User talk:Connect Four

Kirk Lang, a native of Bridgeport, CT, established himself in the late 1990s as arguably the greatest Connect Four champion that ever lived. While still attending Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT, he began competing in Connect Four for a documentary that has yet to be released. Taking each match very seriously, he amassed a record of 215-7-13, thus recording an unbeaten percentage (wins and ties) of 97 percent. More impressive however, is the fact that in his final 101 matches, he never tasted defeat. In addition, his seven defeats came while playing on the original size Connect Four board. Once he switched to the Travel Connect Four board, he was unbeatable. Lang recorded his 100th consecutive unbeaten game against Bristol, CT resident Marcus Patton on December 30, 1999 in the foyer of Madison Square Garden, often referred to as the World's Greatest Arena. During Lang's 235-game career, there was only one off-the-record match, and it was a victory. The match did not count on the record because the opponent was neither college educated or a world-ranked athlete. All but one of Lang's official victories came against college educated opponents. The only opponent who was not college educated was Vinny Pazienza, a former world champion boxer who was still a world class athelete at the time. Lang officially retired on Dec. 30, 1999, the day he recorded his 100th consecutive unbeaten game. In his first 100 matches of his 235-game career, Lang tallied a record of 90 wins, 5 defeats and 5 draws. In his final 135 matches, he only lost twice (125-2-8).