Shadowing Practice: I Broke Every Rule At Arcades - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Today I will be cheating at every single arcade game out
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there with the goal of getting the high score on every single machine, using methods like bringing my own devices to manipulate the basketball and skeeball game, using a sledgehammer on the punching bag game,
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and even bringing my own water pressure hose to use on the kids' water gun game.
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So yes, I will be breaking every rule, testing every limit, and most importantly, gathering every single ticket I can with the goal of purchasing the most expensive item in the arcade.
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Will I succeed?
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I don't know.
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But that's the fun, so let's see what happens.
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Okay, so I want to identify what the highest ticket prize is here in the arcade.
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I'm guessing it's going to be some sort of electronic.
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I'm looking for like a game, maybe like a game console.
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Oh, this has to be it.
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The Xbox Series S, 120,000 tickets.
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It looks like nothing else comes close to that.
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Okay, so our goal for the day is simple.
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Get 120,000 tickets.
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I don't know what that equates to, but it's probably $120,000 just given the ticket equivalents.
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Okay, we have our goals.
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Let's go ahead and play.
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Okay, guys, the very first game we're going to cheat at is arcade basketball.
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So this is the arcade basketball game right here.
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I'm going to first play it without cheating, and then I'm going to show you the mechanism I'm gonna use to cheat, cause it's gonna be insane and we're definitely gonna break some records.
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Just to establish a baseline, this is the score if a normal person plays.
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All right, let's do it.
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I'm kinda nice at this.
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I might not even need to cheat.
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25 points in 45 seconds.
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That actually puts me ranked eighth on the day and it's the end of the day, so actually not too bad.
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But now watch to see what happens when I pull out this thing.
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I have right here this pulley device with a ball attached to it
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and I'm basically gonna go back and forth over the sensor
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So I can get the maximum amount of points look at this thing
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So if you go to an arcade make sure to bring your own fishing rod
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because you can probably break the high score
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and get the Jackpot's worth of tickets
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so you can get the most expensive prize like we're about to get at the arcade
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And so first make sure nobody's around
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And then let's extend this out and let the games begin high score 25 for me.
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I think it's like 35 or something here Let's beat that.
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I'm coming for the Xbox Oh my gosh, we're getting so many...
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I already broke the score that I got last time.
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Look at this.
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Look at all these three-pointers.
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Oh no. Get back in there.
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Come on, Will Chamberlain.
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Let's get to 100.
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Let's get to 100.
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We want the high score.
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100 points.
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Can you do it in a single game?
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They said it can't be done.
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They said it can't be done.
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We did it.
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All right, let's go for 150.
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Oh, I think 150 is doable, guys.
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Yes!
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150!
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We did it!
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Oh, my gosh.
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192, guys.
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Smile.
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Answer your nickname.
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I will.
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If you guys see this arcade, I'm going to mark my territory.
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And now I have to look at the high score.
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Oh, my gosh.
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We got 12,500 tickets for achieving that high score.
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Tickets owed?
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Look at that.
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We're already basically 10% there, and we only played one single machine, one single game.
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So far, I think we're going to be getting this thing.
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So I do think things are looking pretty for us, but let's move on to the next game in cheat.
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I found a score on the goalie game.
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It's a soccer-based game, and I figured, wow, we have this giant stick.
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Let's see if we can manipulate this game and win the high score.
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So right now, the high score on this machine looks to be racked with 20 goals.
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Pretty impressive, rack.
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But you do not have this device.
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I wonder if it's going to let me or some anti-cheat kicks in, but let's go ahead and play and try to beat 20 goals.
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All right, here we go.
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There's no way this lets me.
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Right there.
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Oh!
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It works!
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I'm like Ronaldo in his prime.
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Bro, Rack is getting destroyed.
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I feel so bad.
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Oh!
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Oh!
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I'm gonna hit him with the buzzer beater.
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3, 2, 1!
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Oh!
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Extra time!
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New high score.
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Well guys, if you have a 20-foot pole, you too can get the high score on this soccer game.
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I'm sorry, Rack.
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I crushed your score.
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23. I have to enter my initials so you know that I was here.
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S was here.
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All right, I'm not sure how many tickets it gave me, but you guys are going to see that right here.
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This is the ticket count.
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We need 120,000.
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Great start.
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Okay guys, this next game I found was the Water Gun game.
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It's the carnival game that you'll find in arcades.
