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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: forbiddenlyrics on May 16, 2005, 11:47:14 am
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Hey if there are any portlanders out there on the board, there is a man trying to break the world record for star wars of 300 million. He's doing this to try and raise money for portland area schools. If anyone is in the ares make sure you stop by Ground Kontrol (couch and 5th) and check it out! Here is the original post that offers more details:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.video.arcade.collecting/browse_thread/thread/f76b23ff0ed6a678/68fbb9867e8480a3?q=portland&rnum=1#68fbb9867e8480a3
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If you're not referring to Portland, Maine you should disambiguate. :)
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It's in Oregon -
http://www.groundkontrol.com/news/index.php
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Dang, would you look at that arcade?
/me tries to convince the wife that we should move to Oregon
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What????????
Theres a new Star Wars movie coming out?
ok, I admit it, I already have my tickets. ;D
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this might be sad news, but i never knew such a grand arcade existed just a half an hour away. and i call myself a BYOACer...i ought to be ashamed.
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Dang Flinkly only a half and hour away and you've never been to Ground Kontrol?! I live 45 min away (Camas, WA) and go there quite often. You might want to check out Wunderland too, no classic games but still a fun place to blow $20 or so!
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aha! i just moved to portland. I went to Ground Kontrol the other night, and I had a blast! I can't wait to go back again! Oh, and they are going to start having beer on tap, so that just makes it that much better! And I only live about 10 minutes from it! wheeee!
crap, i just got out of the shins concert, which was only 7 blocks from there. i shoulda went to see him play dammit! i am tempted to get back in the car and go see whats up! maybe the arcade is open!
;D
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Wow finally someone from the portland area! I thought I was the only one around here. How was the shins show?
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Wow finally someone from the portland area! I thought I was the only one around here. How was the shins show?
hey! it was pretty cool! my first time to the crystal ballroom. cool venue... 8)
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Wow finally someone from the portland area! I thought I was the only one around here. How was the shins show?
There are several of us.
I'm up in Vancouver.
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this might be sad news, but i never knew such a grand arcade existed just a half an hour away.
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hey now...i've been to wunderland.
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You should check out the SE portland wunderland (on Belmont and 35th) its in the old Avalon theater. Its still mostly DDR type games, driving games and redemption games. But the building is pretty cool.
BTW check out http://www.groundkontrol.com for updates on the Star Wars world record attempt! He's halfway there!
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I'm wondering how the game is at 161 million. Does it start over at some point? does it still increase in difficulty? hmm. Does he have a ton of extra lives by this point?
I seriously am gonna have to go by there today.
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Holy crap! I live up in Vancouver, and haven't heard of Ground Kontrol. WTF? That place looks awesome! I'm going there ASAP! Thanks for the info!
Brian.
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I think as soon as he breaks the record I'll break his. ;D
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UPDATE: May 17, 11:32PM PST
Elapsed Time: 39 hours, 32 minutes
Score: 227,5374,093
Holy crap, he's gonna make it! :o :o :o
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no kidding...i was skeptical when i first heard about this, but my gosh, he might actually do it. he's at 269,000,000 as of this posting.
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Well its over! This world record attempt ended at 283,779,000 points. Check out www.groundkontrol.com for full details. Its too bad he was so close to beating the record but I guess after 54 hours and 10 minutes you get a little exausted.
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yeah. 54 hours of nonstop gameplay? that's amazing in itself!
:o
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I'm gonna snag the City Connection record as soon as I can get a video camera. Although it won't take me 3 days to do it, it should take about 10 minutes (there is NO established City Connection record, and I own pretty much every working board known to exist!!!)
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Am I missing something???
When does the guy take a leak if he is playing for over two days straight??
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WTF is up with this
Total Pledges: $801.50
C'mon people, it's for the kids!
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never thoguht about that...maybe he's got an understanding girlfriend/wife who holds the can for him.
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Am I missing something???
When does the guy take a leak if he is playing for over two days straight??
I guess you take an enema or something before starting to avoid having to go number 2, then have only liquids during playtime.
For number 1, you can either have a handy tube and funnel arrangement or a catheter.
The hardest part for me would be the sleep deprivation.
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I guess you take an enema or something before starting....
For number 1, you can either have a handy tube and funnel arrangement or a catheter.
The hardest part for me would be the sleep deprivation.
Wow, the hardest part for me would be a toss up between the catheter and the enema.
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I was watching the local news the morning he started and I guess he had a buddy hold a bottle for him to pee into while he stood behind a screen.
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So in order to do this, a prerequisite is sticking something up your ass and possibly something up your urethra?
I don't think I want that record that badly.
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Keep in mind, when guys are this good at these games, they usually rack up so many extra free lives that they can go off and take a break for a couple minutes. (Though in star wars I imagine this isn't possible since there's a maximum number of shields?)
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So in order to do this, a prerequisite is sticking something up your ass and possibly something up your urethra?
I will never boast about a high score ever again.
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Am I missing something???
When does the guy take a leak if he is playing for over two days straight??
(http://snltranscripts.jt.org/98/pics/98aoops.jpg)
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heh, diapers.
i don't think i'd go for a high score if i had to do any of these things. for some reason, having someone else hold a bottle for me to pee in just doesn't seem right, and pooping in a diaper that i have to wear for three days doesn't seem enjoyable either.
damn, and you'd want to drink coffee for the sleep deprvation, but that would just come right back out.
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You'd have to rig up something drainable for urine, like having a funnel in your pants with a tube down your leg into a bottle by your ankle, that could be replaced with a fresh bottle every couple of hours.
Of course, then you'd want that every time you started to play a game.
Or, what if you just took the cab into your bathroom? You could just twist to the side to take a leak into the toilet. If you have to poop, just lean back a bit and sit for a minute.