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Donkey King Score Achieved

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, May 19, 2016.

  1. Melody Bot May 19, 2016
    Melody Bot

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    Wes Copeland has broken the all-time record high score for Donkey Kong.


    It’s how he took the title, though that’s so staggering. Copeland did not lose a single Mario in the game. He took his first life all the way from the first level all the way to the end, cashing in the extra lives to obliterate all comers.

    “This will be my last record score,” Copeland wrote on Facebook. “I don’t believe I can put up a game any higher than this.” Copeland had set 1.2 million as his ultimate goal in Donkey Kong, and said he’d retire from competition if he could reach that.
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  2. Wobbie May 19, 2016
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    Sing me a story I haven't heard yet. Prestigious

    Sorry to nit pick, but you've got the article title as "Donkey King", haha.
     
  3. SEANoftheDEAD May 19, 2016
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    Immortal.
     
  4. SEANoftheDEAD May 19, 2016
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    haha well technically Wes is the Donkey King.
     
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  6. circasurviver May 19, 2016
    (Last edited: May 19, 2016)
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    There is a documentary about two guys competing to get the high score called The King of Kong. It might be a reference to that.

    Those guys scores were in the hundreds of thousands I believe. 1.2 million is insane!
     
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  7. Anticitizen7 May 19, 2016
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    Please be kind. Like actually kind though.

    Dankey Kang is some super serious business in the gaming record world. Congrats to this guy.
     
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  8. Fox83 May 19, 2016
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  9. zigbigwig May 19, 2016
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    Your move Eminem!
     
  10. Zip It Chris May 19, 2016
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    Be kind; everyone is on their own journey.

    Hopefully the government knows about this guy just in case...

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  11. Jason Tate May 19, 2016
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    It was a play on being the world record holder ... it was late when I wrote it.
     
  12. Chase Tremaine May 19, 2016
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    Wwwwooooooooowwwwwww
     
  13. Wobbie May 20, 2016
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    Ahhhh, i get it now, haha. I would have gone with "King Kong Score Achieved" myself, haha.
     
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  15. dvdjmskng May 20, 2016
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    That documentary is incredible. Billy Mitchell is basically the perfect villain.
     
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  16. incognitojones May 20, 2016
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    Crazy how the record got so much more competitive after that great documentary. This record is pretty insane and I hope he can stay at the top for a long time.
     
  17. supernovagirl May 20, 2016
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    this is impressive because as someone who only played console version of DK and recently played this at an arcade I couldn't last for shit.