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*Mark Guinane also got every Sega product for 2 years.{{fileref|EGM US 065.pdf|page=189}}
 
*Mark Guinane also got every Sega product for 2 years.{{fileref|EGM US 065.pdf|page=189}}
 
*[[Chris Tang]] was 18 when we won.
 
*[[Chris Tang]] was 18 when we won.
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*40 total tournament locations.
 
*Eventual mention of the broadcast's recovery, as it was considered lost for a while. Find the source for this.
 
*Eventual mention of the broadcast's recovery, as it was considered lost for a while. Find the source for this.
 
*S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. [[Pamela Kelly]] came up with the idea/organized [[Rock the Rock]]. Possibly more information [https://www.abc4.com/gtu/how-sonic-knuckles-came-to-be-and-the-journey-of-creating-it/ here]. (But she's not in the credits?)
 
*S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. [[Pamela Kelly]] came up with the idea/organized [[Rock the Rock]]. Possibly more information [https://www.abc4.com/gtu/how-sonic-knuckles-came-to-be-and-the-journey-of-creating-it/ here]. (But she's not in the credits?)
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::: To our fellow User:CartridgeCulture... [https://retrocdn.net/File:MTV%27SRocktheRockSonic%26Knuckles1994_US_Video.mp4 What are you waiting for?!] ... have fun, dude!... ;) --[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 07:57, 10 October 2022 (EDT)
 
::: To our fellow User:CartridgeCulture... [https://retrocdn.net/File:MTV%27SRocktheRockSonic%26Knuckles1994_US_Video.mp4 What are you waiting for?!] ... have fun, dude!... ;) --[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 07:57, 10 October 2022 (EDT)
  
==Ranking contestants==
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==Results==
 
{| class="prettytable sortable"
 
{| class="prettytable sortable"
 
!Rank
 
!Rank
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|Finalist
 
|Finalist
 
|Mark Guinane
 
|Mark Guinane
|unknown
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|[[wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts]]
 
|274
 
|274
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Finalist
 
|Finalist
 
|[[Chris Tang]]
 
|[[Chris Tang]]
|San Francisco, California
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|[[wikipedia:San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]]
 
|248
 
|248
 
|-
 
|-
 
|3rd
 
|3rd
 
|Jared Finder
 
|Jared Finder
|San Diego, California
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|[[wikipedia:San Diego, California|San Diego, California]]
 
|200
 
|200
 
|-
 
|-
 
|4th
 
|4th
 
|Hitoshi Kobayashi
 
|Hitoshi Kobayashi
|Yokohama, Japan
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|[[wikipedia:Yokohama, Japan|Yokohama, Japan]]
 
|197
 
|197
 
|-
 
|-
 
|5th
 
|5th
 
|Juan Torres Jr.
 
|Juan Torres Jr.
|unknown
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|''unknown''
 
|156
 
|156
 
|-
 
|-
 
|6th
 
|6th
 
|Kristen Klemetsen
 
|Kristen Klemetsen
|New Orleans, Louisiana
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|[[wikipedia:New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
 
|147
 
|147
 
|-
 
|-
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|8th
 
|8th
 
|Ryan Brad
 
|Ryan Brad
|unknown
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|''unknown''
 
|126
 
|126
 
|-
 
|-
 
|9th
 
|9th
 
|Jeff Falcom
 
|Jeff Falcom
|Chicago, Illinois
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|[[wikipedia:Chicago, Illinois|Chicago, Illinois]]
 
|121
 
|121
 
|-
 
|-
 
|10th
 
|10th
 
|Steve Hughes
 
|Steve Hughes
|Vermont, United States
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|[[wikipedia:Vermont, United States|Vermont, United States]]
 
|101
 
|101
 
|}
 
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Revision as of 03:35, 22 October 2022

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  • Mark Guinane also got every Sega product for 2 years.[1]
  • Chris Tang was 18 when we won.
  • 40 total tournament locations.
  • Eventual mention of the broadcast's recovery, as it was considered lost for a while. Find the source for this.
  • S&K was launched and marketed less like a game and more like a Hollywood motion picture. Pamela Kelly came up with the idea/organized Rock the Rock. Possibly more information here. (But she's not in the credits?)
  • MTV was seemingly only involved with the Alcatraz and video editing side of the tournament, but that needs to be verified. (Where did I hear this?)
  • 50 initial contestants, chosen from around 100,000 participants. 5 additional contestants chosen from phone line, totaling 55 contestants.
  • I have a gut feeling segments of this may have been produced by the same company which did that one video with Al Nilsen's face floating and stretching around the screen as he just sits there and quietly talks. Welcome to the Next Living Room?
You may already know this, but this event was covered in an issue of Sega Visions.[2]
sweeeet, thank you so much! please feel free to dump any relevant info/magrefs/links here, or even edit the main article :) CartridgeCulture (talk) 07:07, 10 October 2022 (EDT)
To our fellow User:CartridgeCulture... What are you waiting for?! ... have fun, dude!... ;) --Asagoth (talk) 07:57, 10 October 2022 (EDT)

Results

Rank Name Location represented Rings
Finalist Mark Guinane Boston, Massachusetts 274
Finalist Chris Tang San Francisco, California 248
3rd Jared Finder San Diego, California 200
4th Hitoshi Kobayashi Yokohama, Japan 197
5th Juan Torres Jr. unknown 156
6th Kristen Klemetsen New Orleans, Louisiana 147
7th
8th Ryan Brad unknown 126
9th Jeff Falcom Chicago, Illinois 121
10th Steve Hughes Vermont, United States 101

Invitational tournament locations

  • Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • New York, NY
  • Yokohama, Japan
  • Boston, MA
  • Ottawa, CA
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Hamburg, Germany
  • Miami, FL
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Orlando, FL
  • Chicago, IL
  • Houston, TX
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Nashville, TN
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Dallas, TX
  • New Orleans, LA
  • San Diego, CA
  • Las Vegas, NV

CartridgeCulture watches this video (WIP)

  • Uhm those police bikes aren't real are they? ofc not, but dang they got their lights on and everything
  • Some kinda pre-tournament event thing being held Sunday morning at Pier 41. Bellamy on a stage (I think near the aquarium/bushman area) getting a crowd of ppl hyped up, which are likely just the public - there's easily enough tourists in that area but who knows.
  • Although they got from Hard Rock to the airport in individual limos, their hotel > pier transportations was a single prison bus, keeping with the theme.
  • Officers are taking cartoon sacks of money from the Brinks truck. The sacks have giant dollar bills on them. This is awesome.
  • oh frick what hotel is that. street view it. and why are they getting into a limo when theyre later showing up at the pier on the bus. also check clothes to times/etc.
  • Lots of good shots of different tournament places. MIGHT BE Yuji Naka in frame to the right at 3:25. And WOW look at that Sonic logo in the back there, is that the modern logo? This was late 1994, either way, neat.
  • I can't stop watching this fake hotel guest get body slammed out the way. And now the cops are walking besides the limo in live traffic these balls.
  • File:EGM US 065.pdf, page 189
  • Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 6