May 30, 2004
R E P L A Y D E C I S I O N I L L E G A L
It is not required for Paul Dean to accept a seasoned high score
challenge. The forced REPLAY decision for Paul Dean has
been forced on Paul by Walter Day.
Rules are below regarding seasoned scores done in 1985.
SEE 8.6 #2 BELOW -- MATURE SCORE RULING --
MY SCORE IS TWO DECADES OLD
2. A player's score can be challenged only once. If, during a replay,
the challenged player gets 90% of their claimed score, they are awarded
the score - unless the game in question is a "mature" game.
with Robert T. Mruzcek (Head Referee Twin Galaxies)
E-Mail From: pauldean007(at)charter.net To: Robert T. Mruzcek
My skills I have today have no bearing what so
> > ever in what I did 20 years ago and you should put that
> > idea to rest. I have been grand fathered in as a
> > NO CHALLENGE because my score has not been challenged in
> > 20 years and is a "mature" score and as the rules state
> > a mature score cannot be challenged.
> > Everyone had a chance to challenge me in my prime and
> > they decided not to.
> >
> > You know I am injured and cannot produce and it
> > is a low tactic to employ in order to get your
> > favorite high score player on the board to force
> > a challenge on an injured player who has not played
> > in 19 years, and I am not required to prove anything
> > according to the TG "Mature" score ruling. Do not
> > change these rules to suite your own needs as it
> > would appear unfair.
The Twin Galaxies Tournament Settings
The Rules
These are the Rules to Follow to Have Your Scores Published in Twin Galaxies'
Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records
8. How to Challenge Any Score
8.1 Peer-Reviewed
Because it is so easy to submit scores that are not real, Twin Galaxies asks
the players to help monitor the scores that are submitted by other players.
In a public contest, the players monitor each other during the tournament
because they are in competition with each other. Unfortunately, scores that
are not submitted under the auspices of a contest are less reliable. In the
past, the best players would help Twin Galaxies verify scores by calling
new players and asking them strategic questions about their performances.
This procedure routinely uncovered dire plots to submit untruthful scores
- especially when the scores were sent in from distant places which were
not easy to monitor.
8.2 Pinball Cannot be Challenged Since so much chance is involved when attaining
a high score on pinball, a replay does not prove whether the claimed score is
genuine or not. To perform due diligence on verifying pinball scores, Twin
Galaxies requires the witnesses, technician's signature and photographs as
adequate verification.
8.3 Challenging a Video Game Score If you send in a video game score, be
prepared to back it up in front of the Marines, the Police Chief and City
Hall (just kidding). The procedure for proving your score is genuine is
called "challenging." If you look at the text on the high score submission
sheet reproduced in the chapter titled "How To Get in the Next Edition of
this Book," you'll see that every player is required to submit to challenges.
Challenging works on the premise that any video game score that has been
achieved once, can be duplicated again, simply because video gaming relies
on memorization and not on once-in-a-lifetime luck. When a player successfully
replays, he effectively removes all doubt surrounding his performance. Once
you've faced down a challenge, no one can ever challenge that score again
because you've proven yourself and we don't allow a second challenge on the
same score.
This program of challenging scores is Twin Galaxies' biggest asset. Time
and time again, the players have helped Twin Galaxies weed out false video
game scores. For video game scores, however, the challenged player has to
replay their game in front of many witnesses and, sometimes, the media.
Twin Galaxies has staged some well publicized media events involving players
replaying in front of crowds and walking away a hero with a new high score.
The media loves this. There's something heroic about a loner who has to
prove himself to the town and to his loved ones. The player is viewed as
a hero when he stands up to his detractors and proves his word is true.
And then there are the people who go into hiding because their bluff has
been called.
8.4 Challenging Statement on Submission Form According to scoreboard rules,
my score can be challenged by another player who has just cause to believe
that my score is not correct or that the settings were not TGTS. The
challenger must be a contender on this same game. If challenged, I agree to
replay my game in my own town in front of witnesses approved by the Twin
Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard. If I refuse to replay my game, I understand
that Twin Galaxies has the right to remove my score from the record book.
