Dispute: Reina Adair - Atari 2600 / VCS - Defender - NTSC - Game 1, Difficulty B (Points) - Player: Ed Semrad - Score: 4,717,580

Atari 2600 / VCS - Defender - NTSC - Game 1, Difficulty B (Points)
Score Track	https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=2296
Rules	One-player game. Difficulty switch must be set to B position (defender moves faster). Any other settings must remain default upon boot-up.
Player Name	Ed Semrad
Original Adjudication	N/A
Verification Method	Referee
Verification Date	1983-05-01
Disputed Score	4,717,580 (Rank 5)
Disputed By	Lauren Tyler
Dispute Evidence / Rationale	The score only increases in increments of 50. A score that ends in 80 is not possible.

Voting yes to remove the score.

One has to feel bad for the gamer that played over 7 hours to get this score on the leaderboard only to have it wiped away via a typo. I truly believe it was a referee entry typo that caused the 80 to show. I say this because I noticed that Alan Hewston also played this game on the same date and had a referee enter a non-typo score that will pass scrutiny.
Yes, the 80 point increment is enough to vote this score off the board, and we'll never know what number the correct score ended with. It just does not sit well with me.

http://www.digitpress.com/library/ma...ames_mar83.pdf

The score is listed here on page 14 as "4,717,850"

Thank you SD, now we do know what the score officially is.

Correct me if I'm wrong:
About 15 years ago, I remember seeing that TG used to have the referee's name stamped to the score they had inputted. When TG did away with the names, it gave freedoms, less accountability, and anonymity to hide behind.

Having the ref's name would have helped on this dispute and many others I'm sure.

Score has been updated. Dispute deactivated.

Not sure why I came across this dispute but looking further into it the score is now wrong again.

TG did update the score to 4,717,550 but the score should be
4,717,850 according to the magazine.

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