:25,637
He has it set out
so people, you know, at Funspot

994
00:48:25,666 --> 00:48:29,302
can gather around
and...and look at his tape.

995
00:48:31,066 --> 00:48:33,168
Okay, here we are.
We got cameras on the screen,

996
00:48:33,199 --> 00:48:34,200
cameras on the crowd.

997
00:48:34,233 --> 00:48:35,767
No one's gonna miss this moment.

998
00:48:35,799 --> 00:48:37,501
998,2.

999
00:48:39,633 --> 00:48:41,434
Here we go.

1000
00:48:41,466 --> 00:48:45,403
We have every eye in the crowd
focused right on your screen.

1001
00:48:46,466 --> 00:48:48,234
Everybody's lookin',
every camera's on here.

1002
00:48:48,266 --> 00:48:50,267
We're not gonna miss this
for anything.

1003
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,134
l don't think
there's any distraction

1004
00:48:55,166 --> 00:48:57,167
that can pull everyone away
right now.

1005
00:49:00,266 --> 00:49:01,433
Oh, and look at that.

1006
00:49:01,466 --> 00:49:03,768
And with the bonus, we have
the first million point game

1007
00:49:03,799 --> 00:49:04,934
of Donkey Hong.

1008
00:49:04,966 --> 00:49:07,001
And the score--
And the score reads zero.

1009
00:49:07,033 --> 00:49:09,168
Six zeroes all the way across.

1010
00:49:14,966 --> 00:49:18,069
Not even Helen of Troy had
that much--much attention.

1011
00:49:19,933 --> 00:49:23,403
Billy kinda steal the show,
and he's not even there.

1012
00:49:23,433 --> 00:49:27,737
lt's kinda the way
they, you know,

1013
00:49:27,766 --> 00:49:31,736
were kind of diffusing
what l was going for, you know,

1014
00:49:31,766 --> 00:49:35,269
in hyping up Billy's,
you know, videotape.

1015
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,403
1,047,200 points

1016
00:49:41,433 --> 00:49:43,067
is the highest score
any have ever seen.

1017
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:45,068
l don't know. l suppose Walter's
got to get in that office

1018
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:47,402
to that computer now,
doesn't he?

1019
00:49:48,633 --> 00:49:50,568
Okay, um, go ahead and, uh...

1020
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,668
Go ahead and hand to Walter
the phone real quick.

1021
00:49:52,699 --> 00:49:54,001
Hi, Billy.

1022
00:49:54,033 --> 00:49:56,335
Prem good.
It's all been wonderful.

1023
00:49:56,366 --> 00:49:58,434
Billy's probably
the closest person

1024
00:49:58,466 --> 00:50:00,067
to being a Jedi
of any of the players,

1025
00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:04,237
and he refers to it with humor
as ''Obi-Wan Henobi-ing'' people.

1026
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,435
Steve Wiebe
not having the opportunity

1027
00:50:18,466 --> 00:50:20,467
to view anything
that Bill Mitchell does.

1028
00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:23,169
l mean, Bill Mitchell plays
at a great advantage.

1029
00:50:23,199 --> 00:50:24,834
When Billy Mitchell
is watching

1030
00:50:24,866 --> 00:50:28,536
Steve's world-record
winning tapes,

1031
00:50:28,566 --> 00:50:30,634
he's in a position
to study Steve's technique.

1032
00:50:30,666 --> 00:50:32,367
When the man says,
''l wanna see your papers,''

1033
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,701
and Obi-Wan Henobi goes,

1034
00:50:33,733 --> 00:50:35,301
''You don't need
to see our papers,''

1035
00:50:35,333 --> 00:50:36,801
and suddenly the guy says,
''You can go.

1036
00:50:36,833 --> 00:50:38,167
l don't need
to see your papers.''

1037
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,635
You saw the tape,
which is no doubt a copy

1038
00:50:51,666 --> 00:50:53,601
because l'm sure
he didn't send the master.

1039
00:50:53,633 --> 00:50:59,138
He's gonna send a copy
or the master to Rob Mrcuzek,

1040
00:50:59,166 --> 00:51:02,602
who is the chief referee
of Twin Galaxies.

1041
00:51:02,633 --> 00:51:06,503
l try to promote Twin Galaxies
as ''integrity above all.''

1042
00:51:06,533 --> 00:51:10,436
Um, l will do that
with my dying breath.

1043
00:51:10,466 --> 00:51:15,537
And if a gamer knowingly cheats
or tries to put one past us,

1044
00:51:15,566 --> 00:51:18,769
we will make sure that the score
is not recognized.

1045
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,735
Did the gamer pause at any time?

1046
00:51:31,766 --> 00:51:34,101
lllegal glitches
or glitch abuse.

1047
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:45,867
Did they cheat?

1048
00:51:45,900 --> 00:51:48,135
Did they pause the game
after the load-up

1049
00:51:48,166 --> 00:51:50,434
for the purpose
of using a flying erase head

1050
00:51:50,466 --> 00:51:52,734
to then reload the game
at different settings?

1051
00:51:52,766 --> 00:51:54,000
l gotta look for things
like that.

1052
00:51:54,033 --> 00:51:57,403
This tape may be done
in a week, week and a half,

1053
00:51:57,433 --> 00:51:58,467
to answer your question.

1054
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,369
All these wonderful games
are fixed to the left.

1055
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,902
Walter is entering this
into the Internet as we speak.

1056
00:52:11,933 --> 00:52:13,668
Well, Billy Mitchell
is being upgraded.

1057
00:52:13,699 --> 00:52:15,568
We're officially submitting
his score.

1058
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:19,570
Uh, 1 ,047,OOO
and how much, Billy?

1059
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,068
- Was it 200 or 300?
- Two hundred.

1060
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:22,468
That's what l thought.