The replay must be completed within one year. Or, to be published, it must
be replayed in time for the deadline of the next edition of Twin Galaxies'
Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records or the score may be deleted from
the book. I understand that I am welcome to unlimited attempts at replaying
before the book deadline. I sign this form with the understanding that my
score can be challenged only one time and accept this condition.
8.5 Who Can Challenge Your Score
Scores cannot be challenged frivolously. A challenger must have a reasonable
complaint for the challenge to be considered. Also, the challenger must be
a contender on the same game in question. This means that a Zaxxon player
must be challenging Zaxxon scores and not Rampage scores.
8.6 Steps to Challenge
1. Send your challenge in writing. Explain the reasons why you believe
this player should prove their score via a public replay.
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2. A player's score can be challenged only once. If, during a replay, the
challenged player gets 90% of their claimed score, they are awarded the
score - unless the game in question is a "mature" game.
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3. The challenger must also be a contender on the game in question. The
challenger must have an adequate working knowledge of the game and be
able to cite reasons why he suspects the validity of the score in question.
4. The person being challenged will be notified along with the arcade
they achieved the score.
5. The challenged player must notify Twin Galaxies when they plan to
replay their game so the Scoreboard can coordinate the media and arrange
the witnesses. An arcade should not set up a challenge without Twin
Galaxies' prior knowledge or the results may not be recognized as valid.
6. Twin Galaxies reserves the right to coordinate the witnesses. This
right is not granted to the players involved.
7. Be aware that Twin Galaxies tries to group challenges together as single
events. For instance, in 1983, all the different Ms Pac-Man players who
wanted to prove their scores came together as a group to be monitored and
verified simultaneously.
8. If a score is in serious doubt, it may be held in temporary limbo and
withheld from the magazines and media. If the player does not replay in
time for the deadline of the next edition of Twin Galaxies' Video Game &
Pinball Book of World Records, it may be deleted entirely from the book.
9. If the player refuses to replay, it will be considered enough reason to
declare the score false and remove it from the Scoreboard.
10. Though the final power to remove a score is retained by Twin Galaxies,
the decision will be reached through a panel of other players who are also
world-level players on the same game.
May 30, 2004
Paul Dean Accepts Walter Day's Extension of Replay Date until Paul Dean's
injuries
are healed. The REPLAY decision for Paul Dean has been extended
to an
undetermined date in the future.
with Robert T. Mruzcek (Head Referee Twin Galaxies)
E-Mail From: pauldean007(at)charter.net To: Robert T. Mruzcek
Sunday May 30, 2004
Robert T. Mruzcek, (Twin Galaxies Head Referee)
Paul Dean spoke with Walter Day over the phone with Mark Little
and was given an ultimatum. Paul Dean was told by Walter Day
that he has been challenged to replay the spy hunter
game and if Paul Dean does not beat Mark Little's high score
within six months that Paul Dean's score will come off the
high score board forever. (THIS POST HAS BEEN OVERTURNED)
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walter days statement
----- Original Message -----
From: "walter day"
To: "Paul Dean"
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: I will take the ultimate spy hunter test that cannot be refuted
(Lie dectectors Test)
> Paul,
>
> This situation is moving forward not because of the
> dis-belief in your score but because you have been
> challenged --
>
> And because we have a prerequisite faith in your score
> and your skills we will keep your score in the book
> while you heal up...
>
> walter
>
>
>
> --- Paul Dean wrote:
> > Dear Walter Day, Mark Longridge and Robert Mruzcek,
> >
> > 1. For some reason you do not believe me or my
> > witnesses Phil Britt and Jeff Peters and therefore I will pay
> > out of my pocket, half for a lie
> > detectors test in Riverside, Ca if you come up with
> > the other half. I am not rich but you have hurt my
> > integrity and the integrity of my friends who have told the
> > truth about me and my spy hunter high score of 1985.
