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Donald Hayes,
last year's
second-place winner, is ready to
go, out of the gate, on Friday.
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As Don
continues to play on
Mr. Do!, Frank Lupia (left) and
arcade attendant Chuck Whitby
goof around a bit.
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Ryan Moss, the
youngest entrant
from last year, decides to give a
non-contest title a go.
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Rick
'Permafrost' Carter, famed
80's gamer, has come out to his first contest event since the 80's.
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L-R: Frank,
Donald, and Ryan hang out after an afternoon of gaming, while ref Chuck Whitby
(behind Frank) takes down a score.
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Pat Laffaye has
arrived, and gets to work on one of his favorites - Indiana Jones ATTOD.
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| Frank gives Q*bert
a workout.
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Don tries a
game of Time Pilot '84, while Frank looks on for tips.
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A favorite of
his, Rick has a go at Q*bert. He came in second on
this title at the event.
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Saturday
morning has arrived, as
has Pat. He again gives Indy a try.
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Steve McBlane
has arrived for the weekend, and his nephew is due
to arrive soon after.
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A modern-day
title, Crisis Zone, makes its presence felt.
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Don plays some Zoo
Keeper, one
of the 3 or so titles he concentrated on the entire time of the tournament.
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Bryan Wagner is
now here,
with son Andy (10) in tow.
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Rick's back for
the day, and gives
a title brought in for the event, Millipede, his best effort.
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Here's a group
shot of the players, and Joe LeVan (far left), who's
the arcade owner, and also a co-organizer of the event (far left).
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Andy Wagner
tries his hand at
one of the 13 contest titles.
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Another group
shot of tourney contestants shows them all at work.
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Frank tries out
one of his favorite contest games, Mr. Do!, while
Bryan plays a little 19XX: TWAD.
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Rick plays on Q*bert
again,
while Bryan and Frank, in
rear, continue to play.
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Our first NYC
guy, Jimmy Linderman, has arrived. Steve
and Rick (on the phone) watch
him 'own' Pac-Mania.
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| Kasey Kehler
(foreground) watches as a mix of contestants (Abdner Ashman at far left, Steve
at far right) and others take on 'classics row'.
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Jimmy, now done
with Pac-Mania, joins with Kasey and Steve in watching Joe race on Pole
Position II.
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Now that it's
afternoon, things are really cooking, as far as the number
of contestants in
the gameroom.
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At left is
Darren Harris (who came in with Abdner from NYC) practicing on Millipede,
while Rick checks
out Donald's play on Zoo Keeper.
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Here's a shot
of Abdner's CAGDC world-record one-hour time-limit score on Ms.
Pac-Man - a
fantastic 302,550 points.
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While Abdner
was rockin' on
Ms. Pac, Jimmy is clockin' on
Mr. Do! He set the tourney
high, with over 1.7M points.
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Jimmy is close
to the end of his
one-hour 1.7M performance,
where he reached scene 86.
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Perhaps
inspired by Jimmy, Darren tries out a practice game of 'Do'.
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Abdner shows
off the Millipede skills that he was said to possess,
as Jimmy looks on.
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| Steve's nephew
Derek, all of 12, has shown up, and gets right to work.
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The contestants
attract the
occasional interested arcade
patron, as this one checks
out Pat's Q*bert play.
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Steve, who has
this title in his home arcade, gives Indiana Jones a whirl.
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Frank (left)
takes a bit of a break,
as contestants mix with a lone
non-contestant (in green shirt).
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Ryan takes a
DDR break (see his shirt for the evidence of dancin'),
and tries out Panic Bomber,
which he set the contest high on.
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Abdner
continues to get the interest
of Jimmy while gaming on Milli. In the background, my assistant,
Matt, writes on the contest info card.
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Technician
Brian Moyer (left) and
Joe work on the malfunctioning
Pole Position II contest title. It
was repaired late in the day.
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Darren watches
as Donald plays some Mr. Do!, in this low-flash
shot that reveals the back-lighting
of the marquees.
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Another
low-flash shot lets the game screen show on Pac-Mania, as Jimmy stands
next to it.
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flash version of the previous shot. Jimmy's got his CE shirt on 2006
shirt on, where he set the wr on Pac-Mania last year.
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Playing the
game he played most in the event, Ryan tries to increase
his score on Duck Hunt.
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Abdner's
getting a crowd to drink in his abilities on Millipede. Even
Donald Hayes, the dual-wr holder
on the title, has to check things out.
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| Darren is back
on Mr. Do!
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Matt takes a
break by playing his favorite game - Asteroids.
