DK Individual Level and Stage Records

[serphintizer]

I currently hold the Level 2-3 Rivet record with 14,800.

Stay away!  Come no closer!  This means you!   

No record is safe in this game  , but it will take a rare feat for someone to eclipse that mark.  You killed it hard.

[serphintizer]

John McCurdy
03/09/2016 (achieved a few ticks before midnight [EST], I believe)
8700 Level 5-4 Elevators
wolfmameplus-0106.exe

I'm not sure how ties work, but there we are.

[Adam_Mon]

John McCurdy
03/09/2016 (achieved a few ticks before midnight [EST], I believe)
8700 Level 5-4 Elevators
wolfmameplus-0106.exe

I'm not sure how ties work, but there we are.

Awesome job John!
Looks like we both have 8700 scores on both lvl 4 springs and lvl  5 springs in "real" games, I'm currious to find out if we are playing the springs in the same way or differently? very impressive stuff mate 

[stella_blue]

John McCurdy
03/09/2016 (achieved a few ticks before midnight [EST], I believe)
8700 Level 5-4 Elevators
wolfmameplus-0106.exe

Congratulations, John!  Onward to 9,000 points.  During the upcoming DKO, $175.00 will be awarded to the first player who reaches that milestone.  Best of luck to both you and Adam (and anyone else who plans to pursue the 9K bounty).

The  Master List  has been updated, and a Twitch highlight created:

https://www.twitch.tv/donkey_kong_forum/v/53559325

You all know the drill by now.

I'm not sure how ties work, but there we are.

In the event of a tie, all players sharing the record are recognized on the leader board, listed in chronological order by date achieved.

EDIT:  I've attached a screen capture after forgetting to do so originally.

[serphintizer]

Thanks, Scott and Adam.  Snagging some of these temporary records is fun (they all can be improved upon by anybody at anytime).  They are becoming a natural by-product of what I am 'conditioning' myself for (one of the reasons you witness careless/stupid deaths during some of the games).  I'm not being a bully, I promise. 

[serphintizer]

John McCurdy
03/12/2016
16400 Level 4-3 Barrels
wolfmameplus-0106.exe

[f_symbols]

I don't know how to watch it , but and 

[stella_blue]

John McCurdy
03/12/2016
16400 Level 4-3 Barrels
wolfmameplus-0106.exe

You've done it again, John.  Why am I not surprised?   

Your 16,400 Level 4-3 barrel board edges the previous record holder (Dean Saglio) by 100 points.

The  Master List  has been updated.

I don't know how to watch it , but and 

Let's resolve that issue immediately.  The video highlight is right here:

https://www.twitch.tv/donkey_kong_forum/v/54094858

[homerwannabee]

John McCurdy
03/12/2016
16400 Level 4-3 Barrels
wolfmameplus-0106.exe

You've done it again, John.  Why am I not surprised?   

Your 16,400 Level 4-3 barrel board edges the previous record holder (Dean Saglio) by 100 points.

The  Master List  has been updated.

I don't know how to watch it , but and 

Let's resolve that issue immediately.  The video highlight is right here:

https://www.twitch.tv/donkey_kong_forum/v/54094858

Yeah, congrats on that.  Big level 4-3 score.

[serphintizer]

I must admit, I am slightly disappointed and perplexed in some of the criticism I am receiving regarding some of my scores.  They are being described by some in the Donkey Kong community as being "fishy", "total bs", "pull a serphy", "fake individual board scores", etc.  The one guy being the most vocal has been out of the game for donkey's years (no pun intended), yet he insists on poppin' off like he owns 51% of the game's stock or something...get real. 

I have had the last two weeks off from work.  This has given me the time to really grind, and test both my limits and the game's.

Thanks, Scott and Adam.  Snagging some of these temporary records is fun (they all can be improved upon by anybody at anytime).  They are becoming a natural by-product of what I am 'conditioning' myself for (one of the reasons you witness careless/stupid deaths during some of the games).  I'm not being a bully, I promise. 

Remember this post?  Again, I am 'conditioning' (overload principle) myself so that playing at a 140K-150K 'start pace' will hopefully start to feel like running boards.  Sometimes I die relatively early on in the game, but I will play it out anyway in order to see what the start may have been if I had not died (thanks to Willms' pace program), then continue to play out the rest of the game.  It's just that simple.  If a record is set in the meantime, call it a bonus. 

So what is all this claptrap I keep reading?  Have I offended some by blaspheming against the molten deanosaur?   

This is supposed to be a fun hobby that runs alongside reality.  I will not apologize for working my tail off in this game.  I'm already way behind the curve, for most of you have been playing for years.  Like I have said in the past, "I enjoy challenging my DNA in divers things at world-class levels in order to uncover any and all hidden potential that may exist."   

Donkey Kong is one of those things.

And to those who have encouraged and supported my efforts thus far, it is appreciated.     

[ChrisP]

"fishy", "total bs"

Since this comment can be seen during the replay, it's probably a good idea to set the record straight:

"Fishy" was not meant to be taken seriously. On the contrary, it was a reference to a comment Brian Allen made a couple of years ago about JCB's DK scores when JCB was getting running boards on lockdown. This was making Brian uncomfortable, so he accused Jason of being "fishy" and using save states. It was intended as a reference to that, not as a literal comment on this score, and the subsequent reply was just playing along.

[tudose]

lol

[Barra]

lol

^

[f_symbols]

Yeah, that is most certainly a misunderstanding John. 

But since we're gonna go ahead and start airing dirty laundry around here...

Many of the players in this scene eventually reach a point where their realized-interests lie more in entertainment value than "grinding".  You are just beginning to rub shoulders with an entirely different hobby that is running parallel to active CAGing. (  ) I guess you're gonna have to "wait and see"!

I can understand how you see this as being directed at you, but they were actually just ironic anecdotes, taken from the vibrant past of "The Scene".

tl;dr   that chat log literally would have been identical regardless of the name attached to the inp. (or arcade vid.)

Edit: my comments are in reference to the "donkey Kong forum" twitch chat, which can be seen in the highlight video above..

[Adam_Mon]

I must admit, I am slightly disappointed and perplexed in some of the criticism I am receiving regarding some of my scores.  They are being described by some in the Donkey Kong community as being "fishy", "total bs", "pull a serphy", "fake individual board scores", etc.   

  I wasn't able to find those comments in any posts so I may have missed where they popped up, but anyway..
I personally don't see anything wrong with the individual board record stuff, a good score is a good score and should be respected regardless of the submitter in my opinion..

I'm also pretty sure that if any of the more popular dk players submitted the scores John did the response and show of support would have been much different.