Billy Mitchell Now Suing Karl Jobst

I'm confident Billy is capable of achieving whatever he was purported to have cheated.

He's pretty good, and has done some nice runs in public, but running MAME and claiming not to be is a problem. There was earlier beef about playing on the wrong board, which is less problematic, but at the same time --- rules are rules, and learning enough to inspect your machine isn't too hard, IMHO. It should be real easy to see if your machine is a computer or a 1980s crazy circuit board; but the earlier issue was more subtle.
 
Yeah, don't cause problems by calling out liars, cheats, and crooks, let them scam people as their heart pleases.

We are in a clown word indeed when people are angry at those who call out the fraud, and not those who commit the fraud.
No, the problem is not his calling out liars, cheats, and crooks, the problem is him yapping while being in a middle of a lawsuit and then begging for money. That's not righteous nor brave, that's plain retarded.
 
No, the problem is not his calling out liars, cheats, and crooks, the problem is him yapping while being in a middle of a lawsuit and then begging for money. That's not righteous nor brave, that's plain retarded.

You might want to chill the fuck out for a second and actually look at the GoFundMe page. He's not raising any money for himself. It is all going to the other people being sued by Mitchell.
 
You might want to chill the fuck out for a second and actually look at the GoFundMe page. He's not raising any money for himself. It is all going to the other people being sued by Mitchell.
You might want to read the posts before replying and see my quoted post was about a video where he asked for himself.

It's the one with the big "he's suing me again!" thumbnail, titled with "I Need Your Help", and with a link to his GoFundMe titled "Karl Jobst Legal Defence Fund" set up for his lawsuits.
 
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You might want to read the posts before replying and see my quoted post was about a video he posted where he asked for himself.

Ah, right. I forgot about the second lawsuit and it didn't show up when I was doing an initial search for Karl's GoFundMe stuff.

That said, I doubt Karl making or not making more videos on Mitchell really matters one way or the other now. I can almost guarantee that the fuckwad would have filed more lawsuits regardless. His strategy appears to be the classic strategy used by rich people: Bury the other person in so many expensive lawsuits that it ruins their lives and makes it impossible to keep defending themselves. Karl literally can't antagonize Mitchell any further than he already has. Unless his lawyer tells him to stop making videos, at this point he might as well just keep going.
 
That said, I doubt Karl making or not making more videos on Mitchell really matters one way or the other now. I can almost guarantee that the fuckwad would have filed more lawsuits regardless. His strategy appears to be the classic strategy used by rich people: Bury the other person in so many expensive lawsuits that it ruins their lives and makes it impossible to keep defending themselves. Karl literally can't antagonize Mitchell any further than he already has. Unless his lawyer tells him to stop making videos, at this point he might as well just keep going.
I can't imagine any competent lawyer would approve of his moves after the first one.

I agree the whole thing and the American lawsuit warfare are beyond ridiculous.
 
pendragon1 in the leaked photos, what if that wasn't the machine he was playing on? could that cast a reasonable doubt? it's just a machine they're standing in front of
 
Am I the only one who enjoyed Billy Mitchell's appearance on East Side Dave? You have these uber-serious retro competitive gamers pissed off that Billy is cheating, and someone went through great lengths to prove it, and Billy's response is going on the East Side Dave Show and providing an interview that was tantamount to trolling. There's even a moment where it sounds like Billy Mitchell compares himself to Donald Trump. He's like a movie character, but in real life. I'm not particularly invested in the topic - I just think it's entertaining, but as a fan of the East Side Dave Show, I find his interview to be a bit of a treat.
 
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Arse Technica is now jumping in on the story: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023...cit-joystick-to-set-a-donkey-kong-high-score/

I thought this was interesting: "The FAMB photos were provided to Race by Ersatz Cats, the handle of a pro bono sleuth who has been gathering obsessively detailed evidence against Mitchell for years. While Ersatz Cats said they were "sworn to secrecy" on who provided the photos, others in the Donkey Kong high score community (who asked to remain anonymous as well) confirmed the images have been circulating among a small group of pro-level players since at least mid-2020."

"Donkey Kong players who spoke to Ars suggested that the community had been collectively keeping the existence of the FAMB photos secret to maximize their potential impact in the ongoing legal battle between Mitchell and Twin Galaxies. "I believe the decision was made at that time to hold these photos back, with the idea that any future challenge to [Mitchell]'s fraudulent scores could prove contentious (as we have indeed seen)," Ersatz Cats told Ars."

Somebody set Billy up the bomb.

Edit: I did not watch any of the videos earlier in this thread so I don't know if this was mentioned in any of Karl's videos.
 
At this point, Billy really should just swallow whatever pride he has left and try to find a settlement out of court with TG and then drop any lawsuits he's still perusing against others.
This sort of person “can’t” do that. He’ll go down swinging and even after losing in court, will still say: “I’m innocent!” He’ll then have another story to tell the public after the fact.
 
At this point, Billy really should just swallow whatever pride he has left and try to find a settlement out of court with TG and then drop any lawsuits he's still perusing against others.
I don't think he can/ The dumbass has made his entire image and identity out around this. Often when people get that invested in something they just can't give it up, no matter how bad it goes for them. I could see him losing the suit badly and then just going on a tirade about the judge being bought off, everyone being out to get him, etc, etc. Anything to not admit he's full of shit. He's not like much of the speedrunner/high score community where it is a hobby that they enjoy, for him it is his whole life, his whole identity.
 
Love the guy or hate the guy... and I'm not sure there are too many in the former group, this would be sweet sweet justice if he went to prison all because instead of admitting he cheated, or at the very least just accepted that he was caught, he instead went on the offensive and decided to sue everyone who said he did
 
I feel Billy is being unfairly portrayed due to the casting of his character in the King of Kong
I've never seen it, so it does not skew my view on him. There are just so many little lies that came to light that there is no room for benefit of the doubt anymore.

It is one thing to enhance the truth a little bit in your favor, it is entirely another to start suing people when they call you out on it. He now seems like a pathological liar making up fantastical stories on the go to justify his previous lies.
 
You mean Billy Mitchell portraying Billy Mitchell in a documentary involving Billy Mitchell?
Not supporting Billy, but come on. Are you implying a documentary cannot skew the information to favor one side of the other? We see it all the time.
 
Not supporting Billy, but come on. Are you implying a documentary cannot skew the information to favor one side of the other? We see it all the time.

They can but how is that remotely relevant to his constant lies, cheating, and BS lawsuits? It doesn’t seem like the movie had to do very much to make him look like the bad guy.
 
Someone that doesn't matter suing someone else that doesn't matter over something that is completely irrelevant to anyone.

When will these morons somehow thinking it's cool to competitively play some of the worst games in history just go away?

Arcade games and the people who play them should have stayed in the 70's and early 80's where they belong. Nothing could be further from relevancy in 2023.
 
Someone that doesn't matter suing someone else that doesn't matter over something that is completely irrelevant to anyone.

When will these morons somehow thinking it's cool to competitively play some of the worst games in history just go away?

Arcade games and the people who play them should have stayed in the 70's and early 80's where they belong. Nothing could be further from relevancy in 2023.
Billy is an idiot and he is making WAY TOO MUCH of these records but throwing out the history of the origin of the video games played today is ridiculous. Many of the people that played arcade games in the 70's and early 80's are pioneers in the video game industry.
 
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