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This low-flash
shot reveals
the screen details.
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Chuck and Joe
talk over arcade,
and tournament, matters.
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Andy Wagner
plays his favorite tourney title - Bubble Bobble.
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Darren
continues his practice on Do. Notice his cross-handed play, dictated
by the 'backwards' controls.
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| Bryan tries a
game of Zoo Keeper.
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Here's a great
shot of multiple contestants, both playing, and admiring the play of others.
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Derek McBlane
plays Duck
Hunt, which was one of
his favorite event titles.
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Back to the
front of the arcade, showing contestants playing, or
taking a break from the action.
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Joe and Chuck
pose for this pic.
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Taking a meal
break from the event
at Arby's are (L-R): Matt, Rick, Steve, and Derek.
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Also on meal
break are (L-R)
players Pat and Ryan, plus
Ryan's friend.
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Abdner decides
to play a non-contest title - Jr. Pac-Man, on which he holds the
official wr, at 3.3M.
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Darren tries
out Time Pilot '84, which he owns the board set for.
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Jimmy can't
resist watching
Abdner dominate on Jr.
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Pat's back on Q*bert,
while Ryan tries to raise his score on
Panic Bomber.
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While Andy gets
ready to shoot on a game of Duck Hunt, dad Bryan (background) tries out
Burger Time, where he holds the world record.
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Jimmy tries
another game of Ms. Pac, while Abdner watches, maybe
to see if he can
pick up any tips.
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(L-R): Darren's
back on Mr. Do!, while Andy and Don play on, too.
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Abdner's still
watching Jimmy's M.P. skills, as Rick plays to the left.
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| Joe and Chuck
admire Brian's prowess on Burger Time.
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Richard Marsh
has arrived, and
gets started by playing Millipede.
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Back to Bryan,
who's still
demo-ing his skills on BT.
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Looks like
Jimmy has enough skill
to keep Abdner's attention
for quite some time.
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The final
contest day (Sunday) has arrived, and Abdner just had to fit in another game
of Jr. Pac-Man. His skill is obvious, looking at the score.
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The prize line
shows the whole
array of bonus items in the game.
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A non-flash
photo puts a cool glow on Abdner as he continues to
rack up points on Jr. Pac.
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Rick Carter has
a go at Ms. Pac.
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Don plays yet
another game
of Time Pilot '84.
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non-flash shot in this series features Darren playing the title he holds
dual-wr's on - Indy.
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Almost exactly
at noontime, most of the players are back, and back at playing. Uncle
Steve (left) and Pat look at Derek's Q*bert play.
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Jimmy takes a
break from
the action by chilling in the
arcade's massage chair.
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| Andy gives Panic
Bomber a try.
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Here we see a
view of the PB
game screen, as Don plays Duck Hunt in the background.
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Derek, the
other preteen in
the tournament, is watched
over by his uncle.
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Jimmy's now
decided to give
Pac-Man a whirl, and Abdner
can't resist watching.
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After a busy
afternoon, I took time out from tabulating the tourney winners, and shot this
series showing Jimmy 'owning' Mr. Do!.
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While the score
indicates just
under 600K, this is really just
under 2.6M points !
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Like the score
not showing the first digit, the scene counter also has
cut a digit off - Jimmy's actually reached scene 134 !
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Another shot of
the score.
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A final photo
showing Jimmy continuing to dominate. At this
point, he's barely past half-way
to his ultimate world-record
CAGDC score !
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check out some shots of Jimmy playing the game, and the gallery of interested
spectators.
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Jimmy takes a
momentary break, during a game info screen. Frank Lupia, a Do
lover, checked out a lot of his game play during this wr quest.
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Back to work,
with only an
hour and a half to go...
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Now that the
results have been calculated, it's time for the awards. Donald Hayes
takes first, and gets
the $150 top prize for his efforts.
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Bryan's worked
hard too, and gets the $75 second-place prize from Joe as a result. At
left, I (Mark Alpiger) look on, as the bucks get passed out.
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Now it's
Frank's turn. He gets
$25 for 3rd place, which (like
Bryan) is one place higher than
he made at last year's event.
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| Here are some
of the contestants, who have gathered for the awards ceremony. I'm
getting ready to present one to Andy Wagner.
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Andy is so full
of glee, he doesn't even see me getting ready to
shake his hand.
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Now, that's
better. Andy gets
$10 for making the top score on
Bubble Bobble. A mystery
person donated $40 in awards
for top scorers in the tournament.
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Here's the
other set of contestants, who are applauding everyone's achievements at the
second edition
of the CAGDC Tournament.
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