<story><title>Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong high-score case will move forward to trial</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/10/billy-mitchells-donkey-kong-high-score-case-will-move-forward-to-trial/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nyjah</author><text>As a casual follower of speed running &amp;#x2F; high score community and HN frequenter, I&amp;#x27;d say everyone who doesn&amp;#x27;t follow would be surprised how much detail goes into mastering some of these old games. These guys decipher everything, and find tricks that depend on &amp;quot;subpixel&amp;quot; perfect timing to shave off mere milliseconds. And they have thousands and thousands of attempts. The community at large thinks Billy Mitchell is a piece of shit, so tells me enough. Here&amp;#x27;s some channels if you want to learn more.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;RWhiteGoose&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;RWhiteGoose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UC3ltptWa0xfrDweghW94Acg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UC3ltptWa0xfrDweghW94Acg&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sarah180</author><text>Something to know about RWhiteGoose:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;imgur.com&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;X7qLRXa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;imgur.com&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;X7qLRXa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And his response:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mobile.twitter.com&amp;#x2F;RWhiteGoose&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1067707564689776642&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mobile.twitter.com&amp;#x2F;RWhiteGoose&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;10677075646897...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;How these are weighed against one another in evaluating his character is left as an exercise to the reader.</text></comment>
<story><title>Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong high-score case will move forward to trial</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/10/billy-mitchells-donkey-kong-high-score-case-will-move-forward-to-trial/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nyjah</author><text>As a casual follower of speed running &amp;#x2F; high score community and HN frequenter, I&amp;#x27;d say everyone who doesn&amp;#x27;t follow would be surprised how much detail goes into mastering some of these old games. These guys decipher everything, and find tricks that depend on &amp;quot;subpixel&amp;quot; perfect timing to shave off mere milliseconds. And they have thousands and thousands of attempts. The community at large thinks Billy Mitchell is a piece of shit, so tells me enough. Here&amp;#x27;s some channels if you want to learn more.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;RWhiteGoose&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;RWhiteGoose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UC3ltptWa0xfrDweghW94Acg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UC3ltptWa0xfrDweghW94Acg&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cainxinth</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know anything about Mitchell beyond what I saw in &amp;quot;The King of Kong,&amp;quot; but he and his lackey come off as scheming, haughty jerks in that film.</text></comment>