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And you'll see that this nerf stream is actually pretty strong
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and would typically guarantee a win so we get the high score, but I don't trust it, so I brought my own water gun.
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But the cheating here is that mine isn't really a water gun.
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It's a pressure washer.
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So this thing is like 200 PSI water pressure thing to clean off patios and stuff, and I am bringing it here so it has a jet stream so I could easily beat the person next to me.
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All right, so I don't want anybody to see me, so I'm going to sit down and act like I'm using this Nerf blaster right here.
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But little do they know, let's see how strong this thing actually is.
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I have not shot it yet.
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Oh my gosh, this thing is gonna break the thing in the back.
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Look at the difference here.
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Look how weak that one is compared to this.
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That has to be a high score.
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How many tickets do we get from that?
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100 tickets for that performance right there.
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And you know what?
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I'm also going to clean it off a little bit while I have this.
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But now you know if you bring a pressure washer to the nerf blaster game at a carnival, you will definitely get the high score.
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All right, we're racking these tickets up.
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Let's keep it going I found the grand prize claw machine
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and since we're going for the grand prize I figured I'd stop here
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and win a little grand prize before the big grand prize
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and I have a way that I'm going to cheat at this
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But let me show you how it works first claw machines
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as you guys know put in your credits Use this little thing to move this giant claw around
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and then let's say you want this nice looking fruit tootsie roll Come here toots Typically that's how it goes.
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Because these things are rigged, and so I'll be bringing justice to all arcade goers by using this device right here.
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So I have a little snake that I'm gonna put up this claw machine area where it deposits the toy, and then it has a reverse claw right here that's going to grab the toy, and then we're gonna bring it back.
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Yeah, there we go!
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There we go!
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We're in!
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We're in!
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Who wants to get taken?
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It's like Red Lobster.
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Give me your hand.
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Come with me.
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Come with me.
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Come with me, Tootsie!
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Come with me, Tootsie.
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Let's go.
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Oh, we almost got Tootsie.
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Oh, come with me.
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Let's go.
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All right, I'm over those Tootsie rolls.
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I actually want one of these sunflowers now.
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Oh, I think we got it.
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Oh.
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This is insane.
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Wait, how many toys can I get using this thing?
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Okay, I'm trying this one again because I'm determined to get Miss Tootsie.
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Or any of her friends, honestly.
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Including you!
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Come here baby, come here!
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He's so stubborn!
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Oh!
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Get him!
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Bring him home!
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Bring him home!
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Bring him home, bring him home!
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Bring him home, he's been a bad boy!
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He's been a bad boy, he wants to come, he wants to come so badly!
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Oh, but he's right there!
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It's a matter of time!
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Get him!
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Get him!
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Bring him home!
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You're coming with me!
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Let's go!
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Jackpot!
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Woo!
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Finally!
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Let's go!
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Alright, so if you bring a flexible snake, like something that a plumber would use in your sinks, you can actually reverse engineer the claw machine so you can get your own free toys.
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I don't recommend doing this, it's probably illegal.
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Alright, so this didn't add to our ticket count, but it did add to our prize count, and that makes me happy.
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Next up we have the milk jug toss, which is just an aerial version of Skee-Ball, and the goal is to get that jackpot in the back, which is 1,000.
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So I'm first gonna play without my cheating device, and then I'll show you what we're gonna do afterwards.
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The high score here is 5,000 because you get five balls and 1,000 is in the very back.
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And not many people can get 5,000 because it requires level of precision that not everybody can do.
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But this is what it looks like if an average person plays.
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All right, here we go.
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See what I'm saying?
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It's rigged.
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Nope.
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Nope.
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Not bad, not bad.
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I have one ball left.
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Nope.
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Okay, so I got a 1,200, which is about 3,800 points off from the high score.
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So let's change that.
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Ah, bring in this 72 foot PVC pipe, which I'm going to use as a little funnel.
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I'm gonna put the ball in and we're gonna roll it into the high score.
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So every single time I get a thousand, just like so.
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Let's play ball.
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I hope this works.
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Oh, fits perfectly.
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Two for two.
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Let's go!
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The sirens are going up.
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5,000, that is the highest score, so we get to collect the bonus on this machine.
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Let's see if you got a big payout here.
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Okay, well, all that worked for 75 tickets.
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We got 12,000 on the basketball game.
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We have to correct the record here.
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As we were wrapping up recording, it looks like 500 tickets is what was giving to us.
