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General Donkey Kong Discussion => General Donkey Kong Discussion => Topic started by: homerwannabee on October 21, 2013, 10:29:28 am
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I have played on that joystick a few times, and I have never had any problems playing the game. If it was an 8 way I would assume that I would have missed a ladder or two because it is an 8 way. Are people sure that the joystick he played on was an 8 way?
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Apparently I guess it is a quasi 4/8 way joystick. Man that really sucks. :( I had no idea that there were 8 way joysticks pretending to be 4 way joysticks. So you can't just go by feel with all 8 ways. Learn something new every day. It just sucks that Robbie had to learn the hard way.
I swear Robbie's quest for a top 12 spot is turning into a Steve Wiebe moment. First he gets in with a 1.07 million game, and then he finds out that MAME doesn't count. Then he gets a Funspot score of 1.015 million that Richie says gets him a dedicated machine. Of course Richie spoke too soon, and he didn't get that dedicated machine. And now he plays an 8 way joystick that has the functionality of a 4 way joystick, and his score gets disqualified after he finds out it's an 8 way after the fact.
If Robbie does not get into the top 12, everyone here has to admit he deserves the "Hard Luck Player of the Year Award".
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Apparently I guess it is a quasi 4/8 way joystick. Man that really sucks. :( I had no idea that there were 8 way joysticks pretending to be 4 way joysticks. So you can't just go by feel with all 8 ways. Learn something new every day. It just sucks that Robbie had to learn the hard way.
I swear Robbie's quest for a top 12 spot is turning into a Steve Wiebe moment. First he gets in with a 1.07 million game, and then he finds out that MAME doesn't count. Then he gets a Funspot score of 1.015 million that Richie says gets him a dedicated machine. Of course Richie spoke too soon, and he didn't get that dedicated machine. And now he plays an 8 way joystick that has the functionality of a 4 way joystick, and his score gets disqualified after he finds out it's an 8 way after the fact.
If Robbie does not get into the top 12, everyone here has to admit he deserves the "Hard Luck Player of the Year Award".
I have played on 10 machines in 6 different states in the past month. I've battled through hours of fatigue and finished one of the most difficult games of my life after a 5 hour drive. I have done everything I could and played so well it's frustrating the fact I still might not have a Kong Off spot after everything I've been through lately. Before I went to Erics yesterday I asked if everything on his cab was original and he said yes. I believed it because the game wasn't playing hard like an 8-Way would make it. If I had known about the joystick beforehand I would have had it replaced or just not bothered at all.
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thats brutal man :( hope you can still get a spot, you earned it...
8)
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I have played on 10 machines in 6 different states in the past month. I've battled through hours of fatigue and finished one of the most difficult games of my life after a 5 hour drive. I have done everything I could and played so well it's frustrating the fact I still might not have a Kong Off spot after everything I've been through lately. Before I went to Erics yesterday I asked if everything on his cab was original and he said yes. I believed it because the game wasn't playing hard like an 8-Way would make it. If I had known about the joystick beforehand I would have had it replaced or just not bothered at all.
Hey, don't feel bad, that joystick tricked me as well into thinking it was a 4 way. Like you said, you have played on 10 machines, and the joystick obviously did not feel any different than a regular 4 way or you would have said something about that pretty quickly into the game. It sucks that these pretender 4 ways actually exist.
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that sucks, i hope you can still get your spot, i saw several games of you, and was very impressed, i think you've earned your spot!
i wish you the best of luck you still get to go to the KO!
what kind of joystick was it? 8 way with a 4 way restrictor plate?
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You have my support! Keep it up!
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I have played on 10 machines in 6 different states in the past month. I've battled through hours of fatigue and finished one of the most difficult games of my life after a 5 hour drive. I have done everything I could and played so well it's frustrating the fact I still might not have a Kong Off spot after everything I've been through lately.
Geez, you KNOW that a quote with such pathos is going to end up on the DK blog run by that guy who goes out of his way to make everything melodramatic... ;D