1061
00:52:46,766 --> 00:52:48,300
Right on the barrels, yeah.

1062
00:52:48,866 --> 00:52:51,568
lt's kind of ironic
that he went--

1063
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:55,403
He was a guy that pushed
for live scores all the time.

1064
00:52:55,433 --> 00:52:58,836
And now here l am at Funspot
busting my ass

1065
00:52:58,866 --> 00:52:59,933
to get a live score

1066
00:52:59,966 --> 00:53:02,301
and he just submits
taped scores now

1067
00:53:02,333 --> 00:53:03,467
and then gets the record.

1068
00:53:10,266 --> 00:53:12,001
World record headquarters.
Can l help you?

1069
00:53:12,033 --> 00:53:16,036
lf this score, this ''Donkey
Hong'' defines Billy Mitchell,

1070
00:53:16,066 --> 00:53:19,269
then why could he not find time
in his life to go to Funspot?

1071
00:53:19,299 --> 00:53:21,101
Steve did.
Steve has a job.

1072
00:53:21,133 --> 00:53:22,434
Steve has a family.
Steve has kids.

1073
00:53:22,466 --> 00:53:24,467
He went. Why can't Billy?

1074
00:53:24,500 --> 00:53:29,104
l think he feels
that pressure to, um,

1075
00:53:29,133 --> 00:53:32,436
to meet people's
expectations of him,

1076
00:53:32,466 --> 00:53:35,268
and he puts a lot of pressure
on himself,

1077
00:53:35,299 --> 00:53:36,534
and if he doesn't succeed,

1078
00:53:36,566 --> 00:53:39,268
l think he feels
like he's failed them.

1079
00:53:39,299 --> 00:53:41,869
And he feels that deeply,
l think.

1080
00:53:47,233 --> 00:53:51,203
lf l were to break a million,
he wanted to maybe show that,

1081
00:53:51,233 --> 00:53:52,968
you know, l've already done it

1082
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,836
because no one knows
that l've done it, too.

1083
00:54:15,166 --> 00:54:17,234
l haven't really thought
too much about, um...

1084
00:54:19,033 --> 00:54:20,901
you know, the--the controversy.

1085
00:54:20,933 --> 00:54:23,001
l've kind of let it go since
l, you know, l went to Funspot,

1086
00:54:23,033 --> 00:54:26,302
did--did my best.
Got my score up.

1087
00:54:26,333 --> 00:54:27,767
l've been killing myself
for like--

1088
00:54:27,799 --> 00:54:30,235
with school 12 to 14 hours,

1089
00:54:30,266 --> 00:54:33,068
prepping three classes
and grading--

1090
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:35,035
every--every day after school.

1091
00:54:35,066 --> 00:54:36,133
Almost there till eight.

1092
00:54:39,066 --> 00:54:42,903
A lot of my songs
are like big rock songs,

1093
00:54:42,933 --> 00:54:47,203
with lots of guitars in them,
Iots of layers of vocals.

1094
00:54:47,233 --> 00:54:49,568
Here's one called ''Three Lies.''
l'm gonna sing this to you guys

1095
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:53,303
in the midst
of this cold summer day.

1096
00:54:53,333 --> 00:54:55,401
This is who l really am.

1097
00:54:55,433 --> 00:54:57,234
l'm some guy out there
who's supposed to be an artist,

1098
00:54:57,266 --> 00:54:59,434
who's up there
just getting wild and crazy.

1099
00:54:59,466 --> 00:55:01,501
#  Didn't l tell you #

1100
00:55:01,533 --> 00:55:03,501
#  You, you, you, you #

1101
00:55:03,533 --> 00:55:06,636
#  Never not to love #

1102
00:55:06,666 --> 00:55:09,168
'Cause l'm being--
l'm being Mr. Scorekeeper,

1103
00:55:09,199 --> 00:55:10,634
and l've been doing it
for 25 years,

1104
00:55:10,666 --> 00:55:12,901
so there's all these
automaton things l can turn on.

1105
00:55:12,933 --> 00:55:13,933
''Okay. Yes.

1106
00:55:13,966 --> 00:55:15,067
''And the reason for this is that

1107
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:16,534
''and that the reason for that
is this,'' you know.

1108
00:55:16,566 --> 00:55:18,234
Now l'm--You know,
l'm ready to--

1109
00:55:18,266 --> 00:55:19,600
l'm ready to let it go.

1110
00:55:19,633 --> 00:55:22,702
#  Two lies are more
than plenty #

1111
00:55:22,733 --> 00:55:26,536
#  But three lies,
l'll probably be saying #

1112
00:55:26,566 --> 00:55:27,800
#  Goodbye, love #

1113
00:55:27,833 --> 00:55:29,634
No matter how many people
get involved in this,

1114
00:55:29,666 --> 00:55:31,234
it's still my child,
'cause it came

1115
00:55:31,266 --> 00:55:33,301
right out of my psyche,
you know.

1116
00:55:33,333 --> 00:55:36,669
But still, the others
are more attached to it,

1117
00:55:36,699 --> 00:55:38,701
and they believe
they need it more.

1118
00:55:38,733 --> 00:55:41,235
Part of the reason
l'm still here doing it

1119
00:55:41,266 --> 00:55:46,070
is for them to help them
have the benefit of this,

1120
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:47,501
or the happiness of this,

1121
00:55:47,533 --> 00:55:49,768
so that it can go on
and continue to benefit people.

1122
00:55:49,799 --> 00:55:51,034
Because it's
in such a place

1123
00:55:51,066 --> 00:55:53,868
that l don't have
to do Twin Galaxies,

1124
00:55:53,900 --> 00:55:54,900
but l really would like

1125
00:55:54,933 --> 00:55:57,101
to see it have closure
that's positive.

