Becoming the King Of Kong by literally bending Donkey Kong to his will
The Damaging Strategy: Alongside Athene, Billy Mitchel was for a while one of the most respected gamers in the world – whose careers took a nosedive into dark territory. Mitchell held world records in classic games such as Pac-Man and the original Donkey Kong. He was held on such a high pedestal that, for a very long time, even the Guinness book of records accepted the high scores he submitted even though nobody ever saw the guy playing the games. That all came crashing down when he finally submitted proof of his records.
The Result: The once “King Of Kong” showed a video that specialists claim he accidentally proves he’d tampered with the game’s actual hardware to get all of those sweet high scores. Twin Galaxies, the organization that keeps track of this kind of stuff scrapped all of Mitchell’s records.
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If the evidence provided by Mitchell against Mitchell is true, then he’s a cheater, yeah, and not the “King Of Kong” – he’s the God Of Kong – at least the god of that version of Donkey Kong that he allegedly changed to suit his whim.
The Further Result: We never know what’s true or not when it comes to this guy, but September of 2022 was graced by news of Mitchell claiming that his doctor refuses to see him because even he considers Mitchell a cheat. Hell yeah, we love to see the dawn of the age of doctors taking games seriously.
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