0
edits
You can know more about editing the articles in the wiki by reading guidelines.
Changes
From Speedrunwiki.com
Jump to navigationJump to search→2003 - 2005: Entering a world of competition
== 2003 - 2005: Entering a world of competition ==
== 2003 - 2005: Entering a world of competition ==
This first meeting, between those who were becoming great friends, brought Guillaume to his first epic performance in the SMK world, breaking the GP 150cc RR 5-lap world record in the Toad/Koopa category (1'21"92). Pierre convinced him to join the Players' Site a few weeks later, what he did on February 29th, being the only player ever to register on this very special date. He joined the site as #47 and #19 in France with an overall King E standard.
In August, 2004, Guillaume participates to his first Championnat de France SMK and makes immediately a huge performance, reaching the Time Trial contest final and getting a silver medal against the "French Godfather" [[Franck Mazières]]. After getting eliminated in the Match Race quarterfinals, he is ranked #4 overall but leaves the championship, since he couldn't participate to the Battle and Grand Prix contests. In the end Guillaume is ranked #18 on 21 karters, his good performances couldn't really help him to stay high in the rankings because of the weaker coefficients of Time Trial and Match Race in the "CDF" rules.
He keeps on playing SMK as weeks go on and reaches his first great PR in January, 2005: a #6 on RR PAL, breaking the 1'28" barrier (1'27"99), ranked #2 in France (even if his future friend [[Geoffrey Label]] already had an unofficial French Record, since he wasn't registered on the Players' Site yet. A few weeks later, Guillaume is the first player ever to appear on both PAL and NTSC rankings, which will amaze Pierre who thought it was forbidden until there!
In the summer of 2005, and just before CDF 2005, he temporarly wins a tough battle for the RR France's #2 with Matthias Boucher, with a 1'27"73 PR. No one knows it yet, but it will be his last PR before 20 months. Speaking about CDF, Guillaume participates to the entire competition this time, but is unable to perform a TT performance as good as his last year's (he finishes #13 out of 28 players, which will also be his final overall ranking). His Match Race contest is, according to him, one of his best SMK memories ever: he reaches #2 of his group just behind Pierre L'Hoëst, both players ending the stage invincible. Unfortunately, Guillaume is defeated by GP specialist [[Nicolas Hauffmann]] in quarterfinals (7-4). He's unable to get out of the group stage in Battle Mode, and is eliminated by [[Camille Batier]], the future GP winner, in the beginning of GP final phase.
Guillaume comes back to Tours, the town where he lives, with a lot of hopes for the future, having just entered a team called "Far West" with teammates Pierre, Goeffrey and future SMK star [[Florent Lecoanet]] who was attending his first championship.
== 2005 - 2007: Retirement? ==
== 2005 - 2007: Retirement? ==
