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[[Image:Marsh.jpg|thumb|David "marsh" Gibbons]]
[[Image:Marsh08.jpg|thumb|David "marsh" Gibbons]]
'''David "marshmallow" Gibbons''' is one of the most famous personalities in the entirety of the Nintendo universe, and is one of the Founding Fathers of the [[Perfect Dark]] [[The Elite|Elite]]. Marsh first rose to prominence all the way back in December of 1998, when his incredible [[Ocarina of Time]] walkthrough took the GameFAQs world by storm. He continued churning out great FAQs for top Nintendo 64 games, quickly becoming the most popular writer on the entire site (he's a 6-time Contributor of the Month winner). It was his [[GoldenEye 007|Goldeneye]] 00 Agent guide that first got him involved with The Elite, and when Perfect Dark rolled around he joined early and was soon dominating like nobody's business. He was the original Perfect Agent master, grabbing all but a handful of World Records before finally being knocked from his perch by [[Ben Gorman|Paragon]]. They had good battles, but he retired soon after. He then moved on to the world of [[StarCraft]] and later Counterstrike, becoming a top player in each. Since then, he's become one of, if not THE biggest contributor to the [[Speed Demos Archive]], with runs in numerous different games.
'''David "marshmallow" Gibbons''' is one of the most famous personalities in competitive gaming history.
== Complete-Game Speedruns ==
== Early Gaming ==
Marsh first rose to prominence all the way back in December of 1998, when his incredible [[Ocarina of Time]] walkthrough took the [[GameFAQs]] world by storm. He continued churning out great FAQs for top Nintendo 64 games, quickly becoming the most popular writer on the entire site (he's a 6-time Contributor of the Month winner). Marsh soon began speedrunning for fun, tackling [[Super Metroid Prime]] as his first game.
== The Elite ==
It was his [[GoldenEye 007|Goldeneye]] 00 Agent guide that first got him involved with The Elite, and when Perfect Dark was released he became one of the Founding Fathers of the [[Perfect Dark]] [[The Elite|Elite]]. He was the original Perfect Agent master, grabbing all but a handful of World Records before finally being knocked from the top spot by [[Ben Gorman|Paragon]] on September 15th 2000.
== Speed Demos Archive ==
Marsh moved on to become one of, if not THE biggest contributor to the [[Speed Demos Archive]], with insane, original runs in countless different games. His final contribution to SDA was the 100% World Record in Super Mario Bros. 3 in 2005.
=== Complete-Game Speedruns ===
Marsh holds the current complete-game speedrun World Records at the [http:/wwwspeeddemosarchive.com/ Speed Demos Archive] for the follwing:
* [[Banjo-Kazooie]]
* [[Banjo-Kazooie]]
* [[Castlevania 64]]
* [[Castlevania 64]]
* [[Chameleon Twist]]
* [[Chameleon Twist]]
* [[Chrono Trigger]] (100%)
* [[Chrono Trigger]] (New Game+)
* [[Chrono Trigger]] (New Game+)
* [[Counter-Strike: Condition Zero]]
* [[Counter-Strike: Condition Zero]]
* [[Quest 64]]
* [[Quest 64]]
* [[Shadow Man]]
* [[Shadow Man]]
* [[Super Mario Bros. 3]] (100%)
* Super Mario Bros. 3 (100%)
* [[Super Mario RPG]]
* Super Mario RPG
* [[Turok 1]]
* [[Turok 2]]
== Former Records ==
=== Former Records ===
Marsh formerly held complete-game WR speedruns for the following:
* [[Chrono Trigger]] (Complete)
* [[Goldeneye]]
* [[Goldeneye]]
* [[Super Mario 64]]
* [[Super Mario 64]]
* [[Diablo]]
* [[Diablo]]
* [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]
* [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]
* [[Yoshi's Island]]
== Current Gaming ==
Nowadays Marsh is mainly found playing CS 1.6 in CAL-IM with fellow Elite members [[Randy]], [[Cyber]] and [[PDO]]. He also playes a Diablo 2 mod called Median and every once in a while messes around with [[Starcraft]].
Marsh finally started work on his long awaited CS movie in April 2008. It'll be done when its done.
Wouter goes Bananas
== Reflections ==
Of his many gaming feats, Marsh considers his greatest to be either the Jet Force Gemini or Banjo-Kazooie runs.
His favourite time gaming was when Perfect Dark was first released and no one knew anything about any of the levels.
For Marsh the most of the joy he got from speedrunning was working on a game by himself and seeing what he could do. Once other people started to refine it down to an exact science it became tedious for him, although he considers the results of these endeavours to be impressive nonetheless.
He eventually stopped speedrunning because he had basically done a run of nearly every game he owned and to defend his times would have required an insane amount of effort which he didn't consider fun.
* [http://quentin.meunier.free.fr/gewrs/rankings.php?only=marsh Marsh's GE World Records]
* [http://quentin.meunier.free.fr/gewrs/rankings.php?only=marsh Marsh's GE World Records]
* [http://thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?name=marsh Marsh's Elite Contest History]
* [http://thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?name=marsh Marsh's Elite Contest History]
* [http://marsh.speedrunwiki.com/vids/ Misc Videos]
{{2008 Elite Summer Contest}}
{{2008 Elite Summer Contest}}
