King of Kong premiere EXCLUSIVE !!!!!!!

[koolmoecraig]

I went the the Hollywood premiere of King of Kong last night and because of my outstanding funniness I was invited to the after party.

They had 4 DK's set up on free play, one of the machines was reserved for Steve Weibe.  Steve spent the night trying to break his record score of 1,049,100.  Unfortunately he didn't make it.  He stalled out at 861,000.  Not too bad considering all of the hot women, booze, camera flashes and crowd noise.

Standing next to me all night was Vince Vaughn and his crew of hot women and dudes in suits.  I evesdropped in on their conversations all night and heard Vince talking many times about playing Billy Mitchell in the Hollywood remake of King of Kong.  New Line Cinema just acquired the rights to the movie.

You are hearing it here first people.  Vince Vaughn will be playing Billy Mitchell in King of Kong.  Not even the trades know that info.  I am breaking it here to all of my loyal friends.
*DISCLAIMER: Assuming they meet his contract demands I assume.

King of Kong is a fun movie.  It really shows what a complete tool Billy Mitchell is.  The director of the film said that apparently because of this movie, Billy is refusing to ship any of his hot sauce to California addresses.  I love it!

Check out the pictures....

This first picture is of Steve Weibe mock drinking Billy Mitchells hot sauce.  Someone send that picture to Billy. I would love to hear his reaction to it.  Bummer my flash didn't go off.


Steve going for the record.


They were broadcasting Steves game on a bunch of monitors.


Vince Vaughn hanging by the Donkey Kong. I tried to get a picture of him without looking like a tool.


And lastly...They gave away these cool token medallions for people on the "VIP" list.  On the way out I grabbed a bunch for you guys.  If you want one paypal me like $5 and I'll send one out.  I have about 20 of them I think.  They have Billy and Steve on either side.
 


I also shot a little mpeg of Steve losing his last guy and the crowds reaction. I will post it here once I upload it to youtube.

Enjoy!

[koolmoecraig]

Here is a link to the video.  Youtube encoded it kind of dark but it lightens up.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FYoKGeesDoc

enjoy!

[somunny]

  I am breaking it here to all of my loyal friends.

Too bad he has the night off. 

[JackTucky]

  I am breaking it here to all of my loyal friends.

Too bad he has the night off. 

Now THAT"S FUNNY

=J

[NIVO]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70197.0  heres another thread pertaining to same deal.


the point of this is.....no reason to thread crap another persons link with your own about the same story. You dont "Win", pass go or collect $200.

[skippy]

KMC

But it was a real ---smurf--- getting them pictures while holding that tray of drinks they were paying you to pass out. 

[Donkey_Kong]

I don't know about this King of Kong thing is kind of a non-story out in hollywood.

I'm just curious, and I'm surprised you didn't let us ALL know what the current "Masterbater" video count is up to?

Please tell us, please. Pretty please. 

[koolmoecraig]

AHahahahhahahahaaaa.

Sheep.

[koolmoecraig]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70197.0  heres another thread pertaining to same deal.


the point of this is.....no reason to thread crap another persons link with your own about the same story. You dont "Win", pass go or collect $200.

Yeah um, that's about the NYC premiere.  Where's my $200?

[koolmoecraig]

I don't know about this King of Kong thing is kind of a non-story out in hollywood.

I'm just curious, and I'm surprised you didn't let us ALL know what the current "Masterbater" video count is up to?

Please tell us, please. Pretty please. 

If you're gonna quote it at least spell it right.  I'm sure you know the exact hit count.

[koolmoecraig]

  I am breaking it here to all of my loyal friends.

Too bad he has the night off. 

That was sarcasm.  Nice of you to notice.

[Sir Auros]

Wow, and I thought I was bringing out the best of the board...

[RayB]

Vince Vaughn hanging by the Donkey Kong. I tried to get a picture of him without looking like a tool.

Are you sure that's Vince? Cuz the sign says he's a toilet.

[somunny]

  I am breaking it here to all of my loyal friends.

Too bad he has the night off. 

That was sarcasm.  Nice of you to notice.

Lighten up, Francis.

[koolmoecraig]

Stripes

I'm down to 5 necklaces.  PM me if you want one.

[saint]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70197.0  heres another thread pertaining to same deal.

the point of this is.....no reason to thread crap another persons link with your own about the same story. You dont "Win", pass go or collect $200.

