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General Donkey Kong Discussion => General Donkey Kong Discussion => Topic started by: homerwannabee on October 09, 2013, 05:22:44 am
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I felt this deserved it's own thread given the hard work Alan has put into this game. 728,900 is definitely a great score! Congrats big time on that Allen!
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Congratulations Allen!
Was this on stream? if so i surely missed some entertainment ;)
Keep up the good work!
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Congratulations, Allen!
In the words of Carl Spackler (Bill Murray's character in "Caddyshack"):
"Oh, he's gotta be pleased wid dat!"
The killscreen is surely coming. Its arrival will spark a great day (week? month?) of celebration within the DK community.
I have a lampshade, not worn in more than 25 years, set aside for the occasion. 8)
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Allen mate congrats, big score! KS coming up soon...
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Kongrats Allen mate, BIG BIG BIG
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WOW! Yer buddy.
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Allen, you're my hero. You also have a higher score than me in DK (at least until this weekend! ;) )!
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Allen, you're my hero. You also have a higher score than me in DK (at least until this weekend! ;) )!
I bet that considering your score and Donkey Kong goals at the beginning of the year, and also taking into account me, Allen Staal, and Brian Allen's scores at the beginning of the year that never in your wildest imagination would you foresee a scenario where you would be behind all three of us score wise on October 9th. The turtles truly have past up the hare!
Also one more thing about Allen's score. I know it's not a killscreen, but I do feel this is the watershed moment for him. He now really is within striking distance of the killscreen. He passed up the official Brian Kuh score as well. I believe that if you can get past that score you are a legit player. There is something about the 700k mark that goes into the territory of a heavyweight score. There will still be a few people who say that's not a good score, but the vast majority of Donkey Kong players have to give credit where credit is due.
One last note. Allen Staal by his personality, and his constant dedication has long ago belonged in the fraternity of serious Donkey Kong players, but now I believe his score alone is enough to be part of the brotherhood of serious players.
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Way to go Allen. Here's hoping that elusive KS is soon to come. Best wishes on behalf of Canada.
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That's what happens when you believe in the weave! So happy for you Allen mate. Dean Saglio is nothing compared to you! (... well... that might be a LITTLE bit exaggerated, but still! ;) )
(It's Vincent btw, fking hell, wrong account, wht da)
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I bet that considering your score and Donkey Kong goals at the beginning of the year, and also taking into account me, Allen Staal, and Brian Allen's scores at the beginning of the year that never in your wildest imagination would you foresee a scenario where you would be behind all three of us score wise on October 9th.
It's funny that you should say that. About 6 months ago I realized that I'd be really indifferent about my HS until maybe you, Brian, or Allen passed me. Now it's the case that all of three of you have passed me, so I'm really gonna push it to another level! Catch me if you can! ;) Muahaha! ;D
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(It's Vincent btw, fking hell, wrong account, wht da)
Lemay just pulled a Chien... Posting from the wrong account.
Allen can I get a Skype interview with you tonight?
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Very impressive Allen! In watching some our your games I can see the insight that is required to do this at times, so I knew that you had at least a vague notion of what needs to be done to safely traverse the boards. Keep it up and you will hit that killscreen. I don't think I will forget about your score but be sure to highlight your stream and post in the score submissions thread. I am very excited for you, Allen. You must be floored. :D
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allen MATE fkkkkkk I LOVE IT. yyyyyy australian time. i was asleep, mate. ill catch your KS tho if it means i never fall asleep again. yer buddy
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good game
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Kongrats Allen, you're right on the doorstep now of that elusive KS. Going to happen soon !!!
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Wht da?
Great job Allen! It's amazing to see what can happen when you have a passion for something. Keep it going buddy!
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love it thanks to all the great comments and well wishes , there was a couple very funny comments love it.. thanks to every one ..who wished me well.. love yous all. ALLEN
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I'm going to be interviewing Allen on Skype on my twitch channel about his recent achievement at 8pm EST (about 2 hours from now).
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Congrats Allen.
Looking forward to the interview with Hank, hopefully it's saved on his Twitch channel in case I miss it.
I don't think this has been mentioned, but from what I can ascertain this is the highest ever DK score by an Aussie. We're one step closer to getting our first official KS'er - God knows it won't be me!
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Congrats Allen.
Looking forward to the interview with Hank, hopefully it's saved on his Twitch channel in case I miss it.
I don't think this has been mentioned, but from what I can ascertain this is the highest ever DK score by an Aussie. We're one step closer to getting our first official KS'er - God knows it won't be me!
Yeah john its good to see another Aussie climbing the ranks. And this does solidify him as the number 1 from down under. Looks like you and I have some work to do, although I think it will be a long time off before im in the "staal range" (dunno about you) but it would be cool if we all got onto the same scoring averages ( or if we all get to a KS level) and could have an aussie kong off over a weekend or one day or something.
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Congrats Allen.