> >
> > 2. Please set up an appointment with me and I will
> > be glad to go to the police station and end this
> > issue once and for all.
> >
> >
> > 3. My skills I have today have no bearing what so
> > ever in what I did 20 years ago and you should put that
> > idea to rest. I have been grand fathered in as a
> > NO CHALLENGE because my score has not been challenged
> > before now because everyone was to afraid to challenge me
> > when I was in my prime.
> >
> >
> > 4. You know I am injured and cannot produce and it
> > is a low tactic to employ in order to get your
> > favorite high score player on the board.
> >
> > 5. Please note that I want honesty in your delivery
> > and expect it.
> >
> > Please call me immediately, (XXX)-XXX-XXXX home
> > Paul Dean
> > pauldean007(at)charter.net
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Walter Day, May 30, 2004
1) Thank you for the extension I accept it, and appreciate your looking
into my situation of my not being able to play at this time
do to my physical condition.
2) I thank you for beleiving me and the fact that I do have
the first place score in spy hunter at this time. It would
be a sad day that my score would be taken down just
because I am not playing the game as well 19 years
after extensive injuries. I do not believe that the
classic high scores that are over two decades old
should be tampered with and withdrawn from the
high score board unless there is proof of
wrong doing. I do not believe that a challenge has
any merit 19 years after a high score has been achieved.
A lot can happen to a person in 19 years and the high
score board should not think that a player is going
to leave his life and practice two years in order to
defend a title. There has to be some reality to the
situation.
Thank you very much for the extension and future
publication of my high score in spy hunter. I would
be glad to hand over my title to a worthy competitor
but this has not happened at this time. There have
been several scores of 2 million reported in Canada
according to Mark Longridge and it will be a very
short time before my score is beat. Please refer
to Mark Longridge for these facts, as I have spoken
to him over the phone.
If you have any questions about spy hunter I will
be glad to give you those answers as I am the
best player at this time.
Please reconsider the validity of a challenge of
a two decade old high score. It does not make
any sense to me because that player has already
proven himself and the process of life has taken
its toll.
Thank you,
Paul Dean, spy hunter champion of June 28, 1985
Sincerely yours,
Paul Dean
(909)-XXX-XXXX
Paul Dean (Spy Hunter Guinness Book)
Address XXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXX XXXXXXXX
Paul Dean
pauldean007(at)charter.net
Sunday May 30, 2004
Robert T. Mruzcek, (Twin Galaxies Head Referee)
Paul Dean requests LIE DETECTORS TEST
(Challenge not accepted by Walter Day)
>
>
> --- Paul Dean wrote:
> > Dear Walter Day, Mark Longridge and Robert Mruzcek,
> >
> > 1. For some reason you do not believe me or my
> > witnesses Phil Britt and Jeff Peters and therefore
> > I will pay out of my pocket, half for a lie
> > detectors test in Riverside, Ca if you come up with
> > the other half. I am not rich but you have hurt my
> > integrity and the integrity of my friends who have told the
> > truth about me and my spy hunter high score of 1985.
> >
> > 2. Please set up an appointment with me and I will
> > be glad to go to the police station and end this
> > issue once and for all.
> >
> >
> > 3. My skills I have today have no bearing what so
> > ever in what I did 20 years ago and you should put that
> > idea to rest. I have been grand fathered in as a
> > NO CHALLENGE because my score has not been challenged before now
> > because everyone was to afraid to challenge me
> > when I was in my prime.
> >
> >
> > 4. You know I am injured and cannot produce and it
> > is a low tactic to employ in order to get your
> > favorite high score player on the board.
> >
> > 5. Please note that I want honesty in your delivery
> > and expect it.
> >
> > Please call me immediately, (909)-XXX-XXXX home
> > Paul Dean
> > pauldean007(at)charter.net
>
>
THIS POST HAS BEEN OVERTURNED DO TO PAUL DEAN'S EXTENSIVE INJURIES
Walter Day's Conference Call to Paul Dean and Mark Little May 29, 2004
Walter Day has decided that he will give Paul Dean 6 months to recover from
his back and leg injury at which time if Paul Dean does not beat Mark Little's
Spy Hunter High Score, then Mark Little will get his place on the newly developed
Modern Era High Score List. Paul Dean's high score would then be moved to the
Golden Age High Score List and noted as such.
