Youtuber Apolo Legend has some great videos focusing on cheating and videogame culture and the guy really knows his stuff. He takes you step by step through some of these speedrun records, pausing and showing you where they cheated and how, and the videos are really interesting, in addition to just solid investigative work.
In this latest video, he tackles Todd Rogers, the world's first pro-gamer, who holds a pretty ridiculous amount of professional game records, many of which are currently under dispute. For example, Rogers' score of 99,999,990 on The Legendary Axe for the TurboGrafx16 is under dispute because the score increases only in multiples of 50 and the score maxes out at 99,999,999. In addition, the score would have required use of a technique known as "leeching" that was banned by Twin Galaxies and would be almost impossible to perform in a single sitting anyways.
Take a look at the video, and watch as Apolo builds a case for why videog-games' biggest record holder is most likely a fraud and a cheat.