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So, 500 tickets, actually not too bad.
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You guys have probably seen these coin machines before at arcades
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and they're basically impossible to win
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because the coins are actually on some sort of angle that makes it nearly impossible to get a bunch off.
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So let me show you what a normal play through looks like and then we're gonna cheat at this thing.
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And as you can see, the coins are not falling.
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And when they do fall, it's probably like one or two.
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Oh, here we go, here we go.
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Oh! And I'm already out.
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Oh!
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All right, so we ended up getting a couple there but that's not as good as we can do.
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And so, I brought a jack here that's basically gonna lift up the machine, and then we could dump all the quarters towards us.
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Okay, here we go.
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Let's keep tilting it until we get some coins.
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I don't have this thing to tip over.
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All I want is a couple coins.
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Oh, we got some?
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Okay, now that this thing is tremendously tilted, Let's see how many quarters I could get.
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Already getting some.
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I'm racking it up here.
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Look how tilted this machine is right now.
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I don't want to break it, but we've been getting a ton of coins with this new method.
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And they're just some simple jacks, some hand jacks that you could get.
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I definitely don't recommend trying this because it's definitely illegal, but it does net you a lot of coins.
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A lot of arcades now have this Sync It game, which is basically beer pong, where you try to throw the ping pong ball into the cup and usually get 30 balls to make it, but I brought reinforcements.
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I brought in additional 40 balls.
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We basically have 2.3 X of what they give you.
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And I'm just going to dump them in all at once.
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And I'm going to see if we can just get every single cup.
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Okay.
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I have all my balls placed in here.
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So I'm just going to throw all these balls at once and see what happens.
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Not bad.
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And then less.
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I'll be honest for this one.
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Always have a backup final ball.
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If I make this, you have to subscribe.
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How many tickets is that?
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40?
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Well, that was not worth it, but know what happened?
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We had so many balls, it jammed the detector, so we didn't realize that we were throwing more than 30 balls.
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Okay, so that didn't add too much to our total, but overall, still a good way to cheat at this game, as long as nobody's around.
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Okay, we made it to everybody's favorite machine, the punching bag machine here.
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If you got the high score, which I think is 1,000, that's like never been done before.
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I mean, this machine looks like it has 933 as the high.
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So I'm gonna try to beat that with just my normal fists, and then I'll show you how we're gonna cheat at this game.
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All right, so let me first show you how I normally am without anything, just so we can establish a baseline.
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I think I previously got around 750 at a fair one.
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Feeling a little weaker today, it's end of the day.
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Let me just do a normal punch just so you can see what the average is.
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All right, so about 633.
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One attempt right there.
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Not bad.
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Let's bring out the cheats now.
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Hulk fists.
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Look at these things.
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These things are absolutely crazy.
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They're meant for punching too.
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They're like brass knuckles effectively.
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So let's see if we can beat 633 with these on.
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We better get thousands of tickets from this.
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Oh, that felt good.
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That felt good.
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Oh, let's go.
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Into the 700s with the Hulk fist.
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I brought a one pound weight that I'm going to hide in the glove.
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So upon impact, there's an extra layer of muscle that's going to hit this bag.
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And let's try to beat 706.
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Okay, here we go.
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Oh my gosh.
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776. It's blinking because I feel like that's a high score.
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Oh no, okay.
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So I'm somewhere in like night territory, but that is insane.
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But what if I told you I have something even crazier that's probably going to break this record by far?
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I brought a sledgehammer.
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So I'm going to try to hit this thing as hard as I can with this sledgehammer, and hopefully we can break 776 and get some tickets.
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Definitely do not try this at home.
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This is very dangerous.
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Only use your fists.
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It even says here, this machine can cause physical harm.
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Now imagine you add in a sledgehammer.
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The arcade asked us to be safe, so they are giving us one attempt with this, but we only have one shot, so I'm gonna try to get past the 933 high score that you see right there, but I only have one attempt,
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so hopefully I at least get higher than like 500.
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Okay, three, two, one.
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I got too scared.
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I was gonna break this machine.
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Look at this path.
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In order to hit it, guys, I'd have to basically go with...
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All right, I see why they only said one attempt.
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Don't do this.
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Last attempt here.
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I'll take it.
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We beat our high score previously.
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Just as I said, we're going to wrap it up.
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I found a soccer version of it where you could hit the bottom.
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Let me do a little bit of a golf swing here and see what we get.
