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SigmundTheSeaMonster
05/13/09

In reply to One World Record, 500 Pounds of Quarters
Eh. I was Stargate Defender Champion for an entire week! At the local mall Spaceport! And on $.50

Yeah... EMS three initials of history!!!
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Mike_the_Hegemon
05/13/09

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I like how the Stride spokesperson worked the phrase "long lasting" into the press statement.
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DigiMish
05/13/09

@Mike_the_Hegemon: Haha, just noticed that. That PR spokesperson is doing their job!
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-MasterDex-
05/13/09

In reply to One World Record, 500 Pounds of Quarters
I hope Weibe kicks Billy Mitchells ass. That guy is an utter douche and Twin Galaxies is as douchey for denying Weibe his decent quality taped entry while Mitchell's shoddy quality, suspicious, taped entry is accpeted.
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KillerBee
05/13/09

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I rented The King of Kong based on a few loose recommendations from casual friends. I absolutely loved it. It is a fantastic movie with all the elements you'd want from a good movie.

I hated Billy's smug bullshit and I wanted Steve to take him down so badly.

I'll donate all the quarters I get in the next year to him if he takes Billy down.
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DigiMish
05/13/09

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Like everyone says - Go Steve! Put that douche in his place!
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Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
05/13/09

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This reminds me i need to legally acquire a copy of this film from the internet... aww who cares TORRENT AWAY
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KillerBee
05/13/09

@Ackers: These are the kinds of movies you need to purchase and support. Go torrent the shitty Wolverine movie but throw a few bucks at the guys that made this. I want more from them.
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ShinGetterPoPo
05/13/09

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My thoughts:

I didn't care then.

This bombardment of information about it makes me care even less.

These guys both make me want to punch them in the face.

It's just f****** donkey kong
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Antiterra
05/13/09

@ShinGetterPoPo: That's pretty much how I feel about competitive gaming in general, but you're not allowed to say that on the Internet. Still, it's better than competitive eating.
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-MasterDex-
05/13/09

@ShinGetterPoPo: If you care so little then what spurred you on to create such a pointless comment?
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-MasterDex-
05/13/09

@Antiterra: Why the hate for competitive gaming? I hate the bullshit people sprout about it not being a real sport. It takes skill and training to become good enough to play a game on a competitive level. Just because you don't have to wear a cup or run around for 80 minutes doesn't mean it isn't a sport.
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DigiMish
05/13/09

@ShinGetterPoPo: Seriously dude, if you don't care - then don't comment - plain and simple.
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Paradox me
05/13/09

@ShinGetterPoPo:

It's not "just fucking Donkey Kong" to these people, obviously. Why you decide to hate on them for no reason whatsoever, besides doing something they clearly have a passion for, is beyond me.

If you actually watch the documentary you'd realize, very early on, that it actually has very little to do with playing the game Donkey Kong.

Hopefully, for your sake, no one decides to punch you in the face because they can't grow the hell up and learn to ignore things they don't like.
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SocraticMethod
05/13/09

@-MasterDex-: Competitive gaming is so not a sport. It has nothing to do with physical activity, and although those guys practice like crazy and are very good, it doesn't equate to talent in the same way sports do. Anybody can play CS for 12-16 hours a day and eventually be good enough to compete, in sports you have to have natural ability as well. It is exactly what the name of it is, a game, not a sport.
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-MasterDex-
05/13/09

@SocraticMethod: Why does a sport have to have physical exertion? Competitive gaming still has every other requirement a sport like football has apart from the physical exertion.

What you said about natural ability is bullshit too. No one is born with the natural ability to be good at football or tennis, etc. They're brought up from a young age playing the sport and practice insane amount to get good just like many competitive gamers have been playing games since they were young and have practiced insane amounts to get good.

At the end of the day, sports like football are just games. They exist because they were fun games to play. I don't see any reason why competitive gaming with it's sponsorships, tournaments, cups, rules (as basic as they are) and professional teams can't be considered a sport.

I'm sorry but if card games and motorsport can be considered sports where mental acuity is the name of the game then gaming can also be a sport.
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SocraticMethod
05/14/09

@-MasterDex-: I agree with you though that because all these other games/activities are called sports, then competitive gaming can too. But what I'm saying is that cards and chess should not be considered sports. Motorsports is questionable because there actually is a level of physical activity/training that is involved usually.

