Steve Wiebe

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Steve Wiebe at the 2007 San Diego ComicCon.

Steven J. "Steve" Wiebe (born January 3, 1969 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American e-sportsman and two-time world record holder of the video game Donkey Kong . His best high score to date is 1,064,500 points and was the world record from September 20, 2010 to January 10, 2011. Wiebe was the first player to reach over a million points with a score of 1,006,600 points on July 4, 2004 He was one of the main characters in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters .

Wiebe lives in Redmond , Washington with his wife Nicole, daughter Jillian and son Derek. He is currently a math teacher at Redmond High School. Wiebe has been interested in music since he was a child.

Media appearances

Wiebe was interviewed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson about the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and appeared on Attack of the Show! from G4 to. He also dubbed his own cartoon character in Code Monkeys in the episode "The Great Recession". He also had a guest appearance as "Jim" in the film My Sweetheart, Our Family and I. The film was directed by Seth Gordon , who also directed The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters . In 2011, Wiebe made a cameo in Gordon's film Kill the Boss as security chief Thomas. In 2015 he had a supporting role as a DARPA scientist in the science fiction comedy Pixels by Adam Sandler .

Topps released trading cards from Wiebe and his Donkey Kong rival Billy Mitchell in 2009 .

In the first episode of the Sneaky Pete series produced by Amazon Video , he had a guest appearance as "Stephen Davidson".

Chronicle of his high score at Donkey Kong

Steve Wiebe at the Donkey Kong arcade machine.
  • On August 19, 2007 Wiebe reached a high score of 695,500 points at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. Walter Day , the founder of Twin Galaxies , was the official referee.
  • On March 6, 2008, Wiebe played in front of 1900 partygoers at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas , Nevada during Microsoft's MIX08 event . There Wiebe achieved 2 scores: first 929,800 points and he reached the "kill screen" and in the second attempt he achieved 579,300 points. According to Twin Galaxies, this was only the sixth time that a player had reached the kill screen in a public game. He and Billy Mitchell both did it 3 times. Walter Day, the responsible referee, commented: "The biggest challenge for Wiebe was the loud music, the chaotic environment and the late time."
  • On July 17, 2008, Wiebe made his third attempt to break the world record in a public game at the Twiistup-4 event in Santa Monica , California . However, he only achieved 340,500 and 466,100 points in his two attempts.
  • In October 2008 he scored 1,000,200 points at the E for All Expo in front of a large audience. This was only the third time that over 1 million points had been scored in a public game.
  • On April 24, 2009 Wiebe became the record holder at Donkey Kong Jr. with a high score of 1,139,800 points, which he exceeded the 1,033,000 points of the previous record holder Icarus Hall. His record was later set by Mark L. Kiehl at 1,147,800.
  • On June 2, 2009, Wiebe had 4 attempts at the Donkey Kong arcade machine at the Electronic Entertainment Expo . In his first attempt he achieved 923,400 points and in the second attempt 653,700 points. The third attempt was aborted by a power failure. Wiebe then made a fourth attempt in which he reached 989,400 points and the "kill screen". These experiments were broadcast live by G4TV .
  • On February 17, 2010 Wiebe won the world record of Donkey Kong Jr. back with a high score of 1,190,400 points. Walter Day was again responsible as a referee. On April 19, 2010, Mark Kiehl took back the world record with 1,253,000 points. Wiebe currently ranks 5th on the Donkey Kong Jr. highscore list .
  • On September 20, 2010 Wiebe was again " Donkey Kong Champion" after Twin Galaxies recognized his video recording of August 30, 2010 with a high score of 1,064,500 points as a world record.
  • On January 10, 2011, Wiebe lost the title after surgeon Hank Chien set a world record with 1,068,000 points. This experiment lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes.
  • Robbie Lakeman has had Donkey Kong's highest high score and world record with 1,247,700 points since March 23, 2018 . According to Twin Galaxies, Wiebe is currently 12th in the Donkey Kong highscore list with 1,064,500 points .
  • On April 12, 2018, Wiebe subsequently became the first player to score 1,000,000 points in Donkey Kong due to Billy Mitchell's suspension by Twin Galaxies.

Private life

Wiebe was born in Seattle , Washington . He has a brother (Ryan) and a sister (Cathy). Wiebe attended Newport High School in Bellevue , Washington, and was there on the basketball and baseball team. He also played drums in the school band. Wiebe graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1991 . From 1996 to 1999 he worked at Boeing as an engineer . Furthermore, from 1999 to 2001 he worked for the company Bsquare in Bellevue as a software tester and engineer. Wiebe graduated from the City University of Seattle with a Master of Education degree in 2004 .

In December 2009 he released a Christian pop music album called The King of Song .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mandi Bierly: Tips from the aspiring king of Kong. In: Entertainment Weekly , August 23, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007. 
  2. ↑ Steve Wiebe, 'King of Kong,' on Living the Dream . Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  3. ^ Seth Gordon (2007). The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters . Picturehouse / New Line Cinema
  4. ↑ Topps Steve Wiebe trading card . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/videos/44466965 Steve Wiebe plays Donkey Kong at E3 2009.
  6. ^ Result of the dispute over Billy L. Mitchell with announcement for a new 1,000,000 high score . In: Twin Galaxies (Ed.): Twin Galaxies Forum . ( twingalaxies.com [accessed April 13, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Wiebe, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiebe, Steven J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American e-athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington