sk8ersublime
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I played and got 113k today 
stupid random barrels
stupid random barrels
Anyone wtching the Kong Off live on web?
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JamBurglar
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Is this continuing today? The feed is up.
hucklebuck73
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It looks as if they are going today as well....the feed is up.
mc300baud
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it looks like Steve had to go and catch a plane (he was in the lead,) then Hank recently bested Steve's score.
so far, nobody's topped 1M.
so far, nobody's topped 1M.
the website says the red bull girls will be there today
Maybe they forgave him and he's still a decent player?
Who cares? I just want to know if I'm really getting my marquee and if it will be signed.
Maybe they forgave him and he's still a decent player?
Who cares? I just want to know if I'm really getting my marquee and if it will be signed.
Yeah me too!
incrediblegamez
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I Kong'd off this weekend too. Beat my previous 4 month high of 129k up to 154k then today i posted 173k.
incrediblegamez
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DK was the "first one he lied about"
That comment had always confused me. He is basically saying he lied about more scores then that.
LOL
noice87
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He was the first one known to get to a kill screen. but he did it on the early version of the game that didn't have random barrels. I read a article about how he came to lie about his score and how he got the book deal. Pretty interesting read.
I agree he shouldn't be playing.
CrazyKongFan
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I don't think Steve Sanders ever got a kill screen. He did have the top legit score at one time though, around 250K...that's why he signs "The original King of Kong" when he signs autographs
BTW: Anyone else annoyed at the commercials you gotta watch now at justin.tv?
BTW: Anyone else annoyed at the commercials you gotta watch now at justin.tv?
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noice87
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From the article I read he did get a kill screen and he talked to Billy Mitchell on the phone who had gotten one a few weeks after him. And Steve described the kill screen. Here is the article. http://www.examiner.com/arcade-game...-original-king-of-kong-steve-sanders-part-one
incrediblegamez
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Thanks for the read. Very interesting
CrazyKongFan
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Thanks for posting that link. I think I'd read part of that before, but must have forgotten about the kill screen. I see he did it on an early boardset with the ladder cheat, and with 6 men to start (although that's still quite an accomplishment
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ChompingQuarters
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Thanks for posting that link. I think I'd read part of that before, but must have forgotten about the kill screen. I see he did it on an early boardset with the ladder cheat, and with 6 men to start (although that's still quite an accomplishment
He sure gets a lot of recognition for being a fraud! Heard he's a cool guy. Just don't get how he gets the attention he does!
JamBurglar
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I think the Steve Saunders is cool. I mean, the guy made a really poor decision back when he was a teenager but he came clean back then too. He's a grown man now and he handles himself really well.
Out of all the people wrapped up in the whole King of Kong movie I think he comes accross as having the most character. He's apparently close friends with Billy Mitchell but he doesn't let that dictate the way he treats Steve Weibe. While people like Brian Kugh were being assholes to Weibe, Steve took the time to meet him and judge for himself, and made friends with him. It takes a lot of character to risk offending your friends to do the decent thing. He comes accross as really learning from his mistakes. I know you can't necessarily rely on documentaries to tell you how a person is in real life but I've seen enough interviews, etc, to see he's a good guy.
Out of all the people wrapped up in the whole King of Kong movie I think he comes accross as having the most character. He's apparently close friends with Billy Mitchell but he doesn't let that dictate the way he treats Steve Weibe. While people like Brian Kugh were being assholes to Weibe, Steve took the time to meet him and judge for himself, and made friends with him. It takes a lot of character to risk offending your friends to do the decent thing. He comes accross as really learning from his mistakes. I know you can't necessarily rely on documentaries to tell you how a person is in real life but I've seen enough interviews, etc, to see he's a good guy.
Steve is a great guy. I've gotten to know him better over the last couple years since I met him. He has helped me a ton with my Joust game and made me a really good player. He's been working with his son to take the Dual record. They beat it last year at the Tron off, and they were going to try to hit a million this year at the Kong Off but I didn't hear if they pulled it off yet.
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You shouldn't make pre-judgments about a person based on a movie. But that's not even the point. I completely agree with JamBurglar. He made a mistake when he was a kid and he's a grown man who can look back at it and laugh.
I think all of us could say we made mistakes in our teen years, probably worse than lying about video game scores.
Same with Billy who gets the title of "bad buy" for how he was portrayed in the movie. Sure, he comes off as cocky and whatnot, but from what I've heard from other guys who have met him, he's very kind and generous in person.
incrediblegamez
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Thanks. I bet they are all cool just need to get to know them. Hell they never knew they would have an ounce of celebrity status when they went to pounce on these records as teenagers.
I just got hung up with Steve's quote in the KoK movie "the first one i lied about" and really didnt know the history behind that comment or what he had done. Usually takes alot for someone to admit they lied, especially in public.