Yeah um, that's about the NYC premiere.  Where's my $200?

Nivo was spot on. Calling out someone else that your news is "better" than theirs is obnoxious and un-necessary. Now instead of focusing on what might have been cool (attending the premier, generously giving out the party prizes you snagged) instead this thread is full of people rightfully annoyed at your tone. Tact is not just a nautical term.

--- saint

[FrizzleFried]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70197.0  heres another thread pertaining to same deal.

the point of this is.....no reason to thread crap another persons link with your own about the same story. You dont "Win", pass go or collect $200.

Yeah um, that's about the NYC premiere.  Where's my $200?

Nivo was spot on. Calling out someone else that your news is "better" than theirs is obnoxious and un-necessary. Now instead of focusing on what might have been cool (attending the premier, generously giving out the party prizes you snagged) instead this thread is full of people rightfully annoyed at your tone. Tact is not just a nautical term.

--- saint

 

 

[koolmoecraig]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70197.0  heres another thread pertaining to same deal.

the point of this is.....no reason to thread crap another persons link with your own about the same story. You dont "Win", pass go or collect $200.

Yeah um, that's about the NYC premiere.  Where's my $200?

Nivo was spot on. Calling out someone else that your news is "better" than theirs is obnoxious and un-necessary. Now instead of focusing on what might have been cool (attending the premier, generously giving out the party prizes you snagged) instead this thread is full of people rightfully annoyed at your tone. Tact is not just a nautical term.

--- saint

It wasn't meant with mallace and I don't think Mamemaster took it that way.  As I said, it was for an entirely different event. 

If any of you rightfully annoyed people want a refund for the medallions that you paypal'd me for just let me know.  I'll refund your $ immediately.  Otherwise they will ship out tomorrow.

Aren't we here on this board to have FUN?  I've never once attacked anyones posts on here yet every time I post ANYTHING I have some chump trying to display his less than razor sharp wit towards me.  Because of this, I started crafting my posts to give them something more exciting to respond to besides my apparently hilarious use of asterisks and my hatred of Jim Belushi.  This makes it FUN for me

Life is too short to be so serious and angry towards people.  It's amazing how heated people can get on here.  Lighten up.  I have no ill-will towards anyone.  I'd even buy a round for all of the chumps who despise me and have a good laugh with them.(Skippy, insert "you don't have enough money to afford that" joke here.) 

It's the "Everything Else" section of the BYOAC message board people.  Can't we all just have fun?  I know I am.

[CheffoJeffo]

every time I post ANYTHING I have some chump trying to display his less than razor sharp wit towards me.

I'm sure they are all just wanting you to tell them that they are funny ...

[RayB]

wow Saint, I thought NIVO was out of line.   Kool's subject line is obviously for humor, and there's no reason to mix up the two different premieres into one thread.

[shardian]

I believe NIVO's post was originally under the assumption that they both went to the same event. I don't see the big deal personally, and saw it as a non-issue that has been blown up.


Alot of junk has been dragged into this thread from other threads, and it happens with every single Koolmoe/Tommy/Chad thread on the board. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't P&R get (technically) shut down for the same reason? The picking here and there used to be all in good fun, but a certain handful of people have dragged way too much malice into the arena.
The way I see it, some probations need to be thrown around to wrangle things in. But hey, I'm not a mod so carry on!

[saint]

Meh - always a subjective thing. I think the premier that KMC attended is cool, but I thought his opening salvo was of the "mine is bigger than yours" variety... I could, also, have been suffering from cranial-rectal inversion at that moment.   

[missioncontrol]

The thread read a little different last night....

Notice alot of editing by Saint.

The thread is less harmful now. And gives a perspective of the West Cost premiere verses Mamemasters East Cost one. KMC's attempt at being clever just rubbed a few people wrong, as it should have (I did see what it looked like last night) Perhaps if he had gone about his thread differently it may have not got heated, or perhaps it may have. We will never know.

Best thing to do is go forward at getting this and Mamemaster's thread back on their intended topics. Let's leave the bickering, he said/she said and any of the other drama that has been floating around behind us.

People aren't always going to agree, but we are all here because we do share a similar interest. Why not keep positive communication around why we are here rather than picking out each others differences.

