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General Donkey Kong Discussion => Donkey Kong Milestone Achievements => Topic started by: JCHarrist on January 27, 2013, 08:11:30 pm

Title: Steve Wiltshire breaks a million!
Post by: JCHarrist on January 27, 2013, 08:11:30 pm

Just saw on Facebook that Steve Wiltshire scored 1,019,600 today! Great job Steve. Congrats!

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Post by: marky_d on January 27, 2013, 08:15:24 pm

Congrats, Steve!!! I assume this was a killscreen game?

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Post by: syscrusher on January 27, 2013, 08:43:53 pm

Congrats, Steve! :)

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Post by: marinomitch13 on January 27, 2013, 09:09:32 pm

Just awesome!

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Post by: craighiphopfish on January 27, 2013, 10:29:52 pm

Congrats Steve!!!

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Post by: KIG666 on January 28, 2013, 12:18:07 am

Congrats  :)

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Post by: muscleandfitness on January 28, 2013, 12:22:33 am

wow it must be a great feeling to get your first million point game on dk. wow. your heart must have been going 10 times a dozen ...

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Post by: Dk_madness on January 28, 2013, 03:41:50 am

Huge Congrats Steve!!! Now on to 1.1 mil  :)

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Post by: ChrisP on January 28, 2013, 04:03:03 am

Steve, Billy, Tim, Scott, Dean, Hank, Vincent, Jeff, Dave, Mark, Kyle, Ben, Shaun and now Steve (#2) makes 14 million-point players. WOW!

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Post by: stella_blue on January 28, 2013, 04:17:02 am

Kongratulations, Steve!

I need to take a more academic approach to improving my game.  It would be nice to join this exclusive 1M+ club, if only to attend the year-end banquet.  I've heard the all-you-can-eat buffet is spectacular.

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Post by: konghusker on January 28, 2013, 06:43:07 am

Thanks everybody.  I really appreciate it.  I actually started the game at a very slow pace from my normal pace.  I lost my 1st and 2nd man both on the level 8 rivets and got practically no points from those two deaths.  I had been playing earlier in the day and was burnt out, but during this game I pretty much zoned out and could feel that I was playing well other than just dumb luck with those fireballs on level 8.  I wasn't doing well on the springs for some reason all game either, had a very slow rate on springs.  In the end, I made it to level 21 rivets before killing off my extra man, and then kill screened it.  I made the mistake of not killing the extra man off on the last barrel board due to just the excitement of finally hitting the million.  I have been very close several times since ko2, but just couldn't seem to finish the game.  I think mental blocks and focus have been my biggest enemy.  Hopefully I have it figured out and can now start playing more relaxed and aggressive for a 1.1 pace.  Thanks again everybody.  It is a relief for ko3.

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Post by: homerwannabee on January 28, 2013, 01:23:54 pm

Quote from: konghusker on January 28, 2013, 06:43:07 am

Thanks everybody.  I really appreciate it.  I actually started the game at a very slow pace from my normal pace.  I lost my 1st and 2nd man both on the level 8 rivets and got practically no points from those two deaths.  I had been playing earlier in the day and was burnt out, but during this game I pretty much zoned out and could feel that I was playing well other than just dumb luck with those fireballs on level 8.  I wasn't doing well on the springs for some reason all game either, had a very slow rate on springs.  In the end, I made it to level 21 rivets before killing off my extra man, and then kill screened it.  I made the mistake of not killing the extra man off on the last barrel board due to just the excitement of finally hitting the million.  I have been very close several times since ko2, but just couldn't seem to finish the game.  I think mental blocks and focus have been my biggest enemy.  Hopefully I have it figured out and can now start playing more relaxed and aggressive for a 1.1 pace.  Thanks again everybody.  It is a relief for ko3.

To be honest, I don't think 1 million is going to cut it for the KO3.  My guess is they will up the limit to 1.05 million.  Big time congrats on the million point score.  Awesome to see another person flip Donkey Kong.


