Donkey Kong Tournament This Saturday: The Wildcard Rematch #2

March 13th, 2013 - The highly-successful Kong Off Wildcard Rematch tournament will be getting a sequel this weekend—a "rematch of the rematch" where reigning champion Ross Benziger will defend his title against a now-open field of competitors.

The first tournament, held in January, was limited to those who competed in the wildcard bracket at The Kong Off 2 in Denver last November.

This time, organizers Eric Tessler and John Salter have extended the invitation to anyone who can stream their Donkey Kong gameplay to a Twitch.tv or Justin.tv account, either from an arcade machine or the MAME emulator, with only one stipulation: players with an officially-verified score of 1 million points or more may not participate.

As of Wednesday March 13th, 30 players have registered, meaning that the majority of the Twitch.tv Donkey Kong streaming community will be on hand.

If you're reading this post, and your name doesn't appear among Twin Galaxies' top 10 Donkey Kong scores, YOU may register as well!

Here are the details.

Date: March 16, 2013, 12:00 AM-11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Entry Fee: none

Prizes:
$250 1st place
$100 2nd place
$50 3rd place

Bounties:
$100 for the first player to score 1 million points
$50 for the first player to beat Ross Benziger's reigning score of 972,600
$50 for the first player to reach Level 22 (the kill screen)
$50 for the player to achieve the highest score on the first barrel screen
$50 for the person who carries their last life for the highest number of screens

For complete details, and to find out how to enter, please visit the brand new Donkey Kong Forum and peruse the official tournament rules thread.

I will recap the tournament when it concludes, and will myself be participating at http://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme. My (tentative) plan is to start at midnight, play for five to six hours, then return in the afternoon to play out the rest. I invite you to stop by and say hello.

I wish all of my opponents the very worst of luck. I'll need it.

Contestants

1Allen Staalwww.twitch.tv/muscleandfitness
2Andrew Gardikiswww.twitch.tv/andrewg1990
3Ben Fallswww.twitch.tv/syscrusher
4Brian Allenwww.twitch.tv/simpsons99
5Chris Psaroswww.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme
6Colman Paolowww.twitch.tv/intruderalert
7Craig Rout Gallantwww.twitch.tv/d3scride
8Craig Zieglerwww.twitch.tv/craighiphopfish
9Daniel Desjardinswww.twitch.tv/danman123456
10Daniel Dockwww.twitch.tv/dd0ck
11Daryl Kiddywww.twitch.tv/Zeoicgf
12Donald Rubinwww.twitch.tv/tessler1134
13Ed Deitmanwww.twitch.tv/tessler1134
14Eric Tesslerwww.twitch.tv/tessler1134
15Estel Goffinetwww.twitch.tv/jiinifukeru
16Ethan Danielswww.twitch.tv/f_symbols
17George Strainwww.twitch.tv/gstrain
18Jeff Harristwww.twitch.tv/jcharrist
19Jeff Wolfewww.twitch.tv/milehighdt
20John McNeillwww.twitch.tv/MrBumpNJump
21John Salterwww.twitch.tv/johnthelawnman
22Jon McKinnellwww.twitch.tv/fast_eddie1
23Jonathan McCourtwww.twitch.tv/jmckong
24Joseph Carrollwww.justin.tv/joecnnd
25Ken Housewww.twitch.tv/kencade
26Matt Douglaswww.justin.tv/killabeez_buzzbuzz_bumble
27Michael Stastnywww.twitch.tv/tessler1134
28Mike Groesbeckwww.twitch.tv/mikegmi2
29Mitchell Elliottwww.twitch.tv/marinomitch13
30Nick Sheilswww.twitch.tv/monstabonza
31Phil Tudosewww.twitch.tv/ptudose
32Robbie Lakemanwww.twitch.tv/lakeman421
33Ross Benzigerwww.twitch.tv/vondummpenstein
34Steve Grunbergerwww.twitch.tv/ozsteve71
35Steve Wiltshirewww.twitch.tv/konghusker
36Svavar Gunnar Gunnarssonwww.twitch.tv/sneikarmokko
37Todd Lalondewww.twitch.tv/toddlalonde

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice write up as always Chris, nice work on the graphic too.
Mike

Jagodić Branko said...

Nice, this was the game of my youth in old Yugoslavia back i 80s

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