Kong Off II - WHAT A WEEKEND!!!

Alan173

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For those of you guys/gals that made it out to Denver, CO you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about......WHAT A GREAT TIME! Hanging out with some of my best arcade buds from Michigan.....meeting many folks for the first time I have been chatting with for years....and witnessing in my opinion THE GREATEST arcade gaming competition that has ever been staged! Richie, Jourdan, Jon and the rest of the Crew made one hell of a weekend for gamers, fans and people just wanting to have some serious FUN!

I thought I would share some pictures and hope some additional folks will chime in with theirs from this past weekend....along with some of the stories that we will be talking about for quite some time.

The 'Michigan Mafia' along with the great California producer of the Video Craze and friend of ours - Dave Danzara! From left to right - Scott Zeiser (Stardust Arcade/Executive Producer of the Video Craze) / Dave Danzara (he is famous - no explanation needed!) / Me (Alan Radue - Tranquility Base Arcade) / Zach Green ('The Cleaner'!) / Bill Johnson (Chomping Quarters). Scott actually made the entire Mafia crew custom embroidered shirts (Zach has one on) with a Michigan Mafia logo on the back - THEY ROCK!
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Jourdan had a full sized poster of Sprint 2 hung up at the 1-Up! Picture time with the current record holder, the founder of Twin Galaxies and the 2/3 of the new owners of TG. The torch has been passed! (Me/Richie/Walt/Jourdan). Richie pulled out the smile as he knew this picture was for me....love ya brotha!
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The players attack the games early Saturday morning after running in like the start of the Superbowl! Game on!!! I believe I had a beer in hand well before noon?! The 1-Up was JAMMED with reporters and film crews the entire time!
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I have stood inside a yellow Computer Space and many of you have not! (Compliments of Steve MacDonald)
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Presented to me in the front office of the new Twin Galaxies - what an HONOR!!!
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O.k.....post them if you got some shots from the weekend! These guys pulled off an EPIC event! Jourdan is as nice and genuine as they come.....each of the players were so gracious and signed tons of stuff for me.....meeting Walter will change your life (I'm not kidding!). I encourage everyone to hit an event like this! I'm reserving my tickets now for Kong Off 3 - Kong Off 50 -> GAME ON!!!
 

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Prizes!!!

One thing I did on the QT was add to the first place prize pot at the Kong Off II! I custom made an arcade stool to commemorate the event and be given to 'The Best In The World'. Richie and Jourdan ponied up some serious bling with an official Kong Off II Championship Belt.....some serious cash ($1,500) and the winner also got to keep the machine they played on!!! And yes...I brought my own stool on the airplane in a giant bag - not everyone is willing to admit to something like that!

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I had to leave before the final awards presentation Sunday night (bummer!) so if anyone has a picture of Jeff and the gang with the prizes please send it my way....or post it up.
 

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One thing I did on the QT was add to the first place prize pot at the Kong Off II! I custom made an arcade stool to commemorate the event and be given to 'The Best In The World'. Richie and Jourdan ponied up some serious bling with an official Kong Off II Championship Belt.....some serious cash ($1,500) and the winner also got to keep the machine they played on!!! And yes...I brought my own stool on the airplane in a giant bag - not everyone is willing to admit to something like that!

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I had to leave before the final awards presentation Sunday night (bummer!) so if anyone has a picture of Jeff and the gang with the prizes please send it my way....or post it up.

That chair is soooooo coooooool........:cool:
 
Ahahaha! Posting in disturbing arcade images ASAP!;)

Yeah, really enjoyed the kong-off on the stream... Saw alot of familiar faces in the crowd:)

One thing I did on the QT was add to the first place prize pot at the Kong Off II! I custom made an arcade stool to commemorate the event and be given to 'The Best In The World'. And yes...I brought my own stool on the airplane in a giant bag - not everyone is willing to admit to something like that!

Stool story, bro
 
Thanks Alan!

Thanks for sharing the photos Alan! That pic of you and Walter is great. I hope he still makes celebrity appearances at events like the Kong Off III. I want to meet that guy some day.
 
......And yes...I brought my own stool on the airplane in a giant bag - not everyone is willing to admit to something like that!


but didnt it smell by the time it got to CO!?? lmao.....

Really though great pics and story Alan, thanks so much for sharing them with everybody..... That was great of you to give that prize for the event;very nice work done to it.
 
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It was great meeting you guys. Im still trying to recoup from all the work :) Im still burnt out from work of just building the 16 donkey kongs.

JOn
 
It was great meeting you guys. Im still trying to recoup from all the work :) Im still burnt out from work of just building the 16 donkey kongs.

JOn
Jon, it was great meeting you too... Your work is amazing, all those DK machines lined up was a sight to behold. And the rest of the games look amazing as well, everything was in fantastic shape, lots of attention to detail, and all the mechanics were tweaked making all the games very playable. Keep up the great work dude! :D

-Scott
 
For those of you guys/gals that made it out to Denver, CO you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about......WHAT A GREAT TIME! and witnessing in my opinion THE GREATEST arcade gaming competition that has ever been staged!

along with some of the stories that we will be talking about for quite some time.

The players attack the games early Saturday morning after running in like the start of the Superbowl! Game on!!!

These guys pulled off an EPIC event!

Apologize if it's been posted, but what were the results? Who did what? Who got to kill screens? Who won? What were the excuses from the losers? Any "no-namers" post a respectable score? Any "pros" totally flame out? Sounds like a great time, but how about some details!
 
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I'm not sure where to start but first I want to thank Jourdan for the great hospitality. They went above and beyond to make us Michigan Mafia feel more than welcome!!! Thank you!!!

Richie Knucklez is the man!!! Lots of passion and love for this hobby!!! Thanks for making us feel welcome!!!

It was great meeting everyone!!!

The Kong Off II was great!!! Can't wait for Kong Off III!!!

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Here are a few more photos to share...

Myself and Hank

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Rich, Richie & Walter

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The Frenzy masters of the world!!! Joel West & Paul Dean!!!

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Some pictures of Jourdan's awesome 1-UP! Early in the morning before the massive onslaught of patrons....

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