Re:Donkey Kong scoreboard strips high score claim
by alexlrobertson on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:16AM
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Wouldn’t a pro player be playing less games? They’re playing longer, higher scoring games not lots of average scoring games.
Re:Donkey Kong scoreboard strips high score claim
by ldjb on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:09AM
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Sort of. However, at that level, if you're in the middle of a game and aren't on track to getting a high score, you're probably going to abandon the game and try again from the beginning. Therefore there'll be a fairly high number of games, a sizeable proportion of which are abandoned.
It's like when speedrunners attempt to complete games in the fastest time. If they make a mistake at any point in the game that will cost them a lot of time, they will most likely abandon the game and keep trying until they are able to complete the game without making any costly mistakes.
Possible but unlikely b/c the person making this claim is the current No. 2 Donkey Kong player in the world Wes Copeland, not Joe Schmo off the street.
Even if Mitchell's disputed scores were accepted they would still be far off Copeland's scores. So when the No. 2 player speaks it carries more weight than just some random dude in his basement.