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Re:Donkey Kong scoreboard strips high score claim by alexlrobertson on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:16AM (#16306766)
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 (#16308059)
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.

Re:Donkey Kong scoreboard strips high score claim by azakai on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:57AM (#16310081)
It depends how much time they put into it. No one checks how many games they play, so one player could play only on weekends while another might also play a few hours every evening.