lakeman421 Wrote: I'm pretty sure Rob was being sarcastic about the 50 dollars... Just saying

Really? How do I know that? We are talking about the guy who spread false & damaging rumors on this forum that ACAM leaks the game list to certain people before our tournaments. If some people believed that, why won't people believe he will cough up $50 just to attack ACAM?

Still waiting for the apology on that one.

TG poster:



Photos I took myself at the event:





I was there too. Here is my memory of what happened:

One of the Frogger machines went down on the first day so Donald and Pat took turns on the other machine. The dead machine was repaired on the second day. I don't remember what the problem was but I think it was the monitor. However, the other, previously working machine then started to exhibit weird behavior and was randomly killing frogs for no apparent reason. Donald and Pat alternated machines and by the end of the second day they were in agreement that something was wrong with the first machine.

On the third day a phone call was placed (although I do not know for sure by whom; I suspect it was David Nelson, who was the TG ref in attendance) to Jason Cram, who suggested checking the power supply voltages. Sure enough, the +5V was too low. After it was adjusted to the proper value the game began working correctly. They later realized what was happening -- due to the undervoltage some of the cars on the roadway were invisible, hence frog soup on what appeared to be clear sections of the road.

Donald and Pat played side by side the rest of the weekend after all the kinks were worked out of both machines. At one point they started new games at the exact same instant, and they later crossed 100,000 points within seconds of each other. It was pretty exciting.

Neither player broke the record that weekend, although Donald got close on the first day. He was within 20k-30k of the record, if memory serves, and got into a bad spot where the logs and alligators don't line up right to allow you to get into the far left home space. Donald lost his last 3 lives (or 4, I can't remember for sure) in rapid succession while running down the timer trying to wait out the transition. Heartbreaking.

Rob Ross Wrote: Can I post replies on here?

I'm experiencing technical difficulties on Aurcade.