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| Phil "octo" McCanna was one of the first members of the-elite, and today is an active member of the chat community as well as various gaming communities. Octo is primarily known for achievements in Perfect Dark multiplayer, MarioKart 64 and Guitar Hero III. Phil currently does administrative work with the-elite.net as the updater for the Perfect Dark Elite and Goldeneye Elite. | | Phil "octo" McCanna was one of the first members of the-elite, and today is an active member of the chat community as well as various gaming communities. Octo is primarily known for achievements in Perfect Dark multiplayer, MarioKart 64 and Guitar Hero III. Phil currently does administrative work with the-elite.net as the updater for the Perfect Dark Elite and Goldeneye Elite. |
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− | ==Gaming Accomplishments== | + | == Involvement with the-elite == |
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− | '''Mario Kart 64'''
| + | Phil McCanna is the current updater and proof moderator for the Perfect Dark Elite, Goldeneye Elite, and LTK Rankings. He has implemented a new proof policy which has received some criticism, but is currently achieving results. Phil also spent last summer continuing the legacy of the Goldeneye World Records page, formerly operated by Derek Clark and Steve Bryze. The new [[http://gewrm.thengamer.com/ Goldeneye World Records Monthly] gives Player of the Month, WR of the Month awards, and logs data and summaries of the achievements every month. While not as popular as the old design and witty writing of Derek Clark, the page remains a historical log and award source for the community, and is still up to date with records from January 2006 - Present. Octo is also a major chatter with the-elite, and has over 8,500 posts on the boards over the previous 8 years. He also is the trainer for the [[Goal Line Blitz]] starting ROT Oct. O. Tackle, and leads the team in plays and pancakes in the 2nd season. |
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− | Phil devoted Summer 2005 to MarioKart 64, where he made a name for himself as one of the fastest players ever to reach Legend C. With multiple god times and a current ARR of 3.219, Octo sits just outside of the top 50 in average finish and ARR, despite only playing competitively for 2 months.
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− | '''Guitar Hero III''' | + | '''Mario Kart 64''' - Phil devoted Summer 2005 to MarioKart 64, where he made a name for himself as one of the fastest players ever to reach Legend C. With multiple god times and a current ARR of 3.219, Octo sits just outside of the top 50 in average finish and ARR, despite only playing competitively for 2 months. |
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− | Octo's strongest game is Guitar Hero III. Extending his experience from electric guitar to the videogame, Phil was able to rise to a peak rank of 21st on the Wii platform and 160th overall at [http://www.scorehero.com ScoreHero], currently with over 10,000 competitors. Phil has perfected 44 out of 70 songs, and has achieved the highest rating, 5 stars, on all 70 tracks. | + | '''Guitar Hero III''' - Octo's strongest game is Guitar Hero III. Extending his experience from electric guitar to the videogame, Phil was able to rise to a peak rank of 21st on the Wii platform and 160th overall at [http://www.scorehero.com ScoreHero], currently with over 10,000 competitors. Phil has perfected 44 out of 70 songs, and has achieved the highest rating, 5 stars, on all 70 tracks. |
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− | '''Perfect Dark''' | + | '''Perfect Dark''' - Phil's efforts in Perfect Dark were focused nearly entirely in multiplayer. Octo was the second player behind Paragon to beat Challenge 30 on the 3 player setting without a second or third player. Octo also shutout Challenge 30 on the 2-player setting with Ricky "infil" Pusch, and reached the level 3:Invincible without any stat boosting. |
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− | Phil's efforts in Perfect Dark were focused nearly entirely in multiplayer. Octo was the second player behind Paragon to beat Challenge 30 on the 3 player setting without a second or third player. Octo also shutout Challenge 30 on the 2-player setting with Ricky "infil" Pusch, and reached the level 3:Invincible without any stat boosting.
| + | '''Goldeneye''' - Octo's only point-scoring time is 1:15 on Streets A. Other than this, Octo hasn't put considerable effort into speedrunning GE. |
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− | '''Goldeneye''' | + | '''Majora's Mask''' - Phil McCanna created the Majora's Mask rankings, now taken over by N64HS, and competed with moderate success with about 2 dozen other elite members across multiple minigames and sidequests available. |
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− | Octo's only point-scoring time is 1:15 on Streets A. Other than this, Octo hasn't put considerable effort into speedrunning GE.
| + | '''Other gaming interests''' - Octo is a solid Smash Bros' player, and mains Luigi and Marth in SSBM and Lucas in SSBB. Currently, Phil is working on Stepmania, a DDR variant using the keyboard, and is playing on the highest difficulty setting for standard DDR and ITG stepcharts. |
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− | Phil McCanna created the Majora's Mask rankings, now taken over by N64HS, and competed with moderate success with about 2 dozen other elite members across multiple minigames and sidequests available.
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− | Octo is a solid Smash Bros' player, and mains Luigi and Marth in SSBM and Lucas in SSBB. Currently, Phil is working on Stepmania, a DDR variant using the keyboard, and is playing on the highest difficulty setting for standard DDR and ITG stepcharts. | |
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