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Wait, what?
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One?
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Are you kidding me?
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I got one.
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The next arcade game we're gonna play is called Down the Clown.
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You've probably seen this game before.
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The goal is to use these red balls to knock down the clowns right there, and then you get points for it.
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That was pretty cool.
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And so I'm gonna play first just to establish a baseline, then I'm gonna show you this cheating device we have, and we're gonna rack up a lot of tickets.
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It looks like the highest possible score you could get is 250 or so.
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We're gonna crush that.
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But first, let's try to play normally, just so we know what we're dealing with.
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Don't panic, no. Oh, that's gonna leave a mark.
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Slow it down, herdily.
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You're waiting.
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Come on, give it another go.
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I got 80.
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All right, that was pathetic.
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I got 10 tickets.
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I'm using this extended stick.
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And so, look at this.
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I am getting so many points.
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Did I beat the game?
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There's no time left Every single one is down.
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Wait, 30?
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I think I broke the machine.
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I got so many points that the machine broke.
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It registered 30, even though I got, I don't even know how much I got.
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I probably got 250 minimum.
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All right, well, I think I broke this machine, but I almost certainly deserve to have the maximum tickets.
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It's giving me zero tickets right now, so I don't know what happened, but that's pretty crazy.
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It's actually a very good device to bring if you could sneak it in.
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Makes it hard to turn, though.
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All right, let's see it another game.
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This next arcade game that we're gonna try to beat is ticket roulette.
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So I'm sure you've seen these things before, Wheel of Fortune style, you just sort of spin this thing and then it gives you an arbitrary amount of tickets.
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There is a jackpot on this thing, so I'm going to literally spin this, or I'm gonna have somebody spin this machine until we get the jackpot.
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And this thing has a lot of tickets, like thousands, so we definitely need this, things are gonna add up.
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Just for good measure though, let me go ahead and do this once.
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Monster jackpot.
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That's what we want.
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Not a bad start.
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All right, so I'm going to plant somebody here, and let's see my tickets we ultimately get.
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The next arcade game I'm about to cheat at is a classic air hockey.
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So typically, you play like this.
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Let's say you're not any good.
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Well, forget this.
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And instead, we have this air blower right here.
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We're going to use this as my paddle, and look how strong this thing is.
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Not in my house.
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So this could be impenetrable defense if you're playing air hockey and want to get all the points.
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I don't know how many points I could get playing air hockey, but let's find out.
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All right, my hit first.
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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It just stopped it dead.
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Okay, guys, I ended up winning two to nothing.
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So I don't know how many tickets I get because it's just on one card, but we're gonna put the tickets right here.
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Using an air blower on air hockey is in fact a good defense mechanism.
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I'm gonna blow my hat away.
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Let's play another game.
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This arcade game is called Hyper Pitch and the way that you win is by getting the bullseye in the back.
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That's that times 32.
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But instead of throwing the ball, even though I just got it, to try to get it multiple times, I'm going to use this contraption right here.
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So I'm able to pick the actual ball up and then just place it against the bullseye.
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What can go wrong?
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Okay, here's my arm.
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Bring the heat.
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Look at that.
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And it buries that bullseye.
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What?
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Slop that one.
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Slop that one.
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A thousand miles per hour?
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Boom.
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Hits the base off of that one and hatches the bullseye.
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I threw that ball 4,000 miles per hour.
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I just set the high score at 6220.
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So that is now the score to beat and even this other machine wasn't even close to it at 4,000.
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So in my first attempt, I was able to absolutely decimate that record just by using this machine.
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I can't believe it registered that throw at like 4,000 miles per hour.
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How many tickets am I going to get?
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All right, we're going to add 651 tickets to this total.
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Here we have Wack-A-Win.
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So this is the thing that you see at all carnivals in
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which you swing it as hard as you can with the goal of getting the bonus 500 tickets at the top.
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So I have my sledgehammer right here with the Hulk fist on it so then I don't break the machine.
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And let's see what I get. So what was that?
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Way too hard.
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I think I broke the machine.
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Oh, it's a game of skill, not strength.
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Sorry about that.
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All right, let me try once more with that in mind.
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I thought I had to cheat at this game.
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You don't even have to.
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You just have to get it like the perfect amount.
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So let's do this the right way because we still do need some tickets.
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Just a little too soft. So close.
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Let's try this.
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Ah, short.
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Okay, so this game you are unable to cheat at.