Edit: Remember the bar was set at 900,000 for KO1, and than raised to 1 million for KO2, and so them raising the bar to at least 1.05 million for the KO3 should be expected.

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Post by: ChrisP on January 28, 2013, 02:30:18 pm

For the record, at this point, 1,050 would limit the "dedicated" field to 7 players: Dean, Hank, Vincent, Jeff, Steve, Billy and Mark.

I wonder if that number will grow by November?

In any case, the threshold can't be raised to a point that would exclude Steve or Billy, obviously.

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Post by: LMDAVE on January 28, 2013, 02:59:38 pm

I would need something to shoot for. I hope to be over 1.1M by then and if I'm not at least over 1.05M, I probably wouldn't want to be in KO3 anyway. And I'm sure others want something to drive them to do it also.

Congrats on the great score Steve!

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Post by: konghusker on January 28, 2013, 04:31:59 pm

I don't think the 1.05 mark will be cutoff.  I think just the top 12 or so scores will be in.  Dave, even if you're not at 1.05 by then, remember that anybody in the ko3 could win it.  Just having a great score going in doesn't solidfy your chances.  For Jeff and Dean to score what they did at ko2 was unreal and very impressive.  Odd's are that those high of scores don't happen again, and so everybody in it will have a chance.  Granted, some of the guys seem to be more consistantly hitting high #'s, but that's why they play the game, just like in the NFL.  Even the KC Chiefs win sometime.  lol.  It's all for fun anyway.  Now I don't know if I would go to play in the wildcard again.  I thought that was frustrating having to wait for 5-6 hours before my next turn.  We'll just have to wait and see what happens between now and them.  Until then, keep gaming.

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Post by: Fast Eddie on January 28, 2013, 06:16:20 pm

well done steve!

 8)

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Post by: lakeman421 on January 29, 2013, 11:06:42 am

They said on arcade culture that it was going to be top 12 with dedicated machines.  So the cutoff is up to how high the competitors make it.  But a million is a huge achievement.  Congrats Steve!

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Post by: Jeffw on January 29, 2013, 04:41:30 pm

Congrats Steve, and good luck with the 1.1m!

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Post by: Simpsons99 on January 29, 2013, 05:00:36 pm

WTG Steve!  This new to the seen..  I don'nt  remember seeing this name before

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Post by: marky_d on January 29, 2013, 05:11:47 pm

Quote from: Simpsons99 on January 29, 2013, 05:00:36 pm

WTG Steve!  This new to the seen..  I don'nt  remember seeing this name before

 http://journalstar.com/entertainment/small-screen/games/is-lincoln-man-the-king-of-kong/article_8bd111bb-3e2b-5367-a77e-f687cb4731b9.html  (http://journalstar.com/entertainment/small-screen/games/is-lincoln-man-the-king-of-kong/article_8bd111bb-3e2b-5367-a77e-f687cb4731b9.html)

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Post by: JohnTheLawnMan on January 29, 2013, 05:46:21 pm

I feel like I'm still on facebook.....

Congrats Steve!

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Post by: hchien on January 29, 2013, 05:56:50 pm

Steve was one of the wildcard players at KO2.  Chris has written about him on his blog.  He has a 964K officially on TG on top of being an awesome guy.

http://donkeykongblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/wiltshire-pushing-possible-kuh-screen.html (http://donkeykongblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/wiltshire-pushing-possible-kuh-screen.html)

http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/nebraska-nebraskas-king-of-kong-video-7McKOhuhf8g-370-1.html (http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/nebraska-nebraskas-king-of-kong-video-7McKOhuhf8g-370-1.html)

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Post by: tessler1134 on January 29, 2013, 07:44:15 pm

Way to go Steve!!! Nice job!

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Post by: mikegmi2 on January 30, 2013, 05:58:33 am

Solid score, well done!

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Post by: tudose on January 31, 2013, 10:02:29 am

congrats, steve!