1126
00:55:57,966 --> 00:56:01,135
Boy, l got cold fingers.
It's cold.

1127
00:56:03,966 --> 00:56:06,234
l often have people ask me
what my handle is,

1128
00:56:06,266 --> 00:56:08,534
what my three initials are.

1129
00:56:08,566 --> 00:56:13,804
l mean, come on.
l tell people, ''Look at me.''

1130
00:56:13,833 --> 00:56:16,001
What do you think
my three initials were?

1131
00:56:18,466 --> 00:56:20,601
lf you don't know,
you're not looking hard enough.

1132
00:56:22,366 --> 00:56:23,600
T.l.E.?

1133
00:56:23,633 --> 00:56:24,967
No.

1134
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:26,801
Which one
was l wearing yesterday?

1135
00:56:26,833 --> 00:56:28,434
- The America--
- U.S.A.

1136
00:56:28,466 --> 00:56:32,670
U.S.A. So l had Latin friends
and l had Canadian friends,

1137
00:56:32,699 --> 00:56:35,636
and l always had
to keep the Americans on top.

1138
00:56:39,166 --> 00:56:41,501
Hello.
This is a message for Walter.

1139
00:56:41,533 --> 00:56:44,235
This is Craig Glenday calling
from Guinness World Records.

1140
00:56:44,266 --> 00:56:45,433
Guinness from England called.

1141
00:56:45,466 --> 00:56:47,000
They want me
to call them back immediately.

1142
00:56:49,766 --> 00:56:51,033
Hello. Craig speaking.

1143
00:56:51,066 --> 00:56:53,735
Craig, this is Walter Day
with Twin Galaxies. How are you?

1144
00:56:53,766 --> 00:56:56,468
They're announcing to the world
that they trust everything we do

1145
00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:58,001
and that they rely
on everything we do

1146
00:56:58,033 --> 00:57:00,935
as being true and honest,
and so that's why

1147
00:57:00,966 --> 00:57:03,835
they're going with us
as the official scorekeepers

1148
00:57:03,866 --> 00:57:06,668
and providers
of electronic gaming content

1149
00:57:06,699 --> 00:57:07,967
for their upcoming books.

1150
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,634
lt's become very complicated.

1151
00:57:09,666 --> 00:57:11,434
So to have someone like Walter
and his team

1152
00:57:11,466 --> 00:57:13,267
who just know everything
there is to know

1153
00:57:13,299 --> 00:57:17,003
about computer games, um,
was for us a godsend.

1154
00:57:17,033 --> 00:57:19,034
Since older people
also read your book,

1155
00:57:19,066 --> 00:57:20,734
a certain number of people
would care

1156
00:57:20,766 --> 00:57:23,235
what the world record
is on Donkey Hong.

1157
00:57:23,266 --> 00:57:26,235
We look forward
to being a part of Guinness.

1158
00:57:26,266 --> 00:57:28,334
Yeah, yeah. It's just
an, uh, reward to be here.

1159
00:57:28,366 --> 00:57:29,767
You know,
working with Twin Galaxies.

1160
00:57:29,799 --> 00:57:32,469
You just recorded a big piece
of Twin Galaxies' history,

1161
00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:34,501
you know?
You saw what it said.

1162
00:57:34,533 --> 00:57:36,568
They're announcing to the world
we're the official scorekeepers

1163
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,069
and people have
to be verified by us.

1164
00:57:39,100 --> 00:57:41,936
Wait until you see
the poster upstairs l just did

1165
00:57:41,966 --> 00:57:43,767
to turn the process
of submitting to Guinness

1166
00:57:43,799 --> 00:57:45,368
into a contest.

1167
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:48,135
When you wanna put a score up

1168
00:57:48,166 --> 00:57:51,402
and you wanna have
a title of world champion,

1169
00:57:51,433 --> 00:57:53,768
you're competing against
everybody in the world.

1170
00:57:53,799 --> 00:57:56,702
You want a title
for your own living room?

1171
00:57:56,733 --> 00:57:59,602
Man, l'll send you that title.
Your own arcade?

1172
00:57:59,633 --> 00:58:01,401
Man, l'll sign it,
and l'll make up a paper,

1173
00:58:01,433 --> 00:58:03,234
and l'll send you a plaque.

1174
00:58:03,266 --> 00:58:05,067
You want your name in the
Guinness Book of World Records

1175
00:58:05,100 --> 00:58:07,469
and in the Twin Galaxies
international scoreboard?

1176
00:58:07,500 --> 00:58:10,603
You have to earn it.
l have to earn it.

1177
00:58:10,633 --> 00:58:13,902
There's a lot of scores
l've gotten.

1178
00:58:13,933 --> 00:58:16,702
And when the time comes
and the pressure is that hard,

1179
00:58:16,733 --> 00:58:20,002
l'll have to do it in a public
forum, as l always have.

1180
00:58:31,166 --> 00:58:32,500
ls that truthful?

1181
00:58:36,066 --> 00:58:40,403
ls that true?
Then we better get practicing.

1182
00:58:43,299 --> 00:58:46,403
The only thing to do is to--

1183
00:58:46,433 --> 00:58:49,669
Yeah, go somewhere
and break 1,OOO,047 live.

1184
00:58:49,699 --> 00:58:53,670
And that would be the only way
to do it for sure, you know?

1185
00:58:53,699 --> 00:58:56,536
There would be
no gettin' screwed over.

1186
00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:59,602
l've got kicked around
like the dog for so long,

1187
00:58:59,633 --> 00:59:02,502
l don't trust referees.

1188
00:59:02,533 --> 00:59:04,301
This is the contest
that gets them

1189
00:59:04,333 --> 00:59:06,301
into the Guinness Book
of WorId Records,

1190
00:59:06,333 --> 00:59:07,934
so they would have
that inspiration.