So with that all said.....

KMC it must have been a cool experience watching the underdog going again to win back the record, even if he didn't succeed this time.....

[Donkey_Kong]

Well put Mission. I agree, it sure looked different last night.

Anyway, I been working on my Donkey Kong skills and I gotta tell ya that game is hard. I can't believe those guys can get those scores consistently.

 

[koolmoecraig]

Watching players of that caliber play is really a sight to behold.  Most of the people there were just Hollywood Mooks and a** kissers but there were a few arcade nerds like myself there.

Another interesting thing is during the Q&A Steve said that that morning he received an email from Walter Day saying that from that day forward any attempts at a Donkey Kong world record must not only be video taped but an official judge from Twin Galaxies must be present as well.  Furthermore, if the record is broken the video tape will be sent off to all of the judges who will independently view it to certify it is qualifies. Not only that!  The PCB board from the game needs to be sent out for inspection.  They must have heard that he was going to be going for the record that night after the premiere.

Also, Billy Mitchell is one of the judges.  Conflict of interest anyone?

Twin Galaxies seems to have their noses so far up Mitchells a** that they will do whatever it takes to make sure that his record isn't taken.  Amazing.  It almost makes me wanna go for the record

[TOK]

The other side of this movies story is readable on Twin Galaxies web site... The first board Wiebe used wasn't a standalone DK board, and there was some question to the speed it ran. It gets deep, and that fact only scratches the surface.

As far as Billy Mitchell goes, he kind of has a cocky sense of humor to him. You either get it or you don't, and though I haven't seen the movie yet, it sounds like maybe he was selectively edited so the attitude comes through, but not the humor. The dude is involved with Twin Galaxies now only because he has been FOREVER. He holds records in other games besides DK. He also went through all of the proof steps Steve Wiebe would be required to go through when he regained the record a couple of weeks back. Word is that he made it to the kill screen and actually ended his game without using all his men to jump barrels until the timer ran out. This left a bit more of a margin for the record to be challenged yet again. I think that was kind of a cool move.

I can't wait to see King Of Kong. Thought it had national release this weekend but looks like it was only in 4 cities.

[koolmoecraig]

I'm sure they did make him out to be a little more villian-like but a lot of the shots are just letting the camera roll on him and watching him hang himself with his words and actions.  No edits.  You'll see

[shardian]

I noticed over at twingalaxies, they list a separate DK record that is more of an "acknowledgement". It is of Steve Weibe's Double DK boardset record. Is this the hallowed conflicted record? If so, then I could understand the record being contested - a double dk board is still the same roms and such, but it's not exactly a stock dk board now is it?

[TOK]

I noticed over at twingalaxies, they list a separate DK record that is more of an "acknowledgement". It is of Steve Weibe's Double DK boardset record. Is this the hallowed conflicted record? If so, then I could understand the record being contested - a double dk board is still the same roms and such, but it's not exactly a stock dk board now is it?

Yes... He got the score using the DK/Jr board. The record was further called into question because of glitches on the tape he submitted.
Controversy has subsided a bit now that Mitchell regained the record and Weibe has also set very high scores on other DK machines, proving he's the real deal.

[RayB]

This has made me think... If I set out for a Juno First record, and my board has a high-score mod on it, will they disqualify it?

I don't think there's a problem with Mitchell being a judge, EXCEPT he should definitely be exempt from judging ANY score for which he holds the title.

[AtomSmasher]

You are hearing it here first people.  Vince Vaughn will be playing Billy Mitchell in King of Kong.  Not even the trades know that info. 

Looks like Vince Vaughn may not be getting the role.  The director and producer are talking about Johnny Depp or Ed Norton playing Billy.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1567389/20070817/story.jhtml

[TOK]

Looks like Vince Vaughn may not be getting the role.  The director and producer are talking about Johnny Depp or Ed Norton playing Billy.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1567389/20070817/story.jhtml

Either of those choices are better, but this is definitely a movie that doesn't need to be made, particularly if its by the craptastic MTV films.

[ChadTower]

Admit it, that's not Vince Vaughn, it's the men's room attendant taking a break.  The toilet sign points right at him.

[RayB]

Welcome back Chad.
Look about 20 posts above yours.
 

[ChadTower]

Ah.  The beta member-blocker must have gotten it.