From:  Jace  Hall    

Date:  Monday,  September  9,  2019  at  4:33  PM  

To:  James  Gibbons  ,  Craig  Glenday  ,  Elizabeth  Montoya    
Cc:  "[email protected]"  <[email protected]>,  Billy  Mitchell,  
Martha  Alfaro,  David  Tashroudian  
Subject:  Re:  Billy  Mitchell  -­‐-­‐  Demand  for  Retraction  
 
Thank  you.  
   
As  you  probably  know,  Twin  Galaxies  has  a  procedure  for  handling  disputes  and  that  procedure  needs  to  
be  followed  for  consistency.  
   
Now  that  Mr.  Mitchell  has  finally  decided  to  provide  evidence  for  consideration,  I  will  now  need  to  re-­‐
open  the  dispute  case  and  place  that  evidence  into  the  body  of  the  dispute  for  consideration.  As  you  
know,  all  records  and  adjudications  must  be  handled  transparently  and  publicly  and  of  course  this  can  
be  no  exception.  
   
If  your  assertion  is  that  the  material  there  will  trigger  a  different  view  of  the  facts,  I’m  sure  that  is  what  
the  result  will  be  and  there  will  be  clarity.  
   
Lastly,  it  is  patently  false  that  I  ever  denied  anyone  the  opportunity  to  provide  evidence  to  this  or  any  
dispute.  Everyone  is  always  directed  to  the  dispute  thread  to  place  whatever  they  want  considered.  
   
Thank  you  again.  
   
   
From:  James  Gibbons      
Date:  Monday,  September  9,  2019  at  4:25  PM  
To:  Jace  Hall;    Craig  Glenday,  Elizabeth  Montoya    
Cc:  "[email protected]"  <[email protected]>,  Billy  Mitchell,  Martha  
Alfaro,  David  Tashroudian  
Subject:  RE:  Billy  Mitchell  -­‐-­‐  Demand  for  Retraction  
   
Thank  you,  Jace,  and  I  will  certainly  review  your  points  closely,  as  I  know  you  and  your  counsel  will  look  
closely  at  the  evidence  package  we  provided.  I  believe  the  material  there  will  trigger  a  different  view  of  
the  facts,  although  that  is  of  course  up  to  you  and  your  counsel.  I  look  forward  to  the  response  from  
your  counsel.  
   
Jim  
James E. Gibbons  
 
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From:  Jace  Hall    
Sent:  Monday,  September  9,  2019  4:20  PM  
To:  James  Gibbons  Craig  Glenday  Elizabeth  Montoya    
Cc:  [email protected];  Bill  Mitchell/  Rickeys  ;  Martha  Alfaro  ;  David  Tashroudian    
Subject:  Re:  Billy  Mitchell  -­‐-­‐  Demand  for  Retraction  
   
Hello  James.  
   
I  have  received  your  email  and  provided  it  to  our  legal  team  to  review.  You  will  receive  a  formal  
response  soon  but  after  reading  your  letter  and  rapidly  discovering  a  number  of  obvious  factual  errors  
and  misrepresentations  I  thought  I  might  mention  a  few  very  quickly  for  your  consideration  as  we  move  
down  this  road:  
   
1.   Twin  Galaxies  has  never  made  any  defamatory  statements  against  Mr.  Mitchell.  
   
2.   On  08-­‐29-­‐2017,  a  dispute  claim  thread  regarding  a  Donkey  Kong  score  was  filed  by  Jeremey  
Young  and  a  near  8  month  long  highly  detailed,  transparent  and  public  investigation  took  place  
in  regard  to  the  examining  the  validity  of  assertions  that  Jeremey  Young  was  making  regarding  
the  score.    
   
Only  evidence  that  was  presented  in  that  thread  was  considered  in  the  evaluation  process,  and  
that  process  was  open  to  anyone  who  wanted  to  provide  relevant  evidence  to  that  dispute  
thread  (either  directly  or  thru  proxy)  –  including  your  client,  Mr.  Mitchell.    
   
Mr.  Mitchell  as  well  as  Walter  Day  were  offered  the  option  (but  no  obligation)  to  provide  any  
information  they  felt  relevant  on  numerous  occasions  and  this  is  well  documented.  
There  was  and  is  no  “double  standard”  as  proposed  by  your  letter,  and  no  evidence  was  ever  
disallowed  from  the  dispute  thread.  Any  “eyewitness  testimony”  or  anything  else  that  people  
wanted  to  place  into  consideration  for  the  dispute  was  invited  and  allowed.    
   