1191
00:59:07,966 --> 00:59:10,168
But as far as my skills, l'm--

1192
00:59:10,199 --> 00:59:12,635
Yeah, l'm feeling
on the top of my game.

1193
00:59:12,666 --> 00:59:14,868
And l'd love to see Bill
defend his title

1194
00:59:14,900 --> 00:59:16,434
against Steve Weibe,
head-to-head.

1195
00:59:16,466 --> 00:59:19,502
That'd be great. It's all about
head-to-head competition.

1196
00:59:19,533 --> 00:59:21,701
He's kinda one of
my tougher students, he goes,

1197
00:59:21,733 --> 00:59:25,103
''Yeah. When are you gonna go
kick that guy's ass?''

1198
00:59:25,133 --> 00:59:26,934
And l go, ''Watch your language.''

1199
00:59:26,966 --> 00:59:30,402
And l go,
''l'm gonna do it here soon.''

1200
00:59:30,433 --> 00:59:33,702
And if someone is going to break
a classic arcade game record,

1201
00:59:33,733 --> 00:59:36,102
they're gonna have
to come prepared.

1202
00:59:36,133 --> 00:59:37,767
Maybe that's what l need.

1203
00:59:37,799 --> 00:59:40,102
So l can be at my best,
have him there.

1204
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:44,536
#  Don't lose your grip
on the dreams of the past #

1205
00:59:44,566 --> 00:59:47,435
#  You must fight
just to keep them alive #

1206
00:59:47,466 --> 00:59:48,633
l was hoping Billy
would be there

1207
00:59:48,666 --> 00:59:51,035
so we could compete
head-to-head.

1208
00:59:51,066 --> 00:59:55,537
He's been--always an advocate
of live scores, live scores.

1209
00:59:55,566 --> 00:59:57,734
But now, he's all of a sudden
Mr. Videotape.

1210
00:59:58,966 --> 01:00:03,136
lt just--l mean, l know to win
is, like, so important.

1211
01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:06,702
But to blatantly do things
that are against the rules

1212
01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:09,535
and know in your heart
that you didn't do it correctly

1213
01:00:09,566 --> 01:00:11,301
and get credit for it...

1214
01:00:13,366 --> 01:00:16,402
We know what kind of--
Is there any satisfaction there?

1215
01:00:16,433 --> 01:00:18,168
l don't see--
l don't see any.

1216
01:00:34,466 --> 01:00:36,100
l just need one favor from you.

1217
01:00:36,133 --> 01:00:40,103
l know it's--of all
you've done for me, l just--

1218
01:00:40,133 --> 01:00:42,401
give me a shot at it
without you, you know,

1219
01:00:42,433 --> 01:00:44,201
kind of, bein' my backbone.

1220
01:00:44,233 --> 01:00:47,269
l need to, kind of,
attack it by myself.

1221
01:00:47,299 --> 01:00:52,104
lt says, ''Good luck, Steve,
in Donkey Hong.''

1222
01:00:52,133 --> 01:00:53,400
- All right.
- Hnock 'em dead.

1223
01:00:53,433 --> 01:00:54,567
- l will.
- You will.

1224
01:00:56,900 --> 01:00:59,636
''Work is for people who can't
play video games.

1225
01:00:59,666 --> 01:01:01,267
- Billy Mitchell.''
- That's right.

1226
01:01:01,299 --> 01:01:06,405
Out of the entire global
classic gaming hobby,

1227
01:01:06,433 --> 01:01:08,468
there's one significant rivalry

1228
01:01:08,500 --> 01:01:11,569
that's equivalent
to the big rivalries in history:

1229
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:16,171
YankeeslRed Sox, MarislMantle,
Heckle and Jeckle.

1230
01:01:16,199 --> 01:01:18,835
All the big rivalries
in history, you know.

1231
01:01:18,866 --> 01:01:20,200
This is up there on that level.

1232
01:01:20,233 --> 01:01:22,335
So Billy Mitchell
and Steve Wiebe

1233
01:01:22,366 --> 01:01:24,901
are going for the top spot

1234
01:01:24,933 --> 01:01:28,236
in the forthcoming book
of world records on Donkey Hong.

1235
01:01:28,266 --> 01:01:31,268
Hello, Billy.
This is Steve Wiebe.

1236
01:01:31,299 --> 01:01:33,368
l really think
we need to settle this thing.

1237
01:01:33,400 --> 01:01:34,934
May the best man win.

1238
01:01:34,966 --> 01:01:37,635
So we'll be seein' you
next week.

1239
01:01:37,666 --> 01:01:38,967
He knows l'm going to be there.

1240
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:40,935
lt's just a skip away.

1241
01:01:40,966 --> 01:01:44,135
A hop, skip, and a jog
from his house, so...

1242
01:01:44,166 --> 01:01:46,768
there's really no excuse for him
not to be there.

1243
01:01:47,533 --> 01:01:52,337
Never leave home without it:
''How to win at Donkey Hong.''

1244
01:01:52,733 --> 01:01:53,967
Yeah, so...

1245
01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:03,369
The Guinness--
A lot of people are--

1246
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,068
Yeah, people--A lot of people
read that book.

1247
01:02:32,900 --> 01:02:35,435
This is actually, technically,
a weightlifting glove

1248
01:02:35,466 --> 01:02:37,034
because l discovered
in the eighties

1249
01:02:37,066 --> 01:02:38,066
that you could buy

1250
01:02:38,100 --> 01:02:40,335
a weightlifting glove
which was fingerless,

1251
01:02:40,366 --> 01:02:42,501
and l use it to--l used it
to play marble madness.

1252
01:02:42,533 --> 01:02:44,234
See the double padding?

1253
01:02:44,266 --> 01:02:46,568
Occasionally, l use this
to avoid calluses

1254
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,468
from certain joystick games.

