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You're joking, right? He's a well-known cheater. Not a chance he used original hardware. He's had his scores stripped. You should really watch Karl Jobst's videos on him and Todd Rogers, both are pretty obvious cheaters at this point. Just literally read this comment in this thread, it explains it well:
- An Implicit "Cheater" Label
- That's Like, Just Your Opinion, Man
- Neither The Time Nor The Place
In his amended legal complaint, Mitchell argues that Twin Galaxies' published statement regarding his scores was "libelous on its face" because of the implication that "Mitchell did not achieve his record score legitimately." By accusing Mitchell of "impermissibly and secretly shortcutting [the site's] rules," Mitchell argues that Twin Galaxies "at...
Twin Galaxies representatives did not have an official response to a request for comment from Ars. But in a wide-ranging March 30 anti-SLAPP motion to strike Mitchell's lawsuit, Twin Galaxies lawyers argue the site's statements regarding Mitchell weren't legally defamatory. That's in part because the statements were "nothing more than the opinion o...
Twin Galaxies' motion highlights that the 3,770-post dispute thread surrounding Mitchell's Donkey Kongscores (which is now included in its entirety in the court record) was viewed nearly 2.4 million times as of March 14. That thread includes entries from 170 unique contributors and 211 public votes on the desired outcome of the case. (Mitchell lost...
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Jan 17, 2024 · Wed 17 Jan 2024 // 00:50 UTC. Retro Tech Week The world-beating video game scores of self-styled arcade legend Billy Mitchell have been reinstated following a settlement with record-keeping org Twin Galaxies, which had wiped his achievements in 2018 following allegations of cheating.
Sep 13, 2022 · Such play is allowed, but records achieved that way would be distinct from records achieved on original hardware. Mitchell later sued the organization for defamation, arguing that Twin Galaxies' statement about his scores implied that he's a cheater. The case is unfolding in a Los Angeles court.
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Apr 12, 2018 · Twin Galaxies, the long-running video game high score tracker recognized by Guinness World Records, has banned Billy Mitchell and removed all of his past scores from its listings after...
Feb 1, 2023 · New evidence has been uncovered that suggests Billy Mitchell did indeed cheat to attain his record-breaking Donkey Kong scores — the ones which Twin Galaxies removed from its record boards...
Oct 28, 2020 · Billy Mitchell takes his Donkey Kong high-score cheating case to court. The defamation case, which Ars was the first to publicly report on in May, centers on Twin Galaxies' 2018 decision to...
