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SithOfSpades:
I like the idea of having a format where every game matters, and the bracket really captured that. I would take this even further into the qualifying. I would make it something like 4 quarters total points. Doing the bracket in 1 day with the length of the games also makes it a long watch. Cutting the games down to like level 10 might be good too. Maybe full games for qualifying shortened for the bracket.

colecomeister:
I know the members of DKF are an expert audience, so this article won't be revelatory, but I wanted to share it here as a reference for the curious and those that might visit this thread in the future.

https://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/4832/jeff-wolfe-john-mccurdy-are-the-new-kings-of-kong/25

During the week that followed KO7, I noticed that TG hadn't pushed a story out about the events. That didn't feel right given that it was a natural place of course for classic gaming / retro gaming news in the past in lieu of esports, so I approached Jace about possibly writing an article - he said give it a go, so I wrote it late Sunday night/Monday. It's not the most detailed article in capturing the various moments of KO7, but I didn't know I'd be writing something at the outset of watching KO7. My main goal was to get something in TG's hands quickly while hopefully doing justice to overall story. Cheers

colecomeister:

--- Quote from: the_ocho on March 27, 2019, 03:11:51 pm ---Haven't watch it, was this the same cringe worthy show that Billy showed up on when he first got accused of cheating?  Such a dirt ball group of people.  I can't blame the top talent not showing up to these things anymore.  Don't support this shit, its past its prime and the folks promoting it are pretty rotten to the core these days.  I hope McCurdy or anyone else just continues to push these scores higher from home and turn their back to this shit.  The top guys on this forum could do what the NES runners do, run an annual Best of Kong.  Take the format of Best of NES  https://bestofnes.com/marathons  best players stream their games and best score in a 2-4 hour period wins.  Or have them all play at once and do a Knockout tournament.   You really shouldn't support someone shitting on players like they do. 
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Yes, it's the same show that Billy appeared on following the presentation of xelnia's updated evidence package.

I think the DKF community already does something along the lines of Best of NES? Or at least I came across some older threads with an on-line format that echoes what you suggested.

For me personally, I think the overall balance has been that the KOs have had a positive impact on the DK scene and traditionally KO has been a season "highlight" for the community. I think like religion and politics, maybe there's a point where people can participate in the event knowing we're going to have a fundamental disagreement over what Richie called "the elephant in the arcade" and therefore agree not to dwell on or talk about it for the duration of the KO. That said, there might be other "background factors" surrounding KOs that I'm not aware of - as you can tell from my post count, I'm not a veteran member of the community, there's only so much I can glean from the shoutbox so maybe in all honestly there's more fault lines at play here. In terms of future KOs, I guess the community will vote with its feet.

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