1255
01:02:48,500 --> 01:02:50,969
You can do Marble Madness,
a track ball all day long.

1256
01:03:07,566 --> 01:03:09,567
Excuse me, guy. l got
a celebrity in the car here.

1257
01:03:09,600 --> 01:03:12,336
- Can l cut in front of you?
- Oh, l'm sorry--

1258
01:03:16,766 --> 01:03:19,969
- Did you get dropped off?
- l got dropped off.

1259
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,369
- Was Billy driving?
- Billy was driving.

1260
01:03:25,299 --> 01:03:28,703
Well, anyway, welcome to
the Dodge City of video games.

1261
01:03:28,733 --> 01:03:30,468
Thank you, Walter.
Happy to be here.

1262
01:03:31,633 --> 01:03:32,633
l want this.

1263
01:03:32,666 --> 01:03:34,267
l'll get you some
out of there.

1264
01:03:47,966 --> 01:03:49,367
What do you need?

1265
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:51,835
ln order: 693,500...

1266
01:03:55,366 --> 01:03:56,967
Okay.

1267
01:03:58,199 --> 01:03:59,234
Yeah.

1268
01:04:16,866 --> 01:04:18,934
Yeah. Nicole.

1269
01:04:18,966 --> 01:04:20,367
Hi. l'm Nicole.

1270
01:04:21,833 --> 01:04:23,334
And this is little Derek, huh?

1271
01:04:23,366 --> 01:04:24,767
Yeah.

1272
01:04:26,333 --> 01:04:29,135
- The faster, yeah.
- Derek, he's about--

1273
01:04:31,433 --> 01:04:33,601
l'm afraid if he can't do it,

1274
01:04:33,633 --> 01:04:35,801
he's gonna beat himself up
about it.

1275
01:04:35,833 --> 01:04:39,369
l don't know if that's the forum
in which he will be successful.

1276
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:40,634
l mean,
l know he can be successful.

1277
01:04:40,666 --> 01:04:42,434
l'm just afraid,
what if it doesn't happen?

1278
01:04:42,466 --> 01:04:44,901
- Bye, Derek.
- Derek, give Daddy a hug.

1279
01:04:44,933 --> 01:04:46,334
What are you guys gonna do?

1280
01:04:46,366 --> 01:04:49,001
- We're just gonna go home.
- Go swimming.

1281
01:04:49,033 --> 01:04:50,401
You gonna go swimming?
That sounds fun.

1282
01:04:50,433 --> 01:04:51,901
Okay. Let's go.

1283
01:04:51,933 --> 01:04:53,434
- Bye.
- l love you.

1284
01:04:54,766 --> 01:04:56,434
Bye. Thank you.

1285
01:04:58,866 --> 01:05:02,069
Yeah, the longer l wait,
the more, you know,

1286
01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:04,769
pressing, l, you know,
l get more nervous.

1287
01:05:04,799 --> 01:05:07,269
So if l do it the first night,
it'll be great.

1288
01:05:07,900 --> 01:05:10,302
Steve Wiebe is a trouper.

1289
01:05:10,333 --> 01:05:12,568
Steve Wiebe has come
to three events

1290
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:16,837
to prove himself in the fire
of in-person competition

1291
01:05:16,866 --> 01:05:20,636
and under the stress
of having all eyes on him.

1292
01:05:44,300 --> 01:05:45,434
Oh!

1293
01:05:50,333 --> 01:05:51,467
Yeah.

1294
01:05:55,866 --> 01:05:57,867
Yeah.

1295
01:05:57,899 --> 01:05:59,067
. Was it ''Weeb'' or ''Weebee''?.
- ''Weebee.''

1296
01:05:59,100 --> 01:06:00,100
- That's all right.
- Sorry.

1297
01:06:00,133 --> 01:06:01,934
Well, most--Twin Galaxies
call me Wiebe, so...

1298
01:06:01,966 --> 01:06:02,966
Okay.

1299
01:06:02,999 --> 01:06:04,201
- And that's a common mistake.
- Is it?

1300
01:06:04,233 --> 01:06:05,534
Either that or ''Wibe.''

1301
01:06:05,566 --> 01:06:07,734
But at least, you got
the correct pronunciation.

1302
01:06:07,766 --> 01:06:08,833
Steve Wiebe is who
l wanted to be

1303
01:06:08,866 --> 01:06:10,667
when l grew up
playing Donkey Hong.

1304
01:06:10,700 --> 01:06:11,767
He's quite the player.

1305
01:06:14,066 --> 01:06:18,437
#  Everybody knows
that the dice are loaded #

1306
01:06:18,466 --> 01:06:22,870
#  Everybody rolls
with their fingers crossed #

1307
01:06:22,899 --> 01:06:27,537
#  Everybody knows
the war is over #

1308
01:06:27,566 --> 01:06:32,037
#  Everybody knows
the good guys lost #

1309
01:06:32,066 --> 01:06:36,537
#  Everybody knows
the fight was fixed #

1310
01:06:36,566 --> 01:06:38,868
#  The poor stay poor #

1311
01:06:38,899 --> 01:06:41,068
#  The rich get rich #

1312
01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:46,038
#  That's how it goes #

1313
01:06:46,066 --> 01:06:48,001
#  Everybody knows #

1314
01:07:03,966 --> 01:07:05,434
Well, maybe they'd like it
if l lose.

1315
01:07:05,466 --> 01:07:08,135
l got to try losing some time.

1316
01:07:08,166 --> 01:07:11,335
Oh, l can break a million.
l've done it.

1317
01:07:11,366 --> 01:07:14,335
l've been on pace...
Two games l got to 850,

1318
01:07:14,366 --> 01:07:19,137
l thought l was gonna do it, and
l just got...just in a bind.

