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Lonnie McDonald (born 1-4-1961) is an American Classic Arcade player well-known for his achievements in Joust, a 1980’s arcade classic by William Electronics. Lonnie was proclaimed the Joust World Champion in the summer of 1982 after playing Joust for 24 straight hours on one game. In summer of 2011, he set out on a quest to post 9,999,999 scores on every existing classic Joust video arcade game in America. Lonnie reached his first goal of turning 100 machines in 100 weeks and posting a billion points on 23rd May, 2013 in the Williams Electronics Building where it was made. On March 17th 2017 Number 150 was completed at the National VideoGame Museum in Frisco Texas. On July 13th 2018 Number 200 was completed on Jousts creator, John Newcomers personal machine at Classic GameFest in Austin Texas. As of February 1 2020, the Count stands at 240 Joust arcade machines at 9999999.

Lonnie is a Member of the U.S National VideoGame Team and an Inductee in the International VideoGame Hall of Fame. He has also attained a Pinball World Ranking in top 1% of International Flipper Pinball Association Rankings.

Besides his accomplishments in video games, Lonnie McDonald has a particularly credentialed career in the Cleaning, Restoration, Inspection and Textiles industry. He has extensive experience in this field, having carried out duties at Board directorial and executive positions in various organizations and associations.

Life
McDonald was born in Greenfield, Iowa, USA. He attended school in Winterset, Iowa and is currently settled in Grandview, Missouri. Textile Care Group was formed in 1984, but Lonnie caught the cleaning bug as a kid, assisting his father in striping and waxing floors. Lonnie is the founder and President of the Textile Care Group.

Joust:
Lonnie McDonald’s quest of scoring 9,999,999 on every classic Joust video arcade game in America has both made him popular and earned him many records. His achievements are recognized by Guinness Book of World Records, Twin Galaxies, Aurcade and more. “Lonnie McDonald is the Joust-Master”. Following is a list of his achievements related to Joust and other arcade classics.
 * Highest 1st Man ever record on Joust 935,050
 * Twin Galaxies MAME World Record at “TG” Building on Joust 30th Anniversary
 * Twin Galaxies JROK multiple World Records
 * Twin Galaxies Walter day Trading Cards:
 * 127# Joust Doubles Marathon Record with Steve Sanders
 * 249# 50th Machine to 9999999 at NW Pinball
 * 589# 100 Machines to 9999999 in 100 weeks- 1 Billion Points at the Williams Bldg.
 * 695# ICON 2014- No one Beats Lonnie McDonald at Pin-Bot
 * 905# Joust MAME WR – Gaming returns to Twin Galaxies Home
 * 1442# ICON 2014 Appearance Card
 * 1446# 50/50 1st-only person over 50 to play a 50 plus hours marathon- 52yrs 5m
 * 2723# 50 states played to 9999999 / Dan Tearle Collection
 * 2762# 150th machine 9999999 National VideoGame Museum Frisco TX
 * 2796# International VideoGame Hall of Fame Induction
 * 3136# 200th Joust Machine to 9999999 Lonnie plays Jousts creator person machine.

U.S. National Video Game Team
 The U.S. National Video Game Team (USNVGT) was founded on July 25, 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa by Walter Day and Jim Riley as part of the Electronic Circus tour, with Steve Sanders as the first captain. After the Circus wrapped up, Day re-established the team with himself as the captain, taking the team on a bus tour. The team challenged the players of arcades across the country and attempted to challenge other countries through visits to foreign embassies. In the years that followed the team ran numerous competitive contests. Lonnie is current U.S. National Video Game Team member and the winner of USNVGT Joust Cut- Throat Winner.

Book/Articles
Lonnie McDonald is the published author of the book Leather Cleaning Technician Manual and many cleaning and restoration industry articles, including one that ran to hundreds of Media outlets on Leather Care. Stacy Downs of Chicago Tribune writes "Try to tear this," says Lonnie McDonald of Grandview, Mo., holding a tanned leather hide. He cleans, repairs and refinishes leather furniture and leads maintenance sessions for the Leather Pro division of the Textile Care Group. He has served as liaison between the American furniture and cleaning industries to rewrite labels on leather care. The leather in McDonald's hands is resistant. "It has a tensile strength of more than 200 pounds per square inch," he says. "So yes, it's durable."

Low Moisture Carpet Cleaning Association
Lonnie is the Co founder and past President of the LMCCA. The LMCCA was founded in 2001 and has grown considerably due to its commitment to education, technical knowledge and procedural expertise. The LMCCA acts as a high visibility credible source for technological and scientific research including published research documents regarding critical issues like defining the term Low Moisture, White Paper on pH, information on chemical and equipment cleaning efficacy and viable low moisture restorative procedures.

Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration
Lonnie has a highly credentialed career in the textile and leather cleaning industry. Lonnie holds the prestigious IICRC Designations of Master Textile Cleaner, Master Restorer Fire & Smoke, Master Restorer Water, Practicing Senior Carpet Inspector and IICRC Approved Instructor. He serves the Institute of Inspection Cleaning Restoration Certification Technical Committees that writes the Cleaning Standards and Training Courses. He also served the American Home Furnishings Alliance AHFA committees on Leather Care and Labeling. Lonnie has written numerous articles that have appeared in industry trade magazines. Lonnie is also one of the founders and a past president of the Low Moisture Carpet Cleaners Association LMCCA. Lonnie is an IICRC Approved Instructor and industry recognized expert in leather care and low moisture processes.

Movies and Television
McDonald has also appeared on screen in 2013 documentary Film "The Video Craze"