The reason for the move and the two different lists is because Walter Day
believes that the tournaments today have more stringent standards than in the
golden era and therefore he is going to have two high score lists in two different
categories. The Golden Age category and the Modern Age category.
This will enable modern era spy hunter high score earners to get on the high
score board even though the current modern era high score is only 8% of Paul
Dean's spy hunter high score which was earned in 1985.
Walter Day wanted to throw out Paul Dean's high score as being impossible,
and as to high to believe but after Phil Britt, Jeff Peters and Mike Sullivan
reported that Paul Dean has no problem getting this score, Walter Day decided he
needed two lists so that modern era high score earners could make it on the
lower modern era high score list.
Mark Little challenges Paul Dean to a REPLAY of the Spy Hunter game. Because
Paul Dean will be healing from a June 9, 2004 Piriformis release surgery, he
cannot fulfill this challenge from Mark Little. When not fulfilling the
obligation of this challenge, the challenger automatically is considered the
new worlds champion.
All high score players can be challenged and forfeit their place on the high
score board if they do not meet the challenge. That challenge can be made 19
years after a high score was earned as in Paul Dean's case. The challenge can
be made even after 50 years pass between the high score date and the challenge
date. Although Mark Little has a score ten times less than Paul Dean, in this
case he is able to challenge Paul Dean to a REPLAY because the gap of high
scores is so wide and unbelievable that Paul Dean is required to show his
skills 19 years later regardless of injuries.
Paul Dean counter challenges Mark Little saying that if I can tell you one thing
that will allow you to double your score, will you accept that as a fact that
you are not the real guru of the game. Mark Little does not accept the
challenge and refuses the tip from Paul Dean, 1985 Guinness Champion.
Paul Dean's high score will go in a Golden Era high score List which will appear
in Walter Day's new book but then after that publishing Paul Dean's score will
be dropped unless he beats Mark Little's Spy Hunter High Score.
Walter Day reports that the rules are being created as we go along in time because
there has never been a high score discrepancy so great in any other game. This
was the catalyst for a golden era high score list and a proof of skill level
requirement of Paul Dean even after 19 years have gone by from the last time he
has played the game. Other classic era game players do not have to prove their
abilities because most have been beaten already, but this is an unusual case
where nobody could get close to Paul Dean's spy hunter score creating a special
mention for classic era high score earners. Walter Day believes that the talents
and skill put forward by Paul Dean in 1985 have not been seen in the modern
era in the case of spy hunter.
QUESTIONS:
Mark Little, Modern Era High Score holder asks Golden Era Paul Dean Champion
what happens when your spy hunter high score goes above one million. Mark
Little wanted to know if the score starts over from zero or if you get an
extra life at one million points? Mark Little also wanted to know if the
high score goes onto the final high score list when the game is over? He also
wanted to know if the spy hunter game was on something else other than factory
settings?
ANSWER: FROM: Paul Dean, Classic Spy Hunter Champion 1985 (The only one in
the world who can answer these questions because of an unbelievable 9 million
mark high score.) (Nobody else has ever proven even 1 million in competition.)
TO: Walter Day - Referee
TO: Mark Litte, Modern Era Spy Hunter Champion
1) Your score does not start over, the score shows the entire time after
the million point mark and millions of points after as well.
2) You do not get any extra lives if you pass 1 million points or 9 million
points as Paul Dean has done. You just get the original six cars and
that's it.
3) Once you achieve a 9 million point high score it goes to the final high
score list and stays on the top of the screen on the game for as long
as the battery will last in the game. Usually the high score will last
a year or more, or until your high score is beat.