1319
01:07:19,166 --> 01:07:20,634
#  Is leaking #

1320
01:07:20,666 --> 01:07:25,003
#  Everybody knows
the captain lied #

1321
01:07:25,033 --> 01:07:29,871
#  Everybody got
this broken feelin' #

1322
01:07:29,899 --> 01:07:33,870
#  Like their father
or their dog just died #

1323
01:07:35,133 --> 01:07:37,435
Does this have my name
on the back or something?

1324
01:07:37,466 --> 01:07:38,500
What does it say?

1325
01:07:39,733 --> 01:07:42,836
lt says, ''You have a yearning
for perfection.''

1326
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:48,569
Because he's
in, um, his own business,

1327
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:50,201
it's very flexible for him.

1328
01:07:50,233 --> 01:07:53,336
He can go over to the school
for events.

1329
01:07:53,366 --> 01:07:55,101
He was at an Easter egg hunt
the other day.

1330
01:07:55,133 --> 01:07:57,034
'Cause he'll--he'll come
in the office someday

1331
01:07:57,066 --> 01:07:58,801
and they'll say,
''Geez, where is Billy today?''

1332
01:07:58,833 --> 01:07:59,967
''Billy's not here.''

1333
01:08:00,966 --> 01:08:03,468
l told him last night
that he had to come,

1334
01:08:03,499 --> 01:08:05,535
that there's no reason for him
not to be here.

1335
01:08:05,566 --> 01:08:07,768
He says, ''l have 15 reasons
why l can't come.''

1336
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:08,800
l said, ''They're all b.s.''

1337
01:08:08,833 --> 01:08:10,000
This is after 1:30
in the morning.

1338
01:08:10,033 --> 01:08:11,634
l said, ''They're all b.s.
'cause l have 15 reasons

1339
01:08:11,666 --> 01:08:13,334
why you have
to be here tomorrow.''

1340
01:08:13,366 --> 01:08:15,501
He had a chance to play him
in Funspot this year.

1341
01:08:15,533 --> 01:08:17,601
He had a chance to play him
in Pompano Beach.

1342
01:08:17,633 --> 01:08:21,837
He had a chance to play him
at California Extreme.

1343
01:08:21,866 --> 01:08:24,134
That's three of 'em
l can think of right there.

1344
01:08:24,166 --> 01:08:26,301
Why wouldn't he play
against Steve?

1345
01:08:26,333 --> 01:08:28,201
'Cause he's afraid
he's gonna lose.

1346
01:08:28,233 --> 01:08:32,604
l traveled 3,OOO miles
to give myself a chance

1347
01:08:32,633 --> 01:08:35,135
to get the world record
and be in Guinness.

1348
01:08:35,166 --> 01:08:39,436
l hope he can, at least,
come ten miles

1349
01:08:39,466 --> 01:08:42,135
and put his game on the line,
so you make the call.

1350
01:08:42,166 --> 01:08:44,001
Where are you?

1351
01:08:46,533 --> 01:08:48,067
All right, well, we're,
like, we're all here.

1352
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:50,769
We're all seated and getting
ready to order, so...

1353
01:08:52,999 --> 01:08:55,035
Um, okay, let me go down
the list here.

1354
01:08:55,066 --> 01:08:57,601
We got Tom Rodgers and his girl.

1355
01:08:57,633 --> 01:09:00,435
We got Shawn, Fran, Jason, and--

1356
01:09:18,566 --> 01:09:20,301
That's fair, isn't it?

1357
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:27,401
Okay.

1358
01:09:31,633 --> 01:09:33,968
l'm real sorry he's not--
he didn't come.

1359
01:09:33,999 --> 01:09:35,101
- Bill?
- Yeah.

1360
01:09:35,133 --> 01:09:40,471
Well, you know,
Mark and Steve showed up

1361
01:09:40,499 --> 01:09:43,903
unexpectedly and uninvitedly,
but hard to keep them away.

1362
01:09:43,933 --> 01:09:44,933
Yeah.

1363
01:09:44,966 --> 01:09:47,168
And Bill just doesn't want
anything to do with him.

1364
01:09:47,199 --> 01:09:48,467
Yeah.

1365
01:09:49,699 --> 01:09:51,334
All right. See you.

1366
01:10:01,333 --> 01:10:03,134
He's got a plan,
so when he comes out

1367
01:10:03,166 --> 01:10:04,934
because Billy is Billy,
you know.

1368
01:10:04,966 --> 01:10:08,069
And he's gonna come out
with a bang.

1369
01:10:08,666 --> 01:10:10,567
Oh, Billy Mitchell
always has a plan.

1370
01:10:11,966 --> 01:10:13,567
- He likes to keep secrets.
- Yeah.

1371
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:15,635
He likes surprising people.

1372
01:10:15,666 --> 01:10:18,869
He likes--He likes people
seein' him do the unexpected

1373
01:10:18,900 --> 01:10:20,468
and say,
''Oh, boy, l didn't realize

1374
01:10:20,499 --> 01:10:21,834
- ''you were gonna do
something like that, Bill.''
- Yup.

1375
01:10:21,866 --> 01:10:23,100
That's how he is.

1376
01:10:23,133 --> 01:10:25,635
lt's annoying
when somebody's ahead of you.

1377
01:10:25,666 --> 01:10:26,700
You know, when you're not
the lead dog,

1378
01:10:26,733 --> 01:10:31,037
the view doesn't change, and l
always wanted the view, so...

1379
01:10:31,066 --> 01:10:32,934
He's got
the Roy Shildt excuse.

1380
01:10:32,966 --> 01:10:36,602
He's got--You know,
he's not gonna show up.

1381
01:10:36,633 --> 01:10:40,536
l've heard a lot of talk
of Billy Mitchell,

1382
01:10:40,566 --> 01:10:45,203
and l've heard a lot of talk
of strange videos and things.