Looking forward to the interview with Hank, hopefully it's saved on his Twitch channel in case I miss it.
I don't think this has been mentioned, but from what I can ascertain this is the highest ever DK score by an Aussie. We're one step closer to getting our first official KS'er - God knows it won't be me!
Yeah john its good to see another Aussie climbing the ranks. And this does solidify him as the number 1 from down under. Looks like you and I have some work to do, although I think it will be a long time off before im in the "staal range" (dunno about you) but it would be cool if we all got onto the same scoring averages ( or if we all get to a KS level) and could have an aussie kong off over a weekend or one day or something.
Hey Adam. Didn't know if you were playing much DK these days. You should join in the Wildcard event this weekend if you have time. We might nearly have enough people to form "Team Australia" with Allen as captain 8)
Wonder if this score will spur Kane (who isn't a member of this forum) to try and up his 660k score - don't think he is playing much DK these days. Wish we had arcades here in Australia so we could have our own Kong Off :(
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Congrats Allen.
Looking forward to the interview with Hank, hopefully it's saved on his Twitch channel in case I miss it.
I don't think this has been mentioned, but from what I can ascertain this is the highest ever DK score by an Aussie. We're one step closer to getting our first official KS'er - God knows it won't be me!
Yeah john its good to see another Aussie climbing the ranks. And this does solidify him as the number 1 from down under. Looks like you and I have some work to do, although I think it will be a long time off before im in the "staal range" (dunno about you) but it would be cool if we all got onto the same scoring averages ( or if we all get to a KS level) and could have an aussie kong off over a weekend or one day or something.
Hey Adam. Didn't know if you were playing much DK these days. You should join in the Wildcard event this weekend if you have time. We might nearly have enough people to form "Team Australia" with Allen as captain 8)
Wonder if this score will spur Kane (who isn't a member of this forum) to try and up his 660k score - don't think he is playing much DK these days. Wish we had arcades here in Australia so we could have our own Kong Off :(
Yeah i still play the occasional game but I have gone backwards in averages because I haven't played consistently I was at 200k average when I was playing regularly now im at like 130k LOL. Ill be spectating this weekend and probably playing a bit on my 60 in 1, but no stream or anything just for a bit of fun. Hopefully we can get an australian team in the future that would be pretty cool, but I'll have to up the ante and get more consistant.
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the number 1 from down under.
Definitely beats being the number 2 from down under! If you get my drift ;)
Way to go Allen! It was the perfect storm of Allen finally following the advice he'd been given, pie free passes, no Skype, and the good ol' rng on his side.
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I felt this deserved it's own thread given the hard work Alan has put into this game. 728,900 is definitely a great score! Congrats big time on that Allen!
Point pressing or not Yes, this is a very good score. What level did it end on?
I'd like to hear some stories of Aussie arcades from years ago.
An artical of his experience with DK from another country and if there were cab differences between an Aussie DK and "AmeriKan" DK would be interesting.
How hard is it to find a DK down under?
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Point pressing or not Yes, this is a very good score. What level did it end on?
I haven't had a chance to watch the video in its entirety, but I did see the last few minutes.
The game ended on the Level 19-2 conveyor stage.
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Point pressing or not Yes, this is a very good score. What level did it end on?
I'd like to hear some stories of Aussie arcades from years ago.
An artical of his experience with DK from another country and if there were cab differences between an Aussie DK and "AmeriKan" DK would be interesting.
How hard is it to find a DK down under?
Tim those are some good questions. I live streamed an interview with Allen about his game the next day. It's too bad you weren't there-- you could have asked him directly. Here's a link: http://www.twitch.tv/hankchien/b/468833776. (http://www.twitch.tv/hankchien/b/468833776.) Only the first 1/2 hour was serious. The remaining 1.5 hours was either hilarious or ridiculous depending on your sense of humor. I only thought to ask him your first question (which Scott already answered).
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I felt this deserved it's own thread given the hard work Alan has put into this game. 728,900 is definitely a great score! Congrats big time on that Allen!
Point pressing or not Yes, this is a very good score. What level did it end on?
I'd like to hear some stories of Aussie arcades from years ago.
An artical of his experience with DK from another country and if there were cab differences between an Aussie DK and "AmeriKan" DK would be interesting.
How hard is it to find a DK down under?
Finding any cab let alone a DK is super hard here in Australia. The only realistic chance of getting a cab is to either have one shipped over from the states ($$$) or to try and find a seller who is no longer enjoying their cab and is looking to sell, but because they are so hard to come by most people hold onto them forever. If you were to have a look on ebay (US) for lets say a centipede cab you would find at least a few in decent condition or at least in working order, now try on ebay australia...nothing the best that would come up (and is the most frequent) are rip-off MAME cabs or cocktail machines with multi-boards. There is also a lot of Street fighter machines in australia aswell, its a decent game but not the same as a classic 80's game.