4) Was my high score done on something other than factory settings? NO, you
cannot alter spy hunter to another setting other than factory settings as
far as I know. The game cannot be rigged to my knowledge. Some people have
made the accelerator go faster by removing certain parts to the game, but
this was not done in the case of my spy hunter high score game. No tampering
of the game was done to produce my high score and no "scabbing" was done.
Definition of scabbing: Playing the game in a matter to get free points,
without playing correctly and not playing to the integrity of the game play.
May 30, 2004 Email TO: Paul Dean From: Walter Day (Twin Galaxies Score Board)
Walter Day's Response To Paul Dean's Claim Of Spy Hunter High Score
Paul,
Its highly possible that you can get the score that
you claim. Spy Hunter is now a hot title and it may
come to pass very soon that both you and Mark will be
hard pressed to keep your positions on the scoreboard.
As people get the score higher, it will also be part
of the proof that your score level can be attainable
and will relieve the pressure put by others on your
performance. But, modern proof (regaming) is always the
best way -- no one can doubt you then.
Fortunately, I have faith that God will make you well
and then you will be playing Spy Hunter again.
Friendship,
walter
MEDICAL NOTES FOR SURGERY OF PAUL DEAN
PAUL DEAN'S MEDICAL RECORDS TO BE {PROVIDED} TO WALTER DAY AS PROOF OF INJURY
Medic Fax System
DIAGNOSIS
1. Piriformis syndrome.
2. Residual sciatic nerve root irritation, status post lumbar laminectomy/discectomy.
3. Lumber discogenic disease, L5-S1.
DISCUSSION
This patient is here to pursue a recommended course of treatment by Dr. Chambie,
(Neurologist), which is for a piriformis release. The patient is most symptomatic
in this region. He reports that he is eager to seek the suggested treatment in
order to get better. At this point, I do not see that there is anything else to
offer this patient. He appears to be very well informed. As long as the risks and
benefits were discussed by his primary physician the choice to proceed in this
direction should be left up to the patient. I believe he can be helped with the
piriformis release although there are no guarantees. He feels he has no other choice
at this point. He will have to live with his residual symptoms post surgery.
DISABILITY STATUS
This patient will continue on temporary total disability. Good or bad, to be
declared permanent and stationary after sufficiently recovered.
DISCLOSURE STATMENT
I declare under penalty of perjury that I, the signing physician, have actually
performed this examination and the time spent in performing this evaluation is
in compliance with the IMC Guidelines (Section 5307.1 and 4507.6).
I declare under perjury that I have devoted at least 1/3 of my total practice
to providing medical treatment.
Dr. Akmicmajin (Orthopaedic Medicine)
May 21, 2004
[May 20, 2004 - 01:14. Paul Dean's Spy Hunter Record reconfirmed - By Mark Longridge]
Jeff Peters: Witness Statement from Mark Longrdige
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Mark Longridge, Twin Galaxies Coin-Op Referee/Canada
E-Mail To pauldean007(at)charter.net From Mark Longridge at: zero1(at)look.ca
JEFF PETERS INTERVIEW (SNAP SHOT) AND FULL STORY FURTHER DOWN DOCUMENT:
Hi Paul,
One of the questions I had about the Spy Hunter score
was how long it took and how many cars you get total.
I was also curious if the machine rolls over at a million.
I also talked to Jeff Peters and he spoke highly of
your Spy Hunter skills.
Jeff Peters now has the most Guinness World Records Ever Recorded
for The Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records By Walter Day.
Best regards,
Mark Longridge
zero1(at)look.ca
May 15, 2004
John Philip Britt: Witness Statement
E-Mail To pauldean007(at)charter.net
Hey Paul:
Sorry I didn't get a chance to fill in the info you sent me. I have been
out of town quite a bit lately and I am behind in a lot of things.
They called me though a few days ago - Walter and some other guy
(I can't quite remember). We talked at length about your score and
they approved it.
Do they still need the paperwork? I got the impression that the
talk was good enough.
Phil
John Philip Britt (JPB)
1985 Coronation Day Champion
Paperboy classic arcade champion
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