1383
01:10:45,233 --> 01:10:49,637
But l haven't heard much
in the way of him

1384
01:10:49,666 --> 01:10:52,502
getting in front
of a camera crew or people

1385
01:10:52,533 --> 01:10:55,769
and winning a record
in front of people.

1386
01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:59,503
l haven't heard about that yet.
Maybe he did that 25 years ago.

1387
01:10:59,533 --> 01:11:01,401
But l haven't heard of him
doing it lately,

1388
01:11:01,433 --> 01:11:03,434
and it makes
you wonder why not.

1389
01:11:22,266 --> 01:11:23,800
We got him here.
He's here.

1390
01:11:45,900 --> 01:11:47,668
Hey, Billy.

1391
01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:10,768
Video games
are meant to be played

1392
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:15,671
in a competitive environment,
under pressure, organized,

1393
01:12:15,699 --> 01:12:18,469
where you have to perform
literally on demand.

1394
01:12:21,966 --> 01:12:23,667
Never. Never.

1395
01:12:27,433 --> 01:12:30,936
And when you do that,
you have far more credibility

1396
01:12:30,966 --> 01:12:33,935
than someone who says,
''Oh, l did that last week.''

1397
01:12:33,966 --> 01:12:35,334
No matter
how good you play tennis,

1398
01:12:35,366 --> 01:12:37,101
no matter how good
you play golf,

1399
01:12:37,133 --> 01:12:39,268
if you don't play
when you have to play,

1400
01:12:39,300 --> 01:12:41,802
if you don't play
when the pressure's on,

1401
01:12:41,833 --> 01:12:44,068
you're really
not good enough.

1402
01:12:44,100 --> 01:12:48,537
#  Everybody knows
the deal is rotten #

1403
01:12:48,566 --> 01:12:52,503
#  Old black Joe's
still pickin' cotton #

1404
01:12:52,533 --> 01:12:55,035
#  For your ribbons and bows #

1405
01:12:55,066 --> 01:12:59,537
l can handle losing if he would,
at least, compete against me.

1406
01:12:59,566 --> 01:13:01,034
l'm not afraid to lose.

1407
01:13:01,066 --> 01:13:04,102
l'm just some no-name guy
from Washington.

1408
01:13:04,133 --> 01:13:07,436
Billy is trying to live up
to this image

1409
01:13:07,466 --> 01:13:10,602
of being the greatest ever in--

1410
01:13:10,633 --> 01:13:13,936
So he's afraid that if he loses,
that's gonna tarnish him.

1411
01:13:16,100 --> 01:13:18,936
Yeah, that was the game
before this.

1412
01:13:18,966 --> 01:13:22,402
#  But just a shining artifact
of the past #

1413
01:13:22,433 --> 01:13:26,403
#  Everybody knows
the scene is dead #

1414
01:13:26,433 --> 01:13:28,101
#  But there's gonna be a-- #

1415
01:13:28,133 --> 01:13:31,102
lt's been three days, man,

1416
01:13:31,133 --> 01:13:32,133
and the fatigue's
starting to set in,

1417
01:13:32,166 --> 01:13:35,602
this mentally,
this, you know,

1418
01:13:35,633 --> 01:13:39,203
starting over,
it takes a toll on you.

1419
01:13:39,966 --> 01:13:43,202
#  Everybody knows #

1420
01:13:44,866 --> 01:13:49,403
#  Everybody knows #

1421
01:13:49,433 --> 01:13:53,470
#  Everybody knows #

1422
01:13:53,499 --> 01:13:57,337
#  That's how it goes #

1423
01:13:57,999 --> 01:14:00,836
Steve Wiebe, l think,
is a very straight shooter.

1424
01:14:00,866 --> 01:14:03,468
This is the last day, isn't it?

1425
01:14:03,499 --> 01:14:07,370
l think that he gets influenced
sometimes by people,

1426
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:09,568
and, uh...and that's probably
one of his lessons--

1427
01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:12,002
to be stronger in himself.

1428
01:14:12,033 --> 01:14:14,668
You know what l mean?
We all have lessons.

1429
01:14:18,433 --> 01:14:20,601
Thanks.
Yeah, l'm gonna break then.

1430
01:14:21,833 --> 01:14:24,001
Last start? Okay.

1431
01:14:24,866 --> 01:14:26,534
- Okay.
- So...

1432
01:14:27,533 --> 01:14:30,402
Oh, here it is.
This is the last shot.

1433
01:15:33,433 --> 01:15:36,035
l'm done.

1434
01:15:36,066 --> 01:15:38,401
- l'm done.
- Casualty.

1435
01:15:38,433 --> 01:15:40,601
lt's so heart-breaking.

1436
01:15:41,999 --> 01:15:44,702
l guess it's not even
about Donkey Hong anymore.

1437
01:15:44,733 --> 01:15:46,768
- It's--
- What's it about?

1438
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:49,536
Just, uh--l don't know.

1439
01:15:49,566 --> 01:15:52,802
lt's become
just a game and trying--

1440
01:15:52,833 --> 01:15:55,969
for me, trying to get
a score recognized...

1441
01:15:56,666 --> 01:16:01,237
and trying to beat this empire
that l'm trying

1442
01:16:01,266 --> 01:16:05,203
to break through
and get a fair chance.

1443
01:16:05,233 --> 01:16:09,403
'Cause he is not cunning
and manipulative and mean.

1444
01:16:09,433 --> 01:16:11,701
He is
a decent person at heart.

1445
01:16:12,699 --> 01:16:15,969
ln the end,
that's all that matters.

