VonBlogenstein

[ripper]

Hank Chien practices Voodoo and he put a spell on everyone trying to break this record.

[danman123456]

Yeah there are several people who have the ability to do this now and it really should go down before the next KO4. There are people actively trying for it now where before it wasn't really a driving goal. We have probably 8 - 10 or so people who actually have a real legit shot at getting the record I believe George. Even if it takes some crazy luck its possible now because these people are also actively playing.

I've decided a goal of mine is to try and get at least one start a night in going forward as often as I can and see where it takes me. I got to lvl 9-1 averaging 61k a level last night which is a new high for me (and then blew up on 9-1  ) so my focus now is not getting the points because I am confident I can do that. Now my focus is all about getting rid of the stupid mistakes that cost me staying focused on each board. I keep trying to tell myself just play the game one board at a time. The back-to-back deaths still are an issue because when I die due to something stupid I did, I let it get to me and tend to die again because or something else stupid. GRrrrrr

Dan

The Donkey Kong Arcade World Record will go down before the end of the next DKOpen tournament. 

Of that I am certain.

I have to say the fact the Donkey Kong record has not been broken this year is the biggest surprise of the year in regards to the Donkey Kong forums.  Have no idea how it hasn't been broken yet.

[stella_blue]

Hank Chien practices Voodoo and he put a spell on everyone trying to break this record.

I suspected as much.  Given that there is obviously some funny stuff going on, I have taken the liberty of updating Hank's record on the Top 12 Arcade High Score List.  An executive decision, as it were.

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Rank

Score

KS

Player

Date

Platform

Source

1

1,138,600

Y

"Hanky Panky" Chien

11/01/2012

Arcade

Voodoo, Sorcery

2

1,137,100

Y

Robbie Lakeman

07/29/2014

Arcade

Twitch

3

1,136,500

Y

Ross Benziger

09/26/2013

Arcade

TG, Twitch

4

1,135,900

Y

Vincent Lemay

01/11/2013

Arcade

TG, Twitch

5

1,105,400

Y

Jeff Willms

11/18/2012

Arcade

TG - KO2

6

1,103,700

Y

Jeff Wolfe

10/30/2013

Arcade

Twitch

7

1,094,100

Y

Steve Wiltshire

01/19/2014

Arcade

YouTube (Part 1, 2, 3)

8

1,091,400

Y

Dave McCrary

02/23/2014

Arcade

Twitch

9

1,079,400

Dean Saglio

11/18/2012

Arcade

TG - KO2

10

1,076,000

Y

Mike Groesbeck

05/17/2014

Arcade

Twitch (Part 1, 2, 3)

11

1,072,200

Y

Corey Chambers

08/26/2014

Arcade

Twitch (Part 1, 2)

12

1,064,500

Y

Steve Wiebe

08/30/2010

Arcade

TG

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[TheSunshineFund]

No link to the Voodoo video = DQ 

[LMDAVE]

For us math nerds, Hank should change his name to Asymptote 

[ChrisP]

The Donkey Kong Arcade World Record will go down before the end of the next DKOpen tournament. 

Of that I am certain.

I wouldn't be so sure.

People have been confident that the record was about to be broken ever since KO3. At that event and every tourney since then, everybody says "someone's gonna do it," but we're still here!

[ripper]

I remember when Hank sent in one of his other DK scores and it was like binary code.  Something like 1,110,100.  He has a way with math.

[danman123456]

Well part of the point on this is even Hank is starting to play again. Robbie is so close I feel he can literally get it any time he gets a game going now. Dean/Jeff W's/Steve W/Dave M/Corey/Ross all have a real chance I believe as well. Plus Vince and them are playing in what October or Nov? I know its got this voodoo curse on it but with all these people giving it a run its got a better than average chance of going down even if its Hank doing it 

[lakeman421]

The only way the record will be broken is if someone beats me by 600 points and then another player beats them by 600 points, so who will be the lucky third guy? 

[ripper]

I would rather see the top score have a 3 way tie. 

[LMDAVE]

Here's an interesting thought. The 3 players jumbled below Hank (Vincent, Ross,  &  Robbie), Robbie has one strong differential there. Points from death.

If you look at final score as, actual completetion of levels + points from deaths:

Vincent got 25,200 points from death, Ross got 26,800, and Robbie only got 7,600. So, technically, if Hank had more than 9200 pts from deaths (there's no stella break down on that game), Robbie would have the record on actual completion from levels.

But, thats just a silly comparison, because even my top 10 PB had a serious cash in at the end that I wouldn't want overlooked. That's the bonus you get for taking the extra men there.

[marinomitch13]

Guys, settle down. We all know Hank is just gonna beat whoever breaks his record within like the week after he gets beaten. 

[ChrisP]

I'm not sure how much this metric means (though I might actually make the argument that it means MORE than the PB standings), but just for fun, I just took the cumulative of the top players' best 3 scores. If you do that, it goes in this order (the number at the end of the row is the lead that the player has over the one below):

1 Dean: 1,206,800 + 1,186,700 + 1,167,400 = 3,560,900 --- 178,900
2 Robbie: 1,137,100 + 1,131,500 + 1,113,400  = 3,382,000 --- 5,600
3 Hank: 1,138,600 + 1,127,700 + 1,110,100 = 3,376,400 --- 67,200
4 Willms: 1,107,600 + 1,105,400 + 1,096,200 = 3,309,200 --- 37,900
5 Ross: 1,136,500 + 1,067,700 + 1,067,100 = 3,271,300 --- 700
6 Vincent: 1,135,900 + 1,084,500 + 1,050,200 = 3,270,600

So Robbie actually has the "best of 3 scores" arcade record already.

(Look at the gap between Ross and Vincent, LOL, poor Vincent...)

[hchien]

Dean Saglio at Richie Knucklez 8/23/14 (900K+ at ~1.15M pace with a spare)

http://youtu.be/9RbC05fsQk8

May the forcefield be with me.

So Robbie actually has the "best of 3 scores" arcade record already.

Yes, I told Robbie he had the world record for highest 2nd PB (Arcade).

Guys, settle down. We all know Hank is just gonna beat whoever breaks his record within like the week after he gets beaten. 

I told Vincent to beat Robbie after Robbie beats me.  It'd take months for me to beat Robbie, but I'd get it back from Vincent within a week.

Vincent got 25,200 points from death, Ross got 26,800, and Robbie only got 7,600. So, technically, if Hank had more than 9200 pts from deaths (there's no stella break down on that game), Robbie would have the record on actual completion from levels.

In Ross' case, the points from deaths were deserved as I believe 2 were sacs.  I feel if you make it to 21-5 with spare guys, you deserve those points.  Points from accidental deaths you can argue are just dumb luck as in Vince's game.  In my current 1.138M game, I had 8,x00 deaths, 128,x00 start, ~59K/levels.

[lakeman421]

Omg new world wreckerrrd Wheres my badge?