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The only way you could do it is
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if you have like a fixed position
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and you understand the exact power every single time
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So I'm gonna take my five tickets
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because we have a lot more tickets we need
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So I have to figure out a way we're gonna get
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these I'm gonna be honest guys the monster wheel is a complete scam
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because I had somebody play there for one and a half hours And not once did he hit the monster jackpot, but on the bright side it did have a lot of tickets
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So it was quite common to hit the 250 ticket jackpot.
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So it did rack up quite quickly Okay, we're running out of time and we don't have the full amount of tickets yet.
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So we have to play a couple more games I've actually had people playing games on different cards
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and we're combining all the tickets and
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if my math is correct right now We're at about a hundred
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and nineteen thousand which means that we are a thousand tickets away from getting a hundred
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and twenty thousand Which will buy us the Xbox let's go ahead
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and play one more game just for good measure
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and then we're gonna see
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if we have enough tickets This is gonna be the first game
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that I play honestly And I think as long as we get like 200 tickets
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or so then if my math is correct,
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we are gonna have enough tickets I see bonus tickets Oh, this is fun.
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Feels like a Mario Party minigame.
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I don't even know how you would cheat at this.
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Oh, it's getting hard.
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Okay, I got 100 tickets, though.
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Actually, great value there, so I think we probably have enough now.
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Let's go check.
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Okay, I'm not going to check our balance, but we've been here for hours, and I just went ahead and combined all the balances onto one card.
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I told the attendant not to tell me how many tickets are on this single card, so we're going to find out right now if we're able to buy the Xbox.
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Please!
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We've been in here for hours.
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We've tried everything.
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I had people doing everything at all times.
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We should be there.
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All right, here we go.
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I guess I'll just bring this over.
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Okay, so we want to see
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if we have enough tickets now from being here for hours to get the Xbox Series S.
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You have 112,000.
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You want to get one of those?
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I'll take this, please.
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Thank you.
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You know what?
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I just want to fact check just to make sure I don't have 120,000.
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I am so positive I did.
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All right, I guess I could stay a little bit longer, but I am exhausted.
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We've played every game.
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We've used all of our cheats.
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But shout out to the Gameron powered by Hasbro here at the American Dream Mall for hosting us
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and allowing all these shenanigans to happen.
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Definitely don't try any of these things.
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We had certain accesses that you probably don't have.
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I don't want you guys to get arrested.
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But nonetheless, super fun.
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Got a ton of tickets, so really can't be mad with that.
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We tried our best and cheated.
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All right, guys, that was a lot of fun.
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I hope you enjoyed.
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But with that being said, thanks so much for watching.
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If you want to see more content, be sure to click here or click here.
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Otherwise, subscribe on your way out and I'll see you next time.
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Peace.
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Speaking Goals for This Clip: Boost Fluency in Narrative and Explanation
This video is perfect for English speaking practice, especially if you want to improve how you tell stories or explain processes. The narrator shares a playful, step-by-step plan to "break every rule at arcades," using dynamic language that flows naturally. By mimicking this style, you’ll build confidence in describing actions, setting goals, and adding excitement to your speech—key skills for IELTS speaking practice too!
Phrase Bank: Reusable Expressions to Elevate Your Speech
- "the goal of getting the high score" – Great for setting objectives in stories or tasks.
- "testing every limit" – Use to describe pushing boundaries, ideal for creative or persuasive speaking.
- "establish a baseline" – Handy for explaining comparisons, like in experiments or personal progress.
- "I'm coming for [the prize]" – Adds energy when talking about chasing a target.
- "they said it can't be done" – Perfect for building suspense in a narrative.
Fix Your Weak Spots: Master Rhythm and Emphasis
The video’s fast-paced, enthusiastic tone is ideal for improving English pronunciation and rhythm. Notice how the narrator stresses words like "insane," "maximum," and "100" to keep the listener engaged. Practice shadowing technique here: pause the video, repeat short phrases, and match the speed and emphasis. A shadowing app can help you record yourself and compare—you’ll quickly notice how stress and intonation make your speech more natural. Focus on the flow of phrases like "let's go ahead and play" or "oh my gosh, we're getting so many"—these casual, connected sentences are what make everyday English sound fluent. With practice, you’ll start using these patterns without thinking!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | can't be done · be racked · is compared |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have not shot · have probably seen · You've probably seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | toss, which is · game, which is · thousand which means |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most expensive · the highest |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.