Current Events > Remember Billy Mitchell? Turns out some of his scores may have been cheated.

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StucklnMyPants
02/04/18 5:03:21 PM
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Earlier today, famed King of Kong Billy Mitchell was accused of being a cheater in a 2010 record on Donkey Kong. This evidence was laid out by Jeremy Xelnia Young, comprehensively, on both Twin Galaxies and Donkey Kong Forums.

Judges under Donkey Kong Forums have since removed Mitchells scores from their database, but Twin Galaxies is taking all precautions into consideration. Young opened up a dispute utilizing the Twin Galaxies Dispute System on August 28th, 2017. Initially, forum members had discussed it and it petered out by the end of November.

(Editors Note: Twin Galaxies Editorial and the Adjudication Team are completely separate entities. Although the Editorial Team investigates on their own, the decision lies entirely on the Adjudication Team and is not influenced by Editorial.)

Back in January, Todd Rogers 35 year old record was cracked wide open with detailed analysis from Eric Omnigamer Koziel, an official statement from former Twin Galaxies referee Robert T Mruczek, and well as several other forms of legitimate evidence in the case. In the end, all of Rogers official records were scrubbed from the Twin Galaxies database and he was banned.

With the recent rulings on Todd Rogers, currently opened cases have been scrutinized and re-evaluated more heavily by the forum members. Young came back to the same thread today with a thorough analysis of why he believes Mitchell lied, including detailed pictures and captured gifs for comparison. Many websites misinterpreted the information that Twin Galaxies had made an official ruling on Mitchell, wrongly stating that Young was a TG judge and that it had been officially ruled, to the point that his name is trending on Twitter during publication of this post.

Accusations include that Mitchell was using MAME, an open source emulator, to obtain the score instead of a real Donkey Kong machine and that frames from his submission may have been spliced together. The score in question places him 12th place in this particular track at 1,062,800 points, behind Robbie Lakemans recent 1st place ranking at 1,230,100.

The Twin Galaxies Editorial team reached out to the Twin Galaxies Administration and Adjudication team for clarification and an official word on the matter.

Twin Galaxies, they said, is in the process of fully reviewing the compelling evidence provided by Jeremy Young to support his current score dispute case against Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong score. We will do this thoroughly and impartially. In the meantime, we will continue to observe this discussion by experts in the community and will also examine any further evidence that may be provided during this review period.

So, there is no official ruling that has happened as of yet on the Twin Galaxies Scoreboards, but the matter is carefully being considered. As they did with the Todd Rogers case, they are likely putting this under the microscope, gathering all evidence, and thoroughly examining the validity of all information provided before reaching a decision. The Editorial team will continue to follow the story as it progresses.


Original Article - http://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/161/billy-mitchell-accused-of-cheating-at-donkey-kong-record-twin-galaxies-speaks-up/5

Claims that he cheated (this one is really good) - http://donkeykongforum.com/index.php?topic=2055.msg33395#msg33395

Claims that he cheated - http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/176004-Dispute-Jeremy-Young-Arcade-Donkey-Kong-Points-Hammer-Allowed-Player-Billy-L-Mitchell-Score-1-062-800/

Is anyone surprised? I mean, Twin Galaxies hasn't made an announcement one way or the other, but the evidence looks pretty damning. Also doesn't help that one of Billy's judges for one of his top scores, was banned last month.
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masticatingman
02/04/18 5:05:50 PM
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Isnt he famous for Pac Man?
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LavarNeedsHelp
02/04/18 5:06:26 PM
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I thought this was about Billy Mays
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lilORANG
02/04/18 5:07:50 PM
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I remember watching that documentary on G4. I thought it was funny that he was a stereotypial turbonerd with the long greasy unkempt hair, and his greatest rival just looked like a regular boring guy. I thought that increased the drama somehow, like this turbonerd was defending his turf from the normies.
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Burgess
02/04/18 5:08:37 PM
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Dude his hair was perfectly straightened and maintained.
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Trigg3rH4ppy
02/04/18 5:09:10 PM
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If you watch the documentary it's fucking obviously that the weasely looking referee guy helped him cheat.
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Dr_Agon
02/04/18 5:09:10 PM
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King of Kong made the world hate him. Even though this prove that he might have used Mame for Donkey Kong, the guy still has a perfect game in Pacman.
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__aCEr__
02/04/18 5:10:32 PM
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But is his hot sauce any good?
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KillerKhan420
02/04/18 5:14:40 PM
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__aCEr__ posted...
But is his hot sauce any good?


Probably not.
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StucklnMyPants
02/04/18 5:16:26 PM
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masticatingman posted...
Isnt he famous for Pac Man?

Yes, and Donkey Kong. Watch the documentary if you haven't seen it before. It's very entertaining.
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madcaptech
02/04/18 5:17:47 PM
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It's not only him, but Todd Rogers too. For those who don't know, the guy had quite a few records in old Atari Activision games, but very recently had been caught cheating and banned from Twin Galaxies.
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flussence
02/04/18 5:17:49 PM
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Remember Billy Mitchell?

nope
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50Blessings
02/04/18 5:18:28 PM
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Wasn't Peter Dinklages character in Pixels based on him?

And was ALSO a cheater?
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StucklnMyPants
02/04/18 5:23:46 PM
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madcaptech posted...
It's not only him, but Todd Rogers too. For those who don't know, the guy had quite a few records in old Atari Activision games, but very recently had been caught cheating and banned from Twin Galaxies.

He was a "witness" to 2 of Mitchell's high scores that were taken down on the fan site. Definitely doesn't look good now to have a known and banned cheater be a person that vouches for a high score.
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Burgess
02/04/18 5:38:21 PM
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ClunkerSlim posted...
Wasn't a subplot in King of Kong that he was refusing to play live and he was just submitting VCR tapes? Or was that the other guy?


No that was him.
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zH0mPfR
02/04/18 5:39:02 PM
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The documentary made it obvious that, at a bare minimum, the guy running the high scores organization was butt buddies with Billy and likely biased in his favor. So this doesn't shock me at all if it's true.
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TheCurseX2
02/04/18 5:39:16 PM
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Roy Schildt was right all along.
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TheCurseX2
02/04/18 5:39:43 PM
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zH0mPfR posted...
The documentary made it obvious that, at a bare minimum, the guy running the high scores organization was butt buddies with Billy and likely biased in his favor. So this doesn't shock me at all if it's true.


Didn't he write a song about him? lmao
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Zack_Attackv1
02/05/18 5:28:27 PM
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Tupacrulez
02/05/18 5:32:32 PM
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Imagine being this hard core and hopeless.
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Coffeebeanz
02/05/18 6:38:59 PM
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Explains why he wouldn't challenge the King of Kong guy in person despite requesting that guy prove it in an arcade
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cjsdowg
02/05/18 6:40:17 PM
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Twin Galaxies is always up to some shady shit .
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Rob Cesternino
02/05/18 6:41:51 PM
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Billy Mitchell the world's greatest video game player?
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Villain
02/05/18 6:59:57 PM
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Does he still have a mullet?
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TableFlip
02/05/18 7:06:57 PM
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Anyone remember the Regular Show episode involving him?

http://regularshow.wikia.com/wiki/Garrett_Bobby_Ferguson
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