Wes Copeland has regained the Donkey Kong Arcade world championship with a score of 1,190,000.

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As DonkeyKongBlog reports, within minutes of Copeland’s high-score feat, former champ Robbie Lakeman took to Twitch in the hopes of repeating history. Back in September of 2015, Lakeman – the then record holder – lost his title to Copeland when Copeland racked up a score of 1,170,500. Following Copeland’s win, Lakeman set out to regain his lost crown, and within just six hours of Copeland beating him, had set a new world record of 1,172,100.Previously, Lakeman was the man responsible for ending the two-year high-score run of one Hank 'Dr Kong' Chien.In the here and now, however, history wouldn’t repeat itself. As Lakeman’s retaliation came to an early finish, the former champ congratulated Copeland before announcing plans to retire from competitive play, saying “The torch has now been passed.”In the morning after Copeland’s big win, the new record holder says he received a voicemail message from former record holder Billy Mitchell congratulating him on the win.“Absolutely congratulations,” the voicemail from Mitchell starts. “Your hard work is incredible, it truly is. I see you do what you do, I see Robbie do what he does. It's a true example of hard work and dedication … and it's something you both should be so proud of, the amount of hard work it takes and the amount of character it shows to continue to try forward, it should benefit you in every aspect of your life.”Over on the Donkey Kong forum , Copeland went on to speak a little about some of the challenges prospective record chasers may face.“Donkey Kong messes with your mind. It's the only game I've ever played that does,” says Copeland. “Every player, the 1.2m, the 1.1m, the 1m, the 900k, the first-time kill screener, all the way down to even the player who clears their first 3rd elevator, deserves a tremendous amount of praise and respect for their hard work and dedication. It's one of the few games I've played that truly feels like psychological warfare, and requires a unique blend of dedication, imagination, and strong spirit to survive, improve, and progress.“Robbie, like [former record holders] Dean, Hank, Steve, Billy, Ben Jos, and Tim, wouldn't have achieved what he did without a tremendous show of endurance, perseverance, and character. Robbie has indicated he wants to step away from the game for a little while, but I know in my heart that whatever he pursues in his life, he'll apply the same dedication to it as he did to the world record chase. I know he will be successful.”You can view Copeland’s record-setting run in its entirety over on Twitch For all the latest score-chasing jungle hijinx, stay tuned to IGN.

Wesley Copeland is a freelance news writer who writes terrible bios. For more obvious statements and vidja gahme chat, you should probably follow him on Twitter