But you are CRAZY to think that great athletes don't have natural ability. Do you even watch sports? You don't think Kobe or Lebron James aren't perfect physical specimens for basketball? They did/do have to train their asses off and have since childhood but saying that you or I could have done the same with the same upbringing is ridiculous.
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-MasterDex-
05/14/09

@SocraticMethod: They have the right builds for basketball, not some inherant ability they were born with. The same exact thing could be said about the best competitive gamers except that they have the right minds for it, that their way of thinking and the speed they process information makes them naturally good at competitive gaming in their chosen genre.
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Rembrandt
05/13/09

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Man everyone hates on that other guy, and I guess it's justified since he seems like a crude sort of dude. But still... It's a game. One I don't even like. :P
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laser beams
05/13/09

@Rembrandt: do you know the story? did you watch the movie? billy mitchell's record is dubious to say the least... i really hope that Weibe can break the record in front of thousands of people and put this whole thing behind him.
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Rembrandt
05/13/09

@laser beams: I don't even understand how they do it, since the game eventually dies on them. Do they just stay on one level and grind for a long while or what? I don't know the whole story, per se, but I do know that it's Donkey Kong. And a video game record. And from listening to that guy from, I think it was Owen's video on Stampede, he sounds like a bit of a douche too.
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lolgreg
05/13/09

@Rembrandt: I suggest watching the movie
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
12/10/08

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It has been my dream to work at EGM ever since i gave up in becoming an astronaut. It is sad to see this happening, but I suppose, deep down, I always knew it would.

There's just something about having that beautiful EGM cover show up in my mail every month that just cannot be beaten by online articles.

There's something about that stack of old EGMs in my closet that can never be duplicated by the internets.

Sad face :(
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touchmypenguinagain
12/10/08

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I just hope the 1up show and 1up yours podcasts continue. I love those. I am a subscriber to EGM but i can live without it, itd be a shame tho after so many years and i hope no one loses their job/leaves in the wake of the deal.
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
12/10/08

@touchmypenguinagain:

Yeah, I listened to RadiOPM, EGM Live, GFWradio, and now still listen to 1up yours, 1up FM, and LanParty podcasts every week. I NEEEEED them.
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horsekateer
12/10/08

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EGM was a great magazine, but once they went to a one person review format (like 1up.com) and starting posting all their features on 1up, there was no reason to spend the *ahem* NINE DOLLARS (canadian) on 40 pages of ads with otherwise free content stapled in between. I loved their magazine but it has been so poorly managed these last few years it's unreal. Also, come on guys, 9 dollars for a magazine? Not unless Shigero Miyamoto himself has personally jizzed on each and every page. And even then - gross.
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Thorax
12/10/08

@horsekateer: The ads aren't really their fault, that's just the direction magazines moved in.

Also, it costs just $5 in the US.
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Thorax
12/10/08

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Really sad to see it go. They were the best video game magazine in the market, and still are to they very end.

Well, at least 1up will survive.
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Austin Walker
12/09/08

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What was that Ebert was saying about the death of film criticism coinciding with the death of print?

Hmm...

Fuck. The one thing I've wanted to do in my life was write professionally for EGM. Like, any job in the world, that would be it. I've consistently loved and admired Ziff-Davis' editorial direction. Most especially, the Dan Hsu and Jeff Green years.

Merry christmas.
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TheIrishNinja
12/09/08

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still a shame. EGM's about the last of the classic gaming mags ive read for a decade plus.

end-of-an-era shit right there.
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CreateTheTruth
12/09/08

@TheIrishNinja: End of an era shit, indeed.

I used to have big hopes in working at EGM, but it seems like the era of games journalism in the printed press is coming to an end, which is really sad. The internet doesn't have the long, storied history of print journalism, nor does it have the same amount of respectability/credibility. There's definitely less accountability when you can take an article off the internet. In the printed press, journalists don't have that luxury, so they are held accountable for every word.

This goes beyond "not having anything to read while taking a shit." Maybe because I used to write for my local paper and fell in love with journalism in high school, I'm stuck in the past, but it's just really sad to me to see print journalism start to die.
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TheIrishNinja
12/10/08

@CreateTheTruth: yeah, i know what you're saying there, man. i was all about fanzines in the day, game players and the like just werent enough. i had it in my head id write for one, too. always felt like one of the few careers id really dig, and its more or less gone unless you end up running a crazy show like kotaku here, i think. shit's sad.
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nerdBOY01
12/09/08

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I won't have anything to read while on the shitter?
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ShirtGuyDom
12/09/08

@nerdBOY01: All you need is some wireless internet and a laptop. Problem solved!
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