Furthermore,  we  have  a  complete  public  record  of  that  dispute  thread  and  no  presented  
evidence  was  ever  edited,  deleted,  or  manipulated  in  any  way  regardless  of  who  provided  it.  
This  dispute  claim  was  and  remains  available  for  all  to  see.  You  may  want  to  study  it  further,  as  
it  will  help  provide  you  clarity  around  some  of  the  other  errors  and  misrepresentations  your  
letter  contains:  https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/176004-­‐Dispute-­‐Jeremy-­‐Young-­‐
Arcade-­‐Donkey-­‐Kong-­‐Points-­‐Hammer-­‐Allowed-­‐Player-­‐Billy-­‐L-­‐Mitchell-­‐Score-­‐1-­‐062-­‐
800?p=916769&viewfull=1#post916769  
   
3.   Twin  Galaxies  absolutely  did  not  select  any  3rd  party  investigator  for  this  matter.  Twin  Galaxies  
did  it’s  own  direct  investigation  with  its  own  original  Donkey  Kong  hardware  and  
technicians.    There  were  no  3rd  parties  involved  with  TG’s  internal  investigation.  However,  
several  external  3rd  parties  decided  to  do  their  own  investigation  based  on  the  facts  presented  in  
the  dispute  claim  so  they  could  come  to  their  own  determinations  and  evidence.  In  fact,  I  
 became  informed  that  Mr.  Mitchell  himself  had  formed  his  own  3rd  party  investigative  group  
with  a  seasoned  technologist  named  Carlos  Pineiro  to  oversee  the  effort  and  provide  evidence  
to  the  dispute  claim  thread,  which  he  did  (again  this  is  well-­‐documented.)  None  of  the  3rd  party  
activity  was  created  or  paid  for  by  Twin  Galaxies.  These  facts,  and  many  others  are  completely  
documented  in  the  dispute  thread,  which  I  again  suggest  you  examine  further.  
   
4.   Based  on  your  letter,  it  would  appear  that  you  may  have  not  specifically  read  the  Twin  Galaxies  
ruling  on  the  overall  matter.  Here  is  a  link  to  it  along  with  a  specific  excerpt  that  once  again  
illustrates  that  not  only  has  Twin  Galaxies  not  made  any  claim  against  Mr.  Mitchell  (the  claim  
was  made  by  Jeremey  Young  against  Mr.  Mitchells’  score)  but  it  specifically  and  definitively  
points  out  that  it  does  not  discuss  or  evaluate  people:  
   
https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/176004-­‐Dispute-­‐Jeremy-­‐Young-­‐Arcade-­‐
Donkey-­‐Kong-­‐Points-­‐Hammer-­‐Allowed-­‐Player-­‐Billy-­‐L-­‐Mitchell-­‐Score-­‐1-­‐062-­‐
800?p=964048&viewfull=1#post964048  
“  
•   Twin  Galaxies  has  endeavored  to  provide  a  fair  opportunity  and  reasonable  amount  of  
time  for  all  sides  and  interests  to  present  their  thoughts  and  evidence  as  it  has  evaluated  
this  dispute  claim.  
•   Twin  Galaxies  has  also  investigated  this  matter  as  comprehensively  as  reasonably  
possible  to  make  sure  that  its  findings  are  as  informed  as  possible.  
•   Throughout  every  step  of  this  investigation,  Billy  Mitchell  had  the  opportunity  to  answer  
questions  and  contribute  to  the  public  dispute  thread.  However,  he  was  under  no  
obligation  to  participate  in  this  dispute  thread  and  as  such  he  chose  not  to  do  so.  
•   Twin  Galaxies  is  only  looking  at  the  dispute  claim  assertions  about  score  performances  
and  either  validating  or  refuting  those  claims  specifically  -­‐  it  is  not  evaluating  people.  
“  
5.   Mr.  Mitchell  is  not  the  only  person  that  Twin  Galaxies  has  been  obligated  to  ban  and  remove  all  
records  for.  The  policy  that  Mr.  Mitchell’s  score  removal  fell  under  is  not  new,  nor  was  he  the  
first  one  to  undergo  the  process.  There  is  no  special  or  bias  treatment  of  Mr.  Mitchell  from  a  
Twin  Galaxies  policy  action  standpoint.  Any  assertion  to  the  contrary  is  patently  false.  
   
Again,  I  thought  I  would  just  point  out  some  of  the  more  obvious  errors  and  misrepresentations  in  your  
letter  that  literally  anyone  in  the  public  will  be  able  to  find.  There  is  far  more  documented  detail  that  we  
can  most  assuredly  get  into  if  that  becomes  necessary.  
   
Lastly,  I’ve  taken  a  moment  to  glance  through  the  “evidence  package”  that  you  have  provided,  and  I  can  
tell  you  that  there  are  a  lot  of  serious  and  easily  provable  misrepresentations  being  made  there.  I  hope  
your  pursuit  of  this  matter  is  not  relying  on  what  is  contained  within  that  document.  
   
Our  legal  will  be  in  touch.  
   
-­‐TG  
   
 
 
From:  James  Gibbons    
Date:  Monday,  September  9,  2019  at  2:04  PM  
To:  Craig  Glenday  ,  Elizabeth  Montoya  Jace  Hall    
Cc:  "[email protected]"  <[email protected]>,  Billy  Mitchell  Martha  
Alfaro    
Subject:  Billy  Mitchell  -­‐-­‐  Demand  for  Retraction  
   
Dear  Sirs  and  Madam,  
   
Please  see  the  attached  letters.    
   
Regards,  
   
James E. Gibbons  
 
MANNING & KASS  
 
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