Even at the time this scene made no sense. Everyone knows you don't get points for warping. And how the hell did both kids know where the hidden warp whistle was for an unreleased game?
And who would ever believe a girl would make it to a video game championship? And are we really supposed to buy the idea of Lucas playing video games? I mean, an autistic boy and a girl so frumpy even her name is frumpy, sure, but Lucas is wholly unbelievable. Just some out of touch screenwriter's idea of a young gamer.
Surreal. The nonplussed victor, the impossibly informed crowd, the underground-yet-highly-produced venue, the strangely close but decades-early prediction of eSports...
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