As far as cab designs go, because of the shipping most Australian cabs are lowboy LAI cabs because back in the day arcade owners were to stingy to purchase the full cab (because of $$$) and so they just had the board shipped over and chucked the games into a default LAI cab, so it makes it even harder to find and original in Australia. Again you may find an original PCB in a lowboy but it has none of the artwork and barely ever has the original marquee.
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Finding any cab let alone a DK is super hard here in Australia. The only realistic chance of getting a cab is to either have one shipped over from the states ($$$) or to try and find a seller who is no longer enjoying their cab and is looking to sell, but because they are so hard to come by most people hold onto them forever. If you were to have a look on ebay (US) for lets say a centipede cab you would find at least a few in decent condition or at least in working order, now try on ebay australia...nothing the best that would come up (and is the most frequent) are rip-off MAME cabs or cocktail machines with multi-boards. There is also a lot of Street fighter machines in australia aswell, its a decent game but not the same as a classic 80's game.
As far as cab designs go, because of the shipping most Australian cabs are lowboy LAI cabs because back in the day arcade owners were to stingy to purchase the full cab (because of $$$) and so they just had the board shipped over and chucked the games into a default LAI cab, so it makes it even harder to find and original in Australia. Again you may find an original PCB in a lowboy but it has none of the artwork and barely ever has the original marquee.
And as much as I'd love an original PCB, this is why I'm hesitant about buying one - the stringent rules mean that if I could get my hands on one, then the scores would not be TG recognized due to unoriginal parts. I had a quick look on eBay yesterday and saw a board going for just over US $100 but registered international shipping was in excess of $60. Factor in dollar conversion, and you are getting towards the price of a complete machine (not DK obviously).
I think a guy who moved from the States to work in Nth Qld last year was selling some of his machines, I think a DK was among the games but he wanted top dollar (A$800-$1000+) from memory, but his machine was in very good shape. If I had the money I would have grabbed it.
I don't know too much about how business runs/gets taxed in the USA, but here in Australia the government gets their grubby little hands into your pocket anyway they can, and rent on retail premises in capital cities is extremely expensive - so unfortunately I doubt we may never see a real "retro" arcade again the likes of The 1UP or FunSpot :(
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I felt this deserved it's own thread given the hard work Alan has put into this game. 728,900 is definitely a great score! Congrats big time on that Allen!
Point pressing or not Yes, this is a very good score. What level did it end on?
I'd like to hear some stories of Aussie arcades from years ago.
An artical of his experience with DK from another country and if there were cab differences between an Aussie DK and "AmeriKan" DK would be interesting.
How hard is it to find a DK down under?
Finding any cab let alone a DK is super hard here in Australia. The only realistic chance of getting a cab is to either have one shipped over from the states ($$$) or to try and find a seller who is no longer enjoying their cab and is looking to sell, but because they are so hard to come by most people hold onto them forever. If you were to have a look on ebay (US) for lets say a centipede cab you would find at least a few in decent condition or at least in working order, now try on ebay australia...nothing the best that would come up (and is the most frequent) are rip-off MAME cabs or cocktail machines with multi-boards. There is also a lot of Street fighter machines in australia aswell, its a decent game but not the same as a classic 80's game.
As far as cab designs go, because of the shipping most Australian cabs are lowboy LAI cabs because back in the day arcade owners were to stingy to purchase the full cab (because of $$$) and so they just had the board shipped over and chucked the games into a default LAI cab, so it makes it even harder to find and original in Australia. Again you may find an original PCB in a lowboy but it has none of the artwork and barely ever has the original marquee.
This is interesting......here in the states back in the early 80's the cabinets were as unique as the games.....sometimes the game cabinet and artwork was better to look at than to play the actual game itself......the late 80's and the generic dynamo cabs changed that
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Not all here but looking at about 850-860k kill screen. Just another person trying to knock me down that ladder even more! Lol. Great job Allen. You'll have me beat real soon! I can't even get to level 5 without a death lately. Plus the added fact I'm working 7 days a week now. So really no time to play.
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Very cool Allen
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thank you very much gents im very happy
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good job allen, keep it up and you will make it soon .
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lit i wuv you guys no homeo. xxoo.. lol <Allen> <Roy> <Mruczek> <Pigger> <Tim> <Billy> <Walter> <Wiebe>
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October 09, 2013
C'mon mate
Kappa
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Yeah I don't think this score applies anymore Kappa
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He was so close...then he got into wall jump records BibleThump
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Yeah I don't think this score applies anymore Kappa
Indeed. If Allen doesn't improve his PB before the DK Open #6 in January, we will have no choice but to expunge his record from the High Score List.
Please consult the "Outlier Exclusion" section of the List Submission Rules (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=365.msg6364#msg6364) for a full explanation. Kappa
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Agh, for a second I thought this was new!
Allen is the ultimate necro-bumper.
He does this on Facebook all the time. ;D
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wht da ...
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Fix your machine, mate. BibleThump
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necro-bumper
Uhhhh... Kappa
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