1446
01:16:27,300 --> 01:16:29,468
ln a funny sort of way,
it's like being the king

1447
01:16:29,499 --> 01:16:31,835
and having the advisers
speak their opinions

1448
01:16:31,866 --> 01:16:34,969
but then trying to choose
the right answer

1449
01:16:34,999 --> 01:16:37,802
and the right path of action
based on the advice.

1450
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,469
l think that Steve Wiebe has
to be viewed on his own merit

1451
01:16:43,499 --> 01:16:47,971
and not on anything alleged
which may have happened.

1452
01:16:47,999 --> 01:16:50,469
Steve Wiebe feels fine to me.
Doesn't he to you?

1453
01:16:50,499 --> 01:16:52,835
Steve Wiebe,
could you come up here?

1454
01:16:55,900 --> 01:16:58,168
- Is it Steve ''Weebee''?
- Yeah. ''Weebee.''

1455
01:16:58,199 --> 01:16:59,200
- All right.
- That's okay.

1456
01:16:59,233 --> 01:17:02,202
For some reason, l keep thinking
it's ''Weeb.'' Sorry.

1457
01:17:02,233 --> 01:17:04,635
The thing about Steve
is Steve is special.

1458
01:17:04,666 --> 01:17:05,933
Steve has gone through
a long history

1459
01:17:05,966 --> 01:17:08,568
that don't need
to burden you with,

1460
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:09,667
but l just
wanted to tell you that

1461
01:17:09,699 --> 01:17:11,001
l wanted to congratulate you

1462
01:17:11,033 --> 01:17:14,102
and shake your hand again,
that as far as l'm concerned,

1463
01:17:14,133 --> 01:17:15,968
you are a top player,

1464
01:17:15,999 --> 01:17:18,335
worthy of the highest regard
from Twin Galaxies,

1465
01:17:18,366 --> 01:17:21,001
and we're very honored
to receive your videotapes

1466
01:17:21,033 --> 01:17:23,502
at any time you wanna
record them and send them to us

1467
01:17:23,533 --> 01:17:24,800
because we think, uh...

1468
01:17:24,833 --> 01:17:26,868
We think your skill set
is on the highest level,

1469
01:17:26,900 --> 01:17:30,036
and you're a member
of the family and you're great.

1470
01:17:30,066 --> 01:17:31,667
And so you're okay.
You're great, You're--

1471
01:17:31,699 --> 01:17:33,635
- You make me feel--uh, really...
- You're a great performer.

1472
01:17:33,666 --> 01:17:35,234
Whoo!

1473
01:17:40,166 --> 01:17:44,436
l can only speak for myself,
but l--l've talked with Steve,

1474
01:17:44,466 --> 01:17:46,034
l talked to his wife,
l talked to his kids,

1475
01:17:46,066 --> 01:17:48,668
l've met with him,
talked to him in detail.

1476
01:17:48,699 --> 01:17:51,602
And speaking for myself,
l have no question

1477
01:17:51,633 --> 01:17:56,137
about his integrity,
his ability, or anything else.

1478
01:17:56,166 --> 01:17:59,335
l mean, he's proven himself not
just as a Donkey Hong player,

1479
01:17:59,366 --> 01:18:01,234
but really as a person of--

1480
01:18:01,266 --> 01:18:04,435
of somebody who really desires
to do the right thing.

1481
01:18:05,366 --> 01:18:07,134
You agree with--l mean, his--

1482
01:18:07,166 --> 01:18:08,233
l'm not familiar enough
with the situation.

1483
01:18:08,266 --> 01:18:10,468
Okay.

1484
01:18:18,499 --> 01:18:21,736
l feel l won, that l tried,

1485
01:18:21,766 --> 01:18:24,768
and l hope people
will remember it, you know,

1486
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:28,470
this--empty his name tag here.

1487
01:18:36,166 --> 01:18:39,602
After l returned from the trip,
Walter e-mailed me

1488
01:18:39,633 --> 01:18:41,668
and had these words:

1489
01:18:41,699 --> 01:18:44,536
''Steve, your Donkey Hong
accomplishment was fantastic.

1490
01:18:45,300 --> 01:18:47,468
''After soul searching,
we at Twin Galaxies

1491
01:18:47,499 --> 01:18:50,369
''wish to apologize to you for
such inconsiderate treatment.

1492
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:52,802
''We look forward
to your future exploits

1493
01:18:52,833 --> 01:18:53,833
''and are excited

1494
01:18:53,866 --> 01:18:55,534
''about the amazing
high-score breakthroughs

1495
01:18:55,566 --> 01:18:58,001
''you'll be bringing
to the Donkey Hong community.

1496
01:18:58,033 --> 01:19:00,034
Blessings and friendship.
Walter Day.''

1497
01:19:00,066 --> 01:19:04,203
So that's his, um...

1498
01:19:04,233 --> 01:19:09,104
the way he wanted to bring peace
to this situation.

1499
01:19:12,566 --> 01:19:13,667
- Dad!
- Dad!

1500
01:19:13,699 --> 01:19:14,834
ls it cold?

1501
01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,102
He was searching, you know?
He was--He wanted something,

1502
01:19:37,133 --> 01:19:40,135
and l wanted that for him
'cause l wanted him to be happy.

1503
01:19:40,166 --> 01:19:42,601
So now, l see that.

1504
01:19:42,633 --> 01:19:44,234
Don't do that.

1505
01:19:44,266 --> 01:19:45,834
Do it again.

1506
01:19:51,266 --> 01:19:53,001
#  Oh, yeah #

1507
01:19:53,033 --> 01:19:58,338
#  l wanna go back
to my hometown #

1508
01:19:58,366 --> 01:20:01,635
#  l'd be a big shot,
be a little star #

1509
01:20:01,666 --> 01:20:04,769
#  And drive the best car
off the lot #

1510
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:09,171
#  l wanna be your lucky winner #

1511
01:20:53,300 --> 01:20